1999 Minnesota Statutes

     611.263 Employer; Ramsey, Hennepin defenders. 

    Subdivision 1.    Employees.  (a) Except as provided in 
 subdivision 3, the district public defender and assistant public 
 defenders of the second judicial district are employees of 
 Ramsey county in the unclassified service under section 383A.286.

    (b) Except as provided in subdivision 3, the district 
 public defender and assistant public defenders of the fourth 
 judicial district are employees of Hennepin county under section 
 383B.63, subdivision 6. 

    Subd. 2.    Public employer.  (a) Except as provided in 
 subdivision 3, and notwithstanding section 179A.03, subdivision 
 15, clause (c), the Ramsey county board is the public employer 
 under the Public Employment Labor Relations Act for the district 
 public defender and assistant public defenders of the second 
 judicial district. 

    (b) Except as provided in subdivision 3, and 
 notwithstanding section 179A.03, subdivision 15, clause (c), the 
 Hennepin county board is the public employer under the Public 
 Employment Labor Relations Act for the district public defender 
 and assistant public defenders of the fourth judicial district. 

    Subd. 3.    Exception.  Notwithstanding section 611.265, 
 district public defenders and employees in the second and fourth 
 judicial districts who are hired on or after January 1, 1999, 
 are state employees of the board of public defense and are 
 governed by the personnel rules adopted by the board of public 
 defense.  Employees of the public defender's office in the 
 second and fourth judicial districts who are hired before 
 January 1, 1999, remain employees of Ramsey and Hennepin 
 counties, respectively, under subdivisions 1 and 2. 

    HIST: 1989 c 335 art 3 s 37; 1998 c 367 art 8 s 20