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Minn. Stat. § 115.1703 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 115 / Section 115.1703
§ 115.1703 BALLAST WATER; MANAGEMENT PLAN.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Management plan required. (a) The operator of a vessel that is designed, constructed, or adapted to carry ballast water in state waters of Lake Superior shall conduct all ballast water management operations of the vessel according to a ballast water management plan that is designed to minimize the discharge of invasive species, meets the requirements prescribed by the commissioner under subdivision 2, and is approved by the commissioner. (b) The owner or operator of a vessel required to have a ballast water management plan under paragraph (a) shall maintain a copy of the vessel's ballast water management plan on board at all times and keep the plan readily available for examination by the commissioner.

§ Subd. 2. Management plan approval. (a) The commissioner may not approve a ballast water management plan unless the commissioner determines that the plan: (1) describes in detail the actions to be taken to implement ballast water management; (2) describes in detail the procedures to be used for disposal of sediment at sea and on shore; (3) describes in detail the safety procedures for the vessel and crew associated with ballast water management; (4) designates the officer on board of the vessel in charge of ensuring that the plan is properly implemented; (5) contains the reporting requirements for vessels as prescribed by the commissioner; and (6) meets all other requirements prescribed by the commissioner. (b) The commissioner may approve a ballast water management plan for a foreign vessel on the basis of a certificate of compliance with the criteria described in paragraph (a) issued by the vessel's country of registration according to standards established by the commissioner.
Minn. Stat. § 302A.321 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 302A / Section 302A.321
§ 302A.321 OFFICERS DEEMED ELECTED.
Status: in_force

In the absence of an election or appointment of officers by the board, the person or persons exercising the principal functions of the chief executive officer or the chief financial officer are deemed to have been elected to those offices, except for the purpose of determining the location of the principal executive office, which in that case is the registered office of the corporation.
Minn. Stat. § 469.044 — MN Code / Part 466A_470 / Chapter 469 / Section 469.044
§ 469.044 BOND PENDING LITIGATION.
Status: in_force

When any action or proceeding at law or in equity is commenced, drawing in question the right, power, or authority of a public corporation created and operating under sections 469.001 to 469.047 to do any act or to make or perform any contract or agreement or to undertake or enter upon the discharge of any obligations or commitments under those statutes, the corporation may, if it deems that the pendency of the litigation might directly or indirectly impair its borrowing power, increase the cost of its projects, or be otherwise injurious to the public interest, move the court in which the litigation is pending to require the party who instituted the suit to give a surety bond as provided in sections 469.045 to 469.047 .
Minn. Stat. § 62J.805 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62J / Section 62J.805
§ 62J.805 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Application. For purposes of sections 62J.805 to 62J.808 , the following terms have the meanings given.

§ Subd. 2. Billing error. "Billing error" means an error in a bill from a health care provider to a patient for health treatment or services that affects the amount owed by the patient according to that bill. Billing error includes but is not limited to (1) miscoding a health treatment or service, (2) an error in determining whether a health treatment or service is covered under the patient's health plan, or (3) an error in determining the cost-sharing owed by the patient.

§ Subd. 3. Group practice. "Group practice" has the meaning given to health care provider group practice in section 145D.01, subdivision 1 .

§ Subd. 4. Health care provider. "Health care provider" means: (1) a health professional who is licensed or registered by the state to provide health treatment and services within the professional's scope of practice and in accordance with state law; (2) a group practice; or (3) a hospital.

§ Subd. 5. Health plan. "Health plan" has the meaning given in section 62A.011 , subdivision 3.

§ Subd. 6. Hospital. "Hospital" means a health care facility licensed as a hospital under sections 144.50 to 144.56 .

§ Subd. 7. Medically necessary. "Medically necessary" means: (1) safe and effective; (2) not experimental or investigational, except as provided in Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, section 411.15 (o); (3) furnished in accordance with acceptable medical standards of medical practice to diagnose or treat the patient's condition, or to improve the function of a malformed body member; (4) furnished in a setting appropriate to the patient's medical need and condition; (5) ordered and furnished by qualified personnel; (6) meets, but does not exceed, the patient's medical need; and (7) is at least as beneficial as an existing and available medically appropriate alternative.

