<div class="xtend">
         <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 work force development; appropriating money for higher education; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>establishing the Minnesota GI Bill program; amending certain Minnesota Office <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>of Higher Education provisions, establishing new grant and loan repayment <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>programs; amending higher education programs; amending certain grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>programs; amending certain higher education provisions; eliminating obsolete <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>references, making technical changes; authorizing control of certain decreasing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>students' share of attendance; increasing revenue bond limits; authorizing control <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>of certain deposits; authorizing lease agreements; authorizing interest rate swap; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>providing for the Textbook Disclosure, Pricing and Access Act; amending certain <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>private postsecondary institution provisions; appropriating money for jobs and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>economic development; amending certain Department of Employment and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>Economic Development and the Department of Labor and Industry programs and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>creating new programs and grants; establishing the Packinghouse Workers Bill <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>of Rights; providing for civil actions; providing civil penalties; establishing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>criminal penalties; requiring reports; authorizing the increase of certain fees; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>requiring assignment of certain inspectors to certain locations; regulating licenses <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>and wages; appropriating money for Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>Board fund; making certain policy changes related to Iron Range Resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>and Rehabilitation Board;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 13.322, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>subdivision 3; 16B.70, by adding a subdivision; 41D.01, subdivision 1; 116J.401, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>by adding a subdivision; 116J.551, subdivision 1; 116J.554, subdivision 2; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>116J.555, subdivision 1; 116J.575, subdivisions 1, 1a; 116J.966, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>116L.01, by adding a subdivision; 116L.04, subdivision 1a; 116L.17, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>1; 116L.20, subdivision 1; 116M.18, subdivision 6a; 135A.031, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>7; 135A.053, subdivision 2; 135A.14, subdivision 1; 135A.51, subdivision 2; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>135A.52, subdivisions 1, 2; 136A.01, subdivision 2; 136A.031, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>5; 136A.0411; 136A.08, subdivision 7; 136A.101, subdivision 4; 136A.121, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>subdivision 5; 136A.125, subdivision 2; 136A.15, subdivisions 1, 6; 136A.16, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>subdivisions 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 10; 136A.17, subdivision 1; 136A.1701, subdivisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>1, 2, 5; 136A.233, subdivision 3; 136A.29, subdivision 9; 136A.61; 136A.62, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.32"></a><var>1.32</var>subdivision 3; 136A.63; 136A.64; 136A.65; 136A.653; 136A.657; 136A.66; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.33"></a><var>1.33</var>136A.67; 136A.68; 136A.69; 136A.71; 136A.861, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 6; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.34"></a><var>1.34</var>136F.02, subdivision 1; 136F.42, subdivision 1; 136F.71, subdivision 2, by <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.35"></a><var>1.35</var>adding a subdivision; 136G.11, subdivision 5; 141.21, subdivisions 1a, 5; 141.25, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.36"></a><var>1.36</var>subdivisions 1, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12; 141.255, subdivision 2; 141.265, subdivision 2; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.37"></a><var>1.37</var>141.271, subdivisions 10, 12; 141.28, subdivision 1; 141.32; 141.35; 177.27, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.38"></a><var>1.38</var>subdivisions 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, by adding a subdivision; 177.28, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.39"></a><var>1.39</var>177.30; 177.43, subdivisions 3, 4, 6, by adding a subdivision; 178.01; 178.02; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>178.03, subdivision 3; 178.041, subdivision 1; 181.78, by adding a subdivision; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>181.932, subdivision 1; 181.935; 182.65, subdivision 2; 268.085, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>3; 268.196, by adding a subdivision; 268A.01, subdivision 13, by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>subdivision; 268A.085, subdivision 1; 268A.15, by adding a subdivision; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>298.22, subdivision 2; 298.227; 325E.37, subdivision 6; 326.01, subdivision 6g; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>326.241, subdivisions 1, 2; 326.242, subdivisions 5, 11, by adding a subdivision; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>326.37, subdivision 1; 326.38; 326.40, subdivision 1; 326.401, subdivision 2; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>326.405; 326.42, subdivision 1; 326.46; 326.461, by adding a subdivision; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>326.47, subdivisions 2, 6; 326.48, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>326.50; 326.51; 326.52; 341.28, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 341.32, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>subdivision 2; 341.321; 462.39, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 116J; 116O; 135A; 136A; 136F; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>141; 177; 179; 181; 181A; 182; 197; 270; 326; repealing Minnesota Statutes <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>2006, sections 16C.18, subdivision 2; 135A.031, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>135A.032; 135A.033; 136A.07; 136A.08, subdivision 8; 137.0245; 137.0246; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>326.01, subdivision 4; 326.242, subdivision 4; 326.45.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var><b>ARTICLE 1</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var><b>HIGHER EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="7" align="left" valign="bottom">Section 1. <b>SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>in this article.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">Total<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,558,498,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,641,178,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,199,676,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Health Care Access<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,157,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,157,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">4,314,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Total<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,560,655,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,643,335,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,203,990,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="7" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 2. <b>HIGHER EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>for each purpose. The figures "2008" and "2009" used in this article mean that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>June 30, 2009, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2008. "The second year" is fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>year 2009. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2008 and 2009.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center" valign="bottom">APPROPRIATIONS<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.36"></a><var>2.36</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center" valign="bottom">Available for the Year<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.37"></a><var>2.37</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center" valign="bottom">Ending June 30<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.38"></a><var>2.38</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.39"></a><var>2.39</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.2.40"></a><var>2.40</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 3. <b>MINNESOTA OFFICE OF HIGHER </b><br />
                  		<b>EDUCATION</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">194,983,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">195,654,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Minnesota GI Bill</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">10,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">10,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>For grants to eligible veterans or the eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>spouses and children of veterans as provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 197.791.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>Of this appropriation, $152,000 the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>year and $104,000 the second year are for <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>the administrative costs of operating this <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>program. For the 2010-2011 biennium, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>the base for this program's administrative <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>costs must be included within the agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>administration program activity.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>State Grants</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">150,154,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">151,124,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>If the appropriation in this subdivision for <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>either year is insufficient, the appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>for the other year is available for it.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>For the biennium, the tuition maximum for <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>students in four-year programs is $9,957 in <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>each year for students in four-year programs, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>and for students in two-year programs, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>$4,717 in the first year and $4,859 in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>This appropriation sets the living and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>miscellaneous expense allowance at $6,241 <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>each year.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>Safety Officers Survivors</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>This appropriation is to provide educational <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>benefits under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>299A.45, to dependent children under age 23 <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>and to the spouses of public safety officers <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>killed in the line of duty.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>If the appropriation in this subdivision for <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>either year is insufficient, the appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>for the other year is available for it.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 5.<b>Interstate Tuition Reciprocity</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>If the appropriation in this subdivision for <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>either year is insufficient, the appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>for the other year is available to meet <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>reciprocity contract obligations.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 6.<b>State Work Study</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">12,444,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">12,444,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 7.<b>Child Care Grants</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">4,934,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">4,934,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 8.<b>Minitex</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,881,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,881,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 9.<b>MnLINK Gateway</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">400,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">400,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 10.<b>Learning Network of Minnesota</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">4,800,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">4,800,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 11.<b>Minnesota College Savings Plan</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,020,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,020,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 12.<b>Midwest Higher Education Compact</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">90,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">90,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 13.<b>Other Small Programs</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,010,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,670,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>This appropriation includes funding for <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>postsecondary service learning, student and <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>parent information, get ready, outreach, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>intervention for college attendance programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>$265,000 each year is for grants to increase <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>campus-community collaboration and service <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>learning statewide, including operations of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>the Minnesota campus compact, grants to <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>member institutions and grants for member <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>institution initiatives. For every $1 in state <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>funding, grant recipients must contribute $2 <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>in campus or community-based support.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>$100,000 each year is for a grant to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>Loan Repayment Assistance Program <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>of Minnesota, Inc. for loan repayment <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>assistance awards.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>$500,000 each year is for the teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>education and compensation helps (TEACH) <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>and the Minnesota early childhood teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>retention programs in Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>section 136A.126. This is a onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>$250,000 in the first year is for a grant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>Augsburg College for the purpose of its <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>Step UP program to provide educational <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>opportunities to chemically dependent <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>students and to work with other public <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>and private colleges in Minnesota to help <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>replicate this program. This is a onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>$50,000 in the first year is for the speech <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>pathologist loan forgiveness program for <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>deposit in the account under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>Statutes, section 136A.1704.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>$40,000 in the first year is for a grant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>the Washington Center for Internships and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>Academic Seminars for a pilot program <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>for scholarships for students enrolling in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>Minnesota four-year college or university <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>beginning in the fall semester of 2007. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>grant is available only with a dollar-for-dollar <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>match from nonstate sources.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 14.<b>Access to College and Helping </b><br />
                  		<b>Individuals Everywhere Value Education and </b><br />
                  		<b>Rural Pilot Programs</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>For Access to College and Helping <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>Individuals Everywhere Value Education <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>pilot projects that provide distance-learning <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.35"></a><var>5.35</var>opportunities through the Minnesota State <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>Colleges and Universities for high school <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>students living in remote and underserved <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>areas where the school district lacks <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>the resources to provide academically <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>challenging educational opportunities, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>including Advanced Placement and <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>International Baccalaureate programs. <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>Students who successfully complete a course <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>must receive college credit at no cost to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>student or the participating school district. <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>The office must report to the committees of <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>the legislature with responsibility for higher <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>education finance by January 15, 2009, on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>program outcomes with recommendations on <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>continuing and expanding the program.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 15.<b>United Family Medicine Residency </b><br />
                  		<b>Program</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">360,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">360,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>For a grant to the united family medicine <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>residency program. This appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>must be used to support up to 18 resident <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>physicians each year in family practice at <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>united family medicine residency programs <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>and must prepare doctors to practice family <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>care medicine in underserved rural and <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>urban areas of the state. The legislature <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>intends this program to improve health <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>care in underserved communities, provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>affordable access to appropriate medical <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>care, and manage the treatment of patients in <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>a more cost-effective manner.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 16.<b>Agency Administration</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,690,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,731,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>Of this appropriation, $39,000 the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>year and $80,000 the second year are for <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>compensation-related costs associated with <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>the delivery of the office's services and <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>programs.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 17.<b>Balances Forward</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>A balance in the first year under this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>does not cancel, but is available for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>second year.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 18.<b>Transfers</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>The Minnesota Office of Higher Education <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>may transfer unencumbered balances from <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>the appropriations in subdivisions 2 to 15 to <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>the state grant appropriation, the safety officer <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>survivors appropriation, the interstate tuition <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>reciprocity appropriation, the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>college savings plan appropriation, the child <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>care appropriation, and the state work study <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>appropriation.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 19.<b>Reporting</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>(a) By November 1 and February 15, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>Minnesota Office of Higher Education <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>must provide updated state grant spending <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>projections, taking into account the most <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>current and projected enrollment and tuition <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>and fee information, economic conditions, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>and other relevant factors. Before submitting <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>state grant spending projections, the office <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>must meet and consult with representatives of <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>public and private postsecondary education, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>the Department of Finance, the governor's <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>office, legislative staff, and financial aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>administrators.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>(b) The Minnesota Office of Higher <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>Education shall report to the higher education <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>divisions of the house and senate finance <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>committees on participation in postsecondary <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>education by income, and persistence and <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>graduation rates of state grant recipients <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>compared to students who did not receive <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>state grants. The office is authorized to match <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>individual student data from the student <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>record enrollment database with individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>student data from the state grant database on <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>data elements necessary to perform the study.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 4. <b>BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE </b><br />
                  		<b>MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND </b><br />
                  		<b>UNIVERSITIES</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">668,388,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">704,288,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Central Office and Shared Services </b><br />
                  		<b>Unit</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">40,170,550<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">40,170,550<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>For the office of the chancellor and the shared <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>services division.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Operations and Maintenance</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">628,217,450<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">664,118,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>(a) This appropriation includes funding <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>for the board's initiatives on recruiting and <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>retaining underrepresented students, strategic <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>educational advancements, STEM initiatives, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>and infrastructure and technology, and for <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>the costs of inflation. This appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>also includes funding to reduce the tuition <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>rate increase to two percent from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>board-approved plan of a four percent annual <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>increase.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>(b) Appropriations for technology and <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>infrastructure under this subdivision must <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>not be used to increase permanent positions <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>in the office of the chancellor or the shared <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>services office. Any new positions funded <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>from the technology and infrastructure <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>appropriation must be at a campus.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>(c) $400,000 each year is for <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>community-based energy development <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>pilot projects at Mesabi Range Technical <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>and Community College, the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>West Community and Technical College, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>and Riverland Community College. Each <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>campus must establish partnerships for <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>community-based energy development pilot <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>projects that involve students and faculty. An <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>allocation for the pilot project is available <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>to the participating institutions and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>partnerships for the biennium ending June <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>30, 2009. <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>(d) $750,000 in the first year is for a modular <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>clean-room research and training facility <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>at St. Paul College. This is a onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>appropriation and is available until expended.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>(e) $300,000 the first year is for a grant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>the Range Association of Municipalities <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>and Schools for a study of student demand <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>and employer needs for higher education in <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>the Mesabi Range region of northeastern <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>Minnesota including the cities of Grand <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>Rapids through Eveleth to Ely. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>association must coordinate and contract for <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>a study in cooperation with the Board of <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>Regents of the University of Minnesota and <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>Colleges and Universities. The governing <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>boards must advise on which of the identified <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var>needs can be met by University of Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.35"></a><var>9.35</var>courses and which can be met by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>and which degree programs may be offered <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>jointly. The final report must be submitted to <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>the committees of the legislature responsible <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>for higher education finance by January 15, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>2008, with recommendations and plans for <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>the region.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>(f) $120,000 in each year is for the Cook <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>County Higher Education Board to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>educational programs and academic support <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>services. The base appropriation for this <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>program is $120,000 in each year of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>biennium ending June 30, 2011.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>(g) $2,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>the second year are for a pilot project with <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>the Northeast Minnesota Higher Education <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>District and high schools in its area. Up to <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>$1,200,000 of the first year appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>must be used to purchase equipment that is <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>necessary to reestablish a technical education <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>curriculum in the area high schools to <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>provide the students with the technical <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>skills necessary for the workforce. Students <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>from area high schools may also access <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>the facilities and faculty of the Northeast <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>Minnesota Higher Education District <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>for state-of-the-art technical education <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>opportunities, including MnSCU's 2+2 <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>Pathways initiative. $1,000,000 is added to <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>the base for this project.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>(h) $50,000 in the first year is for St. Paul <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>College to collaborate with the United Auto <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>Workers Local 879 to purchase a Ford <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>Ranger pickup truck to retrofit to run on a <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.35"></a><var>10.35</var>battery-powered motor. This vehicle must <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>be retrofitted to serve as a prototype that <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>could be mass-produced at the St. Paul Ford <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>assembly plant.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>(i) $100,000 each year is for a grant to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>Minnesota public postsecondary institution <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>with a total student enrollment under 7,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>students, that has an existing women's <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>hockey team competing in Division I in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>Western Collegiate Hockey Association. <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>The institution may use the grant for <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>equipment, facility improvements, travel and <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>compensation for coaches, trainers, and other <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>necessary personnel.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>(j) $450,000 each year is to establish a center <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>for workforce and economic development <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>at the Mesabi Range Community and <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>Technical College and to enhance eFolio <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>Minnesota. The board, in cooperation with <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>Board (IRRRB) and the Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>Employment and Economic Development, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>must establish the center to provide on-site <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>and Internet-based support and technical <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>assistance to users of the state's eFolio <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>Minnesota system to promote workforce and <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>economic development. The center must <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>assist local economic development agencies <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>and officials to enable them to access <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>workforce information generated through the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>eFolio Minnesota system. The board must <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>enhance the eFolio Minnesota system as <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>necessary to serve these purposes. The center <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>must report annually to the IRRRB and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.34"></a><var>11.34</var>Department of Employment and Economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.35"></a><var>11.35</var>Development on the outcomes of the center's <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.36"></a><var>11.36</var>activities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>(k) $1,000,000 the first year is to identify <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>and improve on practices for selecting and <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>purchasing textbooks and course materials <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>that are used by students. The board, in <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>collaboration with the Minnesota State <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>University Student Association (MSUSA) <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>and the Minnesota State College Student <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>Association (MSCSA) must develop <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>and implement pilot projects with this <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>appropriation to address the financial burden <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>that textbook prices and requirements place <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>on students. These projects may include <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>textbook rental programs, cooperative <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>purchasing efforts, training, and education <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>and awareness programs for students and <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>faculty on cost considerations and textbook <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>options. The student associations must <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>be fully involved in the development and <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>implementation of any project using this <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>appropriation. Each student association <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>must vote to approve a project before it is <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>implemented. MSUSA and MSCSA must <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>report to the committees of the legislature <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>responsible for higher education finance by <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>February 15, 2009, on the success of the pilot <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>projects. This money is available until June <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>30, 2009.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>Board Policies</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>(a) The board must adopt a policy that allows <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>students to add the cost of textbooks and <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>required course materials purchased at a <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>campus bookstore, owned by or operated <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>under a contract with the campus, to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var>existing waivers or payment plans for tuition <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.35"></a><var>12.35</var>and fees.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>(b) The board must adopt a policy setting <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>the maximum number of semester credits <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>required for a baccalaureate degree at 120 <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>semester credits or the equivalent and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>number of semester credits required for an <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>associate degree at 60 semester credits or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>equivalent.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 5. <b>BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE </b><br />
                  		<b>UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">696,082,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">742,143,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Operations and Maintenance</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">667,550,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">667,323,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>(a) This appropriation includes amounts for <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>the board:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>(1) to make investments in the university's <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>technology and related infrastructure;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>(2) to award faculty and staff compensation <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>increases differentially;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>(3) for the board's health workforce and <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>clinical sciences initiative;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>(4) initiatives in science and engineering;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>(5) initiatives relating to the environment, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>agriculture, and renewable energy; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>(6) for advancing education, including an <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>Ojibwe Indian language program on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>Duluth campus.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>(b) $2,250,000 each year is to establish <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>banded tuition at the Morris, Crookston, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>Duluth campuses to reduce tuition costs for <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>students.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>(c) $7,000,000 for the biennium is for <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>scholarships to mitigate the effects of rising <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>tuition on Minnesota students and families. <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>This appropriation must be matched with <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>$2 of nonstate money for each $1 of state <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>money.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>(d) $12,404,000 in the second year is to <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>reduce the proposed tuition rate increase. <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>Any of this amount that is not used by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>board to reduce tuition cancels to the general <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>(e) $300,000 the first year is for the Center <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>for Transportation Studies to complete a <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>study to assess public policy options for <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>reducing the volume of greenhouse gases <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>emitted from the transportation sector in <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>Minnesota. The Center for Transportation <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>Studies must report its preliminary findings <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>to the legislature by February 1, 2008, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>must issue its full report by June 1, 2008. <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>(f) $250,000 each year is to establish an India <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>Center to improve and promote relations with <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>India and Southeast Asia. The center must <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>partner with public and private organizations <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>in Minnesota to: <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>(1) foster an understanding of the history, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>culture, and values of India;<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>(2) serve as a resource and catalyst to <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>promote economic, governmental, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>academic pursuits involving India; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>(3) facilitate educational and business <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>exchanges and partnerships, collaborative <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>research, and teaching and training activities <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.35"></a><var>14.35</var>for Minnesota students and teachers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>The Board of Regents may establish an <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>advisory council to facilitate the mission <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>and objectives of the India Center and must <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>report on the progress of the India Center by <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>February 15, 2008, to the governor and chairs <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>of the legislative committees responsible for <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>higher education finance. This is a onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>(g) $750,000 in the first year is to assist in <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>the formation of the neighborhood alliance <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>and for projects identified in section 8. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>alliance, the Board of Regents, and the city of <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>Minneapolis may cooperate on the projects <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>and may use a public services of other entities <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>to complete all or a portion of a project.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>(h) $300,000 the first year is to establish a <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>Dakota language teacher training immersion <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>program on the Twin Cities campus to <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>prepare teachers to teach in Dakota language <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>immersion programs. This is a onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>(i) $400,000 each year is for the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>Institute for Sustainable Agriculture to <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>provide funds for on-station and on-farm <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>field scale research and outreach to develop <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>and test the agronomic and economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>requirements of diverse strands of prairie <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>plants and other perennials for bioenergy <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>systems including but not limited to <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>multiple species selection and establishment, <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>ecological management between planting <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>and harvest, harvest technologies, financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>and agronomic risk management, farmer <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.34"></a><var>15.34</var>goal setting and adoption of technologies, <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.35"></a><var>15.35</var>integration of wildlife habitat into <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>management approaches, evaluation of <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>carbon and other benefits, and robust polices <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>needed to induce farmer conversion on <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>marginal lands.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Health Care Access Fund</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,157,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,157,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>This appropriation is from the health care <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>access fund and is for primary care education <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>initiatives.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>Special Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">65,813,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">65,436,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(a) Agriculture and Extension Service<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">52,625,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">52,275,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>(1) For the Agricultural Experiment <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>Station, Minnesota Extension Service. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>appropriation includes funding to promote <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>alternative livestock research and outreach <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>at the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>Agriculture, and to promote sustainable and <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>organic agricultural research and education. <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>(2) This appropriation includes funding <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>for research efforts that demonstrate a <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>renewed emphasis on the needs of the state's <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>production agriculture community and a <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>continued focus on renewable energy derived <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>from Minnesota biomass resources including <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>agronomic crops, plant and animal wastes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>and native plants or trees, with priority for <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>extending the Minnesota vegetable growing <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>season; fertilizer and soil fertility research <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>and development; treating and curing human <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>diseases utilizing plant and livestock cells; <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>using biofuel production coproducts as <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>feed for livestock; and a rapid agricultural <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>response fund for current or emerging <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>animal, plant, and insect problems affecting <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.34"></a><var>16.34</var>production or food safety. In addition, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>appropriation may be used to secure a facility <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>and retain current faculty levels for poultry <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>research currently conducted at UMore Park.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>(3) In the area of renewable energy, priority <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>should be given to projects pertaining to: <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>biofuel and other energy production from <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>small grains; alternative bioenergy crops and <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>cropping systems; and growing, harvesting, <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>and transporting biomass plant material.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>(4) This appropriation includes funding for <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>the college of food, agricultural, and natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>resources sciences to establish and maintain <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>a statewide organic research and education <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>initiative to provide leadership for organic <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>agronomic, horticultural, livestock, and food <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>systems research, education, and outreach <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>and for the purchase of state-of-the-art <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>laboratory, planting, tilling, harvesting, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>processing equipment necessary for this <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>project.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>(5) By February 1, 2009, the Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>of Regents must report to the legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>committees with responsibility for agriculture <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>and higher education finance on the research <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>and initiatives under this paragraph.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>(6) The base appropriation is $51,775,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>each year of the biennium ending June 30, <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>2011.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(b) Health Sciences<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,275,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,275,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>$346,000 each year is to support up to 12 <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>resident physicians each year in the St. <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>Cloud Hospital family practice residency <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>program. The program must prepare doctors <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.34"></a><var>17.34</var>to practice primary care medicine in the rural <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.35"></a><var>17.35</var>areas of the state. The legislature intends <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>this program to improve health care in rural <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>communities, provide affordable access to <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>appropriate medical care, and manage the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>treatment of patients in a more cost-effective <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>manner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>The remainder of this appropriation is for <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>the rural physicians associates program, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, health <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>sciences research, dental care, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>Biomedical Engineering Center.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(c) Institute of Technology<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,387,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,387,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>For the Geological Survey and the talented <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>youth mathematics program.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(d) System Specials<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,526,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,526,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>For general research, student loans matching <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>money, industrial relations education, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>Natural Resources Research Institute, Center <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>for Urban and Regional Affairs, and the Bell <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>Museum of Natural History. $100,000 is <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>added to the base appropriation for industrial <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>relations education.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 5.<b>University of Minnesota and Mayo </b><br />
                  		<b>Foundation Partnership</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">17,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">7,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>For the direct and indirect expenses of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>collaborative research partnership between <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>the University of Minnesota and the Mayo <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>Foundation for research in biotechnology <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>and medical genomics. $7,000,000 is added <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>to the base. This appropriation is available <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>until expended. An annual report on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>expenditure of these funds must be submitted <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>to the governor and the chairs of the senate <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>and house committees responsible for higher <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.34"></a><var>18.34</var>education and economic development by <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.35"></a><var>18.35</var>June 30 of each fiscal year.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 6.<b>Academic Health Center</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>The appropriation for Academic Health <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>Center funding under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>section 297F.10, is $22,250,000 each year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 6. <b>MAYO CLINIC</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,202,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,250,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Medical School</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">591,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">615,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>The state of Minnesota must pay a capitation <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>each year for each student who is a resident <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>of Minnesota. The appropriation may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>transferred between years of the biennium to <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>accommodate enrollment fluctuations. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>funding base for this program is $640,000 in <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>fiscal year 2010 and $665,000 in fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>2011.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>It is intended that during the biennium the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>Mayo Clinic use the capitation money to <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>increase the number of doctors practicing in <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>rural areas in need of doctors.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Family Practice and Graduate </b><br />
                  		<b>Residency Program</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">611,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">635,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>The state of Minnesota must pay stipend <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>support for up to 27 residents each year. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>funding base for this program is $660,000 in <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>fiscal year 2010 and $686,000 in fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>2011.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.7.0"></a><a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. <b>LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON POSTSECONDARY FUNDING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Membership.</b> A 12-member legislative commission on <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>postsecondary funding is established consisting of six members of the house of <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>representatives appointed by the speaker and six members of the senate appointed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>the Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee on Rules and Administration. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>commission may elect a chair and other officers as necessary. <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Charge.</b> The commission must develop an alternative funding formula <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>or funding method for postsecondary education that creates incentives for high quality <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>postsecondary education while maintaining access for students. In developing the formula <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>or funding method, the commission must consider and address: <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) both institutional aid and direct student aid; <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the major cost drivers in postsecondary education, such as inflation and <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>enrollment; <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) federal postsecondary funding and tax incentives for postsecondary education; <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>and <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) funding the formula or funding method within the projected constraints on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>state budget in the coming decade.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Report.</b> The commission must report its recommendations to the house <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>Division on Higher Education and Workforce Development Policy and Finance, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>senate Higher Education Budget and Policy Division by June 30, 2008.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Expiration.</b> The commission expires June 30, 2008.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.8.0"></a><a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. <b>UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MINNEAPOLIS AREA </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var><b>NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>have the meanings given them.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) "Alliance" means a representative body of the constituencies, including, but <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>not limited to, the University of Minnesota, the city of Minneapolis, and the recognized <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>neighborhood organizations and business associations referenced in the report.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) "Board" means the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) "Report" means the report and appendix entitled Moving Forward Together: <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>University of Minnesota Minneapolis Area Neighborhood Impact Report, submitted to <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>the legislature in February 2007.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) "University partnership district" or "district" means the area located within the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>city that includes the neighborhoods of Cedar-Riverside, Marcy-Holmes, South East <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>Como, Prospect Park, and University, as they are defined by the city, and the university's <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var>Minneapolis campus.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.34"></a><var>20.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) "Tier two impact zone" means the neighborhoods of northeast Minneapolis that <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.35"></a><var>20.35</var>house significant numbers of university students and staff. Transportation and housing <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>policy analysis and planning must include these areas but they must not be included in <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>the projects funded through the alliance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) "University" means the University of Minnesota.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Alliance; functions.</b> The alliance may facilitate, initiate, or manage <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>projects with the board, city, or other public or private entities that are intended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>maintain the university partnership district as a viable place to study, research, and live. <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>Projects may include, but are not limited to, those outlined in the report, as well as <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>efforts to involve students in activities to maintain and improve the university partnership <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>district; cooperative university and university partnership district long-term planning; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>incentives to increase homeownership within the district with particular emphasis on <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>employees of the university and of other major employers located within the district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Report.</b> The board must report to the legislature by January 15, 2009, on <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>the expenditure of funds appropriated under section 3.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var><b>ARTICLE 2</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var><b>MINNESOTA GI BILL FOR VETERANS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.01, subdivision 2, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Responsibilities.</b> The Minnesota Office of Higher Education is responsible <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) necessary state level administration of financial aid and Minnesota GI Bill <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>programs, including accounting, auditing, and disbursing state and federal financial aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>funds, and reporting on financial aid programs to the governor and the legislature;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) approval, registration, licensing, and financial aid eligibility of private collegiate <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>and career schools, under sections 
         <statute_ref>136A.61</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>136A.71</statute_ref> and chapter 141;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) administering the Learning Network of Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) negotiating and administering reciprocity agreements;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) publishing and distributing financial aid information and materials, and other <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>information and materials under section 
         <statute_ref>136A.87</statute_ref>, to students and parents;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) collecting and maintaining student enrollment and financial aid data and <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>reporting data on students and postsecondary institutions to develop and implement a <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>process to measure and report on the effectiveness of postsecondary institutions;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) administering the federal programs that affect students and institutions on a <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>statewide basis; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.34"></a><var>21.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) prescribing policies, procedures, and rules under chapter 14 necessary to <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.35"></a><var>21.35</var>administer the programs under its supervision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2007, and applies to <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>qualifying coursework taken on or after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. <b>[197.791] MINNESOTA GI BILL PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Policy.</b> It is the policy of the state of Minnesota to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>postsecondary educational assistance to Minnesota veterans who have provided honorable <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>service to this state and nation as members of the United States armed forces, whether <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>in peacetime or in war, and to the spouses and children of Minnesota veterans who have <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>become severely disabled or deceased during or as the direct result of military service.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section. <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of veterans affairs, unless otherwise <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>specified.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) "Cost of attendance" for both undergraduate and graduate students has the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>meaning given in section 136A.121, subdivision 6, multiplied by a factor of 1.2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) "Child" means a natural or adopted child of a person described in subdivision 5, <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>paragraph (a), clause (1), item (i) or (ii).<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) "Director" means the director of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) "Eligible institution" means a postsecondary institution located in this state <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>that either (1) is operated by this state; or (2) is operated publicly or privately and, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>determined by the office, maintains academic standards substantially equivalent to those <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>of comparable institutions operated in this state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) "Eligible student" means a person who:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) if the student is an undergraduate student, has applied for the federal Pell Grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>and the Minnesota State Grant;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) is maintaining satisfactory academic progress as defined by the institution for <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>students participating in federal Title IV programs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) is enrolled in an education program leading to a certificate, diploma, or degree <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>at an eligible institution;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) has applied for educational assistance under the Minnesota GI Bill program prior <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>to the end of the academic term for which the assistance is being requested.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) is in compliance with child support payment requirements under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>136A.121, subdivision 2, clause (5).<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) "Part-time student" means an undergraduate student enrolled for fewer than 12 <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>credits in a semester or the equivalent, or a graduate student as defined by the student's <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.34"></a><var>22.34</var>eligible institution.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) "Program" means the Minnesota GI Bill program established in this section, <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>unless otherwise specified.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j) "Service-connected" has the meaning given by the United States Department <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>of Veterans Affairs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(k) "Veteran" has the meaning given in section 197.447, and also includes a service <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>member who has fulfilled the requirements for being a veteran but is still serving actively <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>in the United States armed forces.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Program established.</b> There is established a program to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>postsecondary educational assistance to eligible Minnesota veterans and to the children <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>and spouses of deceased and severely disabled Minnesota veterans. This program may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>cited as the "Minnesota GI Bill program." <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The director, in consultation with the commissioner and in cooperation with <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>eligible postsecondary educational institutions, shall expend a biennial appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>for the purpose of providing postsecondary educational assistance to eligible persons <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>in accordance with this program. Each public postsecondary educational institution in <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>the state must participate in the program and each private postsecondary educational <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>institution in the state is encouraged to participate in the program. Any participating <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>private institution may suspend or terminate its participation in the program at the end <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>of any semester or other academic term.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Duties; responsibilities.</b> (a) The director, in consultation with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>commissioner, shall establish policies and procedures including, but not limited to, <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>procedures for student application record keeping, information sharing, payment to <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>participating eligible institutions, and other procedures the director considers appropriate <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>and necessary for effective and efficient administration of the program established in <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The director, in consultation with the commissioner, may delegate part or <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>all of the administrative procedures for the program to responsible representatives of <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>participating eligible institutions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Eligibility.</b> (a) A person is eligible for educational assistance under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>section if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the person is:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) a veteran who is serving or has served honorably in any branch or unit of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>United States armed forces at any time on or after August 2, 1990;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.34"></a><var>23.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) a nonveteran who has served honorably for a total of 16 years or more <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.35"></a><var>23.35</var>cumulatively as a member of the Minnesota national guard or any other active or reserve <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>component of the United States armed forces, and any part of that service occurred on <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>or after August 2, 1990;<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) the surviving spouse or child of a person described in (i) or (ii) who has died as <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>a direct result of that military service; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) the spouse or child of a person described in (i) or (ii) who has a total <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>and permanent service-connected disability as rated by the United States veterans <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>administration;<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the person described in clause (1), item (i) or (ii), had Minnesota as the person's <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>state of residence at the time of the person's initial enlistment or any reenlistment in <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>the United States armed forces;<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the person receiving the educational assistance is a Minnesota resident, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>defined in section 136A.101, subdivision 8; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the person receiving the educational assistance is an eligible student.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A person's eligibility terminates when the person becomes eligible for benefits <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>under section 135A.52.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) As proof of honorable service and disability or death status for a veteran or <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>service member, the director, by policy and in consultation with the commissioner, may <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>require official documentation, including the person's federal form DD-214 or other official <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>military discharge papers, correspondence from the United States veterans administration, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>birth certificate, marriage certificate, proof of enrollment at an eligible institution, signed <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>affidavits, proof of residency, proof of identity, or any other official documentation the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>director considers necessary to determine an applicant's eligibility status.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The director, in consultation with the commissioner, may deny eligibility or <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>terminate benefits under this section to any person who has not provided sufficient proof of <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>eligibility for the program. An applicant may appeal the director's eligibility determination <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>in writing to the director at any time. The director must rule on any application or appeal <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>within 30 days of receipt of all documentation that the director requires. Upon receiving <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>an application with insufficient documentation, the director must notify the applicant <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>within 30 days of receipt of the application that the application is being suspended pending <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>receipt by the director of sufficient documentation from the applicant. The decision of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>director regarding an appeal is final; however, an applicant whose appeal of an eligibility <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>determination has been rejected by the director may submit an additional appeal of that <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>determination in writing to the director at any time that the applicant is able to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.34"></a><var>24.34</var>substantively significant additional information relating to the person's eligibility for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.35"></a><var>24.35</var>program. An approval of an applicant's eligibility by the director following an appeal by <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>the applicant is not retroactively effective beyond the later of one year previously or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>semester of the person's original application.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Benefit amount.</b> (a) On approval by the director of an applicant's <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>eligibility for the program, the applicant shall be awarded, on a funds-available basis, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>educational assistance under the program for use at any time according to program rules <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>at any eligible institution. Eligibility for the program terminates upon exhaustion of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>person's benefits as specified in paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The amount of educational assistance in any semester or term for an eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>person must be determined by subtracting from the eligible person's cost of attendance <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>at that eligible public institution, or in the case of an eligible private institution the cost <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>of attendance for a comparable program at the Twin Cities campus of the University of <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>Minnesota, the amount the person received or was eligible to receive in that semester <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>or term from:<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the federal Pell Grant;<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the state grant under section 136A.121; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) any federal military or veterans educational benefits, including, but not limited <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>to, the Montgomery GI Bill, GI Bill Kicker, the federal tuition assistance program, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>vocational rehabilitation benefits, and any other federal benefits associated with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>person's status as a veteran, except veterans disability payments from the United States <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>Department of Veterans Affairs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The amount of education assistance for any eligible person must not exceed any <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>of the following amounts:<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) $1,250 per semester or term of enrollment, or in the case of a part-time student <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>$625 per semester or term of enrollment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) $3,570 per state fiscal year; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) $10,000 total. <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2007, and applies to <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>qualifying coursework taken on or after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. <b>ANNUAL REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioner of veterans affairs, in consultation with the director of higher <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>education, must annually review veterans' participation level in and expenditures for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>Minnesota GI Bill program in Minnesota Statutes, section 197.791, and, by January 15 <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>each year, must make recommendations to the chairs of the senate and house committees <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.34"></a><var>25.34</var>having oversight responsibility for veterans affairs regarding adjustment of individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.35"></a><var>25.35</var>benefit levels and program funding.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var><b>ARTICLE 3</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var><b>RELATED HIGHER EDUCATION</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.3.1.0"></a><a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 13.322, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Minnesota Office of Higher Education.</b> (a) General. Data sharing <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>involving the Minnesota Office of Higher Education and other institutions is governed <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>by sections section 
         <statute_ref>136A.05 and 136A.08, subdivision 8</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Student financial aid. Data collected and used by the Minnesota Office of <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>Higher Education on applicants for financial assistance are classified under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>136A.162
         </statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Minnesota college savings plan data. Account owner data, account data, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>data on beneficiaries of accounts under the Minnesota college savings plan are classified <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>136G.05, subdivision 10</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) School financial records. Financial records submitted by schools registering <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>with the Minnesota Office of Higher Education are classified under section 
