2025 Session Last amended: 1984 session

§ 1.23 — State Officers, Duties

Plain-Language Summary

All Minnesota state officers must do whatever is needed within their power to carry out the Great Lakes Basin Compact. State agencies and officials must share information and lend staff to the Great Lakes Commission when asked.

1.23 STATE OFFICERS, DUTIES.

All officers of this state shall do all things falling within their respective jurisdictions necessary to or incidental to carrying out the compact in every particular. It is the policy of this state to perform and carry out the compact and to accomplish its purposes. All officers, bureaus, departments and persons of the state government or administration shall, at reasonable times and upon request of the commission, furnish it with information and data possessed by them and aid it by loan of personnel or other means within their legal powers.

History:

1955 c 691 s 3; 1984 c 628 art 1 s 1

History: History: 1955 c 691 s 3; 1984 c 628 art 1 s 1

Practical Notes

This means state agencies like the Department of Natural Resources, Pollution Control Agency, and others must cooperate with the Great Lakes Commission. They are required to share data and may loan personnel to support the commission’s work.

Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes