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     241.02 Transfer of powers and duties.  

    Subdivision 1.    State prisons and reformatories.  All 
 the powers and duties now vested in or imposed upon the 
 commissioner of human services relating to the administration, 
 management, and operation of the state prison, the state 
 reformatory for men, and the Minnesota Correctional Institution 
 for Women are hereby transferred to, vested in, and imposed upon 
 the commissioner of corrections.  All the powers and duties now 
 vested in the commissioner of human services in relation to such 
 institutions are hereby abolished.  

    Subd. 2.    Prisons, jails and lockups.  All the powers 
 and duties now vested in, or imposed upon the commissioner of 
 human services relating to prisons, jails, and lockups, as 
 contained in sections 256.02, 641.21, 641.22, 641.25, 641.26, 
 642.01, 642.02, 642.09, 642.10, and 642.11 are hereby 
 transferred to, vested in, and imposed upon the commissioner of 
 corrections.  All the powers and duties now vested in the 
 commissioner of human services in relation to such prisons, 
 jails, and lockups, are hereby abolished.  

    HIST: 1959 c 263 s 2; 1967 c 398 s 4; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58 

Copyright 2005 by the Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota.