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Minn. Stat. § 484.01 — MN Code / Part 480_494 / Chapter 484 / Section 484.01
§ 484.01 JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. General. The district courts shall have original jurisdiction in the following cases: (1) all civil actions within their respective districts; (2) in all cases of crime committed or triable therein; (3) in all special proceedings not exclusively cognizable by some other court or tribunal; (4) in law and equity for the administration of estates of deceased persons and all guardianship and incompetency proceedings; (5) the jurisdiction of a juvenile court as provided in chapter 260; (6) proceedings for the management of the property of persons who have disappeared, and actions relating thereto, as provided in chapter 578; and (7) in all other cases wherein such jurisdiction is especially conferred upon them by law. They shall also have appellate jurisdiction in every case in which an appeal thereto is allowed by law from any other court, officer, or body.

§ Subd. 2. Civil service reviews. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the district court has jurisdiction to review a final decision or order of a civil service commission or board upon the petition of an employee or appointing authority in any first-class city. The employee and appointing authority have standing to seek judicial review in all these cases. Review of the decision or order may be had by securing issuance of a writ of certiorari within 60 days after the date of mailing notice of the decision to the party applying for the writ. To the extent possible, the provisions of rules 110 , 111 , and 115 of the Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure govern the procedures to be followed. Each reference in those rules to the court of appeals, the trial court, the trial court administrator, and the notice of appeal must be read, where appropriate, as a reference to the district court, the body whose decision is to be reviewed, to the administrator, clerk, or secretary of that body, and to the writ of certiorari, respectively. This subdivision does not alter or amend the application of sections 197.455 and 197.46 , relating to veterans preference.
Minn. Stat. § 103G.241 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103G / Section 103G.241
§ 103G.241 CONTRACTOR'S RESPONSIBILITY WHEN WORK AFFECTS PUBLIC WATERS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Conditions to affect public waters. An agent or employee of another may not construct, reconstruct, remove, or make a change in a reservoir, dam, or waterway obstruction on a public water or in any manner change or diminish the course, current, or cross section of public waters unless the agent or employee has: (1) obtained a signed statement from the property owner stating that the permits required for the work have been obtained or a permit is not required; and (2) mailed or electronically transmitted a copy of the statement to the regional office of the Department of Natural Resources where the proposed work is located.

§ Subd. 2. Violation; separate offense. Violation of this section is a separate and independent offense from other violations of this chapter.

§ Subd. 3. Form for compliance. The commissioner shall develop a form to be distributed to contractors' associations and county auditors to comply with this section. The form must include: (1) a listing of the activities for which a permit is required; (2) a description of the penalties for violating this chapter; (3) the mailing addresses, electronic mail addresses, and telephone numbers of the regional offices of the Department of Natural Resources; (4) a statement that water inventory maps completed according to section 103G.201 are on file with the auditors of the counties; and (5) spaces for a description of the work and the names, mailing addresses, electronic mail addresses, and telephone numbers of the person authorizing the work and the agent or employee proposing to undertake it.
Minn. Stat. § 168B.06 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 168B / Section 168B.06
§ 168B.06 NOTICE OF TAKING AND SALE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Written notice of impound. (a) When an impounded vehicle is taken into custody, the unit of government or impound lot operator taking it into custody shall give written notice of the taking within five days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, to the registered vehicle owner and any lienholders. (b) The notice must: (1) set forth the date and place of the taking; (2) provide the year, make, model, and serial number of the impounded motor vehicle, if such information can be reasonably obtained, and the place where the vehicle is being held; (3) inform the owner and any lienholders of their right to reclaim the vehicle under section 168B.07 ; (4) state that failure of the owner or lienholders to: (i) exercise their right to reclaim the vehicle within the appropriate time allowed under section 168B.051, subdivision 1 , 1a, or 2, and under the conditions set forth in section 168B.07, subdivision 1 , constitutes a waiver by them of all right, title, and interest in the vehicle and a consent to the transfer of title to and disposal or sale of the vehicle pursuant to section 168B.08 ; or (ii) exercise their right to reclaim the contents of the vehicle within the appropriate time allowed and under the conditions set forth in section 168B.07, subdivision 3 , constitutes a waiver by them of all right, title, and interest in the contents and consent to sell or dispose of the contents under section 168B.08 ; and (5) state that a vehicle owner who provides to the impound lot operator documentation from a government or nonprofit agency or legal aid office that the owner is homeless, receives relief based on need, or is eligible for legal aid services, has the unencumbered right to retrieve any and all contents without charge.

§ Subd. 2. Notice by mail or publication. The notice shall be sent by mail to the registered owner, if any, of an impounded vehicle and to all readily identifiable lienholders of record. The department shall make this information available to impound lot operators for notification purposes. If it is impossible to determine with reasonable certainty the identity and address of the registered owner and all lienholders, the notice shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the area where the motor vehicle was towed from or abandoned. Published notices may be grouped together for convenience and economy.

