2003 Minnesota Statutes

     116J.76 General functions; powers and duties. 

    The bureau, by and through the director or the director's 
 duly authorized employees, shall have the following functions, 
 powers, and duties:  

    (a) providing comprehensive information on licenses 
 required for business undertakings, projects, and activities in 
 the state and making the information available to applicants and 
 other persons; 

    (b) providing interested persons with an opinion as to the 
 number, kind, and source of required licenses and potential 
 difficulties in obtaining the licenses, based on a review of a 
 potential applicant's business concept at an early stage in its 
 planning; 

    (c) developing with the assistance of other departments a 
 master application procedure to expedite the identification and 
 processing of these licenses; 

    (d) facilitating or recommending consolidation of hearings 
 required pursuant to licensing applications when feasible and 
 advantageous; 

    (e) encouraging and facilitating the participation of 
 federal and local government agencies in licensing coordination; 

    (f) making recommendations for eliminating, consolidating, 
 simplifying, expediting, or otherwise improving licensing 
 procedures affecting business undertakings; 

    (g) serving as an advocate for small business license 
 applicants with state, federal, and local agencies in the 
 process of applying for licenses and complying with licensing 
 standards and requirements; and 

    (h) adopting rules, procedures, instructions, and forms as 
 are required to carry out the functions, powers, and duties 
 imposed upon the bureau by sections 116J.73 to 116J.86. 

    HIST: 1981 c 342 art 3 s 4; 1981 c 356 s 248; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 
 247; 1986 c 444