1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to labor; repealing the state prevailing wage 
  1.3             requirements and related provisions; amending 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 119A.46, subdivision 
  1.5             6; 246.141; 473.606, subdivision 5; 473I.03, 
  1.6             subdivision 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, 
  1.7             sections 116J.871; 123B.71, subdivision 2; 177.41; 
  1.8             177.42; 177.43; 177.435; 177.44; 471.345, subdivision 
  1.9             7. 
  1.10  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.11     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 119A.46, 
  1.12  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  1.13     Subd. 6.  [ON-THE-JOB TRAINING COMPONENT.] ~~(a)~~ Programs 
  1.14  established under this section must provide on-the-job training 
  1.15  for swab team workers.  
  1.16     ~~(b) Swab team workers must receive monetary compensation~~ 
  1.17  ~~equal to the prevailing wage as defined in section 177.42,~~ 
  1.18  ~~subdivision 6, for comparable jobs in the licensed contractor's~~ 
  1.19  ~~principal business.~~ 
  1.20     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 246.141, is 
  1.21  amended to read: 
  1.22     246.141 [PROJECT LABOR.] 
  1.23     Wages for project labor may be paid by the commissioner out 
  1.24  of repairs and betterments money if the individual is to be 
  1.25  engaged in a construction project or a repair project of 
  1.26  short-term and nonrecurring nature.  ~~Compensation for project~~ 
  1.27  ~~labor shall be based on the prevailing wage rates, as defined in~~ 
  2.1   ~~section 177.42, subdivision 6.~~  Project laborers are excluded 
  2.2   from the provisions of sections 43A.22 to 43A.30, and shall not 
  2.3   be eligible for state-paid insurance and benefits. 
  2.4      Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 473.606, 
  2.5   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  2.6      Subd. 5.  [EMPLOYEES, OTHERS, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION~~;~~ 
  2.7   ~~PREVAILING WAGE~~.] The corporation shall have the power to 
  2.8   appoint engineers and other consultants, attorneys, and such 
  2.9   other officers, agents, and employees as it may see fit, who 
  2.10  shall perform such duties and receive such compensation as the 
  2.11  corporation may determine, and be removable at the pleasure of 
  2.12  the corporation.  The corporation shall adopt an affirmative 
  2.13  action plan, which shall be submitted to the appropriate agency 
  2.14  or office of the state for review and approval.  The plan shall 
  2.15  include a yearly progress report to the agency or office.  
  2.16  Officers and employees of the corporation who cannot qualify and 
  2.17  participate in the municipal employees retirement fund under 
  2.18  chapter 422A, shall be separated from service at the retirement 
  2.19  age applicable to officers or employees of the state of 
  2.20  Minnesota in the classified service of the state civil service 
  2.21  as provided in section 43A.34, or as the same may from time to 
  2.22  time be amended, regardless of the provisions of the Veteran's 
  2.23  Preference Act.  ~~Whenever the corporation performs any work~~ 
  2.24  ~~within the limits of a city of the first class, or establishes a~~ 
  2.25  ~~minimum wage for skilled or unskilled labor in the~~ 
  2.26  ~~specifications or any contract for work within one of the~~ 
  2.27  ~~cities, the rate of pay to such skilled and unskilled labor~~ 
  2.28  ~~shall be the prevailing rate of wage for such labor in that city.~~
  2.29     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 473I.03, 
  2.30  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  2.31     Subd. 5.  [CONSTRUCTION OF BASEBALL PARK; LABOR AND 
  2.32  MATERIALS.] The municipality must have entered into an agreement 
  2.33  with the major league baseball team that the major league 
  2.34  baseball team has the following obligations during the period of 
  2.35  construction of the baseball park: 
  2.36     (1) ~~the payment of the prevailing wage rate as defined in~~ 
  3.1   ~~section 177.42 to all construction workers;~~ 
  3.2      ~~(2)~~ the provision to the municipality of a signed agreement 
  3.3   between the major league baseball team and the construction 
  3.4   unions that will work on the baseball park that mandates a 
  3.5   no-strike and no-lockout period during construction of the 
  3.6   baseball park; and 
  3.7      ~~(3)~~ (2) all construction materials for the baseball park 
  3.8   produced from or containing steel, so far as practicable, must 
  3.9   use steel produced in the United States from taconite produced 
  3.10  in Minnesota. 
  3.11     Sec. 5.  [REPEALER.] 
  3.12     Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 116J.871; 123B.71, 
  3.13  subdivision 2; 177.41; 177.42; 177.43; 177.435; 177.44; and 
  3.14  471.345, subdivision 7, are repealed.