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Minn. Stat. § 574.38 — MN Code / Part 570_583 / Chapter 574 / Section 574.38
§ 574.38 LETTERS OF CREDIT.
Status: in_force

Whenever this chapter or other law or home rule charter requires a performance bond from a contractor doing a public work project of under $50,000 for a home rule charter or statutory city, county, town, school district or other local government authority, the contractor may be permitted to provide, in lieu of the bond, an irrevocable bank letter of credit in the same amount required for the bond and subject to the same conditions as the bond.
Minn. Stat. § 321.0808 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 321 / Section 321.0808
§ 321.0808 LIABILITY OF GENERAL PARTNER AND PERSON DISSOCIATED AS GENERAL PARTNER WHEN CLAIM AGAINST LIMITED PARTNERSHIP BARRED.
Status: in_force

If a claim against a dissolved limited partnership is barred under section 321.0806 or 321.0807 , any corresponding claim under section 321.0404 is also barred.
Minn. Stat. § 626A.381 — MN Code / Part 625_634 / Chapter 626A / Section 626A.381
§ 626A.381 SERVICE OR NOTICE; INVENTORY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Notice required. Except as provided in subdivision 2, within a reasonable time not later than 90 days after the filing of an application under section 626A.36 , if the application is denied, or of the termination of an order, as extended under section 626A.37 , the issuing or denying judge shall have served on the persons named in the order or application an inventory that includes notice of: (1) the fact of the entry of the order or the application; (2) the date of the entry and the period of authorized, approved, or disapproved activity under the order, or the denial of the application; and (3) the fact that during the period, activity did or did not take place under the order.

§ Subd. 2. Exception. On an ex parte showing of good cause, a judge may postpone or dispense with service of the inventory required by this section.

§ Subd. 3. Inspection. The judge, upon the filing of a motion, may make available to a person or the person's counsel portions of the results of activity under the order or referred to in the application, or the order or application as the judge determines is in the interest of justice.
Minn. Stat. § 144.0756 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144 / Section 144.0756
§ 144.0756 AFRICAN AMERICAN HEALTH SPECIAL EMPHASIS GRANT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner of health shall establish the African American health special emphasis grant program administered by the Office of African American Health. The purposes of the program are to: (1) identify disparities impacting African American health arising from cumulative and historical discrimination and disadvantages in multiple systems, including but not limited to housing, education, employment, gun violence, incarceration, environmental factors, and health care discrimination; and (2) develop community-based solutions that incorporate a multisector approach to addressing identified disparities impacting African American health.

§ Subd. 2. Requests for proposals; accountability; data collection. As directed by the commissioner of health, the Office of African American Health shall: (1) develop a request for proposals for an African American health special emphasis grant program in consultation with community stakeholders; (2) provide outreach, technical assistance, and program development guidance to potential qualifying organizations or entities; (3) review responses to requests for proposals in consultation with community stakeholders and award grants under this section; (4) establish a transparent and objective accountability process in consultation with community stakeholders, focused on outcomes that grantees agree to achieve; (5) provide grantees with access to summary and other public data to assist grantees in establishing and implementing effective community-led solutions; and (6) collect and maintain data on outcomes reported by grantees.

§ Subd. 3. Eligible grantees. Organizations eligible to receive grant funding under this section include nonprofit organizations or entities that work with African American communities or are focused on addressing disparities impacting the health of African American communities.

§ Subd. 4. Strategic consideration and priority of proposals; grant awards. In developing the requests for proposals and awarding the grants, the commissioner and the Office of African American Health shall consider building upon the existing capacity of communities and on developing capacity where it is lacking. Proposals shall focus on addressing health equity issues specific to United States-born African American communities; addressing the health impact of historical trauma; reducing health disparities experienced by United States-born African American communities; and incorporating a multisector approach to addressing identified disparities.

§ Subd. 5. Report. Grantees must report grant program outcomes to the commissioner on the forms and according to timelines established by the commissioner.
Minn. Stat. § 161.368 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 161 / Section 161.368
§ 161.368 HIGHWAY CONTRACTS WITH TRIBAL AUTHORITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) On behalf of the state, the commissioner may enter into agreements with Indian tribal authorities for the purpose of providing maintenance, design, and construction to highways on tribal lands. These agreements may include (1) a provision for waiver of immunity from suit by a party to the contract on the part of the tribal authority with respect to any controversy arising out of the contract and (2) a provision conferring jurisdiction on state district courts to hear such a controversy.

