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Minn. Stat. § 299A.14 — MN Code / Part 299A_299N / Chapter 299A / Section 299A.14
§ 299A.14 VEHICLE INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Inspection certificate required. No person shall drive and no operator shall knowingly permit or cause a vehicle to be used for transportation service unless there is displayed thereon a certificate issued upon inspection by the commissioner of public safety as provided in this section.

§ Subd. 2. Wheelchair securement device. Inspection shall be made by personnel in the department of public safety assigned to the State Patrol. An operator of transportation services shall submit a vehicle for inspection after the installation of a wheelchair securement device in the vehicle and before using the vehicle for transportation service, but not later than one month after the date of installation. Evidence of the date of installation shall be provided by the operator at the inspection.

§ Subd. 3. Standards. The inspection shall be made to determine that (1) the vehicle complies with the provisions of sections 299A.12 and 299A.13 , and (2) the securement device and level-change mechanism or boarding device, such as a lift or ramp, are in working order and not in need of obvious repair. The inspection may include testing the use of a securement device while the vehicle is in motion.

§ Subd. 4. Certificate display and contents. A certificate furnished by the commissioner shall be issued upon completion of inspection if the vehicle complies with the requirements set forth in subdivision 3. The certificate shall be affixed to the lower left corner of the windshield. It shall note compliance with this section, record the number of wheelchairs which may be simultaneously carried in the vehicle, and note the month and year in which the next inspection is required.

§ Subd. 5. When inspections required. Subsequent inspections shall be made annually. If additional securement devices are installed in a vehicle already equipped with a securement device, inspection is required as specified in subdivision 2.
Minn. Stat. § 216C.05 — MN Code / Part 216_217 / Chapter 216C / Section 216C.05
§ 216C.05 FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Energy planning. The legislature finds and declares that continued growth in demand for energy will cause severe social and economic dislocations, and that the state has a vital interest in providing for: increased efficiency in energy consumption, the development and use of renewable energy resources wherever possible, and the creation of an effective energy forecasting, planning, and education program. The legislature further finds and declares that the protection of life, safety, and financial security for citizens during an energy crisis is of paramount importance. Therefore, the legislature finds that it is in the public interest to review, analyze, and encourage those energy programs that will minimize the need for annual increases in fossil fuel consumption by 1990 and the need for additional electrical generating plants, and provide for an optimum combination of energy sources and energy conservation consistent with environmental protection and the protection of citizens. The legislature intends to monitor, through energy policy planning and implementation, the transition from historic growth in energy demand to a period when demand for traditional fuels becomes stable and the supply of renewable energy resources is readily available and adequately utilized. The legislature further finds that for economic growth, environmental improvement, and protection of citizens, it is in the public interest to encourage those energy programs that will provide an optimum combination of energy resources, including energy savings. Therefore, the legislature, through its committees, must monitor and evaluate progress toward greater reliance on cost-effective energy efficiency and renewable energy and lesser dependence on fossil fuels in order to reduce the economic burden of fuel imports, diversify utility-owned and consumer-owned energy resources, reduce utility costs for businesses and residents, improve the competitiveness and profitability of Minnesota businesses, create more energy-related jobs that contribute to the Minnesota economy, and reduce pollution and emissions that cause climate change.

§ Subd. 2. Energy policy goals. It is the energy policy of the state of Minnesota that: (1) annual energy savings equal to at least 1.5 percent of annual retail energy sales of electricity and natural gas be achieved through cost-effective energy efficiency; (2) the per capita use of fossil fuel as an energy input be reduced by 15 percent by the year 2015, through increased reliance on energy efficiency and renewable energy alternatives; (3) 25 percent of the total energy used in the state be derived from renewable energy resources by the year 2025; and (4) retail electricity rates for each customer class be at least five percent below the national average.
Minn. Stat. § 325F.987 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325F / Section 325F.987
§ 325F.987 LIMITATION ON ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

No private label purchaser having the obligation, under section 325F.986 or otherwise, to use reasonable efforts in the development and promotion of the sale of private label goods is entitled, absent the employment of reasonable efforts, to maintain an action, suit, or proceeding at law, in equity, in arbitration, or otherwise, to prevent the manufacturer of private label goods from selling similar goods as private label goods to any third person. This attempt to prevent sales of private label goods by the manufacturer to a third person, in the absence of the purchaser's employment of reasonable efforts, is considered an unreasonable restraint of trade.
Minn. Stat. § 80G.04 — MN Code / Part 80B_81A / Chapter 80G / Section 80G.04
§ 80G.04 CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Dealer registration precluded. The commissioner must deny an application for registration or renewal of a dealer, or revoke such registration, if the bullion product dealer or its owners or officers have within the last ten years been convicted in any court of any financial crime or other crime involving fraud or theft.

