1.1    .................... moves to amend H.F. No. 3936 as follows:
1.2Page 1, delete lines 7 to 16 and insert:
1.3    "Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the employer or former employer of a
1.4public employee who was injured in February 2005 while working on a bomb squad
1.5must pay the person permanent total disability benefits under Minnesota Statutes Chapter
1.6176 equal to the difference between: (1) the salary the person received from the public
1.7employer at the time of the injury; and (2) the disability benefit the person receives from
1.8the public employees retirement association. The salary used as the basis for calculating
1.9the payment under this section must be deemed to increase by the same percentage as the
1.10annual increase in social security benefits. The weekly payments required under this
1.11section must continue until the employee who was injured attains age 67.
1.12EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.13The obligation to make payments under this section applies retroactively to February
1.141, 2007."