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Minn. Stat. § 56.19 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 56 / Section 56.19
§ 56.19 VIOLATION.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Criminal penalty. Any person or the several members, officers, directors, agents, and employees thereof, who violates or participates in the violation of any of the provisions of sections 56.01 and 56.18 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1983 c 252 s 16 ]

§ Subd. 2a. Penalty for intentional violations. Any lender intentionally violating this chapter, when the violation does not also constitute a violation of any other provision of state or federal law for which there is a remedy, shall be liable to the consumer in an amount not to exceed $100 for each violation.

§ Subd. 3. Unlicensed lenders. If a person has violated this chapter by not obtaining a license when required to make loans subject to this chapter, the loan is void and the debtor is not obligated to pay any amounts owing. The debtor may recover from such persons all amounts paid. No action may be brought under this subdivision more than one year after the date of the last scheduled payment on the loan.

§ Subd. 4. Remedies exclusive. The remedies set forth in this section and section 48.196 are exclusive. A violation of this chapter does not impair rights on a debt.
Minn. Stat. § 243.53 — MN Code / Part 241_244 / Chapter 243 / Section 243.53
§ 243.53 CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS; OCCUPANCY LIMITS OF CELLS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Separate cells. (a) When there are sufficient cells available, each inmate shall be confined in a separate cell. Each inmate shall be confined in a separate cell in institutions classified by the commissioner as custody level five institutions. (b) Correctional institutions classified by the commissioner as custody level one, two, three, or four institutions must permit multiple occupancy, except segregation units, to the greatest extent possible not to exceed the limits of facility infrastructure and programming space.

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1997 c 238 s 6 ]
Minn. Stat. § 412.581 — MN Code / Part 410_414 / Chapter 412 / Section 412.581
§ 412.581 OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

In any city operating under Optional Plan A except a city having a larger council under Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 412.023, subdivision 4 , the council shall be composed of five or seven members consisting, except during the initial period of its operation as provided in section 412.571 , of the mayor and four or six council members and, except as provided in that section, the clerk and treasurer or clerk-treasurer shall be appointed by the council for indefinite terms.
Minn. Stat. § 302A.771 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 302A / Section 302A.771
§ 302A.771 DEPOSIT WITH COMMISSIONER OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET OF AMOUNT DUE CERTAIN SHAREHOLDERS.
Status: in_force

Upon dissolution of a corporation, the portion of the assets distributable to a shareholder who is unknown or cannot be found, or who is under disability, if there is no person legally competent to receive the distributive portion, shall be reduced to money and deposited with the commissioner of management and budget. The amount deposited is appropriated to the commissioner of management and budget and shall be paid over to the shareholder or a legal representative, upon proof satisfactory to the commissioner of management and budget of a right to payment.
Minn. Stat. § 67A.08 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 67A / Section 67A.08
§ 67A.08 BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

Each company shall choose of its members no less than five, and not more than nine, directors to manage the affairs of the company, who shall hold their office for such period as may be fixed by the bylaws of the company, not exceeding three years, and until their successors are elected and qualified.
Minn. Stat. § 145.7131 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 145 / Section 145.7131
§ 145.7131 EXCEPTION TO EYEGLASS PRESCRIPTION EXPIRATION.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any practice to the contrary, in an emergency situation or in the case of lost glasses, an optometrist or physician may authorize a new pair of prescription eyeglasses using the prescription from the old lenses or the last prescription available.
Minn. Stat. § 325G.30 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325G / Section 325G.30
§ 325G.30 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Terms. As used in sections 325G.30 to 325G.36 , the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. Consumer. "Consumer" means any individual who, primarily for personal, family or household purposes: (1) gives consideration for an interest in any services or personal property, including money; (2) transfers or authorizes a security interest on any personal property; or (3) leases residential premises for a term not exceeding three years.

§ Subd. 3. Consumer contract. "Consumer contract" means any written contract with a consumer except: (1) a contract where the price, excluding interest or finance charges, is more than $50,000; (2) a contract through which a consumer mortgages an interest in realty or obtains money or credit to be used to purchase or refinance an interest in realty; (3) a contract in which the sale of personal property is merely incidental to the sale of an interest in realty; (4) a written agreement involving a transaction in securities with a broker-dealer or investment advisor registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission; or (5) a transaction in commodities with a futures commission merchant registered with the Commodities Futures Trading Commission.
Minn. Stat. § 124D.22 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 124D / Section 124D.22
§ 124D.22 SCHOOL-AGE CARE REVENUE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Eligibility. A district that offers a school-age care program according to section 124D.19, subdivision 11 , is eligible for school-age care revenue for the additional costs of providing services to children with disabilities or to children experiencing family or related problems of a temporary nature who participate in the school-age care program.

