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Minn. Stat. § 3.3025 — MN Code / Part 3_3E / Chapter 3 / Section 3.3025
§ 3.3025 DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE LIBRARY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Appointment. The Legislative Coordinating Commission shall appoint a qualified director of the Legislative Reference Library. It shall fix the director's salary if it is not provided by law. The director shall serve at the pleasure of the commission and be reimbursed for necessary travel expenses.

§ Subd. 2. Employees. Subject to the approval of the commission, the director shall employ and may fix the compensation of technical research, clerical, and stenographic assistants as necessary to efficiently discharge the duties imposed upon the office. The director shall procure the necessary furniture and supplies.

§ Subd. 3. Hours. The library shall be kept open during the time provided by law for other state offices. When the legislature is in session, the library shall be kept open at the hours most convenient to members of the legislature.
Minn. Stat. § 184B.09 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 184B / Section 184B.09
§ 184B.09 COMMISSIONER ORDER.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may issue an order requiring an amusement ride operator to cease operation of a ride if the commissioner finds that a ride is unsafe to operate.
Minn. Stat. § 573.07 — MN Code / Part 570_583 / Chapter 573 / Section 573.07
§ 573.07 LEGATEES; WHEN LIABLE.
Status: in_force

Legatees are liable to an action by a creditor of the testator to recover the value of legacies received by them. Such action may be brought against all or any one or more of the legatees. The plaintiff cannot recover without showing:

(1) that no assets were delivered by the executor or administrator to the heirs or next of kin; or

(2) that the value of the assets so delivered has been recovered by another creditor; or

(3) that such assets are not sufficient to satisfy the demands of the plaintiff, in which case the plaintiff can recover only the deficiency.

The whole amount which the plaintiff can recover shall be apportioned among all the legatees, in proportion to the amount of their legacies, respectively, and each legatee's proportion only can be recovered of each legatee.
Minn. Stat. § 383B.115 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383B / Section 383B.115
§ 383B.115 AMENDMENTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Supplemental appropriations. The board may make supplemental appropriations during the course of a budget year. Such appropriations may authorize the use and expenditure of amounts accruing to the county which were not previously anticipated as revenues by the board in the adoption of the budget.

§ Subd. 2. Changes in appropriations. The board may by resolution make modifications in the adopted budget or in the appropriation to any department or fund, or may transfer amounts from one department or fund to another department or fund except as the transfers may be otherwise restricted by law.
Minn. Stat. § 412.925 — MN Code / Part 410_414 / Chapter 412 / Section 412.925
§ 412.925 NATIVE LANDSCAPES.
Status: in_force

(a) A statutory city or home rule charter city shall allow an owner, authorized agent, or authorized occupant of any privately owned lands or premises to install and maintain a managed natural landscape. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given:

(1) "managed natural landscape" means a planned, intentional, and maintained planting of native or nonnative grasses, wildflowers, forbs, ferns, shrubs, or trees, including but not limited to rain gardens, meadow vegetation, and ornamental plants. Managed natural landscapes does not include turf-grass lawns left unattended for the purpose of returning to a natural state;

(2) "meadow vegetation" means grasses and flowering broad-leaf plants that are native to, or adapted to, the state of Minnesota, and that are commonly found in meadow and prairie plant communities, not including noxious weeds. "Noxious weed" has the meaning given in section 18.77, subdivision 8 ;

(3) "ornamental plants" means grasses, perennials, annuals, and groundcovers purposely planted for aesthetic reasons;

(4) "rain garden" means a native plant garden that is designed not only to aesthetically improve properties, but also to reduce the amount of stormwater and accompanying pollutants from entering streams, lakes, and rivers; and

(5) "turf-grass lawn" means a lawn composed mostly of grasses commonly used in regularly cut lawns or play areas, including but not limited to bluegrass, fescue, and ryegrass blends, intended to be maintained at a height of no more than eight inches.

(b) Managed natural landscapes may include plants and grasses that are in excess of eight inches in height and have gone to seed, but may not include any noxious weeds and must be maintained.

