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Minn. Stat. § 15.60 — MN Code / Part 14_15A / Chapter 15 / Section 15.60
§ 15.60 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS; AMERICAN FLAG.
Status: in_force

(a) A public employer may not forbid a peace officer or firefighter from wearing a patch or pin depicting the flag of the United States of America on the employee's uniform, according to customary and standard flag etiquette. However, a public employer may limit the size of a flag patch worn on a uniform to no more than three inches by five inches.

(b) For purposes of this section:

(1) "peace officer" has the meaning given in section 626.84, subdivision 1 , paragraph (c) or (f);

(2) "firefighter" means a person as defined in section 299A.41, subdivision 4 , clause (3) or (4); and

(3) "public employer" has the meaning given in section 179A.03, subdivision 15 , and also includes a municipal fire department and an independent nonprofit firefighting corporation.

(c) A peace officer or firefighter who believes a public employer is violating this section may request the attorney general to issue an opinion on the issue. Upon request, the attorney general must issue a written opinion, which is binding, unless a court makes a contrary decision. If after issuing an opinion, the attorney general determines that a public employer continues to violate this section, the attorney general may bring an action in district court to compel compliance.
Minn. Stat. § 15B.13 — MN Code / Part 15B / Chapter 15B / Section 15B.13
§ 15B.13 LIGHT RAIL.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding section 15B.10 , an architectural competition is not required for the design of a light rail transit station or of light rail transit alignment within the Capitol Area.

(b) The board and its advisory committee must select a preliminary design for each transit station in the Capitol Area.

(c) Then, each stage of a station's design through working drawings must be reviewed by the board's advisory committee and be approved by the board. The review and approval are to ensure that the station's design is compatible with the comprehensive plan and the board's design criteria.

(d) The guideway and track design of light rail transit alignment within the Capitol Area also must be reviewed by the board's advisory committee and be approved by the board.

(e) From the money available for the light rail transit design, adequate money must be available to the board for design-framework studies and for review of preliminary plans for light rail transit alignment and stations in the Capitol Area.
Minn. Stat. § 17.844 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17.844
§ 17.844 LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION POLICY.
Status: in_force

(a) The policy of the state is to promote livestock production on family farms under a broad range of management systems that are environmentally sound and meet all legal requirements of all jurisdictions, including federal, state, county, town, city, and watershed district requirements.

(b) In order to promote livestock production on family farms, state agencies when appropriate shall, to the extent allowed by law:

(1) promote the establishment of livestock enterprises on family farms;

(2) promote environmental protection and water quality improvement through increased livestock production that results in controlling runoff through increased acreage of hay, pasture, and small grains; and

(3) promote more farms to use agronomically applied manure to increase the water holding capacity of the soil and control erosion.
Minn. Stat. § 208.45 — MN Code / Part 200_212 / Chapter 208 / Section 208.45
§ 208.45 PRESIDING OFFICER; ELECTOR VACANCY.
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary of state shall preside at the meeting of electors described in section 208.06 .

(b) The position of an elector not present to vote is vacant. The secretary of state shall appoint an individual as a substitute elector to fill a vacancy as follows:

(1) if the alternate elector is present to vote, by appointing the alternate elector for the vacant position;

(2) if the alternate elector for the vacant position is not present to vote, by appointing an elector chosen by lot from among the alternate electors present to vote who were nominated by the same political party or unaffiliated presidential candidate;

(3) if the number of alternate electors present to vote is insufficient to fill any vacant position pursuant to clauses (1) and (2), by appointing any immediately available individual who is qualified to serve as an elector and chosen through nomination by a plurality vote of the remaining electors, including nomination and vote by a single elector if only one remains;

(4) if there is a tie between at least two nominees for substitute elector in a vote conducted under clause (3), by appointing an elector chosen by lot from among those nominees; or

(5) if all elector positions are vacant and cannot be filled pursuant to clauses (1) to (4), by appointing a single presidential elector, with remaining vacant positions to be filled under clause (3) and, if necessary, clause (4).

(c) To qualify as a substitute elector under paragraph (b), an individual who has not executed the pledge required under section 208.43 shall execute the following pledge: "I agree to serve and to mark my ballots for president and vice president consistent with the pledge of the individual to whose elector position I have succeeded."
Minn. Stat. § 357.42 — MN Code / Part 357_359 / Chapter 357 / Section 357.42
§ 357.42 TREATMENT COURT FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) When a court establishes a treatment court process, the court may establish one or more fees for services provided to defendants participating in the process.

