Section 299F.01 Fire Marshal - Minnesota Statutes

299F.01 FIRE MARSHAL.

Subdivision 1.Commissioner's powers and duties transferred.

All the powers and duties now vested in or imposed upon the commissioner of commerce as ex officio state fire marshal as prescribed in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 73, 74, 75, 76, and any other law, are hereby transferred to, vested in, and imposed upon the commissioner of public safety. The duties and responsibilities of the commissioner of commerce as ex officio state fire marshal as heretofore constituted are abolished.

Subd. 2.Division created; state fire marshal.

A division in the Department of Public Safety to be known as the Division of Fire Marshal is hereby created, under the supervision and control of the state fire marshal, to whom shall be assigned the duties and responsibilities described in this section. The commissioner may place the fire marshal's position in the unclassified service if the position meets the criteria of section 43A.08, subdivision 1a.

Subd. 3.

[Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1]

History:

1969 c 1129 art 1 s 2; 1982 c 560 s 55; 1983 c 289 s 114 subd 1; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 92