(c) Except as part of a managed natural landscape as defined in this section, any weeds or grasses growing upon any lot or parcel of land in a city to a greater height than eight inches or that have gone or are about to go to seed are prohibited.
Minn. Stat. § 554.20 — MN Code / Part 553_566 / Chapter 554 / Section 554.20
§ 554.20 NO WAIVER OF OTHER PLEADINGS OR DEFENSES.
Status: in_force

A special motion for expedited relief under sections 554.07 to 554.19 is not meant to waive a defense or preclude the filing of another pleading or motion regarding the cause of action.
Minn. Stat. § 192.01 — MN Code / Part 190_195 / Chapter 192 / Section 192.01
§ 192.01 MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD.
Status: in_force

The Minnesota National Guard consists of the regularly enlisted militia within the ages prescribed by federal law and regulations, organized, armed, and equipped as hereinafter provided, and of commissioned officers and warrant officers within the ages and having the qualifications prescribed by federal law and regulations. "National Guard" applies only to militia organized as provided for in the military code and authorized by federal law and regulations relating to the National Guard. The number of officers and enlisted members of the National Guard shall be fixed from time to time and organized so as to meet the requirements of the federal laws.
Minn. Stat. § 325D.34 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325D / Section 325D.34
§ 325D.34 COMBINATION SALES.
Status: in_force

In all offers for sale or sales involving cigarettes and any other item at a combined price and in all offers for sale, or sales, involving the giving of any gift or concession of any kind whatsoever, and which are not given by the wholesaler or retailer with all sales made in the ordinary course of trade or business, the wholesaler's or retailer's combined selling price shall not be below the cost to the wholesaler or the cost to the retailer, respectively, of the total of all articles, products, commodities, gifts, and concessions included in such transactions, except that if any such articles, products, commodities, gifts or concessions, shall not be cigarettes, the basic cost thereof shall be determined in like manner as provided in section 325D.32, subdivision 9 .
Minn. Stat. § 211A.13 — MN Code / Part 200_212 / Chapter 211A / Section 211A.13
§ 211A.13 PROHIBITED TRANSFERS.
Status: in_force

A candidate for political subdivision office must not accept contributions from the principal campaign committee of a candidate as defined in section 10A.01, subdivision 34 . A candidate for political subdivision office must not make contributions to a principal campaign committee, unless the contribution is made from the personal funds of the candidate for political subdivision office.
Minn. Stat. § 257B.09 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 257B / Section 257B.09
§ 257B.09 BOND.
Status: in_force

A standby or temporary custodian must not be required to post bond prior to the occurrence of the triggering event. The court may require a bond if the standby or temporary custodian is designated the co-custodian or custodian of the estate of the children but may not require a bond for the co-custodianship of the person of the children.
Minn. Stat. § 18B.064 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 18B / Section 18B.064
§ 18B.064 PESTICIDE USE INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall monitor urban and rural pesticide use on a biennial basis. Information shall be collected and automated consistent with section 103B.151, subdivision 1 .
Minn. Stat. § 197.585 — MN Code / Part 196_198 / Chapter 197 / Section 197.585
§ 197.585 HIGHER EDUCATION VETERANS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Assistance provided. The commissioner of veterans affairs shall provide central liaison staff and campus veterans assistance officers to serve the needs of students who are veterans at higher education institutions in Minnesota. Methods of assistance may include, but are not limited to, work-study positions for veterans, and providing information and assistance regarding the availability of state, federal, local, and private resources.

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 2014 c 286 art 1 s 5 ]

§ Subd. 3. Office space provided. Each campus of the University of Minnesota and each institution within the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system shall provide adequate space for a veterans assistance office to be administered by the commissioner of veterans affairs, and each private college and university in Minnesota is encouraged to provide adequate space for a veterans assistance office to be administered by the commissioner of veterans affairs. The veterans assistance office must provide information and assistance to veterans who are students or family members of students at the school regarding the availability of state, federal, local, and private resources.

§ Subd. 4. [Repealed, 2014 c 286 art 1 s 5 ]

§ Subd. 5. [Repealed, 1Sp2011 c 10 art 2 s 5 ]
Minn. Stat. § 11A.236 — MN Code / Part 10_12B / Chapter 11A / Section 11A.236
§ 11A.236 ACCOUNT TO INVEST FINANCIAL ASSURANCE MONEY FROM PERMITS TO MINE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment; appropriation. (a) The State Board of Investment, when requested by the commissioner of natural resources, may invest money collected by the commissioner as part of financial assurance provided under a permit to mine issued under chapter 93. The State Board of Investment may establish one or more accounts into which money may be deposited for the purposes of this section, subject to the policies and procedures of the State Board of Investment. Use of any money in the account is restricted to the financial assurance purposes identified in sections 93.46 to 93.51 and rules adopted thereunder and as authorized under any trust fund agreements or other conditions established under a permit to mine. (b) Money in an account established under paragraph (a) is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for the purposes for which the account is established under this section.

