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Minn. Stat. § 281.33 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 281 / Section 281.33
§ 281.33 REDEMPTION, WHEN EXPIRES.
Status: in_force

No transfer of the lands described in such certificate to the certificate holder shall be made on the books of the county auditor, and no certificate shall be entitled to record, nor shall the full period of redemption expire, until 60 days shall have elapsed after the service of such notice, and proof thereof has been filed.
Minn. Stat. § 501C.0504 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 501C / Section 501C.0504
§ 501C.0504 RIGHT TO COMPEL DISTRIBUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Whether or not a trust contains a spendthrift provision, a creditor of a beneficiary may not compel a distribution that is subject to the trustee's discretion, even if:

(1) the discretion is expressed in the form of a standard of distribution; or

(2) the trustee has abused the discretion.

(b) This section does not limit the right of a beneficiary to maintain a judicial proceeding against a trustee for an abuse of discretion or failure to comply with a standard for distribution.

(c) If the trustee's or cotrustee's discretion to make distributions for the trustee's or cotrustee's own benefit is limited by an ascertainable standard, a creditor may not reach or compel distribution of the beneficial interest except to the extent the interest would be subject to the creditor's claim were the beneficiary not acting as trustee or cotrustee.
Minn. Stat. § 168D.04 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 168D / Section 168D.04
§ 168D.04 TAXING AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Agreement terms. (a) Under the provisions of an agreement entered into according to section 168D.02 , each member shall retain its sovereign authority to determine tax rates and exemptions and to exercise other substantive tax authority. (b) In accordance with federal and state law, the agreement must provide for: (1) determining the base jurisdiction for users; (2) users' records requirements; (3) audit procedures; (4) exchanging information; (5) eligibility of persons for tax licensing; (6) defining qualified motor vehicles; (7) determining if bonding is required; (8) specifying reporting requirements and periods, including defining uniform penalty and interest rates for late reporting; (9) determining methods for collecting and forwarding motor fuel taxes and penalties to another jurisdiction; (10) display of identification indicating compliance with the agreement; and (11) other provisions to facilitate the administration of the agreement. (c) Each jurisdiction shall audit the records of persons based in the jurisdiction to determine if the motor fuel taxes due each jurisdiction are properly reported and paid.

§ Subd. 2. Fuel road tax imposed. (a) Every motor carrier shall pay a road tax calculated on the amount of motor fuel consumed in the motor carrier's operations on highways within Minnesota. The tax rate is imposed at the rate and conditions specified in chapter 296A. (b) The amount of motor fuel consumed in the operations of a motor carrier on highways within Minnesota is determined by dividing the miles traveled within Minnesota by the average miles per gallon. (c) The average miles per gallon for a motor carrier's qualified motor vehicles is determined by dividing the total miles traveled by the total motor fuel consumed.
Minn. Stat. § 386.62 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 386 / Section 386.62
§ 386.62 LICENSE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

No official, person, firm, association, or corporation shall engage in the business of making abstracts of title and issuing certificates showing ownership of, or interest in, or liens upon any lands in the state of Minnesota, whether registered or not, without first obtaining a license pursuant to the provisions of sections 386.62 to 386.76 .
Minn. Stat. § 245D.33 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 245D / Section 245D.33
§ 245D.33 ADULT MENTAL HEALTH CERTIFICATION STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner of human services shall issue a mental health certification for services licensed under this chapter when a license holder is determined to have met the requirements under section 245A.03, subdivision 6a , paragraph (b). This certification is voluntary for license holders. The certification shall be printed on the license and identified on the commissioner's public website.

(b) License holders seeking certification under this section must request this certification on forms and in the manner prescribed by the commissioner.

(c) If the commissioner finds that the license holder has failed to comply with the certification requirements under section 245A.03, subdivision 6a , paragraph (b), the commissioner may issue a correction order and an order of conditional license in accordance with section 245A.06 or may issue a sanction in accordance with section 245A.07 , including and up to removal of the certification.

(d) A denial of the certification or the removal of the certification based on a determination that the requirements under section 245A.03, subdivision 6a , paragraph (b), have not been met is not subject to appeal. A license holder that has been denied a certification or that has had a certification removed may again request certification when the license holder is in compliance with the requirements of section 245A.03, subdivision 6a, paragraph (b).
Minn. Stat. § 549.07 — MN Code / Part 540_552 / Chapter 549 / Section 549.07
§ 549.07 EQUITABLE ACTIONS; SEVERAL DEFENDANTS.
Status: in_force

In equitable actions, costs may be allowed or not, and, if allowed, may be apportioned between the parties on the same or adverse sides, in the discretion of the court. When there are several defendants not united in interest, and making separate defenses by separate answers, and plaintiff fails to recover judgment against all, the court may award costs to such defendants as have judgment in their favor, or any of them.
Minn. Stat. § 145A.135 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 145A / Section 145A.135
§ 145A.135 LOCAL AND TRIBAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE GRANT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner of health must establish a local and Tribal public health emergency preparedness and response grant program.

