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Minn. Stat. § 525A.07 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 525A / Section 525A.07
§ 525A.07 REFUSAL TO MAKE ANATOMICAL GIFT; EFFECT OF REFUSAL.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part by:

(1) a record signed by:

(i) the individual; or

(ii) subject to paragraph (b), another individual acting at the direction of the individual if the individual is physically unable to sign;

(2) the individual's will, whether or not the will is admitted to probate or invalidated after the individual's death; or

(3) any form of communication made by the individual during the individual's terminal illness or injury addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.

(b) A record signed pursuant to paragraph (a), clause (1), item (ii), must:

(1) be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the individual; and

(2) state that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in clause (1).

(c) An individual who has made a refusal may amend or revoke the refusal:

(1) in the manner provided in paragraph (a) for making a refusal;

(2) by subsequently making an anatomical gift pursuant to section 525A.05 that is inconsistent with the refusal; or

(3) by destroying or canceling the record evidencing the refusal, or the portion of the record used to make the refusal, with the intent to revoke the refusal.

(d) Except as otherwise provided in section 525A.08 , paragraph (h), in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the individual set forth in the refusal, an individual's unrevoked refusal to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part bars all other persons from making an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part.
Minn. Stat. § 115A.192 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 115A / Section 115A.192
§ 115A.192 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS; STABILIZATION AND CONTAINMENT FACILITY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Request for proposals. The commissioner shall issue requests for proposals for the development and operation of a stabilization and containment facility. The request must be designed to obtain detailed information about the qualifications of a respondent to develop and operate the facility; the capital and operating costs of the facility and the sources and methods by which the respondent plans to finance the facility; the technical specifications of the proposed facility and the technologies to be employed for processing, stabilization, containment, and monitoring; the requirements of the site for the proposed facility; the schedule for developing and commencing operation of the facility; and other matters which the commissioner deems necessary for the agency to evaluate and select a developer and operator for the facility. Before issuing the requests, the commissioner shall prepare a draft of clauses (1) to (5) of the report required by section 115A.193 , paragraph (a). The draft must accompany the requests for proposals.

§ Subd. 2. Selection of developer; procedure. After evaluating responses to the request for proposals and before selecting a site as provided in section 115A.194 , the agency shall decide whether to select a developer for a stabilization and containment facility. If the agency selects a developer it shall proceed as provided in section 115A.194 to select a site for the development of a facility. If the agency decides not to select a developer, the agency shall proceed as provided in section 115A.194 to select and acquire a site for potential future development of a facility.
Minn. Stat. § 570.11 — MN Code / Part 570_583 / Chapter 570 / Section 570.11
§ 570.11 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; REAL ESTATE.
Status: in_force

An attachment of real estate may be released by recording with the county recorder or the registrar of titles for registered property:

(1) a certified copy of an order of the court vacating the attachment, or of a final judgment in the respondent's favor, or a satisfaction of judgment in the claimant's favor, rendered in the civil action;

(2) a certificate of satisfaction or discharge of the attachment, executed and acknowledged by the claimant or the claimant's attorney, as required for the satisfaction of a mortgage; or

(3) a deed of release of the attached premises, or of any part or interest therein, in which case the parts or interests not described in the deed shall remain subject to the attachment lien.
Minn. Stat. § 123B.95 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 123B / Section 123B.95
§ 123B.95 BOARDS OF COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. School board. The care, management and control of a common district is vested in a board of three members to be known as the school board. The term of office of a member shall be three years, and until a successor qualifies. The board of each common district must consist of a chair, a treasurer, and a clerk. The board may by resolution establish a time and place for regular meeting and no notice of such meeting need be sent to any members of the board.

§ Subd. 2. Finances. The board must submit to the annual meeting an estimate of the expenses of the district for the coming year for a school term as determined by the board and for such other specified purposes as the board may deem proper. If the annual meeting fails to vote a sufficient tax to maintain the district for such time, the board must levy such tax pursuant to and within the limitations of sections 124D.22 , 126C.40 to 126C.45 , and 126C.48 ; but no board shall expend any money or incur any liability for any purpose beyond the sum appropriated by vote of the district for such purpose, or levied by the board pursuant to this subdivision, or on hand and applicable thereto.

§ Subd. 3. School visits. The board must visit each school at least once every three months.

