Article 1 - State Government Appropriations

Section 1.        State Government Appropriations

Section 2.        Legislature

Section 3.        Governor and Lieutenant Governor

Section  4.       State Auditor

Section 5.        Attorney General

Section 6.        Secretary of State

Section 7.        Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board

Section 8.        Investment Board

Section 9.        Administration Hearings

Section 10.      Office of Enterprise Technology

Section 11.      Administration.

Section 12.      Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board

Section 13.      Minnesota Management and Budget

Section 14.      Revenue

Section 15.      Gambling Control

Section 16.      Racing Commission

Section 17.      State Lottery

Section 18.      Amateur Sports Commission

Section 19.      Council on Black Minnesotans

Section 20.      Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans

Section 21.      Council on Affairs of Chicano/Latino People

Section 22.      Indian Affairs Council

Section 23.      Minnesota Historical Society

Section 24.      Board of the Arts

Section 25.      Minnesota Humanities Center

Section 26.     Science Museum of Minnesota

Section 27.      General Contingent Accounts

Section 28.      Tort Claims

Section 29.      Minnesota State Retirement System

Section 30.      Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund Division Account

Section 31.      Teachers Retirement Association

Section 32.      St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund

Section 33.      Duluth Teachers Retirement Fund

Section 34.      Military Affairs

Section 35.      Veterans Affairs

Article 2 - Minnesota Sunset Act

Sections 2 to 10 repeal the Minnesota Sunset Act and make conforming changes.  Section 1 permits the Legislative Commission on Planning and Fiscal Policy to review executive branch advisory groups on criteria similar to those applied by the Sunset Commission.

Article 3 - State Government Operations

Section 1 [Members; duties; LAC] clarifies that the chair of the Legislative Advisory Commission rotates between a member of the House and a member of the Senate in January every odd-numbered year.

Section 2 [Acceptance of gifts and grants] authorizes the Legislative Coordinating Commission to accept gifts and grants, and appropriates money received to the commission.

Section 3 [Expenses, reimbursement; pension commission] provides that expense reimbursement of pension commission members and staff is pursuant to policies adopted by the Legislative Coordinating Commission.

Section 4 [Expenses and report; pension commission] strikes language governing pension commission expenses, so that these will be paid in the same manner as for other legislative commissions. Strikes requirement for reporting expenses to the Legislature.

Section  5 [Financial audits] current law requires that audits cover appropriate and economic use of public funds. This section adds “other public resources” to this requirement. Strikes names of entities that no longer exist or have been renamed.

Section  6 [Data security audits] provides that as resources permit, the legislative auditor shall audit information and data systems for organizations subject to the legislative auditor’s authority. Requires these audits to include an assessment of controls to protect government data from unauthorized access and use, and an assessment of compliance with other legal requirements relating to operation of information and data systems, and classification and protection of data in the systems.

Section  7 [Obligation to notify the legislative auditor] requires the chief executive, financial, or information officers of organizations subject to the legislative auditor’s authority to promptly notify the legislative auditor when the officer obtains information indicating that public money or other public resources may have been used for an unlawful purpose, or when the officer obtains information indicating that data classified as “not public” may have been accessed or used unlawfully. Requires coordination with appropriate law enforcement officials, as necessary.

Section 8 [Authority to Accept Funds] authorizes the Secretary of State to solicit and accept funds from local governments to be used for technology projects to enhance the state's election system and allows the Secretary of State to accept federal funds for election purposes.  This section specifies that a certain state statute that governs the disbursement of federal funds will or will not apply, depending on whether the terms of the grant require the state to maintain its efforts.   Funds accepted under this section are deposited into a special revenue fund and are appropriated to the Secretary of State.  The Secretary of State is required to report by January 15 each year to the chair and ranking minority members of the finance committees of the house and senate.  The report must include the total amounts received in the preceding year, the source of those funds, and the uses to which those funds are put.

Section 9 [Authority to Accept Funds] authorizes the Secretary of State to solicit and accept funds from individuals and may apply for grants from charitable foundations and the federal government to be used for the confidentiality program, Safe at Home, that provides data protection for victims of violence.  This section specifies that a certain state statute that governs the disbursement of federal funds will or will not apply, depending on whether the terms of the grant require the state to maintain its efforts.   Funds accepted under this section are deposited into a special revenue fund and are appropriated to the Secretary of State.  The Secretary of State is required to report by January 15 each year to the chair and ranking minority members of the finance committees of the house and senate.  The report must include the total amounts received in the preceding year, the source of those funds, and the uses to which those funds are put.