§ Subd. 2. Funding formula; use. (a) The commissioner must distribute funding for emergency preparedness and response activities to community health boards and Tribal public health departments based on a formula determined by the commissioner, in consultation with the State Community Health Services Advisory Committee. (b) Grant proceeds must align with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's issued report: Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Capabilities: National Standards for State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Public Health.

§ Subd. 3. Reporting. (a) Each grantee must submit a report to the commissioner, in a manner and on a timeline specified by the commissioner, on how the grant funds were spent and the purposes for which they were spent. (b) By January 15 of each year, the commissioner must submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over health policy and finance. The report must include information on how the grant funds were distributed and used at the local and Tribal level.
Minn. Stat. § 147D.25 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 147D / Section 147D.25
§ 147D.25 ADVISORY COUNCIL ON LICENSED TRADITIONAL MIDWIFERY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Membership. The board shall appoint a five-member Advisory Council on Licensed Traditional Midwifery. One member shall be a licensed physician who has been or is currently consulting or collaborating with licensed traditional midwives appointed from a list of names submitted to the board by the Minnesota Council of Certified Professional Midwives or its successors. Three members shall be licensed traditional midwives appointed from a list of names submitted to the board by Midwifery Now and the Minnesota Council of Certified Professional Midwives or their successors. One member shall be a parent of a child born under the care of a licensed traditional midwife appointed from a list of names submitted to the board by Minnesota Families for Midwifery, or its successor.

§ Subd. 2. Organization. The advisory council shall be organized and administered under section 15.059 .

§ Subd. 3. Duties. The advisory council shall: (1) advise the board regarding standards for licensed traditional midwives; (2) provide for distribution of information regarding licensed traditional midwifery practice standards; (3) advise the board on enforcement of this chapter; (4) review applications and recommend granting or denying licensure or license renewal; (5) advise the board on issues related to receiving and investigating complaints, conducting hearings, and imposing disciplinary action in relation to complaints against licensed traditional midwives; (6) advise the board regarding approval of continuing education programs using the criteria in section 147D.21, subdivision 2 ; (7) recommend alternate accrediting and credentialing organizations or agencies to the board; and (8) perform other duties authorized for advisory councils by chapter 214, as directed by the board.
Minn. Stat. § 416.16 — MN Code / Part 415_418 / Chapter 416 / Section 416.16
§ 416.16 CONDEMNATION OF LAND FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Status: in_force

Any city in this state now or hereafter having a population of over 50,000 shall have the right, power, and authority to condemn lands under the power of eminent domain for sites and grounds for public school buildings, and for all other municipal or public buildings for such cities, or for any of the departments of its government, and such power and authority shall be exercised under and pursuant to the terms and provisions of chapter 117; provided that any such city shall have the right, upon the filing of the award of the commissioners provided for in chapter 117 and upon giving the notice therein required of the filing of such award, to enter upon and appropriate the lands so condemned, without the giving of any bond, but in case of such entry and appropriation, such city shall be bound absolutely to pay all damages awarded, either by the commissioners or by the court upon appeal therefrom, together with all costs and expenses adjudged against it therein, within the time specified in chapter 117. In case any such city shall appeal from the award of commissioners appointed pursuant to any such condemnation proceedings, such city shall not be required to give or file any appeal bond therein.
Minn. Stat. § 176.391 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 176 / Section 176.391
§ 176.391 INVESTIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Power to make. Before, during, or after any hearing, a compensation judge may make an independent investigation of the facts alleged in the petition or answer.

§ Subd. 2. Appointment of physicians, surgeons, and other experts. The compensation judge assigned to a matter may appoint one or more neutral physicians or surgeons to examine the injury of the employee and report thereon except as provided otherwise pursuant to section 176.1361 . Where necessary to determine the facts, the services of other experts may also be employed.

§ Subd. 3. Reports. The report of a physician, surgeon, or other expert requested under this section shall be filed with the compensation judge assigned to the matter if any. The report shall be made a part of the record of the case and be open to inspection as such.

