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Minn. Stat. § 156.02 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 156 / Section 156.02
§ 156.02 APPLICANTS FOR LICENSE; QUALIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. License application. Application for a license to practice veterinary medicine in this state shall be made in writing to the Board of Veterinary Medicine upon a form furnished by the board, accompanied by satisfactory evidence that the applicant is at least 18 years of age, is of good moral character, and has one of the following: (1) a diploma conferring the degree of doctor of veterinary medicine, or an equivalent degree, from an accredited or approved college of veterinary medicine; (2) an ECFVG or PAVE certificate; or (3) a certificate from the dean of an accredited or approved college of veterinary medicine stating that the applicant is a student in good standing expecting to be graduated at the completion of the current academic year of the college in which the applicant is enrolled. The application shall contain the information and material required by subdivision 2 and any other information that the board may, in its sound judgment, require. The application shall be filed with the board at least 60 days before the date of the examination. If the board deems it advisable, it may require that such application be verified by the oath of the applicant.

§ Subd. 2. Required with application. Every application shall contain the following information and material: (1) the application fee set by the board in the form of a check or money order payable to the board, which fee is not returnable in the event permission to take the examination is denied for good cause; (2) a copy of a diploma from an accredited or approved college of veterinary medicine or a certificate from the dean or secretary of an accredited or approved college of veterinary medicine showing the time spent in the school and the date when the applicant was duly and regularly graduated or will duly and regularly graduate or verification of ECFVG or PAVE certification; (3) affidavits of at least two veterinarians and three adults who are not related to the applicant setting forth how long a time, when, and under what circumstances they have known the applicant, and any other facts as may be proper to enable the board to determine the qualifications of the applicant; and (4) if the applicant has served in the armed forces, a copy of discharge papers.

§ Subd. 3. Examination of certain individuals. The board may, on an individual basis, permit individuals not qualified for a Minnesota license by reason of graduation from a nonaccredited or approved college of veterinary medicine to take the national examinations in veterinary medicine when necessary as a prerequisite to obtaining the ECFVG certification.
Minn. Stat. § 85.06 — MN Code / Part 85_87A / Chapter 85 / Section 85.06
§ 85.06 SCHOOLHOUSES IN CERTAIN STATE PARKS.
Status: in_force

The commissioner is hereby authorized to allow the construction and use of schoolhouses in any state park the area of which is not less than 3,000 acres.
Minn. Stat. § 117.165 — MN Code / Part 117_119 / Chapter 117 / Section 117.165
§ 117.165 JURY TRIALS; DISCLOSURE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Appeal. In all eminent domain proceedings where an appeal is taken to the district court from the award of commissioners, the owner or the petitioner shall be entitled to a jury trial.

§ Subd. 2. Disclosure of witnesses, appraisals of damages. In the event of an appeal from the award of commissioners, and upon written demand by a party, the other party shall disclose under oath in writing within 15 days the appraisal witnesses the disclosing party proposes to call on its behalf at trial, and the amount of their appraisals of the damages. The demand shall be deemed continuing.

§ Subd. 3. Failure to disclose. A party shall not be permitted at the trial, except for just cause shown, to use any expert witness on the matter of damages whose name, address and appraisal was not disclosed to the other party following a written demand.
Minn. Stat. § 147.082 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 147 / Section 147.082
§ 147.082 TITLE PROTECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person not licensed under this chapter is prohibited from using the title "doctor of medicine," "medical doctor," "doctor of osteopathic medicine," "osteopathic physician," "physician," "surgeon," "M.D.," or "D.O." in the conduct of any occupation or profession pertaining to the diagnosis of human disease or conditions.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a health care professional from using a title incorporating any of the words specified in paragraph (a), or from using a title or designation that is not specifically protected in paragraph (a), if the title or designation used is permitted under the health care professional's practice act.
Minn. Stat. § 103E.631 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103E / Section 103E.631
§ 103E.631 APPORTIONING LIENS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Petition. A person who has an interest in property that has a drainage lien attached to it may petition the drainage authority to apportion the lien among specified portions of the tract if the payments of principal and interest on the property are not in default.

§ Subd. 2. Notice. When the petition is filed, the drainage authority shall, by order, set a time and location for a hearing on the petition. The drainage authority shall give notice of the hearing by personal service to the auditor, the occupants of the tract, and all parties having an interest in the tract as shown by the records in the county recorder's office. The service must be made at least ten days before the hearing. If personal service cannot be made to all interested persons, notice may be given by publication. The petitioner shall pay the costs for service or publication.