§ Subd. 4. Official newspaper. At its first meeting following July 1 each year, the board must designate, by resolution, as the official newspaper of the district, some legal newspaper of general circulation within the district, and contract with such newspaper for its publications. If there is more than one such newspaper, the board must enter a contract with the lowest responsible bidder at the earliest practicable date. All notices and proceedings required by law to be published by the board must be published in the official newspaper so designated. The fees for such publication must not exceed the fees for publication of legal notices as prescribed by Minnesota Statutes.
Minn. Stat. § 322.18 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 322 / Section 322.18
§ 322.18 NATURE OF LIMITED PARTNER'S INTEREST.
Status: in_force

A limited partner's interest in the partnership is personal property.
Minn. Stat. § 103E.535 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103E / Section 103E.535
§ 103E.535 PARTIAL PAYMENT OF RETAINED CONTRACT AMOUNTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Petition for partial payment of retained value. If a single contract exceeds $50,000, and the contract, exclusive of materials furnished and not installed, is one-half or more complete and the contractor is not in default, the contractor may file a verified petition with the auditor stating these facts and requesting that an order be made to pay 40 percent of the retained value of work and material.

§ Subd. 2. Notice of hearing. When the petition is filed, the auditor shall set a time and location for a hearing on the petition before the drainage authority. At least five days before the date of hearing, the auditor shall give notice by mail of the date and location of hearing to the engineer, the attorney for the petitioners, the surety of the contractor's bond, and auditors of the affected counties.

§ Subd. 3. Hearing. At the hearing the drainage authority shall hear all parties interested. If the drainage authority determines that the facts in the petition are correct, the work has been performed in a satisfactory manner, and a portion of the retained percentage may be released without endangering the interests of affected counties, the drainage authority shall state the findings and may order not more than 40 percent of the retained value of work and material to be paid.
Minn. Stat. § 103A.001 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103A / Section 103A.001
§ 103A.001 CITATION; WATER LAW.
Status: in_force

Chapters 103A, 103B, 103C, 103D, 103E, 103F, and 103G constitute the water law of this state and may be cited as the "Water Law."
Minn. Stat. § 626.96 — MN Code / Part 625_634 / Chapter 626 / Section 626.96
§ 626.96 BLUE ALERT SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner of public safety shall establish a Blue Alert system to aid in the identification, location, and apprehension of an individual or individuals suspected of killing or seriously wounding a local, state, or federal law enforcement officer. The commissioner shall coordinate with local law enforcement agencies and public and commercial television and radio broadcasters to provide an effective alert system.

§ Subd. 2. Criteria and procedures. The commissioner, in consultation with the Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training, the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association, the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association, the Minnesota Sheriffs Association, the Minnesota chapter of the National Emergency Number Association, the Minnesota chapter of the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials, and the commissioner of transportation, shall develop criteria and procedures for the Blue Alert system. By October 1, 2015, the commissioner shall adopt criteria and procedures for the Blue Alert system.

§ Subd. 3. Oversight. The commissioner shall regularly review the function of the Blue Alert system and revise its criteria and procedures to provide for efficient and effective public notification.

§ Subd. 4. Scope. The Blue Alert system shall include all state and local agencies capable of providing urgent and timely information to the public, together with broadcasters and other private entities that volunteer to participate in the dissemination of urgent public information.

§ Subd. 5. Additional notice. The commissioner may notify authorities and entities outside of the state upon verification that the criteria established under this section have been met.

§ Subd. 6. False reports. A person who knowingly makes a false report that triggers an alert under this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Minn. Stat. § 62J.82 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62J / Section 62J.82
§ 62J.82 HOSPITAL INFORMATION REPORTING DISCLOSURE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Required information. The Minnesota Hospital Association shall develop a web-based system, available to the public free of charge, for reporting the following, for Minnesota residents: (1) hospital-specific performance on the measures of care developed under section 256B.072 for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia; (2) by January 1, 2009, hospital-specific performance on the public reporting measures for hospital-acquired infections as published by the National Quality Forum and collected by the Minnesota Hospital Association and Stratis Health in collaboration with infection control practitioners; and (3) charge information, including, but not limited to, number of discharges, average length of stay, average charge, average charge per day, and median charge, for each of the 50 most common inpatient diagnosis-related groups and the 25 most common outpatient surgical procedures as specified by the Minnesota Hospital Association.

§ Subd. 2. Website. The website must provide information that compares hospital-specific data to hospital statewide data. The website must be updated annually. The commissioner shall provide a link to this reporting information on the department's website.