(b) Notwithstanding section 161.32 , for construction of highways on tribal lands in a reservation exempt from Public Law 83-280, the commissioner may: (1) award a preference for Indian-owned contractors to the same extent provided in the applicable Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance, but not to exceed ten percent; or (2) negotiate with the tribal authority and enter into an agreement for the tribal authority to award and administer the construction contract, with the commissioner providing funding for the state share of the project. If negotiating with the tribal authority, the commissioner must perform an independent cost estimate and determine that the cost proposed by the tribal authority is reasonable. An agreement negotiated with a tribal authority must include a clause requiring conformance with plans and specifications approved by the commissioner.
Minn. Stat. § 336.9-110 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.9-110
§ 336.9-110 SECURITY INTERESTS ARISING UNDER ARTICLE 2 OR 2A.
Status: in_force

A security interest arising under section 336.2-401 , 336.2-505 , 336.2-711 (3), or 336.2A-508 (5) is subject to this article. However, until the debtor obtains possession of the goods:

(1) the security interest is enforceable, even if section 336.9-203 (b)(3) has not been satisfied;

(2) filing is not required to perfect the security interest;

(3) the rights of the secured party after default by the debtor are governed by article 2 or 2A; and

(4) the security interest has priority over a conflicting security interest created by the debtor.
Minn. Stat. § 471.17 — MN Code / Part 471_472B / Chapter 471 / Section 471.17
§ 471.17 LOCATION OF ACTIVITIES.
Status: in_force

Any corporation, board, or body hereinbefore designated given charge of the recreation program is authorized to conduct its activities on:

(1) property under its custody and management;

(2) other public property under the custody of any other public corporation, body, or board, with the consent of such corporations, bodies, or boards;

(3) private property, with the consent of its owners; and

(4) shall have authority to accept gifts and bequests for the benefit of the recreational service and employ directors and instructors of recreational work.
Minn. Stat. § 589.35 — MN Code / Part 585_590 / Chapter 589 / Section 589.35
§ 589.35 RELEASE OF INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS FOR JUDICIAL PURPOSES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Order. Except as provided in this chapter and chapter 590, a court requiring the appearance of a person confined in a state correctional facility, hospital for persons with mental illnesses, or other institution after criminal conviction, civil commitment, or under court order, may order the confining institution to release the person into the temporary custody of the court. The order must specify: (1) the reason for the person's appearance; (2) to whom the confined person may be released; and (3) the date and time of the release.

§ Subd. 2. Costs. The court shall, without any cost to the releasing institution, determine and implement a cost-effective and convenient method for obtaining the person's appearance, including requiring the parties to the proceedings to pay all or a part of the costs as otherwise provided by law.

§ Subd. 3. Compliance. Upon receipt of a court order for release under this section, the chief executive officer of the confining institution shall take appropriate steps to comply with the order in a manner which is consistent with public safety.
Minn. Stat. § 347.32 — MN Code / Part 343_348 / Chapter 347 / Section 347.32
§ 347.32 LICENSE FOR KENNEL OR DEALER.
Status: in_force

No person, firm, or corporation shall establish, maintain, conduct, or operate a kennel or operate as a dealer within this state without first obtaining a license therefor from the board of animal health. The license shall be issued for a term of one year.
Minn. Stat. § 46.044 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 46 / Section 46.044
§ 46.044 BANK CHARTERS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Issuance and conditions. An application for a bank charter must be granted if (1) the applicants are of good moral character and financial integrity, (2) there is a reasonable public demand for this bank in this location, (3) the probable volume of business in this location is sufficient to insure and maintain the solvency of the new bank and the solvency of the then existing bank or banks in the locality without endangering the safety of any bank in the locality as a place of deposit of public and private money, (4) the commissioner of commerce is satisfied that the proposed bank will be properly and safely managed, and (5) the commissioner is satisfied that the capital funds required pursuant to section 48.02 are available and the commissioner may accept any reasonable demonstration including subscription agreements supported by current financial statements. If the application does not satisfy the requirements of this subdivision, it must be denied. In case of the denial of the application, the commissioner of commerce shall specify the grounds for the denial. A person aggrieved may obtain judicial review of the determination in accordance with chapter 14.

§ Subd. 2. Expiration and extension of order. If a bank charter is not activated within 18 months from the date of the order, the approval order automatically expires. Upon request of the applicant prior to the automatic expiration date of the order, the commissioner may grant reasonable extensions of time to the applicant to activate the facility as the commissioner deems necessary. The extensions of time shall not exceed a total of an additional 12 months. If the commissioner's order is the subject of an appeal in accordance with chapter 14, the time period referred to in this section for activation of the bank charter and any extensions shall begin when all appeals or rights of appeal from the commissioner's order have concluded or expired.

