2006 Minnesota Statutes

401.04 ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY; SELECTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE
STRUCTURE; EMPLOYEES.
Any county or group of counties electing to come within the provisions of sections 401.01 to
401.16 may (a) acquire by any lawful means, including purchase, lease or transfer of custodial
control, the lands, buildings and equipment necessary and incident to the accomplishment of the
purposes of sections 401.01 to 401.16, (b) determine and establish the administrative structure
best suited to the efficient administration and delivery of the correctional services described in
section 401.01, and (c) employ a director and other officers, employees and agents as deemed
necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 401.01 to 401.16. To the extent that participating
counties shall assume and take over state and local correctional services presently provided in
counties, employment shall be given to those state and local officers, employees and agents thus
displaced; if hired by a county, employment shall, to the extent possible and notwithstanding the
provisions of any other law or ordinance to the contrary, be deemed a transfer in grade with all
of the benefits enjoyed by such officer, employee or agent while in the service of the state or
local correctional service.
State or local employees displaced by county participation in the subsidy program provided
by this chapter are on layoff status and, if not hired by a participating county as provided
herein, may exercise their rights under layoff procedures established by law or union agreement
whichever is applicable.
State or local officers and employees displaced by a county's participation in the Community
Corrections Act and hired by the participating county shall retain all fringe benefits and recall
from layoff benefits accrued by seniority and enjoyed by them while in the service of the state.
History: 1973 c 354 s 4; 1974 c 174 s 1; 1975 c 304 s 9; 1977 c 392 s 10; 1981 c 360
art 1 s 25; 1988 c 505 s 6