§ Subd. 2. School-age care revenue. The school-age care revenue for an eligible district equals the approved additional cost of providing services to children with disabilities or children experiencing family or related problems of a temporary nature who participate in the school-age care program.

§ Subd. 3. School-age care levy. To obtain school-age care revenue, a school district may levy an amount equal to the district's school-age care revenue as defined in subdivision 2 multiplied by the lesser of one, or the ratio of the quotient derived by dividing the adjusted net tax capacity of the district for the year before the year the levy is certified by the resident pupil units in the district for the school year to which the levy is attributable, to $2,318.

§ Subd. 4. School-age care aid. A district's school-age care aid is the difference between its school-age care revenue and its school-age care levy. If a district does not levy the entire amount permitted, school-age care aid must be reduced in proportion to the actual amount levied.
Minn. Stat. § 306.29 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 306 / Section 306.29
§ 306.29 DISPOSAL OF LOTS BY OWNERS.
Status: in_force

An owner of a cemetery lot may dispose of the lot by will to a relative who may be a survivor, or to the cemetery association or private cemetery, as the case may be, in trust for the use and benefit of any person or persons designated in the will. However, no lot may be affected by a testamentary devise unless the lot is specifically mentioned in the will and limited by it to one particular person. An owner of a cemetery lot may, while living, convey the lot to the cemetery association or the private cemetery in trust for the use and benefit of a person named in the trust conveyance. The conveyance may contain conditions, provisions, and covenants as the parties agree upon. No interment shall be made in any lot, except by written consent of the cemetery association or private cemetery, as the case may be, of a person who was not at the time of death, the owner of the lot or a relative of the owner by blood or marriage. Every conveyance or alienation or attempt at conveyance or alienation of any right, title, or interest in or to the lot contrary to the conditions and reservations of this section is void. Every cemetery association, or private cemetery, as the case may be, shall keep a record of all deeds, conveyances, judgments, decrees, or other documents affecting the title to lots in the cemetery. Certified copies of any of these documents shall be received in evidence by the courts. The cemetery association or private cemetery may, instead of deeding the fee title to this lot, grant only the exclusive right of interment in the lot.
Minn. Stat. § 394.33 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 394 / Section 394.33
§ 394.33 TOWN POWERS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Not inconsistent. The governing body of any town including any town with the powers of a statutory city pursuant to law may continue to exercise the authority to plan and zone as provided by law, but after the adoption of official controls for a county or portion thereof by the board of county commissioners no town shall enact or enforce official controls inconsistent with or less restrictive than the standards prescribed in the official controls adopted by the board. Nothing in this section shall limit any town's power to adopt official controls, including shoreland regulations which are more restrictive than provided in the controls adopted by the county. Upon the adoption or amendment of any official controls the governing body of the town shall record a certified copy thereof with the county recorder or registrar of titles. A certified copy of any official controls of any town which are in effect on August 1, 1974, shall also be filed by the governing body of the town with the county recorder or registrar of titles for record within one year from August 1, 1974.

§ Subd. 2. Like municipality. The board of supervisors of any town which has adopted or desires to adopt zoning regulations and restrictions pursuant to law shall have the authority granted the governing body of any municipality as provided in section 394.32 .
Minn. Stat. § 357.31 — MN Code / Part 357_359 / Chapter 357 / Section 357.31
§ 357.31 COPIES; ITEMIZED LIST; FEES UNIFORM.
Status: in_force

The legal fees paid for certified copies of the depositions of witnesses filed in any court administrator's office, or any documents or papers filed or recorded in any public office, necessarily used on trial of a cause or on the assessment of damages, shall be allowed in the taxation of costs. Any officer receiving fees shall, on demand, furnish an itemized list and receipt the same on payment. On refusal to do so, the officer shall be liable to the party paying the same for three times the amount paid. Every officer shall be entitled to the same fees for performing the same service.
Minn. Stat. § 268.0425 — MN Code / Part 268_269 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0425
§ 268.0425 ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION PRESUMPTION.
Status: in_force

If any electronic transaction is done under this chapter using an identification number or code assigned an employer by the commissioner, the transaction is presumed as done by that employer unless a preponderance of the available evidence shows that it was not done by that employer.
Minn. Stat. § 325J.02 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325J / Section 325J.02
§ 325J.02 MUNICIPAL LICENSING AND REGULATION.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, morals, and welfare, a municipality may adopt an ordinance, issue licenses to qualified applicants, and regulate pawn transactions. Ordinances must contain the minimum provisions of this chapter.

(b) A person may not engage in business as a pawnbroker or otherwise portray the person as a pawnbroker unless the person has a valid license authorizing engagement in the business. Any pawn transaction made without benefit of a license is void.

(c) A separate license is required for each place of business. A municipality may issue more than one license to a person if that person complies with this chapter for each license.

(d) Each license shall remain in full force and effect until surrendered, suspended, revoked, or expired. A license may be suspended or revoked for failure to comply with the municipality's ordinance.

