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Minn. Stat. § 126C.126 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 126C / Section 126C.126
§ 126C.126 USE OF GENERAL EDUCATION REVENUE FOR ALL-DAY KINDERGARTEN AND PREKINDERGARTEN.
Status: in_force

A school district may spend general education revenue on extended time kindergarten and prekindergarten programs. At the school board's discretion, the district may use revenue generated by the all-day kindergarten pupil count under section 126C.05 , subdivision 1, paragraph (c), to meet the needs of three- and four-year-olds in the district. A school district may not use these funds on programs for three- and four-year-old children while maintaining a fee-based all-day kindergarten program.
Minn. Stat. § 524.3-710 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 524 / Section 524.3-710
§ 524.3-710 POWER TO AVOID TRANSFERS.
Status: in_force

The property liable for the payment of unsecured debts of a decedent includes all property transferred by the decedent by any means which is in law void or voidable as against creditors, and subject to prior liens, the right to recover this property, so far as necessary for the payment of unsecured debts of the decedent, is exclusively in the personal representative.
Minn. Stat. § 13.793 — MN Code / Part 13_13C / Chapter 13 / Section 13.793
§ 13.793 NATURAL RESOURCE DATA; MINERAL DATA.
Status: in_force

(a) Nonpublic data. Except as provided in paragraph (b), the following data received and maintained by the commissioner of natural resources are nonpublic data:

(1) a letter or other documentation from a person that is supplied to the commissioner before a public lease sale of metallic or other minerals for the purpose of making suggestions or recommendations about which state lands may be offered for public lease sale;

(2) a written report or other documentation of private analyses of a state-owned or controlled drill core that is public data and is under the custody of the commissioner; or

(3) exploration data received by the commissioner under the terms of a state mineral lease.

(b) Data become public. (1) Data under paragraph (a), clause (1), become public data three years after the date the lease sale was held or, if not held, within three years after the date the lease sale was scheduled to be held. Except as provided in clause (2), data under paragraph (a), clause (2), become public data one year after receipt by the commissioner. Except as provided in clause (3) or as otherwise provided for by law, data under paragraph (a), clause (3), become public data upon termination of the state mineral lease under which the data were gathered.

(2) If data under paragraph (a), clause (2), relate to private land that is under mineral lease to the person submitting the data, and the mineral lease is in force at the time the data are submitted, the data become public data only after the mineral lease is no longer in force. The person submitting the data that relate to private land that is under mineral lease shall provide to the commissioner at the time the data are submitted and annually thereafter, in a format designated by the commissioner, satisfactory evidence that the mineral lease is in effect. If, in a given year, satisfactory evidence that the mineral lease is still in effect is not provided to the commissioner before the anniversary date of receipt of the data by the commissioner, the data immediately become public data.

(3) If data under paragraph (a), clause (3), are nonpublic data under the provisions of section 103I.605, subdivision 4 , clause (c), the data become public data pursuant to the provisions of section 103I.605, subdivision 4 , clauses (c) and (d).
Minn. Stat. § 365.02 — MN Code / Part 365_368 / Chapter 365 / Section 365.02
§ 365.02 TOWN CORPORATION MAY SUE, OWN PROPERTY, MAKE CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A town is a public corporation.

(b) A town may:

(1) sue and be sued in its corporate name;

(2) buy, take, and hold real and personal property for a public purpose, and convey and dispose of the property;

(3) enter into any contract that is necessary for the town to use any of its powers; and

(4) dispose of, control, and use town property as its residents consider expedient.
Minn. Stat. § 351.21 — MN Code / Part 351 / Chapter 351 / Section 351.21
§ 351.21 APPEAL.
Status: in_force

An elected county official may appeal the decision of a special master under section 351.20 to the supreme court within ten days. The removal election is stayed until 20 days after the supreme court issues a decision on the appeal. The supreme court shall grant an expedited appeal.
Minn. Stat. § 21.112 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21.112
§ 21.112 COMMISSIONER, DUTIES; SEED POTATOES.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Duties, employees. The commissioner shall provide the means and direct the work for the inspection, certification, promotion of quality, and creation of demand and sale of seed potatoes. The commissioner may enter into contracts and ground leases for planting and growing potatoes outside of the state for experimental and research purposes. The commissioner shall provide such forms as are necessary and keep a record of the work performed, and shall appoint, designate, or employ such officers, inspectors, and employees as may be deemed necessary and fix their compensation.

