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Minn. Stat. § 480.011 — MN Code / Part 480_494 / Chapter 480 / Section 480.011
§ 480.011 OFFICE OF ASSOCIATE JUSTICE; CONTINUANCE IN OFFICE.
Status: in_force

The reduction of two offices of associate justice abolished by section 480.01 shall become effective upon the first two vacancies occurring in that office on the supreme court. Each justice of the supreme court serving on August 1, 1983 may continue to serve until the justice is not elected or does not seek reelection. If a justice who was serving on August 1, 1983, is defeated for reelection by another person, that other person shall be deemed to have been in office as of August 1, 1983, for the purposes of this section.
Minn. Stat. § 260.810 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 260 / Section 260.810
§ 260.810 PAYMENTS; REQUIRED REPORTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Payments. The commissioner shall make grant payments to each approved program in four quarterly installments a year. The commissioner may certify an advance payment for the first quarter of the state fiscal year. Later payments must be made quarterly.

§ Subd. 2. Reporting. The commissioner shall engage Tribal and urban Indian organizations to establish requirements for reports and reporting timelines, including fiscal reports submitted to the commissioner at least annually, according to section 142A.03, subdivision 2 , paragraph (o). Each reporting period as agreed upon by the commissioner and grantee, an approved program receiving an Indian child welfare grant shall submit a report to the commissioner that includes: (1) a detailed accounting of grant money expended during the preceding reporting period, specifying expenditures by line item and year to date; and (2) a description of Indian child welfare activities conducted during the preceding reporting period, including the number of clients served and the type of services provided. Reports must be submitted no later than 30 days after the agreed upon reporting timelines of the state fiscal year.

§ Subd. 3. Final report. A final evaluation report must be submitted by each approved program to the commissioner. It must include client outcomes, cost and effectiveness in meeting the goals of the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act and permanency planning goals. The commissioner must compile the final reports into one document and provide a copy to each Tribe.
Minn. Stat. § 272.08 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 272 / Section 272.08
§ 272.08 INTEREST ON UNPAID TAXES.
Status: in_force

When any sum becomes due to the state of Minnesota as a tax of any kind and remains unpaid for a period of 60 days, it shall draw interest at the rate of 12 percent per annum from the expiration of that period of 60 days, such interest to be paid and collected with, and in like manner as, the principal sum.

This section shall not apply to any sum due or to become due to the state as taxes upon which interest or penalties are imposed after they become due or delinquent by any law now in force in this state.
Minn. Stat. § 31B.01 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 31B / Section 31B.01
§ 31B.01 CITATION.
Status: in_force

This chapter is known and may be cited as the "Minnesota Packers and Stockyards Act."
Minn. Stat. § 116J.407 — MN Code / Part 116J_116O / Chapter 116J / Section 116J.407
§ 116J.407 DAIRY MODERNIZATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Generally. The commissioner shall make funds available to eligible regional or statewide development organizations defined under section 116J.8731 to be used for the purposes of this section.

§ Subd. 2. Eligible expenditures. Money may be used for loans for the acquisition, construction, or improvement of buildings or facilities, or the acquisition of equipment, for dairy animal housing, confinement, animal feeding, milk production, and waste management, including the following, if related to dairy animals: (1) free-stall barns; (2) fences; (3) watering facilities; (4) feed storage and handling equipment; (5) milking parlors; (6) robotic equipment; (7) scales; (8) milk storage and cooling facilities; (9) bulk tanks; (10) manure pumping and storage facilities; (11) digesters; (12) equipment used to produce energy; (13) capital investment in pasture; and (14) on-farm processing facilities.

§ Subd. 3. Application process. The commissioner of agriculture and the commissioner of employment and economic development shall establish a process by which an eligible dairy producer may make application for assistance under this section to the county in which the producer is located. The application must require the producer and county to provide information regarding the producer's existing business, the intended use of the requested funds, and other information the commissioners find necessary to evaluate the feasibility, likely success, and economic return of the project, and to ensure that money can be provided consistent with other state and federal laws.
Minn. Stat. § 346.56 — MN Code / Part 343_348 / Chapter 346 / Section 346.56
§ 346.56 UNAUTHORIZED RELEASE OF ANIMALS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1989 c 55 s 3 ]

§ Subd. 2. Liability for damages. A person who without permission releases an animal lawfully confined for science, research, commerce, or education is liable: (1) to the owner of the animal for damages, including the costs of restoring the animal to confinement and to its health condition prior to release; (2) for damage to personal and real property caused by the released animal; (3) if the release causes the failure or interruption of an experiment, for all costs of repeating the experiment, including replacement of the animals, labor, and materials; and (4) for any other damage the person causes to property in the facility from which the animal was released.

