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Minn. Stat. § 51A.09 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 51A / Section 51A.09
§ 51A.09 MEETINGS OF MEMBERS OF MUTUAL ASSOCIATIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Annual and special. An annual meeting of the members of each mutual association shall be held in the month of January, as fixed in the bylaws of the association. Special meetings may be called as provided in the bylaws.

§ Subd. 2. Members entitled to vote. The members who shall be entitled to vote at any meeting of the members shall be those who are members of record at the end of the calendar month next preceding the date of the meeting of members, except those who have ceased to be members. The number of votes which members shall be entitled to cast shall be in accordance with the books on the date determinative of entitlement to vote.

§ Subd. 3. Voting rights. In the determination of all questions requiring action by the members, each member shall be entitled to cast one vote, plus an additional vote for each $100 or fraction thereof of the withdrawal value of savings accounts, if any, held by the member. No member, however, shall cast more than 150 votes.

§ Subd. 4. Voting by proxy. At any meeting of the members, voting may be in person or by proxy, provided that no proxy shall be eligible to be voted at any meeting unless the proxy shall have been filed with the secretary of the association, for verification, at least five days prior to the date of the meeting. Every proxy shall be in writing and signed by the member or a duly authorized attorney-in-fact and, when filed with the secretary, shall, unless otherwise specified in the proxy, continue in force from year to year until revoked by a writing duly delivered to the secretary or until superseded by subsequent proxies.

§ Subd. 5. Quorum. At an annual meeting or at any special meeting of the members, any number of members present in person or by proxy eligible to be voted constitutes a quorum. A majority of all votes cast at any meeting of members shall determine any question unless sections 51A.01 to 51A.57 specifically provide otherwise.
Minn. Stat. § 41B.21 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 41B / Section 41B.21
§ 41B.21 CERTAIN ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

Any action brought by any person with respect to the rights or powers of the authority or calling into question the validity or enforceability of bonds or obligations authorized by sections 41B.01 to 41B.23 is a remedial case of which the supreme court has original jurisdiction pursuant to article VI, section 2 of the constitution. The action may be commenced solely by service upon the state auditor, the commissioner of agriculture, or the executive director of the authority and by filing of the summons and complaint with the supreme court. Upon filing of an answer to the complaint, the court shall order a hearing which must be held not later than 30 days from the date of filing of the answer. At the hearing, the court shall establish an expedited schedule for the action.
Minn. Stat. § 296A.10 — MN Code / Part 296_299 / Chapter 296A / Section 296A.10
§ 296A.10 LIABILITY FOR UNPAID TAX.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Unreported fuel. It is the duty of every distributor, dealer, and person who sells or uses gasoline manufactured, produced, received, or stored by the distributor, dealer, or person, and of every person using gasoline in motor vehicles or special fuel in licensed motor vehicles to know whether the tax has been paid on the fuel. If the tax has not been reported or if the tax has not been paid, it is that person's duty to report to the commissioner the quantity of the gasoline or special fuel sold or used and to pay the tax as provided in this chapter. All provisions of this chapter relating to the calculation, collections, and payment of the tax shall be applicable to any such person, dealer, or distributor.

§ Subd. 2. Unreported aviation gasoline. The provisions of subdivision 1 do not apply to aviation gasoline. It is the duty of every distributor, dealer, and person who receives, sells, stores, or withdraws from storage in this state aviation gasoline manufactured, produced, received, or stored by the distributor, dealer, or person to know whether the tax has been paid on the aviation gasoline. If the fuel has not been reported, or if the tax has not been paid to the commissioner, it is that person's duty to report to the commissioner the quantity of such gasoline so received, sold, stored, or withdrawn from storage. That person is also liable for the payment of the tax. All provisions of this chapter relating to the calculation, collections, and payment of the tax apply to any such person, dealer, or distributor.
Minn. Stat. § 144A.54 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144A / Section 144A.54
§ 144A.54 PUBLICATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS; REPORTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Director; duties. Except as otherwise provided by this section, the director may determine the form, frequency, and distribution of the conclusions and recommendations. The director shall transmit the conclusions and recommendations to the state commissioner of health. Before announcing a conclusion or recommendation that expressly or by implication criticizes an administrative agency, a health care provider, a home care provider, a residential care home, or a health facility, the director shall consult with that agency, health care provider, home care provider, home, or facility. When publishing an opinion adverse to an administrative agency, a health care provider, a home care provider, a residential care home, or a health facility, the director shall include in the publication any statement of reasonable length made to the director by that agency, health care provider, home care provider, residential care home, or health facility in defense or explanation of the action.

