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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties › Chapter 6 — State Auditor › Section 6.74 — Information Collected From Local Governments.

6.74 INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
The state auditor, or a designated agent, shall collect annually from all city, county, and other local units of government, information as to the assessment of property, collection of taxes, receipts from licenses and other sources including administrative fines assessed and collected pursuant to section 169.999, the expenditure of public funds for all purposes, borrowing, debts, principal and interest payments on debts, and such other information as may be needful. The data shall be supplied upon forms prescribed by the state auditor, and all public officials so called upon shall fill out properly and return promptly all forms so transmitted. The state auditor or assistants, may examine local records in order to complete or verify the information.
History:
(3286-12) 1939 c 431 art 4 s 5; 1943 c 435 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 492 s 31; 1986 c 444; 1999 c 99 s 5; 1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 15; 2009 c 158 s 1
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties › Chapter 8 — Attorney General › Section 8.14 — Actions Challenging State Expenditures; Intervention.

8.14 ACTIONS CHALLENGING STATE EXPENDITURES; INTERVENTION.
In any action in which the state of Minnesota or any of its officers is a party and the amount of state expenditures for a particular purpose is challenged on the ground that the expenditure is insufficient to enable the state or any of its agencies to comply with the alleged requirements of the Constitution of the United States or of federal law, the attorney general shall petition on behalf of and provide representation for (1) an individual taxpayer, who as an authorized representative of a particular class of recipients or beneficiaries of significant state appropriations, has requested the representation or (2) any other state agency that wishes to intervene in the action. The attorney general shall oppose any attempt to require the state to expend money for any purpose in excess of the amounts appropriated for that purpose by law.
History:
1975 c 434 s 28
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties › Chapter 8 — Attorney General › Section 8.16 — Attorney General; Administrative Subpoenas.

8.16 ATTORNEY GENERAL; ADMINISTRATIVE SUBPOENAS.
Subdivision 1.
Authority.
The attorney general, or any deputy, assistant, or special assistant attorney general whom the attorney general authorizes in writing, has the authority in any county of the state to subpoena and require the production of any records of telephone companies, cellular phone companies, paging companies, subscribers of private computer networks including Internet service providers or computer bulletin board systems, electric companies, gas companies, water utilities, chemical suppliers, hotels and motels, pawn shops, airlines, buses, taxis, and other entities engaged in the business of transporting people, and freight companies, self-service storage facilities, warehousing companies, package delivery companies, and other entities engaged in the businesses of transport, storage, or delivery, and records of the existence of safe deposit box account numbers and customer savings and checking account numbers maintained by financial institutions and safe deposit companies. Subpoenas may only be issued for records that are relevant to an ongoing legitimate law enforcement investigation.
Subd. 1a.
Subpoenas.
The attorney general may in any county of the state subpoena and require the production of any records relating to the location of a debtor or the assets of a debtor, as that term is defined in section 16D.02, subdivision 4. Subpoenas may be issued only for records that are relevant to an investigation related to debt collection and exclude the power to subpoena personal appearance of witnesses unless the attorney general is so authorized by other statute or court rule.
Subd. 2.
Enforcement.
The subpoena shall be enforceable through the district court.
Subd. 3.
Expenses.
The person directed to produce the records must be paid reasonable expenses incurred in producing the records.
Subd. 4.
Disclosure prohibited.
The subpoena must state that the person to whom the subpoena is directed may not disclose the fact that the subpoena was issued or the fact that the requested records have been produced except:
(1) insofar as the disclosure is necessary to find and disclose the records; or
(2) pursuant to court order.
Subd. 5.
Penalty.
The willful failure to produce the documents required by the subpoena is a misdemeanor.
Subd. 6.
Ex parte order.
Upon the ex parte request of the attorney issuing the subpoena, the district court may issue an order directing the production of the records. It is not necessary for either the request or the order to be filed with the court administrator. Failure to comply with the court order subjects the person who fails to comply to civil or criminal contempt of court, or both.
History:
1989 c 336 art 2 s 1; 1993 c 326 art 7 s 1; 1995 c 254 art 5 s 1; 2001 c 197 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties › Chapter 8 — Attorney General › Section 8.20 — Delegation Of Contract Review.