§ Subd. 3. Amount of damages. A person who is damaged under subdivision 2, clause (3) or (4), is entitled to recover a minimum of $5,000 or three times the actual damages incurred by that person under subdivision 2, clause (3) or (4), whichever is greater, and punitive damages, costs, and reasonable attorney fees.

§ Subd. 4. Third-party liability; presumption. A person or organization who plans or assists in the development of a plan to release, without permission, an animal lawfully confined for science, research, commerce, or education, or who otherwise aids, advises, hires, counsels, or encourages another to commit the act is jointly and severally liable for all damages under subdivision 3. There is a rebuttable presumption that a person or organization who claims responsibility for the act is liable under this subdivision.
Minn. Stat. § 268.087 — MN Code / Part 268_269 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.087
§ 268.087 UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS DUE DECEASED PERSONS.
Status: in_force

If unemployment benefits are due and payable at the time of an applicant's death, those benefits must, upon application, be paid to the personal representative of the estate of the deceased. In the event that no personal representative is appointed, the unemployment benefits must, upon application be paid in the following order: (1) the surviving spouse, (2) the surviving child or children, or (3) the surviving parent or parents.

An individual seeking payment must complete an application prescribed by the commissioner and the payment of unemployment benefits discharges the obligations to the applicant and no other individual may claim or assert any right to those unemployment benefits.
Minn. Stat. § 325H.02 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325H / Section 325H.02
§ 325H.02 REGULATIONS; APPLICABILITY; EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Regulations; applicability. A tanning facility in this state must be constructed, operated, and maintained according to sections 325H.01 to 325H.10 .

§ Subd. 2. Exemptions. Sections 325H.01 to 325H.10 do not apply to: (a) a person who: (1) uses equipment which emits ultraviolet radiation incidental to its normal operation; and (2) does not use the equipment described in clause (1) to deliberately expose parts of the living human body to ultraviolet radiation for the purpose of tanning or other treatment; (b) a physician licensed by the Board of Medical Practice who uses, in the practice of medicine, medical diagnostic and therapeutic equipment that emits ultraviolet radiation; and (c) an individual who owns tanning equipment exclusively for personal, noncommercial use.
Minn. Stat. § 480.243 — MN Code / Part 480_494 / Chapter 480 / Section 480.243
§ 480.243 CLIENT ELIGIBILITY; RECEIPT OF OTHER FUNDS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Eligibility guidelines. The State Board of Civil Legal Aid shall establish guidelines to be used by recipients to determine the eligibility of individuals and organizations for legal services provided with funds received pursuant to section 480.242 . The guidelines shall be designed solely to assist recipients in determining whether an individual or organization is able to afford or secure legal assistance from private counsel with respect to the particular matter for which assistance is requested.

§ Subd. 2. Receipt of other funds by recipients. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a recipient from soliciting and accepting other public or private funds to be used for the provision of legal services in civil matters to persons who are not eligible clients, and the guidelines established pursuant to subdivision 1 shall not apply to the use of other funds.

§ Subd. 3. Report to legislature. The State Board of Civil Legal Aid shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over judiciary on data related to the cases and individuals and families serviced by each of the grant recipients providing legal services with funds received pursuant to section 480.242 . The data shall be provided for each individual organization and, when possible, for each geographic region the organization works in, and provided in the aggregate to protect the privacy of the individuals and families served by the organization. Reports under this section shall be submitted by July 15 each year.
Minn. Stat. § 500.02 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 500 / Section 500.02
§ 500.02 ESTATES OF INHERITANCE.
Status: in_force

Every estate of inheritance shall continue to be termed a fee simple, or fee; and every such estate, when not defeasible or conditional, shall be a fee simple absolute or an absolute fee.
Minn. Stat. § 103E.011 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103E / Section 103E.011
§ 103E.011 DRAINAGE AUTHORITY POWERS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Generally. The drainage authority may make orders to: (1) construct and maintain drainage systems; (2) deepen, widen, straighten, or change the channel or bed of a natural waterway that is part of the drainage system or is located at the outlet of a drainage system; (3) extend a drainage system into or through a municipality for a suitable outlet; and (4) construct necessary dikes, dams, and control structures and power appliances, pumps, and pumping machinery as provided by law.

§ Subd. 2. Draining water basins and watercourses. A drainage authority may not drain a water body or begin work or activity regulated by the public-waters-work permit requirement under section 103G.245 in a watercourse until the commissioner determines that the water body or watercourse is not public waters. If a water body or watercourse is determined to be public waters, the drainage proceedings are subject to section 103G.211 relating to replacing public waters and the water bank program.