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed by amendment, 2007 c 133 art 2 s 4 ]
Minn. Stat. § 256B.0658 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256B / Section 256B.0658
§ 256B.0658 HOUSING ACCESS GRANTS.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of human services shall award through a competitive process contracts for grants to public and private agencies to support and assist individuals with a disability as defined in section 256B.051, subdivision 2 , paragraph (e), to access housing. Grants may be awarded to agencies that may include, but are not limited to, the following supports: assessment to ensure suitability of housing, accompanying an individual to look at housing, filling out applications and rental agreements, meeting with landlords, helping with Section 8 or other program applications, helping to develop a budget, obtaining furniture and household goods, if necessary, and assisting with any problems that may arise with housing.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.305 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 340A / Section 340A.305
§ 340A.305 WAREHOUSING.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Facilities. All licensed wholesalers must own or lease warehouse space within the state and must have adequate delivery facilities to perform the function of a wholesaler.

§ Subd. 2. Unloading. Except as provided in this chapter alcoholic beverages manufactured outside the state may be shipped into the state only to licensed wholesalers and must be unloaded into the wholesaler's warehouse located in the state. Licensed wholesalers may distribute alcoholic beverages only from the warehouse.

§ Subd. 3. Reciprocity. The provisions of this section relating to warehousing do not apply to a wholesaler of malt liquor located in an adjoining state which permits wholesalers licensed in Minnesota to deliver malt liquor to retailers without warehousing in that state.

§ Subd. 4. Direct shipment. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a manufacturer or United States importer of intoxicating liquor manufactured outside Minnesota may authorize, on a form the commissioner prescribes, a Minnesota-licensed manufacturer or wholesaler to purchase intoxicating liquor for direct shipment to another state, or may appoint a Minnesota-licensed manufacturer or wholesaler as its agent to sell or deliver intoxicating liquor to purchasers in other states from the Minnesota warehouse inventory of the Minnesota manufacturer or wholesaler.
Minn. Stat. § 363A.14 — MN Code / Part 363_363A / Chapter 363A / Section 363A.14
§ 363A.14 AIDING AND ABETTING AND OBSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

It is an unfair discriminatory practice for any person:

(1) intentionally to aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce a person to engage in any of the practices forbidden by this chapter;

(2) intentionally to attempt to aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce a person to engage in any of the practices forbidden by this chapter;

(3) to intentionally obstruct or prevent any person from complying with the provisions of this chapter, or any order issued thereunder, or to resist, prevent, impede, or interfere with the commissioner or any of the commissioner's employees or representatives in the performance of duty under this chapter.
Minn. Stat. § 146.13 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 146 / Section 146.13
§ 146.13 REGISTRATION FEES.
Status: in_force

Every person not hereinafter excepted from the provisions of this chapter authorized to practice healing in this state shall annually register with the director of the particular board of examiners which examined and registered or licensed the person to practice that branch or system of healing pursued; and shall, at that time, for the purpose of making such registration, sign and send to such director in writing the following: name, the name of the place, and the address, at which the practice of healing is engaged in, and pay to the director each year a fee in an amount to be fixed by rule of the respective board of examiners. Any person who shall change the address or place of practice during the year shall forthwith notify such director in writing of such change, giving such new address or place. The director of each board of examiners shall keep a proper register of all such persons and to each person so registering the proper board shall issue a certificate for the current year, signed by the president and the director and sealed with the seal of such board, setting forth name, the name of the place and the address at which the practice of healing is engaged in, and the branch or system of healing pursued. Any person not hereinafter excepted from the provisions of this chapter lawfully entitled to engage in the practice of healing in this state, and who shall not be currently registered as provided in this section, shall, within 30 days after first so engaging in the practice of healing, register with the proper examining board in the manner provided in this chapter, pay to the director of such board the fee above required, and received from such board a certificate as above prescribed for the balance of such year. Every person receiving a certificate, as herein provided, shall display the same in a conspicuous place in the office or other corresponding place where the practice of healing is pursued.

All fees received by the director of any examining board for registration required by this section shall be paid to the general fund. The expenses of keeping proper registers, furnishing the certificates herein provided for, employing inspectors for procuring evidence of any violation of the laws administered thereby and aiding in the enforcement of such laws, and for such other expenses as may be necessarily paid or incurred in the exercise of its powers or performance of its duties, shall be paid from the appropriation made to the examining board.
Minn. Stat. § 370.04 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 370 / Section 370.04
§ 370.04 RECORD PETITION; PUBLISH NOTICE.
Status: in_force

Upon issuance of the proclamation, the secretary of state shall record the petitions, affidavits, and proclamation, and transmit a certified copy of the proclamation, by mail, to the auditor of each county.
Minn. Stat. § 356.98 — MN Code / Part 352_356B / Chapter 356 / Section 356.98
§ 356.98 ALLOCATION OF RECEIVABLES.
Status: in_force

If an employing unit is dissolved or closed and amounts are owed to more than one Minnesota public pension plan, any amounts available to cover payments to the plans must be applied first to the employee contributions owed to the applicable plans, and next to the unpaid employer contributions, including any applicable employer additional contributions, and finally to the interest due on the employee and employer amounts. If, at any stage in this allocation process, the available amount is insufficient to fully cover the amount required, the remaining available payment amount must be prorated among the applicable plans based on each plan's share of combined covered payroll.
Minn. Stat. § 115A.1463 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 115A / Section 115A.1463
§ 115A.1463 PACKAGING PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) The packaging product stewardship account is established as a separate account in the special revenue fund in the state treasury. Appropriations and transfers to the account and fees collected under section 115A.1443 must be credited to the account. Earnings, such as interest, dividends, and any other earnings arising from assets of the account, must be credited to the account. Money remaining in the account at the end of a fiscal year does not cancel to the general fund but remains in the account until expended.

