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Minn. Stat. § 306.52 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 306 / Section 306.52
§ 306.52 REPORT BY AUDITOR TO SECRETARY.
Status: in_force

Immediately after the apportionment required by section 306.51 the county auditor shall report to the secretary of the cemetery the apportionment of interest due the cemetery. The auditor shall also give the secretary a statement of the total funds received by the county treasurer under sections 306.41 to 306.54 during the preceding year closing on January 1 of each year, and also a statement of the total amount of the permanent care and improvement fund belonging to that cemetery.
Minn. Stat. § 270C.921 — MN Code / Part 270_271 / Chapter 270C / Section 270C.921
§ 270C.921 MUNICIPALITY MAY BE PARTY TO TAX HEARING.
Status: in_force

Any city, town, school district, or county (all of which governmental subdivisions shall be embraced in the word "municipality" as used in sections 270C.921 to 270C.928 ) may appear at and become a party to any proceedings before the commissioner under section 270C.92 held for the purpose of equalizing or assessing any real or personal property in the municipality, or reducing the net tax capacity of any such property. For that purpose the municipality may employ counsel and disburse money for other expenses in connection with the proceedings, on duly itemized, verified claims, which shall be audited and allowed as now provided by law for the allowance of claims against a municipality. It shall be the duty of the commissioner, at the time of a hearing, to grant the municipality, at its request, any further reasonable time as may be necessary for the municipality to prepare for further hearing. Before granting any reduction in net tax capacity exceeding $100,000, it shall be the duty of the commissioner, when any taxpayer or property owner has applied to the commissioner after June 30, 1983, for a reduction of the net tax capacity of any real or personal property in an amount exceeding $100,000, to give written notice to the officials of the municipality where the property is located and to permit the municipality to have reasonable opportunity to be heard at any proceedings concerning such reduction.
Minn. Stat. § 70A.18 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 70A / Section 70A.18
§ 70A.18 EXAMINATIONS.
Status: in_force

Whenever the commissioner deems it necessary in order to become informed about any matter related to the enforcement of this chapter the commissioner may examine or cause to be examined any rate service organization subject to section 70A.13, subdivision 1 , any insurer and any group, association or other organization referred to in section 70A.16 . The reasonable costs of any such examination shall be paid by the rate service organization, insurer, or group, association or other organization examined, upon presentation to it of a detailed account of such costs. The officers, manager, agents and employees of any such rate service organization, insurer, or group, association or other organization may be examined at any time under oath and shall exhibit all books, records, accounts, documents, or agreements governing its method of operation. In lieu of any such examination the commissioner may accept the report of an examination made by the insurance supervisory official of another state, pursuant to the laws of such state.
Minn. Stat. § 385.02 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 385 / Section 385.02
§ 385.02 DEPUTIES; BONDS, EXCEPT FOR RAMSEY COUNTY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Appointment of deputies. County treasurers may by certificate in writing appoint one or more deputies, who, before entering upon their duties, shall record with the county recorder such certificates, with their oaths of office endorsed thereon. Such deputies may sign all papers and do all other things which county treasurers may themselves do. County treasurers are responsible for the acts of their deputies and may revoke their appointments at pleasure.

§ Subd. 2. Bonds. (a) Before entering upon the duties of office the county treasurer, every deputy county treasurer and every employee in the office of the county treasurer shall give bond, to be approved by the county board, and in such sum as the board directs. In counties of over 150,000 inhabitants, the bond of the county treasurer shall not be less than $500,000, unless the surety is a corporation duly authorized by law to be surety, in which case it shall be not less than $250,000. Such bond shall be payable to the state, conditioned that the treasurer shall faithfully execute the duties of office, and for the safekeeping and paying over according to law of all moneys which come into the treasurer's hands for state, county, town, school, road, bridge, poor, and all other purposes. (b) In lieu of the individual bonds required for deputies and employees in the office of the county treasurer a schedule or position bond or undertaking may be given in the respective amounts so required conditioned as above and upon a form to be prescribed by the commissioner of administration. (c) The county board shall pay the premiums upon such bonds or undertakings out of the treasury of the county in cases where the surety is a corporation duly authorized by law to be surety. (d) This subdivision does not apply to Ramsey County.
Minn. Stat. § 322C.0904 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 322C / Section 322C.0904
§ 322C.0904 PLEADING.
Status: in_force

In a derivative action under section 322C.0902 , the complaint must state with particularity:

(1) the date and content of the plaintiff's demand and the response to the demand by the other members, managers, or board of governors; or

(2) if a demand has not been made, the reasons a demand under section 322C.0902 , clause (1), would be futile.
Minn. Stat. § 17.456 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17.456
§ 17.456 LLAMA.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Llamas are livestock. Llamas are livestock and are not wild animals for purposes of hunting or wildlife laws. Llamas and their products are farm products and livestock for purposes of financial transactions and collateral.

