2007 Minnesota Statutes

116.03 COMMISSIONER.
    Subdivision 1. Office. (a) The office of commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency is
created and is under the supervision and control of the commissioner, who is appointed by the
governor under the provisions of section 15.06.
(b) The commissioner may appoint a deputy commissioner and assistant commissioners who
shall be in the unclassified service.
(c) The commissioner shall make all decisions on behalf of the agency that are not required
to be made by the agency under section 116.02.
    Subd. 2. Organization of office. The commissioner shall organize the agency and
employ such assistants and other officers, employees and agents as the commissioner may
deem necessary to discharge the functions of the commissioner's office, define the duties of
such officers, employees and agents, and delegate to them any of the commissioner's powers,
duties, and responsibilities, subject to the commissioner's control and under such conditions
as the commissioner may prescribe. The commissioner may also contract with, and enter into
grant agreements with, persons, firms, corporations, the federal government and any agency or
instrumentality thereof, the Water Research Center of the University of Minnesota or any other
instrumentality of such university, for doing any of the work of the commissioner's office. None
of the provisions of chapter 16C, relating to bids, shall apply to such contracts.
    Subd. 2a. Mission; efficiency. It is part of the agency's mission that within the agency's
resources the commissioner and the members of the agency 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 agency as efficiently as possible;
(3) coordinate the agency'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 agency.
    Subd. 3. Federal funds. The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency is the state
agent to apply for, receive, and disburse federal funds made available to the state by federal law or
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder for any purpose related to the powers and duties
of the Pollution Control Agency or the commissioner. The commissioner shall comply with any
and all requirements of such federal law or such rules and regulations promulgated thereunder to
facilitate application for, receipt, and disbursement of such funds. All such moneys received by
the commissioner shall be deposited in the state treasury and are hereby annually appropriated
to the commissioner for the purposes for which they are received. None of such moneys in the
state treasury shall cancel and they shall be available for expenditure in accordance with the
requirements of federal law.
The provisions of section 3.3005 shall not apply to money available under the federal
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, United
States Code, title 42, sections 9601 to 9657, for which a state match is not required or for which a
state match is available under the Environmental Response and Liability Act or from a political
subdivision. The receipt of the money shall be reported to the Legislative Advisory Commission.
    Subd. 4.[Repealed by amendment, 1996 c 405 s 6]
    Subd. 5.[Repealed by amendment, 1996 c 405 s 6]
    Subd. 6.[Repealed by amendment, 1996 c 405 s 6]
History: 1967 c 882 s 3; 1974 c 406 s 9; 1974 c 483 s 2; 1977 c 305 s 19,45; 1982 c 458 s 1;
1983 c 301 s 111; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 186 s 15; 1991 c 326 s 6; 1995 c 186 s 31; 1995 c 248 art
11 s 7; 1996 c 405 s 6; 1998 c 366 s 54; 1998 c 386 art 2 s 32; 2003 c 128 art 2 s 36