Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

15.185 MAILING LISTS. A department, agency, or official of the state issuing for public distribution any book, document, journal, map, pamphlet, or report on a regular basis to a list of persons who have asked to receive regular publications shall insert into at least one publica…

15.191 IMPREST CASH FUNDS. § Subdivision 1.Emergency disbursements. Imprest cash funds for the purpose of making minor disbursements, providing for change, and providing employees with travel advances or a portion or all of their payroll where the payment has not been received th…

15.21 [Obsolete by Laws 1957 c 936, see sections 15A.02 to 15A.15]

15.22 [Obsolete by Laws 1957 c 936, see sections 15A.02 to 15A.15]

15.23 [Obsolete by Laws 1957 c 936, see sections 15A.02 to 15A.15]

15.31 STATE EMPLOYEES, LIABILITY INSURANCE, PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS. The state shall pay premiums on insurance policies insuring its employees against liability from claims for bodily injuries, death or property damage made upon such employees while operating state-owned vehicles in …

15.41 CONSTRUCTION PERMITS, REQUISITES. § Subdivision 1.Names on permit. Every agency of the state of Minnesota and every political subdivision thereof shall specify on every construction permit the name and address of the applicant therefor, and the general contractor thereon if…

15.411 PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS; NO DAMAGES FOR DELAY CLAUSES. § Subdivision 1.Definition. As used in this section, the term "public works contract" means a contract of the state, or a county, city, town, school district, special district, or any other political subdivision of the …

15.415 CORRECTIONS IN TRANSACTIONS, WAIVER. In any instance where a correction concerning any state department or agency transaction involves an amount less than the administrative cost of making the correction, the correction shall be waived unless it is possible at a relatively…

15.43 ACCEPTANCE OF ADVANTAGE BY STATE EMPLOYEE; PENALTY. § Subdivision 1.Financial interest of agents. No employee of the state or of the University of Minnesota in direct contact with suppliers or potential suppliers to the state or the university, or who may directly or indire…

15.435 AIRLINE TRAVEL CREDIT. (a) Whenever public funds are used to pay for airline travel by an elected official or public employee, any credits or other benefits issued by any airline must accrue to the benefit of the public body providing the funding. In the event the issuing …

15.44 AIDS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AT STATE MEETINGS. After July 1, 1980, a state agency which sponsors, in whole or in part, a meeting or conference for the public or for state employees shall ensure that a physically disabled participant who gives reasonable advance notic…

15.441 COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES. § Subdivision 1.State agencies; bilingual employees. Every state agency that is directly involved in furnishing information or rendering services to the public and that serves a substantial number of non-English-speaking people shall employ enough …

15.442 LOCAL NEWS ORGANIZATION ADVERTISING BY STATE AGENCIES. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Advertising" means paid communication transmitted via newspaper, magazine, radio, television, social medi…

15.45 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purposes of this section and section 15.46, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Preventive health services. "Preventive health services" means services intended to: (1) protect state employees…

15.46 PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. The commissioner of the Department of Management and Budget may establish and operate a program of preventive health services for state employees and shall provide the staff, equipment, and facilities necessary to do so. The …

15.471 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Terms defined. For purposes of this section and sections 15.471 to 15.474, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Administrative law judge. "Administrative law judge" means the official assigned to conduct a c…

15.472 FEES AND EXPENSES; CIVIL ACTION OR CONTESTED CASE PROCEEDING INVOLVING STATE. (a) If a prevailing party other than the state, in a civil action or contested case proceeding other than a tort action, brought by or against the state, shows that the position of the state was …

15.473 PAYMENT OF COSTS AND FEES. § Subdivision 1.Civil action. A judgment against the state in a civil action for fees and expenses under section 15.472 must be paid from funds of the agency. § Subd. 2.Contested case proceeding. Fees and other expenses awarded in a contested cas…

15.474 PROCEDURE FOR AWARD OF FEES; CONTESTED CASE. § Subdivision 1.Applications. The chief administrative law judge shall by rule establish uniform procedures for the submission and consideration of applications for an award of fees and expenses in a contested case proceeding. I…

15.50 § Subdivision 1. [Renumbered 15B.01; 15B.03, subds 1,3,4] § Subd. 2. [Renumbered 15B.02; 15B.03, subds 5,6; 15B.05, subds 1-7; 15B.06; 15B.08; 15B.10; 15B.11; 15B.13; 15B.15, subds 1,2,4; 15B.19; 15B.21; paragraph (o) renumbered 16B.24, subd 5a] § Subd. 2a. [Renumbered 15B.…

15.51 DECLARATION OF POLICY. The state of Minnesota recognizes that intergovernmental cooperation is an essential factor in resolving problems affecting this state and that the interchange of personnel between and among governmental agencies at the same or different levels of gov…

15.52 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Application. For the purposes of sections 15.51 to 15.57 the following words and phrases have the meanings ascribed to them in this section. § Subd. 2.Sending agency. "Sending agency" means any department, political subdivision or agency of the …

15.53 AUTHORITY TO INTERCHANGE EMPLOYEES. § Subdivision 1.No interchange except as authorized. No department, agency, political subdivision or instrumentality of the state is authorized to participate in a program of interchange of employees with departments, agencies, or instrum…

