HF 432

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to state government; providing that chaplains
employed by the state are in the classified civil
service; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
43A.08, subdivision 1.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 43A.08,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Unclassified positions.

Unclassified
positions are held by employees who are:

(1) chosen by election or appointed to fill an elective
office;

(2) heads of agencies required by law to be appointed by
the governor or other elective officers, and the executive or
administrative heads of departments, bureaus, divisions, and
institutions specifically established by law in the unclassified
service;

(3) deputy and assistant agency heads and one confidential
secretary in the agencies listed in subdivision 1a and in the
Office of Strategic and Long-Range Planning;

(4) the confidential secretary to each of the elective
officers of this state and, for the secretary of state and state
auditor, an additional deputy, clerk, or employee;

(5) intermittent help employed by the commissioner of
public safety to assist in the issuance of vehicle licenses;

(6) employees in the offices of the governor and of the
lieutenant governor and one confidential employee for the
governor in the Office of the Adjutant General;

(7) employees of the Washington, D.C., office of the state
of Minnesota;

(8) employees of the legislature and of legislative
committees or commissions; provided that employees of the
Legislative Audit Commission, except for the legislative
auditor, the deputy legislative auditors, and their confidential
secretaries, shall be employees in the classified service;

(9) presidents, vice-presidents, deans, other managers and
professionals in academic and academic support programs,
administrative or service faculty, teachers, research
assistants, and student employees eligible under terms of the
federal Economic Opportunity Act work study program in the
Perpich Center for Arts Education and the Minnesota State
Colleges and Universities, but not the custodial, clerical, or
maintenance employees, or any professional or managerial
employee performing duties in connection with the business
administration of these institutions;

(10) officers and enlisted persons in the National Guard;

(11) attorneys, legal assistants, and three confidential
employees appointed by the attorney general or employed with the
attorney general's authorization;

(12) judges and all employees of the judicial branch,
referees, receivers, jurors, and notaries public, except
referees and adjusters employed by the Department of Labor and
Industry;

(13) members of the State Patrol; provided that selection
and appointment of State Patrol troopers must be made in
accordance with applicable laws governing the classified
service;

(14) deleted text begin chaplains employed by the state;
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deleted text begin (15) deleted text end examination monitors and intermittent training
instructors employed by the Departments of Employee Relations
and Commerce and by professional examining boards and
intermittent staff employed by the technical colleges for the
administration of practical skills tests and for the staging of
instructional demonstrations;

deleted text begin (16) deleted text end new text begin (15) new text end student workers;

deleted text begin (17) deleted text end new text begin (16) new text end executive directors or executive secretaries
appointed by and reporting to any policy-making board or
commission established by statute;

deleted text begin (18) deleted text end new text begin (17) new text end employees unclassified pursuant to other
statutory authority;

deleted text begin (19) deleted text end new text begin (18) new text end intermittent help employed by the commissioner of
agriculture to perform duties relating to pesticides,
fertilizer, and seed regulation;

deleted text begin (20) deleted text end new text begin (19) new text end the administrators and the deputy administrators
at the State Academies for the Deaf and the Blind; and

deleted text begin (21) deleted text end new text begin (20) new text end chief executive officers in the Department of
Human Services.

Sec. 2. new text begin TRANSITION.
new text end

new text begin The incumbent of a position that is transferred from the
unclassified to the classified service under section 1 is
appointed to the newly classified position.
new text end