2005 Minnesota Statutes - 12.36 — Governor\'s powers to fast provide emergency aid.

     12.36 Governor's powers to fast provide emergency aid. 


    (a) The governor, during an emergency or disaster and 
 notwithstanding any other law, may: 


    (1) enter into contracts and incur obligations necessary to 
 combat the disaster by protecting the health and safety of 
 persons and the safety of property and by providing emergency 
 assistance to the victims of the disaster; and 


    (2) exercise the powers vested by this subdivision in the 
 light of the exigencies of the disaster without compliance with 
 time-consuming procedures and formalities prescribed by law 
 pertaining to: 


    (i) the performance of public work; 


    (ii) entering into contract; 


    (iii) incurring of obligations; 


    (iv) employment of temporary workers; 


    (v) rental of equipment; 


    (vi) purchase of supplies and materials, for example, but 
 not limited to, publication of calls for bids; 


    (vii) provisions of the Civil Service Act and rules; 


    (viii) provisions relating to low bids; and 


    (ix) requirements for the budgeting and allotment of funds. 


    (b) All contracts must be in writing, executed on behalf of 
 the state by the governor or a person delegated by the governor 
 in writing so to do, and must be promptly filed with the 
 commissioner of finance, who shall forthwith encumber funds 
 appropriated for the purposes of the contract for the full 
 contract liability and certify thereon that the encumbrance has 
 been made.  


    HIST: 1951 c 694 s 306; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1986 c 444; 1996 c 
 344 s 25