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Minn. Stat. § 524.6-301 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 524 / Section 524.6-301
§ 524.6-301 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In sections 524.6-301 to 524.6-311 :

(1) "Beneficiary form" means a registration of a security which indicates the present owner of the security and the intention of the owner regarding the person who will become the owner of the security upon the death of the owner.

(2) "Register," including its derivatives, means to issue a certificate showing the ownership of a certificated security or, in the case of an uncertificated security, to initiate or transfer an account showing ownership of securities.

(3) "Registering entity" means a person who originates or transfers a security title by registration, and includes a broker maintaining security accounts for customers and a transfer agent or other person acting for or as an issuer of securities.

(4) "Security" means a share, participation, or other interest in property, in a business, or in an obligation of an enterprise or other issuer, and includes a certificated security, an uncertificated security, and a security account.

(5) "Security account" means (i) a reinvestment account associated with a security, a securities account with a broker, a cash balance in a brokerage account, cash, cash equivalents, interest, earnings, or dividends earned or declared on a security in an account, a reinvestment account, or a brokerage account, whether or not credited to the account before the owner's death, (ii) an investment management or custody account with a trust company or a trust division of a bank with trust powers, including the securities in the account, a cash balance in the account, and cash, cash equivalents, interest, earnings, or dividends earned or declared on a security in the account, whether or not credited to the account before the owner's death, or (iii) a cash balance or other property held for or due to the owner of a security as a replacement for or product of an account security, whether or not credited to the account before the owner's death.
Minn. Stat. § 299D.06 — MN Code / Part 299A_299N / Chapter 299D / Section 299D.06
§ 299D.06 PATROL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT TROOPERS.
Status: reserved

(a) Department personnel must be classified employees assigned to the Division of State Patrol if they are employed to enforce:

(1) laws relating to motor vehicle equipment; school bus equipment; drivers' licenses; motor vehicle registration; motor vehicle size and weight; motor carrier insurance, registration, and safety; and motor vehicle petroleum taxes;

(2) Pollution Control Agency rules relating to motor vehicle noise abatement;

(3) laws relating to directing the movement of vehicles; and

(4) the North American uniform out-of-service criteria and issue out-of-service orders, as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 383.5.

(b) Employees engaged in these duties, while actually on the job during their working hours only, shall have power to:

(1) issue citations in lieu of arrest and continued detention; and

(2) prepare notices to appear in court for violation of these laws and rules, in the manner provided in section 169.91, subdivision 3 .

(c) They shall not be armed and, except as provided in this section, shall have none of the other powers and privileges reserved to peace officers including the power to enforce traffic laws and regulations.
Minn. Stat. § 11A.20 — MN Code / Part 10_12B / Chapter 11A / Section 11A.20
§ 11A.20 INVESTMENT OF STATE TREASURY FUNDS NOT CURRENTLY NEEDED.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Certification. When there are funds in the state treasury over and above the amount that the commissioner of management and budget has determined are currently needed, the commissioner shall certify to the state board the amount thereof.

§ Subd. 2. Investment. The certified amount of state treasury funds not currently needed shall be invested by the state board subject to the provisions of section 11A.25 .

§ Subd. 3. Crediting of investment income. Notwithstanding provisions of section 11A.12 , all investment income and all investment losses attributable to the investment of state treasury funds, other than the game and fish fund, not currently needed shall be credited to the general fund.
Minn. Stat. § 239.79 — MN Code / Part 239 / Chapter 239 / Section 239.79
§ 239.79 PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; TRANSACTION REQUIREMENTS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1992 c 575 s 54 ]

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1992 c 575 s 54 ]

§ Subd. 3. Results of test supplied by shipper to distributor. Upon request from a distributor, a shipper of petroleum products shall, at the time of shipment, supply a distributor with the results of typical tests of the petroleum product shipped to the distributor.

§ Subd. 4. Sale of certain petroleum products on gross volume basis. A person responsible for the products listed in this subdivision shall transfer, ship, distribute, offer for distribution, sell, or offer to sell the products by volume. Volumetric measurement of the product must not be temperature compensated, or adjusted by any other factor. This subdivision applies to gasoline, number one and number two diesel fuel oils, number one and number two heating fuel oils, kerosene, denatured ethanol, and biodiesel. This subdivision does not apply to the measurement of products transferred, sold, or traded between refineries, between refineries and terminals, or between terminals.

