1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; repealing obsolete, redundant, and 
1.3 	unnecessary laws administered by the Department of Employment and Economic 
1.4 	Development; making conforming changes;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, 
1.5 	sections 15.991, subdivision 1; 116C.34, subdivision 3; 116D.04, subdivision 2a; 
1.6 	116L.02; 116L.05, subdivision 5; 116L.20, subdivision 2; 256J.49, subdivision 
1.7 	4; 256J.51, subdivision 2; 268.105, subdivision 7; 268.186; repealing Minnesota 
1.8 	Statutes 2012, sections 116C.22; 116C.23; 116C.24; 116C.25; 116C.26; 
1.9 	116C.261; 116C.27; 116C.28; 116C.29; 116C.30; 116C.31; 116C.32; 116C.33; 
1.10 	116J.037; 116J.422; 116J.68, subdivision 5; 116J.74, subdivision 7a; 116J.874, 
1.11 	subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 116J.987; 116J.988; 116J.989; 116J.990, subdivisions 
1.12 	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 116L.06; 116L.10; 116L.11; 116L.12, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6; 
1.13 	116L.13; 116L.14; 116L.15; 116L.361, subdivision 2; 116L.363; 116L.871; 
1.14 	116L.872; 469.109; 469.124; Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, sections 
1.15 	116J.6581; 116J.70, subdivision 2a.
1.16 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.17 	ARTICLE 1
1.18 	OBSOLETE AND REDUNDANT STATUTES

1.19 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 268.105, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
1.20 		Subd. 7.Judicial review. (a) The Minnesota Court of Appeals must, by writ of 
1.21 	certiorari to the department, review the unemployment law judge's decision, provided a 
1.22 	petition for the writ is filed with the court and a copy is served upon the unemployment 
1.23 	law judge or the commissioner and any other involved party within 30 calendar days of 
1.24 	the sending of the unemployment law judge's order under subdivision 2.
1.25 	(b) Any employer petitioning for a writ of certiorari must pay to the court the 
1.26 	required filing fee and upon the service of the writ must furnish a cost bond to the 
1.27 	department in accordance with the Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure. If the employer 
1.28 	requests a written transcript of the testimony received at the evidentiary hearing conducted 
2.1 	under subdivision 1, the employer must pay to the department the cost of preparing the 
2.2 	transcript. That money is credited to the administration account.
2.3 	(c) Upon issuance by the Minnesota Court of Appeals of a writ of certiorari as a result 
2.4 	of an applicant's petition, the department must furnish to the applicant at no cost a written 
2.5 	transcript of any testimony received at the evidentiary hearing conducted under subdivision 
2.6 	1, and, if requested, a copy of all exhibits entered into evidence. No filing fee or cost bond is 
2.7 	required of an applicant petitioning the Minnesota Court of Appeals for a writ of certiorari.
2.8 	(d) The Minnesota Court of Appeals may affirm the decision of the unemployment 
2.9 	law judge or remand the case for further proceedings; or it may reverse or modify the 
2.10 	decision if the substantial rights of the petitioner may have been prejudiced because the 
2.11 	findings, inferences, conclusion, or decision are:
2.12 	(1) in violation of constitutional provisions;
2.13 	(2) in excess of the statutory authority or jurisdiction of the department;
2.14 	(3) made upon unlawful procedure;
2.15 	(4) affected by other error of law;
2.16 	(5) unsupported by substantial evidence in view of the entire record as submitted; or
2.17 	(6) arbitrary or capricious.
2.18 	(e) The department is considered the primary responding party to any judicial action 
2.19 	involving an unemployment law judge's decision. The department may be represented by 
2.20 	an attorney licensed to practice law in Minnesota who is an employee of the department.

