Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

13.72 TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT DATA. § Subdivision 1.Estimates for construction projects. An estimate of the cost of a construction project of the Minnesota Department of Transportation prepared by department employees is nonpublic data and is not available to the public from th…

13.72 TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT DATA. § Subdivision 1.Estimates for construction projects. An estimate of the cost of a construction project of the Minnesota Department of Transportation prepared by department employees is nonpublic data and is not available to the public from th…

13.82 COMPREHENSIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT DATA. § Subdivision 1.Application. This section shall apply to agencies which carry on a law enforcement function, including but not limited to municipal police departments, county sheriff departments, fire departments, the Bureau of Criminal A…

14.09 PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF RULE.Any person may petition an agency requesting the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule. The petition shall be specific as to what action is requested and the need for the action. Upon receiving a petition an agency shall have 60 days in wh…

14.37 EFFECT OF PUBLICATION.§Subdivision 1.State Register publication.The publication or citation of a rule or order in the State Register in a manner as required by sections 14.001 to 14.69 raises a rebuttable presumption that:(1) the rule or order was duly adopted, issued, or p…

14.44 DETERMINATION OF VALIDITY OF RULE.The validity of any rule may be determined upon the petition for a declaratory judgment thereon, addressed to the court of appeals, when it appears that the rule, or its threatened application, interferes with or impairs, or threatens to in…

14.45 RULE DECLARED INVALID.In proceedings under section 14.44, the court shall declare the rule invalid if it finds that it violates constitutional provisions or exceeds the statutory authority of the agency or was adopted without compliance with statutory rulemaking procedures.…

14.46 PUBLICATION IN STATE REGISTER.§Subdivision 1.Contents.The commissioner of administration shall publish a State Register containing all notices for hearings concerning rules, giving time, place and purpose of the hearing and the full text of the action being proposed. Furthe…

14.46 PUBLICATION IN STATE REGISTER.§Subdivision 1.Contents.The commissioner of administration shall publish a State Register containing all notices for hearings concerning rules, giving time, place and purpose of the hearing and the full text of the action being proposed. Furthe…

14.60 EVIDENCE IN CONTESTED CASE HEARINGS.§Subdivision 1.Admissibility.In contested cases agencies may admit and give probative effect to evidence which possesses probative value commonly accepted by reasonable prudent persons in the conduct of their affairs. They shall give effe…

14.61 FINAL DECISION IN CONTESTED CASE.§Subdivision 1.Filing of exceptions.In all contested cases the decision of the officials of the agency who are to render the final decision shall not be made until the report of the administrative law judge as required by sections 14.48 to 1…

14.62 DECISIONS, ORDERS.§Subdivision 1.Writing required.Every decision and order rendered by an agency in a contested case shall be in writing, shall be based on the record and shall include the agency's findings of fact and conclusions on all material issues. A decision or order…

14.69 SCOPE OF JUDICIAL REVIEW.In a judicial review under sections 14.63 to 14.68, the court may affirm the decision of the agency or remand the case for further proceedings; or it may reverse or modify the decision if the substantial rights of the petitioners may have been preju…

14.70 [Repealed, 1983 c 247 s 219] NOTE: The Office of Administrative Hearings has been renamed the Court of Administrative Hearings. This terminology change will be implemented in the 2026 Statutes. Laws 2025, chapter 39, article 2, sections 17 and 68.

15.01 DEPARTMENTS OF THE STATE. The following agencies are designated as the departments of the state government: the Department of Administration; the Department of Agriculture; the Department of Children, Youth, and Families; the Department of Commerce; the Department of Correc…

15.012 STATE AGENCIES; DESIGNATION BY TYPE. A multimember state agency hereafter created whose membership includes two or more appointed members shall be named according to the following: (a) An agency in the executive branch, other than a department, whose primary purpose is to …

15.013 PROGRAM PAYMENTS WITHHELD; FRAUD. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Entity" means any corporation, partnership, proprietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise, association, organization, or any oth…

15.014 ADVISORY TASK FORCES. § Subdivision 1.Policy. It is the policy of the legislature to encourage state agencies to solicit and receive advice from members of the public. This advice can best be rendered by an advisory task force of a reasonable number of persons working for …

15.0145 ETHNIC COUNCILS. § Subdivision 1.Three ethnic councils; creation. (a) The Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs includes public members with an ethnic heritage from Mexico, any of the countries in Central or South America, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, or Puerto Rico. (b) T…

15.0147 COUNCIL ON LGBTQIA2S+ MINNESOTANS. § Subdivision 1.Council established; membership. (a) The Council on LGBTQIA2S+ Minnesotans is established. The council consists of 16 voting members. (b) The governor shall appoint a total of 12 public voting members. The governor may ad…

15.039 EFFECT OF TRANSFER OF POWERS AMONG AGENCIES. § Subdivision 1.Application of section. The provisions of this section apply whenever the responsibilities of an agency are transferred by law to another agency unless the act directing the transfer provides otherwise. The term …

15.0395 INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS AND INTRA-AGENCY TRANSFERS. (a) By October 15, 2018, and annually thereafter, the head of each agency must provide reports to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the department or agency's bud…

15.0471 [Obsolete]

