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Minn. Stat. § 244.195 — MN Code / Part 241_244 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.195
§ 244.195 DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. For purposes of sections 244.195 to 244.24 , the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. MS 2022 [Repealed by amendment, 2023 c 52 art 17 s 5 ]

§ Subd. 3. MS 2022 [Repealed by amendment, 2023 c 52 art 17 s 5 ]

§ Subd. 4. MS 2022 [Repealed by amendment, 2023 c 52 art 17 s 5 ]

§ Subd. 5. [Repealed, 2009 c 59 art 4 s 9 ]

§ Subd. 6. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of corrections.

§ Subd. 7. Detain. "Detain" means to take into actual custody, including custody within a local correctional facility.

§ Subd. 8. Probation. "Probation" has the meaning given in section 609.02, subdivision 15.

§ Subd. 9. Probation agency. "Probation agency" means an entity supervising an individual on probation, which may include the Department of Corrections field services or an agency, including a Tribal Nation, organized under section 244.19 or chapter 401.

§ Subd. 10. Probation officer. "Probation officer" means a county or Tribal probation officer or community supervision officer employed by a probation agency.

§ Subd. 11. Probation violation sanction. "Probation violation sanction": (1) includes but is not limited to electronic monitoring, intensive probation, sentencing to service, reporting to a day reporting center, substance use disorder or mental health treatment or counseling, community work service, remote electronic alcohol monitoring, random drug testing, and participation in an educational or restorative justice program; and (2) does not include any type of custodial sanction, including but not limited to detention and incarceration.

§ Subd. 12. Release. "Release" means to release from actual custody.

§ Subd. 13. Sanctions conference. "Sanctions conference" means a voluntary conference at which a probation officer; an individual on probation; and, if appropriate, other interested parties meet to discuss the probation violation sanction imposed because of the individual's technical violation.

§ Subd. 14. Sanctions conference form. "Sanctions conference form" means a plain-language form developed by a probation agency with the approval of the district court that explains the sanctions conference and that the individual on probation may elect to participate in the sanctions conference or proceed to a judicial hearing.

§ Subd. 15. Technical violation. "Technical violation" means any violation of a court order of probation, except an allegation of a subsequent criminal act that is alleged in a formal complaint, citation, or petition.
Minn. Stat. § 148.59 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 148 / Section 148.59
§ 148.59 LICENSE RENEWAL; LICENSE AND REGISTRATION FEES.
Status: in_force

A licensed optometrist shall pay to the state Board of Optometry a fee as set by the board in order to renew a license as provided by board rule. No fees shall be refunded. Fees may not exceed the following amounts but may be adjusted lower by board direction and are for the exclusive use of the board:

(1) optometry licensure application, $160;

(2) optometry annual licensure renewal, $200;

(3) optometry late penalty fee, $75;

(4) annual license renewal card, $10;

(5) continuing education provider application, $45;

(6) emeritus registration, $10;

(7) endorsement/reciprocity application, $160;

(8) replacement of initial license, $12;

(9) license verification, $50;

(10) state jurisprudence examination, $75;

(11) optometric education continuing education data bank registration, $25; and

(12) miscellaneous labels and data retrieval, $50.
Minn. Stat. § 48.09 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 48 / Section 48.09
§ 48.09 DIVIDENDS; SURPLUS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Creation of surplus fund. At the end of each dividend period, after deducting all necessary expenses, losses, amounts receivable more than one year overdue and not well secured, interest, and taxes due or levied, all of the remaining net profits for the period shall be set aside as a surplus fund, if the surplus fund of the banking institution is not then equal to one-fifth of the capital stock. If the surplus fund is more than one-fifth of the capital stock, ten percent of the remaining net profits for the period shall be set aside as a surplus fund until it equals 50 percent of the capital stock. The directors may then declare a dividend of so much of the remainder as they may think expedient, subject to the commissioner's approval. When in any way impaired the surplus fund shall be raised to this percentage in like manner.

