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Minn. Stat. § 259.55 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 259 / Section 259.55
§ 259.55 PAYMENT OF BIRTH PARENT EXPENSES; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Authorized payments. In any adoption under this chapter, a prospective adoptive parent or anyone acting in concert with, at the direction of, or on behalf of a prospective adoptive parent may pay only the following expenses of the birth parent: (1) reasonable counseling, medical, and legal fees, which shall be paid directly to the provider of the service; (2) reasonable expenses for transportation, meals, and lodging incurred for placement of the child or in order to receive counseling, legal, or medical services related to the pregnancy, birth, or placement; (3) reasonable expenses for adoption services provided by an agency at the request of the birth parent, which shall be paid directly to the agency; and (4) reasonable living expenses of the birth mother which are needed to maintain an adequate standard of living which the birth mother is unable to otherwise maintain because of loss of income or other support resulting from the pregnancy. (i) The payments may cover expenses incurred during the pregnancy-related incapacity but not for a period longer than six weeks following delivery, unless the court determines within the six-week period that the birth mother is unable to be employed due to physical limitations relating to the birth of the child; (ii) the payment shall not be contingent upon placement of the child for adoption, consent to adoption, or cooperation in the completion of the adoption; and (iii) reasonable living expenses does not include expenses for lost wages, gifts, educational expenses, or other similar expenses of the birth mother.

§ Subd. 2. No birth parent reimbursement to adoptive parent. A contract purporting to require a birth parent to reimburse a prospective adoptive parent for such payments under any circumstances, including circumstances in which a birth parent refuses to consent to adoption or withdraws consent to adoption, is void as against public policy.

§ Subd. 3. Prohibited payments; penalty. (a) Except as authorized under subdivision 1, it is a gross misdemeanor for an individual to give, or for a birth parent to accept, money or anything of value, or compensation for the placement of a child for adoption. (b) It is a gross misdemeanor for any person to give money or anything of value to the birth parent of a child if the person is engaged or has engaged in any placement activity, as defined in section 259.21, subdivision 9 , in connection with the adoption of the child. (c) An offense under this subdivision shall be prosecuted by the county attorney.
Minn. Stat. § 176.186 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 176 / Section 176.186
§ 176.186 RECORDS FROM OTHER STATE AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other state law to the contrary except chapter 270B, the commissioner may obtain from the Department of Employment and Economic Development, and Office of the Secretary of State, or any other state agency, upon request, names or lists of employers doing business in the state. This information shall be treated by the commissioner in the manner provided by chapter 13.
Minn. Stat. § 116C.34 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 116C / Section 116C.34
§ 116C.34 BUREAU OF BUSINESS LICENSES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Purpose. The Bureau of Business Licenses shall establish and maintain an information and referral system to assist the public in the understanding and compliance with the requirements of state and local governmental rules concerning the use of natural resources and protection of the environment. The system shall provide a telephone information service and disseminate printed materials. The bureau shall provide assistance to regional development commissions desiring to create a permit information center.

§ Subd. 2. Duties. The bureau shall: (1) identify all existing state licenses, permit certifications, approvals, compliance schedules, or other programs which pertain to the use of natural resources and to protection of the environment; (2) standardize permit titles and assign designation codes to all such permits which would thereafter be imprinted on all permit forms; (3) develop permit profiles including applicable rules copies of all appropriate permit forms, statutory mandate and legislative history, names of individuals administering the program, permit processing procedures, documentation of the magnitude of the program and of geographic and seasonal distribution of the workload, and estimated application processing time; (4) identify the public information procedures currently associated with each permit program; (5) identify the data monitored or acquired through each permit and ascertain current users of that data; (6) recommend revisions to the list of natural resource management and development permits contained in Minnesota Statutes 1974, section 116D.04, subdivision 5 ; and (7) recommend legislative or administrative modifications of existing permit programs to increase their efficiency and utility.

