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Minn. Stat. § 259.79 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 259 / Section 259.79
§ 259.79 ADOPTION RECORDS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Content. (a) The adoption records of the commissioner's agents and licensed child-placing agencies shall contain copies of all relevant legal documents, responsibly collected genetic, medical and social history of the child and the child's birth parents, the child's placement record, copies of all pertinent agreements, contracts, and correspondence relevant to the adoption, and copies of all reports and recommendations made to the court. (b) The commissioner of children, youth, and families shall maintain a permanent record of all adoptions granted in district court in Minnesota regarding children who are: (1) under guardianship of the commissioner or a licensed child-placing agency according to section 260C.317 or 260C.515, subdivision 3 ; (2) placed by the commissioner, commissioner's agent, or licensed child-placing agency after a consent to adopt according to section 259.24 or under an agreement conferring authority to place for adoption according to section 259.25 ; or (3) adopted after a direct adoptive placement approved by the district court under section 259.47 . Each record shall contain identifying information about the child, the birth or legal parents, and adoptive parents, including race where such data is available. The record must also contain: (1) the date the child was legally freed for adoption; (2) the date of the adoptive placement; (3) the name of the placing agency; (4) the county where the adoptive placement occurred; (5) the date that the petition to adopt was filed; (6) the county where the petition to adopt was filed; and (7) the date and county where the adoption decree was granted. (c) Identifying information contained in the adoption record must be confidential and must be disclosed only pursuant to section 259.61 or, for adoption records maintained by the commissioner of children, youth, and families, upon request from the commissioner of health or state registrar pursuant to sections 144.2252 and 144.2253 .

§ Subd. 2. Use. Each adoption record shall constitute the permanent record upon which court action is based and agency services are administered.

§ Subd. 3. Retention; records made public. All adoption records shall be retained on a permanent basis under a protected record system which ensures confidentiality and lasting preservation. All adoption records shall become public records on the 100th anniversary of the granting of the adoption decree.
Minn. Stat. § 525.092 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 525 / Section 525.092
§ 525.092 COURT ADMINISTRATOR MAY DESTROY CERTAIN PAPERS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Certain vouchers and receipts. The court administrator of the district court is hereby authorized to destroy all vouchers or receipts filed in estates and guardianship proceedings of record in the office after such estates or guardianships have been closed for a period of 25 years, or more, except receipts for any federal or state taxes.

§ Subd. 2. Certain guardianships excepted. The provisions of this section shall not apply to guardianships of persons adjudicated as lacking mental capacity, nor to guardianships of minors until one year after the minor has become 18 years old.
Minn. Stat. § 160.235 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 160 / Section 160.235
§ 160.235 TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMING OPTIMIZATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A road authority that has ownership of a traffic signal on a principal arterial roadway or roadway with an average daily traffic greater than 20,000 vehicles per day must complete an inventory of all traffic signals under its ownership and submit it to the Department of Transportation district engineer. The inventory must include age of all signals, control equipment, communications, detection type, timing plans in operation, and date of last timing optimization.

(b) Based on the information from the inventory, a road authority subject to paragraph (a) must develop and implement a traffic signal system optimization plan, which must include re-evaluation of traffic signal timing at least once every five years. Each road authority with a traffic signal optimization plan must annually certify compliance with its plan and submit the certification as part of its annual maintenance expenditure report.

(c) Upon request of a local road authority, the commissioner shall provide reasonable technical assistance to meet the requirements under this section.
Minn. Stat. § 148.5186 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 148 / Section 148.5186
§ 148.5186 APPLICATION OF AUDIOLOGY AND SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY INTERSTATE COMPACT TO EXISTING LAWS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Rulemaking. Rules developed by the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact Commission under section 148.5185 are not subject to sections 14.05 to 14.389 .

§ Subd. 2. Background studies. The commissioner of health is authorized to require an audiologist or speech-language pathologist licensed in Minnesota as the home state to submit to a criminal history background check under section 144.0572 .
Minn. Stat. § 325F.55 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325F / Section 325F.55
§ 325F.55 LOCAL ORDINANCE PREEMPTED.
Status: in_force

No subordinate unit of government may adopt or enforce any rule or ordinance requiring individually marked prices on retail merchandise other than that contained in sections 325F.53 to 325F.55 .
Minn. Stat. § 62K.13 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62K / Section 62K.13
§ 62K.13 SERVICE AREA REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Any health carrier that offers an individual or small group health plan, must offer the health plan in a service area that is at least the entire geographic area of a county unless serving a smaller geographic area is necessary, nondiscriminatory, and in the best interest of enrollees. The service area for any individual or small group health plan must be established without regard to racial, ethnic, language, concentrated poverty, or health status-related factors, or other factors that exclude specific high-utilizing, high-cost, or medically underserved populations.

