Minnesota Session Laws - 1986, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1986 

                        CHAPTER 344-H.F.No. 1980 
           An act relating to state government; authorizing the 
          Indian affairs council to enter contracts and to 
          accept grants and gifts; amending Minnesota Statutes 
          1984, section 3.922, subdivision 5. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 3.922, 
subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 5.  [OFFICERS,; PERSONNEL; AUTHORITY.] The council 
shall annually elect a chairman and such other officers as it 
may deem necessary.  The chairman shall have the authority to 
appoint subcommittees necessary to fulfill the duties of the 
council.  It shall also employ, and prescribe the duties of such 
employees and agents as it deems necessary.  The compensation of 
the executive director of the board shall be as provided by 
section 43A.18.  All employees are in the unclassified service.  
The chairman shall be an ex-officio member of the state board of 
human rights.  The appropriations and other funds of this 
council are subject to the provisions of chapter 16 16B.  The 
council shall have power to contract in its own name.  Contracts 
must be approved by a majority of the members of the council and 
executed by the chairperson and the executive director.  The 
council may apply for, receive, and spend in its own name, 
grants and gifts of money consistent with the powers and duties 
specified in this section.  The council shall maintain its 
primary office in Bemidji and shall also maintain personnel and 
office space in St. Paul. 
    Approved March 19, 1986