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MN Stat § 44.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 44 — City Merit Systems|Chapter 44 — Municipal Civil Service|Section 44.04 — Personnel Board.

44.04 PERSONNEL BOARD. Subdivision 1. Appointment, terms, oath. Within 30 days after the effective date of the merit system ordinance in any municipality, a personnel board shall be appointed. Except as provided in subdivisions 2 and 3, the board shall consist of three members and be appointed by the mayor with the consent of the council. Each member shall serve for a term of three years, except that of the members first appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of three years; and each shall serve until a successor is appointed and qualified. A member may be removed by the mayor with the consent of the council for cause after written notice and an opportunity to be heard. No member shall hold any other municipal position. Before entering upon the duties of office, each member shall subscribe and file with the city clerk or recorder an oath for the faithful discharge of the duties. A chair shall be elected under such rules as the board may adopt. Subd. 2. Police or firefighter's civil service commission, as personnel board. When a merit system ordinance is adopted in any municipality having a police or firefighter's civil service commission, the existing commission shall become the personnel board and its members shall serve for the duration of terms for which they were originally appointed. Successors shall be appointed for three-year terms as provided in subdivision 1. Subd. 3. Membership reduced. When a merit system ordinance is adopted in any municipality having both police and fire civil service commissions, all the members of such commission shall become the members of the board established under sections 44.01 to 44.16 and shall continue to serve as members of the new board for the remainder of the terms for which they were originally appointed. No successor shall be appointed for the members whose terms are the first, third, and fifth of the six to end, but at the end of every other term, one member shall be appointed for a three-year term, thus reducing the board membership to five by the end of the first year, four by the end of the second year, and three by the end of the third year. Subd. 4. Meetings. The board shall hold regular and special meetings as provided by its rules. All meetings and hearings shall be open to the public. Two members of the board shall constitute a quorum. Members shall be paid all necessary expenses. The board shall select a secretary to serve at the pleasure of the board. The secretary may be a member of the board or an employee of the municipality. The council may authorize the payment of compensation for the secretary's services and for the members of the board in an amount to be determined by the council. History:  1951 c 675 s 4; 1957 c 328 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1977 c 429 s 63; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 216 s 1
MN Stat § 44.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 44 — City Merit Systems|Chapter 44 — Municipal Civil Service|Section 44.05 — Positions; Graded, Classified.

44.05 POSITIONS; GRADED, CLASSIFIED. The board shall, as soon as practicable after its appointment and organization and after consultation with appointing authorities and principal supervisory officials, grade and classify all positions in the classified service according to the duties and responsibilities of each position and appropriate lines of promotion and it shall allocate each position in the classified service to the appropriate class therein. The titles in the classification plan shall be used for original appointments, promotions, payrolls, and all other personnel records, and rates of pay shall be fixed according to the grades of positions established in the classification plan. The board shall prepare and maintain an employment roster on which shall be entered in their respective classes of employment, the names, ages, compensation, period of past employment and such other facts with reference to each employee in the classified service as the board deems useful. History:   1951 c 675 s 5
MN Stat § 44.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 44 — City Merit Systems|Chapter 44 — Municipal Civil Service|Section 44.06 — Appointments, Promotions.

44.06 APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS. Subdivision 1. Competitive examinations. Every appointment or promotion to a position in the classified service shall be made after a competitive examination given by the board or under its direction as provided in section 44.07. Subd. 2. Lists of eligibles. The board shall, as the need arises, prepare and maintain lists of eligibles for classes of positions in the classified service in accordance with their standing in examinations, taking into account the credit given war veterans by section 197.455. Subd. 3. Three names certified. Whenever a vacancy occurs in a position in the classified service, the appointing authority shall notify the board of the vacancy. The board shall certify to the appointing authority the three names standing highest on the appropriate eligible list. If two or more vacancies are to be filled in the same class, the board shall certify two more names than the number of vacancies to be filled. The appointing authority shall appoint one person from the names so certified to fill each vacancy. Subd. 4. Temporary employment. An appointing authority may, to the extent authorized by the rules of the board, temporarily employ persons on eligible lists but without regard to rank thereon for a period not to exceed 90 days in emergencies and may provisionally employ persons for not more than 90 days when necessary because of the lack of eligibles on the eligible list. No person shall serve as a temporary or provisional employee for more than 90 days in any calendar year. History:  1951 c 675 s 6; 1978 c 674 s 10
MN Stat § 44.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 44 — City Merit Systems|Chapter 44 — Municipal Civil Service|Section 44.07 — Examinations.

