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Minn. Stat. § 299F.58 — MN Code / Part 299A_299N / Chapter 299F / Section 299F.58
§ 299F.58 CERTIFICATION AND REPORT TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
Status: in_force

The commissioner is authorized to make certifications and reports to the United States Secretary of Transportation as may be required from time to time under the federal Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act.
Minn. Stat. § 97B.648 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97B / Section 97B.648
§ 97B.648 WOLVES; UNLAWFUL TAKING; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

A person who unlawfully takes, transports, or possesses a wolf in violation of the game and fish laws, and has one or more prior convictions involving the taking of wolves, is liable for a civil penalty equal to the restitution value for the wolf.
Minn. Stat. § 325E.56 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325E / Section 325E.56
§ 325E.56 REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.
Status: in_force

The rights, remedies, and prohibitions contained in sections 325E.50 to 325E.57 are in addition to and cumulative of any other right, remedy, or prohibition accorded by common law, or state or federal law. Nothing contained in sections 325E.50 to 325E.57 shall be construed to deny, abrogate, or impair any such common law or statutory right, remedy, or prohibition.
Minn. Stat. § 239.32 — MN Code / Part 239 / Chapter 239 / Section 239.32
§ 239.32 STANDARD WEIGHT OF BUSHEL.
Status: in_force

In contracts for the sale of any of the following articles, the term "bushel" shall mean the number of pounds avoirdupois herein stated: corn, in ear, 70; beans (except lima beans, scarlet runner pole beans, white runner pole beans and broad windsor beans), smooth peas, wheat, clover seed, Irish potatoes and alfalfa, 60; broom corn seed and sorghum seed, 57; shelled corn (except sweet corn), rye, lima beans, flaxseed and wrinkled peas, 56; sweet potatoes and turnips, 55; onions and rutabagas, 52; buckwheat, hempseed, rapeseed, beets, green apples, walnuts, rhubarb, hickory nuts, chestnuts, tomatoes, scarlet runner pole beans and white runner pole beans, 50; barley, millet, Hungarian grass seed, sweet corn, cucumbers and peaches, 48; broad windsor beans, 47; carrots, timothy seed and pears, 45; parsnips, 42; spelt or spilts, 40; cranberries, 36; oats and bottom onion-sets, 32; dried apples, dried peaches and top onion-sets, 28; peanuts, 22; blue grass, orchard grass and redtop seed, 14; plastering hair, unwashed, 8; plastering hair, washed, 4; lime, 80; but if sold by the barrel the weight shall be 200 pounds. In contracts for the sale of green apples, the term "bushel" shall mean 2150.42 cubic inches.
Minn. Stat. § 3.738 — MN Code / Part 3_3E / Chapter 3 / Section 3.738
§ 3.738 INJURY OR DEATH OF PATIENT OR INMATE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Legislative authority. Claims and demands arising out of injury to or death of a patient of a state institution under the control of the Direct Care and Treatment executive board or the commissioner of veterans affairs or an inmate of a state correctional facility while performing assigned duties shall be presented to, heard, and determined by the legislature.

§ Subd. 2. Evaluation of claims. Claims that are approved under this section shall be paid pursuant to legislative appropriation following evaluation of each claim by the appropriate committees of the senate and house of representatives. Compensation will not be paid for pain and suffering.

§ Subd. 3. Exclusive remedy. The procedure established by this section is exclusive of all other legal, equitable, and statutory remedies.
Minn. Stat. § 15A.01 — MN Code / Part 14_15A / Chapter 15A / Section 15A.01
§ 15A.01 AMOUNT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. When paid. The yearly salaries of the state officers and employees mentioned in this chapter shall be as herein fixed subject to the provisions of section 16A.17 .

§ Subd. 2. Full payment for services. The salaries provided in this chapter for the officers and employees named herein shall be in full payment for all services that may be rendered by them either in the performance of their regular or special duties or while acting as a member or employee of any state board or commission.

