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MN Stat § 6.745 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties|Chapter 6 — State Auditor|Section 6.745 — Summary Budget Data To State Auditor.

6.745 SUMMARY BUDGET DATA TO STATE AUDITOR. Subdivision 1. Cities. Annually, upon adoption of the city budget, the city council of each home rule charter or statutory city shall forward summary budget information to the Office of the State Auditor. The summary budget information shall be provided on forms prescribed by the state auditor. The Office of the State Auditor shall work with representatives of city government to develop a budget reporting form that conforms with city budgeting practices and provides the necessary summary budget information to the Office of the State Auditor. The summary budget data must include separately any net unrealized gains or losses from investments. The summary budget data shall be provided to the Office of the State Auditor no later than January 31 of each budget year. Subd. 2. Counties. Annually, upon adoption of the county budget, the county board shall forward summary budget information to the Office of the State Auditor. The summary budget information shall be provided on forms prescribed by the state auditor. The Office of the State Auditor shall work with representatives of county government to develop a budget reporting form that conforms with county budgeting practices and provides the necessary summary budget information to the Office of the State Auditor. The summary budget data must include separately any net unrealized gains or losses from investments. The summary budget data shall be provided to the Office of the State Auditor no later than January 31 of each budget year. History:  1993 c 315 s 3; 1995 c 134 s 1; 1996 c 399 art 1 s 1; 2008 c 175 s 1
MN Stat § 6.75 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties|Chapter 6 — State Auditor|Section 6.75 — Annual Report.

6.75 ANNUAL REPORT. The state auditor shall make and file, annually, in the state auditor's office a summary report of the information collected, with such compilations and analyses and interpretations as may be deemed helpful. Copies of such report may be made and distributed to interested persons and governmental units. A copy of the report shall be forwarded to the legislative auditor. History:  (3286-13) 1939 c 431 art 4 s 6; 1945 c 338 s 1; 1973 c 492 s 32; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 6.755 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties|Chapter 6 — State Auditor|Section 6.755 — Reports To The Legislature.

6.755 REPORTS TO THE LEGISLATURE. Section 3.195 applies to the state auditor. For purposes of determining whether members or employees of the legislature wish to receive reports or publications prepared by the state auditor, the state auditor may send a brief listing of reports to each member. The state auditor must deliver reports or publications to the legislature electronically whenever it is cost effective. History:   2005 c 156 art 2 s 2
MN Stat § 6.756 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties|Chapter 6 — State Auditor|Section 6.756 — Special Districts; Information Required To Be Filed With State Auditor; Audits.

6.756 SPECIAL DISTRICTS; INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE FILED WITH STATE AUDITOR; AUDITS. Subdivision 1. Governance documents must be filed. Each special district must file with the state auditor, within 60 days of adoption, any document relating to the governance of the district, including articles of incorporation, bylaws, or agreements, and any amendment to these documents. Subd. 2. Audit requirements. (a) A special district with total annual revenue greater than the threshold amount for cities under section 412.591, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), must provide for an annual audit of the district's financial affairs by the state auditor or a public accountant in accordance with minimum auditing procedures prescribed by the state auditor. (b) A special district with total annual revenue that is equal to or less than the threshold amount for cities under section 412.591, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), must provide for an audit of the district's financial affairs by the state auditor or a public accountant in accordance with minimum audit procedures prescribed by the state auditor at least once every five years. The audit must be for a one-year period to be determined at random by the person conducting the audit. The audited financial statement must be prepared in a form prescribed by the state auditor similar to the reporting requirements for cities under 2,500 in population. For any year in which a special district is not audited, the district must prepare a financial statement in a form prescribed by the state auditor similar to the reporting requirements for cities reporting on a cash basis and file that statement with the state auditor. (c) This subdivision does not apply to a special district subject to financial auditing and reporting requirements under other law. Subd. 3. Presentation to governing board; filing with state auditor. Except as provided by other law, financial statements and audits must be completed, presented to the district's governing board, and filed with the state auditor within 180 days after the end of the district's fiscal year. History:   2008 c 200 s 19
MN Stat § 6.76 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties|Chapter 6 — State Auditor|Section 6.76 — Political Subdivision Expenditures For Lobbyists.