§ Subd. 4. Compensation. The compensation judge shall fix the compensation of a physician, surgeon, or other expert whose services are employed under this section. This compensation shall be paid initially out of the funds appropriated for the maintenance of the Workers' Compensation Division, but shall be taxed as costs to either party, or both, or otherwise, as the compensation judge directs. Where a sum which has been taxed to a party has not been paid, it may be collected in the same manner as are costs generally.
Minn. Stat. § 302A.701 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 302A / Section 302A.701
§ 302A.701 METHODS OF DISSOLUTION.
Status: in_force

A corporation may be dissolved:

(a) before the issuance of shares, pursuant to section 302A.711 ;

(b) after the issuance of shares, pursuant to sections 302A.721 to 302A.7291 ;

(c) by order of a court pursuant to sections 302A.741 to 302A.765 ; or

(d) by the secretary of state according to section 302A.821 .
Minn. Stat. § 273.118 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 273 / Section 273.118
§ 273.118 TAX PAID IN RECOGNITION OF CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR.
Status: in_force

An owner of homestead property who submits to the commissioner of revenue a property tax statement and reasonable proof that the owner of the property:

(a) is a veteran as defined in section 197.447 ;

(b) was a resident of this state for at least six months before entering military service, or has been a resident of this state for five consecutive years before submitting the statement and proof; and

(c) has been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor;

shall be paid by the commissioner of revenue, within 30 days after the commissioner receives the statement and proof, the amount of the owner's property tax liability as shown on the statement, up to $2,000. The surviving spouse of a property owner who has received a payment under this section may receive payment of property taxes under this section as long as the spouse continues to own and occupy the property for which the taxes were paid under this section and the property continues to be a homestead. Property taxes paid under this section reduce property taxes payable for purposes of chapter 290A.
Minn. Stat. § 97A.235 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97A / Section 97A.235
§ 97A.235 JURISDICTION OVER BOUNDARY WATERS.
Status: in_force

Courts in counties having jurisdiction adjacent to boundary waters and enforcement officers have jurisdiction over the entire boundary waters. The courts and enforcement officers of North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Michigan have concurrent jurisdiction over boundary waters.
Minn. Stat. § 31.032 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 31 / Section 31.032
§ 31.032 PENALTIES AND GUARANTY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Misdemeanor. Any person who violates any of the provisions of section 31.02 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ Subd. 2. Exception. No person shall be subject to the penalties of subdivision 1 for having violated section 31.02 , clause (2) or (4), if the person establishes a guaranty or undertaking signed by, and containing the name and address of, the person residing in the state of Minnesota from whom the person received in good faith the article, to the effect that such article is not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of the Minnesota Food Law.

§ Subd. 3. Publisher, broadcaster, agency. No publisher, radio broadcast licensee, or agency or medium for the dissemination of an advertisement, except the manufacturer, packer, distributor, or seller of the article to which a false advertisement relates, shall be liable under this section for the dissemination of such false advertisement.
Minn. Stat. § 62S.18 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62S / Section 62S.18
§ 62S.18 DISCONTINUANCE AND REPLACEMENT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Required coverage. If a group long-term care policy is replaced by another group long-term care policy issued to the same policyholder, the succeeding insurer shall offer coverage to all persons covered under the previous group policy on its date of termination. Coverage provided or offered to individuals by the insurer and premiums charged to persons under the new group policy shall not result in any exclusion for preexisting conditions that would have been covered under the group policy being replaced and shall not vary or otherwise depend on the individual's health or disability status, claim experience, or use of long-term care services.

§ Subd. 2. Premiums. (a) The premiums charged to an insured for long-term care insurance replaced under subdivision 1 shall not increase due to either the increasing age of the insured at ages beyond 65 or the duration the insured has been covered under this policy. (b) The purchase of additional coverage must not be considered a premium rate increase, but for purposes of the calculation required under section 62S.291 , the portion of the premium attributable to the additional coverage must be added to and considered part of the initial annual premium. (c) A reduction in benefits must not be considered a premium change, but for purpose of the calculation required under section 62S.291 , the initial annual premium must be based on the reduced benefits.
Minn. Stat. § 315.41 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 315 / Section 315.41
§ 315.41 CAMP MEETING ASSOCIATIONS; FORMATION; CAPITAL STOCK.
Status: in_force

Camp or grove meetings, Sunday school assemblies, or societies for religious instruction or worship, and for mutual improvement in moral, literary, or social culture, may incorporate under this chapter. The amount of capital stock must be at least $5,000, divided into shares of not less than $10 nor more than $50 and paid in as provided in its bylaws.
Minn. Stat. § 317A.439 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 317A / Section 317A.439
§ 317A.439 MEMBERS' LIST FOR MEETING.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Preparation. After fixing a record date for notice of and voting at a meeting, a corporation shall prepare an alphabetical list of the names of its members who are entitled to notice and to vote. The list must show the address and number of votes each member is entitled to vote at the meeting.