§ Subd. 3. Special purpose banks, exceptions. For purposes of applications to organize and operate special purpose banks as defined in section 46.046, subdivision 5 , the conditions in subdivision 1, clauses (2) and (4), do not apply.
Minn. Stat. § 62C.02 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62C / Section 62C.02
§ 62C.02 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 62C.01 to 62C.23 the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of commerce or a person duly designated to act in the commissioner's place.

§ Subd. 3. Health service. "Health service" means any service or class of services, supply, drug, or equipment provided to an individual for diagnosis, relief, or treatment of an injury, ailment, or bodily condition.

§ Subd. 4. Subscriber. "Subscriber" means a person covered under a subscriber contract for health services to the extent therein described.

§ Subd. 5. Provider. "Provider" means an institution, organization, or person that furnishes health services either directly or pursuant to a prescription or directive from a person licensed by the state to make such a prescription or directive.

§ Subd. 6. Service plan corporation. "Service plan corporation" means a foreign or domestic nonprofit corporation which contracts for health service or payment therefor for subscribers pursuant to a service plan, in exchange for periodic prepayments by or on behalf of subscribers. An "existing corporation" means a service plan association or corporation legally in existence on August 1, 1971, and authorized to do business in this state on that date.

§ Subd. 7. Service plan. "Service plan" means any program or other method whereby a service plan corporation, for a consideration, contracts for provision of health service to subscribers by providers who have entered service agreements with the service plan corporation or which provides for reimbursement to the subscriber for health service provided by providers who have not entered service agreements with the service plan corporation.

§ Subd. 8. Service agreement. "Service agreement" means an agreement, contract or other arrangement between a service plan corporation and a provider under which the provider agrees that when health services are provided for a subscriber the provider shall not make a direct charge against the subscriber for those services or parts of services which are covered by the subscriber's contract, but shall look to the service plan corporation for the payment for covered services, to the extent they are covered.

§ Subd. 9. Subscriber contract. "Subscriber contract" means a contract, agreement, or other arrangement between a service plan corporation and its subscriber under the terms and conditions of which health service or reimbursement therefor is provided to the subscriber.

§ Subd. 10. Participating provider. "Participating provider" means a provider who is party to a service agreement with a service plan corporation.
Minn. Stat. § 114C.13 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 114C / Section 114C.13
§ 114C.13 FEES.
Status: in_force

Minnesota XL permittees shall continue to be subject to the same fee structures they would have been subject to if they had obtained the permits that the Minnesota XL permit replaces.
Minn. Stat. § 558.13 — MN Code / Part 553_566 / Chapter 558 / Section 558.13
§ 558.13 OCCUPANT LIABLE TO COTENANTS; TRESPASS.
Status: in_force

When the whole or a specific part of the premises is thus assigned, the person entitled for the time being to the exclusive occupancy shall be liable to the cotenants for any injury thereto occasioned by that person's misconduct, as a tenant for years under a common lease without express covenants would be liable to the landlord; and the other tenants in common may have their remedy therefor against the person entitled to exclusive occupancy by action, jointly or severally, at their election. While the estate is in the exclusive occupancy of such cotenant, that cotenant shall have the same remedy against one who trespasses upon or otherwise injures the premises as if the cotenant held the same under a lease for the term for which they were so assigned, and the cotenant and all the other tenants in common may recover such other and further damages as they have sustained by the same trespass or injury in like manner as if the premises had been leased by them. Joint damages recovered by such tenants in common shall be apportioned and divided between them according to their respective rights by the court in which the judgment is recovered.
Minn. Stat. § 379.08 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.08
§ 379.08 CHANGE OF NAME OF TOWN.
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners of any county in this state may change the name of any town within such county upon a petition signed by a number of the legal voters of such town equal to 55 percent of the votes cast in such town at the last preceding general election and the new name suggested in such petition shall be adopted as the official name of such town. Such petition shall be filed with the county auditor and it shall be the duty of the auditor thereupon to give three weeks' published notice of the filing of such petition by publishing the same in the official newspaper of the county, and the petition shall be taken up and considered at the next meeting of the board of county commissioners held not less than 30 days after the date of publication of such notice.
Minn. Stat. § 471.381 — MN Code / Part 471_472B / Chapter 471 / Section 471.381
§ 471.381 CITY, TOWN, AND COUNTY OBLIGATIONS AND PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Payment methods. Payments of claims and obligations of a statutory or home rule charter city, town, or county may be made by warrant, check, or all forms of electronic or wire funds transfer. If the city, town, or county may make investments, it may make electronic or wire transfers of funds notwithstanding any other law to the contrary.

