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Minn. Stat. § 16C.04 — MN Code / Part 16A_16E / Chapter 16C / Section 16C.04
§ 16C.04 ETHICAL PRACTICES AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Duty. An employee of the executive branch involved directly or indirectly in the acquisition or grants process, at any level, is subject to the code of ethics in section 43A.38 .

§ Subd. 2. Conflict of interest policy development. (a) The commissioner must develop policies regarding code of ethics and conflict of interest designed to prevent conflicts of interest for employees involved in the acquisition of goods, services, construction, and utilities or the award and administration of grant contracts. The policies must apply to employees who are directly or indirectly involved in the acquisition of goods, services, and utilities, developing requests for proposals, evaluating bids or proposals, awarding the contract, selecting the final vendor, drafting and entering into contracts, evaluating performance under these contracts, and authorizing payments under the contract. (b) The policies must contain a process for making employees aware of policy and laws relating to conflict of interest, and for training employees on how to avoid and deal with potential conflicts. (c) The policies must contain a process under which an employee who has a conflict of interest or a potential conflict of interest must disclose the matter, and a process under which work on the contract may be assigned to another employee if possible.

§ Subd. 3. Organizational conflicts of interest. (a) The commissioner shall make reasonable efforts to avoid, mitigate, or neutralize organizational conflicts of interest. To avoid an organizational conflict of interest, the commissioner may utilize methods including disqualifying a vendor from eligibility for a contract award or canceling the contract if the conflict is discovered after a contract has been issued. To mitigate or neutralize a conflict, the commissioner may use methods such as revising the scope of work to be conducted, allowing vendors to propose the exclusion of task areas that create a conflict, or providing information to all vendors to assure that all facts are known to all vendors. (b) In instances where a conflict or potential conflict has been identified and the commissioner determines that vital operations of the state will be jeopardized if a contract with the vendor is not established, the commissioner may waive the requirements in paragraph (a).
Minn. Stat. § 325D.09 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325D / Section 325D.09
§ 325D.09 UNLAWFUL TRADE PRACTICES.
Status: in_force

The legislature of the state of Minnesota hereby finds: that the trade practices defined and prohibited by sections 325D.09 to 325D.16 are detrimental to labor, destructive to employment, and injurious to the best interests of workers; that they mislead consumers into believing that they are buying merchandise at prices substantially below regular retail prices, when in fact they are not; that they mislead consumers as to the quality, ingredients and origin of merchandise purchased; that they deprive consumers of various customer services offered by regularly established and bona fide retail outlets without compensating advantage to consumers; and that they constitute unfair and fraudulent competition and unsound and uneconomic methods of distribution. The legislature, acting in the exercise of the police power of the state, declares that the public policy of the state requires, and that the general welfare of the state will be benefited by, the suppression of the trade practices hereinafter defined.
Minn. Stat. § 21.116 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21.116
§ 21.116 EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

All necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of sections 21.111 to 21.122 and the compensation of officers, inspectors, and employees appointed, designated, or employed by the commissioner, as provided in such sections, together with their necessary traveling expenses, together with the traveling expenses of the members of the advisory seed potato certification committee, and other expenses necessary in attending committee meetings, shall be paid from, and only from, the seed potato inspection account, on order of the commissioner and commissioner of management and budget.
Minn. Stat. § 15.40 — MN Code / Part 14_15A / Chapter 15 / Section 15.40
§ 15.40 LACK OF CARE IN KEEPING STATE PROPERTY SAFE FROM FIRE LOSS, NONFEASANCE IN OFFICE.
Status: in_force

Every state officer, board, or other authority having the control of any state buildings or property shall keep the same at all times as safe from fire loss as is reasonably possible. Failure of any state officer, board, or authority having control over any state property to keep the same as safe from fire loss as is reasonably possible shall constitute nonfeasance in office and be grounds for removal.
Minn. Stat. § 16E.14 — MN Code / Part 16A_16E / Chapter 16E / Section 16E.14
§ 16E.14 MNIT SERVICES REVOLVING FUND.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Creation. The MNIT services revolving fund is created in the state treasury.

§ Subd. 2. Appropriation and uses of fund. Money in the MNIT services revolving fund is appropriated annually to the chief information officer to operate information and telecommunications services, including management, consultation, and design services.

§ Subd. 3. Reimbursements. Except as specifically provided otherwise by law, each agency shall reimburse the MNIT services revolving fund for the cost of all services, supplies, materials, labor, and depreciation of equipment, including reasonable overhead costs, which the chief information officer is authorized and directed to furnish an agency. The chief information officer shall report the rates to be charged for the revolving fund no later than July 1 each year to the chair of the committee or division in the senate and house of representatives with primary jurisdiction over the budget of the Department of Information Technology Services.