6.76 POLITICAL SUBDIVISION EXPENDITURES FOR LOBBYISTS. (a) On or before January 31 of each year, all political subdivisions shall report to the state auditor, on forms prescribed by the auditor, their estimated expenditures paid for the previous calendar year to a lobbyist as defined in section 10A.01, subdivision 21, except payments to associations of political subdivisions that are reported under paragraph (b), and to any staff person not registered as a lobbyist, over 25 percent of whose time is spent during the legislative session on legislative matters. (b) Associations of political subdivisions subject to this section shall report annually, on or before January 31, to the state auditor and the association's members the proportionate amount of each member's dues spent for lobbying purposes. (c) For purposes of this section, "political subdivision" has the meaning given in section 6.465, but also includes a metropolitan or regional agency or a public corporation audited by the legislative auditor. History:  1986 c 444; 1Sp1989 c 1 art 3 s 30; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 1; 1997 c 231 art 16 s 1; 1999 c 220 s 50; 2001 c 7 s 2; 2008 c 200 s 20
MN Stat § 6.78 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties|Chapter 6 — State Auditor|Section 6.78 — Best Practices Reviews.

6.78 BEST PRACTICES REVIEWS. The state auditor shall conduct best practices reviews that examine the procedures and practices used to deliver local government services, determine the methods of local government service delivery, identify variations in cost and effectiveness, and identify practices to save money or provide more effective service delivery. The state auditor shall recommend to local governments service delivery methods and practices to improve the cost-effectiveness of services. The state auditor shall determine the local government services to be reviewed in consultation with representatives of the Association of Minnesota Counties, the League of Minnesota Cities, the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities, the Minnesota Association of Townships, the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association, and the Minnesota Association of School Administrators. History:   1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 16
MN Stat § 6.79 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties|Chapter 6 — State Auditor|Section 6.79 — State Mandates.

6.79 STATE MANDATES. A county, town, school district, or statutory or home rule charter city may file a written resolution with the state auditor objecting to a state mandate or making recommendations for reforming a state mandate. The state auditor must list on the state auditor's website a list of all state mandates cited in a resolution under this section, and the name of the unit of local government citing the mandate. History:   2005 c 156 art 2 s 3
MN Stat § 6.90 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties|Chapter 6 — State Auditor|Section 6.90 —

6.90 MS 2018 [Expired, 2010 c 389 art 2 s 1]
MN Stat § 6.92 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties|Chapter 6 — State Auditor|Section 6.92 — Litigation Expenses; Legislative Report.

6.92 LITIGATION EXPENSES; LEGISLATIVE REPORT. The state auditor must report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the committees in the house of representatives and the senate with jurisdiction over the Office of the State Auditor by July 1, 2017, and January 1, 2018, and each January 1 thereafter, on the state auditor's expenses in preparing or asserting a civil claim or appeal, or in defending against a civil claim or appeal, related to the proper exercise of the auditor's constitutionally authorized core functions. The report must list each lawsuit the state auditor has brought or is defending, the grounds for each suit, the litigation expenses incurred since the previous report under this section, and the projected expenses to complete the suit. History:   1Sp2017 c 4 art 2 s 14
MN Stat § 8.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties|Chapter 8 — Attorney General|Section 8.01 — Appearance.

8.01 APPEARANCE. The attorney general shall appear for the state in all causes in the supreme and federal courts wherein the state is directly interested; also in all civil causes of like nature in all other courts of the state whenever, in the attorney general's opinion, the interests of the state require it. Upon request of the county attorney, the attorney general shall appear in court in such criminal cases as the attorney general deems proper. Upon request of a county attorney, the attorney general may assume the duties of the county attorney in sexual psychopathic personality and sexually dangerous person commitment proceedings under chapter 253D. Whenever the governor shall so request, in writing, the attorney general shall prosecute any person charged with an indictable offense, and in all such cases may attend upon the grand jury and exercise the powers of a county attorney. History:  (109) 1905 c 227 s 1; 1973 c 90 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 571 art 3 s 1; 1Sp1994 c 1 art 2 s 1; 2013 c 49 s 22
MN Stat § 8.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties|Chapter 8 — Attorney General|Section 8.02 — Deputies, Assistants.

8.02 DEPUTIES, ASSISTANTS. Subdivision 1. Appointment of deputies and assistants. The attorney general may appoint, and at pleasure remove, six deputy attorneys general and 35 assistant attorneys general. The appointees shall render such aid as is required of them in the discharge of the official duties of the attorney general. To the extent authorized in writing by the attorney general, they shall have authority to appear before grand juries or in any court of this state, as the attorney general personally might do. The attorney general shall have power to employ such assistance, whether lay, legal, or expert, as the attorney general deems necessary for the protection of the interests of the state through the proper conduct of its legal business. Subd. 2. Record keeping. The attorney general shall: (1) keep a record of official correspondence and of all matters presented by the governor, auditor, commissioner of management and budget, secretary of state, or any officer or board in charge of the business of the state upon which any official action is necessary; (2) keep a record of all legal proceedings that the attorney general's office institutes or appears in and the several steps taken therein; and (3) make official opinions in writing and file the opinions in the attorney general's office. History:  (110) 1905 c 227 s 2; 1911 c 56 s 1; 1917 c 61 s 1; 1919 c 272 s 1; 1931 c 211 s 1; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1973 c 720 s 68; 1975 c 156 s 1; 1977 c 172 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 335 s 1; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 8.025 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties|Chapter 8 — Attorney General|Section 8.025 — Part-time Special Attorneys, Payment On Hourly Basis.