§ Subd. 2. Annual report. In addition to whatever other reports the director may make, the director shall, at the end of each year, report to the state commissioner of health concerning the exercise of the director's functions during the preceding year. The state commissioner of health may, at any time, request and receive information, other than resident records, from the director.

§ Subd. 3. Confidentiality. In performing the duties under Laws 1976, chapter 325, the director shall preserve the confidentiality of resident records. The director may release a resident's records with the written approval of the resident who is the subject of the records.
Minn. Stat. § 31.77 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 31 / Section 31.77
§ 31.77 SANITATION AND PRODUCTS STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

No city or other lawful authority may require sanitary requirements for bakeries, appurtenances, distribution vehicles, and bakery products, or standards of identity or labeling requirements for bakery products, which are not consistent with laws of this state administered by the state Department of Agriculture or rules promulgated by the commissioner of agriculture. Within 90 days after May 18, 1967, the commissioner shall promulgate rules relating to sanitary requirements for bakeries, appurtenances, distribution vehicles, bakery products, standards of identity and labeling requirements for bakery products which are at least equal to and no lower than those fixed by the Food and Drug Administration of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Minn. Stat. § 245A.01 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 245A / Section 245A.01
§ 245A.01 CITATION.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the "Human Services Licensing Act."
Minn. Stat. § 321.0111 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 321 / Section 321.0111
§ 321.0111 REQUIRED INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

A limited partnership shall maintain at its designated office the following information:

(1) a current list showing the full name and last known street and mailing address of each partner, separately identifying the general partners, in alphabetical order, and the limited partners, in alphabetical order;

(2) a copy of the initial certificate of limited partnership and all amendments to and restatements of the certificate, together with signed copies of any powers of attorney under which any certificate, amendment, or restatement has been signed;

(3) a copy of any filed articles of conversion or merger;

(4) a copy of the limited partnership's federal, state, and local income tax returns and reports, if any, for the three most recent years;

(5) a copy of any partnership agreement made in a record and any amendment made in a record to any partnership agreement;

(6) a copy of any financial statement of the limited partnership for the three most recent years;

(7) a copy of the three most recent annual reports delivered by the limited partnership to the secretary of state pursuant to section 321.0210 ;

(8) a copy of any record made by the limited partnership during the past three years of any consent given by or vote taken of any partner pursuant to this chapter or the partnership agreement; and

(9) unless contained in a partnership agreement made in a record, a record stating:

(A) the amount of cash, and a description and statement of the agreed value of the other benefits, contributed and agreed to be contributed by each partner;

(B) the times at which, or events on the happening of which, any additional contributions agreed to be made by each partner are to be made;

(C) for any person that is both a general partner and a limited partner, a specification of what transferable interest the person owns in each capacity; and

(D) any events upon the happening of which the limited partnership is to be dissolved and its activities wound up.
Minn. Stat. § 302A.443 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 302A / Section 302A.443
§ 302A.443 QUORUM.
Status: in_force

The holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting are a quorum for the transaction of business, unless a larger or smaller proportion or number is provided in the articles or bylaws. If a quorum is present when a duly called or held meeting is convened, the shareholders present may continue to transact business until adjournment, even though the withdrawal of a number of shareholders originally present leaves less than the proportion or number otherwise required for a quorum.
Minn. Stat. § 231.24 — MN Code / Part 223_236A / Chapter 231 / Section 231.24
§ 231.24 COMPLAINT THAT RATE IS UNREASONABLE; DUTY OF DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

Upon verified complaint of any person or of any corporation that any rates of a household goods warehouse operator are unjust, unreasonable, discriminatory, preferential, or in any way in violation of law, the department shall proceed to investigate the matters alleged in such complaint; and, for the purposes of such investigation, they may require the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, and documents. If, upon the hearing, such rates are found to be unjust, unreasonable, discriminatory, preferential, or in any way in violation of law, the department shall make an order, stating wherein the same are so unjust, unreasonable, discriminatory, preferential, or in any way in violation of law, and make rates which shall be substituted for those as to which complaint is made. Rates so made by the department shall be deemed prima facie reasonable in all courts, and shall be in full force during the pendency of any appeal or other proceedings to review the action of the department in establishing the same.
Minn. Stat. § 136A.18 — MN Code / Part 135A_137 / Chapter 136A / Section 136A.18
§ 136A.18 LEGISLATIVE FINDING, DECLARATION, AND DIRECTIVE.
Status: in_force

The legislature has found and hereby declares that private colleges in Minnesota have the capacity for educating significant numbers of Minnesota residents and that providing for the education of Minnesota residents in private colleges, rather than in state institutions of higher education, results in a savings of tax money. The Minnesota private colleges are encouraged to facilitate the education of significant numbers of Minnesota residents in private colleges located in Minnesota.
Minn. Stat. § 103B.645 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103B / Section 103B.645
§ 103B.645 PROSECUTING VIOLATIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Complaint for violation. A prosecution for a violation of a rule or regulation shall be brought in the name of the district upon complaint and warrant as in other criminal cases. If the accused is arrested without a warrant, a written complaint shall be made, to which the accused shall be required to plead, and a warrant shall issue on the complaint. The warrant and all other process in such cases shall be directed for service to a police officer, court officer, or sheriff of any of the municipalities in the district.