§ Subd. 4. Cash flow. (a) The commissioner of management and budget shall make appropriate transfers to the revolving fund when requested by the chief information officer. The chief information officer may make allotments and encumbrances in anticipation of such transfers. In addition, the chief information officer, with the approval of the commissioner of management and budget, may require an agency to make advance payments to the revolving fund sufficient to cover the office's estimated obligation for a period of at least 60 days. All reimbursements and other money received by the chief information officer under this section must be deposited in the MNIT services revolving fund. (b) Each biennium, the commissioner of management and budget is authorized to provide cash flow assistance of up to $60,000,000 from the special revenue fund or other statutory general fund as defined in section 16A.671, subdivision 3 , paragraph (a), to the Department of Information Technology Services for the purpose of managing revenue and expenditure differences. These funds shall be repaid with interest by the end of the closing period of the second fiscal year of the same biennium.

§ Subd. 5. Liquidation. If the MNIT services revolving fund is abolished or liquidated, the total net profit from the operation of the fund must be distributed to the various funds from which purchases were made. The amount to be distributed to each fund must bear to the net profit the same ratio as the total purchases from each fund bears to the total purchases from all the funds during the same period of time.
Minn. Stat. § 471.77 — MN Code / Part 471_472B / Chapter 471 / Section 471.77
§ 471.77 INDEBTEDNESS CONTRACTED IN EXCESS OF REVENUE.
Status: in_force

Whenever any department, board, or commission of such municipality has power under the law to expend money, such department, board, or commission shall not contract any indebtedness or incur any obligations which, when added to other indebtedness, obligations, or liabilities, previously incurred during the year, would be in excess of the sum that may be allotted to the department, board, or commission for that year by the governing body of the municipality, plus available actual receipts from such other sources as are under its control.
Minn. Stat. § 351.20 — MN Code / Part 351 / Chapter 351 / Section 351.20
§ 351.20 DECISION; CERTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

If the special master determines that the elected county official committed malfeasance or nonfeasance in the performance of official duties, the case must be certified to the county auditor for a removal election on a date to be fixed by the county auditor and held within 30 days of the order of the special master.
Minn. Stat. § 315.28 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 315 / Section 315.28
§ 315.28 PRIVILEGES.
Status: in_force

A corporation formed under sections 315.26 to 315.29 has the same powers and rights as corporations formed under section 315.23 .
Minn. Stat. § 524.4-202 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 524 / Section 524.4-202
§ 524.4-202 PAYMENT OR DELIVERY DISCHARGES.
Status: in_force

Payment or delivery made in good faith on the basis of the proof of authority and affidavit releases the debtor or person having possession of the instrument evidencing the debt, obligation, stock or chose in action to the same extent as if payment or delivery had been made to a local personal representative.
Minn. Stat. § 561.051 — MN Code / Part 553_566 / Chapter 561 / Section 561.051
§ 561.051 LIABILITY FOR ACTS OF WILD ANIMALS.
Status: in_force

An owner of land shall not be liable in trespass, nuisance, or otherwise for the actions of wild animals in their natural state.
Minn. Stat. § 383B.223 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383B / Section 383B.223
§ 383B.223 FOOD SERVICE.
Status: in_force

The county may establish and operate a food service facility for the purposes stated in section 383B.211 and for other public institutions and facilities as determined by the county board.
Minn. Stat. § 169.8261 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 169 / Section 169.8261
§ 169.8261 FOREST PRODUCTS SPECIAL PERMIT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definition. For purposes of this section, "raw or unfinished forest products" include wood chips, paper, pulp, oriented strand board, laminated strand lumber, hardboard, treated lumber, untreated lumber, or barrel staves.

§ Subd. 1a. Six-axle and over-width vehicle permit. (a) A road authority may issue an annual permit authorizing a vehicle or combination of vehicles with a total of six or more axles to haul raw or unfinished forest products by the most direct route to the nearest paved highway on any highway with gross weights permitted under sections 169.823 to 169.829 and be operated with: (1) a gross vehicle weight of up to: (i) 90,000 pounds; and (ii) 99,000 pounds during the period set by the commissioner under section 169.826 , subdivision 1; and (2) a total outside width of the vehicle or the load that does not exceed 114 inches. (b) In addition to the conditions in subdivision 2, a vehicle or combination of vehicles that is operated with a permit under this subdivision and transporting a load that exceeds 108 inches must: (1) display red or orange flags, 18 inches square, as markers at the front and rear and on both sides of the load; and (2) not be operated on any road in a metropolitan county, as defined in section 473.121 , subdivision 4. (c) A vehicle or combination of vehicles with a permit under this subdivision may only be operated on an interstate highway: (1) as provided under United States Code, title 23, section 127(q), for operation on the specified segment of marked Interstate Highway 35; or (2) if the gross vehicle weight does not exceed 80,000 pounds.

