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Minn. Stat. § 97C.325 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97C / Section 97C.325
§ 97C.325 RESTRICTIONS ON TAKING FISH.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as specifically authorized, a person may not take fish with:

(1) explosives, chemicals, drugs, poisons, lime, medicated bait, fish berries, or other similar substances;

(2) substances or devices that kill, stun, or affect the nervous system of fish;

(3) nets, traps, trot lines, or snares; or

(4) spring devices that impale, hook, or capture fish.

(b) If a person possesses a substance or device listed in paragraph (a) on waters, shores, or islands, it is presumptive evidence that the person is in violation of this section.

(c) The commissioner may, by rule, allow the use of a nonmotorized device with a recoil mechanism to take fish through the ice.

(d) To protect water quality or improve habitat for fish or wildlife, the commissioner may prescribe restrictions on fishing seasons, limits, or methods on specific bodies of water.
Minn. Stat. § 84.111 — MN Code / Part 83A_84 / Chapter 84 / Section 84.111
§ 84.111 NATURAL WILD RICE HARVESTING.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Watercraft restrictions. It shall be unlawful to use, in harvesting wild rice in any public waters in this state, any watercraft other than a boat, skiff, or canoe propelled by hand, which boat, skiff, or canoe may have a top width of not more than 36 inches and a length of not more than 18 feet, or any machine or mechanical device for gathering or harvesting the grain other than with flails not over 30 inches in length nor over one pound in weight, which flails must be held and operated by hand.

§ Subd. 2. Pole restrictions. It is unlawful to use any pole for propelling any watercraft used in such harvesting which is not forked at the end, with each branch less than 12 inches in length.

§ Subd. 3. Machine restrictions. It is unlawful to use in such harvesting any machine or device for gathering the grain other than a flail not over 30 inches in length nor over one pound in weight, held and operated by hand.

§ Subd. 4. Harvest hours. It is unlawful to harvest any wild rice in any public waters between 3:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. following except as otherwise expressly permitted in writing by an authorized committee member or other agent of the commissioner pursuant to rules of the commissioner.

§ Subd. 5. Fee holder provisions. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions 1 to 3, any person holding fee title to all property surrounding a body of public waters may use mechanical harvesting devices to harvest wild rice in those waters. This subdivision does not apply to: (1) any body of public waters greater than 125 acres in size; (2) any body of public waters to which the public has access directly or through a channel or watercourse; (3) any body of public waters within the original boundaries of any Indian reservation; or (4) harvesting of wild rice for use or sale by any person other than the owner of the surrounding property.
Minn. Stat. § 222.36 — MN Code / Part 218_222 / Chapter 222 / Section 222.36
§ 222.36 POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN IN CERTAIN CASES.
Status: in_force

Any public service corporation shall have the right to obtain by condemnation, under the power of eminent domain, any land, or any right over, through, or across the same, or any easement therein, necessary for the convenient prosecution of its enterprise; and any telegraph or telephone company may in the same manner acquire the right to construct its lines over, along, and upon the right-of-way and lands of any railway company upon making just compensation therefor to such company; but such right shall at all times be subject to the right of the railway company to use its right-of-way and lands for railway purposes, and these telegraph or telephone lines shall be so located, constructed, and maintained as not to interfere with the usual operation of such railway.
Minn. Stat. § 16A.626 — MN Code / Part 16A_16E / Chapter 16A / Section 16A.626
§ 16A.626 ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, the terms defined in this paragraph have the meaning given them. "Agency" means a state officer, employee, board, commission, authority, department, entity, or organization of the executive branch of state government. "Government services transaction" means the conduct of business between an agency and an individual or business entity where the individual or business entity is paying a license or permit fee or tax or purchasing goods or services.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, an agency may accept credit cards, charge cards, debit cards, or other method of electronic funds transfer for payment in government services transactions, including electronic transactions.

(c) The commissioner of management and budget shall contract with one or more entities for the purpose of enabling agencies to accept and process credit cards and other electronic financial transactions. All agencies shall process their credit card and other electronic financial transactions through the contracts negotiated by the commissioner of management and budget, unless the commissioner of management and budget grants a waiver allowing an agency to negotiate its own contract with an entity. These contracts must be approved by the commissioner of management and budget.

(d) Agencies that accept credit cards, charge cards, debit cards, or other method of electronic funds transfer for payment may impose a convenience fee to be added to each transaction, except that the Department of Revenue shall not impose a fee under this section on any payment of tax that is required by law or rule to be made by electronic funds transfer. The total amount of such convenience fee must be equal to the transaction fee charged by a processing contractor for such credit services during the most recent collection period. An agency imposing a convenience fee must notify the person using the credit services of the fee before the transaction is processed. Fees collected under this section are appropriated to the agency collecting the fee for purposes of paying the processing contractor.

