Minnesota Executive Council

Minnesota Executive Council

Council overview
Formed	April 25, 1925 (96 years ago) (1925-04-25)[1]
Jurisdiction	Government of Minnesota
Headquarters	Saint Paul, Minnesota
Website	Official page

Politics of Minnesota
Constitution
Executive Governor: Tim Walz Lieutenant Governor: Peggy Flanagan Secretary of State: Steve Simon State Auditor: Julie Blaha Attorney General: Keith Ellison Cabinet Executive Council
Legislature 92nd Legislature Senate President: Jeremy Miller Majority Leader: Paul Gazelka Minority Leader: Susan Kent House of Representatives Speaker: Melissa Hortman Majority Leader: Ryan Winkler Minority Leader: Kurt Daudt
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Federal representation United States Senate Amy Klobuchar (DFL) Tina Smith (DFL) United States House of Representatives 1: Jim Hagedorn (R) 2: Angie Craig (DFL) 3: Dean Phillips (DFL) 4: Betty McCollum (DFL) 5: Ilhan Omar (DFL) 6: Tom Emmer (R) 7: Michelle Fischbach (R) 8: Pete Stauber (R)
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The Minnesota Executive Council is the council of state of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The Executive Council is currently constituted under Chapter 9 of Minnesota Statutes and has been in continuous existence since 1925.^[2][3]

Composition[]

The Executive Council is composed of Minnesota's five constitutional officers: the governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary of state, the state auditor, and the attorney general. The governor, lieutenant governor, and the commissioner of the Department of Administration are ex officio chairperson, vice chairperson, and nonvoting executive secretary of the council, respectively.^[4] The Executive Council meets upon the call of the governor or upon the call of the executive secretary at the written request of three or more members.

Powers and duties[]

As the successor to the Board of Timber Commissioners, the State Board of Deposit, the State Board of Relief, and the State Land Commissioner, the Executive Council is generally charged with matters of state finance, emergency management, and administration of the state's natural resources.^[5]

State finance[]

The Executive Council designates banks, trust companies and credit unions as depositories for state funds and advises the commissioner of the Department of Management and Budget on the issuance of bonded debt. In addition, the council settles claims and controversies between the state of Minnesota and the United States government.^[6]

Emergency management[]

The Executive Council has the authority to declare, extend, amend or revoke states of emergency at the request of the governor, to request by finding that the governor relocate the legislative session in the event of imminent attack, and to take all measures necessary to prevent emergencies and natural disasters from occurring. The council may also grant property tax relief to local governments in the aftermath of natural disasters.^[7]

Natural resources[]

The Executive Council authorizes timber harvests on the public domain, rents state property, and sells state land. Moreover, the council selects in lieu lands from the federal government for the endowed support of public education via the Permanent School Fund and grants permits to individuals for the purposes of mineral prospecting and the drainage of certain navigable waters. However, perhaps the council's most apparent function to the public is to examine and approve leases of state lands, including upland leases for dams, submerged leases for ports and harbors, and mineral leases of sand, gravel, clay, rock, marl, peat, black dirt, iron ore, taconite, and all other mineral deposits.^[8]

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