Minnesota Session Laws - 1985, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1985 

                        CHAPTER 257-S.F.No. 647 
           An act relating to education; Minnesota Educational 
          Computing Corporation; removing some limits on its 
          powers; providing for compliance with certain bidding 
          laws for management computing services; limiting the 
          salary of the chief officer; amending Minnesota 
          Statutes 1984, sections 119.04, subdivision 2; 119.05, 
          subdivision 2; and 119.07. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 119.04, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [POWERS.] The board of directors has the 
authority to engage in all activities which carry out the public 
purpose expressed in section 119.01 and which are consistent 
with sections 119.01 to 119.09.  This authority includes but is 
not limited to acquiring, leasing, and disposing of real and 
personal property, establishing banking relationships, borrowing 
funds, establishing policies relating to personnel and 
compensation of personnel, and purchasing insurance.  The board 
of directors may form wholly-owned subsidiaries.  A subsidiary 
shall be under the management control of the MECC board of 
directors.  The board of directors shall employ and set the 
compensation for the chief officer of MECC within the limits 
established for the commissioner of finance in section 15A.081, 
subdivision 1, who at not to exceed 95 percent of the salary of 
the governor as provided by section 15A.081, subdivision 6.  The 
chief officer shall direct and carry on the work of MECC and 
assignments of the board.  The board may establish by-laws and 
elect an executive committee.  
    The board of directors does not have the power to form a 
subsidiary or to sell or offer for sale all or substantially all 
of the assets or any of the ownership of MECC.  
     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 119.05, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [SERVICES TO OTHERS.] MECC may provide its 
products and services to other than Minnesota educational 
institutions.  To further the public purpose expressed in 
section 119.01, MECC shall establish prices based on market 
considerations.  These Prices shall not be less than prices to 
Minnesota educational institutions.  MECC may purchase products 
and services developed by Minnesota educational institutions 
using resources of the institutions. 
    Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 119.07, is 
amended to read: 
    119.07 [MINNESOTA EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; POWERS.] 
    Minnesota educational institutions are not required to use 
any MECC products or services.  Any Minnesota educational 
institution may designate MECC as its purchasing agent for 
computer hardware, software, and development of software. 
Minnesota educational institutions are authorized may, 
notwithstanding the requirements of section 16.07 16B.07, 
123.37, or 471.345, to contract directly with the corporation 
for the development of computer programs and documentation, and 
for instructional and management computing services for 
educational institutions except for administrative microcomputer 
software products developed by the corporation. 
    Approved May 30, 1985