§ Subd. 2. Undeclared net profits, prior dividend periods. Any amount of remaining net profits qualifying for dividend declaration in subdivision 1 and not declared at the end of each annual dividend period may be subject to dividend declaration under the requirements of subdivision 1 during any of the three subsequent annual dividend periods.

§ Subd. 3. Qualified subchapter S subsidiary. A bank that has met the eligibility requirements under title I, subtitle C of the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 or related state of Minnesota tax law may apply to the commissioner for approval of a plan and agreement for a distribution of earnings to the shareholder(s) of the bank on a basis other than a dividend under subdivisions 1 and 2. Approval of a plan of distribution under this subdivision may be rescinded by the commissioner upon 90-day prior notice to the bank. Failure to comply with this notice or qualification of a distribution under subdivisions 1 and 2 is considered a violation subject to the commissioner's action under section 45.027 or 46.24 .
Minn. Stat. § 97A.341 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97A / Section 97A.341
§ 97A.341 RESTITUTION FOR WILD ANIMALS ILLEGALLY TAKEN.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Liability for restitution. A person who kills, injures, or possesses a wild animal in violation of the game and fish laws or section 343.21 is liable to the state for the value of the wild animal as provided in this section. Species afforded protection include members of the following groups as defined by statute or rule: game fish, native rough fish, game birds, big game, small game, fur-bearing animals, minnows, and threatened and endangered animal species. Other animal species may be added by rule of the commissioner as determined after public meetings and notification of the chairs of the environment and natural resources committees in the senate and house of representatives.

§ Subd. 2. Arrest and charging procedure. (a) An enforcement officer who arrests a person for killing, injuring, or possessing a wild animal in violation of the game and fish laws or section 343.21 must describe the number, species, and restitution value of wild animals illegally killed, injured, or possessed on the warrant or the notice to appear in court. (b) As part of the charge against a person arrested for killing, injuring, or possessing a wild animal in violation of the game and fish laws or section 343.21 , the prosecuting attorney must include a demand that restitution be made to the state for the value of the wild animal killed, injured, or possessed. The demand for restitution is in addition to the criminal penalties otherwise provided for the violation.

§ Subd. 3. Sentencing procedure. If a person is convicted of or pleads guilty to killing, injuring, or possessing a wild animal in violation of the game and fish laws or section 343.21 , the court must require the person to pay restitution to the state for replacement of the wild animal as part of the sentence or state in writing why restitution was not imposed. The court may consider the economic circumstances of the person and, in lieu of monetary restitution, order the person to perform conservation work representing the amount of restitution that will aid the propagation of wild animals. If the court does not order a person to pay restitution, the court administrator must send a copy of the court order to the commissioner.

§ Subd. 4. Amount of restitution. The amount of restitution shall be determined by the court by a preponderance of the evidence. In determining the amount of restitution, the court must consider the value of the wild animal under section 97A.345 .

§ Subd. 5. Restitution credited to game and fish fund. The court administrator shall forward restitution collected under this section to the commissioner of management and budget and the commissioner shall credit all money forwarded to the game and fish fund in the state treasury.
Minn. Stat. § 86B.845 — MN Code / Part 85_87A / Chapter 86B / Section 86B.845
§ 86B.845 TEMPORARY WATERCRAFT USE PERMITS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Issuance to title applicant. (a) The commissioner may issue a temporary watercraft use permit to a person applying for a certificate of title for a new or used watercraft to allow that person to operate the watercraft on the waters of this state pending completion of the titling and watercraft licensing process. (b) The watercraft use permit must be carried aboard the watercraft to allow immediate inspection. The watercraft use permit must contain a description of the watercraft, including its trade name, if any, year, series or model, hull material, length, hull identification number, and other information prescribed by the commissioner. A permit is valid only for the watercraft for which it is issued.