§ Subd. 2. Account maintenance and investment. (a) The commissioner of natural resources may deposit money in the appropriate account and may withdraw money from the appropriate account for the financial assurance purposes identified in sections 93.46 to 93.51 and rules adopted thereunder and as authorized under any trust fund agreements or other conditions established under the permit to mine for which the financial assurance is provided, subject to the policies and procedures of the State Board of Investment. (b) Investment strategies related to an account established under this section must be determined jointly by the commissioner of natural resources and the executive director of the State Board of Investment. The authorized investments for an account are the investments authorized under section 11A.24 that are made available for investment by the State Board of Investment. (c) Investment transactions must be at a time and in a manner determined by the executive director of the State Board of Investment. Decisions to withdraw money from the account must be determined by the commissioner of natural resources, subject to the policies and procedures of the State Board of Investment. Investment earnings must be credited to the appropriate account for financial assurance under the identified permit to mine. (d) The commissioner of natural resources may terminate an account at any time, so long as the termination is in accordance with applicable statutes, rules, trust fund agreements, or other conditions established under the permit to mine, subject to the policies and procedures of the State Board of Investment.
Minn. Stat. § 336.9-319 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.9-319
§ 336.9-319 RIGHTS AND TITLE OF CONSIGNEE WITH RESPECT TO CREDITORS AND PURCHASERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Consignee has consignor's rights. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), for purposes of determining the rights of creditors of, and purchasers for value of goods from, a consignee, while the goods are in the possession of the consignee, the consignee is deemed to have rights and title to the goods identical to those the consignor had or had power to transfer.

(b) Applicability of other law. For purposes of determining the rights of a creditor of a consignee, law other than this article determines the rights and title of a consignee while goods are in the consignee's possession if, under this part, a perfected security interest held by the consignor would have priority over the rights of the creditor.
Minn. Stat. § 18B.13 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 18B / Section 18B.13
§ 18B.13 SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF MISBRANDED PESTICIDES AND DEVICES.
Status: in_force

A person may not offer for sale or distribute a pesticide or device determined by the commissioner to be misbranded, including a pesticide or device that:

(1) is an imitation of or is offered for sale under the name of another pesticide or device; or

(2) does not comply with the labeling requirements under this chapter or FIFRA.
Minn. Stat. § 151.35 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 151 / Section 151.35
§ 151.35 DRUGS, ADULTERATION.
Status: in_force

A drug shall be deemed to be adulterated:

(1) if it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid or decomposed substance; or if it has been produced, prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health, or whereby it may have been contaminated with filth; or if the methods used in, or the facilities or controls used for, its manufacture, processing, packing, or holding do not conform to or are not operated or administered in conformity with current good manufacturing practice as required under the federal act to assure that such drug is safe and has the identity, strength, quality, and purity characteristics, which it purports or is represented to possess; or the facility in which it was produced was not registered by the United States Food and Drug Administration or licensed by the board; or, its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health; or it bears or contains, for purposes of coloring only, a color additive which is unsafe within the meaning of the federal act, or it is a color additive, the intended use of which in or on drugs is for the purposes of coloring only, and is unsafe within the meaning of the federal act;

(2) if it purports to be or is represented as a drug the name of which is recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or the National Formulary, and its strength differs from, or its quality or purity falls below, the standard set forth therein. Such determination as to strength, quality, or purity shall be made in accordance with the tests or methods of assay set forth in such compendium, or in the absence of or inadequacy of such tests or methods of assay, those prescribed under authority of the federal act. No drug defined in the United States Pharmacopoeia or the National Formulary shall be deemed to be adulterated under this paragraph because it differs from the standard of strength, quality, or purity therefor set forth in such compendium, if its difference in strength, quality, or purity from such standard is plainly stated on its label;

(3) if it is not subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) and its strength differs from, or its purity or quality differs from that which it purports or is represented to possess;

(4) if any substance has been mixed or packed therewith so as to reduce its quality or strength, or substituted wholly or in part therefor.
Minn. Stat. § 617.292 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 617 / Section 617.292
§ 617.292 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. As used in sections 617.291 to 617.297 , the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. Minor. "Minor" means any person under the age of 18 years.