2.21 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 268.186, is amended to read:
2.22 	268.186 RECORDS; AUDITS.
2.23 	(a) Each employer must keep true and accurate records for the periods of time 
2.24 	and on individuals performing services for the employer, containing the information the 
2.25 	commissioner may require by rule under Minnesota Rules, part 3315.1010. The records 
2.26 	must be kept for a period of not less than four years in addition to the current calendar year.
2.27 	For the purpose of administering this chapter, the commissioner has the power to 
2.28 	audit, examine, or cause to be supplied or copied, any books, correspondence, papers, 
2.29 	records, or memoranda that are relevant, whether the books, correspondence, papers, 
2.30 	records, or memoranda are the property of or in the possession of the employer or any 
2.31 	other person at any reasonable time and as often as may be necessary.
2.32 	(b) Any employer that refuses to allow an audit of its records by the department, or 
2.33 	that fails to make all necessary records available for audit in Minnesota upon request of 
2.34 	the commissioner, may be assessed an administrative penalty of $500. 
3.1 	An employer that fails to provide a weekly breakdown of money earned by an 
3.2 	applicant upon request of the commissioner, information necessary for the detection of 
3.3 	applicant fraud under section 268.18, subdivision 2, may be assessed an administrative 
3.4 	penalty of $100. Any notice requesting a weekly breakdown must clearly state that a $100 
3.5 	penalty may be assessed for failure to provide the information. The penalty collected is 
3.6 	credited to the trust fund.
3.7 	(c) The commissioner may make summaries, compilations, photographs, 
3.8 	duplications, or reproductions of any records, or reports that the commissioner considers 
3.9 	advisable for the preservation of the information contained therein. Any summaries, 
3.10 	compilations, photographs, duplications, or reproductions is admissible in any proceeding 
3.11 	under this chapter. The commissioner may duplicate records, reports, summaries, 
3.12 	compilations, instructions, determinations, or any other written or recorded matter 
3.13 	pertaining to the administration of this chapter.
3.14 	(d) Regardless of any law to the contrary, the commissioner may provide for the 
3.15 	destruction of any records, reports, or reproductions, or other papers that are no longer 
3.16 	necessary for the administration of this chapter, including any required audit. In addition, 
3.17 	the commissioner may provide for the destruction or disposition of any record, report, 
3.18 	or other paper from which the information has been electronically captured and stored, 
3.19 	or that has been photographed, duplicated, or reproduced.

3.20 	Sec. 3.  REPEALER.
 3.21 		Subdivision 1.Environmental Coordination Procedures Act. Minnesota Statutes 
3.22 	2012, sections 116C.22; 116C.23; 116C.24; 116C.25; 116C.26; 116C.261; 116C.27; 
3.23 	116C.28; 116C.29; 116C.30; 116C.31; 116C.32; and 116C.33, are repealed.
3.24 		Subd. 2.E-Commerce ready designations. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 
3.25 	116J.037, is repealed.
3.26 		Subd. 3.Rural policy and development center fund. Minnesota Statutes 2012, 
3.27 	section 116J.422, is repealed.
3.28 		Subd. 4.Minnesota Entrepreneur Resource Virtual Network (MERVN).
 3.29 	Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 116J.6581, is repealed.
3.30 		Subd. 5.Small Business Development Center Advisory Board meetings.
 3.31 	Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116J.68, subdivision 5, is repealed.
3.32 		Subd. 6.Business license assistance exceptions. Minnesota Statutes 2013 
3.33 	Supplement, section 116J.70, subdivision 2a, is repealed.
3.34 		Subd. 7.Affirmative enterprise program. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 
3.35 	116J.874, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, are repealed.
4.1 		Subd. 8.Board of Invention. Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 116J.987; 
4.2 	116J.988; 116J.989; and 116J.990, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, are repealed.
4.3 		Subd. 9.HIRE education loan program. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 
4.4 	116L.06, is repealed.
4.5 		Subd. 10.Healthcare and human services worker program. Minnesota Statutes 
4.6 	2012, sections 116L.10; 116L.11; 116L.12, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6; 116L.13; 
4.7 	116L.14; and 116L.15, are repealed.
4.8 		Subd. 11.Youthbuild advisory committee. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 
4.9 	116L.363, is repealed.
4.10 		Subd. 12.Local service unit delivery. Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 116L.871; 
4.11 	and 116L.872, are repealed.
4.12 		Subd. 13.Area redevelopment. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 469.109, is 
4.13 	repealed.
4.14 		Subd. 14.City development districts. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 469.124, is 
4.15 	repealed.

