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MN Stat § 11A.23 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 11A — Investment Of State And Pension Assets|Section 11A.23 — Investment Of Retirement Funds And Plans.

11A.23 INVESTMENT OF RETIREMENT FUNDS AND PLANS. Subdivision 1. Certification of assets not needed for immediate use. Each executive director administering a retirement fund or plan enumerated in subdivision 4 shall, from time to time, certify to the state board for investment those portions of the assets of the retirement fund or plan which in the judgment of the executive director are not required for immediate use. Subd. 2. Investment. Retirement fund assets certified to the state board under subdivision 1 must be invested by the state board subject to the provisions of section 11A.24. Retirement fund assets transferred to the combined investment fund or the supplemental investment fund must be invested by the state board as part of those funds. Subd. 3. Withdrawal of assets. When an executive director administering a retirement fund or plan enumerated in subdivision 4, certifies to the state board that invested assets of the fund or plan are required for immediate use, the state board shall sell securities to equal the amount of assets certified as required and shall order the transfer of the assets to the appropriate executive director. Subd. 4. Covered retirement funds and plans. The provisions of this section apply to the following retirement funds and plans: (1) Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities supplemental retirement plan established under chapter 354C; (2) state employees retirement fund established pursuant to chapter 352; (3) correctional employees retirement plan established pursuant to chapter 352; (4) State Patrol retirement fund established pursuant to chapter 352B; (5) unclassified employees retirement plan established pursuant to chapter 352D; (6) general employees retirement fund established pursuant to chapter 353; (7) public employees police and fire fund established pursuant to chapter 353; (8) teachers' retirement fund established pursuant to chapter 354; (9) judges' retirement fund established pursuant to chapter 490; and (10) any other funds required by law to be invested by the board. History:  1980 c 607 art 14 s 21; 1981 c 37 s 2; 1981 c 208 s 10; 1981 c 224 s 15; 1992 c 464 art 1 s 2; art 2 s 1; 1993 c 13 art 1 s 8; 1995 c 141 art 4 s 1; 1995 c 212 art 4 s 64; 2009 c 169 art 1 s 7,8; 2010 c 359 art 12 s 2
MN Stat § 11A.235 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 11A — Investment Of State And Pension Assets|Section 11A.235 — Account For Investment Of Certain Duluth Funds Or Assets.

11A.235 ACCOUNT FOR INVESTMENT OF CERTAIN DULUTH FUNDS OR ASSETS. Subdivision 1. Establishment. The State Board of Investment, when requested by the city of Duluth, may invest the funds or assets of the city's community investment trust fund in a special account for that purpose in the combined investment funds established in section 11A.14, subject to the policies and procedures established by the State Board of Investment. Use of the funds in the account is restricted to debt service payments for the city's street improvement program or to any other use approved in accordance with Section 54(E) of the home rule charter of the city of Duluth. Subd. 2. Account maintenance and investment. The city may deposit money in the account and may withdraw money from the account for purposes approved by the Duluth City Council in accordance with Section 54(E) of the home rule charter of the city of Duluth. Such transactions must be at a time and in a manner required by the executive director of the State Board of Investment. Investment earnings must be credited to the account of the city. The account may be terminated by the city at any time. History:   2007 c 14 s 1
MN Stat § 11A.241 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 11A — Investment Of State And Pension Assets|Section 11A.241 — Investment In Northern Ireland.

11A.241 INVESTMENT IN NORTHERN IRELAND. Subdivision 1. List of investments. (a) By January 1 of each year, the state board shall: (1) compile a list of corporations that, directly or through a subsidiary, do business in Northern Ireland and in whose stocks or obligations the board has invested under section 11A.24, subdivision 3 or 5; and (2) determine whether each corporation on the list has, during the preceding year, taken affirmative action to eliminate religious or ethnic discrimination in Northern Ireland. (b) In making the determination required by paragraph (a), clause (2), the state board shall consider whether a corporation has, during the preceding year, taken substantial action designed to lead toward the achievement of the following goals: (1) increasing representation of persons from underrepresented religious groups at all levels in its work force; (2) providing adequate security for employees who are members of minority religious groups, both at the workplace and while traveling to and from work; (3) creating a climate in the workplace free from religious or political provocation; (4) publicly advertising all job openings and making special recruiting efforts to attract applicants from underrepresented religious groups; (5) providing that layoff, recall, and termination procedures do not favor workers who are members of particular religious groups; (6) abolishing job reservations, apprenticeship restrictions, and differential employment criteria that discriminate on the basis of religious or ethnic origin; (7) developing new programs and expanding existing programs to prepare current employees who are members of minority religious groups for skilled jobs; (8) establishing procedures to assess, identify, and recruit employees who are members of minority religious groups and who have potential for advancement; and (9) appointing senior management employees to oversee affirmative action efforts and the setting of timetables for carrying out clauses (1) to (8). Subd. 2. Affirmative action policy. Whenever feasible, the board shall sponsor, cosponsor, or support shareholder resolutions designed to encourage corporations in which the board has invested to pursue a policy of affirmative action in Northern Ireland. Subd. 3. Divestment not required. Nothing in this section may be construed to require the state board to dispose of existing investments or to make future investments that violate sound investment policy for public pensions. History:   1988 c 687 s 1
MN Stat § 11A.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 11A — Investment Of State And Pension Assets|Section 11A.25 — Additional Investment Provisions.