         <statute_ref>136A.64</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) Enrollment and financial aid data. Data collected from eligible institutions on <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>student enrollment and federal and state financial aid are governed by sections 136A.121, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>subdivision 18, and 136A.1701, subdivision 11.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.2.0"></a><a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.70, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Construction management education surcharge and account.</b> (a) <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>For nonresidential construction building permits, the surcharge under subdivision 1 <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>is increased by an amount equal to one-quarter mill (.00025) of the fee or 25 cents, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>whichever amount is greater, and designated for and deposited in the construction <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>management education account.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The construction management education account is created as an account in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>special revenue fund, administered by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education for <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>the purpose of enhancing construction management education in public postsecondary <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>institutions. Funds in the account are appropriated to the director of the Minnesota Office <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>of Higher Education for the purposes of section 136A.127.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.3.0"></a><a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 41D.01, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment; membership.</b> (a) The Minnesota Agriculture <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>Education Leadership Council is established. The council is composed of 16 17 members <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the chair of the University of Minnesota agricultural education program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a representative of the commissioner of education;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) a representative of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities recommended <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>by the chancellor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the president and the president-elect of the Minnesota Association of Agriculture <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>Educators;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) a representative of the Future Farmers of America Foundation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) a representative of the commissioner of agriculture;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) the dean of the College of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>University of Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) a representative of the Minnesota Private Colleges Council;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) two members representing agriculture education and agriculture business <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>appointed by the governor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) (10) the chair of the senate Committee on Agriculture, General Legislation <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>and Veterans Affairs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) (11) the chair of the house Committee on Agriculture;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(11) (12) the ranking minority member of the senate Committee on Agriculture, <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>General Legislation and Veterans Affairs, and a member of the senate Education <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>Committee designated by the Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee on Rules <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>and Administration; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(12) (13) the ranking minority member of the house Agriculture Committee, and a <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>member of the house Education Committee designated by the speaker.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) An ex officio member of the council under paragraph (a), clause (1), (4), (7), <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>(9), (10), (11), or (12), or (13), may designate a permanent or temporary replacement <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>member representing the same constituency.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.4.0"></a><a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 135A.031, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Reports.</b> Instructional expenditure and enrollment data for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>instructional category shall be submitted by the public postsecondary systems to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>Minnesota Office of Higher Education and the Department of Finance and included in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>biennial budget document. The specific data shall be submitted only after the director of <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>the Minnesota Office of Higher Education has consulted with a data advisory task force to <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>determine the need, content, and detail of the information.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.5.0"></a><a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. <b>[135A.043] RESIDENT TUITION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) A student shall qualify for a resident tuition rate or its equivalent at state <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>universities and colleges, including the University of Minnesota, if the student meets <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>all of the following requirements:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) high school attendance within the state for three or more years;<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) graduation from a state high school or attainment within the state of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>equivalent of high school graduation; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) registration as an entering student at, or current enrollment in, a public institution <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>of higher education.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) This section is in addition to any other statute, rule, or higher education <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>institution regulation or policy providing eligibility for a resident tuition rate or its <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>equivalent to a student.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>and applies to tuition for school terms commencing on or after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.6.0"></a><a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 135A.053, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Performance and accountability.</b> Higher education systems and <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>campuses are expected to achieve the objectives in subdivision 1 and will be held <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>accountable for doing so. The legislature is increasing the flexibility of the systems and <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>campuses to provide greater responsibility to higher education in deciding how to achieve <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>statewide objectives, and to decentralize authority so that those decisions can be made <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>at the level where the education is delivered. To demonstrate their accountability, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>legislature expects each system and campus to measure and report on its performance, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>using meaningful indicators that are critical to achieving the objectives in subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>135A.033</statute_ref>. Nothing in this section precludes a system or campus <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>from determining its own objectives and performance measures beyond those identified <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>in this section. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.7.0"></a><a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. <b>[135A.104] STUDENT READINESS FOR COLLEGE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To reduce students' and the state of Minnesota's remedial education costs and <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>encourage students to take an academically sound high school curriculum, the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>State Colleges and Universities, in cooperation with the commissioner of education, must <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>offer the assessment of college readiness test to high school students. The test must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>offered to students no later than the 11th grade, allowing the students to makeup any <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>identified deficiencies while they are still in high school.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.8.0"></a><a id="pl.28.33"></a><var>28.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 135A.14, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> As used in this section, the following terms have the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>meanings given them.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) "Administrator" means the administrator of the institution or other person with <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>general control and supervision of the institution.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) "Public or private postsecondary educational institution" or "institution" means <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>any of the following institutions having an enrollment of more than 100 persons during <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>any quarter, term, or semester during the preceding year: (1) the University of Minnesota; <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>(2) the state universities; (3) the state community colleges; (4) public technical colleges; <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>(5) private four-year, professional and graduate institutions; (6) private two-year colleges; <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>and (7) schools subject to either chapter 141, sections 
         <statute_ref>136A.61</statute_ref> 136A.615 to 
         <statute_ref>136A.71</statute_ref>, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>schools exempt under section 
         <statute_ref>136A.657</statute_ref>, and which offer educational programs within the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>state for an academic year greater than six consecutive months. An institution's report to <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>the Minnesota Office of Higher Education or the Minnesota Department of Education may <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>be considered when determining enrollment. <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) "Student" means a person born after 1956 who did not graduate from a Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>high school in 1997 or later, and who is (1) registering for more than one class during <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>a full academic term, such as a quarter or a semester or (2) housed on campus and is <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>registering for one or more classes. Student does not include persons enrolled in extension <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>classes only or correspondence classes only.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.9.0"></a><a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 135A.51, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Senior citizen.</b> "Senior citizen" means a person who has reached 62 years <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>of age before the beginning of any term, semester or quarter, in which a course of study <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>is pursued, or a person receiving a railroad retirement annuity who has reached 60 years <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>of age before the beginning of the term.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.10.0"></a><a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 135A.52, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Fees and tuition.</b> Except for an administration fee established by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>governing board at a level to recover costs, to be collected only when a course is taken for <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>credit, a senior citizen who is a legal resident of Minnesota is entitled without payment <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>of tuition or activity fees to attend courses offered for credit, audit any courses offered <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>for credit, or enroll in any noncredit courses in any state supported institution of higher <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>education in Minnesota when space is available after all tuition-paying students have been <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>accommodated. A senior citizen enrolled under this section must pay any materials, <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>personal property, or service charges for the course. In addition, a senior citizen who is <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.34"></a><var>29.34</var>enrolled in a course for credit must pay an administrative fee in an amount established <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>by the governing board of the institution to recover the course costs. There shall be no <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>administrative fee charges to a senior citizen auditing a course. For the purposes of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>section and section 
         <statute_ref>135A.51</statute_ref>, the term "noncredit courses" shall not include those courses <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>designed and offered specifically and exclusively for senior citizens.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The provisions of this section and section 
         <statute_ref>135A.51</statute_ref> do not apply to noncredit courses <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>designed and offered by the University of Minnesota, and the Minnesota State Colleges <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>and Universities specifically and exclusively for senior citizens. Senior citizens enrolled <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>under the provisions of this section and section 
         <statute_ref>135A.51</statute_ref> shall not be included by such <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>institutions in their computation of full-time equivalent students when requesting staff <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>or appropriations.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.11.0"></a><a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 135A.52, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Term; income of senior citizens.</b> (a) Except under paragraph (b), there <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>shall be no limit to the number of terms, quarters or semesters a senior citizen may attend <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>courses, nor income limitation imposed in determining eligibility.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A senior citizen enrolled in a closed enrollment contract training or professional <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>continuing education program is not eligible for benefits under subdivision 1.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.12.0"></a><a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. <b>[136A.002] DEFINITIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Scope.</b> For purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>have the meanings given them.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Office of Higher Education or office.</b> "Office of Higher Education" or <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>"office" means the Minnesota Office of Higher Education.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.13.0"></a><a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.01, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Responsibilities.</b> The Minnesota Office of Higher Education is responsible <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) necessary state level administration of financial aid programs, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>accounting, auditing, and disbursing state and federal financial aid funds, and reporting on <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>financial aid programs to the governor and the legislature;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) approval, registration, licensing, and financial aid eligibility of private collegiate <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>and career schools, under sections 
         <statute_ref>136A.61</statute_ref> 136A.615 to 
         <statute_ref>136A.71</statute_ref> and chapter 141;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) administering the Learning Network of Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) negotiating and administering reciprocity agreements;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) publishing and distributing financial aid information and materials, and other <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.33"></a><var>30.33</var>information and materials under section 
         <statute_ref>136A.87</statute_ref>, to students and parents;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) collecting and maintaining student enrollment and financial aid data and <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>reporting data on students and postsecondary institutions to develop and implement a <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>process to measure and report on the effectiveness of postsecondary institutions;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) administering the federal programs that affect students and institutions on a <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>statewide basis; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) prescribing policies, procedures, and rules under chapter 14 necessary to <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>administer the programs under its supervision.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.14.0"></a><a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.031, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Expiration.</b> Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>15.059, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, the advisory <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>groups established in this section do not expire on June 30, 2007.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.15.0"></a><a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.0411, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var><b>136A.0411 COLLECTING FEES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The office may charge fees for seminars, conferences, workshops, services, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>materials. The office may collect fees for registration and licensure of private institutions <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>under sections 
         <statute_ref>136A.61</statute_ref> 136A.615 to 
         <statute_ref>136A.71</statute_ref> and chapter 141. The money is annually <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>appropriated to the office. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.16.0"></a><a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.08, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Reporting.</b> The Minnesota Office of Higher Education must annually, <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>before the last day in January, submit a report to the committees in the house of <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>representatives and the senate with responsibility for higher education finance on:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) participation in the tuition reciprocity program by Minnesota students and <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>students from other states attending Minnesota postsecondary institutions under a <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>reciprocity agreement;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) reciprocity and resident tuition rates at each institution; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) interstate payments and obligations for each state participating in the tuition <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>reciprocity program in the prior year.; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) summary statistics on number of graduates by institution, degree granted, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>year of graduation for reciprocity students who attended Minnesota postsecondary <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>institutions.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.17.0"></a><a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.101, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Eligible institution.</b> "Eligible institution" means a postsecondary <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>educational institution located in this state or in a state with which the office has entered <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>into a higher education reciprocity agreement on state student aid programs that either (1) <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>is operated by this state or the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, or (2) is <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>operated publicly or privately and, as determined by the office, meets all of the following: <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>(i) maintains academic standards substantially equivalent to those of comparable <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>institutions operated in this state; (ii) is licensed or registered as a postsecondary institution <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>by the office or another state agency; and (iii) by July 1, 2011, is participating in the federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>Pell Grant program under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.18.0"></a><a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.121, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Grant stipends.</b> The grant stipend shall be based on a sharing of <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>responsibility for covering the recognized cost of attendance by the applicant, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>applicant's family, and the government. The amount of a financial stipend must not <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>exceed a grant applicant's recognized cost of attendance, as defined in subdivision 6, after <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>deducting the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the assigned student responsibility of at least 46 45.5 percent of the cost of <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>attending the institution of the applicant's choosing;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the assigned family responsibility as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>136A.101</statute_ref>; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the amount of a federal Pell grant award for which the grant applicant is eligible.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The minimum financial stipend is $100 per academic year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.19.0"></a><a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.125, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Eligible students.</b> (a) An applicant is eligible for a child care grant if <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>the applicant:<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) is a resident of the state of Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) has a child 12 years of age or younger, or 14 years of age or younger who is <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>disabled as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>125A.02</statute_ref>, and who is receiving or will receive care on a <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>regular basis from a licensed or legal, nonlicensed caregiver;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) is income eligible as determined by the office's policies and rules, but is not a <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>recipient of assistance from the Minnesota family investment program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) has not earned a baccalaureate degree and has been enrolled full time less than <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>eight semesters or the equivalent;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) is pursuing a nonsectarian program or course of study that applies to an <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>undergraduate degree, diploma, or certificate;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) is enrolled at least half time in an eligible institution; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) is in good academic standing and making satisfactory academic progress.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A student who withdraws from enrollment for active military service is entitled <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>to an additional semester or the equivalent of grant eligibility and will be considered to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>in continuing enrollment status upon return.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.20.0"></a><a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 20. <b>[136A.126] TEACHER EDUCATION AND COMPENSATION HELPS; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var><b>MINNESOTA EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER RETENTION PROGRAMS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>TEACH.</b> The teacher education and compensation helps program <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>(TEACH) is established to provide tuition scholarships, education incentives, and an early <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>childhood teacher retention program to provide retention incentives to early care and <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>education providers. The director shall make a grant with appropriations for this purpose <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>to a nonprofit organization licensed to administer the TEACH early childhood program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Program components.</b> (a) The nonprofit organization must use the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>grant for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) tuition scholarships up to $5,000 per year for courses leading to the nationally <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>recognized child development associate credential or college-level courses leading to an <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>associate's or bachelor's degree in early childhood development and school-age care; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) education incentives of a minimum of $100 to participants in the tuition <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>scholarship program if they complete a year of working in the early care and education <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>field.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Applicants for the scholarship must be employed by a licensed early childhood <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>or child care program and working directly with children, a licensed family child care <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>provider, or an employee in a school-age program exempt from licensing under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>245A.03, subdivision 2, clause (12). Lower wage earners must be given priority in <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>awarding the tuition scholarships. Scholarship recipients must contribute ten percent of <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>the total scholarship and must be sponsored by their employers, who must also contribute <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>ten percent of the total scholarship. Scholarship recipients who are self-employed must <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>contribute 20 percent of the total scholarship. <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The organization must also use the grant for teacher retention incentives of <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>$1,000 to $3,500 annually to be paid biannually. Applicants for the retention incentives <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>must be employed by a licensed early childhood or child care program and working <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>directly with children, a licensed family child care provider, or an employee in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>school-age program exempt from licensing under section 245A.03, subdivision 2, clause <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>(12). Lower wage earners must be given priority for the retention incentives. The amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>of the retention incentive must be based on the applicant's level of education at the time of <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.34"></a><var>33.34</var>application. A provider is eligible for the retention incentive if the provider:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) has worked in the field for at least one year and has been working at the same <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>location for at least one year at the time of application;<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) agrees to remain in the provider's current position for a period of at least one <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>year; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) has an associate's or bachelor's degree or a child development associate's degree.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Advisory committee.</b> The TEACH early childhood and Minnesota early <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>childhood teacher retention programs must have an advisory board as prescribed by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>national TEACH organization.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.21.0"></a><a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 21. <b>[136A.127] CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT EDUCATION </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var><b>PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Construction Management Education Account Advisory </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var><b>Committee.</b> The director must establish an advisory committee for the construction <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>management education account. Members of the committee must include: the executive <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>vice-president of the Minnesota Mechanical Contractors association or designee, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>chapter manager of one of the Minnesota chapters of the National Electrical Contractors <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>Association or designee, the executive director of the Associated General Contractors of <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>Minnesota or designee, two members of the nonresidential construction industry, and a <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>construction management program coordinator or director from an accredited construction <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>management program in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. Members serve <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>three-year terms. Advisory committee members are reimbursed for expenses related to <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>committee activities. The director may accept funds from federal, state, or local public <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>agencies, or from private foundations or individuals for deposit into the construction <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>management education account under section 16B.70. All money in the account must <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>be used for the purposes of this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Grants.</b> Grants from the construction management education account must <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>be used to maintain and increase the quality and availability of education programs for <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>the construction industry by awarding grants to accredited construction management <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>programs in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. Grants must be used to <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>maintain and upgrade facilities and provide greater industry access to modern construction <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>standards and management practices. In making grants, the director, in consultation with <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>the committee, must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) confirm the qualifications of any program applying for a grant;<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.33"></a><var>34.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) affirm applications for American Council for Construction Education <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.34"></a><var>34.34</var>accreditation and, when funds are available, award grants to complete the accreditation <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.35"></a><var>34.35</var>process;<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) promote close ties between technical and community colleges and four-year <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>construction management programs; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) support the development of new educational programs with specific emphasis on <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>outreach to the construction industry at large.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Grant awards.</b> (a) The committee may award grants to a Minnesota State <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>Colleges and Universities institution to support construction management education and to <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>promote outreach and continuing education in the construction industry.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) An eligible institution must provide one of the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) a bachelor of science construction management degree accredited by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>American Council for Construction Education;<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a degree with an American Council for Construction Education accredited <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>option, including, but not limited to, Engineering Technology and Industrial Technology;<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) a bachelor of science degree program documenting placement of more than 50 <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>percent of their graduates with Minnesota nonresidential contractors; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the development of a construction management curriculum to meet the American <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>Council for Construction Education criteria.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Grant awards may be made as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) $3,000 per graduate during the past academic year up to a maximum of $100,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>for institutions qualifying under paragraph (b), clause (1);<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) $3,000 per graduate during the past academic year up to a maximum of $100,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>for institutions qualifying under paragraph (b), clause (2);<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) $3,000 per graduate placed with Minnesota nonresidential contractors during the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>past academic year to a maximum of $20,000 for institutions qualifying under paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>(b), clause (3);<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) up to $25,000 for the purpose of becoming accredited by the American Council <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>for Construction Education for two years which may be renewed if the institution is <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>continuing progress towards accreditation; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) for faculty recruitment and development in construction management programs, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>including support for postgraduate work leading to advanced degrees, visiting lecturer <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>compensation and expenses, teaching assistant positions, and faculty positions; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) to support general classroom and laboratory operating expenses. <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Grants may only be awarded from the construction management education account <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.33"></a><var>35.33</var>to the extent that funds are available. No other state funding may be provided for these <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.34"></a><var>35.34</var>grants.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.35"></a><var>35.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Reports.</b> (a) The director must annually report to the committees of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.36"></a><var>35.36</var>legislature responsible for higher education finance by January 15. The report must <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>include the names of the public postsecondary educational institutions receiving grants, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>amount of the grant, the purposes for each grant, the number of students served, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>number of placements made to the construction industry for the previous academic year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) After receiving an initial grant, the president of the public postsecondary <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>educational institution must annually submit a report to the director listing the amount of <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>all past grants awarded from the construction management education account and the uses <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>of those funds. The report must be submitted with a request for a new or continuing grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>and at a minimum must include the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the number of graduates placed with the Minnesota contractors during the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>previous academic year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the expected enrollment in construction management courses in the upcoming <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>academic year; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) continuing education and extension courses offered in construction management <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>during the previous academic year and their enrollments.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Administration.</b> Up to $15,000 per year from the construction <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>management education account may be used for the administration of this program.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.22.0"></a><a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.15, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Scope.</b> For purposes of sections 
         <statute_ref>136A.15</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>136A.1702 136A.1701</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>the terms defined in this section have the meanings ascribed to given them. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.23.0"></a><a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.15, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Eligible institution.</b> "Eligible institution" means a postsecondary <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>educational institution that either (1) is operated or regulated by this state, or the Board of <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>Regents of the University of Minnesota; (2) is operated publicly or privately in another <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>state, is approved by the United States Secretary of Education, and, as determined by <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>the office, maintains academic standards substantially equal to those of comparable <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>institutions operated in this state; (3) is licensed or registered as a postsecondary institution <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>by the office or another state agency; and (4) by July 1, 2011, is participating in the federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>Pell Grant program under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. It <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>also includes any institution chartered in a province.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.24.0"></a><a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.16, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Designation.</b> Notwithstanding chapter 16C, the Minnesota Office of <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>Higher Education is designated as the administrative agency for carrying out the purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>and terms of sections 
         <statute_ref>136A.15</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>136A.1702 136A.1701</statute_ref>. The office may establish one <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>or more loan programs. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.25.0"></a><a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.16, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Rules.</b> The office shall adopt policies and prescribe appropriate rules to <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>carry out the purposes of sections 
         <statute_ref>136A.15</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>136A.1702 136A.1701</statute_ref>. The policies and <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>rules except as they relate to loans under section 
         <statute_ref>136A.1701</statute_ref> must be compatible with <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>the provisions of the National Vocational Student Loan Insurance Act of 1965 and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>provisions of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and any amendments thereof. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.26.0"></a><a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.16, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Agencies.</b> The office may contract with guarantee agencies, insurance <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>agencies, collection agencies, or any other person, to carry out the purposes of sections <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>136A.15
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>136A.1702 136A.1701</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.27.0"></a><a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.16, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Investment.</b> Money made available to the office that is not immediately <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>needed for the purposes of sections 
         <statute_ref>136A.15</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>136A.1702 136A.1701</statute_ref> may be invested <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>by the office. The money must be invested in bonds, certificates of indebtedness, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>other fixed income securities, except preferred stocks, which are legal investments for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>permanent school fund. The money may also be invested in prime quality commercial <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>paper that is eligible for investment in the state employees retirement fund. All interest <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>and profits from such investments inure to the benefit of the office or may be pledged for <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>security of bonds issued by the office or its predecessor, the Minnesota Higher Education <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>Coordinating Board. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.28.0"></a><a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.16, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Staff.</b> The office may employ the professional and clerical staff the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>director deems necessary for the proper administration of the loan programs established <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>and defined by sections 
         <statute_ref>136A.15</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>136A.1702 136A.1701</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.29.0"></a><a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.16, subdivision 10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Director.</b> Subject to its directives and review, the office may delegate to <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>the director the responsibility for issuance of public information concerning provisions of <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>136A.15</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>136A.1702 136A.1701</statute_ref>, for design of loan application forms, and for <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>prescribing procedures for submission of applications for loans. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.30.0"></a><a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.17, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Eligibility.</b> A student is eligible to apply for a loan under sections <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>136A.15
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>136A.1702</statute_ref> 136A.1701 if the office finds that the student is an eligible student <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>as defined in those sections and is eligible for a loan under federal laws and regulations <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>governing the federal guaranteed student loan programs. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.31.0"></a><a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.1701, subdivision 1, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment of program.</b> The Minnesota Office of Higher <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>Education may provide for programs of loans which may be made in lieu of or in addition <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>to loans authorized under sections 
         <statute_ref>136A.15</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>136A.1702 136A.1701</statute_ref> and applicable <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>provisions of federal law as provided in this section. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.32.0"></a><a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.1701, subdivision 2, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Purpose of program.</b> The purpose of the loan programs under this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>is to provide financial assistance for the postsecondary education of students who are <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>eligible students whether or not such students qualify for a loan or loans under other <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>136A.15</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>136A.1702 136A.1701</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Loans granted to students may be used solely for educational purposes.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.33.0"></a><a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.1701, subdivision 5, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Maximum loans for students.</b> Loans made under this section or sections <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>136A.15
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>136A.1702</statute_ref> 136A.1701 to an individual eligible student for vocational study <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>may be made for a maximum of three academic years or their equivalent and loans made <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>to any other individual eligible student may be made for a maximum of eight academic <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>years or their equivalent. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.34.0"></a><a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 34. <b>[136A.1704] LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM FOR </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var><b>SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Creation of account.</b> A loan forgiveness program account is <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>established in the special revenue fund in the state treasury to promote the recruitment and <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>retention of licensed speech-language pathologists to work with students with speech or <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>hearing disorders. Money appropriated to this account does not cancel but is available <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>until expended. Money in the account is appropriated to the director of the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>Office of Higher Education for the purpose of this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Eligibility for loan forgiveness.</b> A student loan administered by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>Minnesota Office of Higher Education under section 136A.16, subdivision 1, may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>forgiven if the recipient graduates from a postsecondary institution with a degree in <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>speech-language pathology, becomes licensed to work with students with speech and <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>hearing disorders as defined in Minnesota Rules, part 3525.1343, and is employed as a <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>speech-language pathologist with primary responsibilities to work with students who are <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>diagnosed with speech or hearing disorders.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Loan forgiveness.</b> (a) To the extent of available appropriations, one-fourth <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>of the principal of the outstanding loan amount shall be forgiven for each year of eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>employment or a pro rata amount for eligible employment during part of a school year, <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>part-time employment, or other eligible part-time work. Loans for $2,500 or less may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>forgiven at the rate of up to $1,250 per year. Employment with the following Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>schools and programs is eligible for determining loan forgiveness:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) a school or program operated by a school district or a group of school districts;<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a tribal contract school eligible to receive aid according to section 124D.83;<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) a charter school;<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) a private school;<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) a Head Start program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) an early childhood family education program; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) a program providing early intervention services to children with disabilities <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>who have not entered kindergarten.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) If an eligible recipient has an outstanding loan administered by the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>Office of Higher Education, the duty to make payments of principal and interest may <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>be deferred during any time period the person is enrolled at least one-half time in an <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>advanced degree program in a field related to working with students with speech or <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>hearing disabilities. To defer loan obligations, the person shall provide written notification <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>to the Minnesota Office of Higher Education.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The Minnesota Office of Higher Education shall approve the loan forgiveness <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>and deferral, and develop procedures to administer the program.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.35.0"></a><a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.233, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.33"></a><var>39.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Payments.</b> Work-study payments shall be made to eligible students by <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.34"></a><var>39.34</var>postsecondary institutions as provided in this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Students shall be selected for participation in the program by the postsecondary <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>institution on the basis of student financial need.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) In selecting students for participation, priority must be given to students enrolled <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>for at least 12 credits. In each academic year, a student may be awarded work-study <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>payments for one period of nonenrollment or less than half-time enrollment if the student <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>will enroll on at least a half-time basis during the following academic term.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Students will be paid for hours actually worked and the maximum hourly rate <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>of pay shall not exceed the maximum hourly rate of pay permitted under the federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>college work-study program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Minimum pay rates will be determined by an applicable federal or state law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) The office shall annually establish a minimum percentage rate of student <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>compensation to be paid by an eligible employer.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) Each postsecondary institution receiving money for state work-study grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>shall make a reasonable effort to place work-study students in employment with eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>employers outside the institution. However, a public employer other than the institution <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>may not terminate, lay off, or reduce the working hours of a permanent employee for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>purpose of hiring a work-study student, or replace a permanent employee who is on layoff <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>from the same or substantially the same job by hiring a work-study student.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) The percent of the institution's work-study allocation provided to graduate <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>students shall not exceed the percent of graduate student enrollment at the participating <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>institution.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) An institution may use up to 30 percent of its allocation for student internships <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>with private, for-profit employers.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.36.0"></a><a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.29, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Revenue bonds; limit.</b> The authority is authorized and empowered <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>to issue revenue bonds whose aggregate principal amount at any time shall not exceed <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>$800,000,000 $950,000,000 and to issue notes, bond anticipation notes, and revenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>refunding bonds of the authority under the provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>136A.25</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>136A.42</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>to provide funds for acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, enlarging, remodeling, <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>renovating, improving, furnishing, or equipping one or more projects or parts thereof. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.37.0"></a><a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.861, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Grants.</b> The director of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.33"></a><var>40.33</var>shall award grants to foster postsecondary attendance and retention by providing outreach <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.34"></a><var>40.34</var>services to historically underserved students in grades six through 12 and historically <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>underrepresented college students. Grants must be awarded to programs that provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>precollege services, including, but not limited to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) academic counseling;<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) mentoring;<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) fostering and improving parental involvement in planning for and facilitating a <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var>college education;<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) services for students with English as a second language;<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) academic enrichment activities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) tutoring;<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) career awareness and exploration;<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) orientation to college life;<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) assistance with high school course selection and information about college <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>admission requirements; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) financial aid counseling.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Grants shall be awarded to postsecondary institutions, professional organizations, <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>community-based organizations, or others deemed appropriate by the director.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Grants shall be awarded for one year and may be renewed for a second year with <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>documentation to the Minnesota Office of Higher Education of successful program <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>outcomes.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.38.0"></a><a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.861, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Eligible students.</b> Eligible students include students in grades six through <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>12 who meet one or more of the following criteria:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) are counted under section 1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>Act of 1965 (Title I);<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch under the National School Lunch Act;<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) receive assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Law (Title <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var>I of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996); or<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) are a member of a group traditionally underrepresented in higher education.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Eligible undergraduate students include those who met the student eligibility criteria <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>as 6th through 12th graders.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.39.0"></a><a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.861, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.32"></a><var>41.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Application process.</b> The director of the Minnesota Office of Higher <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.33"></a><var>41.33</var>Education shall develop a grant application process. The director shall attempt to support <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>projects in a manner that ensures that eligible students throughout the state have access <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>to precollege program services.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The grant application must include, at a minimum, the following information:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) a description of the characteristics of the students to be served reflective of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>need for services listed in subdivision 1;<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a description of the services to be provided and a timeline for implementation of <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>the activities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) a description of how the services provided will foster postsecondary attendance <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>and support postsecondary retention;<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) a description of how the services will be evaluated to determine whether the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var>program goals were met; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) other information as identified by the director.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var>Grant recipients must specify both program and student outcome goals, and performance <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>measures for each goal.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.40.0"></a><a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.861, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Program evaluation.</b> Each grant recipient must annually submit a report <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>to the Minnesota Office of Higher Education delineating its program and student outcome <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var>goals, and activities implemented to achieve the stated outcomes. The goals must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var>clearly stated and measurable. Grant recipients are required to collect, analyze, and report <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>on participation and outcome data that enable the office to verify that the program goals <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>were met. The office shall maintain:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) information about successful precollege program and undergraduate student <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var>retention program activities for dissemination to individuals throughout the state interested <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>in adopting or replicating successful program practices; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) data on the success of the funded projects in increasing the high school <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>graduation and, college participation, and college graduation rates of students served <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>by the grant recipients. The office may convene meetings of the grant recipients, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var>needed, to discuss issues pertaining to the implementation of precollege services and <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>undergraduate retention programs.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.41.0"></a><a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136F.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Membership.</b> The board consists of 15 17 members appointed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.32"></a><var>42.32</var>the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. At least one member of the board <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.33"></a><var>42.33</var>must be a resident of each congressional district. Three members must be students who are <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.34"></a><var>42.34</var>enrolled at least half time in a degree, diploma, or certificate program or have graduated <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>from an institution governed by the board within one year of the date of appointment. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>student members shall include: one member from a community college, one member from <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>a state university, and one member from a technical college. Two members must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>members of the AFL-CIO. The remaining members must be appointed to represent the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>state at large.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.42.0"></a><a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 42. <b>[136F.045] UNION MEMBER SELECTION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding section 136F.03, the AFL-CIO has the responsibility for recruiting, <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>screening, and recommending qualified candidates for their members of the board. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var>AFL-CIO must develop a statement of selection criteria for board membership and a <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>process for recommending candidates. Beginning in 2008, and every six years thereafter, <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var>the AFL-CIO must recommend four candidates for the two board positions to the governor <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>by April 15. The governor must appoint two of the candidates to the board of trustees.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.43.0"></a><a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136F.42, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Time reporting.</b> As provided in Executive Order 96-2, the board, <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>in consultation with the commissioners of employee relations and finance, may develop <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>policies to allow system office or campus employees on salaries, as defined in section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var>43A.17, subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>, to use negative time reporting in which employees report only that <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>time for which leave is taken. By the end of the 1997 fiscal year, the board, in consultation <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>with the commissioners of employee relations and finance, shall evaluate the use of <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>negative time reporting and its potential for use with other state employees. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.44.0"></a><a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136F.71, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Activity funds.</b> All receipts attributable to the state colleges and <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>universities activity funds and deposited in the state treasury are appropriated to the board <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>and are not subject to budgetary control as exercised by the commissioner of finance.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.45.0"></a><a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136F.71, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Banking services.</b> Notwithstanding section 16A.27, the board shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>have authority to control the amount and manner of deposit of all receipts described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>this section in depositories selected by the board. The board's authority shall include <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>specifying the considerations, financial activities, and conditions required from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>depository, including the requirement of collateral security or a corporate surety bond <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>as described in section 118A.03. The board may compensate the depository, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>paying a reasonable charge to the depository, maintaining appropriate compensating <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>balances with the depository, or purchasing non-interest-bearing certificates of deposit <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>from the depository for performing depository-related services.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.46.0"></a><a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136G.11, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Amount of matching grant.</b> The amount of the matching grant for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>beneficiary equals:<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) if the beneficiary's family income is $50,000 or less, 15 percent of the sum <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>of the contributions made to the beneficiary's account during the calendar year, not to <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>exceed $300 $400; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) if the beneficiary's family income is more than $50,000 but not more than <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>$80,000, five ten percent of the sum of the contributions made to the beneficiary's account <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>during the calendar year, not to exceed $300 $400.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.47.0"></a><a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 47. <b>MINNESOTA WEST COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var><b>AT WORTHINGTON; YMCA LEASE AGREEMENT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Board of Trustees of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities may enter <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>into a lease agreement with the YMCA not to exceed 40 years, for the lease of land on <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>the Minnesota West Community and Technical College at Worthington campus for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>construction of a YMCA facility. The lease may also include the city of Worthington.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Siting and design of the facility must be consistent with the college's master <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>plan and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities' building standards. Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>West Community and Technical College may negotiate for use of the facility for college <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>purposes. The lease must contain a provision that the lease shall terminate if the improved <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>property is no longer used for the partial benefit of the students at the Worthington campus.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.48.0"></a><a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 48. <b>INTEREST RATE SWAP AND OTHER AGREEMENTS; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var><b>IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Minnesota Office of Higher Education must develop a plan for implementing <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>interest rate exchanges, swaps, or other interest rate protection agreements for its student <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>loan programs. The plan must be presented in a report to the committees of legislature <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var>responsible for higher education finance by January 15, 2008. The report must address <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>potential contracting arrangements and options, benefits and risks associated with these <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.31"></a><var>44.31</var>agreements, and the potential impacts on the student loan program, its assets, and its <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.32"></a><var>44.32</var>objectives.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.49.0"></a><a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 49. <b>REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>(a) Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 135A.031, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>135A.032; 135A.033; 136A.07; and 136A.08, subdivision 8, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>(b) Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 137.0245; and 137.0246, are repealed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var><b>ARTICLE 4</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var><b>TEXTBOOK PRICING AND ACCESS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.4.1.0"></a><a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. <b>[135A.25] TEXTBOOK DISCLOSURE, PRICING, AND ACCESS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Short title.</b> This section may be cited as the Textbook Disclosure, <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>Pricing, and Access Act.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Purpose and intent.</b> The purpose of this act is to ensure that every student <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>in higher education is offered better and more timely access to affordable course materials <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>by educating and informing faculty, students, administrators, institutions, bookstores, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>publishers on all aspects of the selection, purchase, sales, and use of the materials. It is the <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>policy of the state of Minnesota that all involved parties must work together to identify <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>ways to decrease the cost of course materials for students while protecting the academic <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>freedom of faculty members to provide high-quality course materials for students. <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Definitions.</b> For the purposes of this section, the following definitions <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>have the meanings given.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) "Bundled" means any course material packaged together to be sold for one price.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) "Bookstore" means a store that is affiliated with a postsecondary institution or <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>has a contract with a postsecondary institution to sell course materials to students enrolled <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var>at the postsecondary institution.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) "Course material" means textbooks as defined in section 297A.67, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>13, custom course materials, and instructional materials as defined in section 297A.67, <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>subdivision 13a, sold to students by a bookstore in a bundled or unbundled form.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) "Custom course materials" means any combination of textbooks, course <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>materials, or any part thereof that has been customized, produced, and sold by a distributor <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>or publisher specifically for a specific course, program, or field of study.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) "Distributor" means an independent contractor, including its employees or agents, <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>that is in the business of selling, distributing, advertising, marketing, or maintaining an <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var>inventory of course materials for a postsecondary institution or bookstore.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.32"></a><var>45.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) "Postsecondary institution" means a Minnesota institution defined under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.33"></a><var>45.33</var>136A.101, subdivision 4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) "Publisher" means a publishing house, firm, or business, including its employees <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var>or agents, acting with authority of the publisher that publishes, sells, markets, or maintains <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>an inventory of course materials to a postsecondary institution or bookstore.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Publisher disclosures.</b> (a) Beginning January 1, 2008, a publisher or <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>distributor must post on its Web site, include in a catalog, or disclose in writing to a faculty <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var>member or other individual at a postsecondary institution responsible for selecting course <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>material within seven days of a request, at least the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the title, edition, author, and International Standard Book Number (ISBN) of all <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>course material and custom course materials, if applicable;<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the price for the course material;<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) whether the required course material is bundled with optional material, whether <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>it can be unbundled, and the price for each bundled and unbundled component;<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) whether the material is available in an alternative format and the cost for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>alternatively formatted material; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) summary of revisions to requested course material for the previous edition or <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>release for materials that have been in circulation for five years or less and a detailed <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>breakdown of revisions must be made available in writing within seven days of the request.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A publisher or distributor must make all bundled course materials available to <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>bookstores or postsecondary institutions in an unbundled form or provide written or verbal <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var>notice within seven days of a request under this subdivision if the unbundled materials are <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>not available. <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A publisher or distributor must post on its Web site, include in its marketing <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>materials, or disclose in writing when a request is made under this subdivision for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>return policy for course material, including any penalties or conditions for returns.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Disclosure under this section is not required for mass market and trade books that <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>are not published, marketed, or sold primarily for use in or by postsecondary institutions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Payment for course material.</b> Each postsecondary institution must adopt <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>policies that allow students to add the costs of course material purchased at a bookstore <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>to existing waivers or payment plans for tuition and fees. <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Notice to purchase.</b> (a) An instructor shall make reasonable efforts to <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.31"></a><var>46.31</var>notify a bookstore of the final order for required and recommended course material <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.32"></a><var>46.32</var>including, but not limited to, alternative formats, previous editions, or custom course <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.33"></a><var>46.33</var>materials at least 30 days prior to the commencement of the term.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.34"></a><var>46.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The bookstore must notify students of the following information concerning the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.35"></a><var>46.35</var>required and recommended course material at least 15 days prior to the commencement of <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.36"></a><var>46.36</var>the term for which the course material is required, including, but not limited to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the title, edition, author, and International Standard Book Number (ISBN) of <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>the course material;<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the price for the course material;<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) whether the required course material is bundled with optional material, whether <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>it can be unbundled, and the price for each bundled and unbundled component; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) whether the material is available in an alternative format and the cost for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>alternatively formatted material.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Educational strategies.</b> (a) During the biennium ending June 30, 2009, <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>the Minnesota Office of Higher Education shall work with postsecondary institutions <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>to develop educational materials based upon the findings of the Minnesota Textbook <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>Advisory Task Force recommendations and other relevant information, convene and <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>sponsor meetings and workshops, and provide educational materials for faculty, students, <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>administrators, institutions, bookstores, and publishers in order to educate all interested <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>parties on strategies for reducing the costs of course materials for students attending <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>postsecondary institutions. <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The Minnesota Office of Higher Education must develop and maintain a <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var>standardized request form for publisher disclosure under this section with all required <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>information. The request form must be in an electronic format that can be downloaded <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>from the office Web site.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.5.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var><b>ARTICLE 5</b><br />
            		
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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var><b>PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.5.1.0"></a><a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.61, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var><b>136A.61 POLICY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The legislature has found and hereby declares that the availability of legitimate <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>courses and programs leading to academic degrees offered by responsible private not for <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var>profit and for profit institutions of postsecondary education and the existence of legitimate <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>private colleges and universities are in the best interests of the people of this state. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var>legislature has found and declares that the state can provide assistance and protection <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>for persons choosing private institutions and programs, by establishing policies and <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>procedures to assure the authenticity and legitimacy of private postsecondary education <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var>institutions and programs. The legislature has also found and declares that this same <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.32"></a><var>47.32</var>policy applies to any private and public postsecondary educational institution located in <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.33"></a><var>47.33</var>another state or country which offers or makes available to a Minnesota resident any <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.34"></a><var>47.34</var>course, program or educational activity which does not require the leaving of the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.35"></a><var>47.35</var>for its completion.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.5.2.0"></a><a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. <b>[136A.615] CITATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sections 136A.615 to 136A.71 may be cited as the "Minnesota Private and <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>Out-of-State Public Postsecondary Education Act."<br />