§ Subd. 2. Distribution to dealers. The commissioner may distribute permits in booklet form to licensed dealers. If the dealer issues a permit, the dealer must submit a watercraft use permit information form to the commissioner. The commissioner must provide information forms that require the name of the person to whom the watercraft use permit was issued, the watercraft description, dates of issue and expiration, and other information prescribed by the commissioner.
Minn. Stat. § 515.16 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 515 / Section 515.16
§ 515.16 REMOVAL FROM PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 515.01 TO 515.29.
Status: in_force

(a) All of the apartment owners may remove a property from the provisions of sections 515.01 to 515.29 by an instrument to that effect, duly recorded, provided that the holders of all liens affecting any of the apartments consent thereto or agree, in either case by instruments duly recorded, that their liens be transferred to the percentage of the undivided interest of the apartment owner in the property as hereinafter provided.

(b) Upon removal of the property from the provisions of sections 515.01 to 515.29 , the property shall be deemed to be owned in common by the apartment owners. The undivided interest in the property owned in common which shall appertain to each apartment owner shall be the percentage of undivided interest previously owned by such owner in the common areas and facilities.
Minn. Stat. § 469.075 — MN Code / Part 466A_470 / Chapter 469 / Section 469.075
§ 469.075 FERGUS FALLS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment. The city of Fergus Falls may establish a port authority commission that has the same powers as a port authority established under section 469.049 or other law. If the city establishes a port authority commission, the city shall exercise all the powers relating to the port authority granted to a city by sections 469.048 to 469.068 or other law. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the city may choose the name of the commission.

§ Subd. 2. Municipal housing and redevelopment authority. If the city of Fergus Falls establishes a port authority commission under subdivision 1, the commission may exercise the same powers as a municipal housing and redevelopment authority established under sections 469.001 to 469.047 or other law. The city shall then exercise all the powers relating to the municipal housing and redevelopment authority granted to a city by sections 469.001 to 469.047 or other law.
Minn. Stat. § 518E.105 — MN Code / Part 517_519A / Chapter 518E / Section 518E.105
§ 518E.105 NOTIFICATION REQUIRED OF DEPLOYING PARENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d) and subject to paragraph (c), a deploying parent shall notify in a record the other parent of a pending deployment not later than seven days after receiving notice of deployment unless reasonably prevented from doing so by the circumstances of service. If the circumstances of service prevent giving notification within the seven days, the deploying parent shall give the notification as soon as reasonably possible.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d) and subject to paragraph (c), each parent shall provide in a record the other parent with a plan for fulfilling that parent's share of custodial responsibility during deployment. Each parent shall provide the plan as soon as reasonably possible after notification of deployment is given under paragraph (a).

(c) If a court order currently in effect prohibits disclosure of the address or contact information of the other parent, notification of deployment under paragraph (a), or notification of a plan for custodial responsibility during deployment under paragraph (b), may be made only to the issuing court. If the address of the other parent is available to the issuing court, the court shall forward the notification to the other parent. The court shall keep confidential the address or contact information of the other parent.

(d) Notification in a record under paragraph (a) or (b) is not required if the parents are living in the same residence and both parents have actual notice of the deployment or plan.

(e) In a proceeding regarding custodial responsibility, a court may consider the reasonableness of a parent's efforts to comply with this section.
Minn. Stat. § 205.16 — MN Code / Part 200_212 / Chapter 205 / Section 205.16
§ 205.16 NOTICE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Publication and posting. In every municipality, the municipal clerk shall, except as otherwise provided in this section, give two weeks' published notice, and may also give ten days' posted notice, of the election, stating the time of the election, the location of each polling place, the offices to be filled, and all propositions or questions to be voted upon at the election. In a city of the fourth class or a town not located within a metropolitan county as defined in section 473.121 , the governing body may dispense with publication of the notice of the municipal general election, in which case ten days' posted notice shall be given. The municipal clerk shall also post a copy of the notice in the clerk's office for public inspection.

