Minnesota SF 3407: Watershed management organization planning requirements and district purposes modifications

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to workers' compensation; adopting recommendations from the Workers'​
1.3 Compensation Advisory Council; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections​
1.4 176.011, subdivisions 9, 11, by adding a subdivision; 176.041, subdivision 1;​
1.5 176.135, subdivision 1; 176.151; 176.175, subdivision 2; 176.185, subdivision 11,​
1.6 by adding a subdivision; 176.361, subdivision 2; 176.421, subdivision 4; proposing​
1.7 coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 79; repealing Minnesota Rules,​
1.8 part 5220.2840.​
1.9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.10 ARTICLE 1​
1.11 WORKERS' COMPENSATION​
1.12 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 176.011, subdivision 9, is amended to read:​
1.13 Subd. 9.Employee.(a) "Employee" means any person who performs services for another​
1.14 for hire including the following:​
1.15 (1) an alien;​
1.16 (2) a minor;​
1.17 (3) a sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, firefighter, county highway engineer, and​
1.18 peace officer while engaged in the enforcement of peace or in the pursuit or capture of a​
1.19 person charged with or suspected of crime;​
1.20 (4) a person requested or commanded to aid an officer in arresting or retaking a person​
1.21 who has escaped from lawful custody, or in executing legal process, in which cases, for​
1.22 purposes of calculating compensation under this chapter, the daily wage of the person shall​
1.23 be the prevailing wage for similar services performed by paid employees;​
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SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 3407​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: MCEWEN and Utke)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​3719​04/22/2025​
Referred to Labor​
Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Finance​4880a​05/12/2025​
Pursuant to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4, referred to Rules and Administration​4886​
Senate Concurrent Resolution 4 Suspended adopt previous committee report​4946​05/13/2025​
HF substituted in committee HF3228​

2.1 (5) a county assessor;​
2.2 (6) an elected or appointed official of the state, or of a county, city, town, school district,​
2.3 or governmental subdivision in the state. An officer of a political subdivision elected or​
2.4 appointed for a regular term of office, or to complete the unexpired portion of a regular​
2.5 term, shall be included only after the governing body of the political subdivision has adopted​
2.6 an ordinance or resolution to that effect;​
2.7 (7) an executive officer of a corporation, except those executive officers excluded by​
2.8 section 176.041;​
2.9 (8) a voluntary uncompensated worker, other than an inmate, rendering services in state​
2.10 institutions under the Direct Care and Treatment executive board and commissioner of​
2.11 corrections similar to those of officers and employees of the institutions, and whose services​
2.12 have been accepted or contracted for by the Direct Care and Treatment executive board and​
2.13 commissioner of corrections as authorized by law. In the event of injury or death of the​
2.14 worker, the daily wage of the worker, for the purpose of calculating compensation under​
2.15 this chapter, shall be the usual wage paid at the time of the injury or death for similar services​
2.16 in institutions where the services are performed by paid employees;​
2.17 (9) a voluntary uncompensated worker engaged in emergency management as defined​
2.18 in section 12.03, subdivision 4, who is:​
2.19 (i) registered with the state or any political subdivision of it, according to the procedures​
2.20 set forth in the state or political subdivision emergency operations plan; and​
2.21 (ii) acting under the direction and control of, and within the scope of duties approved​
2.22 by, the state or political subdivision.​
2.23 The daily wage of the worker, for the purpose of calculating compensation under this chapter,​
2.24 shall be the usual wage paid at the time of the injury or death for similar services performed​
2.25 by paid employees;​
2.26 (10) a voluntary uncompensated worker participating in a program established by a local​
2.27 social services agency. For purposes of this clause, "local social services agency" means​
2.28 any agency established under section 393.01. In the event of injury or death of the worker,​
2.29 the wage of the worker, for the purpose of calculating compensation under this chapter,​
2.30 shall be the usual wage paid in the county at the time of the injury or death for similar​
2.31 services performed by paid employees working a normal day and week;​
2.32 (11) a voluntary uncompensated worker accepted by the commissioner of natural​
2.33 resources who is rendering services as a volunteer pursuant to section 84.089. The daily​
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3.1 wage of the worker for the purpose of calculating compensation under this chapter, shall​
3.2 be the us