(e) No expiration, revocation, suspension, or surrender of any license shall impair or affect the obligation of any preexisting lawful contract between the licensee and any pledgor.

(f) The appropriate local law enforcement agency shall be notified by the municipality of any licensee whose license has expired or been surrendered, suspended, or revoked as provided by this chapter.
Minn. Stat. § 62D.123 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62D / Section 62D.123
§ 62D.123 PROVIDER CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Provider agreement. Except for an employment agreement between a provider and health maintenance organization, an agreement to provide health care services between a provider and a health maintenance organization entered into or renewed after April 25, 1988, must contain the following provision: PROVIDER AGREES NOT TO BILL, CHARGE, COLLECT A DEPOSIT FROM, SEEK REMUNERATION FROM, OR HAVE ANY RECOURSE AGAINST AN ENROLLEE OR PERSONS ACTING ON THEIR BEHALF FOR SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. THIS PROVISION APPLIES TO BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING EVENTS: (1) NONPAYMENT BY THE HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION OR (2) BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT. THIS PROVISION DOES NOT PROHIBIT THE PROVIDER FROM COLLECTING CO-PAYMENTS OR FEES FOR UNCOVERED SERVICES. THIS PROVISION SURVIVES THE TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT FOR AUTHORIZED SERVICES PROVIDED BEFORE THIS AGREEMENT TERMINATES, REGARDLESS OF THE REASON FOR TERMINATION. THIS PROVISION IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION ENROLLEES. THIS PROVISION DOES NOT APPLY TO SERVICES PROVIDED AFTER THIS AGREEMENT TERMINATES. THIS PROVISION SUPERSEDES ANY CONTRARY ORAL OR WRITTEN AGREEMENT EXISTING NOW OR ENTERED INTO IN THE FUTURE BETWEEN THE PROVIDER AND THE ENROLLEE OR PERSONS ACTING ON THEIR BEHALF REGARDING LIABILITY FOR PAYMENT FOR SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.

§ Subd. 2. Cooperation required. An agreement to provide health care services between a provider and a health maintenance organization must require the provider to cooperate with and participate in the health maintenance organization's quality assurance program, dispute resolution procedure, and utilization review program.

§ Subd. 3. Notice of termination. An agreement to provide health care services between a provider and a health maintenance organization must require that if the provider terminates the agreement, without cause, the provider shall give the organization 120 days' advance notice of termination.

§ Subd. 4. Late payments. If a health maintenance organization's payments to a provider are delayed beyond the payment date in the contract, the provider may notify the commissioner who shall consider that information in assessing the financial solvency of the health maintenance organization.
Minn. Stat. § 268.043 — MN Code / Part 268_269 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.043
§ 268.043 DETERMINATIONS OF COVERAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner, upon the commissioner's own motion or upon application of a person, must determine if that person is an employer or whether services performed for it constitute employment and covered employment, or whether any compensation constitutes wages, and notify the person of the determination. The determination is final unless the person files an appeal within 45 calendar days after the commissioner sends the determination by mail or electronic transmission. Proceedings on the appeal are conducted in accordance with section 268.105 .

(b) No person may be initially determined an employer, or that services performed for it were in employment or covered employment, for periods more than four years before the year in which the determination is made, unless the commissioner finds that there was fraudulent action to avoid liability under this chapter.
Minn. Stat. § 508.77 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 508 / Section 508.77
§ 508.77 PARTIES DEFENDANT; JUDGMENT; EXECUTION.
Status: in_force

If such action is brought to recover any loss or damage occasioned solely by the registration of such land, or solely by the registration of any other person as the owner thereof, or if such action be brought for the recovery of any loss or damage occasioned solely by the omission, mistake or misfeasance of the registrar or the registrar's deputy, or of any examiner or of any court administrator, or a deputy of the court administrator or examiner, in the performance of their respective duties, the commissioner of management and budget, in the commissioner's official capacity, shall be the sole defendant. If such action be brought to recover for any loss or damage occasioned either wholly, or in part, by the fraud or wrongful act of some person other than the officers herein named, or to recover for any loss or damage caused jointly by the fraud or wrongful act, and by the omission, mistake or misfeasance of the officers above named, or any of them, and of some other person, the commissioner of management and budget, in the commissioner's official capacity, and such other person shall be joined as defendants therein. In any action where there are defendants other than the commissioner of management and budget, no execution shall issue against such commissioner of management and budget until execution against all other defendants against whom judgment has been recovered has been returned unsatisfied, either in whole or in part. An officer returning such execution shall certify thereon that the amount still due upon the execution cannot be collected from them. Thereupon the court, being satisfied as to the truth of the return, shall order the commissioner of management and budget to pay the amount due upon such execution out of the general fund. The attorney general or, at the request of either the attorney general or the board of county commissioners of the county in which the land or a major part of it lies, the county attorney of that county shall defend the commissioner of management and budget in all such actions.
Minn. Stat. § 59A.09 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 59A / Section 59A.09
§ 59A.09 MAXIMUM FINANCE CHARGE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Grant of authority. No person engaged in the business of financing insurance premiums may charge, contract for, receive or collect a finance charge plus flat service fee with respect to an insurance premium finance agreement other than as permitted by this section.