§ Subd. 3. Nudity. "Nudity" means the showing of the human male or female genitals, pubic area or buttocks with less than a fully opaque covering, or the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any portion thereof below the top of the nipple, or the depiction of covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state.

§ Subd. 4. Sexual conduct. "Sexual conduct" means acts of masturbation, homosexuality, sexual intercourse, or physical contact with a person's unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks or, if such a person be a female, her breast.

§ Subd. 5. Sexual excitement. "Sexual excitement" means the condition of human male or female genitals when in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal.

§ Subd. 6. Sadomasochistic abuse. "Sadomasochistic abuse" means flagellation or torture by or upon a person clad in undergarments, a mask or bizarre costume, or the condition of being fettered, bound or otherwise physically restrained on the part of one so clothed.

§ Subd. 7. Harmful to minors. "Harmful to minors" means that quality of any description or representation, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse, when it: (1) predominantly appeals to the prurient, shameful or morbid interest of minors; (2) is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable material for minors; and (3) is utterly without redeeming social importance for minors.

§ Subd. 8. Knowingly. "Knowingly" means having general knowledge of, or reason to know, or a belief or ground for belief which warrants further inspection or inquiry or both: (1) the character and content of any material which is reasonably susceptible of examination by the defendant; and (2) the age of the minor, provided however that an honest mistake shall constitute an excuse from liability hereunder if the defendant made a reasonable bona fide attempt to ascertain the true age of such minor.
Minn. Stat. § 504B.315 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 504B / Section 504B.315
§ 504B.315 RESTRICTIONS ON EVICTION DUE TO FAMILIAL STATUS.
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section, "familial status" has the meaning given it in section 363A.03, subdivision 18 .

(b) No residential tenant of residential premises may be evicted, denied a continuing tenancy, or denied a renewal of a lease on the basis of familial status commenced during the tenancy unless one year has elapsed from the commencement of the familial status and the landlord has given the tenant six months prior notice in writing, except in case of nonpayment of rent, damage to the premises, disturbance of other tenants, or other breach of the lease. Any provision, whether oral or written, of any lease or other agreement, whereby any provision of this section is waived by a tenant, is contrary to public policy and void.
Minn. Stat. § 325H.10 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325H / Section 325H.10
§ 325H.10 LOCAL ORDINANCE AUTHORIZATION.
Status: in_force

Sections 325H.01 to 325H.09 do not preempt a local ordinance which provides for more restrictive regulation of tanning facilities than required in sections 325H.01 to 325H.09 .
Minn. Stat. § 62U.08 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62U / Section 62U.08
§ 62U.08 ESSENTIAL BENEFIT SET.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Work group created. The commissioner of health shall convene a work group to make recommendations on the design of a health benefit set that provides coverage for a broad range of services and technologies, is based on scientific evidence that the services and technologies are clinically effective and cost-effective, and provides lower enrollee cost sharing for services and technologies that have been determined to be cost-effective. The work group shall include representatives of health care providers, health plans, state agencies, and employers. Members of the work group must have expertise in standards for evidence-based care, benefit design and development, actuarial analysis, or knowledge relating to the analysis of the cost impact of coverage of specified benefits. The work group must meet at least once per year and at other times as necessary to make recommendations to the commissioner on updating the benefit set as necessary to ensure that the benefit set continues to be safe, effective, and scientifically based.

§ Subd. 2. Duties. By October 15, 2009, the work group shall develop and submit to the commissioner an initial essential benefit set and design that includes coverage for a broad range of services, is based on scientific evidence that services are clinically effective and cost-effective, and provides lower enrollee cost sharing for services that have been determined to be cost-effective. The benefit set must include necessary evidence-based health care services, procedures, diagnostic tests, and technologies that are scientifically proven to be both clinically effective and cost-effective. In developing its recommendations, the work group may consult with the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) to assemble existing scientifically based practice standards.

§ Subd. 3. Report. By January 15, 2010, the commissioner shall report the recommendations of the work group to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction over health care policy and finance.