1999 Minnesota Statutes

     299A.01 Department of public safety; creation, 
  organization. 

    Subdivision 1.    Creation; commissioner and deputy 
 commissioner.  The department of public safety is created 
 under the supervision and control of the commissioner of public 
 safety, which office is established.  The commissioner of public 
 safety is appointed by the governor under the provisions of 
 section 15.06.  The commissioner may appoint a deputy 
 commissioner. 

    Subd. 1a.    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) report to the legislature on the performance of agency 
 operations and the accomplishment of agency goals in the 
 agency's biennial budget according to section 16A.10, 
 subdivision 1; and 

    (7) recommend to the legislature appropriate changes in law 
 necessary to carry out the mission and improve the performance 
 of the department. 

    Subd. 1b.    Department advertising sales; appropriation. 
  The commissioner may accept paid advertising for departmental 
 publications.  Advertising revenues received are appropriated to 
 the commissioner to be used to defray costs of publications, 
 media productions, or other informational materials.  The 
 commissioner may not accept paid advertising from an elected 
 official or candidate for elective office. 

    Subd. 2.    Duties of commissioner.  The duties of the 
 commissioner shall include the following: 

    (a) the coordination, development and maintenance of 
 services contracts with existing state departments and agencies 
 assuring the efficient and economic use of advanced business 
 machinery including computers; 

    (b) the execution of contracts and agreements with existing 
 state departments for the maintenance and servicing of vehicles 
 and communications equipment, and the use of related buildings 
 and grounds; 

    (c) the development of integrated fiscal services for all 
 divisions, and the preparation of an integrated budget for the 
 department; 

    (d) the establishment of a planning bureau within the 
 department.  

    Subd. 3.    Delegation; classified employees.  (a) No 
 delegation or assignment of a power or duty by the commissioner 
 to an employee of the department shall be made in respect to, or 
 in a manner resulting in a reenactment of, the powers, duties or 
 responsibilities contained in section 299C.03, and acts 
 amendatory thereof, except to the division of the bureau of 
 criminal apprehension.  

    (b) Employees of the department of public safety are in the 
 classified civil service except where otherwise specifically 
 provided for by law. 

    Subd. 4.  Repealed, 1976 c 5 s 12 

    Subd. 5.    Review by commissioner of administration.  
 The commissioner of administration shall review on a regular 
 basis the duties and responsibilities of the various state 
 departments, agencies and boards which have an operational 
 effect upon the safety of the public, and recommend to the 
 governor and the legislature such organizational and statutory 
 policies as will best serve the purposes of Laws 1969, Chapter 
 1129. 

    Subd. 6. Repealed, 1997 c 239 art 8 s 36 

    HIST: 1969 c 1129 art 1 s 1; 1976 c 5 s 1; 1977 c 305 s 35,36; 
 1981 c 356 s 248; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1983 c 289 s 115 subd 1; 
 1985 c 248 s 70; 1Sp1985 c 10 s 87; 1987 c 312 art 1 s 26 subd 
 2; 1993 c 163 art 1 s 29; 1995 c 248 art 11 s 21; 1998 c 366 s 
 68; 1999 c 238 art 2 s 69