§ Subd. 2. Complaint. It is a sufficient pleading of the rules and regulations of the district to refer to them by section and number or chapter, or any other way that clearly reflects the rules and regulations that are the subject of the pleading. The rules and regulations shall have the effect of general laws within the district and need not be given in evidence upon the trial of an action.

§ Subd. 3. Appeal to district court. Appeals may be taken from the district court in the same manner as from judgments in civil actions.
Minn. Stat. § 221.87 — MN Code / Part 218_222 / Chapter 221 / Section 221.87
§ 221.87 INDEMNITY PROVISION IN MOTOR CARRIER TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Void. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a provision, clause, covenant, or agreement contained in, collateral to, or affecting a motor carrier transportation contract that purports to indemnify, defend, or hold harmless, or has the effect of indemnifying, defending, or holding harmless, the promisee from or against any liability for loss or damage resulting from the negligence or intentional acts or omissions of the promisee is against the public policy of this state and is void and unenforceable.

§ Subd. 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this section: (1) "motor carrier transportation contract" means a contract, agreement, or understanding covering: (i) the transportation of property for compensation or hire by the motor carrier; (ii) entrance on property by a motor carrier or a private carrier for the purpose of loading, unloading, or transporting property; or (iii) a service incidental to activity described in item (i) or (ii), including, but not limited to, storage of property; and (2) "promisee" means the promisee and any agents, employees, servants, or independent contractors who are directly responsible to the promisee except for motor carriers party to a motor carrier transportation contract with promisee, and such motor carrier's agents, employees, servants, or independent contractors directly responsible to the motor carrier.

§ Subd. 3. Exclusion. "Motor carrier transportation contract," as defined in this section, shall not include the Uniform Intermodal Interchange and Facilities Access Agreement administered by the Intermodal Association of North America or other agreements providing for the interchange, use or possession of intermodal chassis, containers, or other intermodal equipment.
Minn. Stat. § 518E.201 — MN Code / Part 517_519A / Chapter 518E / Section 518E.201
§ 518E.201 FORM OF AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The parents of a child may enter into an agreement under sections 518E.201 to 518E.205 granting custodial responsibility during deployment.

(b) An agreement under paragraph (a) must be:

(1) in writing; and

(2) signed by both parents and any nonparent to whom custodial responsibility is granted.

(c) Subject to paragraph (d), an agreement under paragraph (a), if feasible, must:

(1) identify the destination, duration, and conditions of the deployment that is the basis for the agreement;

(2) specify the allocation of caretaking authority among the deploying parent, the other parent, and any nonparent;

(3) specify any decision-making authority that accompanies a grant of caretaking authority;

(4) specify any grant of limited contact to a nonparent;

(5) if under the agreement custodial responsibility is shared by the other parent and a nonparent, or by other nonparents, provide a process to resolve any dispute that may arise;

(6) specify the frequency, duration, and means, including electronic means, by which the deploying parent will have contact with the child, any role to be played by the other parent in facilitating the contact, and the allocation of any costs of contact;

(7) specify the contact between the deploying parent and child during the time the deploying parent is on leave or is otherwise available;

(8) acknowledge that any party's child support obligation cannot be modified by the agreement, and that changing the terms of the obligation during deployment requires modification in the appropriate court;

(9) provide that the agreement will terminate according to the procedures under sections 518E.401 to 518E.404 after the deploying parent returns from deployment; and

(10) if the agreement must be filed pursuant to section 518E.205 , specify which parent is required to file the agreement.

(d) The omission of any of the items specified in paragraph (c) does not invalidate an agreement under this section.
Minn. Stat. § 190.06 — MN Code / Part 190_195 / Chapter 190 / Section 190.06
§ 190.06 MILITIA; MEMBERS; EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Composition. The militia shall consist of: (1) all able-bodied citizens of the state and other able-bodied persons residing in the state who have or shall have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, when so authorized by federal law, who comply with the minimum age requirements for federal regular military service under United States Code, title 10, section 505, and who are not more than 45 years of age; provided, that the governor may, when the governor deems it necessary for the defense of the state, extend the maximum age for militia service to not more than 64 years; and (2) persons who enlist in, are commissioned in, or are otherwise appointed to the Minnesota National Guard in accordance with applicable federal law and regulation, including enlisted members, warrant officers, and commissioned officers.