§ Subd. 2. Sample ballot, publication. For every municipal election not held in conjunction with a statewide election, the municipal clerk must, at least two weeks before the election, publish a notice to voters pursuant to section 204D.16 in the official newspaper of the municipality, except that the governing body of a fourth class city or a town not located within a metropolitan county as defined in section 473.121 may dispense with publication.

§ Subd. 3. Sample ballot, posting. For every municipal election, the municipal clerk shall at least two weeks before the election prepare a sample ballot for the municipality, make them available for public inspection in the clerk's office, and post a sample ballot in each polling place on election day.

§ Subd. 4. Notice to auditor. At least 84 days before every municipal election, the municipal clerk shall provide a written notice to the county auditor, including the date of the election, the offices to be voted on at the election, and the title and language for each ballot question to be voted on at the election. At least 84 days before every municipal election, the municipal clerk must provide written notice to the county auditor of any special election canceled under section 205.10, subdivision 6 .

§ Subd. 5. Notice to secretary of state. At least 84 days before every municipal election for which a notice is provided to the county auditor under subdivision 4, the county auditor shall provide a notice of the election to the secretary of state, in a manner and including information prescribed by the secretary of state.
Minn. Stat. § 17.51 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17.51
§ 17.51 CITATION; AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES PROMOTION ACT.
Status: in_force

Sections 17.51 to 17.69 may be cited as the Agricultural Commodities Promotion Act.
Minn. Stat. § 148E.015 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 148E / Section 148E.015
§ 148E.015 SCOPE.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to all applicants and licensees, all persons who use the title social worker, and all persons who engage in the practice of social work, as defined in section 148E.010 , in this state, regardless of the practitioner's or client's location, unless there are specific applicable exemptions provided by law.
Minn. Stat. § 336.2-302 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.2-302
§ 336.2-302 UNCONSCIONABLE CONTRACT OR CLAUSE.
Status: in_force

(1) If the court as a matter of law finds the contract or any clause of the contract to have been unconscionable at the time it was made the court may refuse to enforce the contract, or it may enforce the remainder of the contract without the unconscionable clause, or it may so limit the application of any unconscionable clause as to avoid any unconscionable result.

(2) When it is claimed or appears to the court that the contract or any clause thereof may be unconscionable the parties shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to present evidence as to its commercial setting, purpose and effect to aid the court in making the determination.
Minn. Stat. § 138.39 — MN Code / Part 138_140 / Chapter 138 / Section 138.39
§ 138.39 RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt rules to carry out sections 138.31 to 138.42 . In making such rules the commissioner must consult with other agencies of the state whose activities may be affected by the rules.
Minn. Stat. § 80A.47 — MN Code / Part 80_80A / Chapter 80A / Section 80A.47
§ 80A.47 SECTION 203; ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS AND WAIVERS.
Status: in_force

A rule adopted or order issued under this chapter may exempt a security, transaction, or offer; a rule under this chapter may exempt a class of securities, transactions, or offers from any or all of the requirements of sections 80A.49 through 80A.54 and 80A.71; and an order under this chapter may waive, in whole or in part, any or all of the conditions for an exemption or offer under sections 80A.45 and 80A.46.
Minn. Stat. § 549.37 — MN Code / Part 540_552 / Chapter 549 / Section 549.37
§ 549.37 REQUIRED DISCLOSURES TO PAYEE.
Status: in_force

Not less than ten days before the date on which a payee signs a transfer agreement, the transferee shall provide to the payee a separate disclosure statement, in bold type no smaller than 14-point font, setting forth the following:

(1) the amounts and due dates of the structured settlement payments to be transferred;

(2) the aggregate amount of such payments;

(3) the discounted present value of the payments to be transferred, which must be identified as the "calculation of current value of the transferred structured settlement payments under federal standards for valuing annuities," and the amount of the applicable federal rate used in calculating such discounted present value;

(4) the gross advance amount;

