Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to state government; reinstating legislative review of compensation plans
3	3	1.3 and salaries; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 3.855, subdivisions 2,
4	4	1.4 3, 6; 43A.05, subdivision 3; 43A.18, subdivisions 2, 3, 9.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 3.855, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
7	7	1.7 Subd. 2.Unrepresented state employee compensation.(a) The commissioner of
8	8	1.8management and budget shall submit to the chair of the commission any compensation
9	9	1.9plans or salaries prepared under section 43A.18, subdivisions 2, 3, 3b, and 4. The chancellor
10	10	1.10of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall submit any compensation plan under
11	11	1.11section 43A.18, subdivision 3a. If the commission disapproves a compensation plan or
12	12	1.12salary, the commission must specify in writing to the parties the portions of the compensation
13	13	1.13plan or salaries with which the commission disagrees and the commission's reasons for
14	14	1.14disapproval. If the commission approves a compensation plan or salary, the commission
15	15	1.15must submit the compensation plan or salaries to the legislature to be accepted or rejected
16	16	1.16under this section.
17	17	1.17 (b) When the legislature is not in session, the commission may give interim approval to
18	18	1.18a salary or compensation plan. The commission must submit the approved salaries and
19	19	1.19compensation plans to the entire legislature for ratification at a special legislative session
20	20	1.20called to consider the salary and compensation plans or at the next regular legislative session.
21	21	1.21The commission's approval or disapproval is not binding on the legislature.
22	22	1.22 (b) (c) When the legislature is not in session, the proposed salary or compensation plan
23	23	1.23must be implemented upon its submission to approval by the commission, and state
24	24	1Section 1.
25	25	25-04724 as introduced03/19/25 REVISOR RSI/HL
26	26	SENATE
27	27	STATE OF MINNESOTA
28	28	S.F. No. 3431NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
29	29	(SENATE AUTHORS: MCEWEN)
30	30	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
31	31	Introduction and first reading04/24/2025
32	32	Referred to State and Local Government 2.1employees covered by the proposed plan or salary do not have the right to strike while the
33	33	2.2interim approval is in effect.
34	34	2.3 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 3.855, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
35	35	2.4 Subd. 3.Other salary and compensation plan salaries and compensation plans.The
36	36	2.5commission shall:
37	37	2.6 (1) review and approve or reject a plan for compensation and the terms and conditions
38	38	2.7of employment prepared and submitted by the commissioner of management and budget
39	39	2.8under section 43A.18, subdivision 2, covering all state employees who are not represented
40	40	2.9by an exclusive bargaining representative and whose compensation is not provided for by
41	41	2.10chapter 43A or other law;
42	42	2.11 (2) review and approve or reject a plan for total compensation and the terms and
43	43	2.12conditions of employment for employees in positions identified as managerial under section
44	44	2.1343A.18, subdivision 3, whose salaries and benefits are not otherwise provided for in law or
45	45	2.14other plans established under chapter 43A;
46	46	2.15 (3) review and approve or reject recommendations for salary range of officials of higher
47	47	2.16education systems under section 15A.081, subdivision 7c;
48	48	2.17 (4) review and approve or reject plans for compensation, terms, and conditions of
49	49	2.18employment proposed under section 43A.18, subdivisions 3a, 3b, and 4; and
50	50	2.19 (5) review and approve or reject the plan for compensation, terms, and conditions of
51	51	2.20employment of classified employees in the office of the legislative auditor under section
52	52	2.213.971, subdivision 2.
53	53	2.22 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 3.855, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
54	54	2.23 Subd. 6.Information required; collective bargaining agreements, memoranda of
55	55	2.24understanding, and interest arbitration awards.Within 14 days after the implementation
56	56	2.25of a collective bargaining agreement, memorandum of understanding, compensation plan,
57	57	2.26or receipt of an interest arbitration award, the commissioner of management and budget
58	58	2.27must submit to the Legislative Coordinating Commission the following:
59	59	2.28 (1) a copy of the collective bargaining agreement or compensation plan showing changes
60	60	2.29from previous agreements and a copy of the executed agreement;
61	61	2.30 (2) a copy of any memorandum of understanding that has a fiscal impact or interest
62	62	2.31arbitration award;
63	63	2Sec. 3.
64	64	25-04724 as introduced03/19/25 REVISOR RSI/HL 3.1 (3) a comparison of biennial compensation costs under the current agreement or plan to
65	65	3.2the projected biennial compensation costs under the new agreement, memorandum of
66	66	3.3understanding, or interest arbitration award; and
67	67	3.4 (4) a comparison of biennial compensation costs under the current agreement or plan to
68	68	3.5the projected biennial compensation costs for the following biennium under the new
69	69	3.6agreement, memorandum of understanding, or interest arbitration award.
