Opinion ID: 1351389
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Heading: Preemption Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

Text: The appellants assert a second preemption argument, arguing that the Events Center PLA operates as an intrusion into employee benefit plan regulation in contravention of the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461. Pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 1144(a), ERISA provisions shall supersede any and all State laws insofar as they may now or hereafter relate to any employee benefit plan. A state law under ERISA includes all laws, decisions, rules, regulations, or other State action having the effect of law, of any State. 29 U.S.C. § 1144(c)(1). We determined in our discussion of preemption under the NLRA standards that the actions of the Board in adopting the PLA were proprietary in nature. For that reason, the adoption of the PLA does not constitute state law and is not preempted under ERISA. See Assoc. Gen. Contractors v. Metro. Water Dist., 159 F.3d 1178, 1183 (9th Cir.1998); Minn. Chapter of Assoc. Builders & Contractors, Inc. v. County of St. Louis, 825 F.Supp. 238, 243 (D.Minn.1993).