§ Subd. 3. Unauthorized vehicle; second notice. If an unauthorized vehicle remains unclaimed after 30 days from the date the notice was sent under subdivision 2, a second notice must be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the registered owner, if any, of the unauthorized vehicle and to all readily identifiable lienholders of record.
Minn. Stat. § 221.021 — MN Code / Part 218_222 / Chapter 221 / Section 221.021
§ 221.021 AGGRAVATED VIOLATIONS; SANCTIONS, HEARING.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Registration certificate or permit required. No person may operate as a motor carrier or advertise or otherwise hold out as a motor carrier without a certificate of registration or permit in effect. A certificate or permit may be suspended or revoked upon conviction of violating a provision of sections 221.012 to 221.291 or an order or rule of the commissioner governing the operation of motor carriers, and upon a finding by the court that the violation was willful. The commissioner may, for good cause after a hearing, suspend or revoke a certificate or permit for a violation of a provision of sections 221.012 to 221.291 or an order issued or rule adopted under this chapter.

§ Subd. 2. Sanctions. The commissioner may suspend, revoke, or deny renewal of a certificate of registration for (1) serious or repeated violations of this chapter, or (2) a pattern of repeated violations of local ordinances governing traffic and parking.

§ Subd. 3. Hearing. A motor carrier affected by an action of the commissioner under subdivision 2 may, within 20 days of receipt of a notice of the commissioner's action, request an administrative hearing by following the procedures in section 221.036, subdivision 7 .
Minn. Stat. § 15B.23 — MN Code / Part 15B / Chapter 15B / Section 15B.23
§ 15B.23 CONVEYANCES OF PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Conveyances; St. Paul. (a) The city of St. Paul may convey to the state, without compensation, any property within the Capitol Area that is owned by the city. (b) The state may transfer to the city, without compensation, any property acquired for the purposes in section 15B.01 within the street lines of streets established as a part of the city's part of the comprehensive plan. (c) Capitol Area tax-forfeited land held by the state in trust for its taxing subdivisions is not subject to sale or repurchase except as provided in this section and section 15B.24 unless a law expressly changes or supersedes this section or section 15B.24 to provide otherwise.

§ Subd. 2. Conveyances; St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment Agency. (a) The board may direct the commissioner of administration to convey a parcel to the St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment Agency after the parcel vests, unencumbered, in the state under this section or section 15B.24 . (b) The conveyance must be without compensation and made by quitclaim deed, and is subject to any restrictive easements the board determines to be necessary to implement the comprehensive plan.
Minn. Stat. § 10A.071 — MN Code / Part 10_12B / Chapter 10A / Section 10A.071
§ 10A.071 CERTAIN GIFTS BY LOBBYISTS AND PRINCIPALS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section. (b) "Gift" means money, real or personal property, a service, a loan, a forbearance or forgiveness of indebtedness, or a promise of future employment, that is given and received without the giver receiving consideration of equal or greater value in return. (c) "Official" means a public official, an employee of the legislature, a local official, a member of a charter school board, or a charter school director or chief administrator. (d) "Plaque" means a decorative item with an inscription recognizing an individual for an accomplishment.

§ Subd. 2. Prohibition. A lobbyist or principal may not give a gift or request another to give a gift to an official. An official may not accept a gift from a lobbyist or principal.

§ Subd. 3. Exceptions. (a) The prohibitions in this section do not apply if the gift is: (1) a contribution as defined in section 10A.01, subdivision 11 ; (2) services to assist an official in the performance of official duties, including but not limited to providing advice, consultation, information, and communication in connection with legislation, and services to constituents; (3) services of insignificant monetary value; (4) a plaque with a resale value of $5 or less; (5) a trinket or memento costing $5 or less; (6) informational material with a resale value of $5 or less; or (7) food or a beverage given at a reception, meal, or meeting if: (i) the reception, meal, or meeting is held away from the recipient's place of work by an organization before whom the recipient appears to make a speech or answer questions as part of a program; or (ii) the recipient is a member or employee of the legislature and an invitation to attend the reception, meal, or meeting was provided to all members of the legislature at least five days prior to the date of the event. (b) The prohibitions in this section do not apply if the gift is given: (1) because of the recipient's membership in a group, a majority of whose members are not officials, and an equivalent gift is given to the other members of the group; or (2) by a lobbyist or principal who is a member of the family of the recipient, unless the gift is given on behalf of someone who is not a member of that family.
Minn. Stat. § 317A.791 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 317A / Section 317A.791
§ 317A.791 OMITTED ASSETS.
Status: in_force

Title to assets remaining after payment of the debts, obligations, or liabilities and after distributions may be transferred by a court in this state.
Minn. Stat. § 103B.625 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103B / Section 103B.625
§ 103B.625 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Appointment. The board may appoint an executive director for the district. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the board and shall receive compensation as determined by the board.