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         		<a id="bill.5.3.0"></a><a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.62, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>School.</b> "School" means: <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) any individual, partnership, company, firm, society, trust, association, <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var>corporation, or any combination thereof, which (a) (i) is, owns, or operates a private, <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var>nonprofit postsecondary education institution; (b) (ii) is, owns, or operates a private, for <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>profit postsecondary education institution; (iii) provides a postsecondary instructional <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>program or course leading to a degree whether or not for profit; (c) (iv) is, owns, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>operates a private, postsecondary education institution which uses the term "college", <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var>"academy", "institute" or "university" in its name; or (d) operates for profit and provides <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>programs or courses which are intended to allow an individual to fulfill in part or totally <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var>the requirements necessary to maintain a license to practice an occupation. School shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>also mean<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) any public postsecondary educational institution located in another state or <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>country which offers or makes available to a Minnesota resident any course, program or <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>educational activity which does not require the leaving of the state for its completion; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) any individual, entity, or postsecondary institution located in another state <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>that contracts with any school located within the state of Minnesota for the purpose of <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>providing educational programs, training programs, or awarding postsecondary credits <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>or continuing education credits to Minnesota residents that may be applied to a degree <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>program.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.5.4.0"></a><a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.63, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var><b>136A.63 REGISTRATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Annual registration.</b> All schools located within Minnesota and <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var>all schools located outside Minnesota which offer degree programs or courses within <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>Minnesota shall register annually with the office.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Sale of an institution.</b> Within 30 days of a change of ownership the school <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var>must submit a registration renewal application, all usual and ordinary information and <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.31"></a><var>48.31</var>materials for an initial registration, and applicable registration fees for a new institution. <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.32"></a><var>48.32</var>For purposes of this subdivision, "change of ownership" means a merger or consolidation <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.33"></a><var>48.33</var>with a corporation; a sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of all or substantially all of <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>the assets of a school; the transfer of a controlling interest of at least 51 percent of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>school's stock; or a change in the not-for-profit or for profit status of a school.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.5.5.0"></a><a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.64, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var><b>136A.64 INFORMATION</b><b> REQUIRED FOR REGISTRATION</b><b>.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Schools to provide information.</b> As a basis for registration, schools <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var>shall provide the office with such information as the office needs to determine the nature <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var>and activities of the school, including but not limited to, requirements for admission, <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var>enrollments, tuition charge, refund policies, curriculum, degrees granted, and faculty <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var>employed. The office shall have the authority to verify the accuracy of the information <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.10"></a><var>49.10</var>submitted to it by inspection or any other means it deems necessary. the following which <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.11"></a><var>49.11</var>shall be accompanied by an affidavit attesting to its accuracy and truthfulness: <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.12"></a><var>49.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) articles of incorporation, constitution, bylaws, or other operating documents; <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.13"></a><var>49.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a duly adopted statement of the school's mission and goals; <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.14"></a><var>49.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) evidence of current school or program licenses granted by departments or <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.15"></a><var>49.15</var>agencies of any state; <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.16"></a><var>49.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) a fiscal balance sheet on an accrual basis, or a certified audit of the immediate <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.17"></a><var>49.17</var>past fiscal year including any management letters provided by the independent auditor <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.18"></a><var>49.18</var>or, if the school is a public institution outside Minnesota, an income statement for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.19"></a><var>49.19</var>immediate past fiscal year; <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.20"></a><var>49.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) all current promotional and recruitment materials and advertisements; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.21"></a><var>49.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) the current school catalog and, if not contained in the catalog: <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.22"></a><var>49.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) the members of the board of trustees or directors, if any; <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.23"></a><var>49.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) the current institutional officers; <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.24"></a><var>49.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) current full-time and part-time faculty with degrees held or applicable <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.25"></a><var>49.25</var>experience; <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.26"></a><var>49.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) a description of all school facilities; <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.27"></a><var>49.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) a description of all current course offerings; <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.28"></a><var>49.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi) all requirements for satisfactory completion of courses, programs, and degrees; <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.29"></a><var>49.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vii) the school's policy about freedom or limitation of expression and inquiry; <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.30"></a><var>49.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(viii) a current schedule of fees, charges for tuition, required supplies, student <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.31"></a><var>49.31</var>activities, housing, and all other standard charges; <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.32"></a><var>49.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ix) the school's policy about refunds and adjustments; <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.33"></a><var>49.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(x) the school's policy about granting credit for prior education, training, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.34"></a><var>49.34</var>experience; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xi) the school's policies about student admission, evaluation, suspension, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var>dismissal. <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Financial records.</b> The office shall not disclose financial records or <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var>accreditation reports provided to it by a school pursuant to this section except for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var>purpose of defending, at hearings pursuant to chapter 14, or other appeal proceedings, its <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var>decision to approve or not to approve the granting of degrees or the use of a name by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var>school. Section 
         <statute_ref>15.17, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, shall not apply to such records. <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Additional information.</b> If the office is unable to determine the nature <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var>and activities of a school on the basis of the information in subdivision 1, the office shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var>notify the school of additional information needed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Verification of information.</b> The office may verify the accuracy of <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var>submitted information by inspection, visitation, or any other means it considers necessary.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Public information.</b> All information submitted to the office is public <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var>information except financial and accreditation records and information. The office may <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var>disclose financial records or information to defend its decision to approve or disapprove <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.16"></a><var>50.16</var>granting of degrees or the use of a name or its decisions to revoke the approval at a hearing <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.17"></a><var>50.17</var>under chapter 14 or other legal proceedings.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.18"></a><var>50.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Late registration penalty.</b> Applications for renewal for any registration <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.19"></a><var>50.19</var>received after the deadline date specified in the renewal materials provided by the office <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.20"></a><var>50.20</var>are subject to a late fee equal to 20 percent of the annual registration renewal fee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.21"></a><var>50.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Out-of-state expenses.</b> A school shall reimburse the office for actual costs <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.22"></a><var>50.22</var>associated with a site evaluation visit outside Minnesota if the visit is necessary under <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.23"></a><var>50.23</var>section 136A.64, subdivision 1 or 3.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.6.0"></a><a id="pl.50.24"></a><var>50.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. <b>[136A.645] SCHOOL CLOSURE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.50.25"></a><var>50.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) When a school decides to cease postsecondary education operations, or if its <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.26"></a><var>50.26</var>registration is refused, revoked, or suspended it must cooperate with the office in assisting <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.27"></a><var>50.27</var>students to find alternative means to complete their studies with a minimum of disruption, <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.28"></a><var>50.28</var>and inform the office of the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.29"></a><var>50.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the planned date for termination of postsecondary education operations; <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.30"></a><var>50.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the planned date for the transfer of the student records; <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.31"></a><var>50.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) confirmation of the name and address of the organization to receive and hold <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.32"></a><var>50.32</var>the student records; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.33"></a><var>50.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the official at the organization receiving the student records who is designated to <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.34"></a><var>50.34</var>provide official copies of records or transcripts upon request. <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.1"></a><var>51.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Upon notice from a school of its intention to cease operations, or if a school's <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.2"></a><var>51.2</var>registration is revoked, refused, or suspended, the office shall notify the school of the date <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.3"></a><var>51.3</var>on which it must cease the enrollment of students and all postsecondary educational <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.4"></a><var>51.4</var>operations.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.7.0"></a><a id="pl.51.5"></a><var>51.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. <b>[136A.646] ADDITIONAL SECURITY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.51.6"></a><var>51.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event any registered institution is notified by the United States Department <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.7"></a><var>51.7</var>of Education that it has fallen below minimum financial standards and that its continued <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.8"></a><var>51.8</var>participation in Title IV will be conditioned upon its satisfying either the Zone Alternative, <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.9"></a><var>51.9</var>Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, section 668.175, paragraph (f), or a Letter of Credit <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.10"></a><var>51.10</var>Alternative, Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, section 668.175, paragraph (c), the <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.11"></a><var>51.11</var>institution shall provide a surety bond conditioned upon the faithful performance of all <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.12"></a><var>51.12</var>contracts and agreements with students in a sum equal to the "letter of credit" required by <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.13"></a><var>51.13</var>the United States Department of Education in the Letter of Credit Alternative, but in no <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.14"></a><var>51.14</var>event shall such bond be less than $10,000 and not more than $250,000.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.8.0"></a><a id="pl.51.15"></a><var>51.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.65, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.16"></a><var>51.16</var><b>136A.65 APPROVAL OF DEGREES AND NAME.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.51.17"></a><var>51.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Prohibition.</b> No school subject to registration shall grant a degree <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.18"></a><var>51.18</var>unless such degree is and its underlying curriculum are approved by the office, nor <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.19"></a><var>51.19</var>shall any school subject to registration use the name "college," "academy," "institute" or <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.20"></a><var>51.20</var>"university" in its name without approval by the office.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.21"></a><var>51.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>Accreditation; requirement.</b> A school must not be registered or <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.22"></a><var>51.22</var>authorized to offer any degree at any level unless the school is accredited by an agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.23"></a><var>51.23</var>recognized by the United States Department of Education for purposes of eligibility to <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.24"></a><var>51.24</var>participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Any registered school undergoing <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.25"></a><var>51.25</var>institutional accreditation shall inform the office of site visits by the accrediting agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.26"></a><var>51.26</var>and provide office staff the opportunity to attend the visits, including any exit interviews. <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.27"></a><var>51.27</var>The institution must provide the office with a copy of the final report upon receipt.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.28"></a><var>51.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Procedures.</b> The office shall establish procedures for approval, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.29"></a><var>51.29</var>notice and an opportunity for a hearing pursuant to chapter 14 if such approval is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.30"></a><var>51.30</var>granted. If a hearing is requested, no disapproval shall take effect until after such hearing.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.31"></a><var>51.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Application.</b> A school subject to registration shall be granted approval to <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.32"></a><var>51.32</var>use the term "college," "academy," "institute" or "university" in its name whether or not it <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.33"></a><var>51.33</var>offers a program leading to a degree, if it was organized, operating and using such term in <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.1"></a><var>52.1</var>its name on or before August 1, 1975, and if it meets the other policies and standards for <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.2"></a><var>52.2</var>approval established by the office.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.3"></a><var>52.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Criteria for approval.</b> (a) A school applying to be registered and to have <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.4"></a><var>52.4</var>its degree or degrees and name approved must substantially meet the following criteria: <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.5"></a><var>52.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the school has an organizational framework with administrative and teaching <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.6"></a><var>52.6</var>personnel to provide the educational programs offered;<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.7"></a><var>52.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the school has financial resources sufficient to meet the school's financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.8"></a><var>52.8</var>obligations, including refunding tuition and other charges consistent with its stated policy <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.9"></a><var>52.9</var>if the institution is dissolved, or if claims for refunds are made, to provide service to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.10"></a><var>52.10</var>students as promised, and to provide educational programs leading to degrees as offered;<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.11"></a><var>52.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the school operates in conformity with generally accepted budgeting and <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.12"></a><var>52.12</var>accounting procedures, such as the standards adopted by the National Association of <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.13"></a><var>52.13</var>College and University Business Officers, located at 1 Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C., <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.14"></a><var>52.14</var>20036;<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.15"></a><var>52.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the school provides an educational program leading to the degree it offers; <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.16"></a><var>52.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) the school provides appropriate and accessible library, laboratory, and other <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.17"></a><var>52.17</var>physical facilities to support the educational program offered;<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.18"></a><var>52.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) the school has a policy on freedom or limitation of expression and inquiry for <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.19"></a><var>52.19</var>faculty and students which is published or available on request; <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.20"></a><var>52.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) the school uses only publications and advertisements which are truthful and do <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.21"></a><var>52.21</var>not give any false, fraudulent, deceptive, inaccurate, or misleading impressions about the <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.22"></a><var>52.22</var>school, its personnel, programs, services, or occupational opportunities for its graduates <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.23"></a><var>52.23</var>for promotion and student recruitment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.24"></a><var>52.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) the school's compensated recruiting agents who are operating in Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.25"></a><var>52.25</var>identify themselves as agents of the school when talking to or corresponding with students <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.26"></a><var>52.26</var>and prospective students; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.27"></a><var>52.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) the school provides information to students and prospective students concerning: <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.28"></a><var>52.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) comprehensive and accurate policies relating to student admission, evaluation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.29"></a><var>52.29</var>suspension, and dismissal; <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.30"></a><var>52.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) clear and accurate policies relating to granting credit for prior education, training, <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.31"></a><var>52.31</var>and experience and for courses offered by the school; <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.32"></a><var>52.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) current schedules of fees, charges for tuition, required supplies, student <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.33"></a><var>52.33</var>activities, housing, and all other standard charges; <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.34"></a><var>52.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) policies regarding refunds and adjustments for withdrawal or modification <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.35"></a><var>52.35</var>of enrollment status; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.1"></a><var>53.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) procedures and standards used for selection of recipients and the terms of <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.2"></a><var>53.2</var>payment and repayment for any financial aid program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.3"></a><var>53.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) An application for degree approval must also include: <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.4"></a><var>53.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) title of degree and formal recognition awarded; <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.5"></a><var>53.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) location where such degree will be offered; <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.6"></a><var>53.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) proposed implementation date of the degree; <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.7"></a><var>53.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) admissions requirements for the degree; <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.8"></a><var>53.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) length of the degree; <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.9"></a><var>53.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi) projected enrollment for a period of five years; <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.10"></a><var>53.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vii) the curriculum required for the degree, including course syllabi or outlines; <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.11"></a><var>53.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(viii) statement of academic and administrative mechanisms planned for monitoring <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.12"></a><var>53.12</var>the quality of the proposed degree; <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.13"></a><var>53.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ix) statement of satisfaction of professional licensure criteria, if applicable; <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.14"></a><var>53.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(x) documentation of the availability of clinical, internship, externship, or practicum <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.15"></a><var>53.15</var>sites, if applicable; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.16"></a><var>53.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xi) statement of how the degree fulfills the institution's mission and goals, <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.17"></a><var>53.17</var>complements existing degrees, and contributes to the school's viability.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.18"></a><var>53.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Requirements for degree approval.</b> For each degree a school offers to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.19"></a><var>53.19</var>student, where the student does not leave Minnesota for the major portion of the program <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.20"></a><var>53.20</var>or course leading to the degree, the school must have: <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.21"></a><var>53.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) qualified teaching personnel to provide the educational programs for each degree <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.22"></a><var>53.22</var>for which approval is sought; <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.23"></a><var>53.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) appropriate educational programs leading to each degree for which approval <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.24"></a><var>53.24</var>is sought; <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.25"></a><var>53.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) appropriate and accessible library, laboratory, and other physical facilities to <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.26"></a><var>53.26</var>support the educational program for each degree for which approval is sought; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.27"></a><var>53.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) a rationale showing that degree programs are consistent with the school's mission <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.28"></a><var>53.28</var>and goals.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.29"></a><var>53.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Name.</b> A school may use the term "academy" or "institute" in its name <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.30"></a><var>53.30</var>without meeting any additional requirements. A school may use the term "college" in its <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.31"></a><var>53.31</var>name if it offers at least one program leading to an associate degree. A school may use <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.32"></a><var>53.32</var>the term "university" in its name if it offers at least one program leading to a master's <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.33"></a><var>53.33</var>or doctorate degree.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.34"></a><var>53.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Grandfathered names.</b> Names used before August 1, 2007, by a school, <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.35"></a><var>53.35</var>organized, operating, and using the term "academy," "institute," "college," or "university" <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.1"></a><var>54.1</var>in its name on or before August 1, 2007, may continue using such term whether or not it <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.2"></a><var>54.2</var>offers a program leading to a degree.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.3"></a><var>54.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Conditional approval.</b> The office may grant conditional approval for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.4"></a><var>54.4</var>degree or use of a term in its name for a period of less than one year if doing so would be <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.5"></a><var>54.5</var>in the best interests of currently enrolled students or prospective students.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.6"></a><var>54.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Disapproval of registration appeal.</b> If a school's degree or use of a term <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.7"></a><var>54.7</var>in its name is disapproved by the office, the school may request a hearing under chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.8"></a><var>54.8</var>14. The request must be in writing and made to the office within 30 days of the date <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.9"></a><var>54.9</var>the school is notified of the disapproval. <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.10"></a><var>54.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The office may refuse to renew, revoke, or suspend registration, approval of <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.11"></a><var>54.11</var>a school's degree, or use of a regulated term in its name by giving written notice and <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.12"></a><var>54.12</var>reasons to the school. The school may request a hearing under chapter 14. If a hearing is <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.13"></a><var>54.13</var>requested, no revocation or suspension shall take effect until after the hearing. <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.14"></a><var>54.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Reasons for revocation or suspension of registration or approval may be for one <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.15"></a><var>54.15</var>or more of the following reasons: <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.16"></a><var>54.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) violating the provisions of sections 136A.615 to 136A.71; <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.17"></a><var>54.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) providing false, misleading, or incomplete information to the office; <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.18"></a><var>54.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) presenting information about the school which is false, fraudulent, misleading, <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.19"></a><var>54.19</var>deceptive, or inaccurate in a material respect to prospective students; or <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.20"></a><var>54.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) refusing to allow reasonable inspection or to supply reasonable information after <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.21"></a><var>54.21</var>a written request by the office has been received.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.9.0"></a><a id="pl.54.22"></a><var>54.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.653, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.23"></a><var>54.23</var><b>136A.653 EXEMPTIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.54.24"></a><var>54.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Exemption.</b> A school that is subject to licensing by the office under <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.25"></a><var>54.25</var>chapter 141, is exempt from the provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>136A.61</statute_ref> 136A.615 to 
         <statute_ref>136A.71</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.26"></a><var>54.26</var>The determination of the office as to whether a particular school is subject to regulation <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.27"></a><var>54.27</var>under chapter 141 is final for the purposes of this exemption. <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.28"></a><var>54.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Educational program; nonprofit organizations.</b> Educational programs <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.29"></a><var>54.29</var>which are sponsored by a bona fide and nonprofit trade, labor, business, professional <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.30"></a><var>54.30</var>or fraternal organization, which programs are conducted solely for that organization's <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.31"></a><var>54.31</var>membership or for the members of the particular industries or professions served by that <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.32"></a><var>54.32</var>organization, and which are not available to the public on a fee basis, are exempted from <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.33"></a><var>54.33</var>the provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>136A.61</statute_ref> 136A.615 to 
         <statute_ref>136A.71</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.34"></a><var>54.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Educational program; business firms.</b> Educational programs which are <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.35"></a><var>54.35</var>sponsored by a business firm for the training of its employees or the employees of other <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.1"></a><var>55.1</var>business firms with which it has contracted to provide educational services at no cost to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.2"></a><var>55.2</var>employees are exempted from the provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>136A.61</statute_ref> 136A.615 to 
         <statute_ref>136A.71</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.3"></a><var>55.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Voluntary submission.</b> Any school or program exempted from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.4"></a><var>55.4</var>provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>136A.61</statute_ref> 136A.615 to 
         <statute_ref>136A.71</statute_ref> by the provisions of this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.5"></a><var>55.5</var>may voluntarily submit to the provisions of those sections. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.10.0"></a><a id="pl.55.6"></a><var>55.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.657, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.7"></a><var>55.7</var><b>136A.657 EXEMPTION; RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.55.8"></a><var>55.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Exemption.</b> Any school or any department or branch of a school (a) <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.9"></a><var>55.9</var>which is substantially owned, operated or supported by a bona fide church or religious <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.10"></a><var>55.10</var>organization; (b) whose programs are primarily designed for, aimed at and attended by <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.11"></a><var>55.11</var>persons who sincerely hold or seek to learn the particular religious faith or beliefs of that <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.12"></a><var>55.12</var>church or religious organization; and (c) whose programs are primarily intended to prepare <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.13"></a><var>55.13</var>its students to become ministers of, to enter into some other vocation closely related to, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.14"></a><var>55.14</var>to conduct their lives in consonance with, the particular faith of that church or religious <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.15"></a><var>55.15</var>organization, is exempt from the provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>136A.61</statute_ref> 136A.615 to 
         <statute_ref>136A.71</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.16"></a><var>55.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Limitation.</b> This exemption shall not extend to any school or to any <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.17"></a><var>55.17</var>department or branch of a school which through advertisements or solicitations represents <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.18"></a><var>55.18</var>to any students or prospective students that the school, its aims, goals, missions or <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.19"></a><var>55.19</var>purposes or its programs are different from those described in subdivision 1. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.20"></a><var>55.20</var>exemption shall not extend to any school which represents to any student or prospective <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.21"></a><var>55.21</var>student that the major purpose of its programs is to prepare the student for a vocation not <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.22"></a><var>55.22</var>closely related to that particular religious faith, or to provide the student with a general <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.23"></a><var>55.23</var>educational program recognized by other schools or the broader educational, business or <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.24"></a><var>55.24</var>social community as being substantially equivalent to the educational programs offered <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.25"></a><var>55.25</var>by schools or departments or branches of schools which are not exempt from sections <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.55.26"></a><var>55.26</var>136A.61
         </statute_ref> 136A.615 to 
         <statute_ref>136A.71</statute_ref>, and rules adopted pursuant thereto. <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.27"></a><var>55.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Scope.</b> Nothing in sections 
         <statute_ref>136A.61</statute_ref> 136A.615 to 
         <statute_ref>136A.71</statute_ref>, or the rules <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.28"></a><var>55.28</var>adopted pursuant thereto, shall be interpreted as permitting the office to determine the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.29"></a><var>55.29</var>truth or falsity of any particular set of religious beliefs. <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.30"></a><var>55.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Statement required; religious nature.</b> Any degree awarded upon <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.31"></a><var>55.31</var>completion of a religiously exempt program shall include descriptive language to make <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.32"></a><var>55.32</var>the religious nature of the award clear.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.11.0"></a><a id="pl.55.33"></a><var>55.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.66, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.34"></a><var>55.34</var><b>136A.66 LIST.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.56.1"></a><var>56.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The office shall maintain a list of schools registered institutions authorized to grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.2"></a><var>56.2</var>degrees and schools authorized to use the name "college," "academy," "institute" or <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.3"></a><var>56.3</var>"university," and shall make such list available to the public.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.12.0"></a><a id="pl.56.4"></a><var>56.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.67, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.5"></a><var>56.5</var><b>136A.67 UNAUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.56.6"></a><var>56.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No school and none of its officials or employees shall advertise or represent in any <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.7"></a><var>56.7</var>manner that such school is approved or accredited by the office or state of Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.8"></a><var>56.8</var>except that any A school which is duly registered with the office, or any of its officials or <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.9"></a><var>56.9</var>employees, may represent in advertising and shall disclose in catalogues, applications, <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.10"></a><var>56.10</var>and enrollment materials that the school is registered with the office. by prominently <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.11"></a><var>56.11</var>displaying the following statement: "(Name of school) is registered as a private institution <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.12"></a><var>56.12</var>with the Minnesota Office of Higher Education pursuant to sections 136A.615 to 136A.71. <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.13"></a><var>56.13</var>Registration is not an endorsement of the institution. Credits earned at the institution <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.14"></a><var>56.14</var>may not transfer to all other institutions."<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.13.0"></a><a id="pl.56.15"></a><var>56.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. <b>[136A.675] RISK ANALYSIS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.56.16"></a><var>56.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The office shall develop a set of financial and programmatic evaluation metrics to <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.17"></a><var>56.17</var>aid in the detection of the failure or potential failure of a school to meet the standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.18"></a><var>56.18</var>established under sections 136A.61 to 136A.71. These metrics shall include indicators <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.19"></a><var>56.19</var>of financial stability, changes in the senior management or the financial aid and senior <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.20"></a><var>56.20</var>administrative staff of an institution, changes in enrollment, changes in program offerings, <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.21"></a><var>56.21</var>and changes in faculty staffing patterns. The development of financial standards shall use <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.22"></a><var>56.22</var>industry standards as benchmarks. The development of the nonfinancial standards shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.23"></a><var>56.23</var>include a measure of trends and dramatic changes in trends or practice. The agency must <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.24"></a><var>56.24</var>specify the metrics and standards for each area and provide a copy to each registered <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.25"></a><var>56.25</var>institution and post them on the agency Web site. The agency shall use regularly reported <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.26"></a><var>56.26</var>data submitted to the federal government or other regulatory or accreditation agencies <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.27"></a><var>56.27</var>wherever possible. The agency may require more frequent data reporting by an institution <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.28"></a><var>56.28</var>to ascertain whether the standards are being met.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.14.0"></a><a id="pl.56.29"></a><var>56.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.68, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.30"></a><var>56.30</var><b>136A.68 RECORDS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.56.31"></a><var>56.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;After August 1, 1975, all schools located in this state must maintain permanent <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.32"></a><var>56.32</var>records of all students enrolled therein at any time. The office may require schools to <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.33"></a><var>56.33</var>provide a plan acceptable to the office for preserving all such records for at least ten years. <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.1"></a><var>57.1</var>The office may require that such plan include the filing of a continuous surety bond or a <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.2"></a><var>57.2</var>deposit of funds in trust in an amount not to exceed $20,000 for the purpose of preserving <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.3"></a><var>57.3</var>records after such school ceases to exist. A registered school shall maintain a permanent <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.4"></a><var>57.4</var>record for each student for 50 years from the last date of the student's attendance. A <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.5"></a><var>57.5</var>registered school offering distance instruction to a student located in Minnesota shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.6"></a><var>57.6</var>maintain a permanent record for each Minnesota student for 50 years from the last date of <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.7"></a><var>57.7</var>the student's attendance. Records include a student's academic transcript, documents, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.8"></a><var>57.8</var>files containing student data about academic credits earned, courses completed, grades <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.9"></a><var>57.9</var>awarded, degrees awarded, and periods of attendance. To preserve permanent records, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.10"></a><var>57.10</var>school shall submit a plan that meets the following requirements: <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.11"></a><var>57.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) at least one copy of the records must be held in a secure, fireproof depository <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.12"></a><var>57.12</var>or duplicate records must be maintained off site in a secure location and in a manner <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.13"></a><var>57.13</var>approved by the office; <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.14"></a><var>57.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) an appropriate official must be designated to provide a student with copies of <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.15"></a><var>57.15</var>records or a transcript upon request; <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.16"></a><var>57.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) an alternative method approved by the office of complying with clauses (1) and <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.17"></a><var>57.17</var>(2) must be established if the school ceases to exist; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.18"></a><var>57.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) if the school has no binding agreement approved by the office for preserving <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.19"></a><var>57.19</var>student records, a continuous surety bond must be filed with the office in an amount not to <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.20"></a><var>57.20</var>exceed $20,000. The bond shall run to the state of Minnesota.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.15.0"></a><a id="pl.57.21"></a><var>57.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.69, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.22"></a><var>57.22</var><b>136A.69 FEES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.57.23"></a><var>57.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Registration fees.</b> The office shall collect reasonable registration <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.24"></a><var>57.24</var>fees that are sufficient to recover, but do not exceed, its costs of administering the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.25"></a><var>57.25</var>registration program. The office shall charge $1,100 for initial registration fees and $950 <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.26"></a><var>57.26</var>for annual renewal fees.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.27"></a><var>57.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Degree level addition fee.</b> The office processing fee for adding a degree <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.28"></a><var>57.28</var>level to an existing program is $2,000 per program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.29"></a><var>57.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Program addition fee.</b> The office processing fee for adding a program <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.30"></a><var>57.30</var>that represents a significant departure in the objectives, content, or method of delivery of <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.31"></a><var>57.31</var>programs that are currently offered by the school is $500 per program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.32"></a><var>57.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Visit or consulting fee.</b> If the office determines that a fact-finding visit <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.33"></a><var>57.33</var>or outside consultant is necessary to review or evaluate any new or revised program, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.34"></a><var>57.34</var>office shall be reimbursed for the expenses incurred related to the review as follows: <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.1"></a><var>58.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) $300 for the team base fee or for a paper review conducted by a consultant if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.2"></a><var>58.2</var>office determines that a fact-finding visit is not required; <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.3"></a><var>58.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) $300 for each day or part thereof on site per team member; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.4"></a><var>58.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the actual cost of customary meals, lodging, and related travel expenses incurred <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.5"></a><var>58.5</var>by team members.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.6"></a><var>58.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Modification fee.</b> The fee for modification of any existing program is <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.7"></a><var>58.7</var>$100 and is due if there is: <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.8"></a><var>58.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) an increase or decrease of 25 percent or more from the original date of program <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.9"></a><var>58.9</var>approval, in clock hours, credit hours, or calendar length of an existing program; <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.10"></a><var>58.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a change in academic measurement from clock hours to credit hours or vice <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.11"></a><var>58.11</var>versa; or <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.12"></a><var>58.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) an addition or alteration of courses that represent a 25 percent change or more in <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.13"></a><var>58.13</var>the objectives, content, or methods of delivery.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.5.16.0"></a><a id="pl.58.14"></a><var>58.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 16. <b>[136A.705] PENALTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.58.15"></a><var>58.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The director may assess fines for violations of a provision of sections 136A.615 to <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.16"></a><var>58.16</var>136A.71. Each day's failure to comply with a provision of sections 136A.615 to 136A.71 <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.17"></a><var>58.17</var>shall be a separate violation and fines shall not exceed $500 per day per violation. <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.18"></a><var>58.18</var>Amounts received under this section must be deposited in the special revenue fund and are <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.19"></a><var>58.19</var>appropriated for the purposes in sections 136A.615 to 136A.71.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.5.17.0"></a><a id="pl.58.20"></a><var>58.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.71, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.21"></a><var>58.21</var><b>136A.71 INJUNCTION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.58.22"></a><var>58.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon application of the attorney general the district courts shall have jurisdiction to <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.23"></a><var>58.23</var>enjoin any violations of sections 
         <statute_ref>136A.61</statute_ref> 136A.615 to 
         <statute_ref>136A.71</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.18.0"></a><a id="pl.58.24"></a><var>58.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 141.21, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.25"></a><var>58.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>Office</b><b> of Higher Education or office</b><b>.</b> "Office of Higher Education" or <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.26"></a><var>58.26</var>"office" means the Minnesota Office of Higher Education.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.19.0"></a><a id="pl.58.27"></a><var>58.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 141.21, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.28"></a><var>58.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>School.</b> "School" means any person, within or outside the state, who <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.29"></a><var>58.29</var>maintains, advertises, administers, solicits for, or conducts any program for profit at <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.30"></a><var>58.30</var>any less than an associate degree level other than baccalaureate or graduate programs, <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.31"></a><var>58.31</var>and is not specifically exempted by sections 
         <statute_ref>141.21</statute_ref> to and is not registered as a private <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.1"></a><var>59.1</var>institution under sections 136A.615 to 136A.71 and is not specifically exempted by <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.2"></a><var>59.2</var>section 
         <statute_ref>141.35</statute_ref> or 141.37. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.20.0"></a><a id="pl.59.3"></a><var>59.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 141.25, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.4"></a><var>59.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Required.</b> A school must not maintain, advertise, solicit for, <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.5"></a><var>59.5</var>administer, or conduct any program in Minnesota without first obtaining a license from <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.6"></a><var>59.6</var>the office.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.21.0"></a><a id="pl.59.7"></a><var>59.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 141.25, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.8"></a><var>59.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Bond.</b> (a) No license shall be issued to any school which maintains, <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.9"></a><var>59.9</var>conducts, solicits for, or advertises within the state of Minnesota any program, unless the <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.10"></a><var>59.10</var>applicant files with the office a continuous corporate surety bond written by a company <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.11"></a><var>59.11</var>authorized to do business in Minnesota conditioned upon the faithful performance of all <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.12"></a><var>59.12</var>contracts and agreements with students made by the applicant.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.13"></a><var>59.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The amount of the surety bond shall be ten percent of the preceding year's gross <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.14"></a><var>59.14</var>income from student tuition, fees, and other required institutional charges, but in no event <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.15"></a><var>59.15</var>less than $10,000 nor greater than $250,000, except that a school may deposit a greater <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.16"></a><var>59.16</var>amount at its own discretion. A school in each annual application for licensure must <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.17"></a><var>59.17</var>compute the amount of the surety bond and verify that the amount of the surety bond <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.18"></a><var>59.18</var>complies with this subdivision, unless the school maintains a surety bond equal to at least <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.19"></a><var>59.19</var>$250,000. A school that operates at two or more locations may combine gross income <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.20"></a><var>59.20</var>from student tuition, fees, and other required institutional charges for all locations for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.21"></a><var>59.21</var>purpose of determining the annual surety bond requirement. The gross tuition and fees <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.22"></a><var>59.22</var>used to determine the amount of the surety bond required for a school having a license for <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.23"></a><var>59.23</var>the sole purpose of recruiting students in Minnesota shall be only that paid to the school <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.24"></a><var>59.24</var>by the students recruited from Minnesota.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.25"></a><var>59.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The bond shall run to the state of Minnesota and to any person who may have a <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.26"></a><var>59.26</var>cause of action against the applicant arising at any time after the bond is filed and before it <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.27"></a><var>59.27</var>is canceled for breach of any contract or agreement made by the applicant with any student. <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.28"></a><var>59.28</var>The aggregate liability of the surety for all breaches of the conditions of the bond shall not <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.29"></a><var>59.29</var>exceed the principal sum deposited by the school under paragraph (b). The surety of any <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.30"></a><var>59.30</var>bond may cancel it upon giving 60 days' notice in writing to the office and shall be relieved <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.31"></a><var>59.31</var>of liability for any breach of condition occurring after the effective date of cancellation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.32"></a><var>59.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) In lieu of bond, the applicant may deposit with the commissioner of finance a <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.33"></a><var>59.33</var>sum equal to the amount of the required surety bond in cash, or securities as may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.1"></a><var>60.1</var>legally purchased by savings banks or for trust funds in an aggregate market value equal <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.2"></a><var>60.2</var>to the amount of the required surety bond.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.3"></a><var>60.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) Failure of a school to post and maintain the required surety bond or deposit under <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.4"></a><var>60.4</var>paragraph (d) may shall result in denial, suspension, or revocation of the school's license.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.22.0"></a><a id="pl.60.5"></a><var>60.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 141.25, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.6"></a><var>60.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Minimum standards.</b> A license shall be issued if the office first <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.7"></a><var>60.7</var>determines:<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.8"></a><var>60.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) that the applicant has a sound financial condition with sufficient resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.9"></a><var>60.9</var>available to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.10"></a><var>60.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) meet the school's financial obligations;<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.11"></a><var>60.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) refund all tuition and other charges, within a reasonable period of time, in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.12"></a><var>60.12</var>event of dissolution of the school or in the event of any justifiable claims for refund against <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.13"></a><var>60.13</var>the school by the student body;<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.14"></a><var>60.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) provide adequate service to its students and prospective students; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.15"></a><var>60.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) maintain and support the school;<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.16"></a><var>60.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) that the applicant has satisfactory facilities with sufficient tools and equipment <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.17"></a><var>60.17</var>and the necessary number of work stations to prepare adequately the students currently <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.18"></a><var>60.18</var>enrolled, and those proposed to be enrolled;<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.19"></a><var>60.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) that the applicant employs a sufficient number of qualified teaching personnel to <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.20"></a><var>60.20</var>provide the educational programs contemplated;<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.21"></a><var>60.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) that the school has an organizational framework with administrative and <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.22"></a><var>60.22</var>instructional personnel to provide the programs and services it intends to offer;<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.23"></a><var>60.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) that the premises and conditions under which the students work and study are <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.24"></a><var>60.24</var>sanitary, healthful, and safe, according to modern standards;<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.25"></a><var>60.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) that the quality and content of each occupational course or program of study <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.26"></a><var>60.26</var>provides education and adequate preparation to enrolled students for entry level positions <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.27"></a><var>60.27</var>in the occupation for which prepared;<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.28"></a><var>60.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) that the living quarters which are owned, maintained, recommended, or approved <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.29"></a><var>60.29</var>by the applicant for students are sanitary and safe;<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.30"></a><var>60.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) that the contract or enrollment agreement used by the school complies with <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.31"></a><var>60.31</var>the provisions in section 
         <statute_ref>141.265</statute_ref>; <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.32"></a><var>60.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) that contracts and agreements do not contain a wage assignment provision or a <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.33"></a><var>60.33</var>confession of judgment clause; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.1"></a><var>61.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) that there has been no adjudication of fraud or misrepresentation in any <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.2"></a><var>61.2</var>criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding in any jurisdiction against the school or its <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.3"></a><var>61.3</var>owner, officers, agents, or sponsoring organization.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.23.0"></a><a id="pl.61.4"></a><var>61.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 141.25, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.5"></a><var>61.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Catalog, brochure, or electronic display.</b> Before a license is issued to <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.6"></a><var>61.6</var>a school, the school shall furnish to the office a catalog, brochure, or electronic display <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.7"></a><var>61.7</var>including:<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.8"></a><var>61.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) identifying data, such as volume number and date of publication;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.9"></a><var>61.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) name and address of the school and its governing body and officials;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.10"></a><var>61.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) a calendar of the school showing legal holidays, beginning and ending dates of <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.11"></a><var>61.11</var>each course quarter, term, or semester, and other important dates;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.12"></a><var>61.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the school policy and regulations on enrollment including dates and specific <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.13"></a><var>61.13</var>entrance requirements for each program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.14"></a><var>61.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) the school policy and regulations about leave, absences, class cuts, make-up <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.15"></a><var>61.15</var>work, tardiness, and interruptions for unsatisfactory attendance;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.16"></a><var>61.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) the school policy and regulations about standards of progress for the student <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.17"></a><var>61.17</var>including the grading system of the school, the minimum grades considered satisfactory, <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.18"></a><var>61.18</var>conditions for interruption for unsatisfactory grades or progress, a description of any <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.19"></a><var>61.19</var>probationary period allowed by the school, and conditions of reentrance for those <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.20"></a><var>61.20</var>dismissed for unsatisfactory progress;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.21"></a><var>61.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) the school policy and regulations about student conduct and conditions for <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.22"></a><var>61.22</var>dismissal for unsatisfactory conduct;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.23"></a><var>61.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) a detailed schedule of fees, charges for tuition, books, supplies, tools, student <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.24"></a><var>61.24</var>activities, laboratory fees, service charges, rentals, deposits, and all other charges;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.25"></a><var>61.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) the school policy and regulations, including an explanation of section 
         <statute_ref>141.271</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.26"></a><var>61.26</var>about refunding tuition, fees, and other charges if the student does not enter the program, <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.27"></a><var>61.27</var>withdraws from the program, or the program is discontinued;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.28"></a><var>61.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) a description of the available facilities and equipment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.29"></a><var>61.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(11) a course outline syllabus for each course offered showing course objectives, <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.30"></a><var>61.30</var>subjects or units in the course, type of work or skill to be learned, and approximate time, <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.31"></a><var>61.31</var>hours, or credits to be spent on each subject or unit;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.32"></a><var>61.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(12) the school policy and regulations about granting credit for previous education <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.33"></a><var>61.33</var>and preparation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.34"></a><var>61.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(13) a notice to students relating to the transferability of any credits earned at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.35"></a><var>61.35</var>school to other institutions; <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.1"></a><var>62.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(14) a procedure for investigating and resolving student complaints; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.2"></a><var>62.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(14) (15) the name and address of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.3"></a><var>62.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A school that is exclusively a distance education school is exempt from clauses <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.4"></a><var>62.4</var>(3) and (5).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.24.0"></a><a id="pl.62.5"></a><var>62.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 141.25, subdivision 10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.6"></a><var>62.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Placement records.</b> (a) Before a license is issued reissued to a school <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.7"></a><var>62.7</var>that offers, advertises or implies a placement service, the school shall file with the office <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.8"></a><var>62.8</var>for the past year and thereafter at reasonable intervals determined by the office, a certified <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.9"></a><var>62.9</var>copy of the school's placement record, containing a list of graduates, a description of their <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.10"></a><var>62.10</var>jobs, names of their employers, and other information as the office may prescribe.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.11"></a><var>62.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Each school that offers a placement service shall furnish to each prospective <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.12"></a><var>62.12</var>student, upon request, prior to enrollment, written information concerning the percentage <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.13"></a><var>62.13</var>of the previous year's graduates who were placed in the occupation for which prepared or <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.14"></a><var>62.14</var>in related employment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.25.0"></a><a id="pl.62.15"></a><var>62.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 141.25, subdivision 12, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.16"></a><var>62.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 12. <b>Permanent records.</b> A school licensed under this chapter and located <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.17"></a><var>62.17</var>in Minnesota shall maintain a permanent record for each student for 50 years from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.18"></a><var>62.18</var>last date of the student's attendance. A school licensed under this chapter and offering <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.19"></a><var>62.19</var>distance instruction to a student located in Minnesota shall maintain a permanent record <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.20"></a><var>62.20</var>for each Minnesota student for 50 years from the last date of the student's attendance. <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.21"></a><var>62.21</var>Records include school transcripts, documents, and files containing student data about <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.22"></a><var>62.22</var>academic credits earned, courses completed, grades awarded, degrees awarded, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.23"></a><var>62.23</var>periods of attendance. To preserve permanent records, a school shall submit a plan that <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.24"></a><var>62.24</var>meets the following requirements:<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.25"></a><var>62.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) at least one copy of the records must be held in a secure, fireproof depository;<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.26"></a><var>62.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) an appropriate official must be designated to provide a student with copies of <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.27"></a><var>62.27</var>records or a transcript upon request;<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.28"></a><var>62.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) an alternative method, approved by the office, of complying with clauses (1) and <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.29"></a><var>62.29</var>(2) must be established if the school ceases to exist; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.30"></a><var>62.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) a continuous surety bond must be filed with the office in an amount not to exceed <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.31"></a><var>62.31</var>$20,000 if the school has no binding agreement approved by the office, for preserving <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.32"></a><var>62.32</var>student records or a trust must be arranged if the school ceases to exist. The bond shall run <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.33"></a><var>62.33</var>to the state of Minnesota.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.26.0"></a><a id="pl.63.1"></a><var>63.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 141.255, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.2"></a><var>63.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Renewal licensure fee; late fee.</b> (a) The office processing fee for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.3"></a><var>63.3</var>renewal licensure application is:<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.4"></a><var>63.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) for a category A school, as determined by the office, the fee is $865 if the school <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.5"></a><var>63.5</var>offers one program or $1,150 if the school offers two or more programs; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.6"></a><var>63.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) for a category B or C school, as determined by the office, the fee is $430 if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.7"></a><var>63.7</var>school offers one program or $575 if the school offers two or more programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.8"></a><var>63.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) If a license renewal application is not received by the office by the close of <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.9"></a><var>63.9</var>business at least 60 days before the expiration of the current license, a late fee of $100 <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.10"></a><var>63.10</var>per business day, not to exceed $3,000, shall be assessed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.27.0"></a><a id="pl.63.11"></a><var>63.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 141.265, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.12"></a><var>63.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Contract information.</b> A contract or enrollment agreement used by a <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.13"></a><var>63.13</var>school must include at least the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.14"></a><var>63.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the name and address of the school, clearly stated;<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.15"></a><var>63.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a clear and conspicuous disclosure that the agreement is a legally binding <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.16"></a><var>63.16</var>instrument upon written acceptance of the student by the school unless canceled under <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.17"></a><var>63.17</var>section 
         <statute_ref>141.271</statute_ref>; <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.18"></a><var>63.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the school's cancellation and refund policy that shall be clearly and conspicuously <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.19"></a><var>63.19</var>entitled "Buyer's Right to Cancel";<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.20"></a><var>63.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) a clear statement of total cost of the program including tuition and all other <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.21"></a><var>63.21</var>charges;<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.22"></a><var>63.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) the name and description of the program, including the number of hours or <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.23"></a><var>63.23</var>credits of classroom instruction, or distance instruction, that shall be included; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.24"></a><var>63.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) a clear and conspicuous explanation of the form and means of notice the student <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.25"></a><var>63.25</var>should use in the event the student elects to cancel the contract or sale, the effective <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.26"></a><var>63.26</var>date of cancellation, and the name and address of the seller to which the notice should <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.27"></a><var>63.27</var>be sent or delivered.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.28"></a><var>63.28</var>The contract or enrollment agreement must not include a wage assignment provision or a <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.29"></a><var>63.29</var>confession of judgment clause.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.28.0"></a><a id="pl.63.30"></a><var>63.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 141.271, subdivision 10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.31"></a><var>63.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Cancellation occurrence.</b> Written notice of cancellation shall take place <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.32"></a><var>63.32</var>on the date the letter of cancellation is postmarked or, in the cases where the notice is hand <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.33"></a><var>63.33</var>carried, it shall occur on the date the notice is delivered to the school. If a student has not <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.34"></a><var>63.34</var>attended classes class for a period of 21 consecutive days without contacting the school to <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.1"></a><var>64.1</var>indicate an intent to continue in school or otherwise making arrangements concerning the <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.2"></a><var>64.2</var>absence, the student is considered to have withdrawn from school for all purposes as of <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.3"></a><var>64.3</var>the student's last documented date of attendance.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.29.0"></a><a id="pl.64.4"></a><var>64.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 141.271, subdivision 12, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.5"></a><var>64.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 12. <b>Instrument not to be negotiated.</b> A school shall not negotiate any <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.6"></a><var>64.6</var>promissory instrument received as payment of tuition or other charge prior to completion <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.7"></a><var>64.7</var>of 50 percent of the program., except that prior to that time, instruments may be transferred <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.8"></a><var>64.8</var>by assignment to purchasers who shall be subject to all defenses available against the <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.9"></a><var>64.9</var>school named as payee.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.30.0"></a><a id="pl.64.10"></a><var>64.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 141.28, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.11"></a><var>64.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Not to advertise state approval</b><b> Disclosure required</b><b>.</b> Schools, <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.12"></a><var>64.12</var>agents of schools, and solicitors may not advertise or represent in writing or orally that <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.13"></a><var>64.13</var>such school is approved or accredited by the state of Minnesota, except that any A <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.14"></a><var>64.14</var>school, agent, or solicitor may advertise represent in advertisements and shall disclose <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.15"></a><var>64.15</var>in catalogues, applications, and enrollment materials that the school and solicitor have <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.16"></a><var>64.16</var>been is duly licensed by the state using by prominently displaying the following language <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.17"></a><var>64.17</var>statement:<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.18"></a><var>64.18</var>"(Name of school) is licensed as a private career school with the Minnesota Office of <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.19"></a><var>64.19</var>Higher Education. Licensure is not an endorsement of the institution. Credits earned at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.20"></a><var>64.20</var>institution may not transfer to all other institutions. The educational programs may not <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.21"></a><var>64.21</var>meet the needs of every student or employer."<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.31.0"></a><a id="pl.64.22"></a><var>64.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 141.32, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.23"></a><var>64.23</var><b>141.32 PENALTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.64.24"></a><var>64.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Violation of a provision of this chapter shall be a misdemeanor. Each day's failure <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.25"></a><var>64.25</var>to comply with this chapter shall be a separate violation. The office shall adopt rules <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.26"></a><var>64.26</var>establishing a list of civil penalties and the fine associated with each violation. Fines for <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.27"></a><var>64.27</var>violations shall not exceed $500 per day per violation. The director may assess fines for <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.28"></a><var>64.28</var>violations of a provision of this chapter. Each day's failure to comply with a provision <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.29"></a><var>64.29</var>of sections 136A.615 to 136A.71 shall be a separate violation and fines shall not exceed <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.30"></a><var>64.30</var>$500 per day per violation. Amounts received under this section must be deposited in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.31"></a><var>64.31</var>special revenue fund and are appropriated for the purposes of this chapter.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.32.0"></a><a id="pl.65.1"></a><var>65.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 141.35, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.2"></a><var>65.2</var><b>141.35 EXEMPTIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.65.3"></a><var>65.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sections 