§ Subd. 5. Sale of biodiesel on net volume basis. When biodiesel is transferred, sold, or traded between refineries, between refineries and terminals, or between terminals on a temperature-compensated basis, the director shall use the method outlined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 40, subpart M, Renewable Fuel Standard 80.1426 (f)(8)(ii)(A), for determining the net quantity of biodiesel transferred in cases of dispute.
Minn. Stat. § 484.69 — MN Code / Part 480_494 / Chapter 484 / Section 484.69
§ 484.69 CHIEF JUDGE.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Election; term; removal. The judges of the district court resident in each of the judicial districts shall meet and elect from among their number a single chief judge and an assistant chief judge. The chief judge and the assistant chief judge shall serve a term of two years beginning July 1 of the year in which they are elected. No judge may serve as chief judge or assistant chief judge for more than two consecutive two-year terms, except as provided in subdivision 1a. For the term beginning July 1, 1991, and after that, the chief judge and assistant chief judge in the odd-numbered judicial district shall be elected to a term of two years. For the term beginning July 1, 1991, the chief judge and assistant chief judge in the even-numbered judicial districts shall be elected to a term of one year. For the term beginning July 1, 1992, and after that, the chief judge and assistant chief judge in the even-numbered judicial districts shall be elected to a term of two years. The seniority of judges and rotation of the position of chief judge or assistant chief judge shall not be criteria for the election of the chief judge or the assistant chief judge. A chief judge or assistant chief judge may be removed for cause as chief judge or assistant chief judge by the chief justice of the supreme court, or by a majority of the judges of the judicial district.

§ Subd. 1a. [Repealed, 2008 c 277 art 1 s 98 ]

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1990 c 553 s 15 ]

§ Subd. 3. Administrative authority. In each judicial district, the chief judge, subject to the authority of the chief justice, shall exercise general administrative authority over the courts within the judicial district. The chief judge shall make assignments of judges to serve on the courts within the judicial district, and assignments may be made without the consent of the judges affected. The chief judge may assign any judge of any court within the judicial district to hear any matter in any court of the judicial district. When a judge of a court is assigned to another court the judge is vested with the powers of a judge of the court of assignment. A judge may not be assigned to hear matters outside the judge's judicial district pursuant to this subdivision.

§ Subd. 4. Semiannual meetings; judicial conference. The chief judges shall meet at least semiannually to consider problems relating to judicial business and administration. After consultation with the judges of their respective districts the chief judges shall prepare in conference and submit to the chief justice of the supreme court a suggested agenda for the judicial conference held pursuant to section 480.18 .

§ Subd. 5. Judges' meetings. The chief judge shall convene a conference at least semiannually of all judges of the judicial district to consider administrative matters and rules of court and to provide advice and counsel to the chief judge.
Minn. Stat. § 297A.78 — MN Code / Part 296_299 / Chapter 297A / Section 297A.78
§ 297A.78 LIABILITY FOR USE TAX; RECEIPT AS EVIDENCE.
Status: in_force

Liability for the payment of the use tax is not extinguished until the tax has been paid to Minnesota. However, a receipt from a retailer given to the purchaser under section 297A.77, subdivision 2 , relieves the purchaser of further liability for the tax to which the receipt refers, unless the purchaser knows or has reason to know that the retailer did not have a permit to collect the tax.
Minn. Stat. § 326.03 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 326 / Section 326.03
§ 326.03 LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Plans; documents. No person, except an architect, engineer, land surveyor, landscape architect, geoscientist, or certified interior designer, licensed or certified as provided for in sections 326.02 to 326.15 shall practice architecture, professional engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, or professional geoscience, or use the title certified interior designer, respectively, in the preparation of plans, specifications, reports, plats or other architectural, engineering, land surveying, landscape architectural, geoscientific, or interior design documents, or in the observation of architectural, engineering, land surveying, landscape architectural, geoscientific, or interior design projects. In preparation of such documents, reasonable care shall be given to compliance with applicable laws, ordinances, and building codes relating to design.

§ Subd. 2. Exceptions. Nothing contained in sections 326.02 to 326.15 shall prevent persons from advertising and performing services such as consultation, investigation, or evaluation in connection with, or from making plans and specifications for, or from supervising, the erection, enlargement, or alteration of any of the following buildings: (1) dwellings for single families, and outbuildings in connection therewith, such as barns and private garages; (2) two family dwellings; (3) any farm building or accessory thereto; or (4) temporary buildings or sheds used exclusively for construction purposes, not exceeding two stories in height, and not used for living quarters.