§ Subd. 2. Raising llamas is an agricultural pursuit. Raising llamas is agricultural production and an agricultural pursuit.

§ Subd. 3. Sales of llamas and meat products. Persons selling or buying llamas sold as livestock, sold for human consumption, or sold for slaughter must comply with chapters 17A, 28A, 31, 31A, and 31B.

§ Subd. 4. [Repealed, 1997 c 220 s 5 ]

§ Subd. 5. Disease inspection. Llamas are subject to chapter 35 and the rules of the Board of Animal Health in the same manner as livestock and domestic animals, including provisions relating to importation and transportation.
Minn. Stat. § 198.045 — MN Code / Part 196_198 / Chapter 198 / Section 198.045
§ 198.045 REMOVAL.
Status: in_force

If a resident who is ordered discharged from a home refuses to leave the home, the administrator of the home may apply to the district court for an order enforcing the administrative order of discharge. The district court shall order the sheriff of the county in which the home is located to remove the resident from the home and authorize the administrator to remove the resident's property from the resident's room and hold it until it can be returned to the resident.
Minn. Stat. § 81A.37 — MN Code / Part 80B_81A / Chapter 81A / Section 81A.37
§ 81A.37 RELATION TO ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN GLOBAL AND NATIONAL COMMERCE ACT.
Status: in_force

Sections 81A.22 to 81A.37 modify, limit, or supersede the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, United States Code, title 15, section 7001 et seq., but do not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(c) of that act, United States Code, title 15, section 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of that act, United States Code, title 15, section 7003(b).
Minn. Stat. § 514.21 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 514 / Section 514.21
§ 514.21 SALE, WHEN AND WHERE MADE; NOTICE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Generally. The sale herein provided for shall be made at public auction between nine o'clock in the morning and five o'clock in the afternoon in the county where the property or some part thereof is situated. A notice stating the time and place of sale, the amount which will be due on the date of sale exclusive of the expenses of advertising and sale, and the grounds of the lien, giving a general description of the property to be sold, shall be served personally upon the owner of the property if the owner can be found within the county in which the property is stored, and if not, then it shall be mailed to the owner thereof at least three weeks before the time fixed for such sale if the place of residence or post office address of such owner is known by, or with due diligence can be learned by, the person claiming such lien, and shall be published once in each week for three successive weeks in a newspaper printed and published in the county where the property, or some part thereof, is situated, the last publication of such notice to be at least one week prior to the date of sale; or, if there is no newspaper printed and published in the county, then the notice of sale shall be posted in three of the most public places in the county at least three weeks before the time of sale. In case neither the place of residence nor the post office address of such owner is known to the person claiming such lien and cannot with reasonable diligence be learned, the publication or posting of notice, as herein provided, shall be sufficient to authorize such sale.

§ Subd. 2. Motor vehicle held by licensed dealer. (a) If the property subject to the lien is a motor vehicle and the lienholder is a dealer licensed under section 168.27 , subdivision 2 or 3, the dealer may sell the vehicle as provided in subdivision 1 or may sell the vehicle at wholesale or retail in the ordinary course of business after notice to the owner as provided in this subdivision. (b) At least three weeks prior to sale, the dealer shall send a written notice by certified mail to the last known address of the owner of the vehicle according to the records of the dealer. If the vehicle is registered in this state and subject to a certificate of title and the name of the owner or the address of the owner is different than shown on the records of the dealer, the dealer shall also send the written notice to the registered owner by certified mail at the address shown. (c) The notice must contain a description of the vehicle, the grounds of the lien, the name, address, and telephone number of the dealer, the total amount owed including any accrued storage charges, the date after which the vehicle will be sold, and a statement that the owner may reclaim the vehicle prior to sale by paying the full amount due. (d) A dealer who sells a vehicle under this subdivision waives any further claim against the owner for any deficiency or other charges secured by the lien.
Minn. Stat. § 515A.2-113 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 515A / Section 515A.2-113
§ 515A.2-113 ALTERATIONS OF UNITS.
Status: in_force

