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House Research Bill Summary

 

File Number:    H.F. 3138                                             

Date:     March 17, 2008

                 Version:     First engrossment

                                                                                  

                Authors:      Bigham and others

                 Subject:     Ratification of State Labor Agreements and Compensation Plans

                    Analyst:      Mark Shepard (651-296-5051) 

 

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Overview

Ratifies labor agreements and compensation plans given interim approval by the joint legislative Subcommittee on Employee Relations.  Legislative ratification is required for the new provisions of the agreements and plans to remain in effect.  Strikes a provision limiting the salary of the Minnesota Zoological Garden administrator to 130 percent of the Governor’s salary.   Under existing law (and this bill) any amount of this salary exceeding 95 percent of the Governor’s salary must be paid with nonstate funds.

Section

 

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Salary for Zoo administrator.  S trikes a provision limiting the salary of the Minnesota Zoological Garden administrator to 130 percent of the Governor’s salary.  Under existing law (and this bill) any amount of this salary exceeding 95 percent of the Governor’s salary must be paid with nonstate funds.

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Ratification.   Ratifies labor agreements between the state of Minnesota and the following exclusive representatives of state employees: AFSCME, Council 5, MAPE, State Residential School Education Association, Minnesota Government Engineers Council, Middle Management Association, Minnesota Law Enforcement Association, Inter Faculty Organization.  Ratifies compensation plans for the unrepresented state employees, managerial state employees, employees of the State Board of Investment, MnSCU administrators, and Office of Higher Education.  All of these contracts and plans were given interim approval by the joint legislative Subcommittee on Employee Relations.  Approval of the full legislature is required for the new provisions of the contracts and plans to remain in effect.  The fiscal impact of these contracts and plans is shown in a spreadsheet prepared by staff of the Legislative Coordinating Commission:

http://www.commissions.leg.state.mn.us/lcer/0809%20settlementsum%20080104.pdf