§ Subd. 3. County responsibility. The auditor of each county shall post in a conspicuous place in the auditor's office the telephone numbers of the Bureau of Business Licenses and the permit information center in the office of the applicable regional development commission and copies of any information published by the bureau or an information center pursuant to subdivision 1.
Minn. Stat. § 127A.01 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 127A / Section 127A.01
§ 127A.01 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter, the terms defined in section 120A.05 have the same meanings.
Minn. Stat. § 383A.551 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383A / Section 383A.551
§ 383A.551 RAMSEY COUNTY; CHARTER COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Ramsey County legislative delegation. For purposes of sections 383A.551 to 383A.556 , the Ramsey County legislative delegation means all elected members of the state house of representatives and state senate whose legislative district includes a portion of Ramsey County.

§ Subd. 2. Chair of delegation. The chair of the Ramsey County state house of representatives delegation and the chair of the Ramsey County state senate delegation shall act as cochairs of the Ramsey County legislative delegation.
Minn. Stat. § 641.04 — MN Code / Part 636_643 / Chapter 641 / Section 641.04
§ 641.04 PRISONER COMMITMENT PAPERS.
Status: in_force

Every instrument, or attested copy thereof, by which a prisoner is committed or liberated, shall be endorsed, filed, and safely stored by the sheriff or jailer, and delivered to the sheriff's or jailer's successor. When the process by which any prisoner is committed is required to be returned to the court, the sheriff or jailer shall duly certify and keep a copy thereof which shall be prima facie evidence of the sheriff's or jailer's right to retain the prisoner in custody.
Minn. Stat. § 31.84 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 31 / Section 31.84
§ 31.84 DISPENSING.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Dispensing devices. Bulk food may be dispensed by: mechanical dispensing devices including gravity dispensers, pumps, extruders, and augers; or manual dispensing utensils including tongs, scoops, ladles, and spatulas.

§ Subd. 2. Utensils. A manual dispensing utensil must have a handle long enough to avoid consumer contact with the bulk food. When not in use, dispensing utensils must be stored either in the food with the handle extended out of the food, or in a protective enclosure attached or adjacent to the display unit with the utensil on a tether of easily cleanable material short enough to prevent contact with the floor.
Minn. Stat. § 519.07 — MN Code / Part 517_519A / Chapter 519 / Section 519.07
§ 519.07 BARRING INTEREST OF SPOUSE; RIGHTS RECIPROCAL.
Status: in_force

A person who has an interest in real estate may bring an action in any county in which all or a part of the real estate is located, seeking a decree that will bar any inchoate interest of the person's spouse in the real estate. The court may grant such a petition if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the person's spouse is an incapacitated person as defined in section 524.5-102, subdivision 6 , that the person has been deserted by the spouse for a period of at least one year, or that other similar circumstances warrant. The decree may grant the person full control of all the person's real estate located in Minnesota, with power to sell, convey, mortgage, lease, or transfer title to it, subject to any limitations the court considers proper in the circumstances. The decree may not be granted or must be vacated if the petitioner caused or contributed to the incapacity or disappearance of the petitioner's spouse. A certified copy of such decree may be recorded in the office of the county recorder or filed in the office of registrar of titles in any county wherever such real estate, or any part thereof, may be situated.
Minn. Stat. § 256.974 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256 / Section 256.974
§ 256.974 OFFICE OF OMBUDSMAN FOR LONG-TERM CARE.
Status: in_force

The ombudsman for long-term care serves in the classified service under section 256.01, subdivision 7 , in an office within the Minnesota Board on Aging that incorporates the long-term care ombudsman program required by the Older Americans Act, as amended, United States Code, title 42, sections 3027(a)(9) and 3058g(a), and Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, parts 1321 and 1327. The office shall be a distinct entity, separately identifiable from other state agencies and may not be an agency engaged in the provision of nursing home care, hospital care, or home care services either directly or by contract, or have the responsibility for planning, coordinating, funding, or administering nursing home care, hospital care, or home care services.
Minn. Stat. § 523.14 — MN Code / Part 520_523 / Chapter 523 / Section 523.14
§ 523.14 SUCCESSOR ATTORNEY-IN-FACT NOT LIABLE FOR ACTS OF PREDECESSOR.
Status: in_force