§ Subd. 8. Payment. "Payment" includes co-payments and coinsurance and deductible payments made by a patient.
Minn. Stat. § 383A.011 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383A / Section 383A.011
§ 383A.011 SESSION LAWS THAT DO NOT APPLY TO RAMSEY COUNTY.
Status: in_force

Special Laws 1881, chapter 376, as amended by Special Laws 1889, chapter 64; Special Laws 1887, chapter 108; Laws 1951, chapter 707, as amended by Laws 1953, chapters 390 and 706; Laws 1953, chapter 637; Laws 1955, chapter 160; Laws 1957, chapters 237, 389, and 938; Laws 1959, chapters 201, 372, and 542; Laws 1967, chapters 505 and 797; and Laws 1971, chapter 718, do not apply to Ramsey County.
Minn. Stat. § 524.2-106 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 524 / Section 524.2-106
§ 524.2-106 REPRESENTATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Application. If representation is called for by this article, paragraphs (b) and (c) apply.

(b) Decedent's descendants. In the case of descendants of the decedent, the estate is divided into as many shares as there are surviving children of the decedent and deceased children who left descendants who survive the decedent, each surviving child receiving one share and the share of each deceased child being divided among its descendants in the same manner.

(c) Descendants of parents or grandparents. If, under section 524.2-103 , clause (3) or (4), a decedent's intestate estate or a part thereof passes by "representation" to the descendants of the decedent's deceased parents or either of them or to the descendants of the decedent's deceased paternal or maternal grandparents or either of them, the estate or part thereof is divided in the following manner:

(1) In the case of descendants of the decedent's deceased parents or either of them, the estate or part thereof is divided into as many equal shares as there are (i) surviving descendants in the generation nearest the deceased parents or either of them, and (ii) deceased descendants in the same generation who left surviving descendants, if any. Each surviving descendant in the nearest generation is allocated one share, and the surviving descendants of each deceased descendant in the same generation are allocated one share, to be divided in the same manner as specified in paragraph (b).

(2) In the case of descendants of the decedent's deceased paternal or maternal grandparents or either of them, the estate or part thereof is divided into as many equal shares as there are surviving descendants in the generation nearest the deceased grandparents or either of them that contains one or more surviving descendants. Each surviving descendant in the nearest generation is allocated one share.
Minn. Stat. § 144E.125 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144E / Section 144E.125
§ 144E.125 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

A licensee shall establish and implement written procedures for responding to ambulance service complaints, maintaining ambulances and equipment, procuring and storing drugs, and controlling infection. The licensee shall maintain the procedures in its files.
Minn. Stat. § 330.01 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 330 / Section 330.01
§ 330.01 AUCTIONEERS' LICENSES, TO WHOM GRANTED.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Generally. (a) The county auditor may license any person having the qualifications specified in paragraph (b) as an auctioneer. The license shall be issued by the auditor and shall authorize the licensee to conduct the business of an auctioneer in the state of Minnesota for the period of one year. It shall be recorded by the auditor in a book kept for that purpose. The license must specify the county issuing the license and must contain a number that individually identifies the auctioneer holding the license. Before the license is issued the applicant shall pay into the county treasury a fee of $20. (b) A natural person is qualified to be licensed as an auctioneer if 18 years of age or over and a resident of the county of application for at least six months immediately preceding the date of application. No copartnership, association or corporation may be licensed as an auctioneer. However, nothing in this subdivision shall be construed as preventing auctioneers who are duly licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, from combining in associations, copartnerships, or corporations, provided that each and every member of these associations or copartnerships and each and every person or agent conducting auction sales on behalf of these corporations is a duly licensed auctioneer as provided in this chapter. Nothing herein shall be construed to apply to the owner of property for at least six months selling it at an auction.

§ Subd. 2. MS 1961 [Repealed, 1965 c 874 s 10 ]
Minn. Stat. § 471.15 — MN Code / Part 471_472B / Chapter 471 / Section 471.15
§ 471.15 RECREATIONAL FACILITIES BY MUNICIPALITY; BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Any home rule charter or statutory city or any town, county, school district, or any board thereof may expend funds available to it for the purchase of awards and trophies and may operate a program of public recreation and playgrounds; acquire, equip, and maintain land, buildings, or other recreational facilities, including an outdoor or indoor swimming pool; and expend funds for the operation of such program pursuant to the provisions of sections 471.15 to 471.19 . The city, town, county, or school district may issue bonds pursuant to chapter 475 for the purpose of carrying out the powers granted by this section. The city, town, county or school district may operate the program and facilities directly or establish one or more recreation boards to operate all or various parts of them.