         <statute_ref>141.21</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>141.35 141.32</statute_ref> shall not apply to the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.4"></a><var>65.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) public postsecondary institutions;<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.5"></a><var>65.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) private postsecondary institutions registered under sections 
         <statute_ref>136A.61</statute_ref> 136A.615 <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.6"></a><var>65.6</var>to 
         <statute_ref>136A.71</statute_ref> that are nonprofit, or that are for profit and registered under sections 
         <statute_ref>136A.61</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.7"></a><var>65.7</var>to 
         <statute_ref>136A.71</statute_ref> as of December 31, 1998, or are approved to offer exclusively baccalaureate <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.8"></a><var>65.8</var>or postbaccalaureate programs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.9"></a><var>65.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) schools of nursing accredited by the state Board of Nursing or an equivalent <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.10"></a><var>65.10</var>public board of another state or foreign country;<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.11"></a><var>65.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) private schools complying with the requirements of section 
         <statute_ref>120A.22, subdivision <br />
            		<a id="pl.65.12"></a><var>65.12</var>4
         </statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.13"></a><var>65.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) courses taught to students in a valid apprenticeship program taught by or <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.14"></a><var>65.14</var>required by a trade union;<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.15"></a><var>65.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) schools exclusively engaged in training physically or mentally disabled persons <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.16"></a><var>65.16</var>for the state of Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.17"></a><var>65.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) schools licensed by boards authorized under Minnesota law to issue licenses;<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.18"></a><var>65.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) schools and educational programs, or training programs, contracted for by <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.19"></a><var>65.19</var>persons, firms, corporations, government agencies, or associations, for the training of their <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.20"></a><var>65.20</var>own employees, for which no fee is charged the employee;<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.21"></a><var>65.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) schools engaged exclusively in the teaching of purely avocational, recreational, <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.22"></a><var>65.22</var>or remedial subjects as determined by the office;<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.23"></a><var>65.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) driver training schools and instructors as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>171.33, subdivisions <br />
            		<a id="pl.65.24"></a><var>65.24</var>1 and 2
         </statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.25"></a><var>65.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(11) classes, courses, or programs conducted by a bona fide trade, professional, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.26"></a><var>65.26</var>fraternal organization, solely for that organization's membership;<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.27"></a><var>65.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(12) (11) programs in the fine arts provided by organizations exempt from taxation <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.28"></a><var>65.28</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>290.05</statute_ref> and registered with the attorney general under chapter 309. For <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.29"></a><var>65.29</var>the purposes of this clause, "fine arts" means activities resulting in artistic creation or <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.30"></a><var>65.30</var>artistic performance of works of the imagination which are engaged in for the primary <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.31"></a><var>65.31</var>purpose of creative expression rather than commercial sale or employment. In making <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.32"></a><var>65.32</var>this determination the office may seek the advice and recommendation of the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.33"></a><var>65.33</var>Board of the Arts;<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.34"></a><var>65.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(13) (12) classes, courses, or programs intended to fulfill the continuing education <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.35"></a><var>65.35</var>requirements for licensure or certification in a profession, that have been approved by <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.36"></a><var>65.36</var>a legislatively or judicially established board or agency responsible for regulating the <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.1"></a><var>66.1</var>practice of the profession, and that are offered exclusively to an individual practicing <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.2"></a><var>66.2</var>the profession;<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.3"></a><var>66.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(14) (13) classes, courses, or programs intended to prepare students to sit for <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.4"></a><var>66.4</var>undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate, or occupational licensing and occupational <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.5"></a><var>66.5</var>entrance examinations;<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.6"></a><var>66.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(15) (14) classes, courses, or programs providing 16 or fewer clock hours of <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.7"></a><var>66.7</var>instruction that are not part of the curriculum for an occupation or entry level employment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.8"></a><var>66.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(16) (15) classes, courses, or programs providing instruction in personal <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.9"></a><var>66.9</var>development, modeling, or acting;<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.10"></a><var>66.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(17) (16) training or instructional programs, in which one instructor teaches an <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.11"></a><var>66.11</var>individual student, that are not part of the curriculum for an occupation or are not intended <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.12"></a><var>66.12</var>to prepare a person for entry level employment; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.13"></a><var>66.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(18) (17) schools with no physical presence in Minnesota, as determined by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.14"></a><var>66.14</var>office, engaged exclusively in offering distance instruction that are located in and <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.15"></a><var>66.15</var>regulated by other states or jurisdictions.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.33.0"></a><a id="pl.66.16"></a><var>66.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 33. <b>[141.37] EXEMPTION; RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.66.17"></a><var>66.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Exemption.</b> Any school or any department or branch of a school: <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.18"></a><var>66.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) which is substantially owned, operated, or supported by a bona fide church <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.19"></a><var>66.19</var>or religious organization; <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.20"></a><var>66.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) whose programs are primarily designed for, aimed at, and attended by persons <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.21"></a><var>66.21</var>who sincerely hold or seek to learn the particular religious faith or beliefs of that church or <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.22"></a><var>66.22</var>religious organization; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.23"></a><var>66.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) whose programs are primarily intended to prepare its students to become <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.24"></a><var>66.24</var>ministers of, to enter into some other vocation closely related to, or to conduct their lives <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.25"></a><var>66.25</var>in consonance with the particular faith of that church or religious organization,<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.26"></a><var>66.26</var>is exempt from the provisions of sections 141.21 to 141.32.<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.27"></a><var>66.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Limitations.</b> (a) An exemption shall not extend to any school, department <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.28"></a><var>66.28</var>or branch of a school, or program of a school which through advertisements or solicitations <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.29"></a><var>66.29</var>represents to any students or prospective students that the school, its aims, goals, missions, <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.30"></a><var>66.30</var>purposes, or programs are different from those described in subdivision 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.31"></a><var>66.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) An exemption shall not extend to any school which represents to any student or <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.32"></a><var>66.32</var>prospective student that the major purpose of its programs is to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.33"></a><var>66.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) prepare the student for a vocation not closely related to that particular religious <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.34"></a><var>66.34</var>faith; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.1"></a><var>67.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) provide the student with a general educational program recognized by other <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.2"></a><var>67.2</var>schools or the broader educational, business, or social community as being substantially <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.3"></a><var>67.3</var>equivalent to the educational programs offered by schools or departments or branches of <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.4"></a><var>67.4</var>schools which are not religious in nature and are not exempt from chapter 141 and from <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.5"></a><var>67.5</var>rules adopted pursuant under this chapter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.6"></a><var>67.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Scope.</b> Nothing in this chapter or the rules adopted under it shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.7"></a><var>67.7</var>interpreted as permitting the office to determine the truth or falsity of any particular set <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.8"></a><var>67.8</var>of religious beliefs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.9"></a><var>67.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Descriptive language required.</b> Any certificate, diploma, degree, or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.10"></a><var>67.10</var>formal recognition awarded upon completion of any religiously exempt program shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.11"></a><var>67.11</var>include such descriptive language as to make the religious nature of the award clear.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.34.0"></a><a id="pl.67.12"></a><var>67.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 34. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE; TRANSITION PROCESS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.67.13"></a><var>67.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Changes in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 141, and sections 136A.615 to 136A.71, <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.14"></a><var>67.14</var>shall be effective July 1, 2007. Schools currently licensed pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.15"></a><var>67.15</var>chapter 141, that qualify for private institution registration after July 1, 2007, shall apply <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.16"></a><var>67.16</var>for and complete the process for registration prior to the expiration of their current private <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.17"></a><var>67.17</var>career school license. Schools currently registered as private institutions pursuant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.18"></a><var>67.18</var>Minnesota Statutes, sections 136A.61 to 136A.71, that are required to obtain a private <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.19"></a><var>67.19</var>career school license after August 1, 2007, shall apply for and complete the process for <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.20"></a><var>67.20</var>licensure prior to the expiration of the current registration, but in any event no later than <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.21"></a><var>67.21</var>December 31, 2007. The office is authorized to extend existing license or registration for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.22"></a><var>67.22</var>reasonable period of time to allow for the completion of the new processes when necessary.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.6.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.67.23"></a><var>67.23</var><b>ARTICLE 6</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.67.24"></a><var>67.24</var><b>JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.6.1.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.67.25"></a><var>67.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="7" align="left" valign="bottom">Section 1. <b>JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.67.26"></a><var>67.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.27"></a><var>67.27</var>in this article.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.67.28"></a><var>67.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">Total<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.67.29"></a><var>67.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 94,246,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 59,895,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">154,141,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.67.30"></a><var>67.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Workforce Development<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">14,935,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">14,951,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">29,886,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.67.31"></a><var>67.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Remediation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">700,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">700,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,400,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.67.32"></a><var>67.32</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.67.33"></a><var>67.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">State Government Special <br />
                  		Revenue<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,877,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,925,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,802,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.67.34"></a><var>67.34</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Workers' Compensation <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 23,379,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 23,763,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">47,142,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.67.35"></a><var>67.35</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Total<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 135,137,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 101,234,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">236,371,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.6.2.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.1"></a><var>68.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="7" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 2. <b>JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.68.2"></a><var>68.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.3"></a><var>68.3</var>agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.4"></a><var>68.4</var>general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.5"></a><var>68.5</var>for each purpose. The figures "2008" and "2009" used in this article mean that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.6"></a><var>68.6</var>appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.7"></a><var>68.7</var>June 30, 2009, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2008. "The second year" is fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.8"></a><var>68.8</var>year 2009. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2008 and 2009. Appropriations for the fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.9"></a><var>68.9</var>year ending June 30, 2007, are effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.10"></a><var>68.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center" valign="bottom">APPROPRIATIONS<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.11"></a><var>68.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center" valign="bottom">Available for the Year<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.12"></a><var>68.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center" valign="bottom">Ending June 30<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.13"></a><var>68.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.6.3.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.14"></a><var>68.14</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.68.15"></a><var>68.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 3. <b>DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT </b><br />
                  		<b>AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.16"></a><var>68.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">100,573,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">65,825,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.17"></a><var>68.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.18"></a><var>68.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.19"></a><var>68.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">85,703,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">50,955,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.20"></a><var>68.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Remediation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">700,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">700,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.21"></a><var>68.21</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.68.22"></a><var>68.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Workforce <br />
                  		Development<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">14,170,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">14,170,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.68.23"></a><var>68.23</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.24"></a><var>68.24</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.25"></a><var>68.25</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.26"></a><var>68.26</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.68.27"></a><var>68.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Business and Community </b><br />
                  		<b>Development</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">48,679,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">14,183,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.28"></a><var>68.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.29"></a><var>68.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">47,979,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">13,483,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.30"></a><var>68.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Remediation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">700,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">700,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.68.31"></a><var>68.31</var>(a)(1) $1,100,000 is for a grant under <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.32"></a><var>68.32</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.421, <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.33"></a><var>68.33</var>to the Rural Policy and Development <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.34"></a><var>68.34</var>Center at St. Peter, Minnesota. The grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.35"></a><var>68.35</var>shall be used for research and policy <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.36"></a><var>68.36</var>analysis on emerging economic and social <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.1"></a><var>69.1</var>issues in rural Minnesota, to serve as a <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.2"></a><var>69.2</var>policy resource center for rural Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.3"></a><var>69.3</var>communities, to encourage collaboration <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.4"></a><var>69.4</var>across higher education institutions, to <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.5"></a><var>69.5</var>provide interdisciplinary team approaches <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.6"></a><var>69.6</var>to research and problem-solving in rural <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.7"></a><var>69.7</var>communities, and to administer overall <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.8"></a><var>69.8</var>operations of the center. <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.9"></a><var>69.9</var>(2) The grant shall be provided upon the <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.10"></a><var>69.10</var>condition that each state-appropriated <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.11"></a><var>69.11</var>dollar be matched with a nonstate dollar. <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.12"></a><var>69.12</var>Acceptable matching funds are nonstate <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.13"></a><var>69.13</var>contributions that the center has received and <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.14"></a><var>69.14</var>have not been used to match previous state <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.15"></a><var>69.15</var>grants. Any funds not spent the first year are <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.16"></a><var>69.16</var>available the second year. <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.17"></a><var>69.17</var>(b) $200,000 each year is for a grant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.18"></a><var>69.18</var>WomenVenture for women's business <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.19"></a><var>69.19</var>development programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.20"></a><var>69.20</var>(c) $500,000 the first year is for a grant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.21"></a><var>69.21</var>University Enterprise Laboratories (UEL) <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.22"></a><var>69.22</var>for its direct and indirect expenses to support <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.23"></a><var>69.23</var>efforts to encourage the growth of early-stage <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.24"></a><var>69.24</var>and emerging bioscience companies. UEL <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.25"></a><var>69.25</var>must provide a report by June 30 each year <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.26"></a><var>69.26</var>to the commissioner on the expenditures <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.27"></a><var>69.27</var>until the appropriation is expended. This is a <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.28"></a><var>69.28</var>onetime appropriation and is available until <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.29"></a><var>69.29</var>expended.<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.30"></a><var>69.30</var>(d) $2,000,000 the first year is for grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.31"></a><var>69.31</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.571, <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.32"></a><var>69.32</var>for the redevelopment grant program. This is <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.33"></a><var>69.33</var>a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.34"></a><var>69.34</var>(e) $100,000 each year is to the Public <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.35"></a><var>69.35</var>Facilities Authority for the small community <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.1"></a><var>70.1</var>wastewater treatment program under <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.2"></a><var>70.2</var>Minnesota Statutes, chapter 446A.<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.3"></a><var>70.3</var>(f) $510,000 the first year is for the urban <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.4"></a><var>70.4</var>initiative program under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.5"></a><var>70.5</var>chapter 116M, of which, $255,000 is for <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.6"></a><var>70.6</var>a grant to the Metropolitan Economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.7"></a><var>70.7</var>Development Association for continuing <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.8"></a><var>70.8</var>minority business development programs <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.9"></a><var>70.9</var>in the metropolitan area. This is a onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.10"></a><var>70.10</var>appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.11"></a><var>70.11</var>(g) $85,000 each year is for a grant to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.12"></a><var>70.12</var>Minnesota Inventors Congress, of which <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.13"></a><var>70.13</var>$10,000 must be used for youth inventors.<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.14"></a><var>70.14</var>(h) $151,000 the first year is for a grant to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.15"></a><var>70.15</var>city of Faribault to design, construct, furnish, <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.16"></a><var>70.16</var>and equip renovations to accommodate <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.17"></a><var>70.17</var>handicapped accessibility at the Paradise <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.18"></a><var>70.18</var>Center for the Arts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.19"></a><var>70.19</var>(i) $3,000,000 the first year is for loans <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.20"></a><var>70.20</var>authorized under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.21"></a><var>70.21</var>116J.417. This appropriation is available <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.22"></a><var>70.22</var>until expended.<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.23"></a><var>70.23</var>(j) $1,000,000 each year is to Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.24"></a><var>70.24</var>Technology, Inc. for the small business <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.25"></a><var>70.25</var>growth acceleration program established <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.26"></a><var>70.26</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>116O.115</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.27"></a><var>70.27</var>This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.28"></a><var>70.28</var>(k) $350,000 the first year is for a grant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.29"></a><var>70.29</var>the city of Northome for the construction <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.30"></a><var>70.30</var>of a new municipal building to replace the <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.31"></a><var>70.31</var>structures damaged by fire on July 22, 2006. <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.32"></a><var>70.32</var>This appropriation is available when the <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.33"></a><var>70.33</var>commissioner determines that a sufficient <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.34"></a><var>70.34</var>match is available from nonstate sources to <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.35"></a><var>70.35</var>complete the project.<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.1"></a><var>71.1</var>(l) $325,000 each year is for a technology <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.2"></a><var>71.2</var>and commercialization unit established <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.3"></a><var>71.3</var>under article 7, section 32. This is a onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.4"></a><var>71.4</var>appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.5"></a><var>71.5</var>(m) $500,000 in the first year is for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.6"></a><var>71.6</var>grant to the city of Worthington for an <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.7"></a><var>71.7</var>agricultural-based bioscience training and <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.8"></a><var>71.8</var>testing center. Funds appropriated under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.9"></a><var>71.9</var>section must be used to provide a training <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.10"></a><var>71.10</var>and testing facility for incubator firms <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.11"></a><var>71.11</var>developing new agricultural processes and <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.12"></a><var>71.12</var>products. This is a onetime appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.13"></a><var>71.13</var>and is available until expended.<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.14"></a><var>71.14</var>(n) $2,200,000 in the first year is for a grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.15"></a><var>71.15</var>to BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota for <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.16"></a><var>71.16</var>bioscience business development programs <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.17"></a><var>71.17</var>to promote and position the state as a global <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.18"></a><var>71.18</var>leader in bioscience business activities. <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.19"></a><var>71.19</var>These funds may be used for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.20"></a><var>71.20</var>(1) completion and periodic updating of <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.21"></a><var>71.21</var>a statewide bioscience business industry <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.22"></a><var>71.22</var>assessment of business technology <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.23"></a><var>71.23</var>enterprises and Minnesota's competitive <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.24"></a><var>71.24</var>position employing annual updates to federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.25"></a><var>71.25</var>industry classification data;<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.26"></a><var>71.26</var>(2) long-term strategic planning that includes <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.27"></a><var>71.27</var>projections of market changes resulting <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.28"></a><var>71.28</var>from developments in biotechnology and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.29"></a><var>71.29</var>development of 20-year goals, strategies, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.30"></a><var>71.30</var>identified objectives for renewable energy, <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.31"></a><var>71.31</var>medical devices, biopharma, and biologics <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.32"></a><var>71.32</var>business development in Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.33"></a><var>71.33</var>(3) the design and construction of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.34"></a><var>71.34</var>Minnesota focused bioscience business <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.35"></a><var>71.35</var>model to test competing strategies and <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.1"></a><var>72.1</var>scenarios, evaluate options, and forecast <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.2"></a><var>72.2</var>outcomes; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.3"></a><var>72.3</var>(4) creation of a bioscience business <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.4"></a><var>72.4</var>resources network that includes development <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.5"></a><var>72.5</var>of a statewide bioscience business economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.6"></a><var>72.6</var>development framework to encourage <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.7"></a><var>72.7</var>bioscience business development and <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.8"></a><var>72.8</var>encourage spin-off activities, attract <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.9"></a><var>72.9</var>bioscience business location or expansion in <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.10"></a><var>72.10</var>Minnesota, and establish a local capability to <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.11"></a><var>72.11</var>support strategic system level planning for <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.12"></a><var>72.12</var>industry, government, and academia.<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.13"></a><var>72.13</var>This appropriation is available until June 30, <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.14"></a><var>72.14</var>2009.<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.15"></a><var>72.15</var>(o) $325,000 is for a grant to the Walker <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.16"></a><var>72.16</var>Area Community Center, Inc., to construct, <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.17"></a><var>72.17</var>furnish, and equip the Walker Area <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.18"></a><var>72.18</var>Community Center. This appropriation is <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.19"></a><var>72.19</var>not available until the commissioner has <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.20"></a><var>72.20</var>determined that an amount sufficient to <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.21"></a><var>72.21</var>complete the project has been committed <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.22"></a><var>72.22</var>from nonstate sources.<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.23"></a><var>72.23</var>(p) $120,000 the first year is for a grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.24"></a><var>72.24</var>to the Pine Island Economic Development <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.25"></a><var>72.25</var>Authority for predesign to upgrade and <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.26"></a><var>72.26</var>extend utilities to serve Elk Run Bioscience <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.27"></a><var>72.27</var>Research Park and The Falls - Healthy <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.28"></a><var>72.28</var>Living By Nature, an integrated medicine <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.29"></a><var>72.29</var>facility. This is a onetime appropriation and <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.30"></a><var>72.30</var>is available until expended.<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.31"></a><var>72.31</var>(q) $300,000 the first year is for a grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.32"></a><var>72.32</var>to Thomson Township for infrastructure <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.33"></a><var>72.33</var>improvements for the industrial park. This is <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.34"></a><var>72.34</var>a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.1"></a><var>73.1</var>(r) $75,000 the first year for a grant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.2"></a><var>73.2</var>Le Sueur County for the cost of cleaning <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.3"></a><var>73.3</var>debris from lakes in Le Sueur County, <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.4"></a><var>73.4</var>caused by the August 24, 2006, tornado in <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.5"></a><var>73.5</var>southern Le Sueur County. This is a onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.6"></a><var>73.6</var>appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.7"></a><var>73.7</var>(s) $3,000,000 the second year is for <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.8"></a><var>73.8</var>bioscience business development and <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.9"></a><var>73.9</var>commercialization grants. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.10"></a><var>73.10</var>shall designate an evaluation team to accept <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.11"></a><var>73.11</var>grant applications, review and evaluate <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.12"></a><var>73.12</var>grant proposals, and select up to five grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.13"></a><var>73.13</var>proposals to receive funding each year. <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.14"></a><var>73.14</var>The evaluation team shall be comprised <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.15"></a><var>73.15</var>of not more than 12 members including: <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.16"></a><var>73.16</var>the commissioner or the commissioner's <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.17"></a><var>73.17</var>designee; representatives of bioscience <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.18"></a><var>73.18</var>businesses; public and private institutions <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.19"></a><var>73.19</var>of higher education; private investment <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.20"></a><var>73.20</var>companies; a nonprofit entity that qualifies as <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.21"></a><var>73.21</var>a 501(c)6 under the Internal Revenue Code <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.22"></a><var>73.22</var>and is a trade association representing the <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.23"></a><var>73.23</var>life sciences industry; and a bio business <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.24"></a><var>73.24</var>alliance that qualifies as a 501(c)3 under the <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.25"></a><var>73.25</var>Internal Revenue Code. The criteria used <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.26"></a><var>73.26</var>by the evaluation team in evaluating grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.27"></a><var>73.27</var>proposals must include, but is not limited <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.28"></a><var>73.28</var>to: the potential to create and sustain jobs <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.29"></a><var>73.29</var>within the state of Minnesota; the potential <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.30"></a><var>73.30</var>for long-term business activity, growth, <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.31"></a><var>73.31</var>and expansion in Minnesota; the level of <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.32"></a><var>73.32</var>technological maturity; the potential to attract <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.33"></a><var>73.33</var>private investment; and the availability and <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.34"></a><var>73.34</var>readiness of markets. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.35"></a><var>73.35</var>must report to the standing committees of <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.36"></a><var>73.36</var>the house of representatives and the senate <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.1"></a><var>74.1</var>having jurisdiction over bioscience and <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.2"></a><var>74.2</var>technology issues by February 1 each year <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.3"></a><var>74.3</var>on the number, type, and amounts of grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.4"></a><var>74.4</var>awarded and the activities of the grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.5"></a><var>74.5</var>recipients. This is a onetime appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.6"></a><var>74.6</var>and is available until expended.<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.7"></a><var>74.7</var>(t) $1,500,000 the first year is for the urban <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.8"></a><var>74.8</var>challenge grant program under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.9"></a><var>74.9</var>Statutes, section 116M.18, of which <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.10"></a><var>74.10</var>$1,000,000 is for a grant to the Neighborhood <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.11"></a><var>74.11</var>Development Center for assistance necessary <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.12"></a><var>74.12</var>to retain minority business enterprises <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.13"></a><var>74.13</var>at the Global Market. This is a onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.14"></a><var>74.14</var>appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.15"></a><var>74.15</var>(u) $375,000 each year is to develop and <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.16"></a><var>74.16</var>operate a bioscience business marketing <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.17"></a><var>74.17</var>program to market Minneota bioscience <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.18"></a><var>74.18</var>businesses and business opportunities <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.19"></a><var>74.19</var>to other states and other countries. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.20"></a><var>74.20</var>bioscience business marketing program must <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.21"></a><var>74.21</var>emphasize bioscience business location and <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.22"></a><var>74.22</var>expansion opportunities in communities <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.23"></a><var>74.23</var>outside of the seven-county metropolitan <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.24"></a><var>74.24</var>area as defined in Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.25"></a><var>74.25</var>section 473.121, subdivision 2, that have <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.26"></a><var>74.26</var>established collaborative plans among two <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.27"></a><var>74.27</var>or more municipal units for bioscience <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.28"></a><var>74.28</var>business activities, and that are within 15 <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.29"></a><var>74.29</var>miles of a four-year, baccalaureate degree <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.30"></a><var>74.30</var>granting institution or a two-year technical <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.31"></a><var>74.31</var>or community college that offers bioscience <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.32"></a><var>74.32</var>curricula. The commissioner must report <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.33"></a><var>74.33</var>to the committees of the senate and house <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.34"></a><var>74.34</var>of representatives having jurisdiction <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.35"></a><var>74.35</var>over bioscience and technology issues by <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.36"></a><var>74.36</var>February 1 of each year on the expenditures <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.1"></a><var>75.1</var>of these funds and the promotional activities <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.2"></a><var>75.2</var>undertaken to market the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.3"></a><var>75.3</var>bioscience industry to persons outside of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.4"></a><var>75.4</var>state. This is a onetime appropriation and is <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.5"></a><var>75.5</var>available until expended.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.6"></a><var>75.6</var>(v) $225,000 each year is for the purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.7"></a><var>75.7</var>of the nanotechnology development fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.8"></a><var>75.8</var>(NDF) established in section 12, for grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.9"></a><var>75.9</var>to promote increased use of advanced <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.10"></a><var>75.10</var>instrumentation for nanomaterials analysis, <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.11"></a><var>75.11</var>to be awarded on a one-to-one matching basis <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.12"></a><var>75.12</var>to qualifying Minnesota small businesses. <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.13"></a><var>75.13</var>This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.14"></a><var>75.14</var>(w) $50,000 the first year is for a contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.15"></a><var>75.15</var>with a public higher education institution <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.16"></a><var>75.16</var>in Minnesota jointly entered into with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.17"></a><var>75.17</var>Center for Rural Development to study the <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.18"></a><var>75.18</var>needs of the renewable energy economy for <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.19"></a><var>75.19</var>trained employees and the training required <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.20"></a><var>75.20</var>for those employees. The study must include <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.21"></a><var>75.21</var>extensive consultation and involvement of <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.22"></a><var>75.22</var>representatives of the renewable energy <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.23"></a><var>75.23</var>industry, environmental interests, labor, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.24"></a><var>75.24</var>University of Minnesota, and the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.25"></a><var>75.25</var>State Colleges and Universities. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.26"></a><var>75.26</var>commissioner shall report the results of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.27"></a><var>75.27</var>study to the chairs of the finance divisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.28"></a><var>75.28</var>of the legislature with jurisdiction over <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.29"></a><var>75.29</var>economic development, energy, and higher <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.30"></a><var>75.30</var>education by November 1, 2007. This is a <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.31"></a><var>75.31</var>onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.32"></a><var>75.32</var>(x) $25,000,000 is for the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.33"></a><var>75.33</var>minerals 21st century fund created in <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.34"></a><var>75.34</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.423, <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.35"></a><var>75.35</var>to restore the money unallotted by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.1"></a><var>76.1</var>commissioner of finance in 2003 pursuant <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.2"></a><var>76.2</var>to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.152. <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.3"></a><var>76.3</var>This appropriation may be used as provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.4"></a><var>76.4</var>in Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.423, <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.5"></a><var>76.5</var>subdivision 2. This appropriation is available <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.6"></a><var>76.6</var>until expended.<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.7"></a><var>76.7</var>(y) $900,000 each year is for a grant to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.8"></a><var>76.8</var>city of St. Paul to be used to pay debt service <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.9"></a><var>76.9</var>on bond obligations issued by the city of St. <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.10"></a><var>76.10</var>Paul in 1996 for the convention center.<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.11"></a><var>76.11</var>(z) $189,000 each year is appropriated from <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.12"></a><var>76.12</var>the general fund to the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.13"></a><var>76.13</var>employment and economic development for <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.14"></a><var>76.14</var>grants of $63,000 to eligible organizations <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.15"></a><var>76.15</var>each year and for the purposes of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.16"></a><var>76.16</var>paragraph. Each state grant dollar must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.17"></a><var>76.17</var>matched with $1 of nonstate funds. Any <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.18"></a><var>76.18</var>balance in the first year does not cancel but is <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.19"></a><var>76.19</var>available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.20"></a><var>76.20</var>The commissioner of employment and <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.21"></a><var>76.21</var>economic development must make grants to <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.22"></a><var>76.22</var>organizations to assist in the development <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.23"></a><var>76.23</var>of entrepreneurs and small businesses. <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.24"></a><var>76.24</var>Three grants must be awarded to continue <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.25"></a><var>76.25</var>or to develop a program. One grant must <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.26"></a><var>76.26</var>be awarded to the Riverbend Center for <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.27"></a><var>76.27</var>Entrepreneurial Facilitation in Blue Earth <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.28"></a><var>76.28</var>County, and two to other organizations <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.29"></a><var>76.29</var>serving Faribault and Martin Counties. Grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.30"></a><var>76.30</var>recipients must report to the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.31"></a><var>76.31</var>by February 1 of each year that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.32"></a><var>76.32</var>organization receives a grant with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.33"></a><var>76.33</var>number of customers served; the number of <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.34"></a><var>76.34</var>businesses started, stabilized, or expanded; <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.35"></a><var>76.35</var>the number of jobs created and retained; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.1"></a><var>77.1</var>business success rates. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.2"></a><var>77.2</var>must report to the house of representatives <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.3"></a><var>77.3</var>and senate committees with jurisdiction <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.4"></a><var>77.4</var>over economic development finance on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.5"></a><var>77.5</var>effectiveness of these programs for assisting <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.6"></a><var>77.6</var>in the development of entrepreneurs and <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.7"></a><var>77.7</var>small businesses.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.77.8"></a><var>77.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Workforce Development</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">48,896,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">48,622,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.77.9"></a><var>77.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.77.10"></a><var>77.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">34,726,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">34,452,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.77.11"></a><var>77.11</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.77.12"></a><var>77.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Workforce <br />
                  		Development<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">14,170,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">14,170,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.77.13"></a><var>77.13</var>(a) $6,785,000 each year is for the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.14"></a><var>77.14</var>job skills partnership program under <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.15"></a><var>77.15</var>Minnesota Statutes, sections 116L.01 to <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.16"></a><var>77.16</var>116L.17. If the appropriation for either <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.17"></a><var>77.17</var>year is insufficient, the appropriation for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.18"></a><var>77.18</var>other year is available. This appropriation is <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.19"></a><var>77.19</var>available until spent.<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.20"></a><var>77.20</var>(b) $305,000 each year is for a grant under <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.21"></a><var>77.21</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8747, to <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.22"></a><var>77.22</var>Twin Cities RISE! to provide training to <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.23"></a><var>77.23</var>hard-to-train individuals. <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.24"></a><var>77.24</var>(c) $1,125,000 each year is from <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.25"></a><var>77.25</var>the workforce development fund for <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.26"></a><var>77.26</var>Opportunities Industrialization Center <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.27"></a><var>77.27</var>programs. <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.28"></a><var>77.28</var>(d) $5,864,000 each year is from the general <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.29"></a><var>77.29</var>fund and $6,920,000 each year is from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.30"></a><var>77.30</var>workforce development fund for extended <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.31"></a><var>77.31</var>employment services for persons with <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.32"></a><var>77.32</var>severe disabilities or related conditions <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.33"></a><var>77.33</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 268A.15. <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.34"></a><var>77.34</var>Of this, $250,000 is to supplement funds <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.35"></a><var>77.35</var>paid for wage incentive for the community <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.1"></a><var>78.1</var>support fund established in Minnesota Rules, <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.2"></a><var>78.2</var>part 3300.2045.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.3"></a><var>78.3</var>(e) $1,900,000 each year is for grants for <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.4"></a><var>78.4</var>programs that provide employment support <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.5"></a><var>78.5</var>services to persons with mental illness under <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.6"></a><var>78.6</var>Minnesota Statutes, sections 268A.13 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.7"></a><var>78.7</var>268A.14. Up to $77,000 each year may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.8"></a><var>78.8</var>used for administrative and salary expenses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.9"></a><var>78.9</var>(f) $2,190,000 each year is for grants under <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.10"></a><var>78.10</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 268A.11, for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.11"></a><var>78.11</var>eight centers for independent living. Money <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.12"></a><var>78.12</var>not expended the first year is available the <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.13"></a><var>78.13</var>second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.14"></a><var>78.14</var>(g) $5,940,000 each year is for State Services <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.15"></a><var>78.15</var>for the Blind activities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.16"></a><var>78.16</var>(h) $150,000 each year is from the general <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.17"></a><var>78.17</var>fund and $175,000 each year is from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.18"></a><var>78.18</var>workforce development fund for grants under <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.19"></a><var>78.19</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 268A.03, to Rise, <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.20"></a><var>78.20</var>Inc. for the Minnesota Employment Center <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.21"></a><var>78.21</var>for People Who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing. <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.22"></a><var>78.22</var>Money not expended the first year is <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.23"></a><var>78.23</var>available the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.24"></a><var>78.24</var>(i) $9,021,000 each year is for the vocational <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.25"></a><var>78.25</var>rehabilitation program. At least $325,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.26"></a><var>78.26</var>each year must be used for interpreters for <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.27"></a><var>78.27</var>a regional transition program specializing <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.28"></a><var>78.28</var>in culturally appropriate transition <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.29"></a><var>78.29</var>services leading to employment for deaf, <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.30"></a><var>78.30</var>hard-of-hearing, and deaf-blind students.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.31"></a><var>78.31</var>(j) $150,000 each year is for a grant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.32"></a><var>78.32</var>Advocating Change Together for training, <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.33"></a><var>78.33</var>technical assistance, and resource materials <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.34"></a><var>78.34</var>to persons with developmental and mental <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.35"></a><var>78.35</var>illness disabilities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.1"></a><var>79.1</var>(k) $250,000 each year for a grant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.2"></a><var>79.2</var>Lifetrack Resources for its immigrant/refugee <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.3"></a><var>79.3</var>collaborative programs, including those <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.4"></a><var>79.4</var>related to job-seeking skills and workplace <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.5"></a><var>79.5</var>orientation, intensive job development, <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.6"></a><var>79.6</var>functional work English, and on-site job <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.7"></a><var>79.7</var>coaching.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.8"></a><var>79.8</var>(l) $1,075,000 each year is for the youthbuild <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.9"></a><var>79.9</var>program under Minnesota Statutes, sections <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.10"></a><var>79.10</var>116L.361 to 116L.366.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.11"></a><var>79.11</var>(m) $1,350,000 each year is from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.12"></a><var>79.12</var>workforce development fund for grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.13"></a><var>79.13</var>to fund summer youth employment in <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.14"></a><var>79.14</var>Minneapolis. The grants shall be used to <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.15"></a><var>79.15</var>fund up to 500 jobs for youth each summer. <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.16"></a><var>79.16</var>Of this appropriation, $350,000 each year is <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.17"></a><var>79.17</var>for a grant to the learn-to-earn summer youth <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.18"></a><var>79.18</var>employment program. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.19"></a><var>79.19</var>shall establish criteria for awarding the <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.20"></a><var>79.20</var>grants. This appropriation is available in <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.21"></a><var>79.21</var>either year of the biennium and is available <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.22"></a><var>79.22</var>until spent.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.23"></a><var>79.23</var>(n) $50,000 each year is for a grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.24"></a><var>79.24</var>to Northern Connections in Perham to <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.25"></a><var>79.25</var>implement and operate a pilot workforce <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.26"></a><var>79.26</var>program that provides one-stop supportive <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.27"></a><var>79.27</var>services to assist individuals as they transition <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.28"></a><var>79.28</var>into the workforce. This appropriation is <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.29"></a><var>79.29</var>available to the extent it is matched by $1 of <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.30"></a><var>79.30</var>nonstate money for each $1 of state money.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.31"></a><var>79.31</var>(o) $100,000 each year is for a grant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.32"></a><var>79.32</var>Ramsey County Workforce Investment Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.33"></a><var>79.33</var>for the development of the building lives <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.34"></a><var>79.34</var>program. This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.1"></a><var>80.1</var>(p) $300,000 each year is for a grant to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.2"></a><var>80.2</var>Hennepin-Carver Workforce Investment <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.3"></a><var>80.3</var>Board (WIB) to coordinate with the Partners <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.4"></a><var>80.4</var>for Progress Regional Skills Consortium <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.5"></a><var>80.5</var>to provide employment and training as <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.6"></a><var>80.6</var>demonstrated by the Twin Cities regional <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.7"></a><var>80.7</var>health care training partnership project.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.8"></a><var>80.8</var>(q) $160,000 the first year is for a grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.9"></a><var>80.9</var>to Workforce Development, Inc., for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.10"></a><var>80.10</var>pilot project to provide demand-driven <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.11"></a><var>80.11</var>employment and training services to <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.12"></a><var>80.12</var>welfare recipients and other economically <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.13"></a><var>80.13</var>disadvantaged populations in Mower, <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.14"></a><var>80.14</var>Freeborn, Dodge, and Steele Counties. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.15"></a><var>80.15</var>is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.16"></a><var>80.16</var>(r) $200,000 each year is for a grant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.17"></a><var>80.17</var>HIRED to operate its industry sector training <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.18"></a><var>80.18</var>initiatives, which provide employee training <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.19"></a><var>80.19</var>developed in collaboration with employers in <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.20"></a><var>80.20</var>specific, high-demand industries. This is a <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.21"></a><var>80.21</var>onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.22"></a><var>80.22</var>(s) $200,000 the first year is for a grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.23"></a><var>80.23</var>to a nonprofit organization. The nonprofit <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.24"></a><var>80.24</var>organization must work on behalf of all <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.25"></a><var>80.25</var>licensed vendors to coordinate their efforts <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.26"></a><var>80.26</var>to respond to solicitations or other requests <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.27"></a><var>80.27</var>from private and governmental units as <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.28"></a><var>80.28</var>defined in Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.29"></a><var>80.29</var>471.59, subdivision 1, in order to increase <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.30"></a><var>80.30</var>employment opportunities for persons with <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.31"></a><var>80.31</var>disabilities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.32"></a><var>80.32</var>(t) $3,500,000 each year from the workforce <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.33"></a><var>80.33</var>development fund is for the Minnesota youth <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.34"></a><var>80.34</var>program under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.35"></a><var>80.35</var>116L.56 and 116L.561.<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.1"></a><var>81.1</var>(u) $500,000 each year from the workforce <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.2"></a><var>81.2</var>development fund is for a grant to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.3"></a><var>81.3</var>Minnesota Alliance of Boys and Girls <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.4"></a><var>81.4</var>Clubs to administer a statewide project <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.5"></a><var>81.5</var>of youth job skills development. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.6"></a><var>81.6</var>project, which may have career guidance <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.7"></a><var>81.7</var>components, including health and life skills, <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.8"></a><var>81.8</var>is to encourage, train, and assist youth in <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.9"></a><var>81.9</var>job-seeking skills, workplace orientation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.10"></a><var>81.10</var>and job site knowledge through coaching. <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.11"></a><var>81.11</var>This grant requires a 25 percent match from <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.12"></a><var>81.12</var>nonstate resources.<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.13"></a><var>81.13</var>(v) $350,000 in each year from the workforce <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.14"></a><var>81.14</var>development fund is for a grant to Ramsey <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.15"></a><var>81.15</var>County for a summer youth employment <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.16"></a><var>81.16</var>program to place at-risk youth, ages 14 to 21, <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.17"></a><var>81.17</var>in subsidized summer employment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.18"></a><var>81.18</var>The commissioner must provide funding <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.19"></a><var>81.19</var>for the Minnesota Conservation Corps to <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.20"></a><var>81.20</var>provide learning stipends for deaf students <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.21"></a><var>81.21</var>and wages for interpreters participating in <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.22"></a><var>81.22</var>the MCC summer youth program.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.81.23"></a><var>81.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>State-Funded Administration</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,998,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,020,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.81.24"></a><var>81.24</var>The first $1,450,000 deposited in each <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.25"></a><var>81.25</var>year of the biennium and in each year of <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.26"></a><var>81.26</var>subsequent bienniums into the contingent <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.27"></a><var>81.27</var>account created under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.28"></a><var>81.28</var>section 268.196, subdivision 3, shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.29"></a><var>81.29</var>transferred by June 30 of each fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.30"></a><var>81.30</var>to the workforce development fund created <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.31"></a><var>81.31</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 116L.20. <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.32"></a><var>81.32</var>Deposits in excess of $1,450,000 shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.33"></a><var>81.33</var>transferred by June 30 of each fiscal year to <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.34"></a><var>81.34</var>the general fund.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.6.4.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.82.1"></a><var>82.1</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.82.2"></a><var>82.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 4. <b>DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND </b><br />
                  		<b>INDUSTRY</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.82.3"></a><var>82.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 29,002,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">29,794,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.82.4"></a><var>82.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.82.5"></a><var>82.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.82.6"></a><var>82.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 4,644,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,035,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.82.7"></a><var>82.7</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.82.8"></a><var>82.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Workers' <br />
                  		Compensation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">21,716,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">22,053,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.82.9"></a><var>82.9</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.82.10"></a><var>82.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Workforce <br />
                  		Development<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">765,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">781,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.82.11"></a><var>82.11</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.82.12"></a><var>82.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">State Government <br />
                  		Special Revenue<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,877,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,925,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.82.13"></a><var>82.13</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.14"></a><var>82.14</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.15"></a><var>82.15</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.82.16"></a><var>82.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Workers' Compensation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">10,381,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">10,659,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.82.17"></a><var>82.17</var>This appropriation is from the workers' <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.18"></a><var>82.18</var>compensation fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.19"></a><var>82.19</var>$200,000 each year is for grants to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.20"></a><var>82.20</var>Vinland Center for rehabilitation services.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.82.21"></a><var>82.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Safety Codes and Services</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">9,949,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">10,134,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.82.22"></a><var>82.22</var>$5,292,000 the first year and $5,388,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.23"></a><var>82.23</var>the second year are from the workers' <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.24"></a><var>82.24</var>compensation fund. $1,877,000 the first year <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.25"></a><var>82.25</var>and $1,925,000 the second year are from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.26"></a><var>82.26</var>state government special revenue fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.27"></a><var>82.27</var>$1,000,000 each year is from the workers' <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.28"></a><var>82.28</var>compensation fund for patient safe handling <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.29"></a><var>82.29</var>grants under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.30"></a><var>82.30</var>182.6553.<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.31"></a><var>82.31</var>$100,000 each year is from the workers' <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.32"></a><var>82.32</var>compensation fund for the operation of <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.33"></a><var>82.33</var>the meatpacking industry workers' rights <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.34"></a><var>82.34</var>ombudsman under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.35"></a><var>82.35</var>section 179.87.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.83.1"></a><var>83.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>Labor Standards/Apprenticeship</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 2,629,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,995,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.83.2"></a><var>83.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.83.3"></a><var>83.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 1,864,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,214,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.83.4"></a><var>83.4</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.83.5"></a><var>83.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Workforce <br />
                  		Development<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">765,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">781,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.83.6"></a><var>83.6</var>The appropriation from the workforce <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.7"></a><var>83.7</var>development fund is for the apprenticeship <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.8"></a><var>83.8</var>program under Minnesota Statutes, chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.9"></a><var>83.9</var>178, and includes $100,000 each year for <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.10"></a><var>83.10</var>labor education and advancement program <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.11"></a><var>83.11</var>grants.<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.12"></a><var>83.12</var>$360,000 the first year and $300,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.13"></a><var>83.13</var>second year from the general fund are for <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.14"></a><var>83.14</var>prevailing wage enforcement of which <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.15"></a><var>83.15</var>$60,000 in the first year is for outreach and <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.16"></a><var>83.16</var>survey participation improvements.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.83.17"></a><var>83.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 5.<b>General Support</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,043,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,006,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.83.18"></a><var>83.18</var>This appropriation is from the workers' <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.19"></a><var>83.19</var>compensation fund.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.6.5.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.83.20"></a><var>83.20</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.83.21"></a><var>83.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 5. <b>BUREAU OF MEDIATION </b><br />
                  		<b>SERVICES</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.83.22"></a><var>83.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,850,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,877,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.83.23"></a><var>83.23</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.24"></a><var>83.24</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.25"></a><var>83.25</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.83.26"></a><var>83.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Mediation Services</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,700,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,727,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.83.27"></a><var>83.27</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.83.28"></a><var>83.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Labor Management Cooperation </b><br />
                  		<b>Grants</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">150,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">150,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.83.29"></a><var>83.29</var>$150,000 each year is for grants to area labor <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.30"></a><var>83.30</var>management committees. Grants may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.31"></a><var>83.31</var>awarded for a 12-month period beginning <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.32"></a><var>83.32</var>July 1 each year. Any unencumbered balance <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.33"></a><var>83.33</var>remaining at the end of the first year does not <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.34"></a><var>83.34</var>cancel but is available for the second year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.6.6.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.84.1"></a><var>84.1</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.84.2"></a><var>84.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 6. <b>WORKERS' COMPENSATION </b><br />
                  		<b>COURT OF APPEALS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,663,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,710,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.84.3"></a><var>84.3</var>This appropriation is from the workers' <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.4"></a><var>84.4</var>compensation fund. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.6.7.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.84.5"></a><var>84.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 7. <b>BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">493,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">499,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.6.8.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.84.6"></a><var>84.6</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.84.7"></a><var>84.7</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.84.8"></a><var>84.8</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.84.9"></a><var>84.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 8. <b>BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE, </b><br />
                  		<b>ENGINEERING, LAND SURVEYING, </b><br />
                  		<b>LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, </b><br />
                  		<b>GEOSCIENCE, AND INTERIOR DESIGN</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">795,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">805,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.6.9.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.84.10"></a><var>84.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 9. <b>BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">711,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">724,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.6.10.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.84.11"></a><var>84.11</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.84.12"></a><var>84.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 10. <b>MINNESOTA BOXING </b><br />