(b) Money from the account is appropriated to the commissioner to pay the reasonable costs of the agency to administer sections 115A.144 to 115A.1462 .
Minn. Stat. § 116Q.02 — MN Code / Part 116P_116Q / Chapter 116Q / Section 116Q.02
§ 116Q.02 STATE RECEIPTS FROM FUND.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Great Lakes protection account. Any money received by the state from the Great Lakes protection fund, whether in the form of annual earnings or otherwise, must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to a special Great Lakes protection account. Money in the account must be spent only as specifically appropriated by law for protecting water quality in the Great Lakes. Approved purposes include, but are not limited to, supplementing in a stable and predictable manner state and federal commitments to Great Lakes water quality programs by providing grants to finance projects that advance the goals of the regional Great Lakes toxic substances control agreement and the binational Great Lakes water quality agreement.

§ Subd. 2. LCCMR review. The legislature intends not to appropriate money from the Great Lakes protection account until projects have been reviewed and recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources. A work plan must be prepared for each project for review by the commission. The commission must recommend specific projects to the legislature.
Minn. Stat. § 31.54 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 31 / Section 31.54
§ 31.54 RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may, in order to supplement federal regulation and inspection of any plant, processor or place of business, promulgate rules covering the construction and operation of such plants or processor, the water supply, sanitary conditions and disposal of sewage, offal, vapors, odors and gases and all other sanitary conditions and precautions for the purpose of insuring the purity of the products prepared at any such plant or place of business in which such operations will be or are conducted, where such operations are not then federally inspected or licensed.
Minn. Stat. § 83.27 — MN Code / Part 82_83 / Chapter 83 / Section 83.27
§ 83.27 INQUIRY AND EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may investigate any subdivision required to be registered under sections 83.20 to 83.42 , 83.43 and 83.44 for the purpose of verifying statements contained in the application for registration or the public offering statement. For the purpose of such investigation, the commissioner may:

(a) use and rely upon any relevant information or data concerning a subdivision obtained by the commissioner from the Federal Housing Administration, the United States Veterans Administration, or any state or federal agency having supervisory duties over real estate subdivisions which are comparable to those of the commissioner;

(b) require the subdivider to submit reports prepared by an independent licensed or registered engineer concerning any hazard to which, in the opinion of the commissioner, any subdivision offered for disposition is subject, or concerning any other factor which affects the utility of lots, units, parcels, or interests within the subdivision and may require evidence of compliance to remove or minimize all hazards stated by competent engineering reports;

(c) conduct an on-site inspection of each subdivision. The subdivider shall defray all actual and necessary expenses incurred by the inspector in the course of the inspection;

(d) conduct an annual on-site reinspection of each subdivision for each of the three years after registration and thereafter make periodic on-site inspections. The developer shall defray all actual and necessary expenses incurred by the inspector in the course of such inspection;

(e) require the subdivider to deposit the expenses to be incurred in any inspection or reinspection, in advance, based upon an estimate by the commissioner of the expenses likely to be incurred. All such deposits shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the commissioner's investigation fund, from which fund the commissioner shall have power to make disbursements to pay such expenses. Any unexpended portion shall be refunded. On field examinations made by the commissioner or the commissioner's employee away from the office of the commissioner a per diem of $10 for each such person may be charged in addition to the actual expenses. Where additional technical, expert, or special services are used, the actual cost of such services may be charged in addition to actual expenses;

(f) where an on-site inspection of any subdivision has been made under sections 83.20 to 83.42 , 83.43 and 83.44 , an inspection of additional subdivided lands for which a subsequent application for registration is filed may be made.
Minn. Stat. § 334.171 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 334 / Section 334.171
§ 334.171 OPEN END CREDIT PLANS; DELINQUENCIES AND COLLECTION CHARGES.
Status: in_force