§ Subd. 2. Balance determined. The finance charge shall be computed on the balance of the premiums due, after subtracting the down payment made by the insured in accordance with the premium finance agreement, from the effective date of the insurance coverage, for which the premiums are being advanced, to and including the date when final installment of the premium finance agreement is payable.

§ Subd. 3. How computed. The finance charge must not exceed five percent in excess of the discount rate on 90-day commercial paper in effect at the Federal Reserve Bank located in the Ninth Federal Reserve District when an insurance premium finance agreement is made or when an additional or subsequent premium is added under an open end agreement. For expenses incurred in servicing the loan including any filing fees, application fee for the examination or investigation of the character of the borrower, comaker or security, and drawing any necessary papers in making the loan, an insurance premium finance company may contract for a flat rate service fee not exceeding the greater of one percent of the amount financed or $20 per premium finance agreement. The flat service fee need not be refunded upon prepayment in full before maturity.

§ Subd. 4. When computed. The finance charge shall be computed in advance on the principal balance of a premium finance agreement according to the actuarial method on terms payable in substantially equal successive monthly installments.

§ Subd. 5. Prepayment. Notwithstanding the provisions of any premium finance agreement, any insured may prepay the obligation in full at any time. In such event the insured shall receive a refund credit. The amount of such refund credit shall represent at least as great a proportion of the finance charge as the sum of the periodic balances after the month in which prepayment is made bears to the sum of all periodic balances under the schedule of installments in the agreement. Where the amount of the refund is less than $1, no refund need be made. If, in addition to the finance charge, an additional flat service fee was imposed, the flat service fee need not be refunded nor taken into consideration in computing the refund credit.

§ Subd. 6. Limitation. Subdivision 3 applies only to a premium finance agreement in which the related insurance contract is for personal, family, or household use. The rate charged under an agreement made to finance an insurance policy for business, agricultural, or corporate purposes shall be as agreed to by the parties to the agreement.
Minn. Stat. § 116P.18 — MN Code / Part 116P_116Q / Chapter 116P / Section 116P.18
§ 116P.18 LANDS IN PUBLIC DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

Money appropriated from the trust fund must not be used to purchase any land in fee title or a permanent conservation easement if the land in question is fully or partially owned by the state or a political subdivision of the state or was acquired fully or partially with state money, unless:

(1) the purchase creates additional direct benefit to the protection, conservation, preservation, and enhancement of the state's air, water, land, fish, wildlife, and other natural resources; and

(2) the purchase is approved, prior to the acquisition, by an affirmative vote of at least 11 members of the commission, except as provided under section 116P.09, subdivision 6 , paragraph (b).
Minn. Stat. § 383C.235 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383C / Section 383C.235
§ 383C.235 ROAD AND BRIDGE MONEY FROM UNORGANIZED TOWNSHIPS.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding section 163.06, subdivision 4 , the road and bridge fund tax money collected from unorganized townships in St. Louis County need not be set apart in separate funds for each township. Notwithstanding section 163.06, subdivision 5 , road and bridge fund tax money that is collected from the various unorganized townships may be expended by the St. Louis County Board in any of the unorganized townships in the county.
Minn. Stat. § 13.635 — MN Code / Part 13_13C / Chapter 13 / Section 13.635
§ 13.635 GENERAL STATE AGENCY DATA CODED ELSEWHERE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. The sections referred to in this section are codified outside this chapter. Those sections classify state agency data as other than public, place restrictions on access to government data, or involve data sharing.

§ Subd. 1a. State Board of Investment. Certain government data of the State Board of Investment related to investments are classified under section 11A.24, subdivision 6 .

§ Subd. 2. Official records; generally. Access to government data kept pursuant to section 15.17 is governed by sections 13.03 and 138.17 .

§ Subd. 3. Commissioners of management and budget and administration. Access to government data of all state departments and agencies by the commissioner of management and budget and the commissioner of administration is governed by section 15.08 .

§ Subd. 3a. Dependent eligibility audit. Data submitted to the commissioner of management and budget as part of a dependent eligibility audit are classified under section 43A.28 .

§ Subd. 4. Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board. Disclosure of data to the Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board's advisory committee is governed by section 15B.11, subdivision 3 .

§ Subd. 5. Secretary of state. Social Security numbers and tax identification numbers maintained by the secretary of state in filing systems are classified under sections 336.9-531 and 336A.14 .