Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

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…

15.16 TRANSFER OF LANDS BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Agreement. To facilitate the transfer of the control of state-owned lands between state departments and agencies of government and to avoid the necessity of condemning state lands by a department or agency of government…

15.161 ACCEPTANCE OF FEDERAL LANDS OR BUILDINGS; CONSULTATION WITH LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES. The head of a state department or agency shall consult with the chair of the house of representatives Ways and Means Committee and the chair of the senate Finance Committee before accepting…

15.17 OFFICIAL RECORDS. § Subdivision 1.Must be kept. All officers and agencies of the state, counties, cities, towns, school districts, municipal subdivisions or corporations, or other public authorities or political entities within the state, hereinafter "public officer," shall…

15.18 DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLICATIONS. Except as provided in sections 3C.12, subdivision 2, and 5.08 and chapter 16B, when any department, agency, or official of the state issues for public distribution any book, document, journal, map, pamphlet, or report copies thereof shall be de…

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…