(b) In each fiscal year, the court shall deposit the treatment court participation fees in the special revenue fund and credit the fees to a separate account for the trial courts. The balance in this account is appropriated to the trial courts and does not cancel but is available until expended. Expenditures from this account must be made for treatment court purposes.
Minn. Stat. § 135A.22 — MN Code / Part 135A_137 / Chapter 135A / Section 135A.22
§ 135A.22 EFFECT ON RECIPROCITY.
Status: in_force

The enactment of the Midwestern Higher Education Compact has no effect on tuition reciprocity agreements under section 136A.08 that exist at the time of enactment.
Minn. Stat. § 245.473 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 245 / Section 245.473
§ 245.473 ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL INPATIENT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Availability of acute care inpatient services. By July 1, 1988, county boards must make available through contract or direct provision enough acute care hospital inpatient treatment services as close to the county as possible for adults with mental illness residing in the county. Acute care hospital inpatient treatment services must be designed to: (1) stabilize the medical and mental health condition for which admission is required; (2) improve functioning to the point where discharge to residential treatment or community-based mental health services is possible; and (3) facilitate appropriate referrals for follow-up mental health care in the community.

§ Subd. 2. Specific requirements. Providers of acute care hospital inpatient services must meet applicable standards established by the commissioners of health and human services.

§ Subd. 3. Admission, continued stay, and discharge criteria. No later than January 1, 1992, the county board shall ensure that placement decisions for acute care inpatient services are based on the clinical needs of the adult. The county board shall ensure that each entity under contract with the county to provide acute care hospital treatment services has admission, continued stay, discharge criteria and discharge planning criteria as part of the contract. Contracts shall specify specific responsibilities between the county and service providers to ensure comprehensive planning and continuity of care between needed services according to data privacy requirements. All contracts for the provision of acute care hospital inpatient treatment services must include provisions guaranteeing clients the right to appeal under section 245.477 and to be advised of their appeal rights.

§ Subd. 4. Individual placement agreement. Except for services reimbursed under chapters 256B and 256D, the county board shall enter into an individual placement agreement with a provider of acute care hospital inpatient treatment services to an adult eligible for services under this section. The agreement must specify the payment rate and the terms and conditions of county payment for the placement.
Minn. Stat. § 299C.535 — MN Code / Part 299A_299N / Chapter 299C / Section 299C.535
§ 299C.535 REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON MISSING PERSON.
Status: in_force

(a) If the person identified in the missing person report remains missing for 30 days, and the additional information and materials specified below have not been received, the law enforcement agency shall attempt to obtain:

(1) DNA samples from family members and, if possible, from the missing person along with any needed documentation, including consent forms, required for the use of state or federal DNA databases;

(2) dental information and x-rays, and an authorization to release dental information or x-rays of the missing person;

(3) any additional photographs of the missing person that may aid the investigation or an identification; and

(4) fingerprints.

(b) The law enforcement agency shall immediately determine whether any additional information received on the missing person indicates that the person is endangered.

(c) Any additional information or materials received by the law enforcement agency shall be entered into the applicable state or federal database as soon as possible.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude a law enforcement agency from obtaining any of the materials identified in this section before the 30th day following the filing of the missing person report.

(e) The law enforcement agency shall not be required to obtain written authorization before it releases publicly any photograph that would aid in the investigation or identification of the missing person.
Minn. Stat. § 144.077 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144 / Section 144.077
§ 144.077 MOBILE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definition. "Mobile health evaluation and screening provider" means any provider who is transported in a vehicle mounted unit, either motorized or trailered, and readily movable without disassembling, and who regularly provides evaluation and screening services in more than one geographic location. "Mobile health evaluation and screening provider" does not include any ambulance medical transportation type services or any mobile health service provider affiliated, owned and operated, or under contract with a licensed health care facility or provider, managed care entity licensed under chapter 62D or 62N or Minnesota licensed physician or dentist, nor does it include fixed location providers who transfer or move during the calendar year. All mobile health evaluation and screening providers must be directly supervised by a physician licensed under chapter 147.

§ Subd. 2. Licensure requirements. A mobile health evaluation and screening provider shall be required to comply with all licensing reporting and certification, sanitation, and other requirements and regulations that apply to a health care provider supplying similar services as a fixed location provider. A mobile health evaluation and screening provider shall be subject to regulation and order of the Department of Health.

