1998 Minnesota Statutes

     16A.01 Department of finance; commissioner; employees. 

    Subdivision 1.    Commissioner.  The commissioner of 
 finance manages the department of finance.  The commissioner is 
 the state's controller and chief accounting and financial 
 officer. 

    Subd. 2.    Appointment; qualification.  The governor 
 appoints the commissioner under section 15.06.  The commissioner 
 must have broad experience as an executive financial manager. 

    Subd. 3.    Deputy; confidential secretary.  The 
 commissioner may appoint a deputy and a confidential secretary.  
 Each serves at the commissioner's pleasure in the unclassified 
 service. 

    Subd. 4.    Organize, hire, delegate.  The commissioner 
 shall:  

    (1) organize the department; 

    (2) hire the agents and classified civil service employees 
 necessary to run the department; 

    (3) define their duties; and 

    (4) set conditions for, and control, delegation of the 
 commissioner's powers, duties, and responsibilities to them. 

    HIST: 1973 c 492 s 1; 1977 c 305 s 8,9; 1984 c 628 art 2 s 1