2007 Minnesota Statutes

299A.01 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; CREATION, ORGANIZATION.
    Subdivision 1. Creation; commissioner and deputy commissioner. The Department of
Public Safety is created under the supervision and control of the commissioner of public safety,
which office is established. The commissioner of public safety is appointed by the governor under
the provisions of section 15.06. The commissioner may appoint a deputy commissioner.
    Subd. 1a. Mission; efficiency. It is part of the department's mission that within the
department's resources the commissioner 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 department as efficiently as possible;
(3) coordinate the department'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 department.
    Subd. 1b. Department advertising sales; appropriation. The commissioner may accept
paid advertising for departmental publications, media productions, or other informational
materials. Advertising revenues received are appropriated to the commissioner to be used to defray
costs of publications, media productions, or other informational materials. The commissioner may
not accept paid advertising from an elected official or candidate for elective office.
    Subd. 2. Duties of commissioner. The duties of the commissioner shall include the
following:
(1) the coordination, development and maintenance of services contracts with existing
state departments and agencies assuring the efficient and economic use of advanced business
machinery including computers;
(2) the execution of contracts and agreements with existing state departments for the
maintenance and servicing of vehicles and communications equipment, and the use of related
buildings and grounds;
(3) the development of integrated fiscal services for all divisions, and the preparation of an
integrated budget for the department;
(4) the publication and award of grant contracts with state agencies, local units of
government, and other entities for programs that will benefit the safety of the public; and
(5) the establishment of a planning bureau within the department.
    Subd. 3. Delegation; classified employees. (a) No delegation or assignment of a power or
duty by the commissioner to an employee of the department shall be made in respect to, or
in a manner resulting in a reenactment of, the powers, duties or responsibilities contained in
section 299C.03, and acts amendatory thereof, except to the Division of the Bureau of Criminal
Apprehension.
(b) Employees of the Department of Public Safety are in the classified civil service except
where otherwise specifically provided for by law.
    Subd. 4.[Repealed, 1976 c 5 s 12]
    Subd. 5.[Renumbered section 16B.875]
    Subd. 6.[Repealed, 1997 c 239 art 8 s 36]
    Subd. 7. Rules remain in effect. Notwithstanding sections 14.05, subdivision 1, and 645.36
or other law to the contrary, the rules adopted under the authority of Minnesota Statutes 1996,
section 299A.01, subdivision 6, paragraph (a), remain in effect on and after July 1, 1997, until
further amended or repealed.
History: 1969 c 1129 art 1 s 1; 1976 c 5 s 1; 1977 c 305 s 35,36; 1981 c 356 s 248; 1982 c
424 s 130; 1983 c 289 s 115 subd 1; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1Sp1985 c 10 s 87; 1987 c 312 art 1 s 26
subd 2; 1993 c 163 art 1 s 29; 1995 c 248 art 11 s 21; 1998 c 366 s 68; 1999 c 238 art 2 s 69;
2000 c 445 art 1 s 1,2; 1Sp2001 c 8 art 2 s 65