4.16 	ARTICLE 2
4.17 	CONFORMING CHANGES

4.18 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 15.991, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
4.19 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section and section 15.992:
4.20 	(1) "business license" or "license" has the meaning given it in section 116J.70, 
4.21 	subdivision 2, and also includes licenses and other forms of approval listed in section 
4.22 	116J.70, subdivision 2a, clauses (7) and (8), but does not include those listed in 
4.23 	subdivision 2a, clauses (1) to (6);
4.24 	(2) "customer" means an individual; a small business as defined in section 645.445, 
4.25 	but also including a nonprofit corporation that otherwise meets the criteria in that 
4.26 	section; a family farm, family farm corporation, or family farm partnership as defined in 
4.27 	section 500.24, subdivision 2; or a political subdivision as defined in section 103G.005, 
4.28 	subdivision 14a;
4.29 	(3) "initial agency" means the state agency to which a customer submits an 
4.30 	application for a license or inquires about submitting an application; and
4.31 	(4) "responsible agency" means the initial agency or another state agency that agrees 
4.32 	to be designated the responsible agency.

4.33 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116C.34, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
5.1 		Subd. 3.County responsibility. The auditor of each county shall post in a 
5.2 	conspicuous place in the auditor's office the telephone numbers of the Bureau of Business 
5.3 	Licenses and the permit information center in the office of the applicable regional 
5.4 	development commission; copies of any master applications or permit applications 
5.5 	forwarded to the auditor pursuant to section 116C.27, subdivision 1; and copies of any 
5.6 	information published by the bureau or an information center pursuant to subdivision 1.

