{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-116j.76","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 116J.76","heading":"GENERAL FUNCTIONS; POWERS AND DUTIES.","body":"The bureau, by and through the director or the director's duly authorized employees, shall have the following functions, powers, and duties:\n(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;\n(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;\n(3) developing with the assistance of other departments a master application procedure to expedite the identification and processing of these licenses;\n(4) facilitating or recommending consolidation of hearings required pursuant to licensing applications when feasible and advantageous;\n(5) encouraging and facilitating the participation of federal and local government agencies in licensing coordination;\n(6) making recommendations for eliminating, consolidating, simplifying, expediting, or otherwise improving licensing procedures affecting business undertakings;\n(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\n(8) adopting rules, procedures, instructions, and forms as are required to carry out the functions, powers, and duties imposed upon the bureau by sections 116J.73 to 116J.86.","path":["ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING","CHAPTER 116J. EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT","BUREAU OF BUSINESS LICENSES"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/116J.76","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:31Z","sha256":"31ddc78b22f459e7370ec9a4e8ae9167841ad43e88c844fe70475584b6764a93","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-116j.75","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-116j.77"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}