(e) A convenience fee imposed by an agency under this section is in addition to any tax, fee, charge, or cost otherwise imposed for a license, permit, tax, service, or good provided by the agency.

(f) Credit card, charge card, debit card, or other method of electronic funds transfer account numbers are nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 9 , or private data on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12 .
Minn. Stat. § 116.70 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 116 / Section 116.70
§ 116.70 DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 116.731 to 116.734 .

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1Sp2001 c 2 s 162 ]

§ Subd. 3. Chlorofluorocarbons or CFCs. "Chlorofluorocarbons" or "CFCs" means the substances identified as class I or class II substances under section 602 of the Clean Air Act, United States Code, title 42, section 7401 et seq., as amended by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, Public Law 101-549.

§ Subd. 3a. [Repealed, 1Sp2001 c 2 s 162 ]

§ Subd. 4. [Repealed, 1Sp2001 c 2 s 162 ]

§ Subd. 5. [Renumbered subd 3a]
Minn. Stat. § 290.20 — MN Code / Part 289A_295 / Chapter 290 / Section 290.20
§ 290.20 NET INCOME; ALLOCATION TO STATE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Statutory methods to determine; petition for use of other methods. The methods prescribed by section 290.191 shall be presumed to determine fairly and correctly the taxpayer's taxable net income allocable to this state. If the methods prescribed by section 290.191 do not fairly reflect all or any part of taxable net income allocable to this state, the taxpayer may petition for or the commissioner may require the determination of net income by the use of another method, if that method fairly reflects net income. These other methods may include: (1) separate accounting; (2) excluding any one or more of the factors; (3) including one or more additional factors; or (4) some other method.

§ Subd. 1a. Petition form. A petition within the meaning of this section must be filed by the taxpayer in the form required by the commissioner.

§ Subd. 2. Nonapplication of statutory methods. The methods prescribed by subdivision 1 shall not be applicable wherever and insofar as the taxpayer's business consists of the mining, producing, smelting, refining, or any combination of these activities of copper and nickel ores.
Minn. Stat. § 115A.072 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 115A / Section 115A.072
§ 115A.072 PUBLIC EDUCATION.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Environmental education programs. The commissioner shall provide for the development and implementation of environmental education programs that are designed to meet the goals listed in section 115A.073 .

§ Subd. 2. Waste management education. In addition to the commissioner's general duties established in subdivision 1, the commissioner shall: (1) develop a statewide waste management public education campaign with materials that may be easily adapted by political subdivisions to meet their program needs; and (2) develop and make available to schools educational curricula on waste education for grades kindergarten to 12 to address at least waste reduction, recycling, litter, and proper management and disposal of problem materials.

§ Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1996 c 470 s 28 ]

§ Subd. 4. Waste reduction and reuse program; procurement. The commissioner shall include: (1) waste reduction and reuse, including packaging reduction and reuse; and (2) the hazards of open burning, as defined in section 88.01 , of mixed municipal solid waste, especially the hazards of dioxin emissions to children, as elements of the commissioner's program of public education on waste management required under this section. The waste reduction and reuse education program must include dissemination of information and may include an award program for model waste reduction and reuse efforts. Waste reduction and reuse educational efforts must also include provision of information about and promotion of the model procurement program developed by the commissioner of administration under section 115A.15, subdivision 7 , or any other model procurement program that results in significant waste reduction and reuse.
Minn. Stat. § 123A.69 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 123A / Section 123A.69
§ 123A.69 SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, APPLICATION; MINNEAPOLIS AND SOUTH ST. PAUL.
Status: repealed

When provisions of sections 123A.64 to 123A.72 are made to apply to any special school district, such district shall hereby be converted to an independent school district on the effective date specified in the orders issued under provisions of sections 123A.64 to 123A.72 . All applicable provisions of Minnesota Statutes 1965, section 122.26 , relating to such conversions shall otherwise be in force. To the extent that any law or charter provision of any special district is inconsistent with the status of an independent school district or the powers common to independent school districts, such law or charter provision is hereby repealed. Provided, however, that nothing in sections 123A.64 to 123A.72 shall in any way invalidate remaining portions of such laws or home rule charters, or the continuance of such special school districts to which no new territory is attached under the provisions of sections 123A.64 to 123A.72 .
Minn. Stat. § 256B.5014 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256B / Section 256B.5014
§ 256B.5014 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Financial reporting. All facilities shall maintain financial records and shall provide annual income and expense reports to the commissioner of human services on a form prescribed by the commissioner no later than April 30 of each year in order to receive medical assistance payments. The reports for the reporting year ending December 31 must include: (1) salaries and related expenses, including program salaries, administrative salaries, other salaries, payroll taxes, and fringe benefits; (2) general operating expenses, including supplies, training, repairs, purchased services and consultants, utilities, food, licenses and fees, real estate taxes, insurance, and working capital interest; (3) property related costs, including depreciation, capital debt interest, rent, and leases; and (4) total annual resident days.