44.07 EXAMINATIONS. Subdivision 1. Requirements. Every examination shall be impartial, fair, and designed only to test the relative qualification and fitness of applicants to discharge the duties of the particular position for which it is designed. No questions in any examination shall relate to the political or religious convictions or affiliations of the applicant. All applicants for positions of trust and responsibility shall be specially examined as to moral character, sobriety, and integrity, and all applicants for positions requiring special experience, skill, or faithfulness shall be especially examined in respect to those qualities. Within these limits, the board may make use of any appropriate testing technique, including oral examinations or interviews. Subd. 2. Notice. Public notice of the time and place of an examination shall be given by one publication in the official newspaper of the municipality, or in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality if there is no official newspaper, at least ten days in advance of the examination and by posting for a similar period. A written notice shall also be mailed in advance of the examination to each person who has submitted an application for the position to the board before the public notice is given. Subd. 3. Examiners. It shall be the duty of every employee of the municipality to act as an examiner at the request of the board without additional compensation for such service. The board may make use of other qualified persons who are not employees of the municipality to act as examiners. History:  1951 c 675 s 7; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 44.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 44 — City Merit Systems|Chapter 44 — Municipal Civil Service|Section 44.08 — Permanent Employees, Dismissal, Suspension.

44.08 PERMANENT EMPLOYEES, DISMISSAL, SUSPENSION. Subdivision 1. Just cause; notice, charges filed. No permanent employee in the classified service shall be dismissed or suspended without pay for more than 30 days, except for just cause, which shall not be religious, racial, or political. No such action shall be taken except after the employee has been given notice of the action in writing. A copy of the notice shall be transmitted to the board. Upon written request made by the employee within 15 days after receipt of such notice, the appointing authority shall file the charges of inefficiency or misconduct on which the dismissal or suspension is based with the employee concerned and with the secretary of the board and a hearing shall be held by the board thereon after 10 days' written notice to the employee of the time and place of the hearing. Action of the appointing authority shall be final if no such written request is made within 15 days after receipt of the notice of dismissal or suspension. Subd. 2. Public hearing, witnesses. The hearing on the charges shall be open to the public and each member of the board shall have the power to issue subpoenas, to administer oaths, and to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books and papers relevant to the investigation. The board shall require by subpoena the attendance of any witness requested by the employee who can be found in the county. The board may make complaint to the district court of disobedience of its subpoenas or orders and the court shall prescribe notice to the person accused and require obedience to the board's subpoena and order and punish disobedience as a contempt of court. Witnesses shall be entitled to the same fees and mileage as for attendance upon the district court, except that any officer, agent, or employee of the municipality who receives compensation shall not be entitled to fees or mileage. Subd. 3. Determination. If, after the hearing, the board finds that the charges are sustained, the dismissal or suspension shall be final unless an appeal to the courts is taken under section 44.09. If the board finds that the charges are not sustained, the employee, if suspended pending investigation, shall be immediately reinstated and shall be paid all back pay due for the period of suspension; if not suspended, the employee shall be continued in the position as though the action had not been brought, subject to the right of the appointing authority to appeal as provided in section 44.09. Subd. 4. Findings; filing, notice. Findings hereunder and orders sustaining disciplinary actions or compelling reinstatement shall be in writing and shall be filed within three days after the completion of the hearing among the records of the secretary of the board. The secretary shall give written notice of the decision to any employee concerned and to the appointing authority. History:  1951 c 675 s 8; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 44.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 44 — City Merit Systems|Chapter 44 — Municipal Civil Service|Section 44.09 — Appeals.

44.09 APPEALS. Subdivision 1. Notice. The employee or the appointing authority may appeal to the district court from an order of the board concerning the employee's dismissal or suspension without pay for more than 30 days by serving written notice of the appeal upon the secretary of the board within ten days after receiving written notice of the board's order. Subd. 2. Certification of record. Within five days after receiving service of the notice, the secretary shall certify the record of the proceedings, including all documents, testimony, and minutes to the court administrator of the district court. The administrator shall then place the cause on the calendar for determination at the next general term of the court to be held at the nearest place in the county where the municipality is located. The question to be determined by the court shall be: "Was the order of the personnel board reasonably supported by the evidence?" Subd. 3. Appeal. The employee or the appointing authority may appeal from the district court as in other civil cases. History:  1951 c 675 s 9; 1983 c 247 s 22; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 44.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 44 — City Merit Systems|Chapter 44 — Municipal Civil Service|Section 44.10 — Probationary Period.