§ Subd. 3. Fees collected paid into state treasury. All fees of any nature collected by any officer or employee named in this chapter in the performance of official duties for the state shall be paid into the state treasury.
Minn. Stat. § 449.11 — MN Code / Part 447_450 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.11
§ 449.11 ELECTION.
Status: in_force

When this petition is filed, the governing body of the city or town shall cause the question to be submitted to the voters at the first following general municipal election of the city or town.
Minn. Stat. § 429.035 — MN Code / Part 426_435 / Chapter 429 / Section 429.035
§ 429.035 IMPROVEMENTS, PETITION.
Status: in_force

When any petition for the making of any improvement in any statutory city, town, or city of the second, third, or fourth class, however organized, for the cost of which special assessments may be, in whole or in part, levied therefor, is presented to the governing body of the municipality, this body shall, by resolution, determine whether or not the petition has been signed by the required percentage of owners of property affected thereby.
Minn. Stat. § 465.72 — MN Code / Part 465_466 / Chapter 465 / Section 465.72
§ 465.72 SEVERANCE PAY.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Payment; limits. Except as may otherwise be provided in Laws 1959, chapter 690, as amended, a county, city, township, school district or other governmental subdivision may pay severance pay to its employees and adopt rules for the payment of severance pay to an employee who leaves employment. Severance pay does not include compensation for accumulated sick leave or other payments in the form of periodic contributions by an employer toward premiums for group insurance policies for a former employee. The severance pay must be excluded from retirement deductions and from any calculations in retirement benefits. Severance pay must be paid in a manner mutually agreeable to the employee and employer over a period not to exceed five years from retirement or termination of employment. If a retired or terminated employee dies before all or a portion of the severance pay has been disbursed, that balance due must be paid to a named beneficiary or, lacking one, to the deceased's estate. Severance pay provided for an employee leaving employment may not exceed an amount equivalent to one year of pay.

§ Subd. 2. MS 1986 [Repealed, 1988 c 605 s 14 ]
Minn. Stat. § 524.6-209 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 524 / Section 524.6-209
§ 524.6-209 FINANCIAL INSTITUTION PROTECTION; PAYMENT AFTER DEATH OR DISABILITY; JOINT ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

Any sums in a joint account may be paid, on request, to any party without regard to whether any other party is incapacitated or deceased at the time the payment is demanded; but payment may not be made to the personal representative or heirs of a deceased party unless proofs of death are presented to the financial institution showing that the decedent was the last surviving party or unless there is no right of survivorship under section 524.6-204 , or unless a will provides other distribution; in which case the procedure set forth in section 524.6-204 , clause (d), shall be followed. A minor may be a party to a joint account.
Minn. Stat. § 181.957 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 181 / Section 181.957
§ 181.957 FEDERAL PREEMPTION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Excluded employees and job applicants. Except as provided under subdivision 2, the employee and job applicant protections provided under sections 181.950 to 181.956 do not apply to employees and job applicants where the specific work performed requires those employees and job applicants to be subject to drug and alcohol testing or cannabis testing pursuant to: (1) federal regulations that specifically preempt state regulation of drug and alcohol testing or cannabis testing with respect to those employees and job applicants; (2) federal regulations or requirements necessary to operate federally regulated facilities; (3) federal contracts where the drug and alcohol testing or cannabis testing is conducted for security, safety, or protection of sensitive or proprietary data; or (4) state agency rules that adopt federal regulations applicable to the interstate component of a federally regulated industry, and the adoption of those rules is for the purpose of conforming the nonfederally regulated intrastate component of the industry to identical regulation.

§ Subd. 2. Exclusion limited. Employers and testing laboratories must comply with the employee and job applicant protections provided under sections 181.950 to 181.956 , with respect to employees or job applicants otherwise excluded under subdivision 1 from those protections, to the extent that the provisions of sections 181.950 to 181.956 are not inconsistent with or specifically preempted by the federal regulations, contract, or requirements applicable to drug and alcohol testing.
Minn. Stat. § 336.5-110 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.5-110
§ 336.5-110 WARRANTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) If its presentation is honored, the beneficiary warrants:

(1) to the issuer, any other person to whom presentation is made, and the applicant that there is no fraud or forgery of the kind described in section 336.5-109 (a); and

(2) to the applicant that the drawing does not violate any agreement between the applicant and beneficiary or any other agreement intended by them to be augmented by the letter of credit.