An attorney-in-fact who is named in a power of attorney to succeed an attorney-in-fact who dies, resigns, or otherwise is unable to serve, is not liable for any action taken by the predecessor attorney-in-fact.
Minn. Stat. § 240.011 — MN Code / Part 240_240A / Chapter 240 / Section 240.011
§ 240.011 APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

The governor shall appoint the director of the Minnesota Racing Commission, who serves in the unclassified service at the governor's pleasure. The director must be a person qualified by experience and training to possess the skills necessary to discharge the duties of the director. The governor must select a director from a list of one or more names submitted by the Minnesota Racing Commission.
Minn. Stat. § 244.13 — MN Code / Part 241_244 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.13
§ 244.13 INTENSIVE COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AND INTENSIVE SUPERVISED RELEASE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner of corrections shall establish programs for those designated by the commissioner to serve all or part of a sentence on intensive community supervision or all or part of a supervised release or parole term on intensive supervised release. The adoption and modification of policies and procedures to implement sections 244.05, subdivision 6 , and 244.12 to 244.15 are not subject to the rulemaking procedures of chapter 14 because these policies and procedures are excluded from the definition of a rule under section 14.03, subdivision 3 , paragraph (b), clause (1). The commissioner shall locate the programs so that at least one-half of the money appropriated for the programs in each year is used for programs in Community Corrections Act counties. In awarding contracts for intensive supervision programs in Community Corrections Act counties, the commissioner shall give first priority to programs that utilize county employees as intensive supervision agents and shall give second priority to programs that utilize state employees as intensive supervision agents. The commissioner may award contracts to other providers in Community Corrections Act counties only if doing so will result in a significant cost savings or a significant increase in the quality of services provided, and only after notifying the chairs of the committees in the senate and house of representatives with jurisdiction over criminal justice policy.

§ Subd. 2. Training. The commissioner shall develop specialized training programs for intensive supervision agents assigned to the intensive community supervision and intensive supervised release programs. The agent caseload shall not exceed the ratio of 30 offenders to two intensive supervision agents. An intensive supervision agent must have qualifications comparable to those for a state corrections agent.

§ Subd. 3. Evaluation. The commissioner shall develop a system for gathering and analyzing information concerning the value and effectiveness of the intensive community supervision and intensive supervised release programs.

§ Subd. 4. Definition. For purposes of section 244.05, subdivision 6 , and sections 244.12 to 244.15 , "intensive supervision agent" means a probation officer, a corrections agent, or any other qualified person employed in supervising offenders serving a period of intensive community supervision or intensive supervised release.
Minn. Stat. § 192.105 — MN Code / Part 190_195 / Chapter 192 / Section 192.105
§ 192.105 OFFICERS; SELECTION, ASSIGNMENT, PROMOTION.
Status: in_force

Officers for the Minnesota National Guard shall be selected, commissioned, or appointed by the governor upon the recommendation of the adjutant general provided the persons have met all qualifications prescribed by federal law. Commissions shall designate the arm, branch, or staff corps to which an officer is appointed.
Minn. Stat. § 163.161 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 163 / Section 163.161
§ 163.161 IMPASSABLE CITY THOROUGHFARE.
Status: in_force

When a written complaint signed by five or more landowners of a statutory city of not more than 5,000 population is presented to the county board stating that a city thoroughfare located outside an urban district as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 90 , has not been properly maintained and because of the improper maintenance is not reasonably passable, the county board shall consider and act upon the complaint in the same manner provided for a complaint under section 163.16 .
Minn. Stat. § 360.202 — MN Code / Part 360_362 / Chapter 360 / Section 360.202
§ 360.202 RIGHTS SAME AS MINNESOTA MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

