1.1    .................... moves to amend H. F. No. 2785 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 471.88, is amended by adding a
1.4subdivision to read:
1.5    Subd. 21. Contract with no bids required. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, a local
1.6school board may contract with a class of school district employees such as teachers
1.7or custodians where the spouse of a school board member is a member of the class
1.8of employees contracting with the school board and the employee spouse receives no
1.9special monetary or other benefit that is substantially different from the benefits that
1.10other members of the class receive under the employment contract. A school board
1.11invoking this exception must have a majority of school board members vote to approve
1.12the contract, direct the school board member spouse to abstain from voting to approve
1.13the contract, and publicly set out the essential facts of the contract at the meeting where
1.14the contract is approved.
1.15EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
1.16Amend the title accordingly