§ Subd. 2. Authority to accept payment by credit card or other methods. A statutory or home rule charter city, town, or a county may accept payment by use of a credit card, debit card, or all forms of electronic or wire funds transfer. Subject to any other law to the contrary, the city, town, or county may add to the amount due a service charge for the acceptance of a payment method authorized in this subdivision. The city, town, or county shall adopt policies and procedures regarding the payments. The payment of property taxes by credit card is subject to section 276.02 .

§ Subd. 3. Electronic approval. "Electronic approval" means any electronic identifier intended by the person making, executing, or adopting it to authenticate and validate a city, town, or county administrative action. Notwithstanding any other general or special law to the contrary, a statutory or home rule charter city, a town, or a county may use electronic approvals, which have the same validity and consequences as an actual signature. The city, town, or county must establish policies and procedures to ensure the validity of electronic approvals.
Minn. Stat. § 97C.395 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97C / Section 97C.395
§ 97C.395 OPEN SEASONS FOR ANGLING.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Dates for certain species. (a) The open seasons to take fish by angling are as follows: (1) for walleye, sauger, northern pike, and muskellunge, the Saturday two weeks prior to the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend through the last Sunday in February; (2) for brown trout, brook trout, lake trout, rainbow trout, and splake, between January 1 through October 31 as prescribed by the commissioner by rule except as provided in section 97C.415, subdivision 2 ; and (3) for salmon, as prescribed by the commissioner by rule. (b) The commissioner shall close the season in areas of the state where fish are spawning and closing the season will protect the resource.

§ Subd. 2. Continuous season for certain species. For largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, sunfish, white crappie, black crappie, yellow perch, channel catfish, rock bass, white bass, yellow bass, burbot, cisco (tullibee), lake whitefish, common carp, and native rough fish, the open season is continuous.
Minn. Stat. § 47.0151 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 47 / Section 47.0151
§ 47.0151 EMERGENCY SUSPENSION OF BUSINESS, DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 47.0151 to 47.0155 , the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them, unless the context requires otherwise.

§ Subd. 2. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of commerce.

§ Subd. 3. Financial institution. "Financial institution" includes a bank, a savings bank, a trust company, any branch or agency of a foreign banking organization, a person or association of persons lawfully carrying on the business of banking, a savings association, and, so far as the provisions of sections 47.0151 to 47.0155 are consistent with federal law, national banks and federal savings associations, and includes any branch or detached facility of any of them.

§ Subd. 4. Officer. "Officer" means the person designated by the board of directors, board of trustees, or other governing body of a financial institution, to act for the financial institution in carrying out the provisions of sections 47.0151 to 47.0155 or, in the absence of a designation or of the officer or officers designated, the president or any other officer currently in charge of the operations of the financial institution or of the office or offices in question.

§ Subd. 5. Office. "Office" means any place at which a financial institution transacts its business or conducts operations related to its business.

§ Subd. 6. Emergency. "Emergency" means any condition or occurrence which may interfere physically with the conduct of normal business operations at one or more or all of the offices of a financial institution and which poses an imminent or existing threat to the safety or security of persons or property, or both. An emergency includes but is not limited to fire; flood; earthquake; hurricane; wind, rain, or snow storms; labor disputes and strikes; power failures; transportation failures; interruption of communication facilities; shortages of fuel, housing, food, transportation or labor; robbery or attempted robbery; actual or threatened enemy attack; epidemics or other catastrophes, riots; civil commotions; and other acts of lawlessness or violence.
Minn. Stat. § 62M.13 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62M / Section 62M.13
§ 62M.13 SEVERABILITY.
Status: in_force

If any provisions of this chapter are held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason and in any respect, the holding does not affect the validity of the remainder of this chapter.
Minn. Stat. § 117.39 — MN Code / Part 117_119 / Chapter 117 / Section 117.39
§ 117.39 PROCEEDINGS UNDER POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

Proceedings to condemn lands needed for such change may be commenced and prosecuted by such corporation to final judgment under the statutes of this state in respect to the taking of property by power of eminent domain; and all of the general laws of this state in respect of condemnation of property shall apply thereto and govern and control such proceedings.
Minn. Stat. § 216A.09 — MN Code / Part 216_217 / Chapter 216A / Section 216A.09
§ 216A.09 ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

The commission may sue or be sued in its own name.
Minn. Stat. § 524.2-121 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 524 / Section 524.2-121
§ 524.2-121 NO EFFECT ON GESTATIONAL AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not affect law of this state regarding gestational agreements.