Section 10 [City and Town Accounting System Software] permits the State Auditor to charge a onetime user fee to cities, towns, and other government entities for the development, maintenance, and distribution of the small city and town accounting system software.  The State Auditor shall consult with specified groups to set the amount of the fee.  A city and town accounting system (CTAS) account is established in the special revenue fund.  The onetime fee charged in this section shall be credited to the CTAS account and appropriated to the State Auditor for all costs associated with the development, maintenance, and distribution of the CTAS software.  If the CTAS software ceases to be offered by the State Auditor, any amount remaining in the CTAS account shall be equitably refunded to users and the account shall be closed.  The State Auditor shall consult with specified groups to set the amount of the refund.

Section 11[Examination of counties] requires counties receiving examinations from the State Auditor to pay the State Auditor enterprise fund, rather than the state general fund, for the costs of the audits.

Section 12 [Billings by State Auditor] provides for revenue from State Auditor billings to be deposited in the State Auditor enterprise fund, rather than the general fund.

Section 13 [State Auditor enterprise fund] creates the State Auditor enterprise fund in the state treasury. Requires amounts received for costs of the auditor’s examinations to be deposited in the fund. Provides that amounts in the fund are annually appropriated to the State Auditor to pay costs related to the examinations performed.

Authorizes the State Auditor to contract with private entities for accounting and technical services when full-time personnel are not available.

Authorizes the State Auditor to adjust the schedule of charges for examinations so that they are sufficient to cover costs of examinations. Specifies factors and methods to be used in setting these charges. Requires the auditor to review and adjust the schedule at least annually. Requires the State Auditor to report to the Legislature 30 days before implementing increased charges for examinations.  Requires the State Auditor to report annually to the Legislature on various aspects of the revolving fund.

Section 14 [Business as Vendor] changes when data submitted by a business to a government entity in response to a request for bids and proposals ceases to be private or nonpublic.  Under current law, the data is private or nonpublic until the bids or responses are opened; this section makes the data public at the time and date specified in the solicitation that bids or proposals are due.

This section changes what data remains private or nonpublic when all responses for bids or proposals are rejected prior to completion of the selection process.  Under current law, all data except that made public at the bid or response opening remain private or nonpublic; as changed by this section, all data, other than the name of the bidder and the dollar amount specified in the bid or response, remain private and nonpublic.

Section 15 [Performance measures for change items] strikes references to the Subcommittee on Government Accountability and to Minnesota Milestones in the law requiring agency budget proposals for increased funding to include performance measures.

Section 16 [Resident Vendor] narrows the definition of “resident vendor” eligible for a preference over nonresident vendors from states that gives a preference to vendors from that state.  This preference applies to contracts for goods and services.  Under current law, to be a resident vendor, a person, firm, or corporation must be authorized to conduct business in the state, and includes foreign corporations authorized to engage in business in Minnesota.  This section adds the following criteria to be a resident vendor: 

• paid unemployment taxes or income taxes in Minnesota during the 12 calendar months immediately preceding submission of the bid or proposal;
• a business address in Minnesota; and
• affirmatively claim resident vendor status  in the bid or proposal.

Section 17 [Solicitation Process] changes when formal responses to a solicitation for goods, service contracts, and utilities is made public.  Under current law, all formal responses are opened in public at the hour stated in the solicitation; as changed in this section, the responses will be made publicly available as required by the Data Practices Act.

Section 18 [Procedure for Service Contracts] restricts the requirement that the Commissioner of Administration make certain determinations (e.g. that no current state employee is able and available to perform the services called for by the contract) before entering into a service contract.  Under current law, the commissioner must make the determination for every contract.  This section limits the requirement so that the commissioner must make the determination for contracts in excess of $5,000. 

Section 19 [Expenditures Under Specified Amounts] raises the threshold amount, from $2500 to $5000, above which the acquisition of goods or services, other than professional or technical services, must follow the solicitation process in current law.

Section 20 [Nonvisual Technology Access Standards] exempts agencies from a requirement to include nonvisual technology access standards in contracts for procurement of information technology.

Section 21 [Solicitation of Qualifications or Proposals] allows certain notices to be advertised in a manner designated by the commissioner.  Current law requires these notices to be advertised in the State Register.  This change applies to notices of requests for qualifications or proposals for design-build contracts with state agencies.