11A.25 ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT PROVISIONS. When investing assets of any funds or accounts specifically made subject to this section or not otherwise referred to in sections 11A.01 to 11A.25, all securities shall be debt obligations and shall conform to the applicable provisions of section 11A.24. History:  1980 c 607 art 14 s 23; 1987 c 372 art 8 s 7
MN Stat § 11A.27 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 11A — Investment Of State And Pension Assets|Section 11A.27 — Report On Investment Consultant Activities And Deliverables.

11A.27 REPORT ON INVESTMENT CONSULTANT ACTIVITIES AND DELIVERABLES. (a) Annually, on or before November 1, the State Board of Investment shall file a report with the Legislative Reference Library on the activities and work product during that year of any investment consultants retained by the board. (b) The report must include the following items: (1) the total contract fee paid to each investment consultant; (2) a listing of the projects in which the investment consultant was involved; and (3) examples of the written work product provided by the investment consultant on those projects during the report coverage period. History:   2007 c 148 art 2 s 7
MN Stat § 12.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.01 — Citation.

12.01 CITATION. This chapter may be cited as the "Minnesota Emergency Management Act of 1996." History:  1951 c 694 s 1; 1996 c 344 s 1
MN Stat § 12.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.02 — Policy Declaration.

12.02 POLICY DECLARATION. Subdivision 1. Findings. Because of the existing and increasing possibility of the occurrence of natural and other disasters of major size and destructiveness and in order to (1) ensure that preparations of this state will be adequate to deal with disasters, (2) generally protect the public peace, health, and safety, and (3) preserve the lives and property of the people of the state, the legislature finds and declares it necessary: (1) to create a state Division of Emergency Management, and to require the creation of local organizations for emergency management in the political subdivisions of the state; (2) to confer upon the governor and upon governing bodies of the political subdivisions of the state the emergency and disaster powers provided in this chapter; (3) to provide for the rendering of mutual aid among the political subdivisions of the state, with other states, and with Canadian provinces and to cooperate with the federal government with respect to carrying out of emergency management functions; and (4) to ensure that financial assistance made available to the state of Minnesota and to eligible applicants in the state, as a result of natural or other disasters, is provided in accord with established rules and regulations. Subd. 2. Policy. It is further declared to be the purpose of this chapter and the policy of the state that all emergency management functions of this state be coordinated to the maximum extent with the comparable functions of the federal government, including its various departments and agencies, of other states and localities, and of private agencies of every type, to the end that the most effective preparations and use may be made of the nation's labor supply, resources, and facilities for dealing with any disaster that may occur. History:  1951 c 694 s 2; 1953 c 745 s 2; 1965 c 660 s 1; 1969 c 1129 art 1 s 14; 1974 c 428 s 5; Ex1979 c 2 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 71 s 2; 1996 c 344 s 2
MN Stat § 12.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.04 — Division Of Emergency Management.

12.04 DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. Subdivision 1. Division created. A division in the Department of Public Safety to be known as the Division of Emergency Management is hereby created, under the supervision and control of a state director. The commissioner of public safety may place the director's position in the unclassified service if the position meets the criteria established in section 43A.08, subdivision 1a. Subd. 2.  [Repealed by amendment, 1996 c 344 s 4] History:  1969 c 1129 art 1 s 14; 1974 c 428 s 5; 1982 c 560 s 4; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 71 s 1; 1996 c 344 s 4
MN Stat § 12.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.11 — State Director; Personnel.