§ Subd. 3. Hearing. The drainage authority shall hear all related evidence and, by order, apportion the lien. A certified copy of the order must be recorded in the county recorder's office and filed with the auditor.
Minn. Stat. § 123B.61 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 123B / Section 123B.61
§ 123B.61 PURCHASE OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

The board of a district may issue general obligation certificates of indebtedness or capital notes subject to the district debt limits to: (a) purchase vehicles, computers, telephone systems, cable equipment, photocopy and office equipment, technological equipment for instruction, and other capital equipment having an expected useful life at least as long as the terms of the certificates or notes; (b) purchase computer hardware and software, without regard to its expected useful life, whether bundled with machinery or equipment or unbundled, together with application development services and training related to the use of the computer; and (c) prepay special assessments. The certificates or notes must be payable in not more than 20 years and must be issued on the terms and in the manner determined by the board. The certificates or notes may be issued by resolution and without the requirement for an election. The certificates or notes are general obligation bonds for purposes of section 126C.55 . A tax levy must be made for the payment of the principal and interest on the certificates or notes, in accordance with section 475.61 , as in the case of bonds. The sum of the tax levies under this section and section 123B.62 for each year must not exceed the lesser of the amount of the district's total operating capital revenue or the sum of the district's levy in the general and community service funds excluding the adjustments under this section for the year preceding the year the initial debt service levies are certified. The district's general fund levy for each year must be reduced by the sum of (1) the amount of the tax levies for debt service certified for each year for payment of the principal and interest on the certificates or notes issued under this section as required by section 475.61 , (2) the amount of the tax levies for debt service certified for each year for payment of the principal and interest on bonds issued under section 123B.62 , and (3) any excess amount in the debt redemption fund used to retire bonds, certificates, or notes issued under this section or section 123B.62 after April 1, 1997, other than amounts used to pay capitalized interest. If the district's general fund levy is less than the amount of the reduction, the balance shall be deducted first from the district's community service fund levy, and next from the district's general fund or community service fund levies for the following year. A district using an excess amount in the debt redemption fund to retire the certificates or notes shall report the amount used for this purpose to the commissioner by July 15 of the following fiscal year. A district having an outstanding capital loan under section 126C.69 must not use an excess amount in the debt redemption fund to retire the certificates or notes.
Minn. Stat. § 549.08 — MN Code / Part 540_552 / Chapter 549 / Section 549.08
§ 549.08 ACTION ON JUDGMENT.
Status: in_force

Costs shall not be allowed to plaintiff in an action upon a domestic judgment between the same parties, unless such action was brought with previous leave of the court for cause shown; but this shall not apply to an action upon the judgment of a justice brought in another county or in the same county where the summons was not served upon all the defendants, or in case of the death of a party, or the death, resignation, incapacity to act, or removal from the county of the justice, or the loss of the docket.
Minn. Stat. § 332B.05 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 332B / Section 332B.05
§ 332B.05 DENIAL, SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, OR NONRENEWAL OF REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Denial. The commissioner, with notice to the applicant by certified mail sent to the address listed on the application, may deny an application for a registration for any of the reasons specified under section 332A.08 .

§ Subd. 2. Suspension, revocation, or nonrenewal. The commissioner may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew any registration issued under this chapter, or may levy a civil penalty under section 45.027 , or any combination of actions, if the debt settlement services provider or any controlling or affiliated person has committed any act or omission for which the commissioner could have refused to issue an initial registration.

§ Subd. 3. Procedure. Suspension, revocation, or nonrenewal must be upon notice and under the conditions prescribed in section 332A.09, subdivision 1 . Upon issuance of an order suspending, revoking, or refusing to renew a registration, the commissioner: (1) shall follow the procedure established in section 332A.09, subdivision 2 ; and (2) may follow the procedure specified in section 332A.09, subdivision 3 , concerning the appointment of a receiver for funds of sanctioned registrants.
Minn. Stat. § 17A.13 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 17A / Section 17A.13
§ 17A.13 GROSS MISDEMEANORS.
Status: in_force

Any weigher who shall knowingly or carelessly weigh any livestock improperly, or give any false certificate of weight, or accept money or other consideration directly or indirectly for any neglect or improper performance of duty, or who shall be guilty of any neglect of duty, and any person who shall improperly influence or attempt to influence any such weigher in the performance of a duty by preventing proper access to the scales used in the weighing of livestock, or otherwise, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
Minn. Stat. § 97A.531 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97A / Section 97A.531
§ 97A.531 SHIPPING WILD ANIMALS TAKEN IN CANADA.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Shipping coupons. A person may ship, within or out of the state, wild animals lawfully taken and possessed in Canada and that have lawfully entered the state. The shipment must have the shipping coupons required for a shipment originating in the province where the animals were taken.