(b) If a health carrier that offers an individual or small group health plan requests to serve less than the entire county, the request must be made to the commissioner of health on a form and manner determined by the commissioner and must provide specific data demonstrating that the service area is not discriminatory, is necessary, and is in the best interest of enrollees.

(c) The commissioner of health shall enforce this section.
Minn. Stat. § 473.662 — MN Code / Part 473_473J / Chapter 473 / Section 473.662
§ 473.662 EARNINGS, HOW APPLIED.
Status: in_force

The earnings of the corporation shall be applied as follows: (a) to the payment of interest on its bonds and of any principal of such bonds which is due and payable; (b) to the establishment of a sufficient fund to pay interest and principal on its bonds which will be payable in the following fiscal year; and (c) to the other purposes set out in section 473.608, subdivision 13 . If the amount included in the budget for any year, including the sum necessary to make payment of interest on and principal of bonds in the ensuing fiscal year is not sufficient to meet the needs of the corporation for that year, any deficit shall be included in the budget of the corporation for the following year.
Minn. Stat. § 60H.01 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 60H / Section 60H.01
§ 60H.01 SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the "Managing General Agents Act."
Minn. Stat. § 398.07 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 398 / Section 398.07
§ 398.07 PRIMARY DUTIES.
Status: in_force

Park district boards shall have as their primary duty not the establishment of parks and playgrounds of a local or neighborhood type but rather the acquisition, development and maintenance of large parks, wild life sanctuaries, forest and other reservations, and means for public access to historic sites and to lakes, rivers, and streams and to other natural phenomena.
Minn. Stat. § 609.583 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 609 / Section 609.583
§ 609.583 SENTENCING; FIRST BURGLARY OF DWELLING.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in section 609.582, subdivision 1a , in determining an appropriate disposition for a first offense of burglary of a dwelling, the court shall presume that a stay of execution with at least a 90-day period of incarceration as a condition of probation shall be imposed unless the defendant's criminal history score determined according to the Sentencing Guidelines indicates a presumptive executed sentence, in which case the presumptive executed sentence shall be imposed unless the court departs from the Sentencing Guidelines pursuant to section 244.10 . A stay of imposition of sentence may be granted only if accompanied by a statement on the record of the reasons for it. The presumptive period of incarceration may be waived in whole or in part by the court if the defendant provides restitution or performs community work service.
Minn. Stat. § 580.05 — MN Code / Part 570_583 / Chapter 580 / Section 580.05
§ 580.05 ATTORNEY TO FORECLOSE; RECORD OF POWER.
Status: in_force

When an attorney at law is employed to conduct such foreclosure, the authority of the attorney at law shall appear by power of attorney executed and acknowledged by the mortgagee or assignee of the mortgage in the same manner as a conveyance, and recorded prior to the sale in the county where the foreclosure proceedings are had. If such attorney be employed on behalf of such mortgagee or assignee by an attorney in fact, the attorney's authority shall likewise be evidenced by recorded power.
Minn. Stat. § 325F.29 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325F / Section 325F.29
§ 325F.29 SALES FORBIDDEN; EXCEPTIONS; PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

No person shall sell, lease, offer to sell or lease, or deliver or consign for sale or lease, or possess with intent to sell, lease, deliver, or consign for sale or lease, any bedding made, remade, or renovated in violation of sections 325F.25 to 325F.32 or any secondhand bedding unless since last used it has been thoroughly sterilized and disinfected as provided under section 325F.28 . A violation of sections 325F.25 to 325F.32 is a misdemeanor. The penalty provisions of section 8.31 shall apply when any person is found to have violated sections 325F.25 to 325F.32 .
Minn. Stat. § 14.16 — MN Code / Part 14_15A / Chapter 14 / Section 14.16
§ 14.16 ADOPTION OF RULE; CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE; FILING OF RULE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Review of modifications. If the report of the administrative law judge finds no defects, the agency may proceed to adopt the rule. After receipt of the administrative law judge's report, if the agency makes any modifications to the rule, it must return the rule, approved as to form by the revisor, to the chief administrative law judge for a review of legality, including the issue of whether the rule as modified is substantially different, as determined under section 14.05, subdivision 2 , from the rule as originally proposed. If the chief administrative law judge determines that the modified rule is substantially different from the rule that was originally proposed, the chief administrative law judge shall advise the agency of actions that will correct the defects. The agency may not adopt the modified rule until the chief administrative law judge determines that the defects have been corrected or, if applicable, that the agency has satisfied the rule requirements for the adoption of a substantially different rule. The agency shall give notice to all persons who requested to be informed that the rule has been adopted and filed with the secretary of state. This notice must be given on the same day that the rule is filed.

