1997 Minnesota Statutes

     175.001 Department of labor and industry. 

    Subdivision 1.    Creation and organization.  The 
 department of labor and industry is created under the 
 supervision and control of the commissioner of labor and 
 industry which office is hereby established.  The commissioner 
 of labor and industry shall be appointed by the governor under 
 the provisions of section 15.06.  There shall be one deputy 
 commissioner in the department. 

    Subd. 2.    Oath.  The commissioner before entering 
 upon the duties of office, shall take the oath prescribed by law.

    Subd. 3.  Repealed, 1969 c 1129 art 8 s 17 

    Subd. 4.  Repealed, 1977 c 305 s 46 

    Subd. 5. Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1 

    Subd. 6.    Mission; efficiency.  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) include specific objectives in the performance report 
 required under section 15.91 to increase the efficiency of 
 agency operations, when appropriate; and 

    (7) recommend to the legislature, in the performance report 
 of the department required under section 15.91, appropriate 
 changes in law necessary to carry out the mission of the 
 department. 

    HIST: Ex1967 c 1 s 1; 1969 c 1129 art 8 s 15; 1975 c 359 s 23; 
 1977 c 305 s 24; 1986 c 444; 1995 c 248 art 11 s 13