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Minn. Stat. § 121A.32 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 121A / Section 121A.32
§ 121A.32 EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Requirement to wear eye protective devices. Every person shall wear industrial quality eye protective devices when participating in, observing or performing any function in connection with, any courses or activities taking place in eye protection areas, as defined in subdivision 3, of any school, college, university or other educational institution in the state.

§ Subd. 2. Penalty for failure to wear eye protective devices. Any student failing to comply with such requirements may be temporarily suspended from participation in said course and the registration of a student for such course may be canceled for willful, flagrant, or repeated failure to observe the above requirements.

§ Subd. 3. Eye protection areas. Eye protection areas shall include, but not to be limited to, vocational or industrial art shops, science or other school laboratories, or school or institutional facilities in which activities are taking place and materials are being used involving: (1) hot molten metals; (2) milling, sawing, turning, shaping, cutting, grinding or stamping of any solid materials; (3) heat treatment, tempering or kiln firing of any metal or other materials; (4) gas or electric arc welding; (5) repair or servicing of any vehicle or mechanical equipment; (6) any other activity or operation involving work in any area that is potentially hazardous to the eye.

§ Subd. 4. Protective-corrective lenses. Any person desiring protective-corrective lenses instead of the protective devices supplied by the educational institution shall pay for, procure, keep, and use industrial quality eye protective devices.

§ Subd. 5. Industrial quality eye protective devices defined. "Industrial quality eye protective devices," as used in this section, shall mean devices meeting the standards of the American National Standard Institute, currently identified as Z87.1-1968.
Minn. Stat. § 465.71 — MN Code / Part 465_466 / Chapter 465 / Section 465.71
§ 465.71 INSTALLMENT, LEASE PURCHASE; CITY, COUNTY, TOWN, SCHOOL.
Status: in_force

A home rule charter city, statutory city, county, town, or school district may purchase personal property under an installment contract, or lease real or personal property with an option to purchase under a lease-purchase agreement, by which contract or agreement title is retained by the seller or vendor or assigned to a third party as security for the purchase price, including interest, if any, but such purchases are subject to statutory and charter provisions applicable to the purchase of real or personal property. For purposes of the bid requirements contained in section 471.345 , "the amount of the contract" shall include the total of all lease payments for the entire term of the lease under a lease-purchase agreement. The obligation created by an installment contract or a lease-purchase agreement for personal property, or an installment contract or a lease-purchase agreement for real property if the amount of the contract for purchase of the real property is less than $1,000,000, shall not be included in the calculation of net debt for purposes of section 475.53 , and shall not constitute debt under any other statutory provision. No election shall be required in connection with the execution of an installment contract or a lease-purchase agreement authorized by this section. The city, county, town, or school district must have the right to terminate a lease-purchase agreement at the end of any fiscal year during its term.
Minn. Stat. § 84.0873 — MN Code / Part 83A_84 / Chapter 84 / Section 84.0873
§ 84.0873 DATA ON INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MINORS.
Status: in_force

(a) When the Department of Natural Resources collects, creates, receives, maintains, or disseminates the following data on individuals who the department knows are minors, the data are considered private data on individuals, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12 , except for data classified as public data according to section 13.43 :

(1) name;

(2) date of birth;

(3) Social Security number;

(4) telephone number;

(5) email address;

(6) physical or mailing address;

(7) location data;

(8) online account access information;

(9) data associated with the location of electronic devices; and

(10) other data that would identify participants who have registered for events, programs, or classes sponsored by the Department of Natural Resources.

(b) Access to data described in paragraph (a) is subject to Minnesota Rules, part 1205.0500 . Data about minors classified under this section maintain their classification as private data on individuals after the individual is no longer a minor.

(c) When data about minors is created, collected, stored, or maintained as part of the electronic licensing system described in section 84.0874 , the data is governed by section 84.0874 and may be disclosed pursuant to the provisions therein.
Minn. Stat. § 103F.905 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103F / Section 103F.905
§ 103F.905 RULES.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt rules to implement sections 103F.901 to 103F.904 .
Minn. Stat. § 521A.17 — MN Code / Part 520_523 / Chapter 521A / Section 521A.17
§ 521A.17 UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
Minn. Stat. § 86B.531 — MN Code / Part 85_87A / Chapter 86B / Section 86B.531
§ 86B.531 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND FUEL AREA VENTILATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Fire extinguishers. Inboard motorboats, houseboats, and other motorboats carrying or using fuel or other inflammable or toxic fluid in an enclosure of the boat must be provided with the number, size, and type of fire extinguishers as may be approved by the commissioner. Fire extinguishers approved by the commissioner shall comply with requirements of the United States Coast Guard. The extinguishers shall be at all times kept in condition for immediate and effective use and shall be so placed as to be readily accessible.

