2005 Minnesota Statutes - 84.028 — Commissioner of natural resources, specific assignments.

     84.028 Commissioner of natural resources, specific 
  assignments. 


    Subdivision 1.    Commissioner to control department 
 responsibilities.  The powers, duties and responsibilities of 
 the Department of Natural Resources relating to boat safety, 
 firearm safety, wild rice harvest program, ginseng harvest 
 program, and such other programs as are now or hereafter vested 
 by statute in the Department of Natural Resources, shall be 
 under the control and supervision of the commissioner of natural 
 resources.  


    Subd. 2.    Development and planning duties.  The 
 overall coordination of acquisition and development programs, 
 comprehensive planning activities, including statewide 
 recreational planning programs required by state or federal law, 
 and not the responsibility of the commissioner of employment and 
 economic development, are under the control and supervision of 
 the commissioner. 


    Subd. 3.    Game warden duties; conservation officers.  
 The operation of the Game Warden Service in the Division of Game 
 and Fish as constituted before July 1, 1967 is under the direct 
 control and supervision of the commissioner.  The name of the 
 personnel in such Game Warden Service is changed to conservation 
 officers.  Conservation officers shall continue to have the 
 powers and duties of game wardens as they existed before July 1, 
 1967 and may be assigned to public relations, conservation 
 instructional activities, and the enforcement of laws relating 
 to resources management which the commissioner shall direct.  
 The commissioner shall create a separate division entitled the 
 Division of Enforcement and Field Service, to be composed of 
 conservation officers and shall appoint a director of the 
 division.  The commissioner may place the director's position in 
 the unclassified service if the position meets the criteria 
 established in section 43A.08, subdivision 1a. 


    HIST: 1967 c 905 s 3; 1969 c 1129 art 3 s 5; art 10 s 2; 1979 
 c 94 s 1; 1981 c 356 s 100; 1982 c 560 s 41; 1983 c 289 s 115 
 subd 1; 1987 c 312 art 1 s 26 subd 2; 1Sp2003 c 4 s 1