                  		<b>COMMISSION</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">50,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">-0-<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.84.13"></a><var>84.13</var>To transition the commission to being a <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.14"></a><var>84.14</var>self-funded entity.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.6.11.0"></a><a id="pl.84.15"></a><var>84.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. <b>BIOSCIENCE ZONES DESIGNATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.84.16"></a><var>84.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioner of employment and economic development must establish a <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.17"></a><var>84.17</var>criteria for expanding the zones. The criteria must limit designating a new zone to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.18"></a><var>84.18</var>community that has adequate resources and infrastructure to support bioindustry, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.19"></a><var>84.19</var>postsecondary institutions, strong health care systems, and existing bioscience companies. <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.20"></a><var>84.20</var>It must also require that a new zone be located on a transportation corridor.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.6.12.0"></a><a id="pl.84.21"></a><var>84.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. <b>NANOTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FUND.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.84.22"></a><var>84.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Nanotechnology development fund created.</b> The nanotechnology <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.23"></a><var>84.23</var>development fund (NDF) is created in the state treasury. Money in the fund is appropriated <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.24"></a><var>84.24</var>to the commissioner of employment and economic development for the purposes of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.25"></a><var>84.25</var>section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.26"></a><var>84.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Program established; purpose.</b> The nanotechnology development <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.27"></a><var>84.27</var>fund program is established to develop a collaborative economic development initiative <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.28"></a><var>84.28</var>between the state of Minnesota, the private sector, and multiple academic institutions <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.29"></a><var>84.29</var>to promote by small businesses an increased use of advanced nanoinstrumentation for <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.30"></a><var>84.30</var>characterization, fabrication, and other related processes; provide research consulting <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.31"></a><var>84.31</var>by knowledgeable specialists; and provide student internship opportunities to increase <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.32"></a><var>84.32</var>nanotechnology experience by working with small, medium, or large Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.1"></a><var>85.1</var>companies. The NDF program shall be administered by the Department of Employment <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.2"></a><var>85.2</var>and Economic Development and is not a state agency. <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.3"></a><var>85.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Definition; qualifying Minnesota small business.</b> "Qualifying Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.4"></a><var>85.4</var>small business" means:<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.5"></a><var>85.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) a Minnesota small business corporation, sole proprietorship, or partnership that <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.6"></a><var>85.6</var>has fewer than 50 employees; or <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.7"></a><var>85.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a Minnesota business corporation, sole proprietorship, or partnership that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.8"></a><var>85.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) has 51 to 100 employees; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.9"></a><var>85.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) demonstrates current financial adversity or risk or a major prospect of aiding <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.10"></a><var>85.10</var>the business's long-term outlook by significant use of nanotechnology in the business's <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.11"></a><var>85.11</var>offerings.<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.12"></a><var>85.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Use of fund; grants.</b> The commissioner shall extend onetime matching <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.13"></a><var>85.13</var>grants from the NDF to qualifying Minnesota small businesses located throughout the <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.14"></a><var>85.14</var>state to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.15"></a><var>85.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) add nanotechnology applications to products that are being developed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.16"></a><var>85.16</var>Minnesota small businesses to enhance distinctiveness;<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.17"></a><var>85.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) promote the depth, breadth, and value of technologies being developed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.18"></a><var>85.18</var>Minnesota businesses with the aid of nanotechnology;<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.19"></a><var>85.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) encourage more frequent use of nanoinstrumentation to speed businesses' product <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.20"></a><var>85.20</var>time-to-market, with higher incidence of distinct product characteristics;<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.21"></a><var>85.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) provide Minnesota small businesses with broader access to experienced research <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.22"></a><var>85.22</var>consultants; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.23"></a><var>85.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) increase the number of researchers experienced in working with <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.24"></a><var>85.24</var>nanoinstrumentation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.25"></a><var>85.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Grant application and award procedure.</b> (a) The commissioner may <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.26"></a><var>85.26</var>give priority to applicants:<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.27"></a><var>85.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) whose intellectual property would benefit from utilization of nanoinstrumentation <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.28"></a><var>85.28</var>not possessed in-house;<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.29"></a><var>85.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) who are currently utilizing nanoinstrumentation either at the University of <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.30"></a><var>85.30</var>Minnesota or a private sector location on a leased, hourly basis; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.31"></a><var>85.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) who wish to increase their access to experienced research consultants.<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.32"></a><var>85.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The commissioner shall decide whether to award a grant to an eligible applicant <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.33"></a><var>85.33</var>based on:<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.34"></a><var>85.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the applicant's planned frequency of usage of nanoinstrumentation for <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.35"></a><var>85.35</var>characterization, fabrication, and other related processes; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.1"></a><var>86.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the applicant's demonstration of rental of nanoinstrumentation, in the form <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.2"></a><var>86.2</var>of a signed affidavit from a certified facility to confirm the one-to-one private sector <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.3"></a><var>86.3</var>investment has been met.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.4"></a><var>86.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A grant made under this section must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.5"></a><var>86.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) include verification of matching rental fees or internship stipends paid by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.6"></a><var>86.6</var>grantee; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.7"></a><var>86.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) be for a total amount paid to each grantee of not less than $500 nor more than <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.8"></a><var>86.8</var>$20,000 within the biennium.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.9"></a><var>86.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Administration.</b> The commissioner of employment and economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.10"></a><var>86.10</var>development must develop and maintain a record-keeping system that specifies how <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.11"></a><var>86.11</var>funds from the NDF are applied for and distributed. Businesses receiving grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.12"></a><var>86.12</var>from the NDF must provide contact information, the date and time of the use of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.13"></a><var>86.13</var>nanoinstrumentation, proof of their matching contribution to meet the rental costs or <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.14"></a><var>86.14</var>provide an internship's stipend, and a general statement of the expected outcome from <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.15"></a><var>86.15</var>the use of the nanoinstrumentation, to the extent documentation can be made without <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.16"></a><var>86.16</var>divulging proprietary information.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.17"></a><var>86.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Gifts and donations.</b> Gifts and donations, including land or interests <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.18"></a><var>86.18</var>in land, may be made to NDF. Noncash gifts and donations must be disposed of for <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.19"></a><var>86.19</var>cash as soon as the commissioner of employment and economic development can <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.20"></a><var>86.20</var>prudently maximize the value of the gift or donation. All funds must be credited to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.21"></a><var>86.21</var>nanotechnology development fund. All interest earned by the fund must be credited to <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.22"></a><var>86.22</var>the NDF.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.23"></a><var>86.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Report to legislature.</b> By June 30 of each odd-numbered year, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.24"></a><var>86.24</var>commissioner of employment and economic development must submit a report to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.25"></a><var>86.25</var>legislature with statistics about the use of the NDF.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.7.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.86.26"></a><var>86.26</var><b>ARTICLE 7</b><br />
            		
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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.86.27"></a><var>86.27</var><b>EMPLOYMENT AND DEVELOPMENT-RELATED PROVISIONS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.7.1.0"></a><a id="pl.86.28"></a><var>86.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116J.401, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.29"></a><var>86.29</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.30"></a><var>86.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Use of funds for unemployed worker assistance.</b> Payment of employee <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.31"></a><var>86.31</var>compensation costs from the Wagner-Peyser Act referenced in subdivision 1, clause <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.32"></a><var>86.32</var>(8), must be used to provide direct benefit to unemployed and underemployed workers <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.33"></a><var>86.33</var>through the state's workforce centers. At least 75 percent of the employee compensation <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.34"></a><var>86.34</var>paid from Wagner-Peyser funds must be used for employees at workforce centers who <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.35"></a><var>86.35</var>provide direct assistance to unemployed and underemployed workers and no more than <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.1"></a><var>87.1</var>25 percent may be used for providing hiring and human resource services for employers. <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.2"></a><var>87.2</var>The funds under this section may be used to establish an internet based labor exchange <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.3"></a><var>87.3</var>system. By July 1 of each year, the commissioner must submit a report to the committees <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.4"></a><var>87.4</var>of the legislature responsible for oversight of unemployment insurance with details on <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.5"></a><var>87.5</var>the use of Wagner-Peyser funds, including the number of employee positions funded, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.6"></a><var>87.6</var>location of the employees, and the use of funds for internet labor exchange system and <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.7"></a><var>87.7</var>other business assistance.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.7.2.0"></a><a id="pl.87.8"></a><var>87.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. <b>[116J.417] GREATER MINNESOTA BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.87.9"></a><var>87.9</var><b>INVESTMENT FUND.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.87.10"></a><var>87.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Eligible organization.</b> For the purposes of this section, "eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.11"></a><var>87.11</var>organization" means an organization established pursuant to section 116J.415 which <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.12"></a><var>87.12</var>provides business financing to greater Minnesota businesses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.13"></a><var>87.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Investment fund establishment.</b> The commissioner shall establish an <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.14"></a><var>87.14</var>investment fund from which fund investments can be made in eligible organizations. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.15"></a><var>87.15</var>funds repaid by the eligible organizations are to be returned to the fund for subsequent <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.16"></a><var>87.16</var>reinvestment in eligible organizations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.17"></a><var>87.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Authorized investments.</b> The commissioner is authorized to make <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.18"></a><var>87.18</var>investments in eligible organizations. The commissioner shall invest funds in the form of <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.19"></a><var>87.19</var>loans to eligible organizations for the purpose of providing capital to new and expanding <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.20"></a><var>87.20</var>businesses in the form of debt or equity, or both.<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.21"></a><var>87.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Investment authorized.</b> The commissioner may make investments in <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.22"></a><var>87.22</var>eligible organizations under the following terms:<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.23"></a><var>87.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the organization seeking an investment of funds must guarantee repayment of not <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.24"></a><var>87.24</var>less than 100 percent of the funds invested in the eligible organization;<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.25"></a><var>87.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the investments are to be made in the form of a loan to the eligible organization <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.26"></a><var>87.26</var>for a term of ten years, at an interest rate of one percent;<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.27"></a><var>87.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) during the ten-year term of the loan, the eligible organization shall make annual <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.28"></a><var>87.28</var>interest-only payments;<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.29"></a><var>87.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) at the end of the ten-year term, the eligible organization is required to make a <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.30"></a><var>87.30</var>payment in the entire principal amount of the initial loan;<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.31"></a><var>87.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) the state investment by the commissioner in any eligible organization may not <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.32"></a><var>87.32</var>exceed $2,000,000;<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.33"></a><var>87.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) the full amount of state investment will be advanced to the approved eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.34"></a><var>87.34</var>organization upon execution of a formal investment agreement, specifying the terms of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.35"></a><var>87.35</var>loan, as well as reporting and other requirements outlined in subdivision 5;<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.1"></a><var>88.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) the eligible organization must maintain the funds in accounts that allow the funds <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.2"></a><var>88.2</var>to be readily available for business investments;<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.3"></a><var>88.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) the eligible organization must make business investments totaling the entire <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.4"></a><var>88.4</var>amount of funds loaned by the state within three years of the execution of the investment <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.5"></a><var>88.5</var>agreement and subsequent transmittal of the funds; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.6"></a><var>88.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) an eligible organization that receives an investment under this section shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.7"></a><var>88.7</var>report annually, in a format prescribed by the commissioner, the nature and amount of <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.8"></a><var>88.8</var>the business investments made, including, for each financing transaction involving funds <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.9"></a><var>88.9</var>received pursuant to this section, all forms and amounts of financing provided by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.10"></a><var>88.10</var>eligible organization from sources other than the investment fund established pursuant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.11"></a><var>88.11</var>this section, along with the number of jobs created and private sector investment leveraged.<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.12"></a><var>88.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Requirements for state investments.</b> All investments are subject to an <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.13"></a><var>88.13</var>investment agreement which must include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.14"></a><var>88.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) a description of the eligible organization, including business finance experience, <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.15"></a><var>88.15</var>qualifications, and investment history;<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.16"></a><var>88.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a description of the uses of investment proceeds by the eligible organization;<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.17"></a><var>88.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) an explanation of the investment objectives;<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.18"></a><var>88.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) a description of accounting and reporting standards to be used by the eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.19"></a><var>88.19</var>organization; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.20"></a><var>88.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) a copy of the most recent audited financial statements of the eligible organization.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.3.0"></a><a id="pl.88.21"></a><var>88.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116J.551, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.22"></a><var>88.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Grant account.</b> A contaminated site cleanup and development <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.23"></a><var>88.23</var>grant account is created in the general fund. Money in the account may be used, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.24"></a><var>88.24</var>appropriated by law, to make grants as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>116J.554</statute_ref> and to pay for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.25"></a><var>88.25</var>commissioner's costs in reviewing applications and making grants. Notwithstanding <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.26"></a><var>88.26</var>section 
         <statute_ref>16A.28</statute_ref>, money appropriated to the account for this program from any source is <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.27"></a><var>88.27</var>available for four years until spent.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.4.0"></a><a id="pl.88.28"></a><var>88.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116J.554, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.29"></a><var>88.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Qualifying sites.</b> A site qualifies for a grant under this section, if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.30"></a><var>88.30</var>following criteria are met:<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.31"></a><var>88.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the site is not scheduled for funding during the current or next fiscal year under <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.32"></a><var>88.32</var>the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, United <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.33"></a><var>88.33</var>States Code, title 42, section 9601, et seq. or under the Environmental Response, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.34"></a><var>88.34</var>Liability Act under sections 
         <statute_ref>115B.01</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>115B.20</statute_ref>; <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.1"></a><var>89.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the appraised value of the site after adjusting for the effect on the value of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.2"></a><var>89.2</var>presence or possible presence of contaminants using accepted appraisal methodology, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.3"></a><var>89.3</var>the current market value of the site as issued under section 
         <statute_ref>273.121</statute_ref>, separately taking into <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.4"></a><var>89.4</var>account the effect of the contaminants on the market value, (i) is less than 75 percent of <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.5"></a><var>89.5</var>the estimated project costs for the site or (ii) is less than or equal to the estimated cleanup <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.6"></a><var>89.6</var>costs for the site and the cleanup costs equal or exceed $3 per square foot for the site; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.7"></a><var>89.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) (2) if the proposed cleanup is completed, it is expected that the site will be <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.8"></a><var>89.8</var>improved with buildings or other improvements and these improvements will provide a <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.9"></a><var>89.9</var>substantial increase in the property tax base within a reasonable period of time or the site <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.10"></a><var>89.10</var>will be used for an important publicly owned or tax-exempt facility.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.5.0"></a><a id="pl.89.11"></a><var>89.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116J.555, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.12"></a><var>89.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Priorities.</b> (a) The legislature expects that applications for grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.13"></a><var>89.13</var>will exceed the available appropriations and the agency will be able to provide grants to <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.14"></a><var>89.14</var>only some of the applicant development authorities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.15"></a><var>89.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) If applications for grants for qualified sites exceed the available appropriations, <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.16"></a><var>89.16</var>the agency shall make grants for sites that, in the commissioner's judgment, provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.17"></a><var>89.17</var>the highest return in public benefits for the public costs incurred and that meet all the <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.18"></a><var>89.18</var>requirements provided by law. In making this judgment, the commissioner shall consider <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.19"></a><var>89.19</var>the following factors:<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.20"></a><var>89.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the recommendations or ranking of projects by the commissioner of the Pollution <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.21"></a><var>89.21</var>Control Agency regarding the potential threat to public health and the environment that <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.22"></a><var>89.22</var>would be reduced or eliminated by completion of each of the response action plans;<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.23"></a><var>89.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the potential increase in the property tax base of the local taxing jurisdictions, <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.24"></a><var>89.24</var>considered relative to the fiscal needs of the jurisdictions, that will result from <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.25"></a><var>89.25</var>developments that will occur because of completion of each of the response action plans;<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.26"></a><var>89.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the social value to the community of the cleanup and redevelopment of the site, <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.27"></a><var>89.27</var>including the importance of development of the proposed public facilities on each of <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.28"></a><var>89.28</var>the sites;<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.29"></a><var>89.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the probability that each site will be cleaned up without use of government <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.30"></a><var>89.30</var>money in the reasonably foreseeable future by considering but not limited to the current <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.31"></a><var>89.31</var>market value of the site versus the cleanup cost;<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.32"></a><var>89.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) the amount of cleanup costs for each site; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.33"></a><var>89.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) the amount of the commitment of municipal or other local resources to pay for <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.34"></a><var>89.34</var>the cleanup costs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.1"></a><var>90.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The factors are not listed in a rank order of priority; rather the commissioner may <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.2"></a><var>90.2</var>weigh each factor, depending upon the facts and circumstances, as the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.3"></a><var>90.3</var>considers appropriate. The commissioner may consider other factors that affect the net <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.4"></a><var>90.4</var>return of public benefits for completion of the response action plan. The commissioner, <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.5"></a><var>90.5</var>notwithstanding the listing of priorities and the goal of maximizing the return of public <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.6"></a><var>90.6</var>benefits, shall make grants that distribute available money to sites both within and outside <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.7"></a><var>90.7</var>of the metropolitan area. The commissioner shall provide a written statement of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.8"></a><var>90.8</var>supporting reasons for each grant. Unless sufficient applications are not received for <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.9"></a><var>90.9</var>qualifying sites outside of the metropolitan area, at least 25 percent of the money provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.10"></a><var>90.10</var>as grants must be made for sites located outside of the metropolitan area.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.6.0"></a><a id="pl.90.11"></a><var>90.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116J.575, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.12"></a><var>90.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Commissioner discretion.</b> The commissioner may make a grant for <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.13"></a><var>90.13</var>up to 50 percent of the eligible costs of a project. The determination of whether to make a <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.14"></a><var>90.14</var>grant for a site is within the discretion of the commissioner, subject to this section and <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.15"></a><var>90.15</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>116J.571</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>116J.574</statute_ref> and available unencumbered money in the redevelopment <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.16"></a><var>90.16</var>account. For grants made in fiscal years 2008 and 2009, at least 75 percent of the available <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.17"></a><var>90.17</var>grant funds must be used for grants in greater Minnesota. For grants made in fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.18"></a><var>90.18</var>2010 and later, at least 50 percent of the available grant funds must be used for grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.19"></a><var>90.19</var>in greater Minnesota. If the commissioner determines that the applications for grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.20"></a><var>90.20</var>for projects in greater Minnesota are less than the amount of grant funds available, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.21"></a><var>90.21</var>commissioner may make grants for projects anywhere in Minnesota. The commissioner's <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.22"></a><var>90.22</var>decisions and application of the priorities under this section are not subject to judicial <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.23"></a><var>90.23</var>review, except for abuse of discretion.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.7.0"></a><a id="pl.90.24"></a><var>90.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116J.575, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.25"></a><var>90.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>Priorities.</b> (a) If applications for grants exceed the available <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.26"></a><var>90.26</var>appropriations, grants shall be made for sites that, in the commissioner's judgment, provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.27"></a><var>90.27</var>the highest return in public benefits for the public costs incurred. "Public benefits" include <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.28"></a><var>90.28</var>job creation, bioscience development, environmental benefits to the state and region, <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.29"></a><var>90.29</var>efficient use of public transportation, efficient use of existing infrastructure, provision of <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.30"></a><var>90.30</var>affordable housing, multiuse development that constitutes community rebuilding rather <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.31"></a><var>90.31</var>than single-use development, crime reduction, blight reduction, community stabilization, <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.32"></a><var>90.32</var>and property tax base maintenance or improvement. In making this judgment, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.33"></a><var>90.33</var>commissioner shall give priority to redevelopment projects with one or more of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.34"></a><var>90.34</var>following characteristics:<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.1"></a><var>91.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the need for redevelopment in conjunction with contamination remediation needs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.2"></a><var>91.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the redevelopment project meets current tax increment financing requirements <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.3"></a><var>91.3</var>for a redevelopment district and tax increments will contribute to the project;<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.4"></a><var>91.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the redevelopment potential within the municipality;<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.5"></a><var>91.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) proximity to public transit if located in the metropolitan area; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.6"></a><var>91.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) redevelopment costs related to expansion of a bioscience business in Minnesota; <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.7"></a><var>91.7</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.8"></a><var>91.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) (6) multijurisdictional projects that take into account the need for affordable <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.9"></a><var>91.9</var>housing, transportation, and environmental impact.<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.10"></a><var>91.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The factors in paragraph (a) are not listed in a rank order of priority; rather, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.11"></a><var>91.11</var>commissioner may weigh each factor, depending upon the facts and circumstances, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.12"></a><var>91.12</var>the commissioner considers appropriate. The commissioner may consider other factors <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.13"></a><var>91.13</var>that affect the net return of public benefits for completion of the redevelopment plan. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.14"></a><var>91.14</var>commissioner, notwithstanding the listing of priorities and the goal of maximizing the <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.15"></a><var>91.15</var>return of public benefits, shall make grants that distribute available money to sites both <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.16"></a><var>91.16</var>within and outside of the metropolitan area. Unless sufficient applications are not received <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.17"></a><var>91.17</var>for qualifying sites outside of the metropolitan area, at least 25 percent of the money <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.18"></a><var>91.18</var>provided as grants must be made for sites located outside of the metropolitan area.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.8.0"></a><a id="pl.91.19"></a><var>91.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116J.966, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.20"></a><var>91.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Generally.</b> (a) The commissioner shall promote, develop, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.21"></a><var>91.21</var>facilitate trade and foreign investment in Minnesota. In furtherance of these goals, and in <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.22"></a><var>91.22</var>addition to the powers granted by section 
         <statute_ref>116J.035</statute_ref>, the commissioner may: <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.23"></a><var>91.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) locate, develop, and promote international markets for Minnesota products <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.24"></a><var>91.24</var>and services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.25"></a><var>91.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) arrange and lead trade missions to countries with promising international markets <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.26"></a><var>91.26</var>for Minnesota goods, technology, services, and agricultural products;<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.27"></a><var>91.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) promote Minnesota products and services at domestic and international trade <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.28"></a><var>91.28</var>shows;<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.29"></a><var>91.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) organize, promote, and present domestic and international trade shows featuring <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.30"></a><var>91.30</var>Minnesota products and services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.31"></a><var>91.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) host trade delegations and assist foreign traders in contacting appropriate <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.32"></a><var>91.32</var>Minnesota businesses and investments;<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.33"></a><var>91.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) develop contacts with Minnesota businesses and gather and provide information <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.34"></a><var>91.34</var>to assist them in locating and communicating with international trading or joint venture <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.35"></a><var>91.35</var>counterparts;<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.1"></a><var>92.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) provide information, education, and counseling services to Minnesota businesses <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.2"></a><var>92.2</var>regarding the economic, commercial, legal, and cultural contexts of international trade;<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.3"></a><var>92.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) provide Minnesota businesses with international trade leads and information <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.4"></a><var>92.4</var>about the availability and sources of services relating to international trade, such as <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.5"></a><var>92.5</var>export financing, licensing, freight forwarding, international advertising, translation, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.6"></a><var>92.6</var>custom brokering;<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.7"></a><var>92.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) locate, attract, and promote foreign direct investment and business development <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.8"></a><var>92.8</var>in Minnesota to enhance employment opportunities in Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.9"></a><var>92.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) provide foreign businesses and investors desiring to locate facilities in <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.10"></a><var>92.10</var>Minnesota information regarding sources of governmental, legal, real estate, financial, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.11"></a><var>92.11</var>business services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.12"></a><var>92.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(11) enter into contracts or other agreements with private persons and public entities, <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.13"></a><var>92.13</var>including agreements to establish and maintain offices and other types of representation in <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.14"></a><var>92.14</var>foreign countries, to carry out the purposes of promoting international trade and attracting <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.15"></a><var>92.15</var>investment from foreign countries to Minnesota and to carry out this section, without <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.16"></a><var>92.16</var>regard to section 
         <statute_ref>16C.06</statute_ref>; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.17"></a><var>92.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(12) market trade-related materials to businesses and organizations, and the proceeds <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.18"></a><var>92.18</var>of which must be placed in a special revolving account and are appropriated to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.19"></a><var>92.19</var>commissioner to prepare and distribute trade-related materials.<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.20"></a><var>92.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The programs and activities of the commissioner of employment and economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.21"></a><var>92.21</var>development and the Minnesota Trade Division may not duplicate programs and activities <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.22"></a><var>92.22</var>of the commissioner of agriculture.<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.23"></a><var>92.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The commissioner shall notify the chairs of the senate Finance and house Ways <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.24"></a><var>92.24</var>and Means Committees of each agreement under this subdivision to establish and maintain <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.25"></a><var>92.25</var>an office or other type of representation in a foreign country.<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.26"></a><var>92.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The Minnesota Trade Office shall serve as the state's office of protocol providing <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.27"></a><var>92.27</var>assistance to official visits by foreign government representatives and shall serve as liaison <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.28"></a><var>92.28</var>to the foreign diplomatic corps in Minnesota.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.9.0"></a><a id="pl.92.29"></a><var>92.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116L.01, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.30"></a><var>92.30</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.31"></a><var>92.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Workforce development intermediaries.</b> "Workforce development <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.32"></a><var>92.32</var>intermediaries" means public, private, or nonprofit entities that provide employment <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.33"></a><var>92.33</var>services to low-income individuals and have a demonstrated track record bringing together <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.34"></a><var>92.34</var>employers and workers, private and public funding streams, and other stakeholders to <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.35"></a><var>92.35</var>implement pathways to career advancement for low-income individuals. Entities may <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.1"></a><var>93.1</var>include, but are not limited to, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.2"></a><var>93.2</var>administrative entity of a local workforce service area.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.10.0"></a><a id="pl.93.3"></a><var>93.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116L.04, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.4"></a><var>93.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>Pathways program.</b> The pathways program may provide grants-in-aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.5"></a><var>93.5</var>for developing programs which assist in the transition of persons from welfare to work and <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.6"></a><var>93.6</var>assist individuals at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. The program <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.7"></a><var>93.7</var>is to be operated by the board. The board shall consult and coordinate with program <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.8"></a><var>93.8</var>administrators at the Department of Employment and Economic Development to design <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.9"></a><var>93.9</var>and provide services for temporary assistance for needy families recipients.<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.10"></a><var>93.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pathways grants-in-aid may be awarded to educational or other nonprofit training <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.11"></a><var>93.11</var>institutions or to workforce development intermediaries for education and training <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.12"></a><var>93.12</var>programs and services supporting education and training programs that serve eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.13"></a><var>93.13</var>recipients.<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.14"></a><var>93.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Preference shall be given to projects that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.15"></a><var>93.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) provide employment with benefits paid to employees;<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.16"></a><var>93.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) provide employment where there are defined career paths for trainees;<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.17"></a><var>93.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) pilot the development of an educational pathway that can be used on a continuing <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.18"></a><var>93.18</var>basis for transitioning persons from welfare to work; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.19"></a><var>93.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) demonstrate the active participation of Department of Employment and <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.20"></a><var>93.20</var>Economic Development workforce centers, Minnesota State College and University <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.21"></a><var>93.21</var>institutions and other educational institutions, and local welfare agencies.<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.22"></a><var>93.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pathways projects must demonstrate the active involvement and financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.23"></a><var>93.23</var>commitment of private business. Pathways projects must be matched with cash or in-kind <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.24"></a><var>93.24</var>contributions on at least a one-to-one one-half-to-one ratio by participating private <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.25"></a><var>93.25</var>business.<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.26"></a><var>93.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A single grant to any one institution shall not exceed $400,000. A portion of a grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.27"></a><var>93.27</var>may be used for preemployment training.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.11.0"></a><a id="pl.93.28"></a><var>93.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116L.17, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.29"></a><var>93.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.30"></a><var>93.30</var>have the meanings given them in this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.31"></a><var>93.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of employment and economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.32"></a><var>93.32</var>development.<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.33"></a><var>93.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) "Dislocated worker" means an individual who is a resident of Minnesota at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.34"></a><var>93.34</var>time employment ceased or was working in the state at the time employment ceased and:<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.1"></a><var>94.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) has been permanently separated or has received a notice of permanent separation <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.2"></a><var>94.2</var>from public or private sector employment and is eligible for or has exhausted entitlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.3"></a><var>94.3</var>to unemployment benefits, and is unlikely to return to the previous industry or occupation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.4"></a><var>94.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) has been long-term unemployed and has limited opportunities for employment <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.5"></a><var>94.5</var>or reemployment in the same or a similar occupation in the area in which the individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.6"></a><var>94.6</var>resides, including older individuals who may have substantial barriers to employment by <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.7"></a><var>94.7</var>reason of age;<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.8"></a><var>94.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) has been terminated or has received a notice of termination of employment as a <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.9"></a><var>94.9</var>result of a plant closing or a substantial layoff at a plant, facility, or enterprise;<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.10"></a><var>94.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) has been self-employed, including farmers and ranchers, and is unemployed as a <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.11"></a><var>94.11</var>result of general economic conditions in the community in which the individual resides or <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.12"></a><var>94.12</var>because of natural disasters; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.13"></a><var>94.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) (5) is a displaced homemaker. A "displaced homemaker" is an individual who <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.14"></a><var>94.14</var>has spent a substantial number of years in the home providing homemaking service and <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.15"></a><var>94.15</var>(i) has been dependent upon the financial support of another; and now due to divorce, <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.16"></a><var>94.16</var>separation, death, or disability of that person, must find employment to self support; or (ii) <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.17"></a><var>94.17</var>derived the substantial share of support from public assistance on account of dependents <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.18"></a><var>94.18</var>in the home and no longer receives such support.<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.19"></a><var>94.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To be eligible under this clause, the support must have ceased while the worker <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.20"></a><var>94.20</var>resided in Minnesota.<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.21"></a><var>94.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) "Eligible organization" means a state or local government unit, nonprofit <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.22"></a><var>94.22</var>organization, community action agency, business organization or association, or labor <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.23"></a><var>94.23</var>organization.<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.24"></a><var>94.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) "Plant closing" means the announced or actual permanent shutdown of a single <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.25"></a><var>94.25</var>site of employment, or one or more facilities or operating units within a single site of <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.26"></a><var>94.26</var>employment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.27"></a><var>94.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) "Substantial layoff" means a permanent reduction in the workforce, which is <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.28"></a><var>94.28</var>not a result of a plant closing, and which results in an employment loss at a single site <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.29"></a><var>94.29</var>of employment during any 30-day period for at least 50 employees excluding those <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.30"></a><var>94.30</var>employees that work less than 20 hours per week.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.12.0"></a><a id="pl.94.31"></a><var>94.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116L.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.32"></a><var>94.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Determination and collection of special assessment.</b> (a) In addition <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.33"></a><var>94.33</var>to amounts due from an employer under the Minnesota unemployment insurance program, <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.34"></a><var>94.34</var>each employer, except an employer making reimbursements is liable for a special <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.35"></a><var>94.35</var>assessment levied at the rate of .10 percent per year for calendar years 2006 and 2007 on <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.1"></a><var>95.1</var>all taxable wages, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>268.035, subdivision 24</statute_ref>. Beginning January 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.2"></a><var>95.2</var>2008, the special assessment shall be levied at a rate of .085 percent per year on all taxable <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.3"></a><var>95.3</var>wages. The assessment shall become due and be paid by each employer on the same <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.4"></a><var>95.4</var>schedule and in the same manner as other amounts due from an employer under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.95.5"></a><var>95.5</var>268.051, subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.6"></a><var>95.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The special assessment levied under this section shall be subject to the same <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.7"></a><var>95.7</var>requirements and collection procedures as any amounts due from an employer under the <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.8"></a><var>95.8</var>Minnesota unemployment insurance program.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.13.0"></a><a id="pl.95.9"></a><var>95.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116M.18, subdivision 6a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.10"></a><var>95.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6a. <b>Nonprofit corporation loans.</b> The board may make loans to a nonprofit <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.11"></a><var>95.11</var>corporation with which it has entered into an agreement under subdivision 1. These <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.12"></a><var>95.12</var>loans must be used to support a new or expanding business. This support may include <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.13"></a><var>95.13</var>such forms of financing as the sale of goods to the business on installment or deferred <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.14"></a><var>95.14</var>payments, lease purchase agreements, or royalty investments in the business. The interest <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.15"></a><var>95.15</var>rate charged by a nonprofit corporation for a loan under this subdivision must not exceed <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.16"></a><var>95.16</var>the Wall Street Journal prime rate plus four percent. For a loan under this subdivision, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.17"></a><var>95.17</var>nonprofit corporation may charge a loan origination fee equal to or less than one percent <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.18"></a><var>95.18</var>of the loan value. The nonprofit corporation may retain the amount of the origination fee. <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.19"></a><var>95.19</var>The nonprofit corporation must provide at least an equal match to the loan received by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.20"></a><var>95.20</var>board. The maximum loan available to the nonprofit corporation under this subdivision is <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.21"></a><var>95.21</var>$50,000. Loans made to the nonprofit corporation under this subdivision may be made <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.22"></a><var>95.22</var>without interest. Repayments made by the nonprofit corporation must be deposited in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.23"></a><var>95.23</var>revolving fund created for urban initiative grants.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.14.0"></a><a id="pl.95.24"></a><var>95.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 14. <b>[116O.115] SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH ACCELERATION </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.95.25"></a><var>95.25</var><b>PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.95.26"></a><var>95.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment; purpose.</b> The small business growth acceleration <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.27"></a><var>95.27</var>program is established. The purpose of the program is to (1) help qualified companies <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.28"></a><var>95.28</var>implement technology and business improvements; and (2) bridge the gap between <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.29"></a><var>95.29</var>standard market pricing for technology and business improvements and what qualified <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.30"></a><var>95.30</var>companies can afford to pay.<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.31"></a><var>95.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Qualified company.</b> A company is qualified to receive assistance under <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.32"></a><var>95.32</var>the small business growth acceleration program if it is a manufacturing company or a <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.33"></a><var>95.33</var>manufacturing-related service company that employs 100 or fewer full-time equivalent <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.34"></a><var>95.34</var>employees.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.1"></a><var>96.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Applications for assistance.</b> A company seeking assistance under the <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.2"></a><var>96.2</var>small business growth acceleration program must file an application according to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.3"></a><var>96.3</var>requirements of the corporation. A company's application for small business growth <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.4"></a><var>96.4</var>acceleration program assistance must include documentation of the company's overall plan <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.5"></a><var>96.5</var>for technology and business improvement and prioritize the components of the overall <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.6"></a><var>96.6</var>plan. The application must also document the company's need for small business growth <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.7"></a><var>96.7</var>acceleration program funds in order to carry forward the highest priority components of <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.8"></a><var>96.8</var>the plan.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.9"></a><var>96.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Fund awards; use of funds.</b> (a) The corporation shall establish <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.10"></a><var>96.10</var>procedures for determining which applicants for assistance under the small business <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.11"></a><var>96.11</var>growth acceleration program will receive program funding. Funding shall be awarded <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.12"></a><var>96.12</var>only to accelerate a qualified company's adoption of needed technology or business <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.13"></a><var>96.13</var>improvements when the corporation concludes that it is unlikely the improvements could <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.14"></a><var>96.14</var>be accomplished in any other way.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.15"></a><var>96.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The maximum amount of funds awarded to a qualified company under the small <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.16"></a><var>96.16</var>business growth acceleration program for a particular project must not exceed 50 percent <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.17"></a><var>96.17</var>of the total cost of a project and must not under any circumstances exceed $25,000 during <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.18"></a><var>96.18</var>a calendar year. The corporation shall not award to a qualified company small business <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.19"></a><var>96.19</var>growth acceleration program funds in excess of $50,000 per year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.20"></a><var>96.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Any funds awarded to a qualified company under the small business growth <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.21"></a><var>96.21</var>acceleration program must be used for business services and products that will enhance the <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.22"></a><var>96.22</var>operation of the company. These business services and products must come either directly <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.23"></a><var>96.23</var>from the corporation or from a network of expert providers identified and approved by <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.24"></a><var>96.24</var>the corporation. No company receiving small business growth acceleration program <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.25"></a><var>96.25</var>funds may use the funds for refinancing, overhead costs, new construction, renovation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.26"></a><var>96.26</var>equipment, or computer hardware.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.27"></a><var>96.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Any funds awarded must be disbursed to the qualified company as reimbursement <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.28"></a><var>96.28</var>documented according to requirements of the corporation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.29"></a><var>96.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Service agreements.</b> The corporation shall enter a written service <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.30"></a><var>96.30</var>agreement with each company awarded funds under the small business growth acceleration <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.31"></a><var>96.31</var>program. Each service agreement shall clearly articulate the company's need for service, <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.32"></a><var>96.32</var>state the cost of the service, identify who will provide the service, and define the scope of <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.33"></a><var>96.33</var>the service that will be provided. The service agreement must also include an estimate <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.34"></a><var>96.34</var>of the financial impact of the service on the company and require the company to report <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.35"></a><var>96.35</var>the actual financial impact of the service to the corporation 24 months after the service is <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.36"></a><var>96.36</var>provided.<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.1"></a><var>97.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Reporting.</b> The corporation shall report annually to the legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.2"></a><var>97.2</var>committees with fiscal jurisdiction over the Department of Employment and Economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.3"></a><var>97.3</var>Development:<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.4"></a><var>97.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the funds awarded under the small business growth acceleration program during <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.5"></a><var>97.5</var>the past 12 months;<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.6"></a><var>97.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the estimated financial impact of the funds awarded to each company receiving <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.7"></a><var>97.7</var>service under the program; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.8"></a><var>97.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the actual financial impact of funds awarded during the past 24 months.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.15.0"></a><a id="pl.97.9"></a><var>97.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 15. <b>[179.86] PACKINGHOUSE WORKERS BILL OF RIGHTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.97.10"></a><var>97.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> For the purposes of this section and section 179.87: <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.11"></a><var>97.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) "employer" means any person or business entity having 25 or more employees <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.12"></a><var>97.12</var>in the meatpacking industry; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.13"></a><var>97.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) "meatpacking industry" means business operations in which slaughtering, <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.14"></a><var>97.14</var>butchering, meat canning, meat packing, meat manufacturing, poultry canning, poultry <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.15"></a><var>97.15</var>packing, poultry manufacturing, pet food manufacturing, processing of meatpacking <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.16"></a><var>97.16</var>products, or rendering is carried on. Meatpacking products include livestock and poultry <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.17"></a><var>97.17</var>products.<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.18"></a><var>97.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Right to adequate facilities.</b> An employer must provide its employees:<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.19"></a><var>97.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) adequate and working restroom facilities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.20"></a><var>97.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) adequate room for meal and rest breaks;<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.21"></a><var>97.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) adequate locker facilities; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.22"></a><var>97.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) adequate time for necessary restroom and meal breaks as required under chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.23"></a><var>97.23</var>177; United States Code, title 29, chapter 15; and United States Code, title 42, chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.24"></a><var>97.24</var>126, or a valid collective bargaining agreement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.25"></a><var>97.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Right to adequate equipment and training.</b> An employer must furnish its <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.26"></a><var>97.26</var>employees with equipment and training that is adequate to perform the job task assigned. <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.27"></a><var>97.27</var>An employer must make ongoing skill development and training opportunities, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.28"></a><var>97.28</var>supervisory training, available to employees.<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.29"></a><var>97.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Information provided to employee by employer.</b> (a) An employer must <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.30"></a><var>97.30</var>provide an explanation in an employee's native language of the employee's rights and <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.31"></a><var>97.31</var>duties as an employee either person-to-person or through written materials as required <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.32"></a><var>97.32</var>by state or federal law, or a valid collective bargaining agreement that, at a minimum, <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.33"></a><var>97.33</var>includes:<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.34"></a><var>97.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) a complete description of the salary and benefits plans as they relate to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.35"></a><var>97.35</var>employee as required under chapter 181;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.1"></a><var>98.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a job description for the employee's position as required under chapter 181;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.2"></a><var>98.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) a description of leave policies as required under chapter 181 and United States <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.3"></a><var>98.3</var>Code, title 29, chapter 28;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.4"></a><var>98.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) a description of the work hours and work hours policy as required under chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.5"></a><var>98.5</var>181; United States Code, title 29, chapter 201; or a valid collective bargaining agreement; <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.6"></a><var>98.6</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.7"></a><var>98.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) a description of the occupational hazards known to exist for the position as <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.8"></a><var>98.8</var>required under chapters 181 and 182 and United States Code, title 29, chapter 15.<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.9"></a><var>98.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The explanation must also include information on the following employee rights <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.10"></a><var>98.10</var>as protected by state or federal law and a description of where additional information <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.11"></a><var>98.11</var>about those rights may be obtained:<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.12"></a><var>98.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the right to organize and bargain collectively as required under this chapter and <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.13"></a><var>98.13</var>chapter 177, and United States Code, title 29, chapter 7;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.14"></a><var>98.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the right to a safe workplace as required under chapters 181 and 182 and United <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.15"></a><var>98.15</var>States Code, title 29, chapter 15; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.16"></a><var>98.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the right to be free from discrimination as required under this chapter and <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.17"></a><var>98.17</var>chapters 181, 182, and 363A, and United States Code, title 42, chapter 21.<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.18"></a><var>98.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Civil action.</b> A person aggrieved as a result of a violation of this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.19"></a><var>98.19</var>may file suit in any district court of this state. If the court finds that the respondent has <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.20"></a><var>98.20</var>intentionally violated this section, the court may award damages up to and including an <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.21"></a><var>98.21</var>amount equal to the original damages and may provide injunctive relief.<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.22"></a><var>98.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Criminal penalty.</b> An employer who violates this section is guilty of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.23"></a><var>98.23</var>misdemeanor.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.16.0"></a><a id="pl.98.24"></a><var>98.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 16. <b>[179.87] MEATPACKING INDUSTRY WORKERS RIGHTS </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.98.25"></a><var>98.25</var><b>OMBUDSMAN.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.98.26"></a><var>98.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Position established.</b> The position of meatpacking industry workers <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.27"></a><var>98.27</var>rights ombudsman is established within the Department of Labor and Industry. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.28"></a><var>98.28</var>ombudsman shall be an employee of the department. The ombudsman shall be appointed <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.29"></a><var>98.29</var>by the commissioner in consultation with the chairs of the standing committees of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.30"></a><var>98.30</var>senate and house of representatives with jurisdiction over labor and employment issues in <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.31"></a><var>98.31</var>accordance with the preference established in subdivision 5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.32"></a><var>98.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Duties.</b> The ombudsman shall inspect and review the practices and <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.33"></a><var>98.33</var>procedures of meatpacking operations in the state. The ombudsman shall work to ensure <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.34"></a><var>98.34</var>workers rights under section 179.86 are protected.<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.1"></a><var>99.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Access.</b> The ombudsman or designated representatives of the ombudsman <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.2"></a><var>99.2</var>shall have access to all meatpacking operations in the state at any time meatpacking <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.3"></a><var>99.3</var>products are being processed and industry workers are on the job.<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.4"></a><var>99.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Office.</b> Necessary office space, furniture, equipment, and supplies as <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.5"></a><var>99.5</var>well as necessary assistance for the ombudsman shall be provided by the Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.6"></a><var>99.6</var>Labor and Industry.<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.7"></a><var>99.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Language preference.</b> Preference shall be given to applicants for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.8"></a><var>99.8</var>ombudsman position who are fluent in languages in addition to English.<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.9"></a><var>99.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Report.</b> The ombudsman shall, on or before December 1 of each year, <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.10"></a><var>99.10</var>submit a report to the members of the legislature and the governor regarding any <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.11"></a><var>99.11</var>recommended actions the ombudsman deems necessary or appropriate to provide for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.12"></a><var>99.12</var>fair treatment of workers in the meatpacking industry.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.17.0"></a><a id="pl.99.13"></a><var>99.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 181.78, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.14"></a><var>99.14</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.15"></a><var>99.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Forfeiture of employer rights.</b> (a) This subdivision applies to an <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.16"></a><var>99.16</var>invention or proposal by an employee in which the employer has an enforceable interest <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.17"></a><var>99.17</var>by contract or otherwise.<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.18"></a><var>99.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) An employer who has a right to develop or utilize an invention or proposal <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.19"></a><var>99.19</var>must make a substantial investment in the invention or proposal within five years of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.20"></a><var>99.20</var>submission of the invention or proposal or forfeit all rights and interests in the invention <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.21"></a><var>99.21</var>or proposal to the employee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.22"></a><var>99.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) An employee who has acquired the rights and interests of an employer under <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.23"></a><var>99.23</var>paragraph (b) may transfer that interest in the invention or proposal to anyone.<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.24"></a><var>99.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) An employer must notify in writing an employee who submits an invention or <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.25"></a><var>99.25</var>proposal to the employer of the employee's right under this subdivision within ten days of <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.26"></a><var>99.26</var>the submission. The employer must date and describe the proposal or invention received <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.27"></a><var>99.27</var>by the employer and provide a copy to the employee.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.18.0"></a><a id="pl.99.28"></a><var>99.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 18. <b>[181A.115] PROHIBITED EMPLOYMENT RELATING TO THE </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.99.29"></a><var>99.29</var><b>PRESENCE OF LIQUOR.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.99.30"></a><var>99.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No minor under the age of 18 shall be employed in any rooms constituting the place <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.31"></a><var>99.31</var>in which intoxicating liquors or 3.2 percent malt liquors are served or consumed or in any <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.32"></a><var>99.32</var>tasks involving the serving, dispensing, or handling of such liquors that are consumed on <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.33"></a><var>99.33</var>the premises except that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.1"></a><var>100.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) minors who have reached the age of 16 may be employed to perform busing or <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.2"></a><var>100.2</var>dishwashing services in those rooms or areas of a restaurant, hotel, motel, or resort where <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.3"></a><var>100.3</var>the presence of intoxicating liquor is incidental to food service or preparation; <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.4"></a><var>100.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) minors who have reached the age of 16 may be employed to perform busing or <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.5"></a><var>100.5</var>dishwashing services or to provide waiter or waitress service in rooms or areas where the <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.6"></a><var>100.6</var>presence of 3.2 percent malt liquor is incidental to food service or preparation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.7"></a><var>100.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) minors who have reached the age of 16 may be employed to provide musical <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.8"></a><var>100.8</var>entertainment in those rooms or areas where the presence of intoxicating liquor and 