Section 22 [Solicitation of Qualifications] allows certain notices to be advertised in a manner designated by the commissioner.  Current law requires these notices to be advertised in the State Register.  This change applies to notices of requests for qualifications or proposals for construction-manager-at-risk contracts with state agencies.

Section 23 [State Agency Technology Projects] requires state agencies to consult with the Office of Enterprise Technology (OET) to determine the IT cost of information and telecommunication projects.  Agencies must transfer the IT portion of the project cost to OET.  Service level contracts must document all project-related transfers.  Certain agencies are exempt from the requirements of this section.

Section 24 [Private Entity Services; Fee Authority] permits the Office of Enterprise Technology to enter into a contract with a private entity to manage, maintain, support, and expand North Star and online government information services to citizens and businesses.  The contract may provide for compensation of the private entity through a fee established by the OET.  The Office may charge, and may authorize a private entity that enters into a contract to provide information services to citizens and businesses to charge, a fee of up to $2 per transaction, provided that no fee can be charged for viewing and inspecting data.  This permission to charge a fee is contingent on agreement between the agency and the chief information officer.  In setting the fee, the Office shall consider the recommendation of the E-Government Advisory Council established later in the bill.  This fee is in addition to any fees or surcharges authorized under other law.

Receipts from the convenience fee shall be deposited in the North Star account. This section appropriates the receipts credited to the North Star account to OET for payment to the contracted private entity.  In lieu of depositing the receipts in the North Star account, the office is permitted to directly transfer the receipts to the private entity or allow the private entity to retain the receipts pursuant to a contract.

OET is required to report to the Legislature by January 15 of each odd-numbered year regarding the convenience fee receipts and the status of North Star projects and online government information services developed and supported by convenience fee receipts.

Section 25 [E-Government Advisory Council]

Subdivision 1 [E-Government Advisory Council established] establishes the E-Government Advisory Council to improve online government information services to citizens and businesses.

Subdivision 2 [Membership] sets the membership of the Council.  The Council will have nine members, including the State Information Officer or a designee; one public member appointed by the House and one public member appointed by the Senate; five members appointed by the Governor that are actively involved with private businesses, the private business community, or the public; and one member appointed by the Governor who is knowledgeable in public access to government data.

Subdivision 3 [Initial appointments and first meeting] sets a deadline for first appointments and establishes a rotation schedule for the initial appointees.  This section requires the Chief Information Officer (CIO) to convene the first meeting by November 1, 2013, and designates the CIO to act as chair at the first meeting.

Subdivision 4 [Terms; removal; vacancies; compensation] applies provisions for terms, removal, vacancies and compensation, in current law for advisory councils.

Subdivision 5 [Chair] requires the council to elect a chair annually from its membership. 

Subdivision 6 [Duties] describes the duties of the council to make certain recommendations regarding a convenience fee to OET.

Subdivision 7 [Staff] requires OET to provide staff to the council.

Subdivision 8 [Sunset] sunsets the council on the first Monday in January 2017.

Subdivision 9 [Reports] requires the council to report to OET annually with its recommendations regarding the convenience fee.

Section 26 [Accounts; Audits] changes audit requirements for the Dairy Research, Teaching, and Consumer Education Authority.  This section eliminates a requirement that the Authority provide and pay for an annual independent audit of its official books that  must be filed with the Secretary of State.  This section makes the Authority’s board subject to audit by the Legislative Auditor and requires filing of an audit with the Secretary of State.

Section 27 [Definitions; public radio] in law governing grants to public noncommercial radio stations, specifies the federal regulations that govern operation of noncommercial radio stations, and defines “local” as an area designated on an FCC contour map.

Section 28 [Eligibility] in law governing eligibility for grants to public noncommercial radio stations, specifies what type of FCC license a station must hold, and what type of stations are not eligible for funding. Modifies the requirement that a station must broadcast 365 days a year by adding an exception for power outages and natural disasters.

Section 29 requires a station to list equipment it will buy with grant money to the Commissioner of Administration before money is granted.  Allows stations to obtain a grant prior to purchasing equipment.  Stations must report to the commissioner any equipment purchased with a grant.

Section 30 [Repayment of funds] under current law, if a public television station or public radio station uses state funds to purchase assets and then sells the assets within five years, the station must pay the state the net amount realized from sale of the assets (up the amount of state funds

Section 31 [Investigatory powers; Mississippi River Parkway Commission] strikes authority of the Mississippi River Parkway Commission to subpoena witnesses and records.