8.20 DELEGATION OF CONTRACT REVIEW.
The attorney general may delegate the power to approve contracts as to form and execution to any state official if it is determined that the delegation will produce a significant, demonstrable improvement in the efficiency or operation of state government. The attorney general may condition the delegation as the attorney general determines to be necessary to protect the interests of the state.
History:
1987 c 335 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties › Chapter 8 — Attorney General › Section 8.30 — Compromise Of Tax And Fee Claims.

8.30 COMPROMISE OF TAX AND FEE CLAIMS.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the attorney general shall have authority to compromise taxes, fees, surcharges, assessments, penalties, and interest in all cases, whether reduced to judgment or not, where the debt is being reduced by an amount exceeding $50,000 and, in the attorney general's opinion, it shall be in the best interests of the state to do so. Such a compromise must be in a form prescribed by the attorney general and shall be in writing signed by the attorney general, the taxpayer or taxpayer's representative, and the commissioner of revenue. Compromises of such debts in cases where the debt is being reduced by an amount of $50,000 or less are governed by section 16D.15.
History:
1969 c 230 s 1; 1973 c 582 s 3; 1986 c 444; 1997 c 84 art 6 s 1; 2000 c 490 art 13 s 1; 2003 c 127 art 14 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties › Chapter 8 — Attorney General › Section 8.315 — Consumer Litigation Fund.

8.315 CONSUMER LITIGATION FUND.
Subdivision 1.
Establishment.
The consumer litigation account is established in the special revenue fund in the state treasury.
Subd. 2.
Disbursements from account.
The attorney general may authorize disbursements from the consumer litigation account for the following purposes related to multistate consumer litigation:
(1) payment of the costs of litigation, investigation, administration, or settlement of any matter related to the duties and authorities provided by this chapter, federal law, or common law as it pertains to consumer litigation;
(2) cost-share payments subject to agreements entered into with other states, governmental entities, law enforcement agencies, or federal agencies in furtherance of litigation, investigation, administration, or settlement of any matter that pertains to consumer litigation;
(3) retention of expert witnesses, professional or technical services, consultants, specialists, mediators, or necessary services related to litigation, investigation, administration, or settlement of any matter that pertains to consumer litigation; and
(4) document review, issue coding, electronic data hosting, or discovery-related costs, including reasonable costs for services incurred by a state agency if related to litigation or an investigation pertaining to consumer litigation in which the state is a party and the attorney general determines it is beneficial to the state to authorize such payments.
Subd. 3.
Reporting.
The attorney general shall report annually by October 15 to the chairs and ranking minority members of the committees in the senate and the house of representatives with jurisdiction over state government finance on activities funded through money disbursed from the consumer litigation account during the prior fiscal year. The report must include an accounting of the starting balance and ending balance of the consumer litigation account for the relevant reporting period and a summary description of all disbursements from the account, along with the purpose of any disbursements.
History:
2023 c 62 art 2 s 28
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties › Chapter 8 — Attorney General › Section 8.32 — Consumer Affairs.

8.32 CONSUMER AFFAIRS.
Subdivision 1.
Generally.
The attorney general has the responsibilities and duties prescribed by this section.
Subd. 2.
Duties.
The attorney general shall:
(1) enforce the provisions of law relating to consumer fraud and unlawful practices in connection therewith as set forth in sections 325F.68 and 325F.69;
(2) enforce the provisions of law set forth in sections 80D.19 and 80D.20 and Laws 1984, chapter 641, section 9; and
(3) make recommendations to the governor and the legislature for statutory needs that exist in adequately protecting the consumer.
History:
1969 c 1129 art 4 s 4; 1973 c 513 s 1; 1978 c 746 s 1; 1983 c 216 art 1 s 13; 1983 c 289 s 23,24,114 subd 2; 1984 c 641 s 1; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties › Chapter 8 — Attorney General › Section 8.34 — Bias-motivated Crime Prosecution Training.