§ Subd. 2. Dealer representative registration precluded. The commissioner must deny an application for registration or renewal of a dealer representative, or revoke such registration, if the dealer representative has within the last ten years been convicted in any court of any financial crime or other crime involving fraud or theft.
Minn. Stat. § 62L.10 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62L / Section 62L.10
§ 62L.10 SUPERVISION BY COMMISSIONER.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Reports. A health carrier doing business in the small employer market shall file by April 1 of each year an annual actuarial opinion with the commissioner certifying that the health carrier complied with the underwriting and rating requirements of this chapter during the preceding year and that the rating methods used by the health carrier were actuarially sound. A health carrier shall retain a copy of the opinion at its principal place of business.

§ Subd. 2. Records. A health carrier doing business in the small employer market shall maintain at its principal place of business a complete and detailed description of its rating practices and renewal underwriting practices, including information and documentation that demonstrate that its rating methods and practices are based upon commonly accepted actuarial assumptions and are in accordance with sound actuarial principles.

§ Subd. 3. Submissions to commissioner. Subsequent to the annual filing, the commissioner may request information and documentation from a health carrier describing its rating practices and renewal underwriting practices, including information and documentation that demonstrates that a health carrier's rating methods and practices are in accordance with sound actuarial principles and the requirements of this chapter. Except in cases of violations of this chapter or of another chapter, information received by the commissioner as provided under this subdivision is nonpublic.

§ Subd. 4. Review of premium rates. The commissioner shall regulate premium rates charged or proposed to be charged by all health carriers in the small employer market under section 62A.02 . The commissioner of health has, with respect to carriers under that commissioner's jurisdiction, all of the powers of the commissioner of commerce under that section.

§ Subd. 5. [Repealed, 2013 c 84 art 1 s 94 ]
Minn. Stat. § 144.4196 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144 / Section 144.4196
§ 144.4196 EMPLOYEE PROTECTION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section: (1) "qualifying employee" means a person who performs services for hire in Minnesota and who has been subject to isolation or quarantine, or has responsibility for the care of a person under subdivision 2 who is subject to isolation or quarantine, for a communicable disease as defined in section 144.419, subdivision 1 , clause (2). The term applies to persons who comply with isolation or quarantine restrictions because of: (i) a commissioner's directive; (ii) an order of a federal quarantine officer; (iii) a state or federal court order; or (iv) a written recommendation of the commissioner or designee that the person enter isolation or quarantine; and (2) "employer" means any person having one or more employees in Minnesota and includes the state and any political subdivision of the state.

§ Subd. 2. Protections. (a) An employer shall not discharge, discipline, threaten, or penalize a qualifying employee, or otherwise discriminate in the work terms, conditions, location, or privileges of the employee, because the employee: (1) has been in isolation or quarantine; or (2)(i) is not in isolation or quarantine, but has responsibility for the care of a person in isolation or quarantine who is a minor or an adult family member who is a disabled or vulnerable adult; and (ii) has assumed responsibility for all or a portion of the care voluntarily, by contract, or by agreement. (b) A qualifying employee claiming a violation of paragraph (a) may bring a civil action for recovery of lost wages or benefits, for reinstatement, or for other relief within 180 days of the claimed violation or 180 days of the end of the isolation or quarantine, whichever is later. A qualifying employee who prevails shall be allowed reasonable attorney fees fixed by the court. (c) Nothing in this subdivision is intended to alter sick leave or sick pay terms of the employment relationship.

§ Subd. 3. Limitations. The protections of subdivision 2 do not apply to work absences due to isolation or quarantine for periods longer than 21 consecutive workdays. However, absences due to isolation or quarantine for periods longer than 21 consecutive workdays resulting in loss of employment shall be treated for purposes of unemployment compensation in the same manner as loss of employment due to a serious illness.
Minn. Stat. § 634.031 — MN Code / Part 625_634 / Chapter 634 / Section 634.031
§ 634.031 EVIDENCE OF ACCOMPLICE.
Status: in_force

Any person may be convicted for violation of sections 609.75 to 609.76 on the person's own confession out of court, or upon the testimony of an accomplice.
Minn. Stat. § 525A.19 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 525A / Section 525A.19
§ 525A.19 LAW GOVERNING VALIDITY; CHOICE OF LAW AS TO EXECUTION OF DOCUMENT OF GIFT; PRESUMPTION OF VALIDITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:

(1) this chapter;

(2) the laws of the state or country where it was executed; or

(3) the laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a national at the time the document of gift was executed.

(b) If a document of gift is valid under this section, the law of this state governs the interpretation of the document of gift.