§ Subd. 3. Recording. No plat, map, or drawing of any survey or subdivision of lands required by law to be filed or recorded with the county recorder or registered with the registrar of titles of any county, shall be filed, recorded, or registered therein unless there shall be endorsed thereon a certification by a licensed land surveyor.

§ Subd. 4. Exception for persons elected in office. The provisions hereof shall not apply to any person holding an elective office when in discharging the duties thereof such person is required to do work or perform service of the character of work or service usually done or performed by an architect, engineer, land surveyor, landscape architect, or geoscientist.

§ Subd. 5. Insurance companies; rating bureaus. The provisions of sections 326.02 to 326.15 shall not apply to inspection and service work done by employees of insurance companies, their agents, or insurance rating bureaus.
Minn. Stat. § 375A.05 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 375A / Section 375A.05
§ 375A.05 AT-LARGE CHAIR PLAN.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Elected countywide. Subject to the exclusions cited in section 375A.01, subdivision 2 , any county may provide for the office of chair of the board with candidates for the office nominated and elected by all the voters of the county separate and apart from other members of the board, except that the chair of the board selected by this method shall be a member of the county board in all other respects. This option shall be known as the at-large chair plan. Upon the adoption of the at-large chair plan, the county shall be redistricted to reflect the change in number of commissioners on the board. Unless a county had adopted either the at-large chair or the elected executive plan, each board shall elect a chair from among its membership pursuant to the provisions of section 375.13 .

§ Subd. 2. County board of five or seven required. The at-large chair plan may be adopted only in those counties which have county boards of five or seven members. The change to a county board of five or seven members may be instituted concurrently with the change to the at-large chair plan in which case the county board resolution, the study commission recommendation or the petition by the voters initiating the plan shall indicate the number of members to be on the board including the at-large chair. If the resolution, the recommendation or the petition does not specify the number to be on the board, the board shall consist of the same number, including the at-large chair as before the adoption of an option, unless the number of the board is greater than seven. If the board is less than five, it shall be increased to five; and if greater than seven, it shall be reduced to seven.

§ Subd. 3. Term, qualifications. The first at-large chair shall be elected at the county general election following the adoption of the at-large chair plan and every four years thereafter. The chair shall hold office for a term of four years commencing on the first Monday of January following election. The chair shall be a resident of the county and shall be nominated and elected by all the voters of the county in the manner provided by law for the election of county officers.

§ Subd. 4. Salary. The salary of the at-large chair for the first year of the term shall be set by the county board not less than 30 days before the first day candidates may file for the office; thereafter, the salary of the at-large chair shall be set annually by the county board at the January meeting of the board; provided that the salary of the at-large chair shall not be less than 120 percent of the salary of the highest paid member of the board of county commissioners. A minimum salary for each subsequent term of the at-large chair shall be fixed by the county board not less than 30 days before the first day candidates may file for the office in an amount not less than the minimum provided in this section.
Minn. Stat. § 115B.30 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 115B / Section 115B.30
§ 115B.30 ELIGIBLE INJURY AND DAMAGE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Eligible personal injury. (a) A personal injury which could reasonably have resulted from exposure to a harmful substance released from a facility where it was placed or came to be located is eligible for compensation from the fund if: (1) it is a medically verified chronic or progressive disease, illness, or disability such as cancer, organic nervous system disorders, or physical deformities, including malfunctions in reproduction, in humans or their offspring, or death; or (2) it is a medically verified acute disease or condition that typically manifests itself rapidly after a single exposure or limited exposures and the persons responsible for the release of the harmful substance are unknown or cannot with reasonable diligence be determined or located or a judgment would not be satisfied in whole or in part against the persons determined to be responsible for the release of the harmful substance. (b) A personal injury is not compensable from the account if: (1) the injury is compensable under the workers' compensation law, chapter 176; (2) the injury arises out of the claimant's use of a consumer product; (3) the injury arises out of an exposure that occurred or is occurring outside the geographical boundaries of the state; (4) the injury results from the release of a harmful substance for which the claimant is a responsible person; or (5) the injury is an acute disease or condition other than one described in paragraph (a).

§ Subd. 2. Eligible property damage. Damage to real property in Minnesota owned by the claimant is eligible for compensation from the fund if the damage results from the presence in or on the property of a harmful substance released from a facility where it was placed or came to be located. Damage to property is not eligible for compensation from the fund if it results from the release of a harmful substance for which the claimant is a responsible person.