§ Subd. 2. Labor market reporting. All intermediate care facilities shall comply with the labor market reporting requirements described in section 256B.4912, subdivision 1a .
Minn. Stat. § 72C.12 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 72C / Section 72C.12
§ 72C.12 COMMISSIONER'S POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

In addition to the duties and powers enumerated elsewhere in sections 72C.01 to 72C.13 the commissioner shall have the power to promulgate rules consistent with sections 72C.01 to 72C.13 to effectuate its purpose.
Minn. Stat. § 629.36 — MN Code / Part 625_634 / Chapter 629 / Section 629.36
§ 629.36 PERMITTING BYSTANDER TO DELIVER ARRESTED PERSON TO PEACE OFFICER.
Status: in_force

When a bystander arrests a person for breach of the peace, the bystander may deliver that person to a peace officer. The peace officer shall take the arrested person to a judge for criminal processing. When a public offense is committed in the presence of a judge, the judge may, by written or verbal order, command any person to arrest the offender, and then proceed as if the offender had been brought before the court on a warrant of arrest.
Minn. Stat. § 148.9981 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 148 / Section 148.9981
§ 148.9981 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 148.9981 to 148.9995 , the terms in this section have the meanings given.

§ Subd. 2. Accredited school or educational program. "Accredited school or educational program" means a school, university, college, or other postsecondary education program that, at the time the student completes the program, is accredited by a regional accrediting association whose standards are substantially equivalent to those of the North Central Association of Colleges and Postsecondary Education Institutions or an accrediting association that evaluates schools of behavior analysis, psychology, or education for inclusion of the education, practicum, and core function standards.

§ Subd. 3. Advisory council. "Advisory council" means the Behavior Analyst Advisory Council established in section 148.9994 .

§ Subd. 4. Board. "Board" means the Board of Psychology established in section 148.90 .

§ Subd. 5. Certifying entity. "Certifying entity" means the Behavior Analyst Certification Board, Inc., or a successor organization or other organization approved by the board in consultation with the advisory council.

§ Subd. 6. Client. "Client" means an individual who is the recipient of behavior analysis services. Client also means "patient" as defined in section 144.291, subdivision 2 , paragraph (g).

§ Subd. 7. Licensed behavior analyst. "Licensed behavior analyst" or "behavior analyst" means an individual who holds a valid license issued under sections 148.9981 to 148.9995 to engage in the practice of applied behavior analysis.

§ Subd. 8. Licensee. "Licensee" means an individual who holds a valid license issued under sections 148.9981 to 148.9995 .

§ Subd. 9. Practice of applied behavior analysis. (a) "Practice of applied behavior analysis" means the design, implementation, and evaluation of social, instructional, and environmental modifications to produce socially significant improvements in human behavior. The practice of applied behavior analysis includes the empirical identification of functional relations between behavior and environmental factors, known as functional behavioral assessment and analysis. Applied behavior analysis interventions are based on scientific research, direct and indirect observation, and measurement of behavior and environment and utilize contextual factors, motivating operations, antecedent stimuli, positive reinforcement, and other procedures to help individuals develop new behaviors, increase or decrease existing behaviors, and emit behaviors under specific social, instructional, and environmental conditions. (b) The practice of applied behavior analysis does not include the diagnosis of psychiatric or mental health disorders, psychological testing, neuropsychology, psychotherapy, cognitive therapy, sex therapy, hypnotherapy, psychoanalysis, or psychological counseling.
Minn. Stat. § 17.134 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17.134
§ 17.134 SOIL HEALTH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner must establish and administer a program to support healthy soil management practices in accordance with this section.

§ Subd. 2. Eligible projects. The commissioner may award a grant under this section for any project on agricultural land in Minnesota that will: (1) increase the quantity of organic carbon in soil through practices, including but not limited to reduced tillage, cover cropping, manure management, precision agriculture, crop rotations, and changes in grazing management; (2) integrate perennial vegetation into the management of agricultural lands; (3) reduce nitrous oxide and methane emissions through changes to livestock, soil management, or nutrient optimization; (4) increase the usage of precision agricultural practices; (5) enable the development of site-specific management plans; or (6) enable the purchase of equipment, parts and materials, technology, subscriptions, technical assistance, seeds, seedlings, or amendments that will further any of the purposes in clauses (1) to (5).

§ Subd. 3. Grant eligibility. Any owner or lessee of farmland may apply for a grant under this section. The commissioner must give preference to owners and lessees that have not previously implemented an eligible project and owners and lessees that are certified or assessed and pursuing certification under sections 17.9891 to 17.993 . Local government units, including cities; towns; counties; soil and water conservation districts; Minnesota Tribal governments as defined in section 10.65 ; and joint powers boards, are also eligible for a grant. A local government unit that receives a grant for equipment or technology must make those purchases available for use by the public.

