1.1.................... moves to amend S.F. No. 2227, the third engrossment, as amended, as
1.2follows:
1.3Page 193, after line 21, insert:

1.4    "Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 471.975, is amended to read:
1.5471.975 MAY PAY DIFFERENTIAL OF RESERVE ON ACTIVE DUTY.
1.6(a) Except as provided in paragraph paragraphs (b) and (c), a statutory or home rule
1.7charter city, county, town, or other political subdivision may pay to each eligible member
1.8of the National Guard or other reserve component of the armed forces of the United States
1.9an amount equal to the difference between the member's base active duty military salary
1.10and the salary the member would be paid as an active political subdivision employee,
1.11including any adjustments the member would have received if not on leave of absence. This
1.12payment may be made only to a person whose base active duty military salary is less than
1.13the salary the person would be paid as an active political subdivision employee. Back pay
1.14authorized by this section may be paid in a lump sum. Payment under this section must not
1.15extend beyond four years from the date the employee reported for active service, plus any
1.16additional time the employee may be legally required to serve.
1.17(b) Each school district shall pay to each eligible member of the National Guard or other
1.18reserve component of the armed forces of the United States an amount equal to the difference
1.19between the member's base active duty military salary and the salary the member would be
1.20paid as an active school district employee, including any adjustments the member would
1.21have received if not on leave of absence. The pay differential must be based on a comparison
1.22between the member's daily base rate of active duty pay, calculated by dividing the member's
1.23base military monthly salary by the number of paid days in the month, and the member's
1.24daily rate of pay for the member's school district salary, calculated by dividing the member's
1.25total school district salary by the number of contract days. The member's salary as a school
2.1district employee must include the member's basic salary and any additional salary the
2.2member earns from the school district for cocurricular and extracurricular activities. The
2.3differential payment under this paragraph must be the difference between the daily base
2.4rates of military pay times the number of school district contract days the member misses
2.5because of military active duty. This payment may be made only to a person whose daily
2.6base rate of active duty pay is less than the person's daily rate of pay as an active school
2.7district employee. Payments may be made at the intervals at which the member received
2.8pay as a school district employee. Payment under this section must not extend beyond four
2.9years from the date the employee reported for active service, plus any additional time the
2.10employee may be legally required to serve.
2.11(c) A county shall pay to each eligible member of the National Guard or other reserve
2.12component of the armed forces of the United States an amount equal to the difference
2.13between the member's base active duty military salary and the salary the member would be
2.14paid as an active county employee, including any adjustments the member would have
2.15received if not on leave of absence. This payment shall be made only to a person whose
2.16base active duty military salary is less than the salary the person would be paid as an active
2.17county employee. Back pay authorized by this section may be paid in a lump sum. Payment
2.18under this section must not extend beyond four years from the date the employee reported
2.19for active service, plus any additional time the employee may be legally required to serve.
2.20(d) An eligible member of the reserve components of the armed forces of the United
2.21States is a reservist or National Guard member who was an employee of a political
2.22subdivision at the time the member reported for active service on or after May 29, 2003, or
2.23who is on active service on May 29, 2003.
2.24(d) (e) Except as provided in paragraph (e) (f) and elsewhere in Minnesota Statutes, a
2.25statutory or home rule charter city, county, town, or other political subdivision has total
2.26discretion regarding employee benefit continuation for a member who reports for active
2.27service and the terms and conditions of any benefit.
2.28(e) (f) A school district or county must continue the employee's enrollment in health and
2.29dental coverage, and the employer contribution toward that coverage, until the employee
2.30is covered by health and dental coverage provided by the armed forces. If the employee had
2.31elected dependent coverage for health or dental coverage as of the time that the employee
2.32reported for active service, a school district or county must offer the employee the option
2.33to continue the dependent coverage at the employee's own expense. A school district or
2.34county must permit the employee to continue participating in any pretax account in which
3.1the employee participated when the employee reported for active service, to the extent of
3.2employee pay available for that purpose.
3.3(f) (g) For purposes of this section, "active service" has the meaning given in section
3.4190.05, subdivision 5 , but excludes service performed exclusively for purposes of:
3.5(1) basic combat training, advanced individual training, annual training, and periodic
3.6inactive duty training;
3.7(2) special training periodically made available to reserve members; and
3.8(3) service performed in accordance with section 190.08, subdivision 3.
3.9(g) (h) When an employee of a school district or county who, as a member of the National
3.10Guard or any other reserve unit of the United States armed forces, reports for active service
3.11as defined in section 190.05, subdivision 5, the district or county must place into a special
3.12service members' aggregate salary savings account the amount of salary the district or county
3.13would have paid to the employee during the employee's leave for military service. The
3.14district or county must use the combined proceeds in the account only to fully pay the salary
3.15differentials of all eligible deployed employees in who are employed by the district or
3.16county, as determined under paragraph (b) or (c). Funds remaining in the account at the end
3.17of the fiscal year after all obligations to employees under this statute have been satisfied
3.18may be used to pay for replacements or substitutes for the deployed employees, and then
3.19for any other purpose.
3.20EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment and
3.21applies retroactively to the date an employee was ordered to active service on or after January
3.221, 2018."
3.23Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
3.24Amend the title accordingly