1997 Minnesota Code
Chapters 14 - 16 State Agencies
Chapter 15 State Agencies in General
Section 15.054 Public employees not to purchase merchandise from governmental agencies; exceptions; penalty.

15.054 Public employees not to purchase merchandise from governmental agencies; exceptions; penalty.

No officer or employee of the state or any of its political subdivisions shall sell or procure for sale or possess or control for sale to any other officer or employee of the state or the subdivision, as appropriate, any property or materials owned by the state or subdivision except pursuant to conditions provided in this section. Property or materials owned by the state or a subdivision, except real property, and not needed for public purposes, may be sold to an employee of the state or the subdivision after reasonable public notice at public auction or by sealed bid if the employee is the highest responsible bidder and is not directly involved in the auction or sealed bid process. Requirements for reasonable public notice may be prescribed by other law or ordinance so long as at least one week's published or posted notice is specified. A state employee may purchase no more than one motor vehicle from the state in any 12-month period. A person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. This section shall not apply to the sale of property or materials acquired or produced by the state or subdivision for sale to the general public in the ordinary course of business. Nothing in this section shall prohibit an employee of the state or a political subdivision from selling or possessing for sale public property if the sale or possession for sale is in the normal course of the employee's duties.

HIST: 1977 c 347 s 5; 1986 c 444