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MN Stat § 15.0591 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 14 - 15A — State Agencies|Chapter 15 — State Agencies In General|Section 15.0591 — Representative Of Older Population.

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 of age or over. For purposes of this section, a public member is a person who is not a representative of a specified business, occupation, industry, political subdivision, organization, or other grouping of persons other than geographical regions. At least one of the members over 60 shall not be actively engaged in or retired from an occupation, profession, or industry, if any, to be regulated. Subd. 2. Bodies affected. A member meeting the qualifications in subdivision 1 must be appointed to the following boards, commissions, advisory councils, task forces, or committees: (1) Advisory Task Force on the Use of State Facilities; (2) Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Advisory Council; (3) Board of Executives for Long Term Services and Supports; (4) Board on Aging; (5) Chiropractic Examiners Board; (6) Council on Disability; (7) Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs; (8) Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage; (9) Dentistry Board; (10) Minnesota Office of Higher Education; (11) Housing Finance Agency; (12) Indian Advisory Council on Chemical Dependency; (13) Medical Practice Board; (14) Minnesota State Arts Board; (15) Nursing Board; (16) Optometry Board; (17) Pharmacy Board; (18) Board of Physical Therapy; (19) Podiatry Board; (20) Psychology Board. History:  1984 c 654 art 4 s 8; 1985 c 285 s 3; 1Sp1985 c 9 art 2 s 103; 1Sp1985 c 10 s 39; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 75; 1987 c 354 s 8; 1988 c 613 s 1; 1988 c 629 s 10; 1991 c 106 s 6; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 59; 1996 c 305 art 1 s 7; 1997 c 7 art 3 s 1; 1998 c 254 art 1 s 5; 2000 c 260 s 6; 2000 c 445 art 2 s 4; 2002 c 220 art 10 s 28; 2004 c 206 s 4; 2004 c 228 art 1 s 11; 2005 c 10 art 1 s 9; 2005 c 107 art 2 s 60; 2014 c 212 art 1 s 3; 2015 c 77 art 2 s 87; 2019 c 60 art 4 s 34
MN Stat § 15.0593 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 14 - 15A — State Agencies|Chapter 15 — State Agencies In General|Section 15.0593 — Agencies Created By Executive Order.

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 have no more than 15 members, and vacancies may be filled by the governor. Members of a task force, council or committee shall receive no per diem but may be paid expenses as authorized by the commissioner's plan adopted according to section 43A.18, subdivision 2. A task force, council or committee shall expire two years after the date of order unless otherwise specified consistent with section 4.035, subdivision 3. The task force, council or committee shall be named beginning with the prefix "Governor's Task Force on," "Governor's Council on" or "Governor's Committee on." The governor shall not create a board, commission, authority or other similar multimember agency except as provided in this section. A multimember agency previously created by executive order shall be renamed and shall be consistent with the provisions of this section. Nothing in this section shall apply, to the extent inconsistent with statute or federal law, to any multimember agency specifically authorized by statute or specifically authorized by federal law as a condition precedent to the receipt of federal money. History:  1977 c 305 s 5; 1984 c 544 s 2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 15.0594 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 14 - 15A — State Agencies|Chapter 15 — State Agencies In General|Section 15.0594 — Commissioner's Approval Required.

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 s 109
MN Stat § 15.0595 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 14 - 15A — State Agencies|Chapter 15 — State Agencies In General|Section 15.0595 — Compensation And Per Diem; Source Of Funds.

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 agencies governed by section 15.059 shall be appropriations or funds otherwise available to the appointing authority of agency members. History:   1977 c 444 s 3
MN Stat § 15.0596 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 14 - 15A — State Agencies|Chapter 15 — State Agencies In General|Section 15.0596 — Additional Compensation From Contingent Fund Prohibited.

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 official services out of the contingent fund of the officer or the department, and it shall be unlawful for the head of any department of the state government to direct the payment of such additional compensation out of the contingent fund; and the commissioner of management and budget is hereby prohibited from issuing a payment upon such contingent fund in payment of such additional compensation. Every person offending against the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History:  (127, 128) 1909 c 395 s 1,2; 1971 c 23 s 1; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1986 c 444; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 1Sp2019 c 10 art 3 s 40
MN Stat § 15.0598 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 14 - 15A — State Agencies|Chapter 15 — State Agencies In General|Section 15.0598 — Exceptions To Open Appointments.

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
MN Stat § 15.45 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 14 - 15A — State Agencies|Chapter 15 — State Agencies In General|Section 15.45 — Definitions.

