Compensation council provisions changed.

HF 1151 amends Minnesota's Compensation Council rules to change its membership requirements and streamline its salary recommendation process. The bill updates who can serve on the council (removing restrictions on current judges or legislators as members) and revises how the council submits salary recommendations for judges, constitutional officers, agency heads, and the Direct Care and Treatment executive board. It also repeals a prior rule prohibiting "ex parte communications" during the salary recommendation period. These changes directly affect the council's operations and the process for setting compensation for state judicial and executive branch officials. The bill does not alter salary amounts but modifies the procedural framework for determining them.