§ Subd. 2. Conditions. (a) A vehicle or combination of vehicles operated under this section must: (1) comply with seasonal load restrictions in effect between the dates set by the commissioner under section 169.87, subdivision 2 ; (2) comply with bridge load limits posted under section 169.84 ; (3) be equipped and operated with six or more axles and brakes on all wheels; (4) be operated under a permit issued by each road authority having jurisdiction over a road on which the vehicle is operated, if required by the road authority; (5) obey all road and bridge postings, including those pertaining to lane or roadway width; and (6) not exceed 20,000 pounds gross weight on any single axle. (b) A vehicle operated under this section may exceed the legal axle weight limits listed in section 169.824 by not more than 12.5 percent; except that, the weight limits may be exceeded by not more than 23.75 percent during the time when seasonal increases are authorized under section 169.826, subdivision 1 .

§ Subd. 3. Expiration date. Upon request of the permit applicant, the expiration date for a permit issued under this section must be the same as the expiration date of the permitted vehicle's registration.
Minn. Stat. § 317A.163 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 317A / Section 317A.163
§ 317A.163 CORPORATE SEAL.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Seal not required. A corporation may, but need not, have a corporate seal. The use or nonuse of a corporate seal does not affect the validity, recordability, or enforceability of a document or act. If a corporation has a corporate seal, the use of the seal by the corporation on a document is not necessary.

§ Subd. 2. Required words; use. If a corporation has a corporate seal, the seal may consist of a mechanical imprinting device, or a rubber stamp with a facsimile of the seal affixed on it, or a facsimile or reproduction of either. The seal may include a part or all of the name of the corporation and a combination, derivation, or abbreviation of either or both of the phrases "a Minnesota Nonprofit Corporation" and "Corporate Seal." If a corporation has a corporate seal, it or a facsimile of it may be affixed, engraved, printed, placed, stamped with indelible ink, or in any other manner reproduced on any document.
Minn. Stat. § 241.068 — MN Code / Part 241_244 / Chapter 241 / Section 241.068
§ 241.068 HOMELESSNESS MITIGATION PLAN; ANNUAL REPORTING ON HOMELESSNESS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Homelessness mitigation plan; report. (a) The commissioner of corrections shall develop and implement a homelessness mitigation plan for individuals released from prison. At minimum, the plan must include: (1) redesigning of business practices and policies to boost efforts to prevent homelessness for all persons released from prison; (2) efforts to increase interagency and intergovernmental collaboration between state and local governmental units to identify and leverage shared resources; and (3) development of internal metrics for the agency to report on its progress toward implementing the plan and achieving the plan's goals. (b) The commissioner shall submit the plan to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over criminal justice policy and finance and housing finance and policy by October 31, 2022.

§ Subd. 2. Reporting on individuals released to homelessness. (a) By February 15 of each year beginning in 2022, the commissioner shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over criminal justice policy and finance and housing finance and policy the following information on adults, disaggregated by race, gender, and county of release: (1) the total number released to homelessness from prison; (2) the total number released to homelessness by each Minnesota correctional facility; (3) the total number released to homelessness by county of release; and (4) the total number under supervised, intensive supervised, or conditional release following release from prison who reported experiencing homelessness or a lack of housing stability. (b) Beginning with the 2024 report and continuing until the 2033 report, the commissioner shall include in the report required under paragraph (a) information detailing progress, measures, and challenges to the implementation of the homelessness mitigation plan required by subdivision 1.
Minn. Stat. § 49.17 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 49 / Section 49.17
§ 49.17 ASSESSMENTS AGAINST STOCKHOLDERS; ORDERS FOR.
Status: in_force

In all cases where a state bank or trust company has been closed and the commissioner of commerce has taken charge of its business, property, and assets, and the corporation is in process of liquidation by the commissioner and the commissioner shall find and determine that the corporation is insolvent, and it is necessary, in order that the creditors thereof may be paid, to levy an assessment on and against the stockholders of the corporation, in such case the commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to make and file an order in the commissioner's office, levying an assessment against and upon the stockholders of the corporation. This order shall set forth a summary statement of the assets of the corporation and the probable value thereof, and of the deposits and other liabilities of the corporation, and state the reason for the assessment and the rate thereof against each share of stock, and fix the time within which the assessment must be paid, which time shall not be less than 40 days from the date of filing the order.

A certified copy of the order shall be filed in the office of the court administrator in the county where the corporation has its principal place of business.

A copy of the order shall be served by the commissioner of commerce, by certified mail, on each of the stockholders of the corporation, directed to the stockholder's last known address, within ten days after the filing of the order in the office of the commissioner.
Minn. Stat. § 501C.0305 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 501C / Section 501C.0305
§ 501C.0305 REPRESENTATION BY COURT; APPOINTMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE.
Status: in_force

(a) In any in rem proceeding, if a person with an interest in a trust is a minor or an incapacitated person as defined in section 524.5-102 and has no conservator within the state, or if a person with an interest in a trust is unborn, unascertained, or a person whose identity or address is unknown and not reasonably ascertainable, the court shall represent that person, unless the court appoints a representative to represent the person.

