EXECUTIVE OFFICES of MINNESOTA
Governor
Lieutenant
Governor
Secretary of
State
Attorney
General
Treasurer
Auditor
Governor of Minnesota
Jesse Ventura - Reform Party
Term - 4 years
Requirements Qualified Voter, 25 yrs. Old, MN Resident - 1 yr., U.S. Citizen
http://www.governor.state.mn.us/
Responsibilities
Executive Branch
•Administer laws and affairs of the state
•Appoint heads of department and agencies
•Act as commander-in-chief of state military forces
Legislative Branch
•Inform Legislature of condition of the state
•Propose a state budget
•Review bills the Legislature passes - approve(sign) or reject (veto)
•Can call emergency legislative sessions
Judicial Branch
•Appoint judges to fill vacancies in District, Appellate, and Supreme Courts
•Issue pardons and reprieves, restore civil rights to felons
Lieutenant Governor of
Minnesota
Mae Schunk - Reform Party
Term - 4 Years
Requirements :
•Qualified voter
•25 yrs. Old
•Minnesota Resident - 1 year
•U.S. Citizen
Responsibilities
•Represent the Governor
•Assume Governor’s responsibilties in Governor’s
absence or if a vacancy occurs
•Assume duties Governor assigns
Attorney General
Mike Hatch - Democratic Party
Term - 4 Years
Requirements
•Qualified voter
•21 years old
Responsibilities
•Provide legal services to state government
•Represent the state in court cases
•Enforce laws concerning charitable organizations
•Protect public rights
http://www.ag.state.mn.us/default.htm
STATE AUDITOR
http://www.osa.state.mn.us/mainTmp.lasso?page==pa
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Judith Dutcher
Term - 4 Years
Requirements
•Qualified voter
•21 years old
Responsibilities
•Monitor financial affairs of state
•Collect, check, and standardize financial information from
local units of government
•Investigate audit reports
Secretary of State
Mary Kiffmeyer
Term - 4 Years
Requirements
•Qualified voter
•21 years old
Responsibilities
•Administer elections as chief election official
•Certify official documents, governor’s executive orders, laws
the Legislature passes
•Regulate Minnesota businesses
•Act as custodian of official records
http://www.state.mn.us/ebranch/sos/
Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer
Phone number : (651) 296-2803
Fax number: (651) 215-0682
E-mail address: secretary.state@state.mn.us
Carol Johnson
Term - 4 Years
Requirements
•Qualified voter
•21 years old
Responsibilities
•Administer state funds (cash & investment)
•Act as state paymaster
http://www.treasurer.state.mn.us/
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
State Departments and Agencies
Administration, Department of
Administrative Hearings, Office of
Agriculture, Department of
Center for Arts Education, Minnesota
Children, Families and Learning, Department of
Commerce, Department of
Corrections, Department of
Economic Security, Department of
Employee Relations, Department of
Environmental Assistance, Office of
Finance, Department of
Health, Department of
Higher Education Services Office
Historical Society, Minnesota
Housing Finance Agency, Minnesota
Human Rights, Department of
Human Services, Department of
Labor and Industry, Department of
Lottery, Minnesota State
Mediation Services, Bureau of
Metropolitan Council
Military Affairs, Department of
National Guard, Minnesota
Natural Resources, Department of
Planning - Office of Strategic and Long Range
Planning, Minnesota
Pollution Control Agency
Public Employees Retirement Association
Public Safety, Department of
Public Service, Department of
Public Utilities Commission, Minnesota
Revenue, Department of
State Retirement System, Minnesota
Tax Court, Minnesota
Teachers Retirement Association
Trade and Economic Development,
Department of
Community Profiles, Minnesota
Tourism, Minnesota Office of
Transportation, Department of
Index of D OT Web Site - site
Veterans Affairs, Department of
Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Members
•1 Chief Justice
Judicial Branch
•6 Associate Justices
Term - 6 years
Requirements
•Licensed to practice law in
Minnesota
Responsibilities
•Hear appeals on decisions from
the Court of Appeals, Workers
Compensation Court of Appeals,
the Tax Court and persons
convicted of 1st Degree murder
•Hear constitutionality cases
•Interpret the law and Constitution
•Regulate all courts in the state
•Recommend improvements of the
judicial system
•Oversee law practice and judicial
planning
Standing L to R: Justice Russell A. Anderson, Justice Edward C. Stringer,
Justice James H. Gilbert, Justice Joan Ericksen Lancaster
Seated L to R: Justice Alan C. Page, Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz,
Justice Paul H. Anderson
Judicial Branch
Court of Appeals
Members
•1 Chief Judge
•15 Associate Judges
Term - 6 years
Requirements
District Court
•Licensed to Practice law in Minnesota
Members
Responsibilities
•10 Judicial districts, each with several judges (about 250)
•Hear appeals on decisions from lower courts
Term - 6 years
Concilliation Court
Requirements
•Licensed to Practice law in Minnesota
Members
Responsibilities
•1 Concilliation Court in each county - District
Court judges serve as Concilliation Court judges
•Hear criminal cases
Requirements
•Licensed to Practice law in Minnesota
Responsibilities
•Hear only Civil claims of damages up to $7,500
(except for disputes over consumer credit
transactions, which must be less than $4,000 )
Concilliation Court is a division of District Court
•Hear public policy issues, civil cases
•Hear juvenile cases
•Hear family cases
•Hear probate cases
•Hear traffic cases