         <statute_ref>3.2</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.9"></a><var>100.9</var>percent malt liquor is incidental to food service or preparation; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.10"></a><var>100.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) minors are not prevented from working at tasks which are not prohibited by law <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.11"></a><var>100.11</var>in establishments where liquor is sold, served, dispensed, or handled in those rooms or <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.12"></a><var>100.12</var>areas where no liquor is consumed or served.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.19.0"></a><a id="pl.100.13"></a><var>100.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 182.65, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.14"></a><var>100.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Legislative findings and purpose.</b> The legislature finds that the burden on <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.15"></a><var>100.15</var>employers and employees of this state resulting from personal injuries and illnesses arising <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.16"></a><var>100.16</var>out of work situations is substantial; that the prevention of these injuries and illnesses is an <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.17"></a><var>100.17</var>important objective of the government of this state; that the greatest hope of attaining this <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.18"></a><var>100.18</var>objective lies in programs of research and education, and in the earnest cooperation of <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.19"></a><var>100.19</var>government, employers and employees; and that a program of regulation and enforcement <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.20"></a><var>100.20</var>is a necessary supplement to these more basic programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.21"></a><var>100.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The legislature declares it to be its purpose and policy through the exercise of its <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.22"></a><var>100.22</var>powers to assure so far as possible every worker in the state of Minnesota safe and <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.23"></a><var>100.23</var>healthful working conditions and to preserve our human resources by:<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.24"></a><var>100.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) authorizing the Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Council to advise, <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.25"></a><var>100.25</var>consult with or recommend on any matters relating to the Minnesota occupational <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.26"></a><var>100.26</var>safety and health plan to the commissioner of labor and industry and by authorizing the <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.27"></a><var>100.27</var>commissioner of labor and industry to promulgate and enforce mandatory occupational <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.28"></a><var>100.28</var>safety and health standards applicable to employers and employees in the state of <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.29"></a><var>100.29</var>Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.30"></a><var>100.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) encouraging employers and employees to increase their efforts to reduce the <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.31"></a><var>100.31</var>number of occupational safety and health hazards at their places of employment, and to <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.32"></a><var>100.32</var>stimulate employers and employees to institute new and to perfect existing programs for <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.33"></a><var>100.33</var>providing safe and healthful working conditions;<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.34"></a><var>100.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) providing that employers and employees have separate but dependent <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.35"></a><var>100.35</var>responsibilities and rights with respect to achieving safe and healthful working conditions;<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.1"></a><var>101.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) providing for research in the field of occupational safety and health; including <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.2"></a><var>101.2</var>the psychological factors involved, and by developing innovative methods, techniques, <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.3"></a><var>101.3</var>and approaches for dealing with occupational safety and health problems;<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.4"></a><var>101.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) exploring ways to discover latent diseases, establishing causal connections <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.5"></a><var>101.5</var>between diseases and work in environmental conditions, and conducting other research <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.6"></a><var>101.6</var>relating to health problems, in recognition of the fact that occupational health standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.7"></a><var>101.7</var>present problems often different from those involved in occupational safety;<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.8"></a><var>101.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) utilizing advances already made by federal laws and regulations providing safe <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.9"></a><var>101.9</var>and healthful working conditions;<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.10"></a><var>101.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) providing criteria which will assure insofar as practicable that no employee <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.11"></a><var>101.11</var>will suffer diminished health, functional capacity, or life expectancy as a result of work <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.12"></a><var>101.12</var>experience;<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.13"></a><var>101.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) providing an effective enforcement program which shall include locating <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.14"></a><var>101.14</var>enforcement personnel in areas of the state with a higher incidence of workplace fatalities, <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.15"></a><var>101.15</var>injuries, and complaints and a prohibition against giving advance notice of an inspection <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.16"></a><var>101.16</var>and sanctions for any individual violating this prohibition;<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.17"></a><var>101.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) providing for appropriate reporting procedures with respect to occupational <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.18"></a><var>101.18</var>safety and health, which procedures will help achieve the objectives of this chapter and <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.19"></a><var>101.19</var>accurately describe the nature of the occupational safety and health problem;<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.20"></a><var>101.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j) encouraging joint labor-management efforts to reduce injuries and diseases <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.21"></a><var>101.21</var>arising out of employment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.22"></a><var>101.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(k) providing consultation to employees and employers which will aid them in <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.23"></a><var>101.23</var>complying with their responsibilities under this chapter where such consultation does not <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.24"></a><var>101.24</var>interfere with the effective enforcement of this chapter; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.25"></a><var>101.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(l) providing for training programs to increase the number and competence of <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.26"></a><var>101.26</var>personnel engaged in the field of occupational safety and health.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.20.0"></a><a id="pl.101.27"></a><var>101.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 20. <b>[182.6551] CITATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.101.28"></a><var>101.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sections 182.6551 to 182.6553 may be cited as the "Safe Patient Handling Act."<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.21.0"></a><a id="pl.101.29"></a><var>101.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 21. <b>[182.6552] DEFINITIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.101.30"></a><var>101.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Direct patient care worker.</b> "Direct patient care worker" means an <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.31"></a><var>101.31</var>individual doing the job of directly providing physical care to patients including nurses, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.32"></a><var>101.32</var>defined by section 148.171, who provide physical care to patients.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.1"></a><var>102.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Health care facility.</b> "Health care facility" means a hospital as defined in <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.2"></a><var>102.2</var>section 144.50, subdivision 2; an outpatient surgical center as defined in section 144.55, <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.3"></a><var>102.3</var>subdivision 2; and a nursing home as defined in section 144A.01, subdivision 5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.4"></a><var>102.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Safe patient handling.</b> "Safe patient handling" means a process, based on <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.5"></a><var>102.5</var>scientific evidence on causes of injuries, that uses safe patient handling equipment rather <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.6"></a><var>102.6</var>than people to transfer, move, and reposition patients in all health care facilities to reduce <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.7"></a><var>102.7</var>workplace injuries. This process also reduces the risk of injury to patients.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.8"></a><var>102.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Safe patient handling equipment.</b> "Safe patient handling equipment" <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.9"></a><var>102.9</var>means engineering controls, lifting and transfer aids, or mechanical assistive devices used <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.10"></a><var>102.10</var>by nurses and other direct patient care workers instead of manual lifting to perform the <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.11"></a><var>102.11</var>acts of lifting, transferring, and repositioning health care facility patients and residents.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.22.0"></a><a id="pl.102.12"></a><var>102.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 22. <b>[182.6553] SAFE PATIENT HANDLING PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.102.13"></a><var>102.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Safe patient handling program required.</b> (a) By July 1, 2008, <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.14"></a><var>102.14</var>every licensed health care facility in the state shall adopt a written safe patient handling <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.15"></a><var>102.15</var>policy establishing the facility's plan to achieve by January 1, 2011, the goal of minimizing <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.16"></a><var>102.16</var>manual lifting of patients by nurses and other direct patient care workers by utilizing <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.17"></a><var>102.17</var>safe patient handling equipment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.18"></a><var>102.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The program shall address:<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.19"></a><var>102.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) assessment of hazards with regard to patient handling;<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.20"></a><var>102.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the acquisition of an adequate supply of appropriate safe patient handling <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.21"></a><var>102.21</var>equipment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.22"></a><var>102.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) initial and ongoing training of nurses and other direct patient care workers on <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.23"></a><var>102.23</var>the use of this equipment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.24"></a><var>102.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) procedures to ensure that physical plant modifications and major construction <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.25"></a><var>102.25</var>projects are consistent with program goals; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.26"></a><var>102.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) periodic evaluations of the safe patient handling program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.27"></a><var>102.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Safe patient handling committee.</b> (a) By July 1, 2008, every licensed <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.28"></a><var>102.28</var>health care facility in the state shall establish a safe patient handling committee either by <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.29"></a><var>102.29</var>creating a new committee or assigning the functions of a safe patient handling committee <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.30"></a><var>102.30</var>to an existing committee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.31"></a><var>102.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Membership of a safe patient handling committee or an existing committee must <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.32"></a><var>102.32</var>meet the following requirements: <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.33"></a><var>102.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) at least half the members shall be nonmanagerial nurses and other direct patient <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.34"></a><var>102.34</var>care workers; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.1"></a><var>103.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) in a health care facility where nurses and other direct patient care workers <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.2"></a><var>103.2</var>are covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the union shall select the committee <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.3"></a><var>103.3</var>members proportionate to its representation of nonmanagerial workers, nurses, and other <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.4"></a><var>103.4</var>direct patient care workers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.5"></a><var>103.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A health care organization with more than one covered health care facility may <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.6"></a><var>103.6</var>establish a committee at each facility or one committee to serve this function for all the <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.7"></a><var>103.7</var>facilities. If the organization chooses to have one overall committee for multiple facilities, <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.8"></a><var>103.8</var>at least half of the members of the overall committee must be nonmanagerial nurses and <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.9"></a><var>103.9</var>other direct patient care workers and each facility must be represented on the committee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.10"></a><var>103.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Employees who serve on a safe patient handling committee must be compensated <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.11"></a><var>103.11</var>by their employer for all hours spent on committee business.<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.12"></a><var>103.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Facilities with existing programs.</b> A facility that has already adopted a <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.13"></a><var>103.13</var>safe patient handling policy that satisfies the requirements of subdivision 1, and established <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.14"></a><var>103.14</var>a safe patient handling committee by July 1, 2008, is considered to be in compliance <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.15"></a><var>103.15</var>with those requirements. The committee must continue to satisfy the requirements of <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.16"></a><var>103.16</var>subdivision 2, paragraph (b), on an ongoing basis. <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.17"></a><var>103.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Committee duties.</b> A safe patient handling committee shall:<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.18"></a><var>103.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) complete a patient handling hazard assessment that: <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.19"></a><var>103.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) considers patient handling tasks, types of nursing units, patient populations, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.20"></a><var>103.20</var>the physical environment of patient care areas; <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.21"></a><var>103.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) identifies problems and solutions; <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.22"></a><var>103.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) identifies areas of highest risk for lifting injuries; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.23"></a><var>103.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) recommends a mechanism to report, track, and analyze injury trends;<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.24"></a><var>103.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) make recommendations on the purchase, use, and maintenance of an adequate <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.25"></a><var>103.25</var>supply of appropriate safe patient handling equipment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.26"></a><var>103.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) make recommendations on training of nurses and other direct patient care <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.27"></a><var>103.27</var>workers on use of safe patient handling equipment, initially when the equipment arrives at <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.28"></a><var>103.28</var>the facility and periodically afterwards;<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.29"></a><var>103.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) conduct annual evaluations of the safe patient handling implementation plan and <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.30"></a><var>103.30</var>progress toward goals established in the safe patient handling policy; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.31"></a><var>103.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) recommend procedures to ensure that, when remodeling of patient care areas <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.32"></a><var>103.32</var>occurs, the plans incorporate safe patient handling equipment or the physical space and <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.33"></a><var>103.33</var>construction design needed to accommodate safe patient handling equipment at a later date.<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.34"></a><var>103.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Training materials.</b> The commissioner shall make training materials on <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.35"></a><var>103.35</var>implementation of this section available to all health care facilities at no cost as part of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.36"></a><var>103.36</var>training and education duties of the commissioner under section 182.673.<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.1"></a><var>104.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Enforcement.</b> This section shall be enforced by the commissioner under <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.2"></a><var>104.2</var>section 182.661. A violation of this section is subject to the penalties provided under <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.3"></a><var>104.3</var>section 182.666.<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.4"></a><var>104.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Grant program.</b> The commissioner may make grants to health care <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.5"></a><var>104.5</var>facilities to acquire safe patient handling equipment and for training on safe patient <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.6"></a><var>104.6</var>handling and safe patient handling equipment. Grants to any one facility may not exceed <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.7"></a><var>104.7</var>$40,000. A grant must be matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the grantee. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.8"></a><var>104.8</var>commissioner shall establish a grant application process. The commissioner may give <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.9"></a><var>104.9</var>priority for grants to facilities that demonstrate that acquiring safe patient handling <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.10"></a><var>104.10</var>equipment will impose a financial hardship on the facility. For health care facilities <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.11"></a><var>104.11</var>that provide evidence of hardship, the commissioner may waive the 50 percent match <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.12"></a><var>104.12</var>requirement and may grant such a facility more than $40,000. Health care facilities that <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.13"></a><var>104.13</var>the commissioner determines are experiencing hardship shall not be required to meet the <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.14"></a><var>104.14</var>safe patient handling requirements until July 1, 2012.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.23.0"></a><a id="pl.104.15"></a><var>104.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 268.085, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.16"></a><var>104.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Payments that delay unemployment benefits.</b> (a) An applicant shall not <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.17"></a><var>104.17</var>be eligible to receive unemployment benefits for any week with respect to which the <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.18"></a><var>104.18</var>applicant is receiving, has received, or has filed for payment, equal to or in excess of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.19"></a><var>104.19</var>applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount, in the form of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.20"></a><var>104.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) vacation pay paid upon temporary, indefinite, or seasonal separation. This clause <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.21"></a><var>104.21</var>shall not apply to vacation pay paid upon a permanent separation from employment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.22"></a><var>104.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) severance pay, bonus pay, sick pay, and any other money payments, except <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.23"></a><var>104.23</var>earnings under subdivision 5, and back pay under subdivision 6, paid by an employer <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.24"></a><var>104.24</var>because of, upon, or after separation from employment, but only if the money payment is <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.25"></a><var>104.25</var>considered wages at the time of payment under section 
         <statute_ref>268.035, subdivision 29</statute_ref>, or United <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.26"></a><var>104.26</var>States Code, title 26, section 3121, clause (2), of the Federal Insurance Contribution Act;. <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.27"></a><var>104.27</var>This clause does not apply to the first $10,000 of any amount of severance pay, bonus <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.28"></a><var>104.28</var>pay, sick pay, or any other payments paid to an employee with annual salary or wages <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.29"></a><var>104.29</var>under $75,000; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.30"></a><var>104.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) pension, retirement, or annuity payments from any plan contributed to by a base <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.31"></a><var>104.31</var>period employer including the United States government, except Social Security benefits <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.32"></a><var>104.32</var>which are provided for in subdivision 4. The base period employer contributed to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.33"></a><var>104.33</var>plan if the contribution is excluded from the definition of wages under section 
         <statute_ref>268.035, <br />
            		<a id="pl.104.34"></a><var>104.34</var>subdivision 29
         </statute_ref>, clause (1), or United States Code, title 26, section 3121, clause (2), of <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.35"></a><var>104.35</var>the Federal Insurance Contribution Act.<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.1"></a><var>105.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An applicant shall not be considered to have received the lump sum payment if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.2"></a><var>105.2</var>applicant immediately deposits that payment in a qualified pension plan or account; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.3"></a><var>105.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) holiday pay.<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.4"></a><var>105.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) This subdivision shall apply to all the weeks of payment and shall be applied to <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.5"></a><var>105.5</var>the period immediately following the last day of employment. The number of weeks of <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.6"></a><var>105.6</var>payment shall be determined as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.7"></a><var>105.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) if the payments are made periodically, the total of the payments to be received <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.8"></a><var>105.8</var>shall be divided by the applicant's last level of regular weekly pay from the employer; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.9"></a><var>105.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) if the payment is made in a lump sum, that sum shall be divided by the applicant's <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.10"></a><var>105.10</var>last level of regular weekly pay from the employer.<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.11"></a><var>105.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) If the payment is less than the applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount, <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.12"></a><var>105.12</var>unemployment benefits shall be reduced by the amount of the payment. If the computation <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.13"></a><var>105.13</var>of reduced unemployment benefits is not a whole dollar, it shall be rounded down to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.14"></a><var>105.14</var>next lower whole dollar.<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.15"></a><var>105.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for unemployment benefits paid on <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.16"></a><var>105.16</var>or after January 1, 2006, regardless of when the continued request was filed or the week <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.17"></a><var>105.17</var>for which the unemployment benefits are paid.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.24.0"></a><a id="pl.105.18"></a><var>105.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 268.196, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.19"></a><var>105.19</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.20"></a><var>105.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Unemployment insurance benefits telephone system.</b> The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.21"></a><var>105.21</var>must ensure that the telephone system used for unemployment insurance benefits provides <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.22"></a><var>105.22</var>an option for any caller to speak to an unemployment insurance specialist. An individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.23"></a><var>105.23</var>who calls any of the publicized telephone numbers seeking information about applying for <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.24"></a><var>105.24</var>benefits or on the status of a claim must have the option to speak on the telephone to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.25"></a><var>105.25</var>specialist who can provide direct assistance or can direct the caller to the person or office <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.26"></a><var>105.26</var>that is able to respond to the caller's needs.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.25.0"></a><a id="pl.105.27"></a><var>105.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 268A.01, subdivision 13, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.28"></a><var>105.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 13. <b>Supported employment.</b> (a) "Supported employment" means <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.29"></a><var>105.29</var>employment of a person with a disability so severe that the person needs ongoing training <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.30"></a><var>105.30</var>and support to get and keep a job in which:<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.31"></a><var>105.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the person engages in paid work in a position removed from the service vendor's <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.32"></a><var>105.32</var>site where individuals without disabilities who do not require public subsidies also may <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.33"></a><var>105.33</var>be employed;<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.1"></a><var>106.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) public funds are necessary to provide ongoing training and support services <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.2"></a><var>106.2</var>throughout the period of the person's employment; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.3"></a><var>106.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the person has the opportunity for social interaction with individuals who do not <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.4"></a><var>106.4</var>have disabilities and who are not paid caregivers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.5"></a><var>106.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) If the commissioner has certified a rehabilitation facility setting as integrated, <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.6"></a><var>106.6</var>then employment at that site may be considered supported employment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.26.0"></a><a id="pl.106.7"></a><var>106.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 268A.01, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.8"></a><var>106.8</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.9"></a><var>106.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 14. <b>Affirmative business enterprise employment.</b> "Affirmative business <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.10"></a><var>106.10</var>enterprise employment" means employment which provides paid work on the premises of <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.11"></a><var>106.11</var>an affirmative business enterprise as certified by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.12"></a><var>106.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Affirmative business enterprise employment is considered community employment <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.13"></a><var>106.13</var>for purposes of funding under Minnesota Rules, parts 3300.1000 to 3300.2055, provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.14"></a><var>106.14</var>that the wages for individuals reported must be at or above customary wages for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.15"></a><var>106.15</var>same employer. The employer must also provide one benefit package that is available to <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.16"></a><var>106.16</var>all employees.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.27.0"></a><a id="pl.106.17"></a><var>106.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 268A.085, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.18"></a><var>106.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Appointment; membership.</b> Every city, town, county, nonprofit <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.19"></a><var>106.19</var>corporation, or combination thereof establishing a rehabilitation facility shall appoint a <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.20"></a><var>106.20</var>rehabilitation facility board of no fewer than nine seven voting members before becoming <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.21"></a><var>106.21</var>eligible for the assistance provided by sections 
         <statute_ref>268A.06</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>268A.15</statute_ref>. When any city, <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.22"></a><var>106.22</var>town, or county singly establishes such a rehabilitation facility, the board shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.23"></a><var>106.23</var>appointed by the chief executive officer of the city or the chair of the governing board <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.24"></a><var>106.24</var>of the county or town. When any combination of cities, towns, counties, or nonprofit <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.25"></a><var>106.25</var>corporations establishes a rehabilitation facility, the chief executive officers of the cities, <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.26"></a><var>106.26</var>nonprofit corporations, and the chairs of the governing bodies of the counties or towns <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.27"></a><var>106.27</var>shall appoint the board. If a nonprofit corporation singly establishes a rehabilitation <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.28"></a><var>106.28</var>facility, the corporation shall appoint the board of directors. Membership on a board <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.29"></a><var>106.29</var>shall be representative of the community served and shall include a person with a <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.30"></a><var>106.30</var>disability. One-third to one-half of the board shall be representative of industry or <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.31"></a><var>106.31</var>business. The remaining members should be representative of lay associations for persons <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.32"></a><var>106.32</var>with a disability, labor, the general public, and education, welfare, medical, and health <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.33"></a><var>106.33</var>professions. Nothing in sections 
         <statute_ref>268A.06</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>268A.15</statute_ref> shall be construed to preclude <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.34"></a><var>106.34</var>the appointment of elected or appointed public officials or members of the board of <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.1"></a><var>107.1</var>directors of the sponsoring nonprofit corporation to the board, so long as the representation <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.2"></a><var>107.2</var>described above is preserved. If a county establishes an extended employment program <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.3"></a><var>107.3</var>and manages the program with county employees, the governing board shall be the county <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.4"></a><var>107.4</var>board of commissioners, and other provisions of this chapter pertaining to membership on <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.5"></a><var>107.5</var>the governing board do not apply. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.28.0"></a><a id="pl.107.6"></a><var>107.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 268A.15, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.7"></a><var>107.7</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.8"></a><var>107.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Integrated setting.</b> At the commissioner's discretion, paid work on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.9"></a><var>107.9</var>premises of a rehabilitation facility may be certified as an integrated setting after a site <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.10"></a><var>107.10</var>review by the department.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.29.0"></a><a id="pl.107.11"></a><var>107.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 462.39, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.12"></a><var>107.12</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.13"></a><var>107.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Local planning assistance.</b> A regional development commission or, <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.14"></a><var>107.14</var>in regions not served by regional development commissions, a regional organization <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.15"></a><var>107.15</var>selected by the commissioner of employment and economic development, may develop a <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.16"></a><var>107.16</var>program to support planning on behalf of local units of government. The local planning <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.17"></a><var>107.17</var>must be related to issues of regional or statewide significance and may include, but is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.18"></a><var>107.18</var>limited to, the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.19"></a><var>107.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) local planning and development assistance, which may include local zoning <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.20"></a><var>107.20</var>ordinances and land use plans;<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.21"></a><var>107.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) community or economic development plans, which may include workforce <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.22"></a><var>107.22</var>development plans, housing development plans and market analysis, JOBZ administration, <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.23"></a><var>107.23</var>grant writing assistance, and grant administration;<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.24"></a><var>107.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) environment and natural resources plans, which may include solid waste <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.25"></a><var>107.25</var>management plans, wastewater management plans, and renewable energy development <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.26"></a><var>107.26</var>plans;<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.27"></a><var>107.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) rural community health services; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.28"></a><var>107.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) development of geographical information systems to serve regional needs, <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.29"></a><var>107.29</var>including hardware and software purchases and related labor costs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.30"></a><var>107.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each regional development commission or organization shall submit to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.31"></a><var>107.31</var>commissioner of employment and economic development an annual work program <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.32"></a><var>107.32</var>that outlines the work items for the upcoming year and establishes the relationship of <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.33"></a><var>107.33</var>the work items to development issues of regional or statewide significance. The entity <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.34"></a><var>107.34</var>completing the annual work program and identifying the statewide development issues <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.1"></a><var>108.1</var>shall consider input from the Departments of Employment and Economic Development, <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.2"></a><var>108.2</var>Natural Resources, Transportation, Agriculture, Commerce, and other state agencies as <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.3"></a><var>108.3</var>appropriate to the issues.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.30.0"></a><a id="pl.108.4"></a><var>108.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 30. <b>WORKFORCE ENHANCEMENT FEE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.108.5"></a><var>108.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the commissioner of employment and economic development determines that <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.6"></a><var>108.6</var>the need for services under the dislocated worker program substantially exceeds the <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.7"></a><var>108.7</var>resources that will be available for the program, the commissioner may increase the <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.8"></a><var>108.8</var>special assessment levied under Minnesota Statutes, section 116L.20, subdivision 1, to no <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.9"></a><var>108.9</var>more than .12 percent of taxable wages.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.31.0"></a><a id="pl.108.10"></a><var>108.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 31. <b>FEDERAL PROCUREMENT LIAISON.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.108.11"></a><var>108.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioner of employment and economic development must establish and <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.12"></a><var>108.12</var>operate a technology and commercialization unit in the Department of Employment and <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.13"></a><var>108.13</var>Economic Development. Appropriation for this purpose must be used to: coordinate <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.14"></a><var>108.14</var>public and private efforts to procure federal funding for collaborative research and <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.15"></a><var>108.15</var>development projects of primary benefit to small- and medium-sized businesses; promote <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.16"></a><var>108.16</var>contractual relationships between Minnesota businesses who, as recipients of federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.17"></a><var>108.17</var>grants, are prime contractors, and appropriate Minnesota-based subcontractors; assess <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.18"></a><var>108.18</var>the research and development capabilities of small- and medium-sized businesses; <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.19"></a><var>108.19</var>undertake referral activities to link Minnesota companies with federal requests for <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.20"></a><var>108.20</var>proposal opportunities; and develop a framework for Minnesota companies to establish <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.21"></a><var>108.21</var>sole-sourcing relationships with federal agencies.<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.22"></a><var>108.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioner must report to the committees in the house of representatives and <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.23"></a><var>108.23</var>the senate having jurisdiction over bioscience and technology issues on the activities of <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.24"></a><var>108.24</var>the technology and commercialization unit by June 30 of each year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.32.0"></a><a id="pl.108.25"></a><var>108.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 32. <b>LOCATION OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA INSPECTORS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.108.26"></a><var>108.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By December 31, 2007, the commissioner of labor and industry must assign three <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.27"></a><var>108.27</var>occupational safety and health inspectors to one or more offices on the Iron Range and one <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.28"></a><var>108.28</var>inspector to an office in Bemidji.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.33.0"></a><a id="pl.108.29"></a><var>108.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 33. <b>ROLE OF STATE LEGISLATURE IN TRADE POLICY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.108.30"></a><var>108.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) It shall be the policy of the state that approval for the state to be bound by any <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.31"></a><var>108.31</var>trade agreement requires the consent of the state legislature.<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.1"></a><var>109.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Four state legislative contacts must be informed by the governor when any trade <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.2"></a><var>109.2</var>agreement arrives in the governor's office. The four contacts are the majority and minority <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.3"></a><var>109.3</var>leader of the senate or their designated legislators, and the speaker and minority leader in <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.4"></a><var>109.4</var>the house of representatives or their designated legislators. The legislature declares that <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.5"></a><var>109.5</var>the purposes of the state contacts are to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.6"></a><var>109.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) serve as the state's official legislative liaisons with the governor and the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.7"></a><var>109.7</var>legislature on trade-related matters;<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.8"></a><var>109.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) serve as the legislature's designated recipients from the governor of federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.9"></a><var>109.9</var>requests for consent to consultation regarding investment, procurement, services, or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.10"></a><var>109.10</var>provisions of international trade agreements, which impinge on state law or regulatory <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.11"></a><var>109.11</var>authority reserved to the states;<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.12"></a><var>109.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) transmit information regarding federal requests from the governor to all <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.13"></a><var>109.13</var>appropriate legislative committees;<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.14"></a><var>109.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) issue a formal request to the Department of Employment and Economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.15"></a><var>109.15</var>Development and all appropriate state agencies to provide analysis of all proposed trade <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.16"></a><var>109.16</var>agreements' impact on state legislative authority and the economy of the state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.17"></a><var>109.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) inform all members of the legislature on a regular basis about ongoing trade <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.18"></a><var>109.18</var>negotiations and dispute settlement proceedings with implications for the state more <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.19"></a><var>109.19</var>generally;<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.20"></a><var>109.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) communicate the concerns of the legislature to the governor and the United <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.21"></a><var>109.21</var>States trade representative regarding ongoing and proposed trade negotiations; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.22"></a><var>109.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) notify the governor and the United States trade representative of the outcome <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.23"></a><var>109.23</var>of any legislative action.<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.24"></a><var>109.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The following actions are required before the state shall consent to the terms of <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.25"></a><var>109.25</var>a trade agreement:<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.26"></a><var>109.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) when a federal trade request has been received, the governor must submit the <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.27"></a><var>109.27</var>request to the legislative contacts on a day both houses are in session. The request must <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.28"></a><var>109.28</var>contain a copy of the final legal text of the agreement together with:<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.29"></a><var>109.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) a report by the Department of Employment and Economic Development in <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.30"></a><var>109.30</var>consultation with, at a minimum, the following agencies: Department of Administration, <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.31"></a><var>109.31</var>Department of Labor and Industry, Department of Agriculture, Department of Natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.32"></a><var>109.32</var>Resources, and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. The report shall include an <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.33"></a><var>109.33</var>analysis of how the agreement of the state to the specific provisions of the agreement <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.34"></a><var>109.34</var>will change or affect existing state law;<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.35"></a><var>109.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) a statement of any administrative action proposed to implement these trade <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.36"></a><var>109.36</var>agreement provisions in the state; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.1"></a><var>110.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) a draft of legislation authorizing the state to sign on to the specific listed <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.2"></a><var>110.2</var>provisions of the agreement in question;<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.3"></a><var>110.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) at least one public hearing, with adequate public notice, shall occur before the <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.4"></a><var>110.4</var>legislature votes on the bill; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.5"></a><var>110.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the bill authorizing the state to sign on to specific listed provisions of an <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.6"></a><var>110.6</var>agreement is enacted into law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.7"></a><var>110.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) It is the sense of this legislature that Congress should pass legislation instructing <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.8"></a><var>110.8</var>the United States trade representative to fully and formally consult individual state <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.9"></a><var>110.9</var>legislatures regarding procurement, services, investment, or any other trade agreement <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.10"></a><var>110.10</var>rules that impact state laws or authority before negotiations begin and as they develop, <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.11"></a><var>110.11</var>and to seek consent from state legislatures in addition to governors prior to binding <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.12"></a><var>110.12</var>states to conform their laws to the terms of international commercial agreements. Such <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.13"></a><var>110.13</var>legislation is necessary to ensure the prior informed consent of the state with regard to <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.14"></a><var>110.14</var>future international trade and investment agreements.<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.15"></a><var>110.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) The state attorney general shall notify the United States trade representative of <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.16"></a><var>110.16</var>the policies in paragraph (d) in writing no later than 30 days after its effective date, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.17"></a><var>110.17</var>shall provide copies of the notice to the president of the senate, speaker of the house of <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.18"></a><var>110.18</var>representatives, the governor, and the state's congressional delegation.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.34.0"></a><a id="pl.110.19"></a><var>110.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 34. <b>STUDY; SAFE PATIENT HANDLING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.110.20"></a><var>110.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The commissioner of labor and industry shall study ways to require workers' <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.21"></a><var>110.21</var>compensation insurers to recognize compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.22"></a><var>110.22</var>182.6553, in the workers' compensation premiums of health care and long-term care <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.23"></a><var>110.23</var>facilities. The commissioner shall report by January 15, 2008, the results of the study <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.24"></a><var>110.24</var>to the chairs of the policy committees of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.25"></a><var>110.25</var>workers' compensation issues.<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.26"></a><var>110.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) By January 15, 2008, the commissioner must make recommendations to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.27"></a><var>110.27</var>legislature regarding funding sources available to health care facilities for safe patient <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.28"></a><var>110.28</var>handling programs and equipment, including, but not limited to, low interest loans, interest <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.29"></a><var>110.29</var>free loans, and federal, state, or county grants.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.35.0"></a><a id="pl.110.30"></a><var>110.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 35. <b>WORK GROUP; SAFE PATIENT HANDLING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.110.31"></a><var>110.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Minnesota State Council on Disability shall convene a work group comprised <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.32"></a><var>110.32</var>of representatives from the Minnesota Medical Association and other organizations <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.33"></a><var>110.33</var>representing clinics, disability advocates, and direct care workers, to do the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.1"></a><var>111.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) assess the current options for and use of safe patient handling equipment in <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.2"></a><var>111.2</var>unlicensed outpatient clinics, physician offices, and dental settings;<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.3"></a><var>111.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) identify barriers to the use of safe patient handling equipment in these settings; <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.4"></a><var>111.4</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.5"></a><var>111.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) define clinical settings that move patients to determine applicability of the Safe <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.6"></a><var>111.6</var>Patient Handling Act.<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.7"></a><var>111.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The work group must report to the legislature by January 15, 2008, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.8"></a><var>111.8</var>reports to the chairs of the senate and house of representatives committees on workforce <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.9"></a><var>111.9</var>development.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.36.0"></a><a id="pl.111.10"></a><var>111.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 36. <b>EFFECT ON RULES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.111.11"></a><var>111.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioner of labor and industry shall amend Minnesota Rules, part <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.12"></a><var>111.12</var><statute_ref>5200.0910</statute_ref>, to conform to Minnesota Statutes, section 181A.115. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.13"></a><var>111.13</var>may use the good cause exemption in Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>14.388</statute_ref>, in adopting <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.14"></a><var>111.14</var>the amendment required by this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.37.0"></a><a id="pl.111.15"></a><var>111.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 37. <b>PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY FUNDING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.111.16"></a><var>111.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To the greatest practical extent, projects on the Public Facilities Authority's 2007 <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.17"></a><var>111.17</var>intended use plan, the listings for which were based on the Pollution Control Agency's <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.18"></a><var>111.18</var>2006 project priority list, shall be carried over to the 2008 intended use plan. Projects that <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.19"></a><var>111.19</var>qualified for funding from the Public Facilities Authority under Laws 2006, chapter 258, <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.20"></a><var>111.20</var>section 21, that could not be certified by the Pollution Control Agency by the applicable <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.21"></a><var>111.21</var>deadline shall have until May 1, 2008, or six months after the Minnesota Supreme Court <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.22"></a><var>111.22</var>issues an opinion in the cities of Maple Lake and Annandale matter, whichever is later, to <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.23"></a><var>111.23</var>obtain the required certification from the Pollution Control Agency.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.7.38.0"></a><a id="pl.111.24"></a><var>111.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 38. <b>REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.111.25"></a><var>111.25</var>Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.18, subdivision 2, is repealed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.111.26"></a><var>111.26</var><b>ARTICLE 8</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.111.27"></a><var>111.27</var><b>LICENSING AND WAGES</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.8.1.0"></a><a id="pl.111.28"></a><var>111.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 177.27, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.29"></a><var>111.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Examination of records.</b> The commissioner may enter during <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.30"></a><var>111.30</var>reasonable office hours or upon request and inspect the place of business or employment of <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.31"></a><var>111.31</var>any employer of employees working in the state, to examine and inspect books, registers, <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.32"></a><var>111.32</var>payrolls, and other records of any employer that in any way relate to wages, hours, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.1"></a><var>112.1</var>other conditions of employment of any employees. The commissioner may transcribe any <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.2"></a><var>112.2</var>or all of the books, registers, payrolls, and other records as the commissioner deems <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.3"></a><var>112.3</var>necessary or appropriate and may question the employees to ascertain compliance with <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.4"></a><var>112.4</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>177.21</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>177.35 177.435</statute_ref>. The commissioner may investigate wage claims or <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.5"></a><var>112.5</var>complaints by an employee against an employer if the failure to pay a wage may violate <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.6"></a><var>112.6</var>Minnesota law or an order or rule of the department. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.2.0"></a><a id="pl.112.7"></a><var>112.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 177.27, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.8"></a><var>112.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Compliance orders.</b> The commissioner may issue an order requiring an <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.9"></a><var>112.9</var>employer to comply with sections 
         <statute_ref>177.21</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>177.35 177.435</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>181.02</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>181.03</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>181.031</statute_ref>, <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.112.10"></a><var>112.10</var>181.032
         </statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>181.101</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>181.11</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>181.12</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>181.13</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>181.14</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>181.145</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>181.15</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>181.79, 181.932, <br />
            		<a id="pl.112.11"></a><var>112.11</var>and 181.9325
         </statute_ref>, or with any rule promulgated under section 
         <statute_ref>177.28</statute_ref>. The department shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.12"></a><var>112.12</var>serve the order upon the employer or the employer's authorized representative in person or <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.13"></a><var>112.13</var>by certified mail at the employer's place of business. An employer who wishes to contest <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.14"></a><var>112.14</var>the order must file written notice of objection to the order with the commissioner within <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.15"></a><var>112.15</var>15 calendar days after being served with the order. A contested case proceeding must then <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.16"></a><var>112.16</var>be held in accordance with sections 
         <statute_ref>14.57</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>14.69</statute_ref>. If, within 15 calendar days after being <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.17"></a><var>112.17</var>served with the order, the employer fails to file a written notice of objection with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.18"></a><var>112.18</var>commissioner, the order becomes a final order of the commissioner. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.3.0"></a><a id="pl.112.19"></a><var>112.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 177.27, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.20"></a><var>112.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Civil actions.</b> (a) The commissioner may bring an action in the district <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.21"></a><var>112.21</var>court where an employer resides or where the commissioner maintains an office to enforce <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.22"></a><var>112.22</var>or require compliance with orders issued under subdivision 4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.23"></a><var>112.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) If the district court determines that a violation of section 181.932 or 181.9325 <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.24"></a><var>112.24</var>occurred, the court may order any appropriate relief, including but not limited to <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.25"></a><var>112.25</var>reinstatement, back pay, restoration of lost service credit, if appropriate, compensatory <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.26"></a><var>112.26</var>damages, and the expungement of any adverse records of a state employee or applicant <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.27"></a><var>112.27</var>for state employment who was the subject of the alleged acts of misconduct, and any <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.28"></a><var>112.28</var>appropriate relief as described in section 181.936.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.4.0"></a><a id="pl.112.29"></a><var>112.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 177.27, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.30"></a><var>112.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Court actions; suits brought by private parties.</b> An employee may bring <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.31"></a><var>112.31</var>a civil action seeking redress for a violation or violations of sections 
         <statute_ref>177.21</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>177.35</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.32"></a><var>112.32</var>177.44 directly to district court. An employer who pays an employee less than the wages <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.33"></a><var>112.33</var>and overtime compensation to which the employee is entitled under sections 
         <statute_ref>177.21</statute_ref> to <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.113.1"></a><var>113.1</var>177.35
         </statute_ref> 177.44 is liable to the employee for the full amount of the wages, gratuities, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.2"></a><var>113.2</var>overtime compensation, less any amount the employer is able to establish was actually <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.3"></a><var>113.3</var>paid to the employee and for an additional equal amount as liquidated damages. In <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.4"></a><var>113.4</var>addition, in an action under this subdivision the employee may seek damages and other <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.5"></a><var>113.5</var>appropriate relief provided by subdivision 7 and otherwise provided by law. An agreement <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.6"></a><var>113.6</var>between the employee and the employer to work for less than the applicable wage is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.7"></a><var>113.7</var>a defense to the action. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.5.0"></a><a id="pl.113.8"></a><var>113.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 177.27, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.9"></a><var>113.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>District court jurisdiction.</b> Any action brought under subdivision 8 may <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.10"></a><var>113.10</var>be filed in the district court of the county wherein a violation or violations of sections <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.113.11"></a><var>113.11</var>177.21
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>177.35</statute_ref> 177.44 are alleged to have been committed, where the respondent resides <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.12"></a><var>113.12</var>or has a principal place of business, or any other court of competent jurisdiction. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.13"></a><var>113.13</var>action may be brought by one or more employees. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.6.0"></a><a id="pl.113.14"></a><var>113.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 177.27, subdivision 10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.15"></a><var>113.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Attorney fees and costs.</b> In any action brought pursuant to subdivision 8, <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.16"></a><var>113.16</var>the court shall order an employer who is found to have committed a violation or violations <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.17"></a><var>113.17</var>of sections 
         <statute_ref>177.21</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>177.35</statute_ref> 177.44 to pay to the employee or employees reasonable costs, <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.18"></a><var>113.18</var>disbursements, witness fees, and attorney fees. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.7.0"></a><a id="pl.113.19"></a><var>113.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 177.27, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.20"></a><var>113.20</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.21"></a><var>113.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 11. <b>Investigation of certain complaints.</b> (a) The commissioner shall conduct <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.22"></a><var>113.22</var>an investigation of any matter that alleges a violation of sections 181.932 and 181.9325. <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.23"></a><var>113.23</var>The identity of the person providing the information that initiated the investigation shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.24"></a><var>113.24</var>be classified as private data, pursuant to section 13.02, subdivision 12, except that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.25"></a><var>113.25</var>identity may be disclosed to a law enforcement agency that is conducting a criminal <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.26"></a><var>113.26</var>investigation of the matter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.27"></a><var>113.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) For each investigation completed, if the commissioner determines that there is <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.28"></a><var>113.28</var>reasonable cause to believe that an employer has violated section 181.932 or 181.9325, <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.29"></a><var>113.29</var>the commissioner shall report the nature and details of the alleged violation to the head <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.30"></a><var>113.30</var>of the employing agency or the appropriate appointing authority. If appropriate, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.31"></a><var>113.31</var>commissioner shall report this information to the attorney general, the policy committees <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.32"></a><var>113.32</var>of the house of representatives and senate having jurisdiction over the subject involved, <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.33"></a><var>113.33</var>and to any other authority that the commissioner deems appropriate. In any case <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.1"></a><var>114.1</var>in which the commissioner submits a report of alleged violations to the head of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.2"></a><var>114.2</var>employing agency or appropriate appointing authority, that individual shall report to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.3"></a><var>114.3</var>commissioner with respect to any action taken by the individual regarding the activity, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.4"></a><var>114.4</var>first report being transmitted no later than 30 days after the date of the auditor's report, <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.5"></a><var>114.5</var>and monthly thereafter until final action has been taken.<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.6"></a><var>114.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) This subdivision shall not limit any authority conferred upon the attorney general <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.7"></a><var>114.7</var>or other department or agency of government to investigate and prosecute any matter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.8"></a><var>114.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The commissioner shall have all the powers and authority described in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.9"></a><var>114.9</var>section to conduct investigations pursuant to this subdivision.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.8.0"></a><a id="pl.114.10"></a><var>114.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. <b>[177.275] INVESTIGATION PROCEDURE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.114.11"></a><var>114.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The commissioner shall initiate an investigation of a written complaint of <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.12"></a><var>114.12</var>reprisal or retaliation in public employment as prohibited by section 181.932 or 181.9325 <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.13"></a><var>114.13</var>within ten working days of its submission. The commissioner shall complete findings <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.14"></a><var>114.14</var>of the investigation within 60 working days thereafter, and shall provide a copy of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.15"></a><var>114.15</var>findings to the complaining employee or applicant for employment and to the appropriate <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.16"></a><var>114.16</var>supervisor, manager, employee, or appointing authority. When the allegations contained <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.17"></a><var>114.17</var>in a complaint of reprisal or retaliation are the same as, or similar to, those contained in <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.18"></a><var>114.18</var>another appeal, the commissioner may consolidate the appeals into the most appropriate <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.19"></a><var>114.19</var>format. In these cases, the time limits described in this subdivision shall not apply.<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.20"></a><var>114.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) If the commissioner finds that the supervisor, manager, employee, or appointing <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.21"></a><var>114.21</var>power retaliated against the complainant for engaging in protected whistle-blower <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.22"></a><var>114.22</var>activities, the commissioner may issue a compliance order under section 177.27, <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.23"></a><var>114.23</var>subdivision 4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.24"></a><var>114.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) In order for the governor and the legislature to determine the need to continue <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.25"></a><var>114.25</var>or modify state personnel procedures as they relate to the investigations of reprisals or <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.26"></a><var>114.26</var>retaliation for the disclosure of information by public employees, the commissioner, by <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.27"></a><var>114.27</var>June 30 of each year, shall submit a report to the governor and the legislature regarding <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.28"></a><var>114.28</var>complaints filed, hearings held, and legal actions taken under this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.9.0"></a><a id="pl.114.29"></a><var>114.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 177.28, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.30"></a><var>114.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>General authority.</b> The commissioner may adopt rules, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.31"></a><var>114.31</var>definitions of terms, to carry out the purposes of sections 
         <statute_ref>177.21</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>177.35</statute_ref> 177.44, to <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.32"></a><var>114.32</var>prevent the circumvention or evasion of those sections, and to safeguard the minimum <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.33"></a><var>114.33</var>wage and overtime rates established by sections 
         <statute_ref>177.24</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>177.25</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.10.0"></a><a id="pl.115.1"></a><var>115.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 177.30, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.2"></a><var>115.2</var><b>177.30 KEEPING RECORDS; PENALTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.115.3"></a><var>115.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Every employer subject to sections 
         <statute_ref>177.21</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>177.35</statute_ref> 177.44 must make and keep a <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.4"></a><var>115.4</var>record of: <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.5"></a><var>115.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the name, address, and occupation of each employee;<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.6"></a><var>115.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the rate of pay, and the amount paid each pay period to each employee;<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.7"></a><var>115.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the hours worked each day and each workweek by the employee; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.8"></a><var>115.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) for each employer subject to sections 177.41 to 177.44, and while performing <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.9"></a><var>115.9</var>work on public works projects funded in whole or in part with state funds, the prevailing <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.10"></a><var>115.10</var>wage master job classification of each employee working on the project for each hour <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.11"></a><var>115.11</var>worked; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.12"></a><var>115.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) (5) other information the commissioner finds necessary and appropriate to <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.13"></a><var>115.13</var>enforce sections 
         <statute_ref>177.21</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>177.35</statute_ref>. The records must be kept for three years in or near the <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.14"></a><var>115.14</var>premises where an employee works except each employer subject to sections 177.41 to <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.15"></a><var>115.15</var>177.44, and while performing work on public works projects funded in whole or in part <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.16"></a><var>115.16</var>with state funds, the records must be kept for three years after the contracting authority <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.17"></a><var>115.17</var>has made final payment on the public works project. <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.18"></a><var>115.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioner may fine an employer up to $1,000 for each failure to maintain <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.19"></a><var>115.19</var>records as required by this section. This penalty is in addition to any penalties provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.20"></a><var>115.20</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>177.32, subdivision 1</statute_ref>. In determining the amount of a civil penalty under <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.21"></a><var>115.21</var>this subdivision, the appropriateness of such penalty to the size of the employer's business <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.22"></a><var>115.22</var>and the gravity of the violation shall be considered. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.11.0"></a><a id="pl.115.23"></a><var>115.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 177.43, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.24"></a><var>115.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Contract requirements.</b> The contract must specifically state the prevailing <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.25"></a><var>115.25</var>wage rates, prevailing hours of labor, and hourly basic rates of pay. The contract must also <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.26"></a><var>115.26</var>provide that the contracting authority may demand and the contractor or subcontractor <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.27"></a><var>115.27</var>shall furnish to the contracting authority, copies of any and all payrolls, and that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.28"></a><var>115.28</var>contracting authority may examine all records relating to wages paid laborers or mechanics <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.29"></a><var>115.29</var>on work to which sections 177.41 to 177.44 apply. The requirements of this subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.30"></a><var>115.30</var>are in addition to any other requirements or authority set forth in other laws or rules for <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.31"></a><var>115.31</var>work to which sections 177.41 to 177.44 apply.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.12.0"></a><a id="pl.115.32"></a><var>115.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 177.43, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.33"></a><var>115.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Determination by commissioner</b><b>; posting; petition for reconsideration</b><b>.</b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.115.34"></a><var>115.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The prevailing wage rates, prevailing hours of labor, and hourly basic rates of pay for all <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.1"></a><var>116.1</var>trades and occupations required in any project must be ascertained before the state asks for <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.2"></a><var>116.2</var>bids. The commissioner of labor and industry shall investigate as necessary to ascertain <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.3"></a><var>116.3</var>the information. The commissioner Each contractor and subcontractor performing work <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.4"></a><var>116.4</var>on a public project shall keep the information posted on the project in at least one <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.5"></a><var>116.5</var>conspicuous place for the information of the employees working on the project. A person <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.6"></a><var>116.6</var>aggrieved by a final determination of the commissioner may petition the commissioner for <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.7"></a><var>116.7</var>reconsideration of findings. A person aggrieved by a decision of the commissioner after <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.8"></a><var>116.8</var>reconsideration may, within 20 days after the decision, petition the commissioner for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.9"></a><var>116.9</var>public hearing in the manner of a contested case under sections 
         <statute_ref>14.57</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>14.61</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.13.0"></a><a id="pl.116.10"></a><var>116.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 177.43, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.116.11"></a><var>116.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Examination of records</b><b>; investigation by the department</b><b>.</b> The <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.12"></a><var>116.12</var>Department of Labor and Industry shall enforce this section. The department may <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.13"></a><var>116.13</var>demand, and the contractor and subcontractor shall furnish to the department, copies <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.14"></a><var>116.14</var>of any or all payrolls. The department may examine all records relating to wages paid <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.15"></a><var>116.15</var>laborers or mechanics on work to which sections 
         <statute_ref>177.41</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>177.44</statute_ref> apply. The department <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.16"></a><var>116.16</var>shall employ at least three investigators to perform on-site project reviews, receive and <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.17"></a><var>116.17</var>investigate complaints of violations of this section, and conduct training and outreach to <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.18"></a><var>116.18</var>contractors and contracting authorities for public works projects financed in whole or <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.19"></a><var>116.19</var>in part with state funds.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.14.0"></a><a id="pl.116.20"></a><var>116.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 177.43, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.21"></a><var>116.21</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.116.22"></a><var>116.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6a. <b>Prevailing wage violations.</b> Upon issuing a compliance order to an <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.23"></a><var>116.23</var>employer pursuant to section 177.27, subdivision 4, for violation of sections 177.41 to <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.24"></a><var>116.24</var>177.44, the commissioner shall issue a withholding order to the contracting authority <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.25"></a><var>116.25</var>ordering the contracting authority to withhold payment of sufficient sum to the prime <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.26"></a><var>116.26</var>or general contractor on the project to satisfy the back wages assessed or otherwise <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.27"></a><var>116.27</var>cure the violation, and the contracting authority must withhold the sum ordered until <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.28"></a><var>116.28</var>the compliance order has become a final order of the commissioner and has been fully <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.29"></a><var>116.29</var>paid or otherwise resolved by the employer.<br />