(5) an itemized list of all applicable transfer expenses, other than attorney fees and related disbursements, payable in connection with the transferee's application for approval of the transfer, and the transferee's best estimate of the amount of any such attorney fees and related disbursements;

(6) the effective annual interest rate, which must be disclosed in a statement in the following form: "On the basis of the net amount that you will receive from us and the amounts and timing of the structured settlement payments that you are transferring to us, you will, in effect be paying interest to us at a rate of ....... percent per year.";

(7) the net advance amount;

(8) the quotient, expressed as a percentage, obtained by dividing the net payment amount by the discounted present value of the payments;

(9) the amount of any penalties or liquidated damages payable by the payee in the event of any breach of the transfer agreement by the payee;

(10) that the payee has the right to cancel the transfer agreement, without penalty or further obligation, until the transfer is approved by the court;

(11) that the payee has the right to seek and receive independent professional advice from an attorney, certified public accountant, actuary, or other licensed professional adviser regarding the proposed transfer and should consider doing so before agreeing to the transfer of any structured settlement payment rights. The notice must also contain: "It is prohibited for us to refer you to a specific independent professional adviser. We may refer you to a state or local referral service, bar association, legal aid, or any other entity unrelated to us which assists people with locating independent professional advice, if requested."; and

(12) that the payee has the right to seek out and consider additional offers for transferring the structured settlement payment rights and should do so.
Minn. Stat. § 524.6-302 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 524 / Section 524.6-302
§ 524.6-302 REGISTRATION IN BENEFICIARY FORM; SOLE OR JOINT TENANCY OWNERSHIP.
Status: in_force

Only individuals whose registration of a security shows sole ownership by one individual or multiple ownership by two or more with right of survivorship, rather than as tenants in common, may obtain registration in beneficiary form. Multiple owners of a security registered in beneficiary form hold as joint tenants with right of survivorship, as tenants by the entireties, or as owners of community property held in survivorship form, and not as tenants in common.
Minn. Stat. § 270.11 — MN Code / Part 270_271 / Chapter 270 / Section 270.11
§ 270.11 POWERS; MEETINGS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Commissioner of revenue to act as State Board of Equalization. The commissioner of revenue shall have and exercise all the rights, powers and authority by law vested in the State Board of Equalization with full power and authority to review, modify, and revise all of the acts and proceedings of the commissioner in so far as they relate to the equalization and valuation of property assessed for taxation, as prescribed by section 270.12 .

§ Subd. 2. MS 2004 [Repealed, 2005 c 151 art 1 s 117 ]

§ Subd. 3. MS 2004 [Repealed, 2005 c 151 art 1 s 117 ]

§ Subd. 4. MS 2004 [Repealed, 2005 c 151 art 1 s 117 ]

§ Subd. 5. MS 2004 [Repealed, 2005 c 151 art 1 s 117 ]

§ Subd. 6. MS 2004 [Repealed, 2005 c 151 art 1 s 117 ]

§ Subd. 7. MS 2004 [Repealed, 2005 c 151 art 1 s 117 ]
Minn. Stat. § 306.773 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 306 / Section 306.773
§ 306.773 INVESTMENT OF FUND OF CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Authorization. Every cemetery association organized under state law that provides for a permanent care and improvement fund administered by one or more trust companies acting as trustees of the fund under section 306.77 , may adopt a resolution as provided in this subdivision. When the principal of the fund remaining after lawful withdrawals equals more than $350,000, the association may adopt a resolution by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of its board of trustees at any authorized meeting of the board, authorizing the trust companies acting as trustees in investing, reinvesting, exchanging, and managing the fund, to acquire any kind of investment, including, but not by way of limitation, bonds, debentures, and other corporate obligations, and corporate stocks, that an ordinarily prudent person of discretion and intelligence who is a trustee of the property of others would acquire as the trustee.

§ Subd. 2. Trust limitations inapplicable. The trustees may invest the trust property according to this section, notwithstanding any contrary limitation or condition contained in the trust instrument.