8.025 PART-TIME SPECIAL ATTORNEYS, PAYMENT ON HOURLY BASIS. No part-time special attorney assigned to any professional or occupational licensing board of state government, after having received $10,000 for performing official duties in any fiscal year, regardless of the fund from which the payment is made, shall be paid an hourly amount exceeding the equivalent amount paid full-time special assistant attorneys general, plus reasonable office expenses, as approved by the attorney general. History:  1973 c 720 s 72; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 8.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties|Chapter 8 — Attorney General|Section 8.03 — Prosecutions.

8.03 PROSECUTIONS. The attorney general shall cause to be prosecuted all assessors and other officials for such delinquencies in connection with revenue laws as may become known; also all bonds of officers and others upon which any liability to the state has accrued. When any corporation shall have offended against the laws of the state, or misused, surrendered, abandoned, or forfeited its corporate authority, or any of its franchises or privileges, the attorney general shall cause proceedings to be instituted against it. History:  (111) 1905 c 227 s 3; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 8.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties|Chapter 8 — Attorney General|Section 8.04 — Public Lands.

8.04 PUBLIC LANDS. The attorney general shall begin and prosecute actions against all persons claiming to own any portion of the school or other public lands adversely to the state, whenever, in the attorney general's opinion, an action can be sustained, and shall cause an appearance to be entered for the state on learning of any application to preempt any such land. In case of any such application the attorney general may require the county attorney of the county in which the same is made to enter such appearance, and may cause witnesses to be subpoenaed, and take such other measures in the premises as the public interests may require. History:  (112) 1905 c 227 s 4; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 8.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties|Chapter 8 — Attorney General|Section 8.05 — Forms Prepared; Opinions.

8.05 FORMS PREPARED; OPINIONS. The attorney general shall prepare forms for bonds and other contracts and instruments for the use of state officials, boards, and commissions and give legal advice in all matters relating to their official duties, whenever required by the governor, auditor, or secretary of state, or any board or commission created by law. When required by either house of the legislature the attorney general shall give a written opinion upon any question of law. The attorney general similarly shall give a written opinion upon any question of law submitted by a permanent or interim committee or commission of the legislature or of either house of the legislature, including but not limited to an interim committee of the legislature created by law for a county containing a city of the first class. History:  (113) 1905 c 227 s 5; 1967 c 43 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50
MN Stat § 8.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties|Chapter 8 — Attorney General|Section 8.06 — Attorney For State Officers, Boards, Or Commissions; Employ Counsel.

8.06 ATTORNEY FOR STATE OFFICERS, BOARDS, OR COMMISSIONS; EMPLOY COUNSEL. The attorney general shall act as the attorney for all state officers and all boards or commissions created by law in all matters pertaining to their official duties. When requested by the attorney general, it shall be the duty of any county attorney of the state to appear within the county and act as attorney for any such board, commission, or officer in any court of such county. The attorney general may, upon request in writing, employ, and fix the compensation of, a special attorney for any such board, commission, or officer when, in the attorney general's judgment, the public welfare will be promoted thereby. Such special attorney's fees or salary shall be paid from the appropriation made for such board, commission, or officer. Except as herein provided, no board, commission, or officer shall hereafter employ any attorney at the expense of the state. Whenever the attorney general, the governor, and the chief justice of the supreme court shall certify, in writing, filed in the Office of the Secretary of State, that it is necessary, in the proper conduct of the legal business of the state, either civil or criminal, that the state employ additional counsel, the attorney general shall thereupon be authorized to employ such counsel and, with the governor and the chief justice, fix the additional counsel's compensation. The governor, if in the governor's opinion the public interest requires such action, may employ counsel to act in any action or proceeding if the attorney general is in any way interested adversely to the state. Except as herein stated, no additional counsel shall be employed and the legal business of the state shall be performed exclusively by the attorney general and the attorney general's assistants. History:  (114) 1905 c 227 s 6; 1911 c 56 s 2; 1955 c 861 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 345 art 1 s 42; 1994 c 636 art 10 s 1; 1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 17
MN Stat § 8.065 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties|Chapter 8 — Attorney General|Section 8.065 — Private Attorney Contracts.