12.11 STATE DIRECTOR; PERSONNEL. Subdivision 1. Division created in Department of Public Safety. A Division of Emergency Management is established within the Department of Public Safety under the supervision and control of the governor and a state director of emergency management. The commissioner of public safety shall appoint the state director, who shall not hold any other state office. Subd. 2. Personnel. (a) As may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, the state director may: (1) employ technical, clerical, and other personnel; and (2) with the approval of the governor, make expenditures within the appropriation made for that purpose or, with the approval of the Executive Council, from other funds made available to the state director for purposes of emergency management. (b) Division personnel, except the director of emergency management, must be in the classified service of the state civil service. Subd. 3. Facilities and resources provided. The state director and other personnel of the Division of Emergency Management must be provided with appropriate facilities and resources in the same manner as provided for personnel of other state agencies. History:  1951 c 694 s 101; 1957 c 227 s 1; 1961 c 3 s 1; 1969 c 1129 art 1 s 14; 1974 c 428 s 5; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 71 s 2; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 1996 c 344 s 6
MN Stat § 12.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.13 — Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Response Planning.

12.13 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANNING. Subdivision 1. Plan development. The state director, in cooperation with the commissioner of health and affected political subdivisions, shall develop the state and local portions of the emergency operations plans specified in the licensing of each nuclear power plant located in Minnesota. Subd. 2. Need assessment; program development. In addition to requirements imposed by federal law, the state director shall assess the need for protective actions required to mitigate the effect of an incident at a nuclear power plant, and carry out nuclear power plant emergency operations planning including, but not limited to: (1) purchasing equipment for the state and political subdivisions, including public warning systems, protective devices, and communication systems, and preparing public information materials and educational programs; (2) coordinating the development of a detailed state and local nuclear emergency operations planning information system for areas surrounding each nuclear plant; (3) training state and local emergency response personnel; (4) developing accident scenarios and exercises for nuclear emergency operations plans; and (5) providing other specialized response equipment necessary. Subd. 3. Assistance. The director shall provide necessary assistance to other state agencies and political subdivisions to improve the state's nuclear power plant emergency response capacity. History:  1980 c 611 s 2; 1996 c 344 s 7
MN Stat § 12.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.14 — Assessment For Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act.

12.14 ASSESSMENT FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY PREPAREDNESS ACT. A person in the business of owning or operating a nuclear power plant or dry cask storage facility located in Minnesota, shall pay quarterly assessments to cover the cost of nuclear power plant emergency response programs necessary to deal with incidents resulting from either facility. An assessment of up to one quarter of the projected annual cost must be paid to the state director on July 1 of each year. An assessment must be billed by the state director based on actual costs for each quarter of the fiscal year starting with the first quarter ending September 30. The July 1 assessment must be deducted from the final quarterly billing for the fiscal year. The assessment collected must be credited to the nuclear safety preparedness account in the special revenue fund. History:  1980 c 611 s 5; 1981 c 357 s 24; 1983 c 293 s 28; 1Sp1985 c 10 s 37; 1987 c 358 s 38; 1989 c 269 s 36; 1991 c 233 s 37; 1996 c 344 s 8
MN Stat § 12.23 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.23 — Facilities, Utilization.

12.23 FACILITIES, UTILIZATION. In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the governor and the governing bodies of the political subdivisions of the state shall utilize the services, equipment, supplies, and facilities of existing departments, offices, and agencies of the state and of the political subdivisions of the state to the maximum extent practicable. The officers and personnel of the departments, offices, and agencies shall cooperate with and extend services and facilities to the governor and to the emergency management organizations of the state upon request. History:  1951 c 694 s 203; 1996 c 344 s 12
MN Stat § 12.24 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.24 — Regional Disaster Offices.