Such municipality or other political subdivision of an adjoining state shall have all the rights, privileges, and duties of like municipalities and political subdivisions of this state, including the right to exercise the power of eminent domain.
Minn. Stat. § 192A.62 — MN Code / Part 190_195 / Chapter 192A / Section 192A.62
§ 192A.62 SECTIONS TO BE EXPLAINED.
Status: in_force

Sections 192A.02 , 192A.025 , 192A.045 , 192A.065 , 192A.07 , 192A.08 , 192A.0851 , 192A.155 , 192A.205 , 192A.39 to 192A.595 , and 192A.62 to 192A.63 shall be carefully explained to every enlisted member at the time of the member's enlistment or transfer or induction into, or at the time of the member's order to duty in or with any of the state military forces or within 30 days thereafter. They shall also be explained annually to each unit of the state military forces. A complete text of this code and of the rules prescribed by the governor thereunder shall be made available to any member of the state military forces, upon the member's request, for personal examination. Failure to provide briefings to soldiers or otherwise explain this code to soldiers shall not be a defense to a court-martial proceeding, except as mitigation in sentencing.
Minn. Stat. § 480.03 — MN Code / Part 480_494 / Chapter 480 / Section 480.03
§ 480.03 PENDING CASES CONTINUED.
Status: in_force

Whenever a term is adjourned, or there is a failure for any reason to hold a term at the appointed time, all causes then on the calendar, and all writs, recognizances, appeals, and proceedings taken or made returnable to the court at such term shall stand over to, and be heard at, the general or special term next ensuing, as if no such adjournment or failure had occurred.
Minn. Stat. § 480.24 — MN Code / Part 480_494 / Chapter 480 / Section 480.24
§ 480.24 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Terms. As used in sections 480.24 to 480.244 , the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. Eligible client. "Eligible client" means an individual that is financially unable to afford legal assistance, as determined by a recipient on the basis of eligibility guidelines established by the State Board of Civil Legal Aid pursuant to section 480.243, subdivision 1 .

§ Subd. 3. Qualified legal services program. "Qualified legal services program" means a nonprofit corporation which provides or proposes to provide legal services to eligible clients in civil matters and which is governed by a board of directors composed of attorneys-at-law and consumers of legal services. A qualified legal services program includes farm legal assistance providers that have a proven record of delivery of effective, high-quality legal assistance and have demonstrated experience and expertise in addressing legal issues affecting financially distressed family farmers throughout the state.

§ Subd. 4. Recipient. "Recipient" means a qualified legal services program that receives funds pursuant to section 480.242 to provide legal services to eligible clients.

§ Subd. 5. Nonprofit regional alternative dispute resolution corporation. "Nonprofit regional alternative dispute resolution corporation" means a nonprofit corporation which trains and makes available to the public individuals who provide fact-finding, conciliation, mediation, or nonbinding or binding arbitration services.
Minn. Stat. § 3.192 — MN Code / Part 3_3E / Chapter 3 / Section 3.192
§ 3.192 REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW OR RENEWED TAX EXPENDITURES.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 60 days after final enactment of a bill that creates, renews, or continues a tax expenditure, the chairs of the house of representatives and senate committees with primary jurisdiction over taxes must submit to the Tax Expenditure Review Commission a statement of objective that clearly provides the purpose of the tax expenditure and a standard or goal against which its effectiveness may be measured.

(b) For purposes of this section, "tax expenditure" has the meaning given in section 270C.11, subdivision 6 , and "Tax Expenditure Review Commission" means the commission established under section 3.8855 .

(c) Any bill that creates a new tax expenditure or continues an expiring tax expenditure must include an expiration date for the tax expenditure that is no more than eight years from the day the provision takes effect.
Minn. Stat. § 524.5-702 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 524 / Section 524.5-702
§ 524.5-702 EXCLUSIVE BASIS.
Status: in_force

Sections 524.5-701 to 524.5-709 provide the exclusive jurisdictional basis for a court of this state to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order for an adult.
Minn. Stat. § 82A.23 — MN Code / Part 82_83 / Chapter 82A / Section 82A.23
§ 82A.23 WAIVERS VOID.
Status: in_force

Any condition, stipulation, or provision purporting to bind any person acquiring any membership camping contract to waive compliance with any provision of this chapter or any rule or order thereunder is void.
Minn. Stat. § 145.421 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 145 / Section 145.421
§ 145.421 HUMAN CONCEPTUS, LIVING; DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Terms. As used in this section and section 145.422 , the terms defined in this section shall have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. Human conceptus. "Human conceptus" means any human organism, conceived either in the human body or produced in an artificial environment other than the human body, from fertilization through the first 265 days thereafter.