§ Subd. 3a. Equipment sales limitation. In addition to the applicable grants management requirements imposed under sections 16B.97 to 16B.991 , an owner or lessee that receives a grant under this section to purchase equipment must certify to the commissioner that the owner or lessee will not sell the equipment for at least ten years.

§ Subd. 4. Report. By January 15 each year, the commissioner must submit a report on the grants awarded under this section to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction over agriculture policy and finance. The report must include the number of grants awarded by county and the combined value of those grants.
Minn. Stat. § 160.11 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 160 / Section 160.11
§ 160.11 MATERIALS FOR BUILDING ROADS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Acquisition of lands. When the commissioner of transportation, any county board, town board, or governing body of any city, each hereinafter referred to as road authority, shall deem it necessary for the purpose of building or repairing public roads or streets within its jurisdiction, it may procure by lease, purchase, gift, or condemnation in the manner provided by law any lands within the state containing any materials suitable for road or street purposes, together with the right-of-way to the same of sufficient width to allow trucks or other vehicles to pass, and on the most practicable route to the nearest public road or street.

§ Subd. 2. Sale by road authorities, authority. Any such road authority may engage in the processing of crushed rock or other road- or street-building material for use on public roads or streets within its jurisdiction; and any such road authority may by agreement sell to any other road authority any rock, crushed rock, processed sand or gravel, unprocessed or pit-run sand or gravel, or other earth material suitable for road or street purposes, upon terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties, except that the commissioner of transportation shall not sell processed gravel, processed sand, or crushed rock.

§ Subd. 3. MS 1969 [Repealed, 1971 c 290 s 3 ]
Minn. Stat. § 412.901 — MN Code / Part 410_414 / Chapter 412 / Section 412.901
§ 412.901 APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall apply to every statutory city, irrespective of the law under which it was originally incorporated.
Minn. Stat. § 336.2A-519 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.2A-519
§ 336.2A-519 LESSEE'S DAMAGES FOR NONDELIVERY, REPUDIATION, DEFAULT, AND BREACH OF WARRANTY IN REGARD TO ACCEPTED GOODS.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided with respect to damages liquidated in the lease agreement (section 336.2A-504 ) or otherwise determined pursuant to agreement of the parties (sections 336.1-302 and 336.2A-503 ), if a lessee elects not to cover or a lessee elects to cover and the cover is by lease agreement that for any reason does not qualify for treatment under section 336.2A-518 (2), or is by purchase or otherwise, the measure of damages for nondelivery or repudiation by the lessor or for rejection or revocation of acceptance by the lessee is the present value, as of the date of the default, of the then market rent minus the present value as of the same date of the original rent, computed for the remaining lease term of the original lease agreement, together with incidental and consequential damages, less expenses saved in consequence of the lessor's default.

(2) Market rent is to be determined as of the place for tender or, in cases of rejection after arrival or revocation of acceptance, as of the place of arrival.

(3) Except as otherwise agreed, if the lessee has accepted goods and given notification (section 336.2A-516 (3)), the measure of damages for nonconforming tender or delivery or other default by a lessor is the loss resulting in the ordinary course of events from the lessor's default as determined in any manner that is reasonable together with incidental and consequential damages, less expenses saved in consequence of the lessor's default.

(4) Except as otherwise agreed, the measure of damages for breach of warranty is the present value at the time and place of acceptance of the difference between the value of the use of the goods accepted and the value if they had been as warranted for the lease term, unless special circumstances show proximate damages of a different amount, together with incidental and consequential damages, less expenses saved in consequence of the lessor's default or breach of warranty.
Minn. Stat. § 609.40 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 609 / Section 609.40
§ 609.40 FLAGS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definition. In this section "flag" means anything which is or purports to be the Stars and Stripes, the United States shield, the United States coat of arms, the Minnesota state flag, or a copy, picture, or representation of any of them.

§ Subd. 2. Acts prohibited. Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor: (1) intentionally and publicly mutilates, defiles, or casts contempt upon the flag; or (2) places on or attaches to the flag any word, mark, design, or advertisement not properly a part of such flag or exposes to public view a flag so altered; or (3) manufactures or exposes to public view an article of merchandise or a wrapper or receptacle for merchandise upon which the flag is depicted; or (4) uses the flag for commercial advertising purposes.

§ Subd. 3. Exceptions. This section does not apply to flags depicted on written or printed documents or periodicals or on stationery, ornaments, pictures, or jewelry, provided there are not unauthorized words or designs on such flags and provided the flag is not connected with any advertisement.