(c) A person may presume that a document of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.
Minn. Stat. § 222.34 — MN Code / Part 218_222 / Chapter 222 / Section 222.34
§ 222.34 LAND GRANT RAILROAD COMPANY.
Status: in_force

Every land grant railroad company shall keep at some public office within this state the originals, or copies, of all books, papers, and records of every description relating to lands sold, contracted, encumbered, or owned by it, so as to show clearly all material matters connected with its grant and the management of its lands. Such books and papers shall be open to inspection by the commissioner of management and budget, the commissioner of transportation, or any agent appointed by the governor for that purpose. Every such corporation failing to comply with the provisions of this section and section 222.33 shall forfeit to the state $500 for each month it shall fail to maintain the offices specified therein or either of them. Proceedings to recover such forfeiture shall be prosecuted by the attorney general in the name of the state.
Minn. Stat. § 360.54 — MN Code / Part 360_362 / Chapter 360 / Section 360.54
§ 360.54 PRESUMPTION THAT AIRCRAFT SUBJECT TO TAX.
Status: in_force

Every aircraft shall be presumed to be one using the air space overlying the state of Minnesota or the airports thereof, and thence subject to taxation under sections 360.511 to 360.67 , if such aircraft has prior to April 20, 1945, used such air space or airports, or shall actually use them or if it shall come into the possession of an owner in this state, other than a manufacturer, dealer, warehouse operator, mortgagee, or pledgee and it shall be the burden of the owner thereof to prove that said aircraft has not in fact used the air space overlying the state of Minnesota or the airports thereof in order to avoid the payment of the tax as required herein.
Minn. Stat. § 300.74 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 300 / Section 300.74
§ 300.74 PROCEDURE WHEN NO RESPONSE RECEIVED.
Status: in_force

If the filer does not respond within the time period under section 300.73 , the office must deem the filing fraudulent and issue a final order as provided under section 300.76 .
Minn. Stat. § 122A.4144 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 122A / Section 122A.4144
§ 122A.4144 SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTS; ALTERNATIVE TEACHER PAY.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding section 179A.20 or other law to the contrary, a school board and the exclusive representative of the teachers may agree to reopen a collective bargaining agreement for the purpose of entering into an alternative teacher professional pay system agreement under sections 122A.414 and 122A.415 . Negotiations for a contract reopened under this section must be limited to issues related to the alternative teacher professional pay system.
Minn. Stat. § 103B.227 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103B / Section 103B.227
§ 103B.227 WATERSHED MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Appointing members. Watershed management organizations shall notify the Board of Water and Soil Resources of member appointments and vacancies in member positions within 30 days. Appointing authorities shall fill vacant positions by 90 days after the vacancy occurs.

§ Subd. 2. Notice of board vacancies. Appointing authorities for watershed management organization board members shall publish a notice of vacancies resulting from expiration of members' terms and other reasons. The notices must be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the watershed management organization area. The notices must state that persons interested in being appointed to serve on the watershed management organization board may submit their names to the appointing authority for consideration. After December 31, 1999, staff of local units of government that are members of the watershed management organization are not eligible to be appointed to the board. Published notice of the vacancy must be given at least 15 days before an appointment or reappointment is made.

§ Subd. 3. Removal. Appointing authorities may remove members of watershed management organization boards for just cause. The Board of Water and Soil Resources shall adopt rules prescribing standards and procedures for removing members of watershed management organization boards for just cause.

§ Subd. 4. Newsletter. A watershed management organization shall publish and distribute at least one newsletter or other appropriate written communication each year to residents. The newsletter or other communication must explain the organization's water management programs and list the officers and telephone numbers.

§ Subd. 5. Requests for proposals for services. A watershed management organization shall at least every two years solicit interest proposals for legal, professional, or technical consultant services before retaining the services of an attorney or consultant or extending an annual services agreement.

§ Subd. 6. [Repealed, 1995 c 184 s 32 ]

§ Subd. 7. Drainage systems. Watershed management organizations may accept transfer of drainage systems under sections 103B.205 to 103B.255 .
Minn. Stat. § 373.43 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 373 / Section 373.43
§ 373.43 FINANCING AUTHORITY; ICE FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

A county may issue and sell its general obligations under chapter 475 to finance acquisition and construction of an indoor ice arena intended to be used predominantly for youth athletic activities if all the following conditions are met.

(a) The obligations are secured by a pledge of revenues from the facility.

(b) The county has entered into a qualified agreement. A qualified agreement means:

(1) a joint powers agreement with the school district or the city in which the facility is located that governs ownership, operation, and maintenance of the facility; or

(2) an agreement with a nonprofit corporation, qualifying under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, that provides that the corporation will operate, manage, and maintain the facility; or

(3) any combination of agreements under clauses (1) and (2).

(c) The agreements under paragraph (b) provide that all parties must pay the principal and interest on obligations, if the revenues for the facility are insufficient to pay the obligations in full.