5.7 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116D.04, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
5.8 		Subd. 2a.When prepared. Where there is potential for significant environmental 
5.9 	effects resulting from any major governmental action, the action shall be preceded by a 
5.10 	detailed environmental impact statement prepared by the responsible governmental unit. 
5.11 	The environmental impact statement shall be an analytical rather than an encyclopedic 
5.12 	document which describes the proposed action in detail, analyzes its significant 
5.13 	environmental impacts, discusses appropriate alternatives to the proposed action and 
5.14 	their impacts, and explores methods by which adverse environmental impacts of an 
5.15 	action could be mitigated. The environmental impact statement shall also analyze those 
5.16 	economic, employment, and sociological effects that cannot be avoided should the action 
5.17 	be implemented. To ensure its use in the decision-making process, the environmental 
5.18 	impact statement shall be prepared as early as practical in the formulation of an action.
5.19 	(a) The board shall by rule establish categories of actions for which environmental 
5.20 	impact statements and for which environmental assessment worksheets shall be prepared 
5.21 	as well as categories of actions for which no environmental review is required under this 
5.22 	section. A mandatory environmental assessment worksheet shall not be required for the 
5.23 	expansion of an ethanol plant, as defined in section 41A.09, subdivision 2a, paragraph 
5.24 	(b), or the conversion of an ethanol plant to a biobutanol facility or the expansion of a 
5.25 	biobutanol facility as defined in section 41A.105, subdivision 1a, based on the capacity 
5.26 	of the expanded or converted facility to produce alcohol fuel, but must be required if 
5.27 	the ethanol plant or biobutanol facility meets or exceeds thresholds of other categories 
5.28 	of actions for which environmental assessment worksheets must be prepared. The 
5.29 	responsible governmental unit for an ethanol plant or biobutanol facility project for which 
5.30 	an environmental assessment worksheet is prepared shall be the state agency with the 
5.31 	greatest responsibility for supervising or approving the project as a whole.
5.32 	A mandatory environmental impact statement shall not be required for a facility 
5.33 	or plant located outside the seven-county metropolitan area that produces less than 
5.34 	125,000,000 gallons of ethanol, biobutanol, or cellulosic biofuel annually, if the facility 
5.35 	or plant is: an ethanol plant, as defined in section 41A.09, subdivision 2a, paragraph 
6.1 	(b); a biobutanol facility, as defined in section 41A.105, subdivision 1a, clause (1); or a 
6.2 	cellulosic biofuel facility, as defined in section 41A.10, subdivision 1, paragraph (d).
6.3 	(b) The responsible governmental unit shall promptly publish notice of the 
6.4 	completion of an environmental assessment worksheet by publishing the notice in at least 
6.5 	one newspaper of general circulation in the geographic area where the project is proposed, 
6.6 	by posting the notice on a Web site that has been designated as the official publication site 
6.7 	for publication of proceedings, public notices, and summaries of a political subdivision in 
6.8 	which the project is proposed, or in any other manner determined by the board and shall 
6.9 	provide copies of the environmental assessment worksheet to the board and its member 
6.10 	agencies. Comments on the need for an environmental impact statement may be submitted 
6.11 	to the responsible governmental unit during a 30-day period following publication of the 
6.12 	notice that an environmental assessment worksheet has been completed. The responsible 
6.13 	governmental unit's decision on the need for an environmental impact statement shall be 
6.14 	based on the environmental assessment worksheet and the comments received during the 
6.15 	comment period, and shall be made within 15 days after the close of the comment period. 
6.16 	The board's chair may extend the 15-day period by not more than 15 additional days upon 
6.17 	the request of the responsible governmental unit.
6.18 	(c) An environmental assessment worksheet shall also be prepared for a proposed 
6.19 	action whenever material evidence accompanying a petition by not less than 100 
6.20 	individuals who reside or own property in the state, submitted before the proposed 
6.21 	project has received final approval by the appropriate governmental units, demonstrates 
6.22 	that, because of the nature or location of a proposed action, there may be potential for 
6.23 	significant environmental effects. Petitions requesting the preparation of an environmental 
6.24 	assessment worksheet shall be submitted to the board. The chair of the board shall 
6.25 	determine the appropriate responsible governmental unit and forward the petition to it. 
6.26 	A decision on the need for an environmental assessment worksheet shall be made by 
6.27 	the responsible governmental unit within 15 days after the petition is received by the 
6.28 	responsible governmental unit. The board's chair may extend the 15-day period by not 
6.29 	more than 15 additional days upon request of the responsible governmental unit.
6.30 	(d) Except in an environmentally sensitive location where Minnesota Rules, part 
6.31 	4410.4300, subpart 29, item B, applies, the proposed action is exempt from environmental 
6.32 	review under this chapter and rules of the board, if:
6.33 	(1) the proposed action is:
6.34 	(i) an animal feedlot facility with a capacity of less than 1,000 animal units; or
6.35 	(ii) an expansion of an existing animal feedlot facility with a total cumulative 
6.36 	capacity of less than 1,000 animal units;
7.1 	(2) the application for the animal feedlot facility includes a written commitment by 
7.2 	the proposer to design, construct, and operate the facility in full compliance with Pollution 
7.3 	Control Agency feedlot rules; and
7.4 	(3) the county board holds a public meeting for citizen input at least ten business 
7.5 	days prior to the Pollution Control Agency or county issuing a feedlot permit for the 
7.6 	animal feedlot facility unless another public meeting for citizen input has been held with 
7.7 	regard to the feedlot facility to be permitted. The exemption in this paragraph is in 
7.8 	addition to other exemptions provided under other law and rules of the board.
7.9 	(e) The board may, prior to final approval of a proposed project, require preparation 
7.10 	of an environmental assessment worksheet by a responsible governmental unit selected 
7.11 	by the board for any action where environmental review under this section has not been 
7.12 	specifically provided for by rule or otherwise initiated.
7.13 	(f) An early and open process shall be utilized to limit the scope of the environmental 
7.14 	impact statement to a discussion of those impacts, which, because of the nature or location 
7.15 	of the project, have the potential for significant environmental effects. The same process 
7.16 	shall be utilized to determine the form, content and level of detail of the statement as well 
7.17 	as the alternatives which are appropriate for consideration in the statement. In addition, 
7.18 	the permits which will be required for the proposed action shall be identified during the 
7.19 	scoping process. Further, the process shall identify those permits for which information 
7.20 	will be developed concurrently with the environmental impact statement. The board 
7.21 	shall provide in its rules for the expeditious completion of the scoping process. The 
7.22 	determinations reached in the process shall be incorporated into the order requiring the 
7.23 	preparation of an environmental impact statement.
7.24 	(g) The responsible governmental unit shall, to the extent practicable, avoid 
7.25 	duplication and ensure coordination between state and federal environmental review 
7.26 	and between environmental review and environmental permitting. Whenever practical, 
7.27 	information needed by a governmental unit for making final decisions on permits 
7.28 	or other actions required for a proposed project shall be developed in conjunction 
7.29 	with the preparation of an environmental impact statement. When an environmental 
7.30 	impact statement is prepared for a project requiring multiple permits for which two or 
7.31 	more agencies' decision processes include either mandatory or discretionary hearings 
7.32 	before a hearing officer prior to the agencies' decision on the permit, the agencies 
7.33 	may, notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, conduct the hearings in a single 
7.34 	consolidated hearing process if requested by the proposer. All agencies having jurisdiction 
7.35 	over a permit that is included in the consolidated hearing shall participate. The responsible 
7.36 	governmental unit shall establish appropriate procedures for the consolidated hearing 
8.1 	process, including procedures to ensure that the consolidated hearing process is consistent 
8.2 	with the applicable requirements for each permit regarding the rights and duties of parties to 
8.3 	the hearing, and shall utilize the earliest applicable hearing procedure to initiate the hearing.
8.4 	 The procedures of section 116C.28, subdivision 2, apply to the consolidated hearing.
8.5 	(h) An environmental impact statement shall be prepared and its adequacy 
8.6 	determined within 280 days after notice of its preparation unless the time is extended by 
8.7 	consent of the parties or by the governor for good cause. The responsible governmental 
8.8 	unit shall determine the adequacy of an environmental impact statement, unless within 60 
8.9 	days after notice is published that an environmental impact statement will be prepared, 
8.10 	the board chooses to determine the adequacy of an environmental impact statement. If an 
8.11 	environmental impact statement is found to be inadequate, the responsible governmental 
8.12 	unit shall have 60 days to prepare an adequate environmental impact statement.
8.13 	(i) The proposer of a specific action may include in the information submitted to the 
8.14 	responsible governmental unit a preliminary draft environmental impact statement under 
8.15 	this section on that action for review, modification, and determination of completeness and 
8.16 	adequacy by the responsible governmental unit. A preliminary draft environmental impact 
8.17 	statement prepared by the project proposer and submitted to the responsible governmental 
8.18 	unit shall identify or include as an appendix all studies and other sources of information 
8.19 	used to substantiate the analysis contained in the preliminary draft environmental impact 
8.20 	statement. The responsible governmental unit shall require additional studies, if needed, 
8.21 	and obtain from the project proposer all additional studies and information necessary for 
8.22 	the responsible governmental unit to perform its responsibility to review, modify, and 
8.23 	determine the completeness and adequacy of the environmental impact statement.

