Minnesota Statutes

Minn. Stat. § 216A.02 (2026)

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Subdivision 1.Scope.

For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

Subd. 2.Legislative function.

"Legislative function" means the establishment and promulgation of all rules, orders and directives of general or particular applicability, governing the conduct of the regulated persons or businesses, together with such investigative procedures as are incident thereto and all other valid acts and procedures which are historically or functionally legislative in character.

Subd. 3.Administrative function.

"Administrative function" means all duties and procedures concerning the execution and enforcement of the laws, rules, orders, directives, duties, and obligations imposed for the control and government of the persons or businesses regulated, together with investigative activities incident thereto and procedures inherently administrative or executive in character.

Subd. 4.Quasi-judicial function.

"Quasi-judicial function" means the promulgation of all orders and directives of particular applicability governing the conduct of the regulated persons or businesses, together with procedures inherently judicial.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1985–1987 · leading case: Peoples Nat. Gas Co. v. Minnesota Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 369 N.W.2d 530 (Minn. 1985).

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Peoples Nat. Gas Co. v. Minnesota Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 369 N.W.2d 530 (Minn. 1985). · cites it 2× “The issue, rather, is an agency’s power to enforce its own orders.”

Application of Nw. Bell Tel., 371 N.W.2d 563 (Minn. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 4× “The MPUC found that NWB's accounting plan for directory operations was incomplete because it failed to provide the information necessary to evaluate the impact on rate-payers of the arrangement between NWB and U.”

In Re the Minnesota Pub. Utils. Comm'n's Initiation of Summary Investigation, 417 N.W.2d 274 (Minn. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “Minn.Stat. § 216A.02 (1984) defines the Commission’s three functions: legislative, administrative, and quasi-judicial.”

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