8.34 BIAS-MOTIVATED CRIME PROSECUTION TRAINING.
Subdivision 1.
Definition.
For the purposes of this section, "prosecuting attorney" means a political subdivision's elected or appointed county and city attorney and any of that attorney's assistants who have criminal prosecution responsibility for bias-motivated crimes.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1994 c 636 art 4 s 41]
Subd. 3.
Records of attendance.
The head of every agency that employs prosecuting attorneys shall maintain records of the number of prosecuting attorneys who have attended the bias-motivated crimes prosecution course and the number of those who have not. The agency head shall report annually to the attorney general on these attendance and nonattendance figures.
History:
1990 c 459 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties › Chapter 8 — Attorney General › Section 8.35 — Public Education Campaign.

8.35 PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.
The attorney general, in consultation with the commissioner of human services, may establish a public service campaign designed to educate the public about the necessity of the payment of child support to the well-being of the state's children and taxpayers. The commissioner shall enter into a contract with the attorney general pursuant to Laws 1994, chapter 630, article 11, section 24, subdivision 2, for implementation of the campaign. The campaign may include public service announcements for broadcast through television, radio, and billboard media.
History:
1994 c 630 art 11 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties › Chapter 9 — Executive Council › Section 9.011 — Members; Duties, Powers.

9.011 MEMBERS; DUTIES, POWERS.
Subdivision 1.
Members.
The Executive Council consists of the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state auditor, and attorney general. The governor is chair.
Subd. 2.
Executive secretary.
The Executive Council appoints, fixes the salary of, and removes at pleasure an executive secretary. The executive secretary shall perform such duties as are assigned by the Executive Council.
Subd. 3.
Employees.
Within the limits of, and subject to the conditions of, the appropriation for salaries for the council, the executive secretary may employ such personnel as is necessary, and who may be employed in other departments of the state when so assigned.
History:
1953 c 492 s 1; 1959 c 693 s 5; 1961 c 561 s 4; 1973 c 394 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1998 c 387 art 2 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties › Chapter 9 — Executive Council › Section 9.041 — Settlement Of Claims And Controversies With United States.

9.041 SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS AND CONTROVERSIES WITH UNITED STATES.
Subdivision 1.
Proposing terms; accepting patents; reconveying.
The Executive Council may consider and propose terms of settlement to the legislature of all claims and controversies between the state and the United States over lands granted to the state by the United States under any act of Congress. It may consider and propose terms of settlement of these claims separately or totally. When the legislature approves a settlement, the Executive Council may accept patents of land issued by the United States and may reconvey to the United States any lands that it, by unanimous vote, determines should be reconveyed to carry out the provisions of this section.
Subd. 2.
Legislative action; small claims.
No adjustment or settlement of any claim by the Executive Council is final until ratified by the legislature. The Executive Council may make final settlement and adjustment of individual claims of settlers or Indian allottees, where the land in question does not exceed 100 acres.
Subd. 3.
Auditor's report.
The state auditor shall report to the Executive Council the status of:
(1) all claims of the state against the United States for lands patented to the state by the United States under any acts or grants relating to lands; and
(2) all claims of the United States against the state for lands alleged to have been wrongfully patented or conveyed to the state by the United States.
Subd. 4.
Auditor's expenses.
The state auditor shall expend from any fund appropriated to maintain any department of the auditor's office sums for clerk hire, travel, hotel bills, or other expenses necessary to carry out this section. The state auditor shall audit and the Executive Council shall approve these expenditures. A per diem expenditure may be audited and approved for these purposes.
History:
1953 c 492 s 4; 1986 c 444; 1997 c 7 art 2 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties › Chapter 9 — Executive Council › Section 9.061 — Additional Powers; Emergencies.

