2001 Minnesota Statutes

     198.003 Powers and duties. 

    Subdivision 1.    Policy; rules.  The board shall 
 determine policy and, subject to chapter 14, adopt, amend, and 
 repeal rules for the governance of the homes.  With respect to 
 residents' administrative appeal time periods that are not 
 established by statute, the board may create by rule reasonable 
 time periods within which a resident must appeal an 
 administrative determination to the next administrative level.  
 If the determination is not appealed within the time set by 
 rule, the determination becomes final. 

    The board shall take other action as provided by law. 

    Subd. 2.    Deputy commissioner.  The board shall 
 appoint an executive director who shall serve as secretary of 
 the board. 

    Subd. 3.    Use of campus.  The board may allow veterans 
 organizations or public or private social service, educational, 
 or rehabilitation agencies or organizations and their clients to 
 use surplus space on a home's campus, staff, and other resources 
 of the board and may require the participating agencies or 
 organizations to pay for that use. 

    Subd. 4.    Veterans homes resources account.  Money 
 received by the board under subdivision 3 must be deposited in 
 the state treasury and credited to a veterans homes resources 
 account in the special revenue fund.  Money in the account is 
 appropriated to the board to operate, maintain, and make repairs 
 at the campus used under subdivision 3, including payment of 
 associated legal fees and expenses. 

    Subd. 5.    Appropriation transfers to be reported.  
 When the board transfers operational money between programs 
 under section 16A.285, in addition to the requirements of that 
 section the board must provide the chairs of the legislative 
 committees that have jurisdiction over the board's budget with 
 sufficient detail to identify the account to which the money was 
 originally appropriated, and the account to which the money is 
 being transferred. 

    HIST: 1988 c 699 s 7; 1989 c 84 s 1; 1991 c 24 s 1; 1991 c 186 
 s 1; 1995 c 207 art 7 s 20,21; 1996 c 292 s 2; 1996 c 305 art 2 
 s 36; 1999 c 245 art 1 s 15