Section 8.30 — Compromise Of Tax And Fee Claims.
8.30 COMPROMISE OF TAX AND FEE CLAIMS. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the attorney general shall have authority to compromise taxes, fees, surcharges, assessments, penalties, and interest in all cases, whether reduced to judgment or not, where the debt is being reduced by an amount exceeding $50,000 and, in the attorney […]
Section 8.08 — Report.
8.08 REPORT. The attorney general shall report to the governor biennially on or before October 1 of each even-numbered year the number, character, and result of all actions and proceedings in which the attorney general has appeared for the state, the expense incurred by the state in each, and the amount of fines, penalties, and […]
Section 8.01 — Appearance.
8.01 APPEARANCE. The attorney general shall appear for the state in all causes in the supreme and federal courts wherein the state is directly interested; also in all civil causes of like nature in all other courts of the state whenever, in the attorney general’s opinion, the interests of the state require it. Upon request […]
Section 8.02 — Deputies, Assistants.
8.02 DEPUTIES, ASSISTANTS. Subdivision 1. Appointment of deputies and assistants. The attorney general may appoint, and at pleasure remove, six deputy attorneys general and 35 assistant attorneys general. The appointees shall render such aid as is required of them in the discharge of the official duties of the attorney general. To the extent authorized in […]
Section 8.025 — Part-time Special Attorneys, Payment On Hourly Basis.
8.025 PART-TIME SPECIAL ATTORNEYS, PAYMENT ON HOURLY BASIS. No part-time special attorney assigned to any professional or occupational licensing board of state government, after having received $10,000 for performing official duties in any fiscal year, regardless of the fund from which the payment is made, shall be paid an hourly amount exceeding the equivalent amount […]
Section 8.03 — Prosecutions.
8.03 PROSECUTIONS. The attorney general shall cause to be prosecuted all assessors and other officials for such delinquencies in connection with revenue laws as may become known; also all bonds of officers and others upon which any liability to the state has accrued. When any corporation shall have offended against the laws of the state, […]
Section 8.04 — Public Lands.
8.04 PUBLIC LANDS. The attorney general shall begin and prosecute actions against all persons claiming to own any portion of the school or other public lands adversely to the state, whenever, in the attorney general’s opinion, an action can be sustained, and shall cause an appearance to be entered for the state on learning of […]
Section 8.05 — Forms Prepared; Opinions.
8.05 FORMS PREPARED; OPINIONS. The attorney general shall prepare forms for bonds and other contracts and instruments for the use of state officials, boards, and commissions and give legal advice in all matters relating to their official duties, whenever required by the governor, auditor, or secretary of state, or any board or commission created by […]
Section 8.06 — Attorney For State Officers, Boards, Or Commissions; Employ Counsel.
8.06 ATTORNEY FOR STATE OFFICERS, BOARDS, OR COMMISSIONS; EMPLOY COUNSEL. The attorney general shall act as the attorney for all state officers and all boards or commissions created by law in all matters pertaining to their official duties. When requested by the attorney general, it shall be the duty of any county attorney of the […]
Section 8.065 — Private Attorney Contracts.
8.065 PRIVATE ATTORNEY CONTRACTS. The attorney general may not enter into a contract for legal services in which the fees and expenses paid by the state exceed, or can reasonably be expected to exceed, $1,000,000 unless the attorney general first submits the proposed contract to the Legislative Advisory Commission, and waits at least 20 days […]