9.061 ADDITIONAL POWERS; EMERGENCIES.
Subdivision 1.
Prevention and relief; commandeering property.
The Executive Council may:
(1) take such measures as are necessary to prevent an impending disaster that threatens to destroy life or property;
(2) grant relief to communities stricken by disease, fire, action of the elements, or extreme economic distress;
(3) prevent the occurrence or spread of any disaster;
(4) grant relief to individuals or families adversely affected by a major disaster in conformance with federal disaster relief laws and regulations. Any grants made shall be refunded to the state if the financial assistance needed is received from any other source; and
(5) repair state property damaged by a major disaster in conformance with federal disaster relief laws and regulations.
In these emergencies, the Executive Council may, when necessary, commandeer and use any property, vehicle, means of transportation, means of communication, or public service. The owner of any property taken shall be given a receipt for the property and be paid for its use and for any damages inflicted upon the property while in the service of the Executive Council.
Subd. 2.
Commanding state services.
When necessary to grant relief or to prevent disaster, the Executive Council may use any of the facilities or offices of the state, may command the services of any state military organization, the services of the forces of the state fire marshal or any state department, and the services of employees of the state. These employees shall serve without additional pay, but all proper and necessary expenses incurred while in the performance of duty shall be paid out of funds provided in this section. Members of any state military organization shall be paid for their services while on duty as provided by the Military Code upon warrants drawn by the adjutant general.
Subd. 3.
Money.
When an emergency exists and the attorney general certifies that money is needed, the Executive Council shall furnish the requested money from funds provided by this section.
Subd. 4.
Report of expenses.
The Executive Council shall transmit to the legislature a detailed report of all its expenses and all money paid out not later than March first of each year in which there is a regular session. It shall transmit information and make recommendations to assist the legislature in the enactment of legislation to prevent calamities.
Subd. 5.
Spending power.
Where an emergency exists the Executive Council may expend money as necessary therefor within the limit of appropriations made to the council for this purpose.
Subd. 6.
[Repealed, 1965 c 830 s 2]
Subd. 7.
[Repealed, 1965 c 830 s 2]
Subd. 8.
[Repealed, 1965 c 830 s 2]
Subd. 9.
[Repealed, 1965 c 830 s 2]
Subd. 10.
[Repealed, 1965 c 830 s 2]
History:
1953 c 492 s 6; Ex1959 c 87 s 1; 1965 c 830 s 1; 1969 c 399 s 11; 1975 c 48 s 1; 1981 c 356 s 253; 1987 c 320 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties › Chapter 9 — Executive Council › Section 9.071 — Settlement Of Claims; Other Specified Powers.

9.071 SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS; OTHER SPECIFIED POWERS.
The council has the powers with respect to:
(1) timberlands provided in sections 90.031, 90.041, and 90.151;
(2) lands acquired from the United States provided in section 94.50;
(3) lands subject to delinquent drainage assessments provided in section 84A.20;
(4) transfer of lands between departments of state government provided in section 15.16;
(5) sale or exchange of lands within national forests provided in sections 92.30 and 92.31;
(6) approval of acquisition of land for camping or parking area provided in sections 97A.135 and 97A.141;
(7) awarding leases to prospect for iron ore provided in section 93.17;
(8) approval of rules for issuance of leases to prospect for minerals under state lands provided in section 93.25; and
(9) construction of dams provided in section 103G.545.
History:
1953 c 492 s 7; 1971 c 25 s 7; 1973 c 87 s 1; 1973 c 494 s 2; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 386 art 4 s 1; 1990 c 391 art 8 s 1; 1995 c 186 s 5; 2000 c 495 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany › Chapter 10 — Multiple Branches Or Offices; Observances › Section 10.01 — Space For Constitutional Offices; Additional Duties.

10.01 SPACE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES; ADDITIONAL DUTIES.
The governor, secretary of state, auditor, and attorney general shall keep their offices in rooms provided for them, respectively, in the area known as the Capitol, or as the Capitol complex, or as the Capitol Area; and, in addition to the duties heretofore prescribed, shall severally render such other services and be subject to such further obligations as are required of or imposed upon them by law.
History:
(117) RL s 63; 1967 c 624 s 1; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany › Chapter 10 — Multiple Branches Or Offices; Observances › Section 10.09 — Officers Appointed By Governor, Terms.

