1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to public employment; instituting a freeze on 
  1.3             salaries and wage rates for state and public employees.
  1.4   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.5      Section 1.  [SALARY AND WAGE RATE FREEZE.] 
  1.6      Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a government 
  1.7   employer may not increase or contract to increase the salary or 
  1.8   wage rate of any full-time or part-time employee from February 
  1.9   1, 2003, to June 30, 2005.  This section prohibits any increase 
  1.10  in salary or wage rate including increases based on longevity.  
  1.11  This section does not prohibit salary and wage rate increases 
  1.12  for employees who are promoted or transferred to positions with 
  1.13  significantly more job responsibilities.  This section applies 
  1.14  to all contracts, collective bargaining agreements, and any 
  1.15  other compensation arrangements entered into on or after 
  1.16  February 1, 2003. 
  1.17     A school district must not increase the wages of any 
  1.18  employee, including step and lane increases.  During the wage 
  1.19  freeze, an employee shall receive the same wages they received 
  1.20  during the 2002-2003 school year. 
  1.21     For purposes of this act, "government employer" means state 
  1.22  departments, state boards, state agencies, state commissions, 
  1.23  courts, state constitutional offices, Minnesota state colleges 
  1.24  and universities, offices in the executive, legislative, and 
  2.1   judicial branches of the state, cities, towns, counties, school 
  2.2   districts, and other local governmental bodies. 
  2.3      For purposes of this act, "salary or wage rate" means all 
  2.4   compensation for performance of services by an employee for a 
  2.5   government employer including fringe benefits, but excluding 
  2.6   employer payment of, or contributions for, health, dental, and 
  2.7   retirement coverage, at 2002-2003 benefit and coverage levels. 
  2.8      Sec. 2.  [UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA; SALARY AND WAGE RATE 
  2.9   FREEZE RECOMMENDED.] 
  2.10     The legislature strongly recommends that the University of 
  2.11  Minnesota not increase or contract to increase the salary or 
  2.12  wage rate as defined in section 1 of any full-time or part-time 
  2.13  employee from February 1, 2003, to June 30, 2005. 
  2.14     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE; EXPIRATION.] 
  2.15     Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final 
  2.16  enactment and expire on June 30, 2005.