Section 32 [Legislative Auditor; Audits of Job Opportunity Building Zones and Business Subsidy Agreements] changes the audit requirements for the creation and operation of job opportunity building zones and business subsidy agreements, shifting audit duties from the State Auditor to the Legislative Auditor.  This section eliminates the requirement that the Office of the State Auditor perform these audits annually and establishes a requirement that the Legislative Auditor conduct these audits as resources allow.  This section removes authorizations for the State Auditor to obtain information from the Commissioners of Revenue and Economic Development to conduct audits.  This section requires all public officials and parties to agreements to provide the Legislative Auditor with all documents and data that the Legislative Auditor needs in the performance of audit duties.

Section 33 [Enforcement of reporting requirements] changes a cross-reference to the newly created State Auditor enterprise fund.

Section 34 [LAC chair; 2013] provides that in 2013, a senator is chair of the Legislative Advisory Commission.

Section 35 [Audit of financial statements] requires the legislative auditor to examine alternatives for achieving an annual independent audit of financial statements of the state of Minnesota, and to make recommendations by October 1, 2013.

Section 36 [Revisor's Instruction] instructs the Revisor of Statutes to change all occurrences of the Office of Enterprise Technology in Minnesota Statutes to the Office of MN.IT Services, and to make conforming changes.

Section 37 [Repealer] Repeals sections:

• 3.304, subdivisions 1 and 5: creating an office of legislative research; providing for LCC expenses to be split between the House and Senate.
• 3.885, subdivision 10: creating a Subcommittee on Government Accountability under the Legislative Commission on Planning and Fiscal Policy.
• 6.58, the law providing that the general fund is used to pay expenses of examinations conducted by the State Auditor. This repeal is related to the provision earlier in this article creating a State Auditor enterprise fund.

Article 4 - Military and Veterans Provisions

Section 1 [State and Municipal Officers and Employees Not to Lose Pay While on Military Duty] permits employees to choose when during a calendar year to take their paid 15-day military leave and allows employees to take it all at one time or to divide it at their discretion.  This section applies to any officer or employee of the state or of any political subdivision, municipal corporation, or other public agency of the state who is a member of the National Guard, or any other component of the militia of the state, or who is a member of the officers’ reserve corps, the enlisted reserve corps, the Naval Reserve, the Marine Corps reserve, or any other reserve component of the military or naval forces of the United States.  Authorized leave may be taken without loss of pay, seniority status, efficiency rating, vacation, sick leave, or other benefits when engaged in training or active service.

Section 2 [Grant Program] clarifies that "commissioner" in this section means the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs.

Section 3 [Eligibility] changes provisions for eligibility to receive a veterans service office grant. A county that employs a newly hired, but not yet certified, county veterans service officer is eligible for a grant for one year from the date of the officer's appointment.  If the officer does not receive certification within one year, the county becomes ineligible for a grant until the officer receives certification.

Section 4 [Grant Process] authorizes the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs to use any unexpended funds for this program to provide training and education for county veterans service officers.

Section 5 [Qualifying Uses] is a conforming change.  It deletes an authorization to used unexpended funds for training; this same authorization is added to another subdivision of this section of statute in section 4 of this article.

Section 6 [Grant Amount] makes changes to the amounts to be granted to counties under this program.  The change establishes an annual grant for each eligible county of $7,500 to be used for specified purposes benefiting veterans.  In addition to the $7,500 grant, eligible counties receive additional amounts to be determined by the commissioner up to a specified cap based on population.  This section establishes a grant of $50,000 to the Minnesota Association of County Veterans Service Officers to be used for training and accreditation for county veterans service officers and costs associated with reintegration services.

Section 7 [Eligibility] expands eligibility for state assistance for postsecondary education  to veterans who have  served in the United States armed forces at any time, not just since September 11, 2001.   This section also makes spouses and children of these veterans who have died or have a service-connected disability eligible for state assistance for postsecondary education if they meet requirements to receive certain federal education benefits.   This section eliminates authorization to use unexpended funds for this program for training and education for county veterans service officers.

Section 8 [Benefit Amount] exempts payments made under the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program from the reductions to a veteran’s benefits under the Minnesota GI education assistance program.  Under current law, an eligible applicant receives the cost of attendance minus certain specified payments.  This section adds payments made under the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program to the list of payments that do not reduce the benefit paid.