§ Subd. 3. Living. "Living," as defined for the sole purpose of this section and section 145.422 , means the presence of evidence of life, such as movement, heart or respiratory activity, the presence of electroencephalographic or electrocardiographic activity.
Minn. Stat. § 518A.84 — MN Code / Part 517_519A / Chapter 518A / Section 518A.84
§ 518A.84 CHILD SUPPORT INCENTIVES.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1993 c 340 s 60 ; 1Sp1993 c 6 s 35 ]

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1993 c 340 s 60 ; 1Sp1993 c 6 s 35 ]

§ Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1993 c 340 s 60 ; 1Sp1993 c 6 s 35 ]

§ Subd. 4. [Repealed, 1993 c 340 s 60 ; 1Sp1993 c 6 s 35 ]

§ Subd. 5. [Repealed, 1Sp2011 c 9 art 1 s 35 ]

§ Subd. 6. [Repealed, 1Sp2011 c 9 art 1 s 35 ]

§ Subd. 7. [Repealed, 1Sp2011 c 9 art 1 s 35 ]

§ Subd. 8. [Repealed, 2010 c 200 art 1 s 21 ]

§ Subd. 9. [Repealed, 1997 c 203 art 6 s 93 ]

§ Subd. 10. [Repealed, 1Sp2011 c 9 art 1 s 35 ]

§ Subd. 11. Federal child support incentives. (a) The commissioner of children, youth, and families shall distribute to the counties the earned federal child support incentive payments using the methodology specified in Title IV-D of the Social Security Act and applicable federal regulations for earning federal incentives by the states except for the paternity portion of the incentive. The commissioner shall distribute the federal paternity incentive earned using the IV-D paternity establishment percentage. The commissioner shall follow the federal transition plans in distributing the incentives to the counties. The commissioner shall distribute to the county child support agency estimated federal incentive payments within 60 days after the end of each calendar quarter. The commissioner shall issue actual federal incentive payments to the county agency within 60 days of receiving the final federal incentive grant award from the federal agency. (b) The county child support agency shall reinvest incentive funds disbursed under this section in the county child support enforcement program. These funds may not be used by a county to reduce funding of the child support enforcement program by the amount of the incentive earned below the base amount allowed under the applicable federal regulations. The county agency shall maintain a record of incentives earned and expended according to a procedure approved by the commissioner. The county agency shall repay any incentive erroneously issued.
Minn. Stat. § 192.552 — MN Code / Part 190_195 / Chapter 192 / Section 192.552
§ 192.552 STATE-SPONSORED LIFE INSURANCE PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, "state-sponsored life insurance program" means the life insurance program exclusively offered to all members of the Minnesota National Guard through the National Guard Association of Minnesota, pursuant to Public Law 93-289.

(b) The adjutant general is the official sponsor of the Minnesota National Guard state-sponsored life insurance program. The adjutant general shall:

(1) allow, facilitate, and coordinate all efforts to make the state-sponsored life insurance program available to all members of the Minnesota National Guard;

(2) provide an opportunity for members of the Minnesota National Guard to purchase state-sponsored life insurance program products;

(3) allow, facilitate, and coordinate requested allotments with the appropriate United States Property and Fiscal Office for purposes of the state-sponsored life insurance program;

(4) allow state-sponsored life insurance program representatives to provide Minnesota National Guard units with state-sponsored life insurance program briefings during annual training and drill weekends to educate members on their state-sponsored life insurance program benefits; and

(5) allow members to change or designate beneficiaries.