Subject to the provisions of the declaration and other provisions of law, a unit owner:

(1) may make any improvements or alterations to the unit that do not impair the structural integrity or mechanical systems or lessen the support of any portion of the condominium;

(2) after acquiring an adjoining unit or an adjoining part of an adjoining unit, may with consent of the association and first mortgagees of the affected units, remove or alter any intervening partition or create apertures therein, even if the partition in whole or in part is a common element, if those acts do not impair the structural integrity or mechanical systems or lessen the support of any portion of the condominium. The adjoining unit owners shall have the exclusive license to use the space occupied by the common elements, but the use shall not create an easement or vested right. Removal of partitions or creation of apertures under this paragraph is not an alteration of boundaries. The association may reasonably require that the owner or owners of units affected replace or restore any such partition.
Minn. Stat. § 114D.35 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 114D / Section 114D.35
§ 114D.35 PUBLIC AND STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION; SCIENTIFIC REVIEW; EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Public and stakeholder participation. (a) Public agencies and private entities involved in implementing this chapter must encourage participation by the public and stakeholders, including local citizens, landowners, land managers, and public and private organizations. (b) In particular, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency must make reasonable efforts to provide timely information to the public and to stakeholders about impaired waters that have been identified by the agency and to inform and consult with the public and stakeholders in developing a WRAPS or TMDL. (c) Public agencies and private entities using public funds that are involved in implementing restoration and protection identified in a comprehensive watershed management plan or comprehensive local water management plan must make efforts to inform, consult, and involve the public and stakeholders. (d) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency and the Board of Water and Soil Resources must coordinate public and stakeholder participation in consultation with local government units. To the extent practicable, implementation of this chapter must be accomplished in cooperation with local, state, federal, and tribal governments and private-sector organizations.

§ Subd. 2. Expert scientific advice. The Clean Water Council and public agencies and private entities shall make use of available public and private expertise from educational, research, and technical organizations, including the University of Minnesota and other higher education institutions, to provide appropriate independent expert advice on models, methods, and approaches used in identifying degraded groundwater and impaired waters, developing TMDLs, and implementing prevention and restoration.

§ Subd. 3. Education. The Clean Water Council must develop strategies for informing, educating, and encouraging the participation of citizens, stakeholders, and others regarding this chapter. Public agencies are responsible for implementing the strategies.
Minn. Stat. § 211B.12 — MN Code / Part 200_212 / Chapter 211B / Section 211B.12
§ 211B.12 LEGAL EXPENDITURES.
Status: in_force

Use of money collected for political purposes is prohibited unless the use is reasonably related to the conduct of election campaigns, or is a noncampaign disbursement as defined in section 10A.01, subdivision 26 . The following are permitted expenditures when made for political purposes:

(1) salaries, wages, and fees;

(2) communications, mailing, transportation, and travel;

(3) campaign advertising;

(4) printing;

(5) office and other space and necessary equipment, furnishings, and incidental supplies;

(6) charitable contributions of not more than $100 to any charity organized under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code annually, except that the amount contributed is not limited by this clause if the political committee, political fund, party unit, principal campaign committee, or campaign fund of a candidate for political subdivision office that made the contribution dissolves within one year after the contribution is made; and

(7) other expenses, not included in clauses (1) to (6), that are reasonably related to the conduct of election campaigns. In addition, expenditures made for the purpose of providing information to constituents, whether or not related to the conduct of an election, are permitted expenses. Money collected for political purposes and assets of a political committee or political fund may not be converted to personal use.
Minn. Stat. § 257.53 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 257 / Section 257.53
§ 257.53 RELATIONSHIP NOT DEPENDENT ON MARRIAGE.
Status: in_force

The parent and child relationship may exist regardless of the marital status of the parents.
Minn. Stat. § 84A.53 — MN Code / Part 84A_84D / Chapter 84A / Section 84A.53
§ 84A.53 RECEIPTS NOT CREDITED TO CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Tax levies. Money collected from tax levies made before April 19, 1949, under this chapter, must be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general fund. Upon completion of the payment provided for in section 84A.52 , the commissioner of management and budget shall make the appropriate entries. Money referred to in this section must not be used for the payments under section 84A.52 until all other money in the consolidated account has been spent.