§ Subd. 3. Commissioner's permission; work in public waters; application. (a) The drainage authority must receive permission from the commissioner to: (1) remove, construct, or alter a dam affecting public waters; (2) establish, raise, or lower the level of public waters; or (3) drain any portion of a public water. (b) The petitioners for a proposed drainage project or the drainage authority may apply to the commissioner for permission to do work in public waters or for the determination of public waters status of a water body or watercourse.

§ Subd. 4. Flood control. The drainage authority may construct necessary dams, structures, and improvements and maintain them to impound and release floodwater to prevent damage. The dams, structures, and improvements may be constructed with or without a drainage project. For a water body or watercourse that is not public waters the drainage authority may: (1) lower or establish the level of water in the water body or watercourse to control floodwaters; (2) build structures and improvements to maintain a water body or watercourse for flood control or other public purposes; and (3) construct dikes or dams in a water body to maintain water at the level designated by the drainage authority and to drain part of the water body.

§ Subd. 5. Using external sources of funding. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, a drainage authority may accept and use funds from sources other than, or in addition to, those derived from assessments based on the benefits of the drainage system for the purposes of wetland preservation or restoration or creation of water quality improvements or flood control. The sources of funding authorized under this subdivision may also be used outside the benefited area but must be within the watershed of the drainage system.
Minn. Stat. § 202A.20 — MN Code / Part 200_212 / Chapter 202A / Section 202A.20
§ 202A.20 CAUCUS INFORMATION; RESULTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Information. The secretary of state may sponsor or participate in activities designed to provide public information related to the precinct caucuses and to promote participation in the caucus process.

§ Subd. 2. Reporting caucus results. The secretary of state shall promptly report to the public the results of preference balloting at the precinct caucuses.
Minn. Stat. § 168A.17 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 168A / Section 168A.17
§ 168A.17 SECURITY INTEREST.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Validity. Unless excepted by section 168A.16 , a security interest in a vehicle of a type for which a certificate of title is required is not valid against creditors of the owner or subsequent transferees or secured parties of the vehicle unless perfected as provided in sections 168A.01 to 168A.31 .

§ Subd. 1a. Leases that are not sales or security interests. Notwithstanding any other provision of sections 168A.01 to 168A.31 or other law, in the case of a lease agreement with respect to a vehicle other than a vehicle used primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, the determination whether the lease agreement constitutes a lease and does not create a conditional sale or security interest shall be governed by the stated intent of the parties set forth in the lease agreement, unless it can be shown by a preponderance of the evidence that the terms of the lease agreement cannot be reconciled with the stated intent. In no event shall the lease agreement be deemed to create a conditional sale or security interest merely because it permits or requires the amount of rental payments to be adjusted upward or downward by reference to the amount realized by the lessor upon sale or disposition of the vehicle.

§ Subd. 2. Perfection. A security interest is perfected by the delivery to the department of the existing certificate of title, if any, an application for a certificate of title containing the name and address of the secured party, the date of the secured party's security agreement and the required fee. A security interest is perfected as of the time of the delivery.

§ Subd. 3. MS 2000 [Repealed, 2001 c 195 art 1 s 25 ]

§ Subd. 4. Notice of perfection by dealer. When a security interest in a vehicle sold by a dealer licensed under section 168.27 is perfected under subdivision 2, the dealer may provide a statement of perfection to the secured party on a form provided by the department. The statement must certify compliance with subdivision 2 and contain the date of delivery to the department. The information provided in the dealer's statement is considered prima facie evidence of the facts contained in it.
Minn. Stat. § 219.455 — MN Code / Part 218_222 / Chapter 219 / Section 219.455
§ 219.455 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of sections 219.45 to 219.53 , the following terms have the meanings given.

(b) "Depot company" means a company formed to construct and operate a passenger station on behalf of a railroad or rail carrier.

(c) "Passenger service" means both intercity rail passenger service and commuter rail passenger service.

(d) "Railway company" means a company incorporated or licensed to operate a railroad track or train, and includes a company that loads, unloads, or transloads products.

(e) "Terminal" means a facility or station where:

(1) trains stop to load, unload, or transfer passengers, freight, or both;

(2) formation, dispatch, reception and temporary stabling, and marshalling of rolling stock occurs; or

(3) trains are serviced, maintained, or repaired.

(f) "Yard" means a system of tracks within defined limits provided for making up trains, storing cars, and other purposes.