§ Subd. 3. Enforcement. The commissioner shall provide a link to this information on the department's website. If a hospital does not provide this information to the Minnesota Hospital Association, the commissioner of health may require the hospital to do so in accordance with section 144.55, subdivision 6 .
Minn. Stat. § 325N.02 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325N / Section 325N.02
§ 325N.02 RESCISSION OF SOLICITOR CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any other right under law to rescind a contract, an owner has the right to cancel a solicitor contract until midnight of the third business day after the day on which the owner signs a contract which complies with section 325N.03 .

(b) Cancellation occurs when the owner gives written notice of cancellation to the solicitor at the address specified in the contract.

(c) Notice of cancellation, if given by mail, is effective when deposited in the mail properly addressed with postage prepaid.

(d) Notice of cancellation given by the owner need not take the particular form as provided with the contract and, however expressed, is effective if it indicates the intention of the owner not to be bound by the contract.
Minn. Stat. § 3.7381 — MN Code / Part 3_3E / Chapter 3 / Section 3.7381
§ 3.7381 LOSS, DAMAGE, OR DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY; STATE INSTITUTIONS; CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners of human services, veterans affairs, or corrections, as appropriate, shall determine, adjust, and settle, at any time, claims and demands of $7,000 or less arising from negligent loss, damage, or destruction of property of a patient of a state institution under the control of the Direct Care and Treatment executive board or the commissioner of veterans affairs or an inmate of a state correctional facility.

(b) A claim of more than $7,000, or a claim that was not paid by the appropriate department may be presented to, heard, and determined by the appropriate committees of the senate and the house of representatives and, if approved, shall be paid pursuant to legislative claims procedure.

(c) The procedure established by this section is exclusive of all other legal, equitable, and statutory remedies.
Minn. Stat. § 160.2755 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 160 / Section 160.2755
§ 160.2755 PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AT REST AREAS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Prohibited activities. It is unlawful at rest areas to: (1) dispose of travel-related trash and rubbish, except if depositing it in a designated receptacle; (2) dump household or commercial trash and rubbish into containers or anywhere else on site; or (3) drain or dump refuse or waste from any trailer, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle except where receptacles are provided and designated to receive the refuse or waste.

§ Subd. 2. Penalty. Violation of this section is a petty misdemeanor.
Minn. Stat. § 192A.6015 — MN Code / Part 190_195 / Chapter 192A / Section 192A.6015
§ 192A.6015 RETALIATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given them. (1) "Covered individual or organization" means any recipient of a communication specified in United States Code, title 10, section 1034(b)(1)(B), clauses (i) to (v). (2) "Inspector general" has the meaning given in United States Code, title 10, section 1034(j). (3) "Protected communication" means: (i) a lawful communication to a member of Congress, a state legislator, or an inspector general; and (ii) a communication to a covered individual or organization, to include the Office of the Governor, in which a member of the armed forces complains of or discloses information that the member reasonably believes constitutes evidence of any of the following: (A) a violation of law or regulation, including a law or regulation prohibiting sexual harassment or unlawful discrimination; or (B) gross mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.

§ Subd. 2. Crimes defined. Any person subject to this code who, with the intent to retaliate against any person for reporting or planning to report a criminal offense, or making or planning to make a protected communication, or with the intent to discourage any person from reporting a criminal offense or making or planning to make a protected communication: (1) wrongfully takes or threatens to take an adverse personnel action against any person; or (2) wrongfully withholds or threatens to withhold a favorable personnel action with respect to any person; shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Minn. Stat. § 645.37 — MN Code / Part 645_648 / Chapter 645 / Section 645.37
§ 645.37 REPEAL AND REENACTMENT.
Status: repealed

When a law is repealed and its provisions are at the same time reenacted in the same or substantially the same terms by the repealing law, the earlier law shall be construed as continued in active operation. All rights and liabilities incurred under such earlier law are preserved and may be enforced.
Minn. Stat. § 115.52 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 115 / Section 115.52
§ 115.52 SEVERABILITY.
Status: in_force

The provisions of sections 115.41 to 115.53 shall be severable and the invalidity of any section or subdivision or part thereof shall not make void any other section or subdivision or part thereof.
Minn. Stat. § 17.701 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17.701
§ 17.701 RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may promulgate rules necessary for the administration of sections 17.691 to 17.702 in accordance with sections 17.691 to 17.702 and chapter 14.
Minn. Stat. § 123A.60 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 123A / Section 123A.60
§ 123A.60 REMAINING DISTRICTS, ACTION OF COUNTY BOARD; ELECTION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Dissolution. Any organized district not maintaining a classified school within the district, except those districts which have a contract with a state university or with the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for the education of all the children of the district, shall hereby be dissolved as of the date the district ceases to maintain a classified school. Any such district not maintaining a classified school must be attached by order of the county board to such district maintaining classified elementary or secondary schools upon notice and hearing as provided in section 123A.46 for the attachment of dissolved districts.

