1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; reorganizing the administration of various training 
1.3 	and employment functions; transferring various responsibilities to Minnesota 
1.4 	State Colleges and Universities.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. TRANSFER OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT 
1.7 	RESPONSIBILITIES TO MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND 
1.8 	UNIVERSITIES.
 1.9 		Subdivision 1.Findings and purpose. The legislature finds that the responsibility 
1.10 	for the provision of training and employment services is fragmented among various state 
1.11 	agencies. The legislature's purpose in making the transfer of responsibilities in this section 
1.12 	is, among other things, to:
1.13 	(1) provide more efficient delivery of those services;
1.14 	(2) encourage and facilitate more collaboration among providers of different 
1.15 	employment and training services; and 
1.16 	(3) be more responsive to the needs of individuals seeking various employment 
1.17 	and training services.
1.18 		Subd. 2.Adult basic education. The responsibilities of the Department of 
1.19 	Education and the commissioner of education under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.52, 
1.20 	for the adult basic education program is transferred to Minnesota State Colleges and 
1.21 	Universities pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 15.039.
1.22 		Subd. 3.Various Department of Employment and Economic Development 
1.23 	training and employment responsibilities. The following responsibilities of the 
1.24 	Department of Employment and Economic Development and the commissioner of 
2.1 	employment and economic development with respect to the programs and statutes 
2.2 	described are transferred to Minnesota State Colleges and Universities pursuant to 
2.3 	Minnesota Statutes, section 15.039:
2.4 	(1) the jobs skill partnership program, including, without limitation, those 
2.5 	responsibilities described in Minnesota Statutes, sections 116L.01 to 116L.18, except that 
2.6 	the Jobs Skills Partnership Board shall continue and be administered within Minnesota 
2.7 	State Colleges and Universities;
2.8 	(2) employment and training services as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.9 	116L.19, subdivision 4;
2.10 	(3) the duties of the commissioner listed in Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.401, 
2.11 	subdivision 2, to the extent they relate to the responsibilities transferred by this subdivision;
2.12 	(4) responsibilities regarding services to the blind under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
2.13 	248; and
2.14 	(5) responsibilities for vocational rehabilitation under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
2.15 	268A.

2.16 	Sec. 2. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 2.17 	In the next edition of Minnesota Statutes, the revisor of statutes shall make technical 
2.18 	changes required by the transfer of responsibilities in section 1. The revisor of statutes 
2.19 	shall prepare a bill for introduction in the 2010 legislative session that makes nontechnical 
2.20 	changes required by the transfer of responsibilities in section 1.

2.21 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.22 	Sections 1 and 2 are effective July 1, 2009.