If an open end credit plan, agreement, or arrangement between the buyer and seller so provides, a seller or holder may collect a delinquency and collection charge on each installment in arrears for a period of not less than ten days in an amount not in excess of any such charge which may be imposed on residents of this state by any institution defined in subsection (c)(2)(F) of section 101(a) of the Competitive Equality Amendments of 1987 and the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, United States Code, title 12, section 1841(c)(2)(F), by any national banking association under section 85 of the National Bank Act of 1864, United States Code, title 12, section 85, or by any state chartered insured depository institution under section 521 of the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980, United States Code, title 12, section 1813d(a).
Minn. Stat. § 68A.02 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 68A / Section 68A.02
§ 68A.02 HISTORIC STATUTORY PREMIUM RESERVE.
Status: reserved

§ Subdivision 1. 1964-2001 premium reserve. Upon issuance of each contract of title insurance issued on or after January 1, 1964, through January 1, 2001, by a domestic real estate title insurer, there shall be reserved initially a sum equal to ten percent of the original premium charged therefor. At the end of each calendar year following the year in which the contract of title insurance is issued, there shall be a reduction in the sum so reserved in the amount of one-twentieth of such sum. On any contract of title insurance issued prior to January 1, 1964, by a domestic real estate title insurer, a reserve shall be set up on January 1, 1964, and thereafter maintained in such sum as would have been required if the foregoing requirements with respect to title insurance reserves had existed at and after the date of the contract of title insurance. Such sums herein required to be reserved shall at all times and for all purposes be considered and constitute unearned portions of the original premiums on such contracts of title insurance, shall be charged as a reserve liability of the real estate title insurer in determining its financial condition, and, for the purpose of applying the provisions of section 60A.23, subdivision 4 , shall be deemed to constitute the whole amount of the premiums on the unexpired risks of such real estate title insurer.

§ Subd. 2. 2001-2004 premium reserve. (a) Additions to the reserve after January 1, 2001, and through January 1, 2004, must be made out of total charges for title insurance policies and guarantees written, equal to the sum of the following items, as set forth in the title insurer's most recent annual statement filed with the commissioner: (1) for each title insurance policy on a single risk written or assumed after January 1, 2001, a minimum rate of $0.36 per $1,000 of net retained liability for policies under $500,000 and $0.16 per $1,000 of net retained liability for policies of $500,000 or greater; and (2) a minimum of eight percent of escrow, settlement, and closing fees collected in contemplation of the issuance of title insurance policies or guarantees. (b) The amounts in paragraph (a) must be released from the reserve in accordance with section 68A.03, subdivision 3 , paragraph (b).
Minn. Stat. § 477A.40 — MN Code / Part 474_477C / Chapter 477A / Section 477A.40
§ 477A.40 TRIBAL NATION AID.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Aid not to be considered reparations. Aid distributions under this section are not a substitute for reparations to eligible Tribal Nations, their members, or their members' descendants.

§ Subd. 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given: (1) "distribution share" means the number of enrolled members in an eligible Tribal Nation divided by the total number of enrolled members for all eligible Tribal Nations certified under this section; and (2) "eligible Tribal Nation" means any of the 11 federally recognized Indian Tribes located in Minnesota which submit an application under subdivision 4.

§ Subd. 3. Distribution. An eligible Tribal Nation's annual aid amount is equal to the sum of: (1) the quotient of: (i) 0.5 times the amount appropriated under this section; divided by (ii) the number of eligible Tribal Nations; plus (2) the product of: (i) the eligible Tribal Nation's distribution share; multiplied by (ii) 0.5 times the amount appropriated under this section.

§ Subd. 4. Application. An eligible Tribal Nation may choose to receive an aid distribution under this section by submitting an application under this subdivision. An eligible Tribal Nation which has not received a distribution in a prior aids payable year may elect to begin participation in the program by submitting an application in the manner and form prescribed by the commissioner of revenue by January 15 of the aids payable year. In order to receive a distribution, an eligible Tribal Nation must certify to the commissioner of revenue the most recent estimate of the total number of enrolled members of the eligible Tribal Nation. The information must be annually certified by March 1 in the form prescribed by the commissioner of revenue. The commissioner of revenue must annually calculate and certify the amount of aid payable to each eligible Tribal Nation on or before August 1.

§ Subd. 5. Payments. The commissioner of revenue must pay Tribal Nation aid annually by December 27 of the year the aid is certified.

§ Subd. 6. Appropriation. $35,000,000 is annually appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of revenue to make payments under this section.
Minn. Stat. § 79.53 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 79 / Section 79.53
§ 79.53 PREMIUM CALCULATION.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Method of calculation. Each insurer shall establish premiums to be paid by an employer according to its filed rates and rating plan as follows: Rates shall be applied to an exposure base to yield a base premium which may be further modified by merit rating, premium discounts, and other appropriate factors contained in the rating plan of an insurer to produce premium if the increase or decrease is not unfairly discriminatory. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prohibit the use of any premium, provided the premium is not excessive, inadequate or unfairly discriminatory.

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1995 c 231 art 1 s 36 ; art 2 s 110]