§ Subd. 2. Correction of defects. If the chief administrative law judge approves the administrative law judge's finding of a defect and advises the agency of actions which will correct the defect pursuant to subdivision 3 of section 14.15 , the agency must either withdraw the rule or make the modifications required. The agency shall then resubmit the rule to the chief administrative law judge for a determination as to whether the defects have been corrected.

§ Subd. 3. Filing. After the agency has provided the chief administrative law judge with a signed order adopting the rule, the chief administrative law judge shall promptly file an electronic copy of the adopted rule in the Office of the Secretary of State. The secretary of state shall forward one copy of each rule filed to the agency, to the revisor of statutes, and to the governor.
Minn. Stat. § 473.251 — MN Code / Part 473_473J / Chapter 473 / Section 473.251
§ 473.251 METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES FUND.
Status: in_force

The metropolitan livable communities fund is created and consists of the following accounts:

(1) the tax base revitalization account;

(2) the livable communities demonstration account;

(3) the local housing incentives account; and

(4) the inclusionary housing account.
Minn. Stat. § 387.41 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 387 / Section 387.41
§ 387.41 REMOVAL AFTER HEARING.
Status: in_force

If, after investigation and trial by civil service commission, an employee who is found guilty of inefficiency, breach of duty, or misconduct, may be removed, reduced, or suspended and the employee's name may be stricken from the service register. If the board determines that the charges are not sustained, the accused, if suspended pending investigation, shall be immediately reinstated and shall be paid all back pay due for the period of suspension.

Findings, determinations, and orders of the commission for suspension, reduction, or removal, shall be in writing and shall be filed within three days after the completion of the hearing with the secretary of the commission. The secretary shall notify the employee of the decision in writing. Any person suspended, reduced, or removed by the commission after investigation may appeal in accordance with chapter 14.

The question to be determined by the court shall be:

"Upon the evidence, was the order of the commission reasonable?"

Whenever the sheriff or county attorney deems the civil service commissioners, or any one of them, to be failing their duties as outlined in sections 387.31 to 387.45 , the sheriff or county attorney, shall request the county board to hold a hearing regarding the matter. The county board shall then determine this question: "Is the sheriff's civil service commission or any member thereof failing in the duties prescribed by sections 387.31 to 387.45 ?" Upon an affirmative finding by resolution, the commission or member shall be deemed removed. The county board shall fill the vacancy by appointment for the balance of the term.

An applicant for examination, appointment, or promotion in the sheriff's department of the county who shall, either directly or indirectly, give, render, or pay or promise to give, render, or pay any money, service, or other thing to any person, for or on account of or in connection with the examination, appointment, or proposed appointment or promotion shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall also be subject to suspension or removal.

Any officer or employee of the sheriff's department, when operating under civil service in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, who participates in any manner in activities in support of any candidate or party, directly or indirectly solicits, receives, or pays, or participates in any manner in soliciting, receiving, or paying any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any candidate, party, or political purpose, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to suspension or removal.
Minn. Stat. § 336.2-326 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.2-326
§ 336.2-326 SALE ON APPROVAL AND SALE OR RETURN; RIGHTS OF CREDITORS.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless otherwise agreed, if delivered goods may be returned by the buyer even though they conform to the contract, the transaction is

(a) a "sale on approval" if the goods are delivered primarily for use, and

(b) a "sale or return" if the goods are delivered primarily for resale.

(2) Goods held on approval are not subject to the claims of the buyer's creditors until acceptance; goods held on sale or return are subject to such claims while in the buyer's possession.

(3) Any "or return" term of a contract for sale is to be treated as a separate contract for sale within the statute of frauds section of this article (section 336.2-201 ) and as contradicting the sale aspect of the contract within the provisions of this article on parol or extrinsic evidence (section 336.2-202 ).
Minn. Stat. § 62H.08 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62H / Section 62H.08
§ 62H.08 EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

A homogenous joint employer plan providing group health benefits, which was in existence prior to March 1, 1983, and which is associated with, or organized or sponsored by, an association exempt from taxation under United States Code, title 26, section 501(c)(6), and controlled by a board of trustees a majority of whom are members of the association, is exempt from the requirements of sections 62H.01 to 62H.08 and 471.617 , subdivisions 1 to 3, and the insurance laws of this state, except that the association must comply with the provisions of chapter 62L with respect to any members that are small employers.
Minn. Stat. § 611A.27 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 611A / Section 611A.27
§ 611A.27 VICTIM RIGHTS TO SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Access to law enforcement data. (a) Upon written request from the victim or victim's designee as described in subdivision 2, the investigating law enforcement agency shall release the following active investigative data, as defined in section 13.82, subdivision 7 , to a victim of sexual assault about a submitted sexual assault examination kit, as defined in section 299C.106, subdivision 1 , paragraph (g): (1) the date that a sexual assault examination kit was submitted to a forensic laboratory, as defined in section 299C.157, subdivision 1 , clause (2), and the date that the agency received notice of the results of that testing; and (2) whether a DNA profile was obtained from the testing. (b) The agency may refuse the request under paragraph (a) if the release of that data will interfere with the investigation.