10.09 OFFICERS APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR, TERMS.
Except as otherwise provided, the terms of all officers appointed by the governor shall begin upon the date when such officers qualify and assume their official duties, shall continue for the prescribed period thereafter, and until their successors are appointed and have qualified.
History:
(53-48) 1925 c 426 art 20 s 1; 1969 c 9 s 4; 1973 c 35 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany › Chapter 10 — Multiple Branches Or Offices; Observances › Section 10.30 — Employees Compensation Revolving Fund Reimbursement.

10.30 EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION REVOLVING FUND REIMBURSEMENT.
In all cases where any state department owes the employees compensation revolving fund, created by sections 176.591 to 176.611, for claims paid its employees, and no direct appropriation is made therefor, such department shall reimburse the revolving fund from the money appropriated for operation of the department.
History:
(125-13) 1935 c 391 s 39; 1937 c 457 s 38; 1977 c 455 s 69; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany › Chapter 10 — Multiple Branches Or Offices; Observances › Section 10.37 — Holding Two Appointive Offices.

10.37 HOLDING TWO APPOINTIVE OFFICES.
Any appointive state office which the law provides shall be filled by the governor may be held by a person already holding a state office and such person may hold both such offices and perform the functions and duties thereof; but such person shall receive only the salary by law provided for the office first held.
History:
(128-1) 1925 c 353 s 1; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany › Chapter 10 — Multiple Branches Or Offices; Observances › Section 10.43 — Telephone Use; Approval.

10.43 TELEPHONE USE; APPROVAL.
(a) Each representative, senator, constitutional officer, judge, and head of a state department or agency shall sign the person's monthly long-distance telephone bills paid by the state as evidence of the person's approval of each bill. This signature requirement does not apply to a month in which the person's long-distance phone bill paid by the state is less than $5.
(b) Even if the monthly long-distance phone bill paid by the state for a person subject to this section is less than $5, the person is responsible for paying that portion of the bill that does not relate to state business. As provided in section 10.46, long-distance telephone bills paid by the state are public data, regardless of the amount of the bills.
History:
1993 c 370 s 4; 2015 c 77 art 2 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany › Chapter 10 — Multiple Branches Or Offices; Observances › Section 10.44 — Budgets; How Treated.

10.44 BUDGETS; HOW TREATED.
Except as provided in section 3.1985, the budgets of the house of representatives, senate, constitutional officers, district courts, court of appeals, and supreme court must be submitted to and considered by the appropriate committees of the legislature in the same manner as the budgets of executive agencies.
History:
1993 c 370 s 5; 2023 c 62 art 2 s 30
NOTE:
The amendment to this section by Laws 2023, chapter 62, article 2, section 30, is effective July 1, 2025, and applies to budgets proposed for fiscal years 2026 and thereafter. Laws 2023, chapter 62, article 2, section 30, the effective date.
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany › Chapter 10 — Multiple Branches Or Offices; Observances › Section 10.45 — Budgets; Information.

10.45 BUDGETS; INFORMATION.
The budgets of the Legislative Coordinating Commission and each constitutional officer, the district courts, court of appeals, and supreme court shall be public information and shall be divided into expense categories. The budgets of the house of representatives and the senate shall be public information and shall be separated by appropriation categories identified in section 3.1985 and direct appropriation expense categories. The categories shall include, among others, payroll, travel, and telephone expenses.
History:
1993 c 370 s 6; 2023 c 62 art 2 s 31
NOTE:
The amendment to this section by Laws 2023, chapter 62, article 2, section 31, is effective July 1, 2025, and applies to budgets adopted for fiscal years 2026 and thereafter. Laws 2023, chapter 62, article 2, section 31, the effective date.
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany › Chapter 10 — Multiple Branches Or Offices; Observances › Section 10.46 — Telephone Records Public.

10.46 TELEPHONE RECORDS PUBLIC.
Long-distance telephone bills paid for by the state or a political subdivision, including those of representatives, senators, judges, constitutional officers, heads of departments and agencies, local officials, and employees thereof, are public data.
History:
1993 c 370 s 7