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1995 c 220 s 141 ; 1995 c 224 s 126 ; 1Sp1995 c 1 s 48 ]

§ Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1995 c 220 s 141 ; 1995 c 224 s 126 ; 1Sp1995 c 1 s 48 ]

§ Subd. 4. [Repealed, 1995 c 220 s 141 ; 1995 c 224 s 126 ; 1Sp1995 c 1 s 48 ]

§ Subd. 5. [Repealed, 1995 c 220 s 141 ; 1995 c 224 s 126 ; 1Sp1995 c 1 s 48 ]

§ Subd. 6. [Repealed, 1995 c 220 s 141 ; 1995 c 224 s 126 ; 1Sp1995 c 1 s 48 ]

§ Subd. 7. [Repealed, 1995 c 224 s 127 ; 1Sp1995 c 1 s 49 ]
Minn. Stat. § 358.67 — MN Code / Part 357_359 / Chapter 358 / Section 358.67
§ 358.67 OFFICIAL STAMP.
Status: in_force

The official stamp of a notary public must:

(1) satisfy the requirements of section 359.03 ; and

(2) be capable of being copied together with the record to which it is affixed or attached or with which it is logically associated.
Minn. Stat. § 474A.14 — MN Code / Part 474_477C / Chapter 474A / Section 474A.14
§ 474A.14 NOTICE OF AVAILABLE AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

The department shall provide at its official website a written notice of the amount of bonding authority in the housing, small issue, and public facilities pools as soon after January 1 as possible. The department shall provide at its official website a written notice of the amount of bonding authority available for allocation in the unified pool as soon after July 1 as possible.
Minn. Stat. § 64B.03 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 64B / Section 64B.03
§ 64B.03 REPRESENTATIVE FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A society has a representative form of government when it has a supreme governing body constituted in one of the following ways:

(1) The supreme governing body is an assembly composed of delegates elected directly by the members or at intermediate assemblies or conventions of members or their representatives, together with other delegates as may be prescribed in the society's laws. A society may provide for election of delegates by mail. The elected delegates shall constitute a majority in number and shall not have less than two-thirds of the votes and not less than the number of votes required to amend the society's laws. The assembly shall be elected and shall meet at least once every four years and shall elect a board of directors to conduct the business of the society between meetings of the assembly. Vacancies on the board of directors between elections may be filled in the manner prescribed by the society's laws.

(2) The supreme governing body is a board composed of persons elected by the members, either directly or by their representatives in intermediate assemblies, and any other persons prescribed in the society's laws. A society may provide for election of the board by mail. Each term of a board member may not exceed four years, except that the commissioner has the discretion to approve completion of a term of office exceeding four years where the board member completing the term was elected pursuant to clause (1). Vacancies on the board between elections may be filled in the manner prescribed by the society's laws. Those persons elected to the board shall constitute a majority in number and not less than the number of votes required to amend the society's laws. A person filling the unexpired term of an elected board member shall be considered to be an elected member. The board shall meet at least quarterly to conduct the business of the society.

(b) A society has a representative form of government when the officers of the society are elected either by the supreme governing body or by the board of directors.

(c) A society has a representative form of government when only benefit members are eligible for election to the supreme governing body and the board of directors.

(d) A society has a representative form of government when each voting member shall have one vote and no vote may be cast by proxy.
Minn. Stat. § 451.09 — MN Code / Part 451_459 / Chapter 451 / Section 451.09
§ 451.09 STEAM HEAT DISCONTINUED; NOTICE; COST TO CONVERT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. By utility board, with council approval. A public utilities board or commission that operates a steam heat system in a home rule charter city may discontinue the system in whole or part if the city council approves.

§ Subd. 2. May pay to convert. If the council approves, the board or commission may spend money to pay those whose service is discontinued to convert to another type of heat system.

§ Subd. 3. Supersedes other law, charter. This section applies notwithstanding a contrary city charter or other law.

§ Subd. 4. Exceptions: Austin, Marshall, Virginia. Subdivisions 1 to 3 do not apply to the cities of Austin, Marshall, and Virginia.

§ Subd. 5. Two years' notice. A public utilities board or commission that operates a steam heat system in a home rule charter city must give the commissioner of employment and economic development two years' notice of its intended date to discontinue the system.
Minn. Stat. § 146.19 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 146 / Section 146.19
§ 146.19 OTHER OFFENSES; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

Any person implicated in employing fraud or deception in registering annually under this chapter shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
Minn. Stat. § 116J.436 — MN Code / Part 116J_116O / Chapter 116J / Section 116J.436
§ 116J.436 TRANSPORTATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Grant program established; purpose. The transportation economic development infrastructure program is created to foster interagency coordination between the Departments of Transportation and Employment and Economic Development to finance infrastructure to create economic development opportunities, jobs, and improve all types of transportation systems statewide.

§ Subd. 2. Eligible projects. Funds appropriated for the program must be used to fund predesign, design, acquisition of land, construction, reconstruction, and infrastructure improvements that will promote economic development, increase employment, and improve transportation systems to accommodate private investment and job creation.