44.10 PROBATIONARY PERIOD. Subdivision 1. Employees in classified service. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) and subdivision 2, every person holding a position in the classified service of a municipality on the effective date of the merit system ordinance and every person subsequently appointed to such a position shall serve a probationary period of six months. (b) The probationary period for a peace officer is 12 months. (c) During the probationary period described in this subdivision, the person may be dismissed summarily without compliance with section 44.08, but the dismissal shall be in writing and reported to the board. Subd. 2. Police or fire department employees. Subject to the completion of an existing probationary period, any permanent employee of a police or fire department under the jurisdiction of a police or fire civil service commission at the time of the effective date of a merit system ordinance shall automatically become a permanent employee in the classified service subject to and protected by this chapter without the service of any additional probationary period thereunder for the position then occupied. History:  1951 c 675 s 10; 1986 c 444; 2010 c 186 s 2
MN Stat § 44.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 44 — City Merit Systems|Chapter 44 — Municipal Civil Service|Section 44.12 — Expenses, Payment.

44.12 EXPENSES, PAYMENT. Whenever the classified service includes employees who are under the jurisdiction of a board or commission with authority independent of the council to appropriate money and pay bills, the personnel board's expenses incurred in recruiting such employees shall be paid by the independent board or commission concerned; and the board shall provide for the apportionment of general expenses of the board between the funds of the council and the funds of such independent boards or commissions in the proportion that the number of full-time employees of each in the classified service bears to the total number of full-time employees in the classified service. The council and each independent board and commission shall provide for the payment of all reasonable expenses of the board thus apportioned to it; and the council shall provide for the payment of all reasonable expenses of the board in all other cases. History:   1951 c 675 s 12
MN Stat § 44.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 44 — City Merit Systems|Chapter 44 — Municipal Civil Service|Section 44.13 — Contracts, Technical Services.

44.13 CONTRACTS, TECHNICAL SERVICES. With the approval of the council or independent board or commission responsible in the particular case for the payment of the cost incurred, the board may contract with the state or any other political subdivision, or any public or private agency, for the conduct of competitive examinations, for the formulation of classification plans, or for the performance of any other technical service in connection with the discharge of its duties under this chapter. History:   1951 c 675 s 13
MN Stat § 44.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 44 — City Merit Systems|Chapter 44 — Municipal Civil Service|Section 44.14 — Effect On Veterans Preference Law.

44.14 EFFECT ON VETERANS PREFERENCE LAW. This chapter does not exclude or modify the application of sections 197.455 and 197.46. History:  1951 c 675 s 14; 1975 c 45 s 3
MN Stat § 44.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 44 — City Merit Systems|Chapter 44 — Municipal Civil Service|Section 44.15 — Prohibited Practices.

44.15 PROHIBITED PRACTICES. Subdivision 1. Influencing examination, appointment, or promotion. No applicant for examination, appointment or promotion in the classified service of a municipality shall directly or indirectly give, render, or pay, or promise to give, render or pay, any money, service or other thing to any person, for or on account of, or in connection, with an examination, appointment or proposed appointment or promotion. Any person violating this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Subd. 2. By employee. No employee in the classified service shall directly or indirectly solicit or receive or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving any assistance, assessment, or subscription, whether voluntary or involuntary, for any political purpose whatsoever, or for any political party or affiliate. Any violation of this provision shall be cause for dismissal from the service of the municipality. History:  1951 c 675 s 15; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 44.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 44 — City Merit Systems|Chapter 44 — Municipal Civil Service|Section 44.16 — Merit System, Abandonment.

44.16 MERIT SYSTEM, ABANDONMENT. Subdivision 1. Procedure. The merit system may be abandoned and the board abolished in any municipality in the manner provided in this subdivision. The council may, and upon petition therefor signed by voters equal in number to at least 25 percent of the electors voting at the last general municipal election shall, submit to the voters at a regular or special election the question of abolition of the board. The question on the ballot shall be stated substantially as follows: "Shall the personnel board be abolished?" If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition is in favor of abolition of the board, the board shall cease to exist and the status of all departments and employees shall thereafter be the same as if no board had been established; but if the board supplanted a police or firefighter's civil service commission, the board shall not be abolished unless two-thirds of the electors voting at the election vote in favor of the proposition. Subd. 2. Home rule charter provisions. Nothing in subdivision 1 shall preclude any municipality from abolishing the board or modifying its powers and duties by home rule charter provisions or from supplanting the merit system provided by this chapter by a different provision in a home rule charter. The provisions of this chapter shall thereafter become inapplicable to such city except as otherwise provided in the charter. History:  1951 c 675 s 16; 1977 c 429 s 63
MN Stat § 45.011 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 44A - 45A — Commerce|Chapter 45 — Department Of Commerce; General Powers|Section 45.011 — Definitions.