§ Subd. 2. Fuel area ventilation. Inboard motorboats, houseboats, and other motorboats carrying or using fuel or other inflammable or toxic fluid in an enclosure of the boat must be provided with means for properly and efficiently ventilating the bilges of the engine and fuel tank compartments as prescribed by the commissioner to remove explosive or flammable gases.
Minn. Stat. § 241.76 — MN Code / Part 241_244 / Chapter 241 / Section 241.76
§ 241.76 OPIATE ANTAGONISTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner must maintain a supply of opiate antagonists, as defined in section 604A.04, subdivision 1 , at each state correctional facility to be administered in compliance with section 151.37, subdivision 12 .

(b) The commissioner must store an ample number of doses of nasal opiate antagonists throughout each facility so that staff can rapidly respond to opioid overdoses.

(c) The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health, shall provide training to employees of the department on recognizing the symptoms of an opiate overdose and how to administer nasal opiate antagonists.
Minn. Stat. § 471.635 — MN Code / Part 471_472B / Chapter 471 / Section 471.635
§ 471.635 ZONING ORDINANCES.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding section 471.633 , a governmental subdivision may regulate by reasonable, nondiscriminatory, and nonarbitrary zoning ordinances, the location of businesses where firearms are sold by a firearms dealer. For the purposes of this section, a firearms dealer is a person who is federally licensed to sell firearms and a governmental subdivision is an entity described in sections 471.633 and 471.634 .
Minn. Stat. § 600.135 — MN Code / Part 595_603 / Chapter 600 / Section 600.135
§ 600.135 PHOTOGRAPHIC COPIES OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC RECORDS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Records; destruction, photographic copies. If any business, institution, member of a profession or calling, or any department or agency of government, in the regular course of business or activity has kept or recorded any memorandum, writing, entry, print, representation or combination thereof, of any act, transaction, occurrence or event, and in the regular course of business has caused any or all of the same to be recorded, copied or reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic, optical disk imaging, or other process which accurately reproduces or forms a durable medium for so reproducing the original, the original may be destroyed in the regular course of business unless held in a custodial or fiduciary capacity or unless its preservation is required by law. Such reproduction, when satisfactorily identified, is as admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding whether the original is in existence or not and an enlargement or facsimile of such reproduction is likewise admissible in evidence if the original reproduction is in existence and available for inspection under direction of court. The introduction of a reproduced record, enlargement or facsimile, does not preclude admission of the original.

§ Subd. 2. In the regular course of business. The phrase "in the regular course of business" as used in subdivision 1 with reference to making reproductions of originals not held in a custodial or fiduciary capacity nor required by law to be preserved and also with reference to destroying such originals shall be construed to include reproducing at any time and destroying at any time, respectively, if done in good faith and without intent to defraud, and with reference to making reproductions of originals held in a custodial or fiduciary capacity shall be construed to mean reproducing at any time in good faith and without intent to defraud and whether or not made with the intention of thereafter destroying such originals. Neither the manner in which an original is destroyed, whether voluntarily or by casualty or otherwise, nor the fact that it was destroyed while it was held in a custodial or fiduciary capacity shall affect the admissibility of a reproduction. This subdivision shall not be construed to exclude from evidence any document or copy thereof which is otherwise admissible under the Rules of Evidence.

§ Subd. 3. Uniform. This section shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose of making uniform the law of those states which enact it.

§ Subd. 4. Citation. This section may be cited as the Uniform Photographic Copies of Business and Public Records as Evidence Act.
Minn. Stat. § 60A.175 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 60A / Section 60A.175
§ 60A.175 AGENT COMMISSIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer that cancels a written agreement with an agent under section 60A.171 or 60A.172 or cancels a line of business sold by the agent must pay to the agent all commissions, bonuses, and other compensation earned by that agent prior to or after termination. The commission rate must be the rate in effect at the time of the notice of termination.

(b) An insurer may not reduce agent commissions, bonuses, or other compensation contained in written agreements without first providing written notice of the change to the agent at least 180 days before its effective date.
Minn. Stat. § 325L.10 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325L / Section 325L.10
§ 325L.10 EFFECT OF CHANGE OR ERROR.
Status: in_force

If a change or error in an electronic record occurs in a transmission between parties to a transaction, the following rules apply:

(1) if the parties have agreed to use a security procedure to detect changes or errors and one party has conformed to the procedure, but the other party has not, and the nonconforming party would have detected the change or error had that party also conformed, the conforming party may avoid the effect of the changed or erroneous electronic record;