15.053 USE OF THE NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATION CENTER AT CAMP RIPLEY. The military reservation at Camp Ripley is designated as the "State of Minnesota Education and Training Center." State agencies may use the National Guard Education Center at Camp Ripley for official conferences, s…

15.054 SALE OR PURCHASE OF STATE PROPERTY; PENALTY. No officer or employee of the state or any of its political subdivisions shall sell or procure for sale or possess or control for sale to any other officer or employee of the state or subdivision, as appropriate, any property or…

15.057 PUBLICITY REPRESENTATIVES. No state department, bureau, or division, whether the same operates on funds appropriated or receipts or fees of any nature whatsoever, except the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Employment and …

15.0573 REPORTING ALLEGED MISUSE OF PUBLIC RESOURCES OR DATA. The commissioner or chief executive officer of each state department, board, commission, office, or other agency must ensure that employee and nonemployee concerns about the misuse of public money, other public resourc…

15.0574 ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS POSTED. Each state agency must clearly post on the agency's website a current organizational chart that includes the name and contact information for the agency head, all deputy and assistant agency heads, and the head of each division or bureau with…

15.0575 ADMINISTRATIVE BOARDS AND AGENCIES. § Subdivision 1.Procedure. The membership terms, compensation, and removal of members and the filling of membership vacancies of boards shall be governed by this section whenever specifically provided by law. As used in this section, "b…

15.058 LICENSING BOARD MEMBERS, COMPENSATION, TERMS, REMOVAL, REPORTS. Membership terms, compensation of members, removal of members, the filling of membership vacancies, and fiscal year and reporting requirements for those agencies in the executive branch other than departments …

15.059 ADVISORY COUNCILS AND COMMITTEES. § Subdivision 1.Application. The terms, compensation and removal of members, and the expiration date of an advisory council or committee shall be governed by this section whenever specifically provided by law. As used in this section "coun…

15.0591 REPRESENTATIVE OF OLDER POPULATION. § Subdivision 1.Addition of members. The membership of state boards, commissions, advisory councils, task forces, or committees listed in subdivision 2 that have more than three public members shall include at least one member, 60 years…

15.0593 AGENCIES CREATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER. The governor may by executive order create in the governor's office advisory task forces, councils and committees to advise or assist on matters relating to the laws of this state. A task force, council or committee so created shall ha…

15.0594 COMMISSIONER'S APPROVAL REQUIRED. No person may be employed or consultant retained by an entity created under section 15.0593 without written approval of the commissioner of the Department of Management and Budget. History: 1997 c 97 s 3; 2008 c 204 s 42; 2009 c 101 art 2…

15.0595 COMPENSATION AND PER DIEM; SOURCE OF FUNDS. The source of payment of per diems and expenses for agencies governed by sections 15.0575 and 15.058 shall be appropriations or funds otherwise available to the agencies. The source of payment of per diems and expenses for agenc…

15.0596 ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FROM CONTINGENT FUND PROHIBITED. In all cases where the compensation of an officer of the state is fixed by law at a specified sum, it shall be unlawful for any such officer or employee to receive additional compensation for the performance of offi…

15.0597 APPOINTMENTS TO MULTIMEMBER AGENCIES. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings given them. (b) "Agency" means (1) a state board, commission, council, committee, authority, task force, including an advisory task …

15.0598 EXCEPTIONS TO OPEN APPOINTMENTS. The open appointments program shall not apply to any appointments made jointly by the governor, attorney general, and chief justice. History: 1980 c 614 s 186

15.0599 REGISTRATION OF MULTIMEMBER AGENCIES. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. (a) For purposes of this section, "agency" means: (1) a state board, commission, council, committee, authority, task force, including an advisory task force established under section 15.014 or 15.0593, o…

15.06 APPOINTMENT OF DEPARTMENT HEADS; TERMS; DEPUTIES. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. This section applies to the following departments or agencies: the Departments of Administration; Agriculture; Children, Youth, and Families; Commerce; Corrections; Education; Employment and Ec…

15.061 PROFESSIONAL OR TECHNICAL SERVICES. In accordance with sections 16C.03 and 16C.08, the head of a state department or agency may, with the approval of the commissioner of administration, contract for professional or technical services in connection with the operation of the…

15.063 BIENNIAL REPORTS; SUBMISSION. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the biennial reports required to be submitted to the legislature by various departments and agencies shall be submitted by November 15 of each even-numbered year. History: Ex1971 c 3 s 63

15.066 CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. This section applies to all appointments which by statute require the advice and consent of the senate. For the purpose of this section, the term "agency" includes state departments, boards, committees, councils,…

15.08 COMMISSIONERS OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET AND ADMINISTRATION; ACCESS TO RECORDS. The commissioner of management and budget and the commissioner of administration and their designated agents shall have free access to the records of all state departments and agencies, and may is…

15.082 OBLIGATIONS OF PUBLIC CORPORATIONS. Notwithstanding any other law, the state is not liable for obligations of a public corporation created by statute. Upon dissolution of the public corporation, its wholly owned assets become state property. Partially owned assets become s…

15.10 RECORDS DELIVERED TO DEPARTMENT HEADS. The head of a department or other agency whose functions, powers, and duties are by Laws 1939, chapter 431, assigned and transferred to another department or agency, shall transfer and deliver to such other department or agency all con…