(g) "Yard track" means a system of tracks within defined limits used for:

(1) the making up or breaking up of trains;

(2) the storing of cars; and

(3) other related purposes over which movements not authorized by timetable or by train order may be made subject to prescribed signals, rules, or other special instructions.

Sidings used exclusively as passing track and main line track within yard limits do not constitute yard track.
Minn. Stat. § 518A.78 — MN Code / Part 517_519A / Chapter 518A / Section 518A.78
§ 518A.78 WORKSHEET.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of children, youth, and families must create and publish a worksheet to assist in calculating child support under this chapter. The worksheet must not impose substantive requirements other than requirements contained in this chapter. The commissioner must update the worksheet by July 1 of each year. The commissioner must make an interactive version of the worksheet available on the Department of Children, Youth, and Families website.
Minn. Stat. § 3.974 — MN Code / Part 3_3E / Chapter 3 / Section 3.974
§ 3.974 DISTRIBUTION OF WRITTEN REPORT.
Status: in_force

For each audit, evaluation, or other review completed, the legislative auditor shall provide a written report to the organization or individual audited, evaluated, or reviewed; the Legislative Reference Library; and the Legislative Audit Commission.
Minn. Stat. § 299F.60 — MN Code / Part 299A_299N / Chapter 299F / Section 299F.60
§ 299F.60 PIPELINE VIOLATION; RULES, CIVIL PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Money penalty. Any person who violates any provision of sections 299F.56 to 299F.641 , or any rule issued thereunder, is subject to a civil penalty to be imposed by the commissioner not to exceed the maximum penalties listed in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 190, and any successor regulations and standards that may be amended or adopted.

§ Subd. 2. Compromise settlement. The commissioner may negotiate a compromise settlement of a civil penalty. In determining the amount of such penalty, or the amount of the compromise settlement, the commissioner shall consider the appropriateness of such penalty to the size of the business of the person charged, the gravity of the violation, and the good faith of the person charged in attempting to achieve compliance, after notification of a violation. The contested case and judicial review provisions of chapter 14 shall apply to all orders of the commissioner imposing any penalty for violations of sections 299F.56 to 299F.641 or any rule promulgated thereunder. The amount of such penalty, when finally determined, may be deducted from any sums owing by the state of Minnesota to the person charged.

§ Subd. 3. Multiple liability for same violation. No person shall be subjected to civil penalties under both sections 299F.56 to 299F.641 and under the federal Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act or the federal Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act, for conduct which may give rise to a violation of both acts.

§ Subd. 4. Penalties paid into account. All penalties collected under sections 299F.56 to 299F.641 shall be paid over to the commissioner of management and budget for deposit in the state treasury to the credit of the pipeline safety account.

§ Subd. 5. Rules. The commissioner shall adopt rules establishing reasonable guidelines for imposing penalties. The rules must treat separately and distinguish between violations that relate to hazardous liquid pipelines, gas pipelines, and other pipelines; must provide for notice that a penalty is assessed; and may exempt activities from penalties unless the person has evidenced a course of action in disregard of this chapter.
Minn. Stat. § 237.09 — MN Code / Part 237_238 / Chapter 237 / Section 237.09
§ 237.09 DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Generally. No telephone company, or any agent or officer thereof, shall, directly or indirectly, in any manner, knowingly or willfully, charge, demand, collect, or receive from any person, firm, or corporation, a greater or less compensation for any intrastate service rendered or to be rendered by it than it charges, demands, collects, or receives from any other firm, person, or corporation for a like and contemporaneous intrastate service under similar circumstances.

§ Subd. 2. Particular services. (a) A telephone company that offers or provides a service or services, service elements, features, or functionalities on a separate, stand-alone basis to any customer shall provide that service, service element, feature, or functionality pursuant to tariff to all similarly situated persons, including all telecommunications carriers and competitors. To the extent prohibited by the Federal Communications Commission or Public Utilities Commission, a telephone company shall not give preference or discriminate in providing services, products, or facilities to an affiliate or to its own or an affiliate's retail department that sells to consumers. (b) For purposes of establishing an appropriate rate or price floor for a rate for a telephone service, a telephone company shall impute, on a service-by-service basis, into the rate or price for that service, the tariffed rate or price for the same services, service elements, or network functions that the company provides to others who use it to provide a service that competes with the telephone service offered by the company. A company is not required to impute a rate or price under this paragraph if it demonstrates to the commission, in an expedited proceeding under section 237.61 , that: (1) the competitor can obtain substantially equivalent services, service elements, or network functions within the relevant market or geographic area on reasonably comparable terms and conditions through self-provision or from a provider other than the telephone company; or (2) application of the imputation requirement otherwise would be inconsistent with the public interest.