(2) in an automated transaction involving an individual, the individual may avoid the effect of an electronic record that resulted from an error made by the individual in dealing with the electronic agent of another person if the electronic agent did not provide an opportunity for the prevention or correction of the error and, at the time the individual learns of the error, the individual:

(i) promptly notifies the other person of the error and that the individual did not intend to be bound by the electronic record received by the other person;

(ii) takes reasonable steps, including steps that conform to the other person's reasonable instructions, to return to the other person or, if instructed by the other person, to destroy the consideration received, if any, as a result of the erroneous electronic record; and

(iii) has not used or received any benefit or value from the consideration, if any, received from the other person;

(3) if neither clause (1) nor clause (2) applies, the change or error has the effect provided by other law, including the law of mistake, and the parties' contract, if any;

(4) clauses (2) and (3) may not be varied by agreement.
Minn. Stat. § 518A.27 — MN Code / Part 517_519A / Chapter 518A / Section 518A.27
§ 518A.27 MAINTENANCE OR SUPPORT MONEY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Contents of order. Every award of maintenance or support money in a judgment of dissolution or legal separation shall clearly designate whether the same is maintenance or support money, or what part of the award is maintenance and what part is support money. An award of payments from future income or earnings of the parent with whom the child resides is presumed to be maintenance and an award of payments from the future income or earnings of the parent with whom the child does not reside is presumed to be support money, unless otherwise designated by the court. In a judgment of dissolution or legal separation the court may determine, as one of the issues of the case, whether or not either spouse is entitled to an award of maintenance notwithstanding that no award is then made, or it may reserve jurisdiction of the issue of maintenance for determination at a later date.

§ Subd. 2. Notice of address or residence change. Every obligor shall notify the obligee and the public authority responsible for collection, if applicable, of a change of address or residence within 60 days of the address or residence change. Every order for support or maintenance must contain a conspicuous notice complying with section 518.68, subdivision 2 . The court may waive or modify the requirements of this subdivision by order if necessary to protect the obligor from contact by the obligee.

§ Subd. 3. Determination of controlling order. The public authority or a party may request the district court to determine a controlling order in situations in which more than one order involving the same obligor and child exists. The court shall presume that the latest order that involves the same obligor and joint child is controlling, subject to contrary proof.
Minn. Stat. § 148.741 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 148 / Section 148.741
§ 148.741 APPLICABILITY OF RULES.
Status: in_force

Minnesota Rules, parts 5601.0100 to 5601.3200 , apply both to physical therapists and physical therapist assistants, except parts 5601.1300 ; 5601.2000 ; 5601.3200 , subpart 2, item D; and 5601.3200 , subpart 5, only apply to physical therapists.
Minn. Stat. § 169.441 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 169 / Section 169.441
§ 169.441 SCHOOL BUS IDENTIFICATION.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Identification and signal requirements, generally. For purposes of sections 169.441 to 169.448 , school bus means a motor vehicle that is outwardly equipped and identified as a school bus. A motor vehicle that satisfies the identification requirements of this section and the signal equipment requirements of section 169.442 is considered outwardly equipped and identified as a school bus.

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1994 c 647 art 12 s 43 ]

§ Subd. 2a. Head Start bus; color; identification. (a) A Head Start bus is exempt from the color requirements of this chapter. (b) A type A, B, C, or D Head Start bus must bear on its front and rear a plainly visible sign containing the words "Head Start bus" in letters at least eight inches in height.

§ Subd. 3. Sign on bus; application of other law. (a) Sections 169.443, subdivision 2 ; and 169.444, subdivisions 1, 4, and 5 , apply only if the school bus bears on its front and rear a plainly visible sign containing the words "school bus" in letters at least eight inches in height. (b) Except as provided in section 169.443, subdivision 8 , a school bus sign must be removed or covered when the vehicle is being used as other than a school bus.

§ Subd. 4. [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 9 art 10 s 14 ]

§ Subd. 5. [Repealed, 2012 c 137 s 9 ]
Minn. Stat. § 299F.20 — MN Code / Part 299A_299N / Chapter 299F / Section 299F.20
§ 299F.20 FAILURE TO COMPLY, PUNISHMENT.
Status: in_force

Any officer referred to in section 299F.04 who neglects to comply with any of the requirements of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Minn. Stat. § 256D.07 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256D / Section 256D.07
§ 256D.07 TIME OF PAYMENT OF ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