§ Subd. 2. Duties and powers. Under the supervision of the board, the executive director: (1) is the executive and operating officer of the district; (2) is responsible for the operation, management, and promotion of all activities with which the district is charged and other duties prescribed by the board; and (3) has the powers necessarily incident to the performance of the duties of the executive director and other powers granted by the board, but without authority to incur liability or make expenditures on behalf of the district without general or specific directions by the board, as shown by the bylaws or minutes of its meetings.
Minn. Stat. § 62J.2930 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62J / Section 62J.2930
§ 62J.2930 INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner of health shall establish an information clearinghouse within the Department of Health to facilitate the ability of consumers, employers, providers, health plan companies, and others to obtain information on health reform activities in Minnesota. The commissioner shall make available through the clearinghouse updates on federal and state health reform activities, including information developed or collected by the Department of Health on cost containment or other research initiatives, the development of voluntary purchasing pools, action plans submitted by health plan companies, reports or recommendations of the Health Technology Advisory Committee and other entities on technology assessments, and reports or recommendations from other formal committees applicable to health reform activities. The clearinghouse shall also refer requestors to sources of further information or assistance. The clearinghouse is subject to chapter 13.

§ Subd. 2. Information on health plan companies. The information clearinghouse shall provide information on all health plan companies operating in a specific geographic area to consumers and purchasers who request it.

§ Subd. 3. Consumer information. (a) The information clearinghouse or another entity designated by the commissioner shall provide consumer information to health plan company enrollees to: (1) assist enrollees in understanding their rights; (2) explain and assist in the use of all available complaint systems, including internal complaint systems within health carriers, community integrated service networks, and the Departments of Health and Commerce; (3) provide information on coverage options in each region of the state; (4) provide information on the availability of purchasing pools and enrollee subsidies; and (5) help consumers use the health care system to obtain coverage. (b) The information clearinghouse or other entity designated by the commissioner for the purposes of this subdivision shall not: (1) provide legal services to consumers; (2) represent a consumer or enrollee; or (3) serve as an advocate for consumers in disputes with health plan companies. (c) Nothing in this subdivision shall interfere with the ombudsman program established under section 256B.6903 or other existing ombudsman programs.

§ Subd. 4. Coordination. To the extent possible, the commissioner shall coordinate the activities of the clearinghouse with the activities of the Minnesota Health Data Institute.
Minn. Stat. § 62A.4527 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62A / Section 62A.4527
§ 62A.4527 PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

In lieu of any penalty specified elsewhere in sections 62A.451 to 62A.4528 , or when no penalty is specifically provided, whenever a prepaid limited health service organization or other person, corporation, partnership, or entity subject to those sections has been found, pursuant to chapter 14, to have violated any provision of sections 62A.451 to 62A.4528 , the commissioner may:

(1) issue and cause to be served upon the organization, person, or entity charged with the violation a copy of the findings and an order requiring the organization, person, or entity to cease and desist from engaging in the act or practice that constitutes the violation; and

(2) impose a monetary penalty of not more than $1,000 for each violation, but not to exceed an aggregate penalty of $10,000.
Minn. Stat. § 245.4883 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 245 / Section 245.4883
§ 245.4883 ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL INPATIENT SERVICES.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 2014 c 262 art 3 s 18 ]

§ Subd. 2. Specific requirements. Providers of acute care hospital inpatient services for children must meet applicable standards established by the commissioners of health and human services.