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 against health hazards in their work environment; (2) insure and facilitate the placement and suitability of employees, according to their physical capacities and their emotional make up, in work which they can reasonably perform with an acceptable degree of efficiency and without endangering their own health and safety or that of their fellow employees; and (3) encourage personal health maintenance. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1987 c 186 s 16] History:  1963 c 766 s 1; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1991 c 199 art 2 s 2
MN Stat § 15.46 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 14 - 15A — State Agencies|Chapter 15 — State Agencies In General|Section 15.46 — Preventive Health Services For Public 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 commissioner shall develop these services in accordance with the accepted practices of and standards for occupational preventive health services in the state of Minnesota. Specific services must be directed to the work environment and to the health of the employee in relation to the job. The commissioner shall cooperate with the Department of Health as well as other private and public community agencies providing health, safety, employment, and welfare services. A county or a statutory or home rule charter city may establish and operate a program of preventive health and employee recognition services for its employees and may provide necessary staff, equipment, and facilities and may expend funds as necessary to achieve the objectives of the program. History:  1963 c 766 s 2; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 186 s 2; 1991 c 128 s 1; 1991 c 292 art 2 s 1; 2007 c 59 s 1; 2008 c 204 s 42; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 15.472 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 14 - 15A — State Agencies|Chapter 15 — State Agencies In General|Section 15.472 — Fees And Expenses; Civil Action Or Contested Case Proceeding Involving State.

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 not substantially justified, the court or administrative law judge shall award fees and other expenses to the party unless special circumstances make an award unjust. (b) A party seeking an award of fees and other expenses shall, within 30 days of final judgment in the action, submit to the court or administrative law judge an application of fees and other expenses which shows that the party is a prevailing party and is eligible to receive an award, and the amount sought, including an itemized statement from any attorney or expert witness representing or appearing on behalf of the party stating the actual time expended and the rate at which fees and other expenses were computed. The party shall also allege that the position of the state was not substantially justified. (c) The court or administrative law judge may reduce the amount to be awarded under this section, or deny an award, to the extent that the prevailing party during the proceedings engaged in conduct that unduly and unreasonably protracted the final resolution of the matter in controversy. The decision of an administrative law judge under this section must be made a part of the record containing the final decision of the agency and must include written findings and conclusions. (d) This section does not preclude a party from recovering costs, disbursements, fees, and expenses under other applicable law. History:  1986 c 377 s 2; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1; 2000 c 439 s 4
MN Stat § 15.473 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 14 - 15A — State Agencies|Chapter 15 — State Agencies In General|Section 15.473 — Payment Of Costs And Fees.

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 case proceeding under section 15.472 must be paid by the agency over which the party prevails from funds of the agency. History:  1986 c 377 s 3; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 15.474 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 14 - 15A — State Agencies|Chapter 15 — State Agencies In General|Section 15.474 — Procedure For Award Of Fees; Contested Case.

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. If a court reviews the underlying decision of the contested case under sections 14.63 to 14.68, an award for fees and expenses may be made only under subdivision 3. Subd. 2. Appeal. A party dissatisfied with the fee determination made under subdivision 1 may petition for leave to appeal to the court having jurisdiction to review the merits of the underlying decision of the contested case. If the court denies the petition for leave to appeal, no appeal may be taken from the denial. If the court grants the petition, it may modify the determination only if it finds that the failure to make an award, or the calculation of the amount of the award, was an abuse of discretion. Subd. 3. Judicial review. (a) In awarding fees and expenses under subdivision 1 to a prevailing party in an action for judicial review of a contested case under sections 14.63 to 14.68, the court shall include in that award fees and expenses to the extent authorized in section 15.472. (b) Fees and expenses awarded under this subdivision may be paid in accordance with section 15.473, subdivision 2. History:  1986 c 377 s 4; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 15.51 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 14 - 15A — State Agencies|Chapter 15 — State Agencies In General|Section 15.51 — Declaration Of Policy.

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 government is a significant factor in achieving such cooperation. History:   Ex1967 c 46 s 1
MN Stat § 15.52 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 14 - 15A — State Agencies|Chapter 15 — State Agencies In General|Section 15.52 — Definitions.

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 federal government or a state government which sends any employee thereof to another government agency under sections 15.51 to 15.57. Subd. 3. Receiving agency. "Receiving agency" means any department, political subdivision or agency of the federal government or a state government which receives an employee of another government agency under sections 15.51 to 15.57. History:  Ex1967 c 46 s 2; 1969 c 1140 s 1,2
MN Stat § 15.53 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 14 - 15A — State Agencies|Chapter 15 — State Agencies In General|Section 15.53 — Authority To Interchange Employees.

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 instrumentalities of the federal government, the state, or another state, as a sending or receiving agency except in accordance with sections 15.51 to 15.57. Subd. 2. Period of assignment. The period of individual assignment or detail under an interchange program shall not exceed 24 months, nor shall any person be assigned or detailed for more than 24 months during any 36-month period, except when the assignment or detail is made to coincide with an unclassified appointment under section 15.06. However, the head of an agency may extend the period of assignment for not more than two additional years. A school district, a county, or a public health entity may make an assignment for a period not to exceed five years if the assignment is made pursuant to section 124D.23, subdivision 8. Details relating to any matter covered in sections 15.51 to 15.57 may be the subject of an agreement between the sending and receiving agencies. Elected officials shall not be assigned from a sending agency nor detailed to a receiving agency. Subd. 3. Political subdivisions. A state department or agency must report to the Department of Management and Budget an interchange with a political subdivision in which it is participating either as a sending or receiving agency. The report must include identification of the political subdivision, the length of the individual assignment, and the duties of the individual assignment. History:  Ex1967 c 46 s 3; 1969 c 1140 s 3; Ex1971 c 48 s 11 subd 1; 1990 c 594 art 1 s 42; 1991 c 269 art 1 s 1; 1997 c 97 s 2; 1997 c 162 art 2 s 1; 1998 c 397 art 11 s 3; 2008 c 204 s 42; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 15.54 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 14 - 15A — State Agencies|Chapter 15 — State Agencies In General|Section 15.54 — Status Of Employees Of This State.