§ Subd. 2. Classes. The militia shall be divided into two classes, the organized militia and the unorganized militia. The organized militia shall consist of the following: (1) the National Guard; (2) the State Guard, which shall comprise all organized components of the militia except the National Guard. The unorganized militia shall consist of all other members of the militia.

§ Subd. 3. Noncombatant service. The governor may authorize the appointment or enlistment of citizens of the state and all other persons, who have or shall have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, in the medical corps and other noncombatant branches and services of the organized militia, and while so serving they shall have the same status as members of the military forces.

§ Subd. 4. Exemptions from military duty. The officers, judicial and executive, of the government of the United States and of the states; persons in the military or naval service of the United States; custom house clerks, persons employed by the United States in the transmission of the mail; artificers and workers employed in the armories, arsenals, and navy yards of the United States; pilots and mariners actually employed in the sea service of any citizen or merchant within the United States, shall all be exempt from militia duty without regard to age, and all persons who because of religious beliefs shall claim exemption from military service if the conscientious holding of such belief by such person shall be established under such regulations as the President of the United States shall prescribe, shall be exempt from militia service in a combatant capacity; but no person so exempted shall be exempt from militia service in any capacity that the President of the United States shall declare to be noncombatant.
Minn. Stat. § 116.9403 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 116 / Section 116.9403
§ 116.9403 IDENTIFYING PRIORITY CHEMICALS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department, after consultation with the agency, may designate a chemical of high concern as a priority chemical if the department finds that the chemical:

(1) has been identified as a high-production volume chemical by the United States Environmental Protection Agency; and

(2) meets any of the following criteria:

(i) the chemical has been found through biomonitoring to be present in human blood, including umbilical cord blood, breast milk, urine, or other bodily tissues or fluids;

(ii) the chemical has been found through sampling and analysis to be present in household dust, indoor air, drinking water, or elsewhere in the home environment; or

(iii) the chemical has been found through monitoring to be present in fish, wildlife, or the natural environment.

(b) By February 1, 2011, the department shall publish a list of priority chemicals in the State Register and on the department's Internet website and shall update the published list whenever a new priority chemical is designated.
Minn. Stat. § 115A.902 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 115A / Section 115A.902
§ 115A.902 PERMIT; TIRE COLLECTORS AND PROCESSORS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Permit required. A tire collector or tire processor with more than 500 waste tires shall obtain a permit from the agency unless exempted in subdivision 2. The agency may by rule require tire collectors or tire processors with less than 500 waste tires to obtain permits unless exempted by subdivision 2.

§ Subd. 2. Exemptions. A permit is not required for: (1) a retail tire seller for the retail selling site if no more than 500 waste tires are kept on the business premises; (2) an owner or operator of a tire retreading business for the business site if no more than 3,000 waste tires are kept on the business premises; (3) an owner or operator of a business who, in the ordinary course of business, removes tires from motor vehicles if no more than 500 waste tires are kept on the business premises; (4) a permitted landfill operator with less than 10,000 waste tires stored above ground at the permitted site; or (5) a person using waste tires for agricultural purposes if the waste tires are kept on the site of use.

§ Subd. 3. Local authority. The issuance of an agency permit does not replace a permit or license required under section 400.16 or 473.811 .

§ Subd. 4. Permit fee. The revenue from permit fees shall be credited to the general fund.
Minn. Stat. § 256B.764 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256B / Section 256B.764
§ 256B.764 REIMBURSEMENT FOR FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) Effective for services rendered on or after July 1, 2007, payment rates for family planning services shall be increased by 25 percent over the rates in effect June 30, 2007, when these services are provided by a community clinic as defined in section 145.9268 , subdivision 1.

(b) Effective for services rendered on or after July 1, 2013, payment rates for family planning services shall be increased by 20 percent over the rates in effect June 30, 2013, when these services are provided by a community clinic as defined in section 145.9268, subdivision 1 . The commissioner shall adjust capitation rates to managed care and county-based purchasing plans to reflect this increase, and shall require plans to pass on the full amount of the rate increase to eligible community clinics, in the form of higher payment rates for family planning services.

(c) Effective for services provided on or after January 1, 2024, payment rates for family planning, when such services are provided by an eligible community clinic as defined in section 145.9268, subdivision 1 , and abortion services shall be increased by 20 percent. This increase does not apply to federally qualified health centers, rural health centers, or Indian health services.