§ Subd. 2. Land sales. The portion of the money received from the sale of tax-forfeited lands that are held by the state under section 84A.07 , 84A.26 , or 84A.36 , that would not be paid to the counties if all the sale proceeds were deposited in the consolidated account, must be deposited in the land acquisition account. The remaining amount must be paid to the counties under section 84A.51 as if all the sale proceeds were deposited in the consolidated account.
Minn. Stat. § 6.78 — MN Code / Part 4_9 / Chapter 6 / Section 6.78
§ 6.78 BEST PRACTICES REVIEWS.
Status: in_force

The state auditor shall conduct best practices reviews that examine the procedures and practices used to deliver local government services, determine the methods of local government service delivery, identify variations in cost and effectiveness, and identify practices to save money or provide more effective service delivery. The state auditor shall recommend to local governments service delivery methods and practices to improve the cost-effectiveness of services. The state auditor shall determine the local government services to be reviewed in consultation with representatives of the Association of Minnesota Counties, the League of Minnesota Cities, the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities, the Minnesota Association of Townships, the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association, and the Minnesota Association of School Administrators.
Minn. Stat. § 219.81 — MN Code / Part 218_222 / Chapter 219 / Section 219.81
§ 219.81 CONTRARY CONTRACT DECLARED VOID.
Status: in_force

Any contract, rule, or device whatever, the purpose or intent of which is to enable an employer to escape liability created by sections 219.77 to 219.83 , is to that extent void. In an action brought against the employer under or by virtue of sections 219.77 to 219.83 , the employer may set off any sum the employer has contributed or paid to any insurance, relief, benefit, or indemnity that may have been paid to the injured employee, or to the persons entitled to it on account of the injury or death for which the action was brought.
Minn. Stat. § 16C.051 — MN Code / Part 16A_16E / Chapter 16C / Section 16C.051
§ 16C.051 CONTRACTS WITH RUSSIA OR BELARUS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Belarusian entity" means an institution or company that is headquartered in the Republic of Belarus or has its principal place of business in the Republic of Belarus. (c) "Russian entity" means an institution or company that is headquartered in the Russian Federation or has its principal place of business in the Russian Federation.

§ Subd. 2. Terminating contracts with Russia or Belarus. (a) All state agencies must: (1) review existing contracts to determine if any existing contracts are with Russian entities or Belarusian entities; (2) promptly terminate existing contracts with Russian entities or Belarusian entities as practicable; and (3) refrain from entering into contracts with Russian entities or Belarusian entities unless the head of the state agency determines that there is no suitable alternative. (b) Nothing in this section is intended to require or encourage state agencies to terminate or avoid contracts with Minnesota companies or other domestic entities, or to relieve state agencies of any obligations under applicable laws, rules, or regulations related to contracting and procurement.

§ Subd. 3. Severability. The provisions of this section are severable. If any provision of this section or its application is held invalid, that invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
Minn. Stat. § 17A.06 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 17A / Section 17A.06
§ 17A.06 CLAIMS AGAINST BONDS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Filing of claims. Any person claiming to be damaged by any breach of the conditions of a bond given by a licensee may enter complaint thereof to the commissioner, which complaint shall be a written statement of the facts constituting the complaint, accompanied by documentary proof of the claim against the licensee.

§ Subd. 2. Hearing on claims. In case of default by the licensee, the commissioner shall have the power to have the matter heard as a contested case pursuant to procedures outlined in chapter 14. The commissioner must first determine whether a claim is valid. If the commissioner determines that a claim is valid, the commissioner must notify the licensee of the determination and that the licensee has 15 days to either pay the claim or appeal the determination. If the licensee does not respond within 15 days, the determination must be considered a final order by the commissioner. If the commissioner determines that a claim is not valid, the commissioner must notify the claimant of the determination and that the claimant has 15 days to appeal the determination. If the claimant does not respond within 15 days, the determination must be considered a final order by the commissioner.

§ Subd. 3. Public notice. After the commissioner determines that a claim is valid, the commissioner shall publish a notice setting forth the default of the licensee and requiring all claimants to file proof of claim with the commissioner within 45 days of the date such notice is published or be barred from participating in the proceeds of the bond. Such publication shall be made in a newspaper published in the county in which the licensee's principal place of business is located. The commissioner shall also fulfill any notice requirements prescribed by chapter 14 and rules of the Office of Administrative Hearings. No claim shall be allowed unless it is filed with the commissioner within one year of the date of the transaction. If a livestock market agency, meat packing company, or livestock dealer has on file a Packers and Stockyards Act bond and is registered with the Packers and Stockyards Administration, the terms of the bond or that federal agency's regulations will control.