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 work assignments of the sending agency. Subd. 2. Salary and benefits. Employees who are on detail shall be entitled to the same salary and benefits to which they would otherwise be entitled and shall remain employees of the sending agency for all other purposes except that the supervision of their duties during the period of detail may be governed by agreement between the sending agency and the receiving agency. Subd. 3. Personal injury. Any employee who participates in an exchange under the terms of this section who suffers disability or death as a result of personal injury arising out of and in the course of an exchange, or sustained in performance of duties in connection therewith, shall be treated, for the purposes of the sending agency's employee compensation program, as an employee, as defined in such act, who has sustained such injury in the performance of such duty, but shall not receive benefits under that act for any period for which the employee is entitled to and elects to receive similar benefits under the receiving agency's employee compensation program. History:  Ex1967 c 46 s 4; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 15.55 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 14 - 15A — State Agencies|Chapter 15 — State Agencies In General|Section 15.55 — Travel Expenses Of Employees Of This State.

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 of such employees incurred in connection with their work assignments at the receiving agency. During the period of assignment, the sending agency may pay a per diem allowance to the employee on assignment or detail. Such per diem allowance shall be in lieu of, but not to exceed, the travel expense allowable under the plan adopted by the commissioner of management and budget pursuant to section 43A.18, subdivision 2. History:  Ex1967 c 46 s 5; 1977 c 347 s 7; 1980 c 617 s 47; 1981 c 210 s 48; 1985 c 248 s 70; 2008 c 204 s 42; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 15.56 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 14 - 15A — State Agencies|Chapter 15 — State Agencies In General|Section 15.56 — Status Of Employees Of Other Governments.

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 to the receiving agency. Subd. 2. Application of appointment laws or rules. Appointments of persons so assigned may be made without regard to the laws or rules governing the selection of employees of the receiving agency. Such person shall be in the unclassified service of the state. Subd. 3. Not considered employees. Employees who are detailed to the receiving agency shall not by virtue of such detail be considered to be employees thereof, except as provided in subdivision 4. The salary and supervision of the duties of such employees during the period of detail may be governed by agreement between the sending agency and the receiving agency. Subd. 4. Personal injury. Any employee of a sending agency assigned in this state who suffers disability or death as a result of personal injury arising out of and in the course of such assignment, or sustained in the performance of duties in connection therewith, shall be treated for the purpose of receiving agency's employee compensation program, as an employee, as defined in such act, who has sustained such injury in the performance of such duty, but shall not receive benefits under that act for any period for which the employee elects to receive similar benefits as an employee under the sending agency's employee compensation program. Subd. 5. Contracts between agencies. Sending and receiving agencies may contract for the services of interchanged employees and by contract arrange for the method and amount of payment for employees and other terms of their employment, so far as not governed by sections 15.51 to 15.57. Any interchange of employees contemplated by a department, agency, or instrumentality of the state which is subject to the provisions of chapter 16B, shall be submitted for review to the commissioner of administration before arrangements are entered into for such interchange. Subd. 6. Consultants. Consultants who are not full-time employees may be paid by both the sending and receiving agencies, but not for the same work. Sections 15.51 to 15.57 shall not affect the method of paying or employing persons for full-time or part-time service in the military service of the state or the United States. History:  Ex1967 c 46 s 6; 1969 c 1140 s 4,5; 1975 c 276 s 1; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1995 c 186 s 10
MN Stat § 15.57 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 14 - 15A — State Agencies|Chapter 15 — State Agencies In General|Section 15.57 — Travel Expenses Of Employees Of Other Governments.

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 as if they were regular employees of the receiving agency. History:  Ex1967 c 46 s 7; 1985 c 248 s 70
MN Stat § 15.58 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 14 - 15A — State Agencies|Chapter 15 — State Agencies In General|Section 15.58 — Agreements Between Federal And Receiving Agencies.

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 with a federal agency. Such agreement may provide for the state agency to pay all or a portion of the salary and fringe benefits of the federal employee assigned. Such payments may be made directly to the employee or as reimbursement to the federal agency. History:  Ex1971 c 48 s 11 subd 2
MN Stat § 15.59 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 14 - 15A — State Agencies|Chapter 15 — State Agencies In General|Section 15.59 — Employee Interchange Between State And Private Industry.

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, and interchange employees pursuant to the requirements of sections 15.53 to 15.57. History:   1974 c 320 s 1