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     257.0766 Recommendations and public reports. 

    Subdivision 1.    Specific reports.  An ombudsperson may 
 send conclusions and suggestions concerning any matter reviewed 
 to the governor and shall provide copies of all reports to the 
 advisory board and to the groups specified in section 257.0768, 
 subdivision 1.  Before making public a conclusion or 
 recommendation that expressly or implicitly criticizes an 
 agency, facility, program, or any person, the ombudsperson shall 
 inform the governor and the affected agency, facility, program, 
 or person concerning the conclusion or recommendation.  When 
 sending a conclusion or recommendation to the governor that is 
 adverse to an agency, facility, program, or any person, the 
 ombudsperson shall include any statement of reasonable length 
 made by that agency, facility, program, or person in defense or 
 mitigation of the ombudsperson's conclusion or recommendation. 

    Subd. 2.    General reports.  In addition to whatever 
 conclusions or recommendations the ombudsperson may make to the 
 governor on an ad hoc basis, the ombudsperson shall at the end 
 of each year report to the governor concerning the exercise of 
 the ombudsperson's functions during the preceding year. 

    HIST: 1991 c 292 art 3 s 27 

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