§ Subd. 3. Registration requirements. A mobile health evaluation and screening provider shall register with the commissioner and file the anticipated locations of practice, schedules, and routes annually no later than January 15. The mobile health evaluation and screening provider shall also include the name and address of the supervising physician. A mobile health evaluation and screening provider shall provide at least 30 days' written notice to the populations they intend to serve.
Minn. Stat. § 103B.355 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103B / Section 103B.355
§ 103B.355 APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

Sections 103B.301 to 103B.335 and 103B.341 to 103B.355 do not apply in areas subject to the requirements of sections 103B.201 to 103B.255 under section 103B.231, subdivision 1 , and in areas covered by an agreement under section 103B.231, subdivision 2 , except as otherwise provided in section 103B.311, subdivision 4 , clause (4).
Minn. Stat. § 59C.01 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 59C / Section 59C.01
§ 59C.01 SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the "Vehicle Protection Product Act."
Minn. Stat. § 325D.49 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325D / Section 325D.49
§ 325D.49 CITATION.
Status: in_force

Sections 325D.49 to 325D.66 may be cited as the "Minnesota Antitrust Law of 1971."
Minn. Stat. § 127A.50 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 127A / Section 127A.50
§ 127A.50 AID ADJUSTMENTS DUE TO CHANGES IN EMPLOYER RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTION RATES.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. MS 2012 [Repealed, 2013 c 116 art 1 s 59 ]

§ Subd. 2. Appropriation. The amounts necessary to pay any positive net adjustments under this section to any school district are appropriated annually from the general fund to the commissioner of education.

§ Subd. 3. MS 2024 [Repealed, 2025 c 20 s 294 ]

§ Subd. 4. Effect of reorganizations. The commissioner of education shall reapportion the aid adjustments to school districts under this section to account for significant changes in boundaries or consolidations, as determined by the commissioner. If a school district is dissolved, or a school district function thereof is assumed by either the state or a nonpublic organization, adjustments for all or the appropriate fraction of the total payroll under this section must terminate.

§ Subd. 5. MS 2012 [Repealed, 2013 c 116 art 1 s 59 ]
Minn. Stat. § 299M.01 — MN Code / Part 299A_299N / Chapter 299M / Section 299M.01
§ 299M.01 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

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

§ Subd. 2. Apprentice sprinkler fitter. "Apprentice sprinkler fitter" means a person, other than a fire protection contractor or journeyman sprinkler fitter, who is regularly engaged in learning the trade under the direct supervision of a licensed fire protection contractor or journeyman sprinkler fitter and is registered with a state or federal approval agency.

§ Subd. 3. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of public safety.

§ Subd. 4. Council. "Council" means the Minnesota Advisory Council on Fire Protection Systems.

§ Subd. 5. Department. "Department" means the Department of Public Safety.

§ Subd. 6. Fire protection contractor. "Fire protection contractor" means a person who contracts to sell, design, install, modify, alter, or inspect a fire protection system or its parts or related equipment.

§ Subd. 7. Fire protection system. "Fire protection system" means a sprinkler, standpipe, hose system, or other special hazard system for fire protection purposes only, that is composed of an integrated system of underground and overhead piping connected to a water source. "Fire protection system" does not include the water service piping to a city water main, or piping used for potable water purposes, or piping used for heating or cooling purposes. Openings from potable water piping for fire protection systems must be made by persons properly licensed under section 326B.46 . Persons properly licensed under section 326B.46 may also sell, design, install, modify or inspect a standpipe, hose system only.

§ Subd. 8. Journeyman sprinkler fitter. "Journeyman sprinkler fitter" means a person who is certified as competent to engage in installing, connecting, altering, repairing, or adding to a fire protection system for and under the supervision of a fire protection contractor.

§ Subd. 8a. Multipurpose potable water piping system contractor. "Multipurpose potable water piping system contractor" means a person who contracts to sell, design, install, modify, or inspect a multipurpose potable water piping system, its parts, or related equipment.

§ Subd. 8b. Multipurpose potable water piping system. "Multipurpose potable water piping system" means a potable water piping system that is intended to serve both domestic and fire protection needs throughout a one- or two-family dwelling unit. No person may install a multipurpose potable water piping system unless that person is licensed pursuant to section 326B.46 and is certified pursuant to section 299M.03 .

§ Subd. 8c. Multipurpose potable water piping system installer. "Multipurpose potable water piping system installer" means a person who is certified as competent to engage in installing, connecting, altering, repairing, or adding to a residential multipurpose potable water piping system in a one- or two-family dwelling unit.

