1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to local government; modifying unclassified service and appointment
1.3 provisions for St. Louis County; removing obsolete county appropriation for
1.4 historical work in St. Louis County; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section
1.5 383C.035; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 383C.07; 383C.74,
1.6 subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4.
1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383C.035, is amended to read:
1.9 383C.035 UNCLASSIFIED CIVIL SERVICE.
1.10 (a) The officers and employees of the county and of any agency, board, or commission,
1.11supported in whole or in part by taxation upon the taxable property of the county or appointed
1.12by the judges of the district court for the county, are divided into the unclassified and
1.13classified service.
1.14 (b) The unclassified service comprises:
1.15 (1) all officers elected by popular vote or persons appointed to fill vacancies in such
1.16offices;
1.17 (2) superintendent or principal administrative officer or comptroller of any separate
1.18department of county government which is now or hereafter created pursuant to law, who
1.19is directly responsible to the board of county commissioners or any other board or
1.20commission, as well as the county agricultural agents reporting to the county extension
1.21committee;
1.22 (3) members of nonpaid board, or commissioners appointed by the board of county
1.23commissioners or acting in an advisory capacity;
1Section 1.
REVISOR MS H1723-1HF1723 FIRST ENGROSSMENT
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 1723
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Zeleznikar02/27/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations
Adoption of Report: Placed on the General Register as Amended03/13/2025
Read for the Second Time 2.1 (4) assistant county attorneys or special investigators in the employ of the county attorney.
2.2For purposes of this section, special investigators are defined as all nonclerical positions in
2.3the employ of the county attorney;
2.4 (5) all common labor temporarily employed on an hourly basis;
2.5 (6) not more than a total of nine full-time equivalent clerical employees serving the
2.6county board and administrator;
2.7 (7) a legislative lobbyist/grant coordinator appointed by the county board to act as
2.8legislative liaison with the St. Louis County legislative delegation and pursue legislative
2.9concerns and grant opportunities for the county, and the clerk for that position;
2.10 (8) any department head and deputy director designated by the county board;
2.11 (9) three administrative assistants in the county administrator's office;
2.12 (10) the county administrator and two deputy administrators; and
2.13 (11) all court bailiffs.
2.14 (c) The classified service includes all other positions now existing and hereinafter created
2.15in the service of the county or any board or commission, agency, or offices of the county.
2.16 Sec. 2. REPEALER.
2.17 Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 383C.07; and 383C.74, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, and 4,
2.18are repealed.
2Sec. 2.
REVISOR MS H1723-1HF1723 FIRST ENGROSSMENT 383C.07 MEMBERS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS; TERMS OF OFFICE.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, in St. Louis County every lay member
hereafter appointed by the county board to any board or commission heretofore or hereafter created
by law, shall be appointed for a term of three years.
383C.74 HISTORICAL WORK.
Subdivision 1.Appropriation.The St. Louis County Board may appropriate from the treasury
of the county a sum not to exceed $2,500 each year for the promotion of historical work within its
borders.
Subd. 2.Minnesota State Historical Society.Said sum shall be so appropriated for the use of
a historical society organized in said county and devoted to the collection, preservation and
publication of historical material, the dissemination of historical information and in general carrying
on historical work, said society to be designated by the Minnesota State Historical Society.
Subd. 3.Purpose of appropriation.The work of said historical society shall be done in the
county making such appropriation and in reference to the history of said county and all facts relevant
thereto.
Subd. 4.Money to remain in county treasury.The money appropriated as aforesaid shall
remain in the treasury of the county and be paid out in payment of expense incurred by said county
historical society for the purposes above indicated on verified bills approved by said local society
according to its rules, in the same way that county bills are paid. Said appropriation shall be available
for expense occurring in any year although not paid until the succeeding year. Any unused portion
of any appropriation for any year shall revert to the funds of the county. Said appropriation shall
be effective only for the year in which it is made.
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APPENDIX
Repealed Minnesota Statutes: H1723-1