(b) As to any other matter arising under this chapter, whether or not a judicial proceeding concerning the trust is pending, if the court determines that a person with an interest in a trust is not represented under sections 501C.0301 to 501C.0304 , or that the otherwise available representation might be inadequate, the court may appoint a representative on behalf of such unrepresented person. The appointment of a representative pursuant to this section shall constitute a determination by the court that such appointment is appropriate.

(c) Any representative provided for in this section may be appointed upon application of the trustee or of any other person with an interest in a trust, or by the court on its own motion.

(d) In making decisions, the court or a representative, as the case may be, may consider general benefit accruing to the living members of the represented person's family.
Minn. Stat. § 136F.01 — MN Code / Part 135A_137 / Chapter 136F / Section 136F.01
§ 136F.01 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. Board. "Board" means the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.

§ Subd. 3. Chancellor. "Chancellor" means the chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.

§ Subd. 4. State colleges and universities. "State colleges and universities" means Minnesota state colleges and universities governed by the board.

§ Subd. 5. Student activities. "Student activities" means lectures, concerts, and other functions contributing to the mental, moral, and cultural development of the student body and community in which they live, athletic activities, including intercollegiate contests, forensics, dramatics, and such other activities of any nature as in the opinion of the board contribute to the educational, cultural, or physical well being of the student body.
Minn. Stat. § 336.9-107B — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.9-107B
§ 336.9-107B NO REQUIREMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OR CONFIRM; NO DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) No requirement to acknowledge. A person that has control under section 336.9-104 , 336.9-105 , or 336.9-105A is not required to acknowledge that it has control on behalf of another person.

(b) No duties or confirmation. If a person acknowledges that it has or will obtain control on behalf of another person, unless the person otherwise agrees or law other than this article otherwise provides, the person does not owe any duty to the other person and is not required to confirm the acknowledgment to any other person.
Minn. Stat. § 2.445 — MN Code / Part 1_2A / Chapter 2 / Section 2.445
§ 2.445 FORTY-FOURTH DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Senate district. Senate District 44 consists of the district as described in the order of the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel in Wattson v. Simon, Nos. A21-0243, A21-0546 (February 15, 2022).

§ Subd. 2. House of representatives districts. Notwithstanding the order of the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel in Wattson v. Simon, Nos. A21-0243, A21-0546 (February 15, 2022), Senate District 44 is divided into two house of representatives districts as follows: (a) House of Representatives District 44A consists of the district as described in that order, with the modification contained in file L44A-1, on file with the Geographic Information Systems Office of the Legislative Coordinating Commission and published on its website on April 27, 2022. (b) House of Representatives District 44B consists of all territory of Senate District 44 not included in House of Representatives District 44A, as described in paragraph (a).
Minn. Stat. § 253.20 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 253 / Section 253.20
§ 253.20 MINNESOTA SECURITY HOSPITAL.
Status: in_force

The executive board shall erect, equip, and maintain in St. Peter and other geographic locations under the control of the executive board suitable buildings to be known as the Minnesota Security Hospital, for the purpose of providing a secure treatment facility for persons who may be committed there by courts, or otherwise, or transferred there by the executive board, and for persons who are found to be mentally ill while confined in any correctional facility, or who may be found to be mentally ill and dangerous, and the executive board shall supervise and manage the secure treatment facility as in the case of other state hospitals.
Minn. Stat. § 345.40 — MN Code / Part 343_348 / Chapter 345 / Section 345.40
§ 345.40 RECIPROCITY FOR PROPERTY PRESUMED ABANDONED OR ESCHEATED UNDER THE LAWS OF ANOTHER STATE.
Status: in_force

If specific property which is subject to the provisions of sections 345.32 , 345.35 , 345.36 , 345.37 and 345.39 is held for or owed or distributable to an owner whose last known address is in another state by a holder who is subjected to the jurisdiction of that state, the specific property is not presumed abandoned in this state and subject to sections 345.31 to 345.60 if:

(a) it may be validly claimed as abandoned or escheated under the laws of such other state; and

(b) the laws of such other state make reciprocal provision that similar specific property is not presumed abandoned or escheatable by such other state when held for or owed or distributable to an owner whose last known address is within this state by a holder who is subject to the jurisdiction of this state.
Minn. Stat. § 62C.19 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62C / Section 62C.19
§ 62C.19 UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES.
Status: in_force

Service plan corporations are subject to sections 72A.17 to 72A.30 , regarding regulation of trade practices, and to all rules promulgated by the commissioner regarding advertisements for and marketing of accident and health insurance.