§ Subd. 3. Admission, continued stay, and discharge criteria. No later than January 1, 1992, the county board shall ensure that placement decisions for acute care hospital inpatient treatment services are based on the clinical needs of the child and, if appropriate, the child's family. The county board shall ensure that each entity under contract with the county to provide acute care hospital treatment services has admission, continued stay, discharge criteria and discharge planning criteria as part of the contract. Contracts should specify the specific responsibilities between the county and service providers to ensure comprehensive planning and continuity of care between needed services according to data privacy requirements. All contracts for the provision of acute care hospital inpatient treatment services must include provisions guaranteeing clients the right to appeal under section 245.4887 and to be advised of their appeal rights.
Minn. Stat. § 136D.41 — MN Code / Part 135A_137 / Chapter 136D / Section 136D.41
§ 136D.41 LISTED DISTRICTS MAY FORM INTERMEDIATE DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, two or more of the Independent School Districts Nos. 108, 110, 111, and 112 of Carver County, Independent School Districts Nos. 716, 717, 719, 720, and 721 of Scott County, and Independent School District No. 2905 of Le Sueur County, whether or not contiguous, may enter into agreements to accomplish jointly and cooperatively the acquisition, betterment, construction, maintenance, and operation of facilities for, and instruction in, special education, career and technical education, adult basic education, and alternative education. Each school district that becomes a party to such an agreement is a "participating school district" for purposes of sections 136D.41 to 136D.49 . The agreement may provide for the exercise of these powers by a joint school board created as set forth in sections 136D.41 to 136D.49 .
Minn. Stat. § 500.14 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 500 / Section 500.14
§ 500.14 FUTURE ESTATES CONSTRUED; VALIDITY; CREATING INSTRUMENTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Failure of heirs or issue. Unless a different intent is effectively manifested, whenever property is limited upon the death of any person without "heirs" or "heirs of the body" or "issue" general or special, or "descendants" or "offspring" or "children" or any such relative described by other terms, the limitation is to take effect only when that person dies not having such relative living at the time of the person's death, or in gestation and born alive thereafter, and is not a limitation to take effect upon the indefinite failure of such relatives; nor, unless a different intent is effectively manifested, does the limitation mean that death without such relative is restricted in time to the lifetime of the creator of the interest.

§ Subd. 2. Alternative future estates. Two or more future estates may also be created, to take effect in the alternative, so that if the first in order fails to vest the next in succession shall be substituted for it, and take effect accordingly.

§ Subd. 3. Probability of contingency. No future estate, otherwise valid, shall be void on the ground of the probability or improbability of the contingency on which it is limited to take effect.

§ Subd. 4. Certain remainders vest by purchase. When a remainder is limited to the heirs, or heirs of the body, of a person to whom a life estate in the same premises is given, the persons who, on the termination of the life estate, are the heirs or heirs of the body of such tenant for life shall be entitled to take as purchasers, by virtue of the remainder so limited to them. No conveyance, transfer, devise, or bequest of an interest, legal or equitable, in real or personal property, shall fail to take effect by purchase because limited to a person or persons, howsoever described, who would take the same interest by descent or distribution.

§ Subd. 5. Posthumous children as remainderpersons. When a future estate is limited to heirs, or issue, or children, posthumous children shall be entitled to take in the same manner as if living at the death of their parent.

§ Subd. 6. Posthumous birth averts "death without issue." A future estate, depending on the contingency of the death of any person without heirs or issue or children, shall be defeated by the birth of a posthumous child of such person capable of taking by descent.
Minn. Stat. § 469.0305 — MN Code / Part 466A_470 / Chapter 469 / Section 469.0305
§ 469.0305 REPORT ON LOSS OF HOUSING.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Effects of welfare reform. A public agency administering a public housing program or a rent subsidy program shall report to the commissioner of the Housing Finance Agency by February 1, each year, beginning in 1998, the reduction in the number of units or Section 8 certificates or vouchers during the year and an assessment of the reasons for the reduction, including whether it is due to the state's welfare reform initiatives.

§ Subd. 2. Reduction in low-income housing units. A public agency that acquires and demolishes housing occupied by persons whose incomes are less than 50 percent of the area median income shall report the number of units demolished to the commissioner of the Housing Finance Agency. The report must be submitted to the commissioner of the Housing Finance Agency no later than March 15 of the following year.
Minn. Stat. § 116.22 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 116 / Section 116.22
§ 116.22 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Applicability. For purposes of sections 116.21 to 116.35 , the terms defined in this section shall have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. MS 1990 [Renumbered subd 3]

§ Subd. 2. Chemical water conditioner. "Chemical water conditioner" means a water softening chemical, antiscale chemical, corrosion inhibitor or other substance intended to be used to treat water.

§ Subd. 3. MS 1990 [Renumbered subd 4]

§ Subd. 3. Cleaning agent. "Cleaning agent" means a laundry detergent, dishwashing compound, household cleaner, metal cleaner, degreasing compound, commercial cleaner, industrial cleaner, phosphate compound or other substance intended to be used for cleaning purposes.

§ Subd. 4. MS 1990 [Renumbered subd 2]

§ Subd. 4. Nutrient. "Nutrient" means a substance or combination of substances which, if added to waters in sufficient quantities, provides nourishment that promotes growth of aquatic vegetation in densities which: (1) interfere with use of the waters by humans or by any animal, fish or plant useful to humans; or (2) contribute to degradation or alteration of the quality of the waters to an extent detrimental to their use by humans or by any animal, fish or plant that is useful to humans.
Minn. Stat. § 323A.0402 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 323A / Section 323A.0402
§ 323A.0402 DISTRIBUTIONS IN KIND.
Status: in_force

A partner has no right to receive, and may not be required to accept, a distribution in kind.