Minnesota § 116J.76 GENERAL FUNCTIONS; POWERS AND DUTIES

Minnesota Statutes

§ 116J.76 — GENERAL FUNCTIONS; POWERS AND DUTIES

Minnesota § 116J.76

PartECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING

Ch. 116JEMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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Minn. Stat. § 116J.76 (2026).

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The bureau, by and through the director or the director's duly authorized employees, shall have the following functions, powers, and duties:

(1)providing comprehensive information on licenses required for business undertakings, projects, and activities in the state and making the information available to applicants and other persons;

(2)providing interested persons with an opinion as to the number, kind, and source of required licenses and potential difficulties in obtaining the licenses, based on a review of a potential applicant's business concept at an early stage in its planning;

(3)developing with the assistance of other departments a master application procedure to expedite the identification and processing of these licenses;

(4)facilitating or recommending consolidation of heari

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The bureau, by and through the director or the director's duly authorized employees, shall have the following functions, powers, and duties:
(1) providing comprehensive information on licenses required for business undertakings, projects, and activities in the state and making the information available to applicants and other persons;
(2) providing interested persons with an opinion as to the number, kind, and source of required licenses and potential difficulties in obtaining the licenses, based on a review of a potential applicant's business concept at an early stage in its planning;
(3) developing with the assistance of other departments a master application procedure to expedite the identification and processing of these licenses;
(4) facilitating or recommending consolidation of hearings required pursuant to licensing applications when feasible and advantageous;
(5) encouraging and facilitating the participation of federal and local government agencies in licensing coordination;
(6) making recommendations for eliminating, consolidating, simplifying, expediting, or otherwise improving licensing procedures affecting business undertakings;
(7) serving as an advocate for small business license applicants with state, federal, and local agencies in the process of applying for licenses and complying with licensing standards and requirements; and
(8) adopting rules, procedures, instructions, and forms as are required to carry out the functions, powers, and duties imposed upon the bureau by sections116J.73to116J.86.