70	70	3.7 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 43A.05, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
71	71	3.8 Subd. 3.Commissioner's plan.The commissioner shall periodically develop and
72	72	3.9establish pursuant to this chapter a commissioner's plan. The commissioner shall submit
73	73	3.10the plan before the plan becomes effective to the Legislative Coordinating Commission for
74	74	3.11approval.
75	75	3.12 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 43A.18, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
76	76	3.13 Subd. 2.Commissioner's plan.Except as provided in section 43A.01, the compensation,
77	77	3.14terms and conditions of employment for all classified and unclassified employees, except
78	78	3.15unclassified employees in the legislative and judicial branches, who are not covered by a
79	79	3.16collective bargaining agreement and not otherwise provided for in chapter 43A or other law
80	80	3.17are governed solely by a plan developed by the commissioner. The Legislative Coordinating
81	81	3.18Commission shall review and approve, reject, or modify the plan under section 3.855,
82	82	3.19subdivision 2. The plan need not be adopted in accordance with the rulemaking provisions
83	83	3.20of chapter 14.
84	84	3.21 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 43A.18, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
85	85	3.22 Subd. 3.Managerial plan.(a) The commissioner shall identify individual positions or
86	86	3.23groups of positions in the classified and unclassified service in the executive branch as being
87	87	3.24managerial. The list must not include positions listed in subdivision 4.
88	88	3.25 (b) The commissioner shall periodically prepare a plan for total compensation and terms
89	89	3.26and conditions of employment for employees of those positions identified as being managerial
90	90	3.27and whose salaries and benefits are not otherwise provided for in law or other plans
91	91	3.28established under this chapter. Before becoming effective those portions of the plan
92	92	3.29establishing compensation and terms and conditions of employment must be submitted to
93	93	3.30reviewed and approved or modified by the Legislative Coordinating Commission and the
94	94	3.31legislature under section 3.855, subdivisions 2 and 3.
95	95	3Sec. 6.
96	96	25-04724 as introduced03/19/25 REVISOR RSI/HL 4.1 (c) Incumbents of managerial positions as identified under this subdivision must be
97	97	4.2excluded from any bargaining units under chapter 179A.
98	98	4.3 (d) The management compensation plan must provide methods and levels of
99	99	4.4compensation for managers that will be generally comparable to those applicable to managers
100	100	4.5in other public and private employment. The plan must ensure that compensation within
101	101	4.6assigned salary ranges is related to level of performance. The plan must also provide a
102	102	4.7procedure for establishment of a salary rate for a newly created position and a new appointee
103	103	4.8to an existing position and for progression through assigned salary ranges. The employee
104	104	4.9benefits established under the provisions of the managerial plan may be extended to agency
105	105	4.10heads whose salaries are established in section 15A.0815 and to constitutional officers,
106	106	4.11judges of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals, and Tax Court judges.
107	107	4.12 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 43A.18, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
108	108	4.13 Subd. 9.Summary information on website.Before the commissioner submits a
109	109	4.14proposed collective bargaining agreement, arbitration award, or compensation plan to the
110	110	4.15Legislative Coordinating Commission for review under section 3.855, the commissioner
111	111	4.16must post on a state website a summary of the proposed agreement, award, or plan. The
112	112	4.17summary must include the amount of and nature of proposed changes in employee
113	113	4.18compensation, the estimated cost to the state of proposed changes in employee compensation,
114	114	4.19and a description of proposed significant changes in policy. After approval of an agreement,
115	115	4.20award, or plan by the Legislative Coordinating Commission, the commissioner must provide
116	116	4.21a link from the commissioner's summary to the full text of the agreement, award, or plan.
117	117	4.22The summary must remain on the website at least until the full legislature has approved the
118	118	4.23agreement, award, or plan. This section also applies to agreements, awards, and plans
119	119	4.24covering employees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and to compensation
120	120	4.25plans that must be submitted to the Legislative Coordinating Commission by other executive
121	121	4.26appointing authorities. The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and other executive
122	122	4.27appointing authorities must submit information to the commissioner, at a time and in a
123	123	4.28manner specified by the commissioner, so the commissioner can post information relating
124	124	4.29to these appointing authorities on the web as required by this section.
125	125	4.30 Sec. 8. REVIVAL AND REENACTMENT .
126	126	4.31 Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 3.855, subdivision 5, is revived and
127	127	4.32reenacted effective retroactively from May 24, 2024. Any time frames within or dependent
128	128	4Sec. 8.
129	129	25-04724 as introduced03/19/25 REVISOR RSI/HL 5.1on the subdivision are based on the original effective date in Laws 2019, First Special
130	130	5.2Session chapter 10, article 2, section 1.
131	131	5Sec. 8.
132	132	25-04724 as introduced03/19/25 REVISOR RSI/HL