Bill Text: MN SF651 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Electronic conduct of legislative staff meetings and state agency meetings telework policy
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-09 - Referred to State Government Innovation and Veterans [SF651 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF651-Introduced.html
1.2relating to state government; promoting efficiency and energy savings through
1.3electronic conduct of state meetings and through telework; proposing coding for
1.4new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 3; 15.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [3.091] REDUCED ENERGY USE AND COST; TELEWORK.
1.7To reduce state government building energy use and costs associated with work by
1.8legislative employees, each department supervisor in the house of representatives and the
1.9senate and each appointing authority of joint legislative entities, in consultation with
1.10appropriate human resources staff, may develop and implement a telework policy for
1.11employees within their department.
1.12EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.13 Sec. 2. [15.436] ELECTRONIC CONDUCT OF STATE MEETINGS.
1.14To the greatest extent practical, state executive agency conferences must be
1.15conducted by videoconference, audioconference, or other electronic means if the
1.16conference otherwise would involve travel for which agency employees would be
1.17reimbursed. The chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities with respect
1.18to the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, a constitutional officer with respect to
1.19the constitutional office, and the commissioner of management and budget with respect
1.20to other executive agencies may grant exemptions from this requirement as necessary to
1.21allow people other than state employees to participate effectively in conferences, or when
1.22otherwise essential to efficient and effective conduct of state business. This section does
1.23not authorize an agency to avoid compliance with the open meeting law in chapter 13D.
2.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3electronic conduct of state meetings and through telework; proposing coding for
1.4new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 3; 15.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [3.091] REDUCED ENERGY USE AND COST; TELEWORK.
1.7To reduce state government building energy use and costs associated with work by
1.8legislative employees, each department supervisor in the house of representatives and the
1.9senate and each appointing authority of joint legislative entities, in consultation with
1.10appropriate human resources staff, may develop and implement a telework policy for
1.11employees within their department.
1.12EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.13 Sec. 2. [15.436] ELECTRONIC CONDUCT OF STATE MEETINGS.
1.14To the greatest extent practical, state executive agency conferences must be
1.15conducted by videoconference, audioconference, or other electronic means if the
1.16conference otherwise would involve travel for which agency employees would be
1.17reimbursed. The chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities with respect
1.18to the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, a constitutional officer with respect to
1.19the constitutional office, and the commissioner of management and budget with respect
1.20to other executive agencies may grant exemptions from this requirement as necessary to
1.21allow people other than state employees to participate effectively in conferences, or when
1.22otherwise essential to efficient and effective conduct of state business. This section does
1.23not authorize an agency to avoid compliance with the open meeting law in chapter 13D.
2.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