(b) A home rule charter or statutory city, a county, or a town may expend funds for the purpose of supporting student academic or extracurricular activities sponsored by the local school district.
Minn. Stat. § 52.14 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 52 / Section 52.14
§ 52.14 INTEREST ON LOANS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1982 c 494 s 5 ]

§ Subd. 2. Maximum allowable rate. Interest rates on unpaid balances of loans made by a credit union shall not exceed one percent a month or the rate of interest authorized by section 48.195 , whichever is greater at the time the loan is made. If the rate of interest charged is permitted by section 48.195 at the time the loan is made, the rate does not later become usurious because of a fluctuation in the federal discount rate.
Minn. Stat. § 260B.060 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 260B / Section 260B.060
§ 260B.060 COUNTY HOME SCHOOLS.
Status: in_force

In any county or group of counties the county boards may purchase, lease, erect, equip, and maintain a county home school for boys and girls, or a separate home school for boys and a separate home school for girls. The juvenile court may transfer legal custody of a delinquent child to the home school in the manner provided in section 260B.198 . The county home school may, with the approval of the district court judges in counties now or hereafter having a population of more than 200,000, or of the juvenile court judges in all other counties, be a separate institution, or it may be established and operated in connection with any other organized charitable or educational institution. However, the plans, location, equipment, and operation of the county home school shall in all cases have the approval of the said judges. There shall be a superintendent or matron, or both, for such school, who shall be appointed and removed by the said judges. The salaries of the superintendent, matron, and other employees shall be fixed by the said judges, subject to the approval of the county board. The county board of each county to which this section applies is hereby authorized, empowered, and required to provide the necessary funds to make all needful appropriations to carry out the provisions of this section. The commissioner of education, or other persons having charge of the public schools in any city of the first or second class in a county where a county home school is maintained pursuant to the provisions of this section may furnish all necessary instructors, school books, and school supplies for the boys and girls placed in any such home school.
Minn. Stat. § 430.023 — MN Code / Part 426_435 / Chapter 430 / Section 430.023
§ 430.023 WHEN CLERK TO MAIL NOTICE IN CONDEMNATION PROCEEDING.
Status: in_force

If a city is authorized in its charter to condemn property for public use and to appoint commissioners to assess damages or benefits on condemned property and is required by its charter to give notice of the filing of the commissioners' report, the city clerk shall give the required notice. Notice must be given by mailing it to the person whose name appears on the records of the auditor of the county in which the city is located as the person who last paid the taxes on the property proposed to be taken, within 48 hours after the filing of the commissioners' report.
Minn. Stat. § 336.7-104 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.7-104
§ 336.7-104 NEGOTIABLE AND NONNEGOTIABLE DOCUMENT OF TITLE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a document of title is negotiable if by its terms the goods are to be delivered to bearer or to the order of a named person.

(b) A document of title other than one described in subsection (a) is nonnegotiable. A bill of lading that states that the goods are consigned to a named person is not made negotiable by a provision that the goods are to be delivered only against an order in a record signed by the same or another named person.

(c) A document of title is nonnegotiable if, at the time it is issued, the document has a conspicuous legend, however expressed, that it is nonnegotiable.
Minn. Stat. § 525.83 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 525 / Section 525.83
§ 525.83 NOTICE.
Status: in_force

When notice of hearing is required by any provision of this chapter by reference to this section, the notice shall be given once a week for three consecutive weeks in a legal newspaper designated by the petitioner in the county wherein the proceedings are pending; or, if no such designation be made, in any legal newspaper in the county; or, if the city of the decedent's residence is situated in more than one county, in any legal newspaper in the city. The first publication shall be had within two weeks after the date of the order fixing the time and place for the hearing.

At least 14 days prior to the date fixed for hearing the petitioner, the petitioner's attorney or agent, shall in guardianship or conservatorship mail a copy of the notice to the ward or conservatee, and other persons as the court may direct and in decedents' estates shall mail a copy of the notice to each heir, devisee, and legatee whose name and address are known.

Proof of publication and mailing shall be filed before the hearing. No defect in any notice nor in the publication or service thereof shall invalidate any proceedings.
Minn. Stat. § 371.03 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 371 / Section 371.03
§ 371.03 PROCLAMATION.
Status: in_force

If each petition is signed by the requisite number of persons who are voters in each of the affected counties and, if the petition conforms to the requirements of section 371.02 , the secretary of state shall notify the governor of the filing. The affidavits of persons obtaining the signatures shall be prima facie evidence that each petition is signed by persons who are voters in each of the affected counties. The governor shall issue a proclamation at least 60 days before the election, stating that the petitions have been filed, the substance of the petitions, and directing that the question of consolidation shall be submitted to the voters of the affected counties at the election.
Minn. Stat. § 412.491 — MN Code / Part 410_414 / Chapter 412 / Section 412.491
§ 412.491 PARKS; PARKWAYS; RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

Any statutory city may establish, improve, ornament, maintain, and manage parks, parkways, and recreational facilities and by ordinance protect and regulate their use.
Minn. Stat. § 342.10 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 342 / Section 342.10
§ 342.10 LICENSES; TYPES.
Status: in_force

The office shall issue the following types of license:

(1) cannabis microbusiness;