Section 9 [Evidence of rehabilitation – for certain veterans] current law provides that a person who has committed a crime and subsequently pays his or debt to society in an approved manner may be officially regarded as sufficiently rehabilitated. Such official recognition of rehabilitation removes one barrier to the person’s ability to obtain certain (but not all) public employment, or state licensure for certain private sector jobs. The law provides that one means for demonstrating rehabilitation is for the former offender to complete any incarceration and probation or parole that was order by the sentencing court.

The bill would broaden the means for showing competent evidence of rehabilitation to include the person’s having earned an honorable discharge from the military subsequent to the person’s adjudication for the crime.

The bill dictates that the honorable discharge must be for military service rendered following conviction for the crime that would otherwise disqualify the person from (certain) public employment of licensure. (Thus, an honorable discharge is not a get-out-of-jail-free type of card that would apply to any crime committed prospectively, since the bill provides that any gross misdemeanor or felony committed by the person subsequent to the honorable discharge would invalidate its recognition for establishing rehabilitation.)

Section 10 [Veteran-owned small business contracts] authorizes towns and cities to give contract preferences to veteran-owned small businesses.

Section 11 [Eligibility for Peace Officer Reciprocity Exam] current law provides that a person who successfully completes an approved higher educational program for police training is eligible to take the Minnesota Peace Officer Licensing Exam. Current law also provides eligibility for the Peace Officer Reciprocity Licensing Exam to individuals who have certain lesser amounts of approved education, along with a significant required amount of relevant on-the-job policing experience in another state or in the military (up to five years as a military policeman, for example).

However, under current law the Minnesota Peace Officer Reciprocity Exam is not open to individuals who are currently serving in the military.

Section 12 [Repealer] repeals a section that placed counties on a three-year rotation cycle for received grants under the Veterans Service Office Grant Program.  This section is no longer needed because other changes to the program in this act award these grants annually to all counties.

Article 5 - Revenue Department

Section 1 [Technology Lease-Purchase Appropriation] replaces a reference to a repealed section.

Section 2 [Program Described; Commissioner’s Duties; Appropriation] changes in cross-reference to the auto theft prevention surcharge, based on the transfer of duties later in this article.

Section 3 [Notice and Procedures] requires employers to file all wage levy disclosure forms and to remit all wage levy payments electronically to the Department of Revenue.  This change is effective for wage levy disclosures and payments filed after December 31, 2013.

Sections 4 to 9, 12, and 13 require that certain taxes be submitted electronically to the Department of Revenue if they reach a specified threshold amount in a given year.  The requirement to submit these taxes electronically is ongoing for the year the threshold is met and for all subsequent years, regardless of whether the threshold is met in subsequent years.  This is a change from current law that required electronic submission in the year that the threshold was reached and in one subsequent year. These provisions are all effective for fiscal year ending June 30, 2013.

Section 4 [Withholding from Wages] requires an employer to remit withheld income taxes to the Minnesota Department of Revenue by electronic means  if the amount withheld in a calendar year is $10,000 or more.  The requirement to submit taxes electronically is ongoing, for all years thereafter. 

Section 5 [Sales and Use Tax] requires a merchant to remit sales and use taxes to the Minnesota Department of Revenue by electronic means if the amount paid in a fiscal year is $10,000 or more.  The requirement to submit taxes electronically is ongoing, for all years thereafter. 

Section 6 [Electronic Payments] requires a taxpayer to remit estimated corporate tax payments electronically if the taxes due in a fiscal year are $10,000 or more.  This requirement to submit taxes electronically is ongoing, for all years thereafter.

Section 7 [Electronic Payments] requires a taxpayer who remits estimated tax payments for certain healthcare-related taxes (hospital tax, surgical center tax, health care provider tax, wholesale drug distributor tax, use tax on prescription drugs) to do so electronically if the estimated aggregate taxes for a fiscal year are $10,000 or more.  This requirement to remit taxes electronically is ongoing, for all years thereafter.

Section 8 [Electronic Payment] requires a cigarette or tobacco products distributor to remit taxes electronically if taxes due in a fiscal year are $10,000 or more.  This requirement to remit taxes electronically is ongoing for all years thereafter.