(d) The county board finds, based on analysis provided by a professional experienced in finance, that the facility's revenues and other available money will be sufficient to pay the obligations, without reliance on a property tax levy or the general purpose state aid of the county or any party to a joint powers agreement.
Minn. Stat. § 473F.11 — MN Code / Part 473_473J / Chapter 473F / Section 473F.11
§ 473F.11 LATE LEVIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Failure to certify levy. If a governmental unit does not certify its levy to the county auditor by November 25, then for purposes of section 473F.08, subdivision 3 , clause (a), and section 473F.08, subdivision 5 , its levy shall be deemed to equal its levy in the preceding year.

§ Subd. 2. Change in levy. If a governmental unit certifies its levy to the county auditor on or before November 25, no change in its levy subsequent to that date shall be recognized for purposes of section 473F.08, subdivision 3 , clause (a), and section 473F.08, subdivision 5 .

§ Subd. 3. Application. Subdivisions 1 and 2 shall not apply to section 473F.08, subdivision 3 , clause (b), and section 473F.08, subdivision 4 .

§ Subd. 4. Adjustment in succeeding year. If, in any year, the levy employed in respect to a governmental unit, for purposes of section 473F.08, subdivision 3 , clause (a), and section 473F.08, subdivision 5 , is determined under subdivision 1 or subdivision 2, and its actual levy as determined subsequent to November 25 is a different amount, then its levy as otherwise determined in the succeeding year shall, for purposes of those provisions, be increased in the amount of the difference if the actual levy was greater than that employed for purposes of those provisions, or decreased in the amount of the difference if the actual levy was less than that employed for purposes of those provisions.
Minn. Stat. § 62C.03 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62C / Section 62C.03
§ 62C.03 SERVICE PLAN CORPORATIONS AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. General authority. A service plan corporation may be organized to establish, maintain and operate a service plan providing health services in their entirety or in part, according to the subscriber contract. No subscriber's contract shall provide for payment of cash indemnification by the corporation to the subscriber or the subscriber's estate for death, illness, or other injury, except as provided by Laws 1971, chapter 568 as it relates to nonparticipating providers. In the event that the subscriber compensates the provider for services received the subscriber is subrogated to the provider's right against the service plan.

§ Subd. 2. Contracting authority. A service plan corporation may enter other contracts, arrangements, or agreements as provided in Laws 1971, chapter 568, to carry out the intent and purpose of Laws 1971, chapter 568.

§ Subd. 3. Health services by nonparticipating providers. A service plan corporation may provide for health services by nonparticipating providers in cases of emergency or expediency, or when selected in accordance with the subscriber's contract. When health service is provided out of state, the provider must be duly licensed, registered, and authorized to provide the service where provided.
Minn. Stat. § 216B.29 — MN Code / Part 216_217 / Chapter 216B / Section 216B.29
§ 216B.29 HEARING AND SUBPOENA COMPLIANCE POWERS.
Status: in_force

The commission and each of the commissioners or authorized examiner, for the purpose mentioned in Laws 1974, chapter 429, may administer oaths and examine witnesses. In case of failure on the part of any person to comply with any subpoena, or in the case of the refusal of any witness to testify concerning any matter on which the witness may be interrogated lawfully, any court of record of general jurisdiction or a judge thereof, on application of the commission, may compel obedience by proceedings for contempt as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from the court or a refusal to testify therein.
Minn. Stat. § 241.32 — MN Code / Part 241_244 / Chapter 241 / Section 241.32
§ 241.32 ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION BY STATE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Community correctional programs. The commissioner of corrections may establish and operate community correctional programs or contract with existing public and private agencies for separate custody or specialized care and treatment of persons under the commissioner's custody and control or under the custody and control of the commissioner of corrections or on conditional release under section 241.26 .

§ Subd. 2. Custodial control. Any person admitted to a community correctional program by action of the commissioner of corrections shall be and remain under the control of the commissioner of corrections and may be conditionally released therefrom in the manner and for such periods of time as may be ordered by the commissioner.

§ Subd. 3. Acquisition of program funds. To establish and operate community correctional programs or to provide such services through agreement with public and private agencies the commissioner is authorized to accept gifts, grants, and subsidies from any lawful source and to negotiate with the federal government, or any agency, bureau, or department thereof to obtain funds for the purposes of this subdivision, which gifts, grants, subsidies, and funds are hereby appropriated to the commissioner.

§ Subd. 4. Emergency housing rental agreements. The commissioner of corrections may enter into rental agreements per industry standards for emergency housing for inmates.
Minn. Stat. § 256S.16 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256S / Section 256S.16
§ 256S.16 AUTHORIZATION OF ELDERLY WAIVER SERVICES AND SERVICE RATES.
Status: in_force

A lead agency must use the service rates and service rate limits published by the commissioner to authorize services.