8.065 PRIVATE ATTORNEY CONTRACTS. The attorney general may not enter into a contract for legal services in which the fees and expenses paid by the state exceed, or can reasonably be expected to exceed, $1,000,000 unless the attorney general first submits the proposed contract to the Legislative Advisory Commission, and waits at least 20 days to receive a possible recommendation from the commission. History:   2005 c 156 art 2 s 5
MN Stat § 8.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties|Chapter 8 — Attorney General|Section 8.07 — Opinions: Questions Of Public Importance; Public Schools.

8.07 OPINIONS: QUESTIONS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE; PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The attorney general on application shall give an opinion, in writing, to county, city, town, public pension fund attorneys, or the attorneys for the board of a school district or unorganized territory on questions of public importance; and on application of the commissioner of education shall give an opinion, in writing, upon any question arising under the laws relating to public schools. On all school matters such opinion shall be decisive until the question involved shall be decided otherwise by a court of competent jurisdiction. History:  (115) 1905 c 227 s 7; 1971 c 67 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 372 art 10 s 1; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 2003 c 130 s 12
MN Stat § 8.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties|Chapter 8 — Attorney General|Section 8.08 — Report.

8.08 REPORT. The attorney general shall report to the governor biennially on or before October 1 of each even-numbered year the number, character, and result of all actions and proceedings in which the attorney general has appeared for the state, the expense incurred by the state in each, and the amount of fines, penalties, and other money collected; also the opinions of general interest given by the attorney general's office since the preceding report, with such recommendations for amendment of the laws as the attorney general may deem necessary or proper, and tables shall be appended showing the offenses reported to the attorney general by county attorneys. History:  (116) 1905 c 227 s 8; 1955 c 847 s 2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 8.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties|Chapter 8 — Attorney General|Section 8.09 — Claims Of State Against United States; Retain Counsel.

8.09 CLAIMS OF STATE AGAINST UNITED STATES; RETAIN COUNSEL. The attorney general is hereby empowered, authorized, and directed to retain attorneys to take exclusive charge of prosecuting, collecting, and recovering from the United States any such claim which may be developed, and to prosecute, at their own expense, any claim before such tribunal of the government as may be deemed best for the interests of the state, detailed reports to be made, from time to time and whenever requested by the attorney general, of the progress of prosecution of any claim; provided, that no composition of any claim shall be concluded without the written approval of the attorney general. History:  (116-1) 1927 c 315 s 1
MN Stat § 8.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties|Chapter 8 — Attorney General|Section 8.10 — Compensation Of Attorneys.

8.10 COMPENSATION OF ATTORNEYS. The compensation of these attorneys for this service shall be 25 percent of the sums and amounts collected and received by the state, such compensation to be contingent upon collection and payment thereof to the state, with no further liability on the part of the state, and the amount of such compensation is hereby appropriated, payable upon the certificate of the attorney general filed with the commissioner of management and budget. History:  (116-2) 1927 c 315 s 2; 1973 c 492 s 14; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 8.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties|Chapter 8 — Attorney General|Section 8.11 — Bringing Action To Recover On Bonds.

8.11 BRINGING ACTION TO RECOVER ON BONDS. The attorney general is hereby authorized, with the approval of the governor, to commence any action or proceeding, in the name of the state, to recover upon any bonds or obligations of any other state of the United States which may now or hereafter be held or owned by the state, or any of its boards or departments, and upon any bonds held in any sinking fund or guaranty funds deposited or pledged with the state by trust companies, banks, fidelity or insurance companies, or held by the commissioner of commerce as liquidator. History:  (116-3) 1933 c 399 s 1; 1983 c 289 s 114 subd 1; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 92
MN Stat § 8.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties|Chapter 8 — Attorney General|Section 8.12 — Solicitor General; Duties.

8.12 SOLICITOR GENERAL; DUTIES. There shall be in the Office of the Attorney General a solicitor general who shall be appointed by the attorney general from within the limitations of the authorized staff, and who shall perform such duties in the place and stead of the attorney general as may lawfully be assigned. History:  1955 c 320 s 1; 1961 c 561 s 3; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 8.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties|Chapter 8 — Attorney General|Section 8.13 — Contest Of Barriers On Dairy Products.

8.13 CONTEST OF BARRIERS ON DAIRY PRODUCTS. The attorney general is authorized to take such action as the attorney general deems necessary in order to contest or oppose existing statutes, ordinances, rules, orders or other trade barriers which may restrict the sale in other states of milk or other dairy products produced in Minnesota; to study and investigate problems concerning the free movement of milk and other dairy products in interstate commerce and to present the results thereof to such legislative and executive agencies of the federal government and the several states, such studies, investigations and presentations to executive and legislative agencies to be made either individually or jointly with others. History:  1955 c 840 s 1; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444