45.011 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. As used in chapters 45 to 80C, 80E to 83, 155A, 216C, 332, 332A, 332B, 345, and 359, and sections 81A.22 to 81A.37; 123A.21, subdivision 7, paragraph (a), clause (23); 123A.25; 325D.30 to 325D.42; 326B.802 to 326B.885; 386.62 to 386.78; 471.617; and 471.982, unless the context indicates otherwise, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of commerce. Subd. 3. Department. "Department" means the Department of Commerce. Subd. 4. Duties and responsibilities entrusted to the commissioner. "Duties and responsibilities entrusted to the commissioner" includes the administration of those chapters referred to in subdivision 1 and chapter 115C, as well as rules adopted or orders issued under those chapters. History:  1983 c 289 s 11; 1993 c 204 s 1,2; 1994 c 385 s 1,2; 1996 c 439 art 1 s 2; 1997 c 222 s 1; 1Sp2001 c 5 art 20 s 4; 2006 c 212 art 1 s 3; 2007 c 57 art 3 s 22007 c 140 art 8 s 30; art 13 s 4; 2009 c 37 art 4 s 1; 2009 c 178 art 1 s 1; 2011 c 108 s 1; 2016 c 158 art 1 s 17; 2018 c 155 s 1; 2018 c 192 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 45.0112 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 44A - 45A — Commerce|Chapter 45 — Department Of Commerce; General Powers|Section 45.0112 — Street And E-mail Addresses Required.

45.0112 STREET AND E-MAIL ADDRESSES REQUIRED. Licensees or applicants for licenses issued by the commissioner shall provide to the commissioner a residence telephone number, a street address where the licensee actually resides, a street address where the licensee's business is physically located, and a current e-mail address for business use. The individual shall notify the department of any change in street address, e-mail address for business use, or residence telephone number within ten days. History:  1997 c 222 s 3; 2010 c 384 s 1
MN Stat § 45.012 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 44A - 45A — Commerce|Chapter 45 — Department Of Commerce; General Powers|Section 45.012 — Commissioner.

45.012 COMMISSIONER. (a) The Department of Commerce is under the supervision and control of the commissioner of commerce. The commissioner is appointed by the governor in the manner provided by section 15.06. (b) Data that is received by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee by virtue of membership or participation in an association, group, or organization that is not otherwise subject to chapter 13 is confidential or protected nonpublic data but may be shared with the department employees as the commissioner considers appropriate. The commissioner may release the data to any person, agency, or the public if the commissioner determines that the access will aid the law enforcement process, promote public health or safety, or dispel widespread rumor or unrest. (c) It is part of the department's mission that within the department's resources the commissioner shall endeavor to: (1) prevent the waste or unnecessary spending of public money; (2) use innovative fiscal and human resource practices to manage the state's resources and operate the department as efficiently as possible; (3) coordinate the department's activities wherever appropriate with the activities of other governmental agencies; (4) use technology where appropriate to increase agency productivity, improve customer service, increase public access to information about government, and increase public participation in the business of government; (5) utilize constructive and cooperative labor-management practices to the extent otherwise required by chapters 43A and 179A; (6) report to the legislature on the performance of agency operations and the accomplishment of agency goals in the agency's biennial budget according to section 16A.10, subdivision 1; and (7) recommend to the legislature appropriate changes in law necessary to carry out the mission and improve the performance of the department. (d) The commissioner also has all the powers and responsibilities and shall perform all the duties previously assigned to the commissioner of public service and the Department of Public Service under chapters 216, 216A, 216B, 216C, 237, 238, 239, and other statutes prior to the date of final enactment of Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 4, except in the case where those powers, responsibilities, or duties have been specifically otherwise assigned by law. History:  1983 c 289 s 12; 1992 c 564 art 1 s 1; 1995 c 248 art 11 s 5; 1998 c 366 s 52; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 6 s 14
MN Stat § 45.013 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 44A - 45A — Commerce|Chapter 45 — Department Of Commerce; General Powers|Section 45.013 — Power To Appoint Staff.

45.013 POWER TO APPOINT STAFF. The commissioner of commerce may appoint four deputy commissioners, four assistant commissioners, and an assistant to the commissioner. Those positions, as well as that of a confidential secretary, are unclassified. The commissioner may appoint other employees necessary to carry out the duties and responsibilities entrusted to the commissioner. History:   1983 c 289 s 13
MN Stat § 45.014 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 44A - 45A — Commerce|Chapter 45 — Department Of Commerce; General Powers|Section 45.014 — Seal Of Department Of Commerce.

45.014 SEAL OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. The commissioner of commerce shall devise a seal for official use as the seal of the Department of Commerce. The seal must be capable of being legibly reproduced under photographic methods. A description of the seal, and a copy of it, must be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. History:   1995 c 202 art 1 s 1