43A.36 RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND JURISDICTIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Cooperation; state agencies. The commissioner may delegate administrative
functions associated with the duties of the commissioner to appointing authorities who have the
capability to perform such functions when the commissioner determines that it is in the best
interests of the state civil service. The commissioner shall consult with agencies and agencies
shall cooperate as appropriate in implementation of this chapter.
The commissioner, in conjunction with appointing authorities, shall analyze and assess
current and future human resource requirements of the civil service and coordinate personnel
actions throughout the civil service to meet the requirements. The commissioner shall provide
recruiting assistance and make the applicant database available to appointing authorities to use in
making appointments to positions in the unclassified service.
The head of each agency in the executive branch shall designate an agency personnel officer.
The agency personnel officer shall be accountable to the agency head for all personnel functions
prescribed by laws, rules, collective bargaining agreements, the commissioner and the agency
head. Except when otherwise prescribed by the agency head in a specific instance, the personnel
officer shall be assumed to be the authority accountable to the agency head over any other officer
or employee in the agency for personnel functions.
The head of each agency in the executive branch shall designate an affirmative action officer
who shall have primary responsibility for the administration of the agency's affirmative action
plan. The officer shall report directly to the head of the agency on affirmative action matters.
    Subd. 2. Services available to political subdivisions. The services and facilities of the
department and its staff may be made available upon request to political subdivisions of the state.
Enforcement and administration of other provisions of this chapter shall take precedence over
the provision of the services and facilities. Political subdivisions shall reimburse the state for
the reasonable cost of services and facilities.
    Subd. 3. Services exchanged with other jurisdictions. The commissioner may enter
into arrangements with personnel agencies in other jurisdictions to exchange services. The
commissioner may also join or subscribe to any association or service having as its purpose
the interchange of information relating to the practices of personnel administration and labor
relations. The commissioner is authorized as an agent of the state of Minnesota to enter into
contracts or cooperative agreements involving matters of personnel and labor relations with
other governments within the United States.
History: 1981 c 210 s 36; 1997 c 79 s 18,19; 2004 c 207 s 27