§ Subd. 2. Responding to a victim request for data. No later than January 1, 2019, each law enforcement agency shall adopt policies and procedures subject to section 13.82, subdivision 7 , to provide investigative data under this section that includes but is not limited to the following requirements: (1) agency identification of a representative or representatives to respond to requests for data from sexual assault victims and to serve as a liaison between the agency and the forensic laboratory; (2) agency response to inquiries within 30 days of receipt, unless the agency declines to provide the information under subdivision 1, paragraph (b); (3) the sexual assault victim can designate another person to request information on the victim's behalf by providing written authorization to the agency except that an agency can decline to provide the information under subdivision 1, paragraph (b); and (4) agency development of a procedure that allows a sexual assault victim to contact the agency representative to request that a restricted kit as defined in section 299C.106, subdivision 1 , paragraph (e), be reclassified as an unrestricted kit as defined in section 299C.106, subdivision 1 , paragraph (h), if the restricted kit is in the possession of the agency.
Minn. Stat. § 325F.57 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325F / Section 325F.57
§ 325F.57 SERVICE CALLS.
Status: in_force

A shop may impose a towing, minimum, or other service charge for making a call at a place other than the shop. The service charge may be imposed in addition to any charges for making an estimate or performing repairs, and it may be imposed even though no estimate is made or repairs performed. Upon the request of the customer, the shop shall inform the customer before making a service call that a service charge will be imposed and the basis on which the charge will be calculated.
Minn. Stat. § 248.04 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 248 / Section 248.04
§ 248.04 BLIND STUDENT TO RECEIVE EXPENSES WHILE AT CERTAIN SCHOOLS.
Status: in_force

Any blind person who is, and for five years immediately preceding the making of an application for aid under this chapter has been, a resident of this state, who is a regularly enrolled student pursuing any course of study, profession, art, or science in any university, college, or conservatory of music approved by the board of directors of the Minnesota State Academy for the Blind, in the discretion and under direction of the board, may receive a sum or sums of money, not exceeding $300 in any one year, for the purpose of defraying necessary expenses, including those of a reader, while in attendance upon such university, college, or conservatory, such expenditures to be made from the appropriations for the current expenses of the Minnesota State Academy for the Blind. Not more than ten such blind persons shall receive such aid in any one year.
Minn. Stat. § 416.02 — MN Code / Part 415_418 / Chapter 416 / Section 416.02
§ 416.02 TAX LEVY.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of meeting the cost of such building or monument or parks, any such city may levy, within the limits permitted by law, amounts sufficient to cover the cost of such building or monument, or parks, but any such sums so levied shall be separately levied, and when collected, shall be paid into a special separate fund and used only for the purpose of paying for the cost of such building or monument or parks.
Minn. Stat. § 336.9-701 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.9-701
§ 336.9-701 EFFECTIVE DATE.
Status: in_force

Laws 2000, chapter 399, takes effect July 1, 2001.
Minn. Stat. § 151.335 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 151 / Section 151.335
§ 151.335 DELIVERY THROUGH COMMON CARRIER; COMPLIANCE WITH TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

In addition to complying with the requirements of Minnesota Rules, part 6800.3000 , a mail order or specialty pharmacy that employs the United States Postal Service or other common carrier to deliver a filled prescription directly to a patient must ensure that the drug is delivered in compliance with temperature requirements established by the manufacturer of the drug. The pharmacy must develop written policies and procedures that are consistent with United States Pharmacopeia, chapters 1079 and 1118, and with nationally recognized standards issued by standard-setting or accreditation organizations recognized by the board through guidance. The policies and procedures must be provided to the board upon request.
Minn. Stat. § 365.07 — MN Code / Part 365_368 / Chapter 365 / Section 365.07
§ 365.07 TO PAY OFFICERS AND EXPENSES; TO RAISE MONEY.
Status: in_force

It is a town charge:

(1) to pay town officers for services performed for the town;

(2) to pay contingent expenses necessarily incurred for the use and benefit of the town;

(3) to raise money authorized to be raised by the vote of the town meeting for general purposes; and

(4) to raise money directed by law to be raised for any town purpose.