8.24 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116L.02, is amended to read:
8.25 	116L.02 JOB SKILLS PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
8.26 	(a) The Minnesota Job Skills Partnership program is created to act as a catalyst to 
8.27 	bring together employers with specific training needs with educational or other nonprofit 
8.28 	institutions which can design programs to fill those needs. The partnership shall work 
8.29 	closely with employers to prepare, train and place prospective or incumbent workers in 
8.30 	identifiable positions as well as assisting educational or other nonprofit institutions in 
8.31 	developing training programs that coincide with current and future employer requirements. 
8.32 	The partnership shall provide grants to educational or other nonprofit institutions for 
8.33 	the purpose of training workers. A participating business must match the grant-in-aid 
8.34 	made by the Minnesota Job Skills Partnership. The match may be in the form of funding, 
8.35 	equipment, or faculty.
9.1 	(b) The partnership program shall administer the health care and human services 
9.2 	worker training and retention program under sections 116L.10 to 116L.15.
9.3 	(c) (b) The partnership program is authorized to use funds to pay for training for 
9.4 	individuals who have incomes at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty line. 
9.5 	The board may grant funds to eligible recipients to pay for board-certified training. 
9.6 	Eligible recipients of grants may include public, private, or nonprofit entities that provide 
9.7 	employment services to low-income individuals.