§ Subd. 2. Inspection. The list of members must be available for inspection by a member with voting rights for the purpose of communication with other members concerning the meeting, beginning two business days after the meeting notice is given and continuing through the meeting, at the corporation's registered office or at a reasonable place identified in the meeting notice in the city where the meeting will be held. The list also must be available at the meeting. A member, a member's agent, or attorney is entitled on written demand to inspect and to copy the list, at a reasonable time and at the member's expense, during the period it is available for inspection and at any time during the meeting or an adjournment.

§ Subd. 3. Enforcement. If the corporation refuses to allow a member with voting rights, the member's agent, or attorney to inspect the list of members before or at the meeting, the district court of the county where a corporation's registered office is located, on application of the member, may: (1) order the inspection or copying at the corporation's expense; (2) postpone the meeting until the inspection or copying is complete; or (3) order the corporation to pay the member's costs, including reasonable attorneys fees, incurred to obtain the order.

§ Subd. 4. Effect of failure to comply. Unless a written demand to inspect and copy a membership list has been made under subdivision 2 before the membership meeting and a corporation improperly refuses to comply with the demand, refusal, or failure to comply with this section does not affect the validity of action taken at the meeting.

§ Subd. 5. Improper use prohibited. A member, agent, or attorney who gains access to a membership list under this section may not use or give to another for use the membership list for any purpose other than a proper purpose. Upon application of the corporation, the district court may issue a protective order or order other relief necessary to enforce this subdivision.

§ Subd. 6. Neighborhood organizations. A neighborhood organization as defined in section 317A.435, subdivision 4 , is not required to prepare a membership list under this section, if it has chosen to be governed by this subdivision by so providing in its articles or bylaws.
Minn. Stat. § 62J.63 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62J / Section 62J.63
§ 62J.63 CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE PURCHASING IMPROVEMENT.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Support for state health care purchasing and performance measurement. The commissioner of health shall support the state in its efforts to be a more prudent and efficient purchaser of quality health care services, aid the state in developing and using more common strategies and approaches for health care performance measurement and health care purchasing, promote greater transparency of health care costs and quality and greater accountability for health care results and improvement, and identify barriers to more efficient, effective, quality health care and options for overcoming the barriers.

§ Subd. 2. Duties; scope. The commissioner of health may: (1) require reports or surveys to evaluate the performance of current health care purchasing or administrative simplification strategies; (2) calculate fiscal impacts, including net savings and return on investment, of health care purchasing strategies and initiatives; (3) support the Administrative Uniformity Committee under sections 62J.50 and 62J.536 and other relevant groups or activities to advance agreement on health care administrative process streamlining; (4) contact and participate with other relevant health care task forces, study activities, and similar efforts with regard to health care performance measurement and performance-based purchasing; and (5) assist in seeking external funding through appropriate grants or other funding opportunities and may administer grants and externally funded projects.

§ Subd. 3. MS 2020 [Repealed, 1Sp2021 c 7 art 3 s 47 ]
Minn. Stat. § 279.02 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 279 / Section 279.02
§ 279.02 DUTIES OF COUNTY AUDITOR AND TREASURER.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Delinquent property; rates. On the first business day in January, of each year, the county treasurer shall return the tax lists on hand to the county auditor, who shall compare the same with the statements receipted for by the treasurer on file in the auditor's office and each tract or lot of real property against which the taxes, or any part thereof, remain unpaid, shall be deemed delinquent, and thereupon an additional penalty of two percent on the amount of the original tax remaining unpaid shall immediately accrue and thereafter be charged upon all such delinquent taxes; and any auditor who shall make out and deliver any statement of delinquent taxes without including therein the penalties imposed by law, and any treasurer who shall receive payment of such taxes without including in such payment all items as shown on the auditor's statement, shall be liable to the county for the amounts of any items omitted.

§ Subd. 2. Federal active service exception. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, a homestead property owned by an individual who is on federal active service, as defined in section 190.05, subdivision 5c , as a member of the National Guard or a reserve component, shall not be deemed delinquent under this section if the due dates imposed under section 279.01 fall on a day in which the individual was on federal active service.