(b) The warranties in subsection (a) are in addition to the warranties arising under articles 3, 4, 7, and 8 because of the presentation or transfer of documents covered by any of those articles.
Minn. Stat. § 92.215 — MN Code / Part 92_94 / Chapter 92 / Section 92.215
§ 92.215 TAXES CANCELED.
Status: in_force

If the rights of a purchaser of state public land or heirs, representatives, or assigns of the purchaser, have been absolutely terminated, all unpaid taxes and assessments against the land at the date of the termination are canceled and the county auditor must record the termination.
Minn. Stat. § 60G.03 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 60G / Section 60G.03
§ 60G.03 CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS AND RECORDS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Confidentiality. Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided in this section, proceedings, hearings, notices, correspondence, reports, records, and other information in the possession of the commissioner or the department relating to the supervision of any insurer are confidential.

§ Subd. 2. Access. The personnel of the department shall have access to these proceedings, hearings, notices, correspondence, reports, records, or information as permitted by the commissioner.

§ Subd. 3. Open hearings; disclosure. The commissioner may open the proceedings or hearings or disclose the notices, correspondence, reports, records, or information to a department, agency, or instrumentality of this or another state or the United States if the commissioner determines that the disclosure is necessary or proper for the enforcement of the laws of this or another state or the United States.

§ Subd. 4. Public disclosure. The commissioner may open the proceedings or hearings or make public the notices, correspondence, reports, records, or other information if the commissioner determines that it is in the best interest of the public or in the best interest of the insurer, its insureds, creditors, or the general public.

§ Subd. 5. Exemption. This section does not apply to hearings, notices, correspondence, reports, records, or other information obtained upon the appointment of a receiver for the insurer by a court of competent jurisdiction.
Minn. Stat. § 134.15 — MN Code / Part 134_135 / Chapter 134 / Section 134.15
§ 134.15 GIFTS.
Status: in_force

With the consent of the governing body of any city or county, expressed by ordinance or resolution, the library board may accept any gift, grant, devise, or bequest made or offered by any person for public library purposes, or for the establishment, enlargement, or maintenance of an art gallery or museum in connection with its library, and may carry out the conditions of the donation. The city or county in all such cases is authorized to acquire a site, levy a tax, and pledge itself by ordinance or resolution to a perpetual compliance with all the terms and conditions of the gift, grant, devise, or bequest so accepted.
Minn. Stat. § 128B.05 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 128B / Section 128B.05
§ 128B.05 EMPLOYEES; APPROPRIATE UNIT; INDIAN INSTRUCTORS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Hiring. The council must employ necessary teachers according to section 122A.40 and may employ other necessary personnel.

§ Subd. 2. Council teachers are unit. Teachers employed by the council are employees of the council and are an "appropriate unit" or a "unit" under chapter 179A, notwithstanding section 179A.03, subdivision 2 .

§ Subd. 3. District 309 teachers. Teachers employed by the school board of Independent School District No. 309 who are assigned by the board to the school remain employees of the board.