9.8 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116L.05, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
9.9 		Subd. 5.Use of workforce development funds. After March 1 of any fiscal year, 
9.10 	the board may use workforce development funds for the purposes outlined in sections 
9.11 	116L.02, and 116L.04, and 116L.10 to 116L.14, or to provide incumbent worker training 
9.12 	services under section 116L.18 if the following conditions have been met:
9.13 	(1) the board examines relevant economic indicators, including the projected 
9.14 	number of layoffs for the remainder of the fiscal year and the next fiscal year, evidence of 
9.15 	declining and expanding industries, the number of initial applications for and the number 
9.16 	of exhaustions of unemployment benefits, job vacancy data, and any additional relevant 
9.17 	information brought to the board's attention;
9.18 	(2) the board accounts for all allocations made in section 116L.17, subdivision 2;
9.19 	(3) based on the past expenditures and projected revenue, the board estimates future 
9.20 	funding needs for services under section 116L.17 for the remainder of the current fiscal 
9.21 	year and the next fiscal year;
9.22 	(4) the board determines there will be unspent funds after meeting the needs of 
9.23 	dislocated workers in the current fiscal year and there will be sufficient revenue to meet 
9.24 	the needs of dislocated workers in the next fiscal year; and
9.25 	(5) the board reports its findings in clauses (1) to (4) to the chairs of legislative 
9.26 	committees with jurisdiction over the workforce development fund, to the commissioners 
9.27 	of revenue and management and budget, and to the public.

9.28 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116L.20, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
9.29 		Subd. 2.Disbursement of special assessment funds. (a) The money collected 
9.30 	under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the workforce 
9.31 	development fund to provide for employment and training programs. The workforce 
9.32 	development fund is created as a special account in the state treasury.
9.33 	(b) All money in the fund not otherwise appropriated or transferred is appropriated 
9.34 	to the Job Skills Partnership Board for the purposes of section 116L.17 and as provided for 
10.1 	in paragraph (d). The board must act as the fiscal agent for the money and must disburse 
10.2 	that money for the purposes of section 116L.17, not allowing the money to be used for 
10.3 	any other obligation of the state. All money in the workforce development fund shall be 
10.4 	deposited, administered, and disbursed in the same manner and under the same conditions 
10.5 	and requirements as are provided by law for the other special accounts in the state treasury, 
10.6 	except that all interest or net income resulting from the investment or deposit of money in 
10.7 	the fund shall accrue to the fund for the purposes of the fund.
10.8 	(c) Reimbursement for costs related to collection of the special assessment shall be 
10.9 	in an amount negotiated between the commissioner and the United States Department 
10.10 	of Labor.
10.11 	(d) If the board determines that the conditions of section 116L.05, subdivision 5, 
10.12 	have been met, the board may use funds for the purposes outlined in sections section
10.13 	116L.04and 116L.10 to 116L.14, or to provide incumbent worker training services under 
10.14 	section 116L.18.

10.15 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256J.49, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
10.16 		Subd. 4.Employment and training service provider. "Employment and training 
10.17 	service provider" means:
10.18 	(1) a public, private, or nonprofit agency with which a county has contracted to 
10.19 	provide employment and training services and which is included in the county's service 
10.20 	agreement submitted under section 256J.626, subdivision 4;
10.21 	(2) a county agency, if the county has opted to provide employment and training 
10.22 	services and the county has indicated that fact in the service agreement submitted under 
10.23 	section 256J.626, subdivision 4; or
10.24 	(3) a local public health department under section 145A.17, subdivision 4a, that a 
10.25 	county has designated to provide employment and training services and is included in the 
10.26 	county's service agreement submitted under section 256J.626, subdivision 4.
10.27 	Notwithstanding section 116L.871, An employment and training services provider 
10.28 	meeting this definition may deliver employment and training services under this chapter.

10.29 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256J.51, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
10.30 		Subd. 2.Appeal; alternate approval. (a) An employment and training service 
10.31 	provider that is not included by a county agency in the service agreement under section 
10.32 	256J.626, subdivision 4, and that meets the criteria in paragraph (b), may appeal 
10.33 	its exclusion to the commissioner of employment and economic development, and 
11.1 	may request alternative approval by the commissioner of employment and economic 
11.2 	development to provide services in the county.
11.3 	(b) An employment and training services provider that is requesting alternative 
11.4 	approval must demonstrate to the commissioner that the provider meets the standards 
11.5 	specified in section 116L.871, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), except that the provider's 
11.6 	past experience may be in services and programs similar to those specified in section 
11.7 	116L.871, subdivision 1, paragraph (b).

11.8 	Sec. 9. REPEALER.
 11.9 		Subdivision 1.Reference to Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.70, subdivision 2a.
 11.10 	Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116J.74, subdivision 7a, is repealed.
11.11 		Subd. 2.Reference to Minnesota Statutes, section 116L.363. Minnesota Statutes 
11.12 	2012, section 116L.361, subdivision 2, is repealed.