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.
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
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany
Chapter 12 — Emergency Management
Section 12.02 — Policy Declaration.
Section 12.04 — Division Of Emergency Management.
Section 12.09 — Duties Of Division Of Emergency Management.
Section 12.11 — State Director; Personnel.
Section 12.13 — Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Response Planning.
Section 12.14 — Assessment For Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act.
Section 12.22 — Assistance, Acceptance, Rules.
Section 12.221 — Minnesota Natural Disaster Assistance.
Section 12.23 — Facilities, Utilization.
Section 12.24 — Regional Disaster Offices.
Section 12.25 — Local Organizations; Directors, Duties.
Section 12.26 — Political Subdivisions; Taxation, Appropriations.
Section 12.27 — Mutual Aid, Arrangements.
Section 12.28 — Governor's Orders, Rules; Enforcement.
Section 12.29 — Declaration Of Local Emergency.
Section 12.301 — Community Disaster Loans; Governor's Authority.
Section 12.31 — National Security Or Peacetime Emergency; Declaration.
Section 12.32 — Governor's Orders And Rules, Effect.
Section 12.33 — Assistance Between Political Subdivisions.
Section 12.331 — Local Assistance Between Political Subdivisions.
Section 12.34 — Assistance Required; Compensation For Property Taken; Penalty.
Section 12.35 — Activating Emergency Response Personnel.
Section 12.351 — Specialized Emergency Response Team.
Section 12.36 — Governor's Powers To Fast Provide Emergency Aid.
Section 12.37 — Political Subdivision's Powers To Fast Provide Emergency Aid.
Section 12.38 — State Agencies; Temporary Waiver Of Fees.
Section 12.381 — Safe Disposition Of Dead Human Bodies.
Section 12.39 — Individual Treatment; Notice, Refusal, Consequence.
Section 12.42 — Out-of-state License Holders; Powers, Duties.
Section 12.43 — Subversives; Hiring, Using; Oath.
Section 12.44 — Political Activities.
Section 12.45 — Violations, Penalties.
Section 12.46 — Limitation Of Powers.
Section 12.61 — Temporary Medical Care Facilities; Liability.