§ Subd. 4. Indian culture instructors. The council may employ instructors in Indian culture. The instructors need not be licensed by the state board. For all other purposes, the instructors are "teachers" as defined by section 122A.15, subdivision 1 .
Minn. Stat. § 14.68 — MN Code / Part 14_15A / Chapter 14 / Section 14.68
§ 14.68 PROCEDURE ON REVIEW.
Status: in_force

The review shall be confined to the record, except that in cases of alleged irregularities in procedure, not shown in the record, the court of appeals may transfer the case to the district court for the county in which the agency has its principal office or the county in which the contested case hearing was held. The district court shall have jurisdiction to take testimony and to hear and determine the alleged irregularities in procedure. Appeal from the district court determination may be taken to the court of appeals as in other civil cases.
Minn. Stat. § 15.18 — MN Code / Part 14_15A / Chapter 15 / Section 15.18
§ 15.18 DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLICATIONS.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in sections 3C.12, subdivision 2 , and 5.08 and chapter 16B, when any department, agency, or official of the state issues for public distribution any book, document, journal, map, pamphlet, or report copies thereof shall be delivered immediately as follows:

Four copies to the Minnesota Historical Society;

One copy to the general library of the University of Minnesota, and may, upon request of the librarian, deliver additional copies;

Two copies to the state library, and such additional copies as the state librarian deems necessary for exchange with other libraries, with other states, with the United States, and with governments of foreign countries;

One copy to the public library of any city of the first class;

One copy to the library of each state university as defined in chapter 136.
Minn. Stat. § 401.12 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 401 / Section 401.12
§ 401.12 MINIMUM SPENDING LEVEL.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Diminished spending prohibited. A county or Tribal Nation receiving a subsidy under section 401.10 must not reduce its level of spending on probation services to lower than what is reimbursed by the community supervision formula under section 401.10, subdivision 1 .

§ Subd. 2. Not expending full subsidy amount. If a county or Tribal Nation is unable to expend the full amount of the subsidy to which it would be entitled in the first year of a biennium, the commissioner must: (1) retain the surplus; and (2) disburse the surplus in the second year of the biennium if the county or Tribal Nation can demonstrate a need for and ability to expend the surplus.
Minn. Stat. § 237.60 — MN Code / Part 237_238 / Chapter 237 / Section 237.60
§ 237.60 DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES; SERVICE COSTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. [Expired]

§ Subd. 2. [Expired]

§ Subd. 3. Discrimination. No telephone company shall offer telecommunications service within the state upon terms or rates that are unreasonably discriminatory. No telephone company shall unreasonably limit its service offerings to particular geographic areas unless facilities necessary for the service are not available and cannot be made available at reasonable costs. The rates of a telephone company must be the same in all geographic locations of the state unless for good cause the commission approves different rates. A company that offers long-distance services shall charge uniform rates and charges on all long-distance routes and in all geographic areas in the state where it offers the services. However, a company may offer or provide volume discounts in connection with intrastate long-distance services and may pass through any state, municipal, or local taxes in the specific geographic areas from which the taxes originate. Nothing in this subdivision authorizes a telephone company to provide service outside of its authorized service area except as provided in section 237.16 .

§ Subd. 4. Cost of service. Prices or rates charged for competitive services must cover the incremental costs of providing the service. If a telephone company provides both local service and long-distance services, that company shall, in determining the cost of the long-distance service, include at least the same level of contribution to common and joint costs as is contained in the access charges to other telephone companies. The company may do so on an aggregate basis, instead of on a time or mileage band basis.

§ Subd. 5. [Expired]
Minn. Stat. § 17.992 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17.992
§ 17.992 REPORTS.
Status: in_force

The commissioner, in consultation with the Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program Advisory Committee, commissioner of natural resources, commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, and Board of Water and Soil Resources, shall issue a biennial report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over agricultural policy on the status of the program.
Minn. Stat. § 325J.09 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325J / Section 325J.09
§ 325J.09 REDEMPTION; RISK OF LOSS.
Status: in_force

