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Minn. Stat. § 15.98 — MN Code / Part 14_15A / Chapter 15 / Section 15.98
§ 15.98 INDOOR ICE FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

This section applies to an indoor ice arena operated by a political subdivision, a state agency, the University of Minnesota, a state higher education institution, or any other organization that makes an arena available to the public. If the arena provides more prime ice time to groups of one gender than to groups of the other gender, the arena may not deny a request for prime ice time from the group of the underrepresented gender, provided that the group of the underrepresented gender pays the same price charged to groups of the other gender. An underrepresented gender group must be allowed up to 15 percent of prime ice time for the 1994-1995 season, up to 30 percent by the 1995-1996