An applicant for general assistance shall be deemed eligible if the application and the verification of the statement on that application demonstrate that the applicant is within the eligibility criteria established by sections 256D.01 to 256D.21 and any applicable rules of the commissioner. Any person requesting general assistance shall be permitted by the county agency to make an application for assistance as soon as administratively possible and in no event later than the fourth day following the date on which assistance is first requested, and no county agency shall require that a person requesting assistance appear at the offices of the county agency more than once prior to the date on which the person is permitted to make the application. Applications must be submitted according to section 256P.04, subdivision 1a . On the date that general assistance is first requested, the county agency shall inquire and determine whether the person requesting assistance is in immediate need of food, shelter, clothing, assistance for necessary transportation, or other emergency assistance pursuant to section 256D.06, subdivision 2 . A person in need of emergency assistance shall be granted emergency assistance immediately, and necessary emergency assistance shall continue for up to 30 days following the date of application. A determination of an applicant's eligibility for general assistance shall be made by the county agency as soon as the required verifications are received by the county agency and in no event later than 30 days following the date that the application is made. Any verifications required of the applicant shall be reasonable, and the commissioner shall by rule establish reasonable verifications. General assistance shall be granted to an eligible applicant without the necessity of first securing action by the board of the county agency. The first month's grant must be computed to cover the time period starting with the date of application or from the date that the applicant meets all eligibility factors, whichever occurs later.

If upon verification and due investigation it appears that the applicant provided false information and the false information materially affected the applicant's eligibility for general assistance or the amount of the applicant's general assistance grant, the county agency may refer the matter to the county attorney. The county attorney may commence a criminal prosecution or a civil action for the recovery of any general assistance wrongfully received, or both.
Minn. Stat. § 462A.041 — MN Code / Part 460_463 / Chapter 462A / Section 462A.041
§ 462A.041 MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding sections 13D.01 and 13D.02 , the Housing Finance Agency may conduct a meeting of its members by telephone or other electronic means so long as the following conditions are met:

(1) all members of the agency participating in the meeting, wherever their physical location, can hear one another and can hear all discussion and testimony;

(2) members of the public present at the regular meeting location of the agency can hear all discussion and testimony and all votes of members of the agency;

(3) at least one member of the agency, the commissioner, the deputy commissioner, or an attorney for the agency is physically present at the regular meeting location; and

(4) all votes are conducted by roll call, so each member's vote on each issue can be identified and recorded.

(b) Each member of the agency participating in a meeting by electronic means is considered present at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and participating in all proceedings.

(c) If telephone or another electronic means is used to conduct a meeting, the agency to the extent practical, shall allow a person to monitor the meeting electronically from a remote location. The agency may require the person making such a connection to pay for documented marginal costs that the agency incurs as a result of the additional connection.

(d) If telephone or another electronic means is used to conduct a regular, special, or emergency meeting, the agency shall provide notice of the regular meeting location, of the fact that some members may participate by electronic means, and of the provisions of paragraph (c). The timing and method of providing notice is governed by section 13D.04 .
Minn. Stat. § 84.85 — MN Code / Part 83A_84 / Chapter 84 / Section 84.85
§ 84.85 LICENSING BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
Status: in_force

No political subdivision of this state shall require licensing or registration of snowmobiles covered by the provisions of Laws 1967, chapter 876.
Minn. Stat. § 10A.29 — MN Code / Part 10_12B / Chapter 10A / Section 10A.29
§ 10A.29 CIRCUMVENTION PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

An individual or association that attempts to circumvent this chapter by redirecting a contribution through, or making a contribution on behalf of, another individual or association is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and subject to a civil penalty imposed by the board of up to $3,000.
Minn. Stat. § 336.9-303 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.9-303
§ 336.9-303 LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION AND PRIORITY OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN GOODS COVERED BY A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE.
Status: in_force

(a) Applicability of section. This section applies to goods covered by a certificate of title, even if there is no other relationship between the jurisdiction under whose certificate of title the goods are covered and the goods or the debtor.

(b) When goods covered by certificate of title. Goods become covered by a certificate of title when a valid application for the certificate of title and the applicable fee are delivered to the appropriate authority. Goods cease to be covered by a certificate of title at the earlier of the time the certificate of title ceases to be effective under the law of the issuing jurisdiction or the time the goods become covered subsequently by a certificate of title issued by another jurisdiction.

(c) Applicable law. The local law of the jurisdiction under whose certificate of title the goods are covered governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a security interest in goods covered by a certificate of title from the time the goods become covered by the certificate of title until the goods cease to be covered by the certificate of title.
Minn. Stat. § 148E.001 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 148E / Section 148E.001
§ 148E.001 CITATION.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the "Minnesota Board of Social Work Practice Act."
Minn. Stat. § 325B.16 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325B / Section 325B.16
§ 325B.16 RIGHT OF FREE ASSOCIATION.
Status: in_force

No brewer or wholesaler shall restrict or inhibit, directly or indirectly, the right of free association among brewers or wholesalers for any lawful purpose.