Any person to whom the receipt for pledged goods was issued, or any person identified in a written and notarized authorization to redeem the pledged goods identified in the receipt, or any person identified in writing by the pledgor at the time of the initial transaction and signed by the pledgor shall be entitled to redeem or repurchase the pledged goods described on the ticket. In the event the goods are lost or damaged while in possession of the pawnbroker, the pawnbroker shall compensate the pledgor, in cash or replacement goods acceptable to the pledgor, for the fair market value of the lost or damaged goods. Proof of compensation shall be a defense to any prosecution or civil action.
Minn. Stat. § 357.28 — MN Code / Part 357_359 / Chapter 357 / Section 357.28
§ 357.28 COURT COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Fees. The fees to be charged and collected by a court commissioner shall be as follows, and no other or greater fees shall be charged: (1) for examining any petition, complaint, affidavit, or any paper wherein an order is required, $2.50; (2) for making and entering an order on the same, $1; (3) for examining a person alleged to have a mental illness or chemical dependency for commitment, $25; (4) for hearing and deciding on the return of a writ of habeas corpus, $10 for each day necessarily occupied; (5) for examination of judgment debtors in proceedings supplementary to execution and for all disclosures in garnishment proceedings, in writing, 25 cents per folio; (6) for all other services rendered by the commissioner, the same fees as are allowed by law to other officers for similar services.

§ Subd. 2. Application. Subdivision 1 shall not apply to any county containing a city of the first class.
Minn. Stat. § 209.02 — MN Code / Part 200_212 / Chapter 209 / Section 209.02
§ 209.02 CONTESTANT; GROUNDS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. General. Any eligible voter, including a candidate, may contest in the manner provided in this chapter: (1) the nomination or election of any person for whom the voter had the right to vote if that person is declared nominated or elected to the senate or the house of representatives of the United States, or to a statewide, county, legislative, municipal, school, or district court office; or (2) the declared result of a constitutional amendment or other question voted upon at an election. The contest may be brought over an irregularity in the conduct of an election or canvass of votes, over the question of who received the largest number of votes legally cast, over the number of votes legally cast in favor of or against a question, or on the grounds of deliberate, serious, and material violations of the Minnesota Election Law.

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1986 c 408 s 13 ]

§ Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1986 c 408 s 13 ]

§ Subd. 4. [Repealed, 1986 c 408 s 13 ]

§ Subd. 4a. [Repealed, 1986 c 408 s 13 ]

§ Subd. 5. [Repealed, 1986 c 408 s 13 ]

§ Subd. 6. [Repealed, 1986 c 408 s 13 ]

§ Subd. 7. [Repealed, 1986 c 408 s 13 ]

§ Subd. 8. [Repealed, 1986 c 408 s 13 ]
Minn. Stat. § 116P.12 — MN Code / Part 116P_116Q / Chapter 116P / Section 116P.12
§ 116P.12 WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT; LOAN PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Loans authorized. (a) If the principal of the trust fund equals or exceeds $200,000,000, the commission may vote to set aside up to five percent of the principal of the trust fund for water system improvement loans. The purpose of water system improvement loans is to offer below market rate interest loans to local units of government for the purposes of water system improvements. (b) The interest on a loan shall be calculated on the declining balance at a rate that is the greater of one percent or 50 percent of the secondary market yield of one-year United States Treasury bills calculated according to section 549.09, subdivision 1 , paragraph (c). (c) An eligible project must prove that existing federal or state loans or grants have not been adequate. (d) Payments on the principal and interest of loans under this section must be credited to the trust fund. (e) Repayment of loans made under this section must be completed within 20 years. (f) The Minnesota Public Facilities Authority must report to the commission each year on any loans made to the authority under this section.

§ Subd. 2. Application and administration. (a) The commission must adopt a procedure for the issuance of the water system improvement loans by the Public Facilities Authority. (b) The commission also must ensure that the loans are administered according to its fiduciary standards and requirements.
Minn. Stat. § 555.07 — MN Code / Part 553_566 / Chapter 555 / Section 555.07
§ 555.07 REVIEW.
Status: in_force

All orders, judgments, and decrees under this chapter may be reviewed as other orders, judgments, and decrees.
Minn. Stat. § 325E.095 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325E / Section 325E.095
§ 325E.095 COMPUTATION OF SALES BY SMALL RETAILERS.
Status: in_force

A retail business selling less than 50,000 gallons of motor vehicle fuel per year may compute fuel pump sales by the half gallon.

This section supersedes any contrary provision of law.