§ Subd. 9. Municipality. "Municipality" means a town or statutory or home rule charter city.
Minn. Stat. § 12.14 — MN Code / Part 10_12B / Chapter 12 / Section 12.14
§ 12.14 ASSESSMENT FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY PREPAREDNESS ACT.
Status: in_force

A person in the business of owning or operating a nuclear power plant or dry cask storage facility located in Minnesota, shall pay quarterly assessments to cover the cost of nuclear power plant emergency response programs necessary to deal with incidents resulting from either facility. An assessment of up to one quarter of the projected annual cost must be paid to the state director on July 1 of each year. An assessment must be billed by the state director based on actual costs for each quarter of the fiscal year starting with the first quarter ending September 30. The July 1 assessment must be deducted from the final quarterly billing for the fiscal year. The assessment collected must be credited to the nuclear safety preparedness account in the special revenue fund.
Minn. Stat. § 62Q.16 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62Q / Section 62Q.16
§ 62Q.16 MIDMONTH TERMINATION PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

The termination of a person's coverage under any health plan as defined in section 62A.011, subdivision 3 , with the exception of individual health plans, issued or renewed on or after January 1, 1995, must provide coverage until the end of the month in which coverage was terminated.
Minn. Stat. § 353E.08 — MN Code / Part 352_356B / Chapter 353E / Section 353E.08
§ 353E.08 SCOPE AND APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

The general provisions of chapter 353 apply to the local government correctional service retirement plan except where otherwise specifically provided in sections 353E.01 to 353E.07 .
Minn. Stat. § 144A.30 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144A / Section 144A.30
§ 144A.30 PETS IN NURSING HOMES.
Status: in_force

Nursing homes may keep pet animals on the premises subject to reasonable rules as to the care, type and maintenance of the pet.
Minn. Stat. § 137.095 — MN Code / Part 135A_137 / Chapter 137 / Section 137.095
§ 137.095 EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF APPROPRIATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Written report. Prior to the introduction of a bill proposing to appropriate money to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota to benefit the University of Minnesota's health sciences schools and colleges, the proponents of the bill are requested to submit a written report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over higher education and health and human services policy and finance setting out the information described in subdivision 2. The University of Minnesota's health sciences schools and colleges are medicine, nursing, public health, pharmacy, dentistry, and veterinary medicine.

§ Subd. 2. Contents of report. (a) The report requested under this section must include the following information as specifically as possible: (1) the dollar amount requested; (2) how the requested dollar amount was calculated; (3) the necessity for the appropriation's purpose to be funded by public funds; (4) University of Minnesota budgeting considerations and decisions impacting the necessity analysis required by clause (3); (5) all goals, outcomes, and purposes of the appropriation; (6) performance measures as defined by the University of Minnesota that the University of Minnesota will utilize to ensure the funds are dedicated to the successful achievement of the identified goals, outcomes, and purposes; and (7) the extent to which the appropriation advances recruitment from, and training for and retention of, health professionals from and in greater Minnesota and from underserved communities in metropolitan areas. (b) This subdivision only applies when the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota approves a legislative funding request for the University of Minnesota's health sciences schools and colleges.

§ Subd. 3. Certifications for academic health. A report submitted under this section must include, in addition to the information listed in subdivision 2, a certification, by the University of Minnesota Vice President and Budget Director, that: (1) the appropriation will not be used to cover academic health clinical revenue deficits; (2) the goals, outcomes, and purposes of the appropriation are aligned with state goals for population health improvement; and (3) the appropriation is aligned with the University of Minnesota's strategic plan for its health sciences schools and colleges, including but not limited to shared goals and strategies for the health professional schools.

§ Subd. 4. Right to request. The chair of a standing committee in either house of the legislature may request and obtain the reports submitted pursuant to this section from the chair of a legislative committee with jurisdiction over higher education or health and human services policy and finance.
Minn. Stat. § 501C.0302 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 501C / Section 501C.0302
§ 501C.0302 REPRESENTATION BY HOLDER OF A POWER OF APPOINTMENT.
Status: in_force

For purposes of giving notice, waiving notice, initiating a proceeding, granting consent or approval, or objecting with regard to any proceedings under this chapter, the sole holder or all co-holders of a presently exercisable or testamentary power of appointment, whether general or special, power of revocation, or unlimited power of withdrawal are deemed to represent and act for beneficiaries to the extent that their interests as permissible appointees, takers in default, or otherwise are subject to the power.