375.58 JURISDICTION.
Subdivision 1.
All but excluded. The jurisdiction of a county personnel department created
pursuant to section
375.56 shall include every county level public employment position for which
the appointing authority is the county board, the local social services agency, the county human
services board, an elected county official, an appointed county department head, or a commission
or board appointed by the county board, except the positions excluded under subdivisions 2 and 3.
Subd. 2.
Excluded. The following positions are excluded from the jurisdiction of the county
personnel department:
(a) elected positions;
(b) positions for which a county or district court judge is the appointing authority;
(c) positions designated as department heads appointed by the county board;
(d) positions designated as department heads appointed by boards or commissions appointed
by the county board;
(e) one position designated by each elected department head as a chief or principal assistant;
(f) one position designated by each elected department head as a personal secretary.
Subd. 3.
Optional exclusions. At the option of the county board, the following positions
may be excluded from the jurisdiction of the county personnel department:
(a) any positions subject to merit systems established pursuant to sections
12.22, subdivision
3
,
144.071,
256.012, and
387.31 to
387.45;
(b) positions designated as temporary or seasonal;
(c) positions held by special deputies and volunteers serving without pay;
(d) positions held by students in training.
History: 1976 c 182 s 3; 1981 c 317 s 2; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1994 c 631 s 31