         		<a id="pl.116.30"></a><var>116.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;During an investigation of a violation of sections 177.41 to 177.44 which the <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.31"></a><var>116.31</var>commissioner reasonably determines is likely to result in the finding of a violation of <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.32"></a><var>116.32</var>sections 177.41 to 177.44 and the issuance of a compliance order pursuant to section <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.33"></a><var>116.33</var>177.27, subdivision 4, the commissioner may notify the contracting authority of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.34"></a><var>116.34</var>determination and the amount expected to be assessed and the contracting authority shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.1"></a><var>117.1</var>give the commissioner 90 days' prior notice of the date the contracting authority intends to <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.2"></a><var>117.2</var>make final payment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.15.0"></a><a id="pl.117.3"></a><var>117.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 15. <b>[181.723] DEFINITIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.117.4"></a><var>117.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Scope.</b> The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.5"></a><var>117.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) "Person" means any individual, limited liability corporation, corporation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.6"></a><var>117.6</var>partnership, incorporated or unincorporated association, sole proprietorship, joint stock <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.7"></a><var>117.7</var>company, or any other legal or commercial entity.<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.8"></a><var>117.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) "Department" means the Department of Labor and Industry.<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.9"></a><var>117.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of labor and industry or a duly <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.10"></a><var>117.10</var>designated representative of the commissioner who is either an employee of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.11"></a><var>117.11</var>Department of Labor and Industry or person working under contract with the Department <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.12"></a><var>117.12</var>of Labor and Industry.<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.13"></a><var>117.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) "Individual" means a human being.<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.14"></a><var>117.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) "Day" means calendar day unless otherwise provided.<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.15"></a><var>117.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) "Knowingly" means knew or could have known with the exercise of reasonable <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.16"></a><var>117.16</var>diligence.<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.17"></a><var>117.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) "Document" or "documents" includes papers; books; records; memoranda; data; <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.18"></a><var>117.18</var>contracts; drawings; graphs; charts; photographs; digital, video, and audio recordings; <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.19"></a><var>117.19</var>records; accounts; files; statements; letters; e-mails; invoices; bills; notes; and calendars <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.20"></a><var>117.20</var>maintained in any form or manner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.21"></a><var>117.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Limited application.</b> This section only applies to individuals performing <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.22"></a><var>117.22</var>public or private sector commercial or residential building construction or improvement <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.23"></a><var>117.23</var>services.<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.24"></a><var>117.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Employee-employer relationship.</b> Except as provided in subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.25"></a><var>117.25</var>4, for purposes of chapters 176, 177, 181A, 182, and 268, as of January 1, 2009, an <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.26"></a><var>117.26</var>individual who performs services for a person that are in the course of the person's trade, <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.27"></a><var>117.27</var>business, profession, or occupation is an employee of that person and that person is an <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.28"></a><var>117.28</var>employer of the individual.<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.29"></a><var>117.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Independent contractor.</b> An individual is an independent contractor and <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.30"></a><var>117.30</var>not an employee of the person for whom the individual is performing services in the course <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.31"></a><var>117.31</var>of the person's trade, business, profession, or occupation only if (a) the individual holds <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.32"></a><var>117.32</var>a current independent contractor exemption certificate issued by the commissioner; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.33"></a><var>117.33</var>(b) the individual is performing services for the person under the independent contractor <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.34"></a><var>117.34</var>exemption certificate as provided in subdivision 6. The requirements in clauses (a) and (b) <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.35"></a><var>117.35</var>must be met in order to qualify as an independent contractor and not as an employee of <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.1"></a><var>118.1</var>the person for whom the individual is performing services in the course of the person's <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.2"></a><var>118.2</var>trade, business, profession, or occupation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.3"></a><var>118.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Application.</b> To obtain an independent contractor exemption certificate, <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.4"></a><var>118.4</var>the individual must submit, in the manner prescribed by the commissioner, a complete <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.5"></a><var>118.5</var>application and the certificate fee required under subdivision 14.<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.6"></a><var>118.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) A complete application must include all of the following information:<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.7"></a><var>118.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the individual's full name;<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.8"></a><var>118.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the individual's residence address and telephone number;<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.9"></a><var>118.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the individual's business name, address, and telephone number;<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.10"></a><var>118.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the services for which the individual is seeking an independent contractor <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.11"></a><var>118.11</var>exemption certificate;<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.12"></a><var>118.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) the individual's Social Security number;<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.13"></a><var>118.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) the individual's or the individual's business federal employer identification <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.14"></a><var>118.14</var>number, if a number has been issued to the individual or the individual's business;<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.15"></a><var>118.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) any information or documentation that the commissioner requires by rule that <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.16"></a><var>118.16</var>will assist the department in determining whether to grant or deny the individual's <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.17"></a><var>118.17</var>application; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.18"></a><var>118.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) The individual's sworn statement that the individual meets all of the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.19"></a><var>118.19</var>conditions:<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.20"></a><var>118.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) the individual maintains a separate business with the individual's own office, <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.21"></a><var>118.21</var>equipment, materials, and other facilities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.22"></a><var>118.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) the individual holds or has applied for a federal employer identification number <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.23"></a><var>118.23</var>or has filed business or self-employment income tax returns with the federal Internal <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.24"></a><var>118.24</var>Revenue Service if the person has performed services in the previous year for which the <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.25"></a><var>118.25</var>individual is seeking the independent contractor exemption certificate;<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.26"></a><var>118.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) the individual operates under contracts to perform specific services for specific <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.27"></a><var>118.27</var>amounts of money and under which the individual controls the means of performing the <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.28"></a><var>118.28</var>services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.29"></a><var>118.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) the individual incurs the main expenses related to the service that the individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.30"></a><var>118.30</var>performs under contract;<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.31"></a><var>118.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) the individual is responsible for the satisfactory completion of services that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.32"></a><var>118.32</var>individual contracts to perform and is liable for a failure to complete the service;<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.33"></a><var>118.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi) the individual receives compensation for service performed under a contract on <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.34"></a><var>118.34</var>a commission or per-job or competitive bid basis and not on any other basis;<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.35"></a><var>118.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vii) the individual may realize a profit or suffer a loss under contracts to perform <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.36"></a><var>118.36</var>service;<br />
         		<a id="pl.119.1"></a><var>119.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(viii) the individual has continuing or recurring business liabilities or obligations; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.119.2"></a><var>119.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ix) the success or failure of the individual's business depends on the relationship of <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.3"></a><var>119.3</var>business receipts to expenditures.<br />
         		<a id="pl.119.4"></a><var>119.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Within 30 days of receiving a complete application and the certificate fee, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.5"></a><var>119.5</var>commissioner must either grant or deny the application. The commissioner may deny <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.6"></a><var>119.6</var>an application for an independent contractor exemption certificate if the individual has <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.7"></a><var>119.7</var>not submitted a complete application and certificate fee or if the individual does not <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.8"></a><var>119.8</var>meet all of the conditions for holding the independent contractor exemption certificate. <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.9"></a><var>119.9</var>The commissioner may revoke an independent contractor exemption certificate if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.10"></a><var>119.10</var>commissioner determines that the individual no longer meets all of the conditions for <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.11"></a><var>119.11</var>holding the independent contractor exemption certificate, commits any of the actions <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.12"></a><var>119.12</var>set out in subdivision 7, or fails to cooperate with a department investigation into the <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.13"></a><var>119.13</var>continued validity of the individual's certificate. Once issued, an independent contractor <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.14"></a><var>119.14</var>exemption certificate remains in effect for two years unless:<br />
         		<a id="pl.119.15"></a><var>119.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) revoked by the commissioner; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.119.16"></a><var>119.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) canceled by the individual.<br />
         		<a id="pl.119.17"></a><var>119.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) If the department denies an individual's original or renewal application for <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.18"></a><var>119.18</var>an independent contractor exemption certificate or revokes an independent contractor <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.19"></a><var>119.19</var>exemption certificate, the commissioner shall issue to the individual an order denying or <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.20"></a><var>119.20</var>revoking the certificate. The commissioner may issue an administrative penalty order to <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.21"></a><var>119.21</var>an individual or person who commits any of the actions set out in subdivision 7.<br />
         		<a id="pl.119.22"></a><var>119.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) An individual or person to whom the commissioner issues an order under <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.23"></a><var>119.23</var>paragraph (c) shall have 30 days after service of the order to request a hearing. The request <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.24"></a><var>119.24</var>for hearing must be in writing and must be served on or faxed to the commissioner at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.25"></a><var>119.25</var>address or fax number specified in the order by the 30th day after service of the order. <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.26"></a><var>119.26</var>If the individual does not request a hearing or if the individual's request for a hearing is <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.27"></a><var>119.27</var>not served on or faxed to the commissioner by the 30th day after service of the order, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.28"></a><var>119.28</var>order shall become a final order of the commissioner and will not be subject to review <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.29"></a><var>119.29</var>by any court or agency. The date on which a request for hearing is served by mail shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.30"></a><var>119.30</var>be the postmark date on the envelope in which the request for hearing is mailed. If the <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.31"></a><var>119.31</var>individual serves or faxes a timely request for hearing, the hearing shall be a contested <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.32"></a><var>119.32</var>case hearing and shall be held in accordance with chapter 14.<br />
         		<a id="pl.119.33"></a><var>119.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Qualifications for exemption certificate.</b> An individual is performing <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.34"></a><var>119.34</var>services for a person under an independent contractor exemption certificate if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.119.35"></a><var>119.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) the individual is performing services listed on the individual's independent <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.36"></a><var>119.36</var>contractor exemption certificate;<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.1"></a><var>120.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) at the time the individual is performing services listed on the individual's <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.2"></a><var>120.2</var>independent contractor exemption certificate, the individual meets all of the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.3"></a><var>120.3</var>conditions:<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.4"></a><var>120.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the individual maintains a separate business with the individual's own office, <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.5"></a><var>120.5</var>equipment, materials, and other facilities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.6"></a><var>120.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the individual holds or has applied for a federal employer identification number <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.7"></a><var>120.7</var>or has filed business or self-employment income tax returns with the federal Internal <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.8"></a><var>120.8</var>Revenue Service if the individual performed services in the previous year for which the <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.9"></a><var>120.9</var>individual has the independent contractor exemption certificate;<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.10"></a><var>120.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the individual is operating under contract to perform the specific services for <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.11"></a><var>120.11</var>the person for specific amounts of money and under which the individual controls the <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.12"></a><var>120.12</var>means of performing the services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.13"></a><var>120.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the individual is incurring the main expenses related to the services that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.14"></a><var>120.14</var>individual is performing for the person under the contract;<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.15"></a><var>120.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) the individual is responsible for the satisfactory completion of the services <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.16"></a><var>120.16</var>that the individual has contracted to perform for the person and is liable for a failure <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.17"></a><var>120.17</var>to complete the services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.18"></a><var>120.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) the individual receives compensation from the person for the services performed <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.19"></a><var>120.19</var>under the contract on a commission or per-job or competitive bid basis and not on any <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.20"></a><var>120.20</var>other basis;<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.21"></a><var>120.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) the individual may realize a profit or suffers a loss under the contract to perform <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.22"></a><var>120.22</var>services for the person;<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.23"></a><var>120.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) the individual has continuing or recurring business liabilities or obligations; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.24"></a><var>120.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) the success or failure of the individual's business depends on the relationship of <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.25"></a><var>120.25</var>business receipts to expenditures.<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.26"></a><var>120.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Prohibited activities.</b> (a) An individual shall not:<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.27"></a><var>120.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) perform work as an independent contractor without first obtaining from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.28"></a><var>120.28</var>department an independent contractor exemption certificate;<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.29"></a><var>120.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) perform work as an independent contractor when the department has denied or <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.30"></a><var>120.30</var>revoked the individual's independent contractor exemption certificate;<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.31"></a><var>120.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) transfer to another individual or allow another individual to use the individual's <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.32"></a><var>120.32</var>independent contractor exemption certificate;<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.33"></a><var>120.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) alter or falsify an independent contractor exemption certificate;<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.34"></a><var>120.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) misrepresent the individual's status as an independent contractor; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.1"></a><var>121.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) make a false material statement, representation, or certification; omit material <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.2"></a><var>121.2</var>information; or alter, conceal, or fail to file a document required by this section or any rule <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.3"></a><var>121.3</var>promulgated by the commissioner under rulemaking authority set out in this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.4"></a><var>121.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A person for whom an individual is performing services shall not:<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.5"></a><var>121.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) require an individual through coercion, misrepresentation, or fraudulent means to <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.6"></a><var>121.6</var>adopt independent contractor status;<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.7"></a><var>121.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) knowingly misrepresent that an individual who has not been issued an <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.8"></a><var>121.8</var>independent contractor exemption certificate or is not performing services for the person <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.9"></a><var>121.9</var>under an independent contractor exemption certificate is an independent contractor; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.10"></a><var>121.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) make a false material statement, representation, or certification; omit material <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.11"></a><var>121.11</var>information; or alter, conceal, or fail to file a document required by this section or any rule <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.12"></a><var>121.12</var>promulgated by the commissioner under rulemaking authority set out in this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.13"></a><var>121.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A person for whom an individual is performing services must obtain a copy of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.14"></a><var>121.14</var>individual's independent contractor exemption certificate before services may commence. <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.15"></a><var>121.15</var>A copy of the independent contractor exemption certificate must be retained for five years <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.16"></a><var>121.16</var>from the date of receipt by the person for whom an individual is performing services.<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.17"></a><var>121.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Remedies.</b> (a) An individual or person who violates any provision of <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.18"></a><var>121.18</var>subdivision 7 is subject to a penalty to be assessed by the department of up to $1,000 for <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.19"></a><var>121.19</var>each violation. The department shall deposit penalties in the assigned risk safety account.<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.20"></a><var>121.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) An individual who has been injured by a violation of subdivision 7, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.21"></a><var>121.21</var>(b), may bring a civil action for damages against the violator. If the individual is <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.22"></a><var>121.22</var>determined to be an employee or an independent contractor considered an employee of <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.23"></a><var>121.23</var>the violator of subdivision 7, paragraph (b), the employee's representative as defined in <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.24"></a><var>121.24</var>section 179.01, subdivision 5, may bring a civil action for damages against the violator <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.25"></a><var>121.25</var>on behalf of the employee. In addition to damages the court may award attorney fees, <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.26"></a><var>121.26</var>costs, and disbursements to a recovery under this provision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.27"></a><var>121.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Any court finding that a violation of subdivision 7 has occurred shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.28"></a><var>121.28</var>transmit a copy of its findings of fact and conclusion of law to the commissioner. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.29"></a><var>121.29</var>commissioner shall report the findings to the relevant state and federal agencies, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.30"></a><var>121.30</var>the commissioner of commerce, the commissioner of employment and economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.31"></a><var>121.31</var>development, the commissioner of revenue, the federal Internal Revenue Service, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.32"></a><var>121.32</var>United States Department of Labor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.33"></a><var>121.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Commissioner's powers.</b> (a) In order to carry out the purposes of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.34"></a><var>121.34</var>section, the commissioner may:<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.35"></a><var>121.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) administer oaths and affirmations, certify official acts, interview, question, take <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.36"></a><var>121.36</var>oral or written statements, and take depositions;<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.1"></a><var>122.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) request, examine, take possession of, photograph, record, and copy any <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.2"></a><var>122.2</var>documents, equipment, or materials;<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.3"></a><var>122.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) at a time and place indicated by the commissioner, request persons to appear <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.4"></a><var>122.4</var>before the commissioner to give testimony and produce documents, equipment, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.5"></a><var>122.5</var>materials;<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.6"></a><var>122.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) issue subpoenas to compel persons to appear before the commissioner to give <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.7"></a><var>122.7</var>testimony and produce documents, equipment, or materials; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.8"></a><var>122.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) with or without notice, enter without delay upon any property, public or private, <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.9"></a><var>122.9</var>for the purpose of taking any action authorized under this subdivision or the applicable <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.10"></a><var>122.10</var>law, including obtaining information or conducting inspections or investigations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.11"></a><var>122.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Persons requested by the commissioner to give testimony or produce documents, <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.12"></a><var>122.12</var>equipment, or materials shall respond within the time and in the manner specified by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.13"></a><var>122.13</var>commissioner. If no time to respond is specified in the request, then a response shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.14"></a><var>122.14</var>submitted within 30 days of the commissioner's service of the request.<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.15"></a><var>122.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Upon the refusal or anticipated refusal of a property owner, lessee, property <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.16"></a><var>122.16</var>owner's representative, or lessee's representative to permit the commissioner's entry onto <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.17"></a><var>122.17</var>property as provided in paragraph (a), the commissioner may apply for an administrative <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.18"></a><var>122.18</var>inspection order in the Ramsey County District Court or, at the commissioner's discretion, <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.19"></a><var>122.19</var>in the district court in the county in which the property is located. The commissioner may <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.20"></a><var>122.20</var>anticipate that a property owner or lessee will refuse entry if the property owner, lessee, <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.21"></a><var>122.21</var>property owner's representative, or lessee's representative has refused to permit entry on a <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.22"></a><var>122.22</var>prior occasion or has informed the commissioner that entry will be refused. Upon showing <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.23"></a><var>122.23</var>of administrative probable cause by the commissioner, the district court shall issue an <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.24"></a><var>122.24</var>administrative inspection order that compels the property owner or lessee to permit the <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.25"></a><var>122.25</var>commissioner to enter the property for the purposes specified in paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.26"></a><var>122.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Upon the application of the commissioner, a district court shall treat the failure of <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.27"></a><var>122.27</var>any person to obey a subpoena lawfully issued by the commissioner under this subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.28"></a><var>122.28</var>as a contempt of court.<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.29"></a><var>122.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Notice requirements.</b> Unless otherwise specified, service of a document <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.30"></a><var>122.30</var>on a person under this section or section 326B.083 may be by mail, by personal service, <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.31"></a><var>122.31</var>or in accordance with any consent to service filed with the commissioner. Service by <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.32"></a><var>122.32</var>mail shall be accomplished in the manner provided in Minnesota Rules, part 1400.5550, <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.33"></a><var>122.33</var>subpart 2. Personal service shall be accomplished in the manner provided in Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.34"></a><var>122.34</var>Rules, part 1400.5550, subpart 3.<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.35"></a><var>122.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 11. <b>Facsimile; timely service.</b> When this section or section 326B.083 <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.36"></a><var>122.36</var>permits a request for reconsideration or request for hearing to be served by facsimile on <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.1"></a><var>123.1</var>the commissioner, the facsimile shall not exceed 15 pages in length. The request shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.2"></a><var>123.2</var>considered timely served if the facsimile is received by the commissioner, at the facsimile <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.3"></a><var>123.3</var>number identified by the commissioner in the order or notice of violation, no later than <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.4"></a><var>123.4</var>4:30 p.m. central time on the last day permitted for faxing the request. Where the quality <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.5"></a><var>123.5</var>or authenticity of the faxed request is at issue, the commissioner may require the original <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.6"></a><var>123.6</var>request to be filed. Where the commissioner has not identified quality or authenticity <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.7"></a><var>123.7</var>of the faxed request as an issue and the request has been faxed in accordance with this <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.8"></a><var>123.8</var>subdivision, the person faxing the request does not need to file the original request with <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.9"></a><var>123.9</var>the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.10"></a><var>123.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 12. <b>Time period computation.</b> In computing any period of time prescribed <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.11"></a><var>123.11</var>or allowed by this section, the day of the act, event, or default from which the designated <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.12"></a><var>123.12</var>period of time begins to run shall not be included. The last day of the period so computed <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.13"></a><var>123.13</var>shall be included, unless it is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, in which event the <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.14"></a><var>123.14</var>period runs until the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.15"></a><var>123.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 13. <b>Rulemaking.</b> The commissioner may, in consultation with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.16"></a><var>123.16</var>commissioner of revenue and the commissioner of employment and economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.17"></a><var>123.17</var>development, adopt, amend, suspend, and repeal rules under the rulemaking provisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.18"></a><var>123.18</var>of chapter 14 that relate to the commissioner's responsibilities under this section. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.19"></a><var>123.19</var>subdivision is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.20"></a><var>123.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 14. <b>Fee.</b> The certificate fee for the original application and for the renewal <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.21"></a><var>123.21</var>of an independent contractor exemption certificate shall be $150. If an individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.22"></a><var>123.22</var>simultaneously submits an application for both an independent contractor exemption <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.23"></a><var>123.23</var>certificate under this section and a license under section 326.98, the application fee for <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.24"></a><var>123.24</var>the independent contractor exemption certificate shall be reduced to $100. The certificate <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.25"></a><var>123.25</var>fee is appropriated to the commissioner for payment of the costs related to administering <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.26"></a><var>123.26</var>and enforcing this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.27"></a><var>123.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 15. <b>Notice to commissioner; review by commissioner of revenue.</b> When <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.28"></a><var>123.28</var>the commissioner has reason to believe that an individual who holds a certificate has failed <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.29"></a><var>123.29</var>to maintain all the conditions required by subdivision 3 or is not performing services for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.30"></a><var>123.30</var>person under the independent contractor exemption certificate, the commissioner must <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.31"></a><var>123.31</var>notify the commissioner of revenue and the commissioner of employment and economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.32"></a><var>123.32</var>development. Upon receipt of notification from the commissioner that an individual who <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.33"></a><var>123.33</var>holds a certificate has failed to maintain all the conditions required by subdivision 3 <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.34"></a><var>123.34</var>or is not performing services for a person under the independent contractor exemption <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.35"></a><var>123.35</var>certificate, the commissioner of revenue must review the information returns required <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.36"></a><var>123.36</var>under section 6041A of the Internal Revenue Code. The commissioner of revenue shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.1"></a><var>124.1</var>also review the submitted certification that is applicable to returns audited or investigated <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.2"></a><var>124.2</var>under section 289A.35.<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.3"></a><var>124.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 16. <b>Data classified.</b> Certifications issued by the commissioner are public <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.4"></a><var>124.4</var>data. Applications and required documentation submitted by an individual is private <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.5"></a><var>124.5</var>data on an individual. Upon request of the Department of Revenue or the Department <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.6"></a><var>124.6</var>of Employment and Economic Development, the commissioner may release to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.7"></a><var>124.7</var>Department of Revenue and the Department of Employment and Economic Development <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.8"></a><var>124.8</var>applications and required documentation submitted by individuals and investigative data <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.9"></a><var>124.9</var>that relates to the department's issuance or denial of applications and the department's <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.10"></a><var>124.10</var>revocations of certificates. Except as otherwise provided by this subdivision, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.11"></a><var>124.11</var>department's investigative data shall be classified as provided in chapter 13.<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.12"></a><var>124.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2008.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.16.0"></a><a id="pl.124.13"></a><var>124.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 181.932, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.14"></a><var>124.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Prohibited action.</b> An employer shall not discharge, discipline, <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.15"></a><var>124.15</var>threaten, otherwise discriminate against, or penalize an employee regarding the employee's <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.16"></a><var>124.16</var>compensation, terms, conditions, location, or privileges of employment because:<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.17"></a><var>124.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) the employee, or a person acting on behalf of an employee, in good faith, reports <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.18"></a><var>124.18</var>a violation or suspected violation of any federal or state law or rule adopted pursuant <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.19"></a><var>124.19</var>to law to an employer or to any governmental body or law enforcement official and <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.20"></a><var>124.20</var>the alleged violation involves a matter of public concern, including, but not limited to, <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.21"></a><var>124.21</var>violations that create a specific danger to the public health, safety, or environment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.22"></a><var>124.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) the employee is requested by a public body or office to participate in an <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.23"></a><var>124.23</var>investigation, hearing, inquiry;<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.24"></a><var>124.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) the employee refuses an employer's order to perform an action that the employee <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.25"></a><var>124.25</var>has an objective basis in fact to believe violates any state or federal law or rule or <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.26"></a><var>124.26</var>regulation adopted pursuant to law which violation the employee reasonably believes <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.27"></a><var>124.27</var>is a matter of public concern, including, but not limited to, violations that create a <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.28"></a><var>124.28</var>specific danger to the public health, safety, or environment, and the employee informs the <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.29"></a><var>124.29</var>employer that the order is being refused for that reason; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.30"></a><var>124.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) the employee, in good faith, reports a situation in which the quality of health care <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.31"></a><var>124.31</var>services provided by a health care facility, organization, or health care provider violates a <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.32"></a><var>124.32</var>standard established by federal or state law or a professionally recognized national clinical <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.33"></a><var>124.33</var>or ethical standard and potentially places the public at risk of harm.;<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.34"></a><var>124.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) a public employee refuses to alter, dilute, or suppress the objective representation <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.35"></a><var>124.35</var>or communication of scientific or technical data or findings, including but not limited to, <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.1"></a><var>125.1</var>findings of economic or environmental impact, or findings indicating consequences for <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.2"></a><var>125.2</var>the public's health or safety; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.3"></a><var>125.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) a public employee communicates the findings of a scientific or technical study <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.4"></a><var>125.4</var>that the employee, in good faith, believes to be truthful and accurate, including reports to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.5"></a><var>125.5</var>governmental body or law enforcement official.<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.6"></a><var>125.6</var>The disclosures protected pursuant to this section do not authorize the disclosure of trade <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.7"></a><var>125.7</var>secret information otherwise protected by law.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.17.0"></a><a id="pl.125.8"></a><var>125.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 17. <b>[181.9325] USE OF AUTHORITY TO INFLUENCE OR INTERFERE </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.125.9"></a><var>125.9</var><b>WITH DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.125.10"></a><var>125.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) A public employer may not directly or indirectly use or attempt to use the <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.11"></a><var>125.11</var>employer's official authority or influence for the purpose of intimidating, threatening, <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.12"></a><var>125.12</var>coercing, or attempting to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any person for the purpose of <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.13"></a><var>125.13</var>interfering with the rights described in section 181.932, or for the purpose of persuading <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.14"></a><var>125.14</var>the person to waive or disclaim any other legal rights related to the person's employment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.15"></a><var>125.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) For purposes of this section, "use of official authority or influence" includes: <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.16"></a><var>125.16</var>promising to confer, or conferring, any benefit; effecting, or threatening to effect, any <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.17"></a><var>125.17</var>reprisal; or taking, or directing others to take, or recommending, processing, or approving, <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.18"></a><var>125.18</var>any personnel action, including but not limited to appointment, promotion, transfer, <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.19"></a><var>125.19</var>assignment, performance evaluation, suspension, or other disciplinary action.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.18.0"></a><a id="pl.125.20"></a><var>125.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 181.935, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.21"></a><var>125.21</var><b>181.935 INDIVIDUAL REMEDIES; PENALTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.125.22"></a><var>125.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) In addition to any remedies otherwise provided by law, an employee injured <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.23"></a><var>125.23</var>by a violation of section 
         <statute_ref>181.932</statute_ref> or 181.9325 may bring a civil action to recover any <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.24"></a><var>125.24</var>and all damages recoverable at law, together with costs and disbursements, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.25"></a><var>125.25</var>reasonable attorney's fees, and may receive such injunctive and other equitable relief as <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.26"></a><var>125.26</var>determined by the court. <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.27"></a><var>125.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) An employer who failed to notify, as required under section 
         <statute_ref>181.933</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>181.934</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.28"></a><var>125.28</var>an employee injured by a violation of section 
         <statute_ref>181.932</statute_ref> is subject to a civil penalty of $25 <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.29"></a><var>125.29</var>per day per injured employee not to exceed $750 per injured employee. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.19.0"></a><a id="pl.125.30"></a><var>125.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 19. <b>[181.936] REPRISALS FOR DISCLOSURE OF IMPROPER </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.125.31"></a><var>125.31</var><b>GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES; COMPLAINT PROCEDURE; PENALTIES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.125.32"></a><var>125.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) A public employee or applicant for public employment who files a written <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.33"></a><var>125.33</var>complaint with the employee's or applicant's supervisor, manager, or the appointing <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.1"></a><var>126.1</var>power alleging actual or attempted acts of reprisal, retaliation, threats, coercion, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.2"></a><var>126.2</var>similar improper acts prohibited by section 181.9325, may also file a copy of the written <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.3"></a><var>126.3</var>complaint with the commissioner of labor and industry, together with a sworn statement <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.4"></a><var>126.4</var>that the contents of the written complaint are true, or are believed by the affiant to be true, <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.5"></a><var>126.5</var>under penalty of perjury. The complaint filed with the commissioner shall be filed within <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.6"></a><var>126.6</var>12 months of the most recent act of reprisal complained about.<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.7"></a><var>126.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Any person who intentionally engages in acts of reprisal, retaliation, threats, <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.8"></a><var>126.8</var>coercion, or similar acts against a public employee or applicant for public employment <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.9"></a><var>126.9</var>for having made a protected disclosure under section 181.932, is subject to a fine not to <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.10"></a><var>126.10</var>exceed $10,000 and imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed one year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.11"></a><var>126.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) In addition to all other penalties provided by law, any person who intentionally <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.12"></a><var>126.12</var>engages in acts of reprisal, retaliation, threats, coercion, or similar acts against a public <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.13"></a><var>126.13</var>employee or applicant for public employment for having made a protected disclosure shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.14"></a><var>126.14</var>be liable in an action for damages brought against the person by the injured party. Punitive <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.15"></a><var>126.15</var>damages may be awarded by the court where the acts of the offending party are proven to <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.16"></a><var>126.16</var>be malicious. Where liability has been established, the injured party shall also be entitled <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.17"></a><var>126.17</var>to reasonable attorney fees as provided by law. However, any action for damages shall not <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.18"></a><var>126.18</var>be available to the injured party unless the injured party has first filed a complaint with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.19"></a><var>126.19</var>commissioner of labor and industry under paragraph (a), and the department has issued, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.20"></a><var>126.20</var>failed to issue, findings under section 177.275.<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.21"></a><var>126.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) This section is not intended to prevent an appointing power, manager, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.22"></a><var>126.22</var>supervisor from taking, directing others to take, recommending, or approving any <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.23"></a><var>126.23</var>personnel action or from taking or failing to take a personnel action with respect to any <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.24"></a><var>126.24</var>public employee or applicant for public employment if the appointing power, manager, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.25"></a><var>126.25</var>supervisor reasonably believes any action or inaction is justified on the basis of evidence <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.26"></a><var>126.26</var>separate and apart from the fact that the person has made a protected disclosure under <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.27"></a><var>126.27</var>section 181.932.<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.28"></a><var>126.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) In any civil action or administrative proceeding, once it has been demonstrated <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.29"></a><var>126.29</var>by a preponderance of evidence that an activity protected by this section and sections <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.30"></a><var>126.30</var>1 to 7 was a contributing factor in the alleged retaliation against a former, current, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.31"></a><var>126.31</var>prospective employee, the burden of proof shall be on the supervisor, manager, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.32"></a><var>126.32</var>appointing power to demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that the alleged action <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.33"></a><var>126.33</var>would have occurred for legitimate, independent reasons even if the employee had not <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.34"></a><var>126.34</var>engaged in protected disclosures or refused an illegal order. If the supervisor, manager, <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.35"></a><var>126.35</var>or appointing power fails to meet this burden of proof in an adverse action against the <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.36"></a><var>126.36</var>employee in any administrative review, challenge, or adjudication in which retaliation <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.1"></a><var>127.1</var>has been demonstrated to be a contributing factor, the employee shall have a complete <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.2"></a><var>127.2</var>affirmative defense in the adverse action.<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.3"></a><var>127.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) Nothing in this section and sections 1 to 7 shall be deemed to diminish the rights, <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.4"></a><var>127.4</var>privileges, or remedies of any employee under any other federal or state law or under any <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.5"></a><var>127.5</var>employment contract or collective bargaining agreement.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.20.0"></a><a id="pl.127.6"></a><var>127.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 325E.37, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.7"></a><var>127.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Scope; limitations.</b> (a) This section applies to a sales representative who, <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.8"></a><var>127.8</var>during some part of the period of the sales representative agreement:<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.9"></a><var>127.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) is a resident of Minnesota or maintains that person's principal place of business <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.10"></a><var>127.10</var>in Minnesota; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.11"></a><var>127.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) whose geographical territory specified in the sales representative agreement <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.12"></a><var>127.12</var>includes part or all of Minnesota.<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.13"></a><var>127.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) To be effective, any demand for arbitration under subdivision 5 must be made <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.14"></a><var>127.14</var>in writing and delivered to the principal on or before one year after the effective date of <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.15"></a><var>127.15</var>the termination of the agreement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.16"></a><var>127.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A provision in any contract between a sales representative dealing in plumbing <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.17"></a><var>127.17</var>equipment or supplies and a principal purporting to waive any provision of this act, <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.18"></a><var>127.18</var>whether by express waiver or by a provision stipulating that the contract is subject to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.19"></a><var>127.19</var>laws of another state, shall be void.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.21.0"></a><a id="pl.127.20"></a><var>127.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 326.37, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.21"></a><var>127.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Rules.</b> The state commissioner of health Plumbing Board may, by <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.22"></a><var>127.22</var>rule, prescribe minimum standards which shall be uniform, and which standards shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.23"></a><var>127.23</var>thereafter be effective for all new plumbing installations, including additions, extensions, <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.24"></a><var>127.24</var>alterations, and replacements connected with any water or sewage disposal system owned <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.25"></a><var>127.25</var>or operated by or for any municipality, institution, factory, office building, hotel, apartment <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.26"></a><var>127.26</var>building, or any other place of business regardless of location or the population of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.27"></a><var>127.27</var>city or town in which located. Notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota Rules, part <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.28"></a><var>127.28</var>4715.3130, as they apply to review of plans and specifications, the commissioner may <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.29"></a><var>127.29</var>allow plumbing construction, alteration, or extension to proceed without approval of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.30"></a><var>127.30</var>plans or specifications by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.31"></a><var>127.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except for powers granted to the Plumbing Board, the commissioner of labor and <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.32"></a><var>127.32</var>industry shall administer the provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>326.37</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>326.45</statute_ref> and for such purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.33"></a><var>127.33</var>may employ plumbing inspectors and other assistants.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.22.0"></a><a id="pl.128.1"></a><var>128.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 22. <b>[326.372] PLUMBING BOARD.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.128.2"></a><var>128.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Composition.</b> (a) The Plumbing Board shall consist of 12 voting <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.3"></a><var>128.3</var>members who must be residents of the state, appointed by the governor, and confirmed <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.4"></a><var>128.4</var>by the senate. The commissioner of labor and industry or the commissioner's designee <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.5"></a><var>128.5</var>shall be a voting member. The first appointed board members shall serve an initial term <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.6"></a><var>128.6</var>of four years, except where designated otherwise. The governor shall then reappoint the <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.7"></a><var>128.7</var>current members or appoint replacement members, all or in part, to subsequent three-year <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.8"></a><var>128.8</var>terms. Midterm vacancies shall be filled for the remaining portion of the term. Vacancies <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.9"></a><var>128.9</var>occurring with less than six months time remaining in the term shall be filled for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.10"></a><var>128.10</var>existing term and the following three-year term. Of the 11 appointed members, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.11"></a><var>128.11</var>composition shall be as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.12"></a><var>128.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) two members shall be municipal plumbing inspectors, one from the seven-county <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.13"></a><var>128.13</var>metro area and one from greater Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.14"></a><var>128.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) one member shall be a licensed mechanical engineer;<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.15"></a><var>128.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) two members serving an initial term of three years shall be plumbing contractors <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.16"></a><var>128.16</var>or the representative of the contractor, engaged in a commercial scope of plumbing <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.17"></a><var>128.17</var>contracting, one from the metropolitan area and one from greater Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.18"></a><var>128.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) two members serving an initial term of three years shall be plumbing contractors <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.19"></a><var>128.19</var>or their representatives, engaged in the residential scope of plumbing contracting, one <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.20"></a><var>128.20</var>from the metro area and one from greater Minnesota; <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.21"></a><var>128.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) two members serving an initial term of two years shall be plumbing <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.22"></a><var>128.22</var>journeypersons engaged in a commercial scope of plumbing systems installation, one <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.23"></a><var>128.23</var>from the metro area and one from greater Minnesota; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.24"></a><var>128.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) two members serving an initial term of two years shall be plumbing <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.25"></a><var>128.25</var>journeypersons engaged in a residential scope of plumbing systems installation, one from <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.26"></a><var>128.26</var>the metro area and one from greater Minnesota.<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.27"></a><var>128.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Except for the licensed mechanical engineer, all persons appointed to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.28"></a><var>128.28</var>council must possess a current Minnesota plumbing license and maintain the license for <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.29"></a><var>128.29</var>the duration of their term.<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.30"></a><var>128.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Powers.</b> (a) The board shall have the power to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.31"></a><var>128.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) elect its chair;<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.32"></a><var>128.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) specify the plumbing code that must be followed in this state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.33"></a><var>128.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) maintain a review process to make determinations regarding any complaints, <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.34"></a><var>128.34</var>code amendments, code compliance, and code clarifications filed with the board;<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.35"></a><var>128.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) adopt rules necessary for the regulation and licensing of contractors, <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.36"></a><var>128.36</var>journeypersons, apprentices, and other persons engaged in the design, installation, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.1"></a><var>129.1</var>alteration of plumbing systems that would include the issuing, renewing, revoking, <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.2"></a><var>129.2</var>refusing to renew, and suspending a plumbing license, except for persons licensed under <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.3"></a><var>129.3</var>sections 326.02 to 326.15;<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.4"></a><var>129.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) adopt rules necessary for continuing education for individuals regulated and <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.5"></a><var>129.5</var>licensed under this section; <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.6"></a><var>129.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) make recommendations to the commissioner regarding educational requirements <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.7"></a><var>129.7</var>for plumbing inspectors; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.8"></a><var>129.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) pay expenses deemed necessary in the performance of board duties, including: <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.9"></a><var>129.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) rent, utilities, and supplies in the manner and amount specified in section 43A.18, <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.10"></a><var>129.10</var>subdivision 2; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.11"></a><var>129.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) per diem and expenses for its members as provided in section 15.0575, <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.12"></a><var>129.12</var>subdivision 3.<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.13"></a><var>129.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Requests under the review process in paragraph (a), clause (3), may originate <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.14"></a><var>129.14</var>with the municipal inspectors, the plumbing contractors or their employees, and other <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.15"></a><var>129.15</var>persons engaged in the design, installation, and alteration of plumbing systems. The board <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.16"></a><var>129.16</var>shall make its findings known to all parties and the commissioner of labor and industry <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.17"></a><var>129.17</var>within the time period specified by the board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.18"></a><var>129.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Fees and finances.</b> The board shall submit an annual budget to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.19"></a><var>129.19</var>commissioner of labor and industry. The commissioner shall collect fees under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.20"></a><var>129.20</var>326.42 necessary for the operation and continuance of the board. The commissioner is <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.21"></a><var>129.21</var>responsible for the enforcement of the codes and licensing requirements determined by <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.22"></a><var>129.22</var>the board. The board shall set the fees for licenses and certification under this section. <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.23"></a><var>129.23</var>The commissioner of finance shall make a quarterly certification of the amount necessary <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.24"></a><var>129.24</var>to pay expenses required for operation of the board under subdivision 2, paragraph (a), <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.25"></a><var>129.25</var>clause (6). The certified amount is appropriated to the board for those purposes from <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.26"></a><var>129.26</var>the fees collected under section 326.42.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.23.0"></a><a id="pl.129.27"></a><var>129.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 326.38, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.28"></a><var>129.28</var><b>326.38 LOCAL REGULATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.129.29"></a><var>129.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any city having a system of waterworks or sewerage, or any town in which reside <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.30"></a><var>129.30</var>over 5,000 people exclusive of any statutory cities located therein, or the metropolitan <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.31"></a><var>129.31</var>airports commission, may, by ordinance, adopt local regulations providing for plumbing <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.32"></a><var>129.32</var>permits, bonds, approval of plans, and inspections of plumbing, which regulations are <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.33"></a><var>129.33</var>not in conflict with the plumbing standards on the same subject prescribed by the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.34"></a><var>129.34</var>commissioner of health Plumbing Board. No city or such town shall prohibit plumbers <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.35"></a><var>129.35</var>licensed by the state commissioner of health labor and industry from engaging in or <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.1"></a><var>130.1</var>working at the business, except cities and statutory cities which, prior to April 21, 1933, <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.2"></a><var>130.2</var>by ordinance required the licensing of plumbers. No city or town may require a license <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.3"></a><var>130.3</var>for persons performing building sewer or water service installation who have completed <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.4"></a><var>130.4</var>pipe laying training as prescribed by the commissioner of labor and industry. Any city <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.5"></a><var>130.5</var>by ordinance may prescribe regulations, reasonable standards, and inspections and grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.6"></a><var>130.6</var>permits to any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of installing water <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.7"></a><var>130.7</var>softeners, who is not licensed as a master plumber or journeyman plumber by the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.8"></a><var>130.8</var>commissioner of health labor and industry, to connect water softening and water filtering <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.9"></a><var>130.9</var>equipment to private residence water distribution systems, where provision has been <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.10"></a><var>130.10</var>previously made therefor and openings left for that purpose or by use of cold water <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.11"></a><var>130.11</var>connections to a domestic water heater; where it is not necessary to rearrange, make any <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.12"></a><var>130.12</var>extension or alteration of, or addition to any pipe, fixture or plumbing connected with <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.13"></a><var>130.13</var>the water system except to connect the water softener, and provided the connections so <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.14"></a><var>130.14</var>made comply with minimum standards prescribed by the state commissioner of health <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.15"></a><var>130.15</var>Plumbing Board.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.24.0"></a><a id="pl.130.16"></a><var>130.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 326.40, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.130.17"></a><var>130.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>License required</b><b>; master and journeyman plumbers</b><b>.</b> In any city <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.18"></a><var>130.18</var>now or hereafter having 5,000 or more population, according to the last federal census, <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.19"></a><var>130.19</var>and having a system of waterworks or sewerage, (a) No person, firm, or corporation shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.20"></a><var>130.20</var>engage in or work at the business of a master plumber or, restricted master plumber, <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.21"></a><var>130.21</var>journeyman plumber, and restricted journeyman plumber unless licensed to do so by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.22"></a><var>130.22</var>state commissioner of health labor and industry. A license is not required for persons <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.23"></a><var>130.23</var>performing building sewer or water service installation who have completed pipe laying <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.24"></a><var>130.24</var>training as prescribed by the commissioner of labor and industry. A master plumber may <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.25"></a><var>130.25</var>also work as a journeyman plumber, a restricted journeyman plumber, and a restricted <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.26"></a><var>130.26</var>master plumber. A journeyman plumber may also work as a restricted journeyman <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.27"></a><var>130.27</var>plumber. Anyone not so licensed may do plumbing work which complies with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.28"></a><var>130.28</var>provisions of the minimum standard prescribed by the state commissioner of health <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.29"></a><var>130.29</var>Plumbing Board on premises or that part of premises owned and actually occupied by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.30"></a><var>130.30</var>worker as a residence, unless otherwise forbidden to do so by a local ordinance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.130.31"></a><var>130.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In any such city (b) No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in the business of <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.32"></a><var>130.32</var>installing plumbing nor install plumbing in connection with the dealing in and selling <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.33"></a><var>130.33</var>of plumbing material and supplies unless at all times a licensed master plumber, or in <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.34"></a><var>130.34</var>cities and towns with a population of fewer than 5,000 according to the federal census a <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.1"></a><var>131.1</var>restricted master plumber, who shall be responsible for proper installation, is in charge <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.2"></a><var>131.2</var>of the plumbing work of the person, firm, or corporation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.3"></a><var>131.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Department of Health Plumbing Board shall prescribe rules, not inconsistent <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.4"></a><var>131.4</var>herewith, for the examination and licensing of plumbers.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.25.0"></a><a id="pl.131.5"></a><var>131.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 326.401, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.6"></a><var>131.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Journeyman exam.</b> A plumber's apprentice who has completed four years <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.7"></a><var>131.7</var>of practical plumbing experience is eligible to take the journeyman plumbing examination. <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.8"></a><var>131.8</var>Up to 24 months of practical plumbing experience prior to registration as an apprentice <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.9"></a><var>131.9</var>may be applied to the four-year experience requirement. However, none of this practical <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.10"></a><var>131.10</var>plumbing experience may be applied if the person did not have any practical plumbing <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.11"></a><var>131.11</var>experience in the 12-month period immediately prior to registration. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.12"></a><var>131.12</var>Plumbing Board may adopt rules to evaluate whether the person's past practical plumbing <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.13"></a><var>131.13</var>experience is applicable in preparing for the journeyman's examination. If two years <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.14"></a><var>131.14</var>after completing the training the person has not taken the examination, the four years <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.15"></a><var>131.15</var>of experience shall be forfeited.<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.16"></a><var>131.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioner may allow an extension of the two-year period for taking the <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.17"></a><var>131.17</var>exam for cases of hardship or other appropriate circumstances.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.26.0"></a><a id="pl.131.18"></a><var>131.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 26. <b>[326.402] RESTRICTED PLUMBER LICENSE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.131.19"></a><var>131.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Licensure.</b> The commissioner of labor and industry shall grant a <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.20"></a><var>131.20</var>restricted journeyman or master plumber license to an individual if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.21"></a><var>131.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the individual completes an application with information required by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.22"></a><var>131.22</var>commissioner of labor and industry;<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.23"></a><var>131.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the completed application is accompanied by a fee of $90;<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.24"></a><var>131.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the commissioner of labor and industry receives the completed application and <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.25"></a><var>131.25</var>fee before January 1, 2008;<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.26"></a><var>131.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the completed application demonstrates that the applicant has had at least two <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.27"></a><var>131.27</var>years for a restricted journeyman plumber license or four years for a restricted master <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.28"></a><var>131.28</var>plumber license of practical plumbing experience in the plumbing trade prior to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.29"></a><var>131.29</var>application; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.30"></a><var>131.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) during the entire time for which the applicant is claiming experience in <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.31"></a><var>131.31</var>contracting for plumbing work under clause (4), the applicant was in compliance with all <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.32"></a><var>131.32</var>applicable requirements of section 326.40.<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.1"></a><var>132.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Use of license.</b> A restricted master plumber and restricted journeyman <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.2"></a><var>132.2</var>plumber may engage in the plumbing trade in all areas of the state except in cities and <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.3"></a><var>132.3</var>towns with a population of more than 5,000 according to the federal census.<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.4"></a><var>132.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Application period.</b> Applications for restricted master plumber and <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.5"></a><var>132.5</var>restricted journeyman plumber licenses must be submitted to the commissioner prior <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.6"></a><var>132.6</var>to January 1, 2008.<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.7"></a><var>132.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Renewal; use period for license.</b> A restricted master plumber and <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.8"></a><var>132.8</var>restricted journeyman plumber license must be renewed annually for as long as that <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.9"></a><var>132.9</var>licensee engages in the plumbing trade. Failure to renew a restricted master plumber and <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.10"></a><var>132.10</var>restricted journeyman plumber license within 12 months after the expiration date will <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.11"></a><var>132.11</var>result in permanent forfeiture of the restricted master plumber and restricted journeyman <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.12"></a><var>132.12</var>plumber license.<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.13"></a><var>132.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Prohibition of transference.</b> A restricted master plumber and restricted <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.14"></a><var>132.14</var>journeyman plumber license may not be transferred or sold to any other person.<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.15"></a><var>132.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Bond; insurance.</b> A restricted master plumber licensee is subject to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.16"></a><var>132.16</var>bond and insurance requirements of section 326.40, subdivision 2, unless the exemption <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.17"></a><var>132.17</var>provided by section 326.40, subdivision 3, applies.<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.18"></a><var>132.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Fee.</b> The annual fee for the restricted master plumber and restricted <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.19"></a><var>132.19</var>journeyman plumber licenses is the same fee as for a master or journeyman plumber <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.20"></a><var>132.20</var>license, respectively.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.27.0"></a><a id="pl.132.21"></a><var>132.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 326.405, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.22"></a><var>132.22</var><b>326.405 RECIPROCITY WITH OTHER STATES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.132.23"></a><var>132.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioner of health may license without examination, upon payment of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.24"></a><var>132.24</var>required fee, nonresident applicants who are licensed under the laws of a state having <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.25"></a><var>132.25</var>standards for licensing plumbers which the commissioner determines are substantially <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.26"></a><var>132.26</var>equivalent to the standards of this state if the other state grants similar privileges to <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.27"></a><var>132.27</var>Minnesota residents duly licensed in this state. The commissioner may issue a temporary <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.28"></a><var>132.28</var>license without examination, upon payment of the required fee, nonresident applicants <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.29"></a><var>132.29</var>who are licensed under the laws of a state having standards for licensing which the <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.30"></a><var>132.30</var>commissioner determines are substantially equivalent to the standards of this state if <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.31"></a><var>132.31</var>the other state grants similar privileges to Minnesota residents duly licensed in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.32"></a><var>132.32</var>state. Applicants who receive a temporary license under this section may acquire an <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.33"></a><var>132.33</var>aggregate of 24 months of experience before they have to apply and pass the licensing <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.34"></a><var>132.34</var>examination. Applicants must register with the commissioner of labor and industry and <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.1"></a><var>133.1</var>the commissioner shall set a fee for a temporary license. Applicants have five years in <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.2"></a><var>133.2</var>which to comply with this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.28.0"></a><a id="pl.133.3"></a><var>133.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 326.42, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.133.4"></a><var>133.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Application.</b> Applications for plumber's license shall be made to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.5"></a><var>133.5</var>state commissioner of health labor and industry, with fee. Unless the applicant is entitled <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.6"></a><var>133.6</var>to a renewal, the applicant shall be licensed by the state commissioner of health labor and <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.7"></a><var>133.7</var>industry only after passing a satisfactory examination administered by the examiners <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.8"></a><var>133.8</var>commissioner of labor and industry, based upon rules adopted by the Plumbing Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.9"></a><var>133.9</var>showing fitness. Examination fees for both journeyman and master plumbers shall be in <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.10"></a><var>133.10</var>an amount prescribed by the state commissioner of health labor and industry pursuant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.11"></a><var>133.11</var>section 