15.54 STATUS OF EMPLOYEES OF THIS STATE. § Subdivision 1.Employees considered on regular work assignments. Employees of a sending agency participating in an exchange of personnel as authorized in section 15.53 may be considered during such participation to be on detail to regular…

15.55 TRAVEL EXPENSES OF EMPLOYEES OF THIS STATE. A sending agency in this state may, in accordance with the travel rules of such agency, pay the travel expenses of employees assigned to a receiving agency on either a detail or leave basis, but shall not pay the travel expenses o…

15.56 STATUS OF EMPLOYEES OF OTHER GOVERNMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Status of employees. When any unit of government of this state acts as a receiving agency, employees of the sending agency who are assigned under authority of sections 15.51 to 15.57 may be considered to be on detail…

15.57 TRAVEL EXPENSES OF EMPLOYEES OF OTHER GOVERNMENTS. A receiving agency in this state may, in accordance with the travel rules of such agency, pay travel expenses of persons assigned thereto under sections 15.51 to 15.57 during the period of such assignments on the same basis…

15.58 AGREEMENTS BETWEEN FEDERAL AND RECEIVING AGENCIES. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 15.51 to 15.57, a receiving agency in this state participating in an interchange of employees under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 may enter into a written agreement w…

15.59 EMPLOYEE INTERCHANGE BETWEEN STATE AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY. In addition to the interchange of government employees, any department, political subdivision or agency of state government and private industry may serve as sending and receiving agencies as provided in section 15.52…

15.60 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS; AMERICAN FLAG. (a) A public employer may not forbid a peace officer or firefighter from wearing a patch or pin depicting the flag of the United States of America on the employee's uniform, according to customary and standard flag etiquette. However, …

15.61 EMPLOYMENT OF UNEMPLOYED AND UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS. § Subdivision 1.Employment. The state of Minnesota, its departments, agencies, and instrumentalities, and any county, city, town, school district or other body corporate and politic, may employ unemployed and underemployed…

15.62 ATHLETIC LEAVE OF ABSENCE. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the terms defined in this subdivision shall have the meanings here given them: (1) "public employee" has the meaning given it in section 179A.03; (2) "team" includes any group leader, …

15.71 PUBLIC CONTRACTS; DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purposes of sections 15.71 to 15.74 unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 1a.Indemnification agreement. "Indemnification agreement…

15.72 PROGRESS PAYMENTS ON PUBLIC CONTRACTS; RETAINAGE. § Subdivision 1.Monthly payments. Unless the terms of the contract provide otherwise, a public contracting agency shall make progress payments on a public contract for a public improvement monthly as the work progresses. Pay…

15.73 ALTERNATIVE FORM OF RETAINAGE. § Subdivision 1.Contractor's option. At the option of the contractor, retainage shall be paid to the contractor in accordance with this section. § Subd. 2.Security. The contractor may deposit bonds or securities with the public contracting age…

15.74 EXCEPTIONS TO APPLICATION. Sections 15.71 to 15.73 apply to all public contracts except those contracts in which receipt of federal financing is conditioned on adherence to terms and conditions which are inconsistent with sections 15.71 to 15.73. History: 1980 c 464 s 4

15.75 CONTRACTS WITH REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Purpose. The purpose of this section is to promote efficient and effective delivery of government services throughout greater Minnesota by encouraging state agencies to cooperate in the provision of services with a syst…

15.761 SAVI PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Program established. The state agency value initiative (SAVI) program is established to encourage state agencies to identify cost-effective and efficiency measures in agency programs and operations that result in cost savings for the state. Al…

15.85 DISCIPLINE FOR RACIAL HARASSMENT. It is the policy of this state that each public employee has the right to work in an environment free from harassment based on race or disability and that any public employee who harasses another public employee because of disability, race,…

15.86 STATE AGENCY ACTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Statement of zero tolerance of violence. In furtherance of the state policy in section 1.50, by January 1, 1993, each house of the legislature, each state agency, and each public corporation created in statute must adopt a goal of zero …

15.87 VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE. In furtherance of the state policy of zero tolerance for violence in section 1.50, the state shall have a goal of providing: (1) every victim of violence in Minnesota, regardless of the county of residence, access to necessary services, including, but n…

15.97 INFORMATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS INSTITUTE. The legislature intends to establish an Institute of Telecommunications Technology Applications and Education. The institute must be structured as a collaboration between at least the computer science, health science, teacher ed…

15.98 INDOOR ICE FACILITIES. This section applies to an indoor ice arena operated by a political subdivision, a state agency, the University of Minnesota, a state higher education institution, or any other organization that makes an arena available to the public. If the arena pro…

15.985 ADVISORY INSPECTIONS. (a) Upon the voluntary request of a person to a state agency for an advisory inspection for the purpose of complying with state law, the agency must, except as provided in paragraphs (f) and (g), conduct an advisory inspection. An agency is not requir…

15.99 TIME DEADLINE FOR AGENCY ACTION. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the meanings given. (b) "Agency" means a department, agency, board, commission, or other group in the executive branch of state government; a statu…