Section 9 [Electronic Payments] requires licensed brewers, importers, or wholesalers to remit excise taxes electronically if taxes owed in a fiscal year are $10,000 or more.  This requirement to remit taxes electronically is ongoing for all years thereafter.

Section 10 [Automobile Theft Prevention Surcharge] moves the duty to collect an automobile theft surcharge from the Department of Public Safety to the Department of Revenue.  The surcharge is remitted by insurers writing automobile insurance policies; it is $50 cents per vehicle per six months of coverage.  The surcharge is deposited in a special revenue account and is appropriated by an annual statutory appropriation to the general fund (the first $1.3 million) and, amounts in excess of $1.3 million are appropriated to an automobile theft prevention program.  (Section 14 of this bill repeals analogous language from the Public Safety chapter.)

Section 11 [Automobile Theft Prevention Surcharge] requires automobile insurers to file a tax return quarterly  for the automobile surcharge.

Section 12 [Electronic Payments] requires a taxpayer who remits insurance taxes and surcharges to the Department of Revenue to do so electronically if the estimated aggregate taxes for a fiscal year are $10,000 or more.  This requirement to remit taxes electronically is ongoing, for all years thereafter.

Section 13 [Payment of Fee] requires a landfill operator who remits landfill fees to the Department of Revenue to do so electronically if the fee for a fiscal year is $10,000 or more.  This requirement to remit taxes electronically is ongoing, for all years thereafter.

Section 14 [Data Security Audit] provides for the Legislative Auditor, as resources permit, to conduct a data security audit of the Department of Revenue's use of debit cards as payment for tax refunds.

Section 15 [Repealer] repeals:

Paragraph (a):  Section 168A.40, subdivisions 3 and 4.  The duty to collect the automobile theft tax from insurers.  This duty is moved to the Department of Revenue and recodified in section 9.

Paragraph (b): Section 270C.145.  Lease purchase appropriation for integrated tax software (payments have been completed).

Article 6 - Compensation Council

Background.  This article implements certain recommendations of the Compensation Council to increase the salaries of  constitutional officers and agency heads and implements other recommendations regarding setting of salaries and salary limits on employees in the executive branch.

Section 1 [Other Salaries and Compensation Plans]; Section 2 [Salary Limits]; and Section 5 [Appointing Authorities to Recommend Certain Salaries] permit the Governor to set the salaries of agency heads anywhere within the salary ranges that have been approved by the Legislature. Other appointing authorities (e.g., the Minnesota State Retirement System) continue to be required to seek interim approval of the Legislative Coordinating Commission and ratification of the Legislature for setting salaries of the agency heads.

Section 3 [Group I Salary Limits] increases the salary range maximum for the heads of most state agencies from the current level of 95 percent of the salary of the Governor to 133 percent of the Governor’s salary, effective retroactively to January 1, 2013. 

Section 4 [Group II Salary Limits] increases the salary range maximum for the heads of smaller state agencies from the current level of 85 percent of the salary of the Governor to 120 percent of the Governor’s salary, retroactively to January 1, 2013.

Section 6 [Creation; Compensation Council] in connection with the change in the next section, provides that the Compensation Council is created at the beginning of the odd-numbered year, rather than in the even-numbered year.

Section 7 [Membership] requires that the legislative representatives on the Compensation Council not be legislators and provides that the Compensation Council must be created in January of the odd-numbered year, rather than October of the even-numbered year.

Section 8 [Submission of Recommendations] moves the deadline for the Compensation Council to submit salary recommendations to March 15 in odd-numbered years.

Section 9 [Salary Limits] eliminates the salary of the agency head as the limit on salaries for employees of that agency. (Salaries of employees will instead be limited by the maximum of their salary ranges provided in their collective bargaining agreements or compensation plans.)  This section is effecitve retroactively to January 1, 2013.

Section 10 [Unusual Employment Situations] amends provisions relating to salary setting for unusual employment situations.  Changes reflect that the maximum salary in these situations is the maximum of the position’s salary range, not the salary of the agency head.

Section 11 [Compensation Study] requires the Commissioner of Management and Budget to contract for a market analysis of compensation for managerial employees in the Executive Branch.

Section 12 [Constitutional Officers Salaries] increases the salary of the Governor by three percent on January 1, 2015, and 2016.  The salaries of other constitutional officers will be adjusted to retain the proportional relationship to the Governor's salary as of January 1, 2013.

Section 13 [Repealer] repeals a provision exempting certain classes of state employees from the agency head salary limit.