         <statute_ref>144.122</statute_ref>. Upon being notified that of having successfully passed the examination <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.12"></a><var>133.12</var>for original license the applicant shall submit an application, with the license fee herein <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.13"></a><var>133.13</var>provided. License fees shall be in an amount prescribed by the state commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.14"></a><var>133.14</var>health labor and industry pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>144.122</statute_ref>. Licenses shall expire and be <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.15"></a><var>133.15</var>renewed as prescribed by the commissioner pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>144.122</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.29.0"></a><a id="pl.133.16"></a><var>133.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.28, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.133.17"></a><var>133.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Regulatory authority; tough person contests.</b> All tough person contests, <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.18"></a><var>133.18</var>including amateur tough person contests, are subject to this chapter. All tough person <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.19"></a><var>133.19</var>contests are subject to American Boxing Commission (ABC) rules. Every contestant <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.20"></a><var>133.20</var>in a tough person contest shall have a physical examination prior to their bouts. Every <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.21"></a><var>133.21</var>contestant in a tough person contest shall wear padded gloves that weigh at least 12 <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.22"></a><var>133.22</var>ounces. All tough person bouts are limited to two-minute rounds and a maximum of four <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.23"></a><var>133.23</var>total rounds. Officials at tough person bouts shall be licensed under this chapter.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.30.0"></a><a id="pl.133.24"></a><var>133.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.28, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.25"></a><var>133.25</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.133.26"></a><var>133.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Regulatory authority; similar sporting events.</b> All mixed martial arts, <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.27"></a><var>133.27</var>ultimate fight contests, and similar sporting events are subject to this chapter.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.31.0"></a><a id="pl.133.28"></a><var>133.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.32, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.133.29"></a><var>133.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Expiration and renewal.</b> A license expires December 31 at midnight in <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.30"></a><var>133.30</var>the year of its issuance issued after the effective date of this act is valid for one year from <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.31"></a><var>133.31</var>the date it is issued and may be renewed by filing an application for renewal with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.32"></a><var>133.32</var>commission and payment of the license fee. An application for a license and renewal of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.1"></a><var>134.1</var>license must be on a form provided by the commission. There is a 30-day grace period <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.2"></a><var>134.2</var>during which a license may be renewed if a late filing penalty fee equal to the license fee <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.3"></a><var>134.3</var>is submitted with the regular license fee. A licensee that files late shall not conduct any <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.4"></a><var>134.4</var>activity regulated by this chapter until the commission has renewed the license. If the <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.5"></a><var>134.5</var>licensee fails to apply to the commission within the 30-day grace period, the licensee must <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.6"></a><var>134.6</var>apply for a new license under subdivision 1.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.32.0"></a><a id="pl.134.7"></a><var>134.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.321, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.8"></a><var>134.8</var><b>341.321 FEE SCHEDULE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.134.9"></a><var>134.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The fee schedule for licenses issued by the Minnesota Boxing Commission <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.10"></a><var>134.10</var>is as follows: <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.11"></a><var>134.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) referees, $35 $45 for each initial license and each renewal; <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.12"></a><var>134.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) promoters, $400 for each initial license and each renewal; <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.13"></a><var>134.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) judges and knockdown judges, $25 $45 for each initial license and each renewal; <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.14"></a><var>134.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) trainers, $35 $45 for each initial license and each renewal; <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.15"></a><var>134.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) ring announcers, $25 $45 for each initial license and each renewal; <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.16"></a><var>134.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) boxers' seconds, $25 $45 for each initial license and each renewal; <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.17"></a><var>134.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) timekeepers, $25 $45 for each initial license and each renewal; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.18"></a><var>134.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) boxers, $35 $45 for each initial license and each renewal.; <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.19"></a><var>134.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) managers, $45 for each initial license and each renewal; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.20"></a><var>134.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) ringside physicians, $45 for each initial license and each renewal.<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.21"></a><var>134.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The commission shall establish and assess an event fee for each sporting event. <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.22"></a><var>134.22</var>The event fee is set at a minimum of $1,500 per event or a percentage of the ticket sales as <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.23"></a><var>134.23</var>determined by the commission when the sporting event is scheduled.<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.24"></a><var>134.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) All fees collected by the Minnesota Boxing Commission must be deposited in <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.25"></a><var>134.25</var>the Boxing Commission account in the special revenue fund. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.8.33.0"></a><a id="pl.134.26"></a><var>134.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 33. <b>REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.134.27"></a><var>134.27</var>Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 326.45, is repealed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.9.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.134.28"></a><var>134.28</var><b>ARTICLE 9</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.134.29"></a><var>134.29</var><b>HIGH PRESSURE PIPING</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.9.1.0"></a><a id="pl.134.30"></a><var>134.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 326.46, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.31"></a><var>134.31</var><b>326.46 SUPERVISION OF HIGH PRESSURE PIPING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.135.1"></a><var>135.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Department of Labor and Industry shall supervise all high pressure piping <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.2"></a><var>135.2</var>used on all projects in this state, and may prescribe minimum standards which shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.3"></a><var>135.3</var>uniform under rules adopted by the board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.4"></a><var>135.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The department shall employ inspectors and other assistants to carry out the <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.5"></a><var>135.5</var>provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>326.46</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>326.52</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.9.2.0"></a><a id="pl.135.6"></a><var>135.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 326.461, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.7"></a><var>135.7</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.8"></a><var>135.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>Board.</b> "Board" means the Board of High Pressure Piping Systems.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.9.3.0"></a><a id="pl.135.9"></a><var>135.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 326.47, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.10"></a><var>135.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Permissive municipal regulation.</b> A municipality may, by ordinance, <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.11"></a><var>135.11</var>provide for the inspection of high pressure piping system materials and construction, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.12"></a><var>135.12</var>provide that it shall not be constructed or installed except in accordance with minimum <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.13"></a><var>135.13</var>state standards. The authority designated by the ordinance for issuing high pressure piping <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.14"></a><var>135.14</var>permits and assuring compliance with state standards must report to the Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.15"></a><var>135.15</var>Labor and Industry all violations of state high pressure piping standards.<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.16"></a><var>135.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A municipality may not adopt an ordinance with high pressure piping standards that <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.17"></a><var>135.17</var>does not conform to the uniform standards prescribed by the Department of Labor and <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.18"></a><var>135.18</var>Industry board. The Department of Labor and Industry board shall specify by rule the <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.19"></a><var>135.19</var>minimum qualifications for municipal inspectors.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.9.4.0"></a><a id="pl.135.20"></a><var>135.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 326.47, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.21"></a><var>135.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Filing and inspection fees.</b> The Department of Labor and Industry <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.22"></a><var>135.22</var>must charge a filing fee set by the commissioner board under section 
         <statute_ref>16A.1285</statute_ref> for all <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.23"></a><var>135.23</var>applications for permits to construct or install high pressure piping systems. The fee for <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.24"></a><var>135.24</var>inspection of high pressure piping system construction or installation shall be set by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.25"></a><var>135.25</var>commissioner board under section 
         <statute_ref>16A.1285</statute_ref>. This subdivision does not apply where a <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.26"></a><var>135.26</var>permit is issued by a municipality complying with subdivision 2. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.9.5.0"></a><a id="pl.135.27"></a><var>135.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. <b>[326.471] BOARD OF HIGH PRESSURE PIPING SYSTEMS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.135.28"></a><var>135.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Composition.</b> (a) The Board of High Pressure Piping Systems shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.29"></a><var>135.29</var>consist of 12 members who must be residents of the state, appointed by the governor, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.30"></a><var>135.30</var>confirmed by the senate. The commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry or <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.31"></a><var>135.31</var>the commissioner's designee shall be a voting member. The first appointed board members <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.32"></a><var>135.32</var>shall serve an initial term of four years, except where designated otherwise. The governor <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.1"></a><var>136.1</var>shall then reappoint the current members or appoint replacement members, all or in part, to <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.2"></a><var>136.2</var>subsequent three-year terms. Midterm vacancies shall be filled for the remaining portion <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.3"></a><var>136.3</var>of the term. Vacancies occurring with less than six months time remaining in the term <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.4"></a><var>136.4</var>shall be filled for the existing term and the following three-year term. Of the 11 appointed <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.5"></a><var>136.5</var>members, the composition shall be as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.6"></a><var>136.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) one member shall be a high pressure piping inspector;<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.7"></a><var>136.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) one member shall be a licensed mechanical engineer;<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.8"></a><var>136.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) one member shall be a representative of the piping industry;<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.9"></a><var>136.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) four members shall be high pressure piping contractors or their representatives, <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.10"></a><var>136.10</var>engaged in the scope of high pressure piping, two from the metro area and two from <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.11"></a><var>136.11</var>greater Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.12"></a><var>136.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) two members shall be high pressure piping journeypersons engaged in the scope <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.13"></a><var>136.13</var>of high pressure piping systems installation, one from the metro area and one from greater <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.14"></a><var>136.14</var>Minnesota; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.15"></a><var>136.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) two members shall be representatives from utility companies in Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.16"></a><var>136.16</var>who shall serve an initial term of two years.<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.17"></a><var>136.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Except for the licensed mechanical engineer and the members from utilities <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.18"></a><var>136.18</var>companies, all persons appointed to the board must possess a current license or <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.19"></a><var>136.19</var>competency credential required for contractors and persons engaged in the design, <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.20"></a><var>136.20</var>installation, alteration, and inspection of high pressure piping systems.<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.21"></a><var>136.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Powers.</b> (a) The board shall have the power to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.22"></a><var>136.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) elect its chair;<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.23"></a><var>136.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) specify the high pressure piping code that must be followed in Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.24"></a><var>136.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) maintain an appeals committee to make determinations regarding any complaints, <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.25"></a><var>136.25</var>code amendments, code compliance, and code clarifications filed with the board;<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.26"></a><var>136.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) adopt rules necessary for the regulation and licensing of contractors, <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.27"></a><var>136.27</var>journeypersons, trainees, and persons engaged in the design, installation, alteration, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.28"></a><var>136.28</var>inspection of high pressure piping systems, except for persons licensed under sections <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.29"></a><var>136.29</var>326.02 to 326.15;<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.30"></a><var>136.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) adopt rules necessary for continuing education for individuals regulated and <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.31"></a><var>136.31</var>licensed under this section; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.32"></a><var>136.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) pay expenses deemed necessary in the performance of board duties, including: <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.33"></a><var>136.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) rent, utilities, and supplies in the manner and amount specified in section 43A.18, <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.34"></a><var>136.34</var>subdivision 2; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.35"></a><var>136.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) per diem and expenses for its members as provided in section 15.0575, <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.36"></a><var>136.36</var>subdivision 3.<br />
         		<a id="pl.137.1"></a><var>137.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Complaints filed under this section may originate with high pressure piping <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.2"></a><var>137.2</var>inspectors, contractors, or their employees, or other persons engaged in the design, <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.3"></a><var>137.3</var>installation, and alteration of a high pressure piping system. The board shall make their <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.4"></a><var>137.4</var>findings known to all parties and the commissioner of the Department of Labor and <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.5"></a><var>137.5</var>Industry within the time period specified by the board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.137.6"></a><var>137.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Fee and finances.</b> The board shall submit an annual budget to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.7"></a><var>137.7</var>commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry. The commissioner shall collect <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.8"></a><var>137.8</var>fees under section 326.47, subdivision 6, necessary for the operation and continuance <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.9"></a><var>137.9</var>of the board. The commissioner is responsible for the enforcement of the codes and <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.10"></a><var>137.10</var>licensing requirements determined by the board. The board shall set the fees for licenses <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.11"></a><var>137.11</var>and certification under this section and for all high pressure piping system permits and <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.12"></a><var>137.12</var>submit the fee structure to the commissioner of labor and industry. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.13"></a><var>137.13</var>of finance shall make a quarterly certification of the amount necessary to pay expenses <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.14"></a><var>137.14</var>required for operation of the board under subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (6). The <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.15"></a><var>137.15</var>certified amount is appropriated to the board for those purposes from the fees collected <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.16"></a><var>137.16</var>under section 326.50.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.9.6.0"></a><a id="pl.137.17"></a><var>137.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 326.48, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.137.18"></a><var>137.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>License required; rules; time credit.</b> No person shall engage in <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.19"></a><var>137.19</var>or work at the business of a contracting pipefitter unless issued an individual contracting <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.20"></a><var>137.20</var>pipefitter license to do so by the Department of Labor and Industry under rules prescribed <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.21"></a><var>137.21</var>by the board. No license shall be required for repairs on existing installations. No <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.22"></a><var>137.22</var>person shall engage in or work at the business of journeyman pipefitter unless issued an <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.23"></a><var>137.23</var>individual journeyman pipefitter competency license to do so by the Department of Labor <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.24"></a><var>137.24</var>and Industry under rules prescribed by the board. A person possessing an individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.25"></a><var>137.25</var>contracting pipefitter competency license may also work as a journeyman pipefitter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.137.26"></a><var>137.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No person, partnership, firm, or corporation shall install high pressure piping, nor <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.27"></a><var>137.27</var>install high pressure piping in connection with the dealing in and selling of high pressure <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.28"></a><var>137.28</var>pipe material and supplies, unless, at all times, a person possessing a contracting pipefitter <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.29"></a><var>137.29</var>individual competency license or a journeyman pipefitter individual competency license is <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.30"></a><var>137.30</var>responsible for the high pressure pipefitting work conducted by the person, partnership, <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.31"></a><var>137.31</var>firm, or corporation being in conformity with Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules.<br />
         		<a id="pl.137.32"></a><var>137.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Department of Labor and Industry board shall prescribe rules, not inconsistent <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.33"></a><var>137.33</var>herewith, for the examination and individual competency licensing of contracting <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.34"></a><var>137.34</var>pipefitters and journeyman pipefitters and for issuance of permits by the department and <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.35"></a><var>137.35</var>municipalities for the installation of high pressure piping.<br />
         		<a id="pl.138.1"></a><var>138.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An employee performing the duties of inspector for the Department of Labor and <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.2"></a><var>138.2</var>Industry in regulating pipefitting shall not receive time credit for the inspection duties <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.3"></a><var>138.3</var>when making an application for a license required by this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.9.7.0"></a><a id="pl.138.4"></a><var>138.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 326.48, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.138.5"></a><var>138.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>High pressure pipefitting business license.</b> Before obtaining a permit <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.6"></a><var>138.6</var>for high pressure piping work, a person, partnership, firm, or corporation must obtain or <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.7"></a><var>138.7</var>utilize a business with a high pressure piping business license.<br />
         		<a id="pl.138.8"></a><var>138.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A person, partnership, firm, or corporation must have at all times as a full-time <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.9"></a><var>138.9</var>employee at least one individual holding an individual contracting pipefitter competency <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.10"></a><var>138.10</var>license. Only full-time employees who hold individual contracting pipefitter licenses <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.11"></a><var>138.11</var>are authorized to obtain high pressure piping permits in the name of the business. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.12"></a><var>138.12</var>individual contracting pipefitter competency license holder can be the employee of only <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.13"></a><var>138.13</var>one high pressure piping business at a time.<br />
         		<a id="pl.138.14"></a><var>138.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To retain its business license without reapplication, a person, partnership, firm, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.15"></a><var>138.15</var>corporation holding a high pressure piping business license that ceases to employ a person <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.16"></a><var>138.16</var>holding an individual contracting pipefitter competency license shall have 60 days from <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.17"></a><var>138.17</var>the last day of employment of its previous individual contracting pipefitter competency <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.18"></a><var>138.18</var>license holder to employ another license holder. The Department of Labor and Industry <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.19"></a><var>138.19</var>must be notified no later than five days after the last day of employment of the previous <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.20"></a><var>138.20</var>license holder.<br />
         		<a id="pl.138.21"></a><var>138.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No high pressure pipefitting work may be performed during any period when the <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.22"></a><var>138.22</var>high pressure pipefitting business does not have an individual contracting pipefitter <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.23"></a><var>138.23</var>competency license holder on staff. If a license holder is not employed within 60 days, <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.24"></a><var>138.24</var>the pipefitting business license shall lapse.<br />
         		<a id="pl.138.25"></a><var>138.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Department of Labor and Industry board shall prescribe by rule procedures for <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.26"></a><var>138.26</var>application for and issuance of business licenses and fees.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.9.8.0"></a><a id="pl.138.27"></a><var>138.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 326.48, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.28"></a><var>138.28</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.138.29"></a><var>138.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Reciprocity with other states.</b> The commissioner may issue a temporary <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.30"></a><var>138.30</var>license without examination, upon payment of the required fee, nonresident applicants <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.31"></a><var>138.31</var>who are licensed under the laws of a state having standards for licensing which the <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.32"></a><var>138.32</var>commissioner determines are substantially equivalent to the standards of this state if <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.33"></a><var>138.33</var>the other state grants similar privileges to Minnesota residents duly licensed in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.34"></a><var>138.34</var>state. Applicants who receive a temporary license under this section may acquire an <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.1"></a><var>139.1</var>aggregate of 24 months of experience before they have to apply and pass the licensing <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.2"></a><var>139.2</var>examination. Applicants must register with the commissioner of labor and industry and <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.3"></a><var>139.3</var>the commissioner shall set a fee for a temporary license. Applicants have five years in <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.4"></a><var>139.4</var>which to comply with this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.9.9.0"></a><a id="pl.139.5"></a><var>139.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 326.50, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.6"></a><var>139.6</var><b>326.50 APPLICATION; FEES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.139.7"></a><var>139.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Application for an individual contracting pipefitter competency or an individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.8"></a><var>139.8</var>journeyman pipefitter competency license shall be made to the Department of Labor and <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.9"></a><var>139.9</var>Industry, with fees. The applicant shall be licensed only after passing an examination <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.10"></a><var>139.10</var>administered by the Department of Labor and Industry in accordance with rules adopted <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.11"></a><var>139.11</var>by the board.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.9.10.0"></a><a id="pl.139.12"></a><var>139.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 326.51, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.13"></a><var>139.13</var><b>326.51 DEPARTMENT MAY REVOKE LICENSES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.139.14"></a><var>139.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The department board may revoke or suspend, for cause, any license obtained <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.15"></a><var>139.15</var>through error or fraud, or if the licensee is shown to be incompetent, or for a violation <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.16"></a><var>139.16</var>of any of its rules and regulations applicable to high pressure pipefitting work. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.17"></a><var>139.17</var>licensee shall have notice, in writing, enumerating the charges, and be entitled to a hearing <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.18"></a><var>139.18</var>on at least ten days' notice, with the right to produce testimony. The hearing shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.19"></a><var>139.19</var>held pursuant to chapter 14. The commissioner board shall issue a final order based on <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.20"></a><var>139.20</var>testimony and the record at hearing. One year from the date of revocation application <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.21"></a><var>139.21</var>may be made for a new license.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.9.11.0"></a><a id="pl.139.22"></a><var>139.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 326.52, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.23"></a><var>139.23</var><b>326.52 DEPOSIT OF FEES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.139.24"></a><var>139.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All fees received under sections 
         <statute_ref>326.46</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>326.52</statute_ref> shall be deposited by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.25"></a><var>139.25</var>Department of Labor and Industry to the credit of the general fund in the state treasury. <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.26"></a><var>139.26</var>The salaries and per diem of the inspectors and examiners hereinbefore provided, their <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.27"></a><var>139.27</var>expenses, and all incidental expenses of the department and board in carrying out the <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.28"></a><var>139.28</var>provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>326.46</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>326.52</statute_ref> shall be paid from the appropriations made to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.29"></a><var>139.29</var>Department of Labor and Industry. The commissioner board by rule shall set the amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.30"></a><var>139.30</var>of the fees at a level that approximates, to the greatest extent possible, the salaries, per <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.31"></a><var>139.31</var>diem, and incidental expenses of the department.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.9.12.0"></a><a id="pl.140.1"></a><var>140.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. <b>TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY; BOARD OF HIGH PRESSURE PIPING </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.140.2"></a><var>140.2</var><b>SYSTEMS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.140.3"></a><var>140.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The authority of the commissioner of labor and industry to adopt rules relating to <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.4"></a><var>140.4</var>high pressure piping systems is transferred to the Board of High Pressure Piping Systems. <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.5"></a><var>140.5</var>Licenses and permits currently in effect remain in effect according to their terms unless <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.6"></a><var>140.6</var>affected by board action. Rules adopted by the commissioner of labor and industry remain <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.7"></a><var>140.7</var>in effect until amended or repealed by the board. The commissioner of administration <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.8"></a><var>140.8</var>may not use the authority under Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.37, to modify transfers of <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.9"></a><var>140.9</var>authority in this act.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.9.13.0"></a><a id="pl.140.10"></a><var>140.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. <b>FIRST MEETING; APPOINTMENTS FOR BOARD OF HIGH </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.140.11"></a><var>140.11</var><b>PRESSURE PIPING SYSTEMS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.140.12"></a><var>140.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The governor must complete the appointments required by Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.13"></a><var>140.13</var>section 326.471, no later than July 1, 2007. The commissioner of labor and industry <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.14"></a><var>140.14</var>shall convene the first meeting of the Board of High Pressure Piping Systems no later <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.15"></a><var>140.15</var>than September 1, 2007.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.9.14.0"></a><a id="pl.140.16"></a><var>140.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 14. <b>TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY; PLUMBING BOARD.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.140.17"></a><var>140.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The authority of the commissioners of health and labor and industry to adopt rules <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.18"></a><var>140.18</var>relating to plumbers is transferred to the Plumbing Board. Licenses and permits currently <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.19"></a><var>140.19</var>in effect remain in effect according to their terms unless affected by board action. Rules <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.20"></a><var>140.20</var>adopted by the commissioner of health or labor and industry remain in effect until amended <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.21"></a><var>140.21</var>or repealed by the board. The commissioner of administration may not use the authority <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.22"></a><var>140.22</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.37, to modify the transfers of authority in this act.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.9.15.0"></a><a id="pl.140.23"></a><var>140.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 15. <b>FIRST MEETING; APPOINTMENTS FOR PLUMBING BOARD.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.140.24"></a><var>140.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The governor must complete the appointments required by Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.25"></a><var>140.25</var>section 326.372, no later than July 1, 2007. The commissioner of labor and industry shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.26"></a><var>140.26</var>convene the first meeting of the Plumbing Board no later than September 1, 2007.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.10.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.140.27"></a><var>140.27</var><b>ARTICLE 10</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.140.28"></a><var>140.28</var><b>IRON RANGE RESOURCES AND REHABILITATION BOARD</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.10.1.0"></a><a id="pl.140.29"></a><var>140.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. <b>[270.99] HOCKEY HERITAGE SURCHARGE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.140.30"></a><var>140.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Imposition.</b> A surcharge of 25 cents is imposed on the sale of every <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.31"></a><var>140.31</var>ticket to an NCAA Division I men's hockey event in the state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.1"></a><var>141.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Collection; remittance.</b> The surcharge imposed in this section shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.2"></a><var>141.2</var>collected by all sellers of these tickets with nexus in the state of Minnesota. The seller <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.3"></a><var>141.3</var>shall report the surcharge on a return proscribed by the commissioner of revenue and <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.4"></a><var>141.4</var>shall remit the surcharge with the return.<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.5"></a><var>141.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Administration.</b> Unless specifically provided otherwise in this section, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.6"></a><var>141.6</var>audit, assessment, refund, penalty, interest, enforcement, collection remedies, appeal, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.7"></a><var>141.7</var>administrative provisions in this chapter and chapter 289A that are applicable to taxes <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.8"></a><var>141.8</var>imposed under chapter 297A apply to the surcharge imposed under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.9"></a><var>141.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Deposit of revenues.</b> The commissioner of revenue shall deposit all <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.10"></a><var>141.10</var>revenues, including penalty and interest, derived from the surcharge imposed in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.11"></a><var>141.11</var>section in the hockey surcharge account in the special revenue fund. The amount deposited <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.12"></a><var>141.12</var>under this section is appropriated to the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.13"></a><var>141.13</var>for payment to the city of Eveleth to be used for the support of the Hockey Hall of Fame <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.14"></a><var>141.14</var>Museum provided that it continues to operate in the city. Payments under this section for <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.15"></a><var>141.15</var>the Hockey Hall of Fame Museum are in addition to and must not be used to supplant <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.16"></a><var>141.16</var>funding under section 298.28, subdivision 9c.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.10.2.0"></a><a id="pl.141.17"></a><var>141.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 298.22, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.18"></a><var>141.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board.</b> There is hereby <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.19"></a><var>141.19</var>created the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board, consisting of 13 ten members, <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.20"></a><var>141.20</var>five of whom are state senators appointed by the Subcommittee on Committees of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.21"></a><var>141.21</var>Rules Committee of the senate, and five of whom are representatives, appointed by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.22"></a><var>141.22</var>speaker of the house of representatives. The remaining members shall be appointed one <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.23"></a><var>141.23</var>each by the senate majority leader, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.24"></a><var>141.24</var>governor and must be nonlegislators who reside in a taconite assistance area as defined in <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.25"></a><var>141.25</var>section 
         <statute_ref>273.1341</statute_ref>. The members shall be appointed in January of every odd-numbered <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.26"></a><var>141.26</var>year, except that the initial nonlegislator members shall be appointed by July 1, 1999, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.27"></a><var>141.27</var>shall serve until January of the next odd-numbered year. Vacancies on the board shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.28"></a><var>141.28</var>filled in the same manner as the original members were chosen. At least a majority of <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.29"></a><var>141.29</var>the legislative members of the board shall be elected from state senatorial or legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.30"></a><var>141.30</var>districts in which over 50 percent of the residents reside within a taconite assistance area <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.31"></a><var>141.31</var>as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>273.1341</statute_ref>. All expenditures and projects made by the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.32"></a><var>141.32</var>of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation shall be consistent with the priorities <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.33"></a><var>141.33</var>established in subdivision 8 and shall first be submitted to the Iron Range Resources and <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.34"></a><var>141.34</var>Rehabilitation Board for approval by a majority of the board of expenditures and projects <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.35"></a><var>141.35</var>for rehabilitation purposes as provided by this section, and the method, manner, and time <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.1"></a><var>142.1</var>of payment of all funds proposed to be disbursed shall be first approved or disapproved by <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.2"></a><var>142.2</var>the board. The board shall biennially make its report to the governor and the legislature on <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.3"></a><var>142.3</var>or before November 15 of each even-numbered year. The expenses of the board shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.4"></a><var>142.4</var>paid by the state from the funds raised pursuant to this section. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.10.3.0"></a><a id="pl.142.5"></a><var>142.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 298.227, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.142.6"></a><var>142.6</var><b>298.227 TACONITE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.142.7"></a><var>142.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An amount equal to that distributed pursuant to each taconite producer's taxable <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.8"></a><var>142.8</var>production and qualifying sales under section 
         <statute_ref>298.28, subdivision 9a</statute_ref>, shall be held by <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.9"></a><var>142.9</var>the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board in a separate taconite economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.10"></a><var>142.10</var>development fund for each taconite and direct reduced ore producer. Money from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.11"></a><var>142.11</var>fund for each producer shall be released by the commissioner after review by a joint <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.12"></a><var>142.12</var>committee consisting of an equal number of representatives of the salaried employees and <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.13"></a><var>142.13</var>the nonsalaried production and maintenance employees of that producer. The District 11 <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.14"></a><var>142.14</var>director of the United States Steelworkers of America, on advice of each local employee <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.15"></a><var>142.15</var>president, shall select the employee members. In nonorganized operations, the employee <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.16"></a><var>142.16</var>committee shall be elected by the nonsalaried production and maintenance employees. <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.17"></a><var>142.17</var>The review must be completed no later than six months after the producer presents a <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.18"></a><var>142.18</var>proposal for expenditure of the funds to the committee. The funds held pursuant to this <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.19"></a><var>142.19</var>section may be released only for acquisition of plant and stationary mining equipment <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.20"></a><var>142.20</var>and facilities for the producer or for research and development in Minnesota on new <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.21"></a><var>142.21</var>mining, or taconite, iron, or steel production technology, but only if the producer provides <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.22"></a><var>142.22</var>a matching expenditure to be used for the same purpose of at least 50 percent of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.23"></a><var>142.23</var>distribution based on 
         <statute_ref>14.7</statute_ref> cents per ton beginning with distributions in 2002. Effective for <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.24"></a><var>142.24</var>proposals for expenditures of money from the fund approved beginning the day following <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.25"></a><var>142.25</var>final enactment, the commissioner may release the funds only if the proposed expenditure <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.26"></a><var>142.26</var>is approved by a majority of the members of the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.27"></a><var>142.27</var>Board. If a producer uses money which has been released from the fund prior to the day <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.28"></a><var>142.28</var>following final enactment to procure haulage trucks, mobile equipment, or mining shovels, <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.29"></a><var>142.29</var>and the producer removes the piece of equipment from the taconite tax relief area defined <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.30"></a><var>142.30</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>273.134</statute_ref> within ten years from the date of receipt of the money from the fund, <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.31"></a><var>142.31</var>a portion of the money granted from the fund must be repaid to the taconite economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.32"></a><var>142.32</var>development fund. The portion of the money to be repaid is 100 percent of the grant if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.33"></a><var>142.33</var>equipment is removed from the taconite tax relief area within 12 months after receipt of <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.34"></a><var>142.34</var>the money from the fund, declining by ten percent for each of the subsequent nine years <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.35"></a><var>142.35</var>during which the equipment remains within the taconite tax relief area. If a taconite <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.1"></a><var>143.1</var>production facility is sold after operations at the facility had ceased, any money remaining <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.2"></a><var>143.2</var>in the fund for the former producer may be released to the purchaser of the facility on <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.3"></a><var>143.3</var>the terms otherwise applicable to the former producer under this section. If a producer <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.4"></a><var>143.4</var>fails to provide matching funds for a proposed expenditure within six months after the <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.5"></a><var>143.5</var>commissioner approves release of the funds, the funds are available for release to another <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.6"></a><var>143.6</var>producer in proportion to the distribution provided and under the conditions of this section. <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.7"></a><var>143.7</var>Any portion of the fund which is not released by the commissioner within two years of its <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.8"></a><var>143.8</var>deposit in the fund shall be divided between the taconite environmental protection fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.9"></a><var>143.9</var>created in section 
         <statute_ref>298.223</statute_ref> and the Douglas J. Johnson economic protection trust fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.10"></a><var>143.10</var>created in section 
         <statute_ref>298.292</statute_ref> for placement in their respective special accounts. Two-thirds <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.11"></a><var>143.11</var>of the unreleased funds shall be distributed to the taconite environmental protection fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.12"></a><var>143.12</var>and one-third to the Douglas J. Johnson economic protection trust fund. <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.13"></a><var>143.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for proposals for expenditures of <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.14"></a><var>143.14</var>money from the fund the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.10.4.0"></a><a id="pl.143.15"></a><var>143.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. <b>APPROPRIATION; IRON RANGE RESOURCES AND </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.143.16"></a><var>143.16</var><b>REHABILITATION BOARD.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.143.17"></a><var>143.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$500,000 is appropriated from the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.18"></a><var>143.18</var>fund for fiscal year 2008 for allocation in this section:<br />
         		<a id="pl.143.19"></a><var>143.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) $225,000 is for Aitkin County Growth, Inc. to extend electric service and other <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.20"></a><var>143.20</var>infrastructure to a peat project in Spencer Township in Aitkin County;<br />
         		<a id="pl.143.21"></a><var>143.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) $75,000 is for a nonprofit organization for the preservation of the B'nai Abraham <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.22"></a><var>143.22</var>Synagogue in Virginia, of which $50,000 is for renovation and $25,000 is for a permanent <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.23"></a><var>143.23</var>endowment for the preservation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.143.24"></a><var>143.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) $150,000 is for a grant to the Iron Range youth in action program to assist the <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.25"></a><var>143.25</var>organization to employ youth for the construction of community centers; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.143.26"></a><var>143.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) $50,000 is for a grant to the Iron Range retriever club for pond and field <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.27"></a><var>143.27</var>construction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.143.28"></a><var>143.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;These are onetime appropriations.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.10.5.0"></a><a id="pl.143.29"></a><var>143.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. <b>IRRRB BUILDING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.143.30"></a><var>143.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board office building in Eveleth, <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.31"></a><var>143.31</var>Minnesota is designated and named the Joe Begich Building and shall be signed as such <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.32"></a><var>143.32</var>at every entrance.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.11.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.144.1"></a><var>144.1</var><b>ARTICLE 11</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.144.2"></a><var>144.2</var><b>ELECTRICAL</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.11.1.0"></a><a id="pl.144.3"></a><var>144.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 326.01, subdivision 6g, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.144.4"></a><var>144.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6g. <b>Personal </b><b>direct </b><b>supervision.</b> The term "personal "Direct supervision" <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.5"></a><var>144.5</var>means that a person licensed to perform electrical work oversees and directs the electrical <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.6"></a><var>144.6</var>work performed by an unlicensed person such that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.144.7"></a><var>144.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the licensed person actually reviews the electrical work performed by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.8"></a><var>144.8</var>unlicensed person an unlicensed individual is being supervised by an individual licensed <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.9"></a><var>144.9</var>to perform the electrical work being supervised;<br />
         		<a id="pl.144.10"></a><var>144.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) during the entire working day of the unlicensed individual, the licensed <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.11"></a><var>144.11</var>individual is physically present at the location where the unlicensed individual is <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.12"></a><var>144.12</var>preforming electrical work and immediately available to the unlicensed individual;<br />
         		<a id="pl.144.13"></a><var>144.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the licensed person individual is physically present and immediately available to <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.14"></a><var>144.14</var>the unlicensed person individual at all times for assistance and direction; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.144.15"></a><var>144.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) electronic supervision does not meet the requirement of physically present and <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.16"></a><var>144.16</var>immediately available;<br />
         		<a id="pl.144.17"></a><var>144.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) the licensed individual shall review the electrical work performed by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.18"></a><var>144.18</var>unlicensed individual before the electrical work is operated; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.144.19"></a><var>144.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) (6) the licensed person individual is able to and does determine that all electrical <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.20"></a><var>144.20</var>work performed by the unlicensed person individual is performed in compliance with <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.21"></a><var>144.21</var>section 
         <statute_ref>326.243</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.22"></a><var>144.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The licensed person individual is responsible for the compliance with section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.144.23"></a><var>144.23</var>326.243
         </statute_ref> of all electrical work performed by the unlicensed person individual. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.11.2.0"></a><a id="pl.144.24"></a><var>144.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 326.241, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.144.25"></a><var>144.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Composition.</b> (a) The Board of Electricity shall consist of 11 12 <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.26"></a><var>144.26</var>members, residents of the state, appointed by the governor of whom and confirmed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.27"></a><var>144.27</var>the senate. The commissioner of labor and industry or the commissioner's designee shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.28"></a><var>144.28</var>be a nonvoting member. The first appointed board members shall serve an initial term <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.29"></a><var>144.29</var>of four years, except where designated otherwise. The governor shall then reappoint the <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.30"></a><var>144.30</var>current members or appoint replacement members, all or in part, to subsequent three-year <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.31"></a><var>144.31</var>terms. Midterm vacancies shall be filled for the remaining portion of the term. Vacancies <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.32"></a><var>144.32</var>occurring with less than six months time remaining in the term shall be filled for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.33"></a><var>144.33</var>existing term and the following three-year term. Of the 11 appointed members, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.34"></a><var>144.34</var>composition shall be as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.145.1"></a><var>145.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) two shall be representatives of the electrical suppliers in the rural areas of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.2"></a><var>145.2</var>state,<br />
         		<a id="pl.145.3"></a><var>145.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) two shall be master electricians, who shall be contractors,<br />
         		<a id="pl.145.4"></a><var>145.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) two journeyman electricians,<br />
         		<a id="pl.145.5"></a><var>145.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) one registered consulting electrical engineer,<br />
         		<a id="pl.145.6"></a><var>145.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) two power limited technicians, who shall be technology system contractors <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.7"></a><var>145.7</var>primarily engaged in the business of installing technology circuits or systems, and<br />
         		<a id="pl.145.8"></a><var>145.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) two public members as defined by section 
         <statute_ref>214.02</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.145.9"></a><var>145.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Except as provided herein, membership terms, compensation of members, <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.10"></a><var>145.10</var>removal of members, the filling of membership vacancies, and fiscal year and reporting <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.11"></a><var>145.11</var>requirements shall be as provided in sections 
         <statute_ref>214.07</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>214.09</statute_ref>. The provision of staff, <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.12"></a><var>145.12</var>administrative services and office space; the review and processing of complaints; the <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.13"></a><var>145.13</var>setting of board fees; and other provisions relating to board operations shall be as provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.14"></a><var>145.14</var>in chapter 214. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.11.3.0"></a><a id="pl.145.15"></a><var>145.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 326.241, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.145.16"></a><var>145.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Powers.</b> (a) The board, or the complaint committee on behalf of the board <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.17"></a><var>145.17</var>where authorized by law, shall have power to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.145.18"></a><var>145.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) Elect its own officers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.145.19"></a><var>145.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) Engage and fix the compensation of inspectors, and hire employees. The salary <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.20"></a><var>145.20</var>of the executive secretary shall be established pursuant to chapter 43A. All agents and <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.21"></a><var>145.21</var>employees other than contract inspectors shall be in the classified service and shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.22"></a><var>145.22</var>compensated pursuant to chapter 43A. All inspectors shall hold licenses as master or <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.23"></a><var>145.23</var>journeyman electricians under section 
         <statute_ref>326.242, subdivision 1(1</statute_ref>) or 2(1), and shall give <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.24"></a><var>145.24</var>bond in an amount fixed by the board, conditioned upon the faithful performance of <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.25"></a><var>145.25</var>their duties.<br />
         		<a id="pl.145.26"></a><var>145.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) (2) Pay such other expenses as it may deem necessary in the performance of its <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.27"></a><var>145.27</var>duties, including rent, supplies, and such like.<br />
         		<a id="pl.145.28"></a><var>145.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) Select from its members individuals to serve on any other state advisory councils, <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.29"></a><var>145.29</var>boards, or committees.<br />
         		<a id="pl.145.30"></a><var>145.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) Enforce the provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>326.241</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>326.248</statute_ref>, and provide, upon <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.31"></a><var>145.31</var>request, such additional voluntary inspections and reviews as it may deem appropriate. <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.32"></a><var>145.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) Issue, renew, refuse to renew, suspend, temporarily suspend, and revoke licenses, <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.33"></a><var>145.33</var>censure licensees, assess civil penalties, issue cease and desist orders, and seek injunctive <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.34"></a><var>145.34</var>relief and civil penalties in court as authorized by section 
         <statute_ref>326.242</statute_ref> and other provisions of <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.1"></a><var>146.1</var>Minnesota law. Establish the committees required herein and any others deemed necessary <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.2"></a><var>146.2</var>by the board or requested by the commissioner. <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.3"></a><var>146.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) Adopt reasonable rules to carry out its duties under sections 
         <statute_ref>326.241</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>326.248</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.4"></a><var>146.4</var>and to provide for the amount and collection of fees for inspection and other services. All <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.5"></a><var>146.5</var>rules shall be adopted in accordance with chapter 14. <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.6"></a><var>146.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) Advise the commissioner on issues related to sections 326.241 to 326.248 or as <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.7"></a><var>146.7</var>requested by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.146.8"></a><var>146.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Except for the powers granted to the Electricity Board the commissioner of labor <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.9"></a><var>146.9</var>and industry shall administer the provisions of sections 326.241 to 326.248 and for such <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.10"></a><var>146.10</var>purposes may employ electrical inspectors and other assistants.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.11.4.0"></a><a id="pl.146.11"></a><var>146.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 326.242, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.146.12"></a><var>146.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Unlicensed </b><b>persons</b><b> individuals</b><b>.</b> (a) An unlicensed person individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.13"></a><var>146.13</var>means an individual who has not been licensed by the Board of Electricity as a Class A <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.14"></a><var>146.14</var>master electrician or as a Class A journeyman electrician. An unlicensed individual shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.15"></a><var>146.15</var>not perform electrical work required to be performed by a licensed individual unless the <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.16"></a><var>146.16</var>individual has first registered with the Board of Electricity as an unlicensed individual. <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.17"></a><var>146.17</var>Thereafter, an unlicensed individual shall not perform electrical work required to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.18"></a><var>146.18</var>performed by a licensed individual unless the work is performed under the personal direct <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.19"></a><var>146.19</var>supervision of a person an individual actually licensed to perform such work and. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.20"></a><var>146.20</var>licensed electrician individual and unlicensed persons are individual must be employed <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.21"></a><var>146.21</var>by the same employer. Licensed persons individuals shall not permit unlicensed persons <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.22"></a><var>146.22</var>individuals to perform electrical work except under the personal direct supervision of <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.23"></a><var>146.23</var>a person an individual actually licensed to perform such work. Unlicensed persons <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.24"></a><var>146.24</var>individuals shall not supervise the performance of electrical work or make assignments <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.25"></a><var>146.25</var>of electrical work to unlicensed persons individuals. Except for technology circuit or <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.26"></a><var>146.26</var>system work, licensed persons individuals shall supervise no more than two unlicensed <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.27"></a><var>146.27</var>persons individuals. For technology circuit or system work, licensed persons individuals <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.28"></a><var>146.28</var>shall supervise no more than three unlicensed persons individuals.<br />
         		<a id="pl.146.29"></a><var>146.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no person individual other <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.30"></a><var>146.30</var>than a master electrician or power limited technician shall plan or lay out electrical wiring, <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.31"></a><var>146.31</var>apparatus, or equipment for light, heat, power, or other purposes, except circuits or <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.32"></a><var>146.32</var>systems exempted from personal licensing by subdivision 12, paragraph (b).<br />
         		<a id="pl.146.33"></a><var>146.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Contractors employing unlicensed persons performing individuals to perform <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.34"></a><var>146.34</var>electrical work shall maintain records establishing compliance with this subdivision, <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.35"></a><var>146.35</var>which that shall designate identify all unlicensed persons individuals performing electrical <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.1"></a><var>147.1</var>work, except for persons working on circuits or systems exempted from personal licensing <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.2"></a><var>147.2</var>by subdivision 12, paragraph (b), and shall permit the board to examine and copy all such <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.3"></a><var>147.3</var>records as provided for in section 
         <statute_ref>326.244, subdivision 6</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.4"></a><var>147.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) When a licensed individual supervises the electrical work of an unlicensed <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.5"></a><var>147.5</var>individual, the licensed individual is responsible for ensuring that the electrical work <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.6"></a><var>147.6</var>complies with sections 326.241 to 326.248 and rules adopted.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.11.5.0"></a><a id="pl.147.7"></a><var>147.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 326.242, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.8"></a><var>147.8</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.147.9"></a><var>147.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5a. <b>Registration of unlicensed individuals.</b> Unlicensed individuals <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.10"></a><var>147.10</var>performing electrical work for a contractor or employer shall register with the department <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.11"></a><var>147.11</var>in the manner prescribed by the commissioner. Experience credit for electrical work <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.12"></a><var>147.12</var>performed after January 1, 2008, by an applicant for a license identified in this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.13"></a><var>147.13</var>shall not be granted where the applicant has not registered with or is not licensed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.14"></a><var>147.14</var>the department.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.11.6.0"></a><a id="pl.147.15"></a><var>147.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 326.242, subdivision 11, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.147.16"></a><var>147.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 11. <b>Reciprocity.</b> To the extent that any other state which provides for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.17"></a><var>147.17</var>licensing of electricians provides for similar action the board may grant licenses, without <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.18"></a><var>147.18</var>examination, of the same grade and class to an electrician who has been licensed by such <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.19"></a><var>147.19</var>other state for at least one year, upon payment by the applicant of the required fee and <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.20"></a><var>147.20</var>upon the board being furnished with proof that the required fee and upon the board being <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.21"></a><var>147.21</var>furnished with proof that the qualifications of the applicant are equal to the qualifications <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.22"></a><var>147.22</var>of holders of similar licenses in Minnesota. The commissioner may enter into reciprocity <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.23"></a><var>147.23</var>agreements for personal licenses with another state if approved by the board. Once <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.24"></a><var>147.24</var>approved by the board, the commissioner may issue a personal license without requiring <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.25"></a><var>147.25</var>the applicant to pass an examination provided the applicant:<br />
         		<a id="pl.147.26"></a><var>147.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) submits an application under section 326.242;<br />
         		<a id="pl.147.27"></a><var>147.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) pays the fee required under section 326.242; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.147.28"></a><var>147.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) holds a valid comparable license in the state participating in the agreement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.147.29"></a><var>147.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Agreements are subject to the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.147.30"></a><var>147.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) The parties to the agreement must administer a statewide licensing program that <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.31"></a><var>147.31</var>includes examination and qualifying experience or training comparable to Minnesota's.<br />
         		<a id="pl.147.32"></a><var>147.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) The experience and training requirements under which an individual applicant <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.33"></a><var>147.33</var>qualified for examination in the qualifying state must be deemed equal to or greater than <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.1"></a><var>148.1</var>required for an applicant making application in Minnesota at the time the applicant <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.2"></a><var>148.2</var>acquired the license in the qualifying state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.148.3"></a><var>148.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) The applicant must have acquired the license in the qualifying state through an <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.4"></a><var>148.4</var>examination deemed equivalent to the same class of license examination in Minnesota. <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.5"></a><var>148.5</var>A lesser class of license may be granted where the applicant has acquired a greater <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.6"></a><var>148.6</var>class of license in the qualifying state and the applicant otherwise meets the conditions <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.7"></a><var>148.7</var>of this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.148.8"></a><var>148.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) At the time of application, the applicant must hold a valid license in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.9"></a><var>148.9</var>qualifying state and have held the license continuously for at least one year before making <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.10"></a><var>148.10</var>application in Minnesota.<br />
         		<a id="pl.148.11"></a><var>148.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) An applicant is not eligible for a license under this subdivision if the applicant <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.12"></a><var>148.12</var>has failed the same or greater class of license examination in Minnesota, or if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.13"></a><var>148.13</var>applicant's license of the same or greater class has been revoked or suspended.<br />
         		<a id="pl.148.14"></a><var>148.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) An applicant who has failed to renew a personal license for two years or more <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.15"></a><var>148.15</var>after its expiration is not eligible for a license under this subdivision.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.11.7.0"></a><a id="pl.148.16"></a><var>148.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. <b>REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.148.17"></a><var>148.17</var>Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 326.01, subdivision 4; and 326.242, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.18"></a><var>148.18</var>4, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.148.19"></a><var>148.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.148.20"></a><var>148.20</var><b>ARTICLE 12</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.148.21"></a><var>148.21</var><b>APPRENTICESHIP BOARD</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.12.1.0"></a><a id="pl.148.22"></a><var>148.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 178.01, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.148.23"></a><var>148.23</var><b>178.01 PURPOSES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.148.24"></a><var>148.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The purposes of this chapter are: to open to young people regardless of race, sex, <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.25"></a><var>148.25</var>creed, color or national origin, the opportunity to obtain training that will equip them for <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.26"></a><var>148.26</var>profitable employment and citizenship; to establish as a means to this end, a program <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.27"></a><var>148.27</var>of voluntary apprenticeship under approved apprentice agreements providing facilities <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.28"></a><var>148.28</var>for their training and guidance in the arts, skills, and crafts of industry and trade, with <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.29"></a><var>148.29</var>concurrent, supplementary instruction in related subjects; to promote employment <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.30"></a><var>148.30</var>opportunities under conditions providing adequate training and reasonable earnings; <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.31"></a><var>148.31</var>to relate the supply of skilled workers to employment demands; to establish standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.32"></a><var>148.32</var>for apprentice training; to establish an Apprenticeship Advisory Council Board and <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.33"></a><var>148.33</var>apprenticeship committees to assist in effectuating the purposes of this chapter; to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.1"></a><var>149.1</var>for a Division of Labor Standards and Apprenticeship within the Department of Labor <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.2"></a><var>149.2</var>and Industry; to provide for reports to the legislature regarding the status of apprentice <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.3"></a><var>149.3</var>training in the state; to establish a procedure for the determination of apprentice agreement <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.4"></a><var>149.4</var>controversies; and to accomplish related ends.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.2.0"></a><a id="pl.149.5"></a><var>149.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 178.02, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.149.6"></a><var>149.6</var><b>178.02 APPRENTICESHIP </b><b>ADVISORY COUNCIL</b><b> BOARD</b><b>.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.149.7"></a><var>149.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Members.</b> The commissioner of labor and industry, hereinafter <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.8"></a><var>149.8</var>called the commissioner, shall appoint an Apprenticeship Advisory Council Board, <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.9"></a><var>149.9</var>hereinafter referred to as the council board, composed of three representatives each from <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.10"></a><var>149.10</var>employer and employee organizations, and two representatives of the general public. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.11"></a><var>149.11</var>director of education responsible for career and technical education or designee shall be an <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.12"></a><var>149.12</var>ex officio member of the council board and shall serve in an advisory capacity only.<br />
         		<a id="pl.149.13"></a><var>149.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Terms.</b> The council board shall expire and the terms, compensation, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.14"></a><var>149.14</var>removal of appointed members shall be as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>15.059</statute_ref>, except that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.15"></a><var>149.15</var>council shall not expire before June 30, 2003. <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.16"></a><var>149.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Duties.</b> The council board shall meet at the call of the commissioner. It <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.17"></a><var>149.17</var>shall propose occupational classifications for apprenticeship programs; propose minimum <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.18"></a><var>149.18</var>standards for apprenticeship programs and agreements; and advise on the establishment <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.19"></a><var>149.19</var>of such policies, procedures, and rules as the commissioner board deems necessary in <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.20"></a><var>149.20</var>implementing the intent of this chapter.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.3.0"></a><a id="pl.149.21"></a><var>149.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 178.03, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.149.22"></a><var>149.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Duties and functions.</b> The director, under the supervision of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.23"></a><var>149.23</var>commissioner, and with the advice and oversight of the Apprenticeship Advisory <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.24"></a><var>149.24</var>Council Board, is authorized: to administer the provisions of this chapter; to promote <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.25"></a><var>149.25</var>apprenticeship and other forms of on the job training; to establish, in cooperation and <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.26"></a><var>149.26</var>consultation with the Apprenticeship Advisory Council Board and with the apprenticeship <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.27"></a><var>149.27</var>committees, conditions and training standards for the approval of apprenticeship programs <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.28"></a><var>149.28</var>and agreements, which conditions and standards shall in no case be lower than those <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.29"></a><var>149.29</var>prescribed by this chapter; to promote equal employment opportunity in apprenticeship <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.30"></a><var>149.30</var>and other on the job training and to establish a Minnesota plan for equal employment <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.31"></a><var>149.31</var>opportunity in apprenticeship which shall be consistent with standards established <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.32"></a><var>149.32</var>under Code of Federal Regulations, title 29, part 30, as amended; to issue certificates of <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.33"></a><var>149.33</var>registration to sponsors of approved apprenticeship programs; to act as secretary of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.34"></a><var>149.34</var>Apprenticeship Advisory Council Board; to approve, if of the opinion that approval is <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.1"></a><var>150.1</var>for the best interest of the apprentice, any apprenticeship agreement which meets the <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.2"></a><var>150.2</var>standards established hereunder; to terminate any apprenticeship agreement in accordance <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.3"></a><var>150.3</var>with the provisions of such agreement; to keep a record of apprenticeship agreements and <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.4"></a><var>150.4</var>their disposition; to issue certificates of completion of apprenticeship; and to perform <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.5"></a><var>150.5</var>such other duties as the commissioner deems necessary to carry out the intent of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.6"></a><var>150.6</var>chapter; provided, that the administration and supervision of supplementary instruction in <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.7"></a><var>150.7</var>related subjects for apprentices; coordination of instruction on a concurrent basis with <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.8"></a><var>150.8</var>job experiences, and the selection and training of teachers and coordinators for such <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.9"></a><var>150.9</var>instruction shall be the function of state and local boards responsible for vocational <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.10"></a><var>150.10</var>education. The director shall have the authority to make wage determinations applicable <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.11"></a><var>150.11</var>to the graduated schedule of wages and journeyman wage rate for apprenticeship <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.12"></a><var>150.12</var>agreements, giving consideration to the existing wage rates prevailing throughout the <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.13"></a><var>150.13</var>state, except that no wage determination by the director shall alter an existing wage <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.14"></a><var>150.14</var>provision for apprentices or journeymen that is contained in a bargaining agreement in <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.15"></a><var>150.15</var>effect between an employer and an organization of employees, nor shall the director <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.16"></a><var>150.16</var>make any determination for the beginning rate for an apprentice that is below the wage <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.17"></a><var>150.17</var>minimum established by federal or state law.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.12.4.0"></a><a id="pl.150.18"></a><var>150.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 178.041, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.150.19"></a><var>150.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Rules.</b> The commissioner may, upon receipt of the council's board's <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.20"></a><var>150.20</var>proposals, accept, adopt, and issue them by rule with any modifications or amendments <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.21"></a><var>150.21</var>the commissioner finds appropriate. The commissioner may refer them back to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.22"></a><var>150.22</var>council board with recommendations for further study, consideration and revision. If <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.23"></a><var>150.23</var>the commissioner refuses to accept, adopt, and issue by rule or other appropriate action <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.24"></a><var>150.24</var>a board proposal, the commissioner must provide a written explanation of the reason <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.25"></a><var>150.25</var>for the refusal to the board within 30 days after the board submitted the proposal to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.26"></a><var>150.26</var>commissioner. Additional rules may be issued as the commissioner may deem necessary.<br />
         		
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