(2) cannabis mezzobusiness;

(3) cannabis cultivator;

(4) cannabis manufacturer;

(5) cannabis retailer;

(6) cannabis wholesaler;

(7) cannabis transporter;

(8) cannabis testing facility;

(9) cannabis event organizer;

(10) cannabis delivery service;

(11) lower-potency hemp edible manufacturer;

(12) lower-potency hemp edible wholesaler;

(13) lower-potency hemp edible retailer; and

(14) medical cannabis combination business.
Minn. Stat. § 216B.66 — MN Code / Part 216_217 / Chapter 216B / Section 216B.66
§ 216B.66 CONSTRUCTION.
Status: repealed

Laws 1974, chapter 429 is complete in itself and other Minnesota statutes are not to be construed as applicable to the supervision or regulation of public utilities by the commission. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with Laws 1974, chapter 429 are repealed insofar as they pertain to the regulation of public utilities as defined herein.
Minn. Stat. § 273.117 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 273 / Section 273.117
§ 273.117 CONSERVATION PROPERTY TAX VALUATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The value of real property that is subject to a conservation restriction or easement must not be reduced by the assessor if:

(1) the restriction or easement is for a conservation purpose and is recorded on the property; and

(2) the property is being used in accordance with the terms of the conservation restriction or easement.

(b) This section does not apply to:

(1) conservation restrictions or easements covering riparian buffers along lakes, rivers, and streams that are used for water quantity or quality control;

(2) easements in a county that has adopted, by referendum, a program to protect farmland and natural areas since 1999;

(3) conservation restrictions or easements entered into prior to May 23, 2013; or

(4) conservation easements in a metropolitan county that has adopted, by resolution, a program to protect farmland or natural areas. A metropolitan county that has adopted a program to protect farmland or natural areas may, by resolution, authorize the assessor to consider the impact of the conservation easement on the property's value. For purposes of this clause, "metropolitan county" has the meaning given in section 473.121, subdivision 4 .
Minn. Stat. § 333.01 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 333 / Section 333.01
§ 333.01 COMMERCIAL ASSUMED NAMES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Certificate. No person shall hereafter carry on or conduct or transact a commercial business in this state under any designation, name, or style, which does not set forth the true name of every person interested in such business unless such person shall file in the Office of the Secretary of State, a certificate setting forth the name and business address under which the business is conducted or transacted, or is to be conducted or transacted, and the true name of each person conducting or transacting the same, with the address of such person. The name of the business must not include any of the following phrases or their abbreviations: corporation, incorporated, limited, chartered, professional association, cooperative, limited partnership, limited liability company, professional limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or professional limited liability partnership, except to the extent that an entity filing a certificate would be authorized to use the phrase or abbreviation. The certificate shall be executed by one of the persons conducting, or intending to conduct, the business. The certificate shall be published after it has been filed with the secretary of state in a qualified newspaper in the county in which the person has a principal or registered office for two successive issues.

§ Subd. 2. Intentional misrepresentation prohibited. No person shall use an assumed or fictitious name in the conduct of its business to intentionally misrepresent its geographic origin or location.
Minn. Stat. § 384.04 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 384 / Section 384.04
§ 384.04 ACTION ON BOND.
Status: in_force

An action may be brought against any county auditor and the sureties on the auditor's official bond in the name and for the use of the state or for the use of any county or person injured by the auditor's official misconduct or omission.
Minn. Stat. § 21.1196 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21.1196
§ 21.1196 RESTRICTED SEED POTATO GROWING AREA.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definition. (a) "Restricted seed potato growing area" means Clearwater, Kittson, Koochiching, and Roseau Counties; the portions of Marshall and Pennington Counties that lie east of United States Highway No. 59; the portion of Red Lake County that lies east of United States Highway No. 59 and north of Minnesota Highway No. 92; the portion of Polk County that lies north of Minnesota Highway No. 92; and the portion of Beltrami County that lies north of Beltrami County Highway No. 32 and west of Minnesota Highway No. 72. (b) "Historic certified seed potato area" means the portion of Marshall County included in the towns of Augsburg and Nelson Park that are north of Marshall County Highway No. 5.

§ Subd. 2. Restriction. (a) The seed potato certification requirements under sections 21.111 to 21.122 apply to potatoes grown in plots of ten acres or more in the restricted seed potato growing area. Qualifying potatoes grown in the restricted seed potato growing area must be certified as seed potatoes. (b) The commissioner may enter and inspect plots subject to paragraph (a) during the growing season.

§ Subd. 3. Penalty. A potato grower who violates subdivision 2, paragraph (a), is subject to a penalty of $100 per acre of potatoes grown and not certified.