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383B.025 COUNTY BOARD APPOINTS AUDITOR, TREASURER, RECORDER.
Subdivision 1. Board may abolish under subdivision 2. In the county of Hennepin, the
offices of county auditor, county treasurer and county recorder shall not be elective but shall be
filled by appointment by the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners as hereinafter provided,
unless such office is hereafter abolished pursuant to a reorganization or consolidation under
subdivision 2.
Subd. 2. Heads are unclassified; statutory duties remain. The duties, functions and
responsibilities which have been heretofore and which shall be hereafter required by statute to
be performed by the various elected officials whose offices are by this section made appointive
shall be vested in and performed by the Board of Commissioners of Hennepin County through
department heads appointed by the board for that purpose. Any such department head shall be in
the unclassified service as defined by sections 383B.26 to 383B.42. The Board of Commissioners
of Hennepin County shall have the authority to initiate and direct any reorganization,
consolidation, reallocation or delegation of such duties, functions, or responsibilities for the
purpose of promoting efficiency in county government, and may make such other administrative
changes, including the abolishing of the offices of auditor, treasurer and county recorder or the
transfer of personnel, as are deemed necessary for this purpose. Such reorganization, reallocation
or delegation or other administrative change or transfer shall not diminish, prohibit or avoid
those specific duties required by statute to be performed by those officials whose office is now
made appointive.
History: 1967 c 599 s 1,2; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1979 c 198 art 4 s 14
Subdivision 1. Board may abolish under subdivision 2. In the county of Hennepin, the
offices of county auditor, county treasurer and county recorder shall not be elective but shall be
filled by appointment by the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners as hereinafter provided,
unless such office is hereafter abolished pursuant to a reorganization or consolidation under
subdivision 2.
Subd. 2. Heads are unclassified; statutory duties remain. The duties, functions and
responsibilities which have been heretofore and which shall be hereafter required by statute to
be performed by the various elected officials whose offices are by this section made appointive
shall be vested in and performed by the Board of Commissioners of Hennepin County through
department heads appointed by the board for that purpose. Any such department head shall be in
the unclassified service as defined by sections 383B.26 to 383B.42. The Board of Commissioners
of Hennepin County shall have the authority to initiate and direct any reorganization,
consolidation, reallocation or delegation of such duties, functions, or responsibilities for the
purpose of promoting efficiency in county government, and may make such other administrative
changes, including the abolishing of the offices of auditor, treasurer and county recorder or the
transfer of personnel, as are deemed necessary for this purpose. Such reorganization, reallocation
or delegation or other administrative change or transfer shall not diminish, prohibit or avoid
those specific duties required by statute to be performed by those officials whose office is now
made appointive.
History: 1967 c 599 s 1,2; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1979 c 198 art 4 s 14
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