2005 Minnesota Statutes - 12.11 — State director; personnel.

     12.11 State director; personnel. 


    Subdivision 1.    Division created in Department of Public 
 Safety.  A Division of Emergency Management is established 
 within the Department of Public Safety under the supervision and 
 control of the governor and a state director of emergency 
 management.  The commissioner of public safety shall appoint the 
 state director, who shall not hold any other state office.  


    Subd. 2.    Personnel.  (a) As may be necessary to carry 
 out the purposes of this chapter, the state director may: 


    (1) employ technical, clerical, and other personnel; and 


    (2) with the approval of the governor, make expenditures 
 within the appropriation made for that purpose or, with the 
 approval of the Executive Council, from other funds made 
 available to the state director for purposes of emergency 
 management. 


    (b) Division personnel, except the director of emergency 
 management, must be in the classified service of the state civil 
 service.  


    Subd. 3.    Facilities and resources provided.  The 
 state director and other personnel of the Division of Emergency 
 Management must be provided with appropriate facilities and 
 resources in the same manner as provided for personnel of other 
 state agencies.  


    HIST: 1951 c 694 s 101; 1957 c 227 s 1; 1961 c 3 s 1; 1969 c 
 1129 art 1 s 14; 1974 c 428 s 5; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 
 1987 c 71 s 2; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 1996 c 344 s 6