§ Subd. 2. Special election. Prior to the order of the county board, the board may direct the county auditor to call a special election in the manner and form in which district elections are held. The purpose of the election shall be to determine to which district or districts the dissolved district shall be attached. The county board after hearing must determine the form of question as it should appear on the ballot. The results of the election shall be advisory in nature only.

§ Subd. 3. Order; asset and liability transfer. The county auditor shall certify the results of the election to the county board. Within 45 days after such election, the county board must issue its order dissolving the district. The order must also attach the dissolved district to a proper district as determined by the county board, and a copy of such order must be filed with the commissioner. Title to all the property, real and personal, of the district dissolved passes to the district to which such dissolved district is attached. If a district is divided by virtue of the proceedings the county board shall issue its order providing for the division of the current assets and liabilities according to such terms as it may deem just and equitable. If the order of the county board attaches any land area to a district with bonded debt, the taxable property in such area assumes its proportionate share of the authorized and outstanding debt of the district to which it is attached.
Minn. Stat. § 282.09 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 282 / Section 282.09
§ 282.09 FORFEITED TAX SALE FUND.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Money placed in fund; fees and disbursements. The county auditor and county treasurer shall place all money received through the operation of sections 282.01 to 282.13 in a fund to be known as the forfeited tax sale fund, and all disbursements and costs must be charged against that fund, when allowed by the county board. Members of the county board may be paid a per diem pursuant to section 375.055, subdivision 1 , and reimbursed for their necessary expenses, and may receive mileage as fixed by law. The amount of compensation of a land commissioner and assistants, if a land commissioner is appointed, must be determined by the county board. The county auditor must receive 50 cents for each certificate of sale, each contract for deed and each lease executed by the auditor, and, in counties where no land commissioner is appointed, additional annual compensation, not exceeding $300, as fixed by the county board. The amount of compensation of any other clerical help needed by the county auditor or land commissioner must be determined by the county board. All compensation provided for in this subdivision is in addition to other compensation allowed by law. Fees so charged in addition to the fee imposed in section 282.014 must be included in the annual settlement by the county auditor as hereinafter provided. On or before February 1 each year, the commissioner of revenue shall certify to the commissioner of management and budget, by counties, the total number of state deeds issued and reissued during the preceding calendar year for which such fees are charged and the total amount of fees. On or before March 1 each year, each county shall remit to the commissioner of revenue, from the forfeited tax sale fund, the aggregate amount of the fees imposed by section 282.014 in the preceding calendar year. The commissioner of revenue shall deposit the amounts received in the state treasury to the credit of the general fund. When disbursements are made from the fund for repairs, refunds, expenses of actions to quiet title, or any other purpose which particularly affects specific parcels of forfeited lands, the amount of the disbursements must be charged to the forfeited tax sale fund. The county auditor shall make an annual settlement of the net proceeds received from sales and rentals by the operation of sections 282.01 to 282.13 , on the settlement day determined in section 276.09 , for the preceding calendar year.

§ Subd. 2. Expenditures. In all counties, the authorities responsible for carrying out the duties imposed by sections 282.01 to 282.13 , at their discretion, may expend moneys from the forfeited tax sale fund to repair any sewer or water main either inside or outside of any curb line situated along any property forfeited to the state for nonpayment of taxes, to acquire and maintain equipment used exclusively for the maintenance and improvement of tax-forfeited lands, to cut down, otherwise destroy or eradicate noxious weeds on all tax-forfeited lands, and to maintain tax-forfeited lands.
Minn. Stat. § 524.3-610 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 524 / Section 524.3-610
§ 524.3-610 TERMINATION OF APPOINTMENT; VOLUNTARY.
Status: in_force

(a) An appointment of a personal representative terminates as provided in section 524.3-1003 , one year after the filing of a closing statement.

(b) An order closing an estate as provided in section 524.3-1001 or 524.3-1002 terminates an appointment of a personal representative.

(c) A personal representative may resign the position by filing a written statement of resignation with the registrar after having given at least 15 days written notice to the persons known to be interested in the estate. If no one applies or petitions for appointment of a successor representative within the time indicated in the notice, the filed statement of resignation is ineffective as a termination of appointment and in any event is effective only upon the appointment and qualification of a successor representative and delivery of the assets to the successor.