§ Subd. 3. Time for filing claim. (a) A claim is not eligible for compensation from the fund unless it is filed with the agency within the time provided in this subdivision. (b) A claim for compensation for personal injury must be filed within two years after the injury and its connection to exposure to a harmful substance was or reasonably should have been discovered. (c) A claim for compensation for property damage must be filed within two years after the full amount of compensable losses can be determined. (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, claims for compensation that would otherwise be barred by any statute of limitations provided in sections 115B.25 to 115B.37 may be filed not later than January 1, 1992.
Minn. Stat. § 412.751 — MN Code / Part 410_414 / Chapter 412 / Section 412.751
§ 412.751 EMERGENCY DEBT CERTIFICATES.
Status: in_force

If in any year the receipts from taxes or other sources should from some unforeseen cause become insufficient for the ordinary expenses of the city or if any calamity or any other public emergency should subject the city to the necessity of making extraordinary expenditures, the council may authorize the sale by the city treasurer of emergency debt certificates to run not to exceed two years and to bear interest at not more than seven percent per year. A tax sufficient to redeem all such certificates at maturity shall be levied as part of the budget for the following year. The authorization of an issue of such emergency debt certificates shall be given by an ordinance approved by all the members of the council.
Minn. Stat. § 84B.04 — MN Code / Part 84A_84D / Chapter 84B / Section 84B.04
§ 84B.04 ACQUIRING LANDS OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of administration shall acquire, by condemnation or purchase, fee title to lands owned by any political subdivision of the state located within the boundaries of Voyageurs National Park. Upon certification by the commissioner that the lands have been acquired and that any appeal time has expired, the governor shall donate and convey these lands to the United States for the park, in the manner provided in section 84B.03 .
Minn. Stat. § 375A.09 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 375A / Section 375A.09
§ 375A.09 HOW TO CHANGE THE NUMBER OF COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. This chapter controls; benchmark; abandonment. Notwithstanding any other provision of law specifying the number of members of the board of county commissioners and except as otherwise provided in sections 375A.01 to 375A.13 , any county may alter the number of members on the board of county commissioners in accordance with the provisions of this section. Until the adoption of a modification of the number of the members of the board of county commissioners, each county shall elect the number of county commissioners by the method in effect for that county on July 1, 1973. Any of the modifications may be adopted or abandoned by a county by following the procedures set forth in sections 375A.01 to 375A.13 .

§ Subd. 2. Three, five, seven, or nine members. Any county may provide that the board of county commissioners shall consist of three, five, seven or nine members.

§ Subd. 3. Must be district resident. Every county commissioner shall be a resident of the county and shall be a resident of the district from which nominated and elected.

§ Subd. 4. Apportionment, redistricting, staggering, timing. The county shall be divided into the number of districts from which commissioners are nominated and elected and the population of the county shall be apportioned to the several districts so that each commissioner represents the same number of persons as nearly as may be possible. When the number of commissioners has been changed, the county board shall proceed to redistrict the county accordingly and it shall follow as nearly as possible the times and procedures specified in section 375.025 , including determining the two-year and four-year terms first assigned to districts in order to provide as nearly as possible for an equal number of overlapping four-year terms in the future. The resolution redistricting the county shall be adopted not less than 30 days before the first day candidates may file for the office of county commissioner. Commissioners to be elected pursuant to the modification of the county board shall be elected at the general election following the adoption of the modification.
Minn. Stat. § 365.09 — MN Code / Part 365_368 / Chapter 365 / Section 365.09
§ 365.09 CHARGES PAID BY TAXES LEVIED UNDER CHAPTER 275.
Status: in_force

Taxes to pay for town charges must be levied under chapter 275 on the town's taxable property.
Minn. Stat. § 204C.14 — MN Code / Part 200_212 / Chapter 204C / Section 204C.14
§ 204C.14 UNLAWFUL VOTING; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Violations; penalty. No individual shall intentionally: (a) misrepresent the individual's identity in applying for a ballot, depositing a ballot in a ballot box or attempting to vote by means of a voting machine or electronic voting system; (b) vote more than once at the same election; (c) put a ballot in a ballot box for any illegal purpose; (d) give more than one ballot of the same kind to an election judge to be placed in a ballot box; (e) aid, abet, counsel or procure another to go into any precinct for the purpose of voting in that precinct, knowing that the other individual is not eligible to vote in that precinct; or (f) aid, abet, counsel or procure another to do any act in violation of this section. A violation of this section is a felony.

§ Subd. 2. Signature on roster as evidence of intent. For purposes of proving a violation of this section, the signature of an individual on a polling place roster or voter signature certificate is prima facie evidence of the intent of the individual to vote at that election.