§ Subd. 3. Trunk highway projects. Money in the program shall not be used on trunk highway improvements, but can be used for needed infrastructure improvements and nontrunk highway improvements in coordination with trunk highway improvement projects undertaken by the Department of Transportation.

§ Subd. 4. Application. The commissioners of transportation and employment and economic development shall design an application process and selection process to distribute funding to local units of government for publicly owned infrastructure using criteria that take into account: job creation; increase in local tax base; level of private investment; leverage of nonstate funds; improvement to the transportation system to serve the project area; and appropriate geographic balance between the metropolitan area and greater Minnesota.
Minn. Stat. § 65A.19 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 65A / Section 65A.19
§ 65A.19 EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

When the company shall notify the commissioner that it has fulfilled the requirements already expressed in sections 65A.16 to 65A.24 , and that its guaranty surplus fund and its special reserve fund, taken together, equal its capital stock or amount to the sum of $2,000,000, the commissioner shall make an examination of the company and make a certificate of the result thereof, and file the same in the commissioner's office and, if the commissioner shall find that the combined funds shall equal the capital stock of the company or amount to the sum of $2,000,000, thereafter the company may continue, out of any subsequent profits of its business, to add to these funds; provided, that when any addition is made to the special reserve fund, an equal sum shall be carried to the guaranty surplus fund.
Minn. Stat. § 60A.9857 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 60A / Section 60A.9857
§ 60A.9857 PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

In the case of a violation of sections 60A.985 to 60A.9856 , a licensee may be penalized in accordance with section 60A.052 .
Minn. Stat. § 173.231 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 173 / Section 173.231
§ 173.231 FEES; PROCEEDS TO TRUNK HIGHWAY FUND.
Status: in_force

All fees collected under sections 173.07 and 173.13 shall be paid into the trunk highway fund.
Minn. Stat. § 579.03 — MN Code / Part 570_583 / Chapter 579 / Section 579.03
§ 579.03 DISCHARGE OF BOAT; BOND.
Status: in_force

If, before judgment, the master, owner, agent, or consignee give bond to the plaintiff, to be approved by the court, or by a judge, or the court administrator thereof in vacation, conditioned to satisfy the amount which shall be adjudged to be due to the plaintiff, with costs, the boat or vessel, with its tackle, apparel, and furniture, shall be discharged from custody.
Minn. Stat. § 3C.08 — MN Code / Part 3_3E / Chapter 3C / Section 3C.08
§ 3C.08 MINNESOTA STATUTES; CONTENTS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Permanent required contents. The revisor's office shall publish editions of Minnesota Statutes. Minnesota Statutes must contain the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of Minnesota, all general and permanent statutes in force, an alphabetical index, a table of permanent local laws, rules of the supreme court, rules of the district court, rules of other courts, rules applicable to the courts generally, and any other information the revisor considers desirable and practicable.

§ Subd. 2. Decimal coding system. The decimal system of numbering of sections contained in Minnesota Statutes 1945 must be continued in all future editions of Minnesota Statutes, except that alphabetical letters may be used in addition to the decimal numbers. Chapters and sections of Minnesota Statutes retain the numbers and titles given them in Minnesota Revised Statutes until changed by the revisor or by statute.

§ Subd. 3. Headnotes. The headnotes of the sections of any edition of the Minnesota Statutes printed in boldface type are mere catchwords to indicate the contents of the section and are not any part of the statute.

§ Subd. 4. New laws incorporated. As soon as possible after a session of the legislature has adjourned, the revisor's office shall incorporate into the text of Minnesota Statutes the permanent general laws enacted and the amendments made to the statutes at that session and at any extra session of the legislature. The office shall also omit any sections expressly repealed. The office shall assign appropriate chapter and section numbers to these laws and shall arrange them in proper order. After each section the office shall place a source note indicating the chapter and section of the session law from which the section was derived.

§ Subd. 5. Form and style changes. The form and style of Minnesota Statutes may be changed as necessary to improve its quality and to permit the use of electronic data processing equipment, computer compatible media, and other related equipment in connection with its publication.
Minn. Stat. § 297I.70 — MN Code / Part 296_299 / Chapter 297I / Section 297I.70
§ 297I.70 LIMITATION ON CLAIMS FOR REFUND.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in section 297I.75 , a claim for refund of an overpayment must be filed within 3-1/2 years from the date prescribed for filing the return, or one year from the date of an order assessing tax or surcharge, or one year from the date of a return filed by the commissioner, upon payment in full of the tax, surcharge, penalties, and interest shown on the order or return made by the commissioner, whichever period expires later. Claims for refund filed after the 3-1/2-year period but within the one-year period are limited to the amount of tax, surcharge, penalties, and interest on the order or return made by the commissioner and to issues determined by the order or return made by the commissioner.