12.24 REGIONAL DISASTER OFFICES. Subdivision 1. Authorization. The state director may create and establish such number of regional disaster offices as may be necessary to provide both administrative assistance and operational support following a disaster, and with due consideration of the plans of the federal government and of other states. The director shall designate staff for each regional disaster office who shall have primary responsibility for the organization, administration, and operation of the office. Subd. 2. Personnel training, expenses. When the state director considers it necessary to send (1) an employee of the Division of Emergency Management or any other individual, whether or not that individual is a state employee, to a school, training or indoctrination program, or place for training or indoctrination in matter legitimately connected with emergency management, or (2) any individual, whether or not a state employee, to any place in this or another state for any purpose connected with emergency management, the state director may authorize the payment of travel expenses and reasonable subsistence for the period that the employee or other individual is required to remain at the place. These payments must be made from money appropriated to the department. Upon certification by the state director of the purpose and amount of the payment, the commissioner of management and budget shall pay the amount so certified. The stipulations in this section are subject to section 43A.18. The state director may devise and formulate a procedure for the processing and certification of travel and subsistence expenses that allows the employee or other individual to submit monthly statements of expenses incurred during the preceding month. History:  1951 c 694 s 204; 1953 c 745 s 6; 1969 c 1129 art 1 s 14; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1974 c 428 s 5; 1977 c 410 s 1; 1981 c 210 s 54; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 71 s 2; 1996 c 344 s 13; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 12.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.25 — Local Organizations; Directors, Duties.

12.25 LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS; DIRECTORS, DUTIES. Subdivision 1. Political subdivisions; director, responsibilities. Each political subdivision shall establish a local organization for emergency management in accordance with the state emergency management program, but no town shall establish a local organization for emergency management without approval of the state director. Each local organization for emergency management must have a director appointed forthwith: in a city by the mayor, in a town by the town board, and for a public corporation organized and existing under sections 473.601 to 473.679 by its governing body. The local director is directly responsible for the organization, administration, and operation of the local organization for emergency management, subject to the direction and control of the local governing body. Subd. 2. Counties; director, responsibilities. (a) Each county emergency management organization must have a director and one or more deputy directors. They must be appointed by the county board. (b) A county organization for emergency management has jurisdiction throughout the county outside of a city or of a town that has a local emergency management organization. (c) In addition to the other powers granted by this subdivision, county organizations shall: (1) coordinate the activities of and may assist in the training of emergency management organizations of political subdivisions throughout the county; (2) plan for the emergency operations of county government in cooperation with the county attorney, who shall give legal advice to the county organization, and with other appropriate county government officials and private sector representatives; (3) acquire equipment necessary in connection with these activities; and (4) expend funds provided by the county board out of general revenue funds for such purposes. Subd. 3. Territorial limits. Each local and county organization for emergency management shall perform emergency management functions within the territorial limits of the political subdivision within which it is organized and, in addition, shall conduct these functions outside of its territorial limits as may be required pursuant to sections 12.23, 12.27, and 12.32 or any other applicable law. Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1979 c 65 s 3] Subd. 5. Common organization agreements. With approval of the state director, two or more political subdivisions may enter into agreements determining the boundaries of the geographic areas of their respective emergency management responsibilities or providing for a common emergency management organization, which for the purposes of this chapter must be a local emergency management organization. History:  1951 c 694 s 205; 1957 c 626 s 1; 1959 c 459 s 1; 1963 c 678 s 2; 1965 c 660 s 2,3; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 3; 1996 c 344 s 14
MN Stat § 12.28 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.28 — Governor's Orders, Rules; Enforcement.

12.28 GOVERNOR'S ORDERS, RULES; ENFORCEMENT. Every organization for emergency management established pursuant to this chapter and its officers shall execute and enforce orders and rules as may be made by the governor under authority of this chapter or section 216C.15. Each organization must have available for inspection at its office all orders and rules made by the governor, or under the governor's authority. History:  1951 c 694 s 208; Ex1979 c 2 s 7; 1981 c 356 s 248; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 312 art 1 s 10 subd 1; 1996 c 344 s 17
MN Stat § 12.29 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.29 — Declaration Of Local Emergency.

12.29 DECLARATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY. Subdivision 1. Authority to declare emergency. A local emergency may be declared only by the mayor of a municipality or the chair of a county board of commissioners or their legal successors. It may not be continued for a period in excess of three days except by or with the consent of the governing body of the political subdivision. Any order or proclamation declaring, continuing, or terminating a local emergency must be given prompt and general publicity and filed promptly by the chief of the local record-keeping agency of the political subdivision. Subd. 2. Effect of declaration of emergency. A declaration of a local emergency invokes necessary portions of the response and recovery aspects of applicable local or interjurisdictional disaster plans, and may authorize aid and assistance under those plans. Subd. 3. Interjurisdictional agencies. No interjurisdictional agency or official may declare a local emergency unless expressly authorized by the agreement under which the agency functions. However, an interjurisdictional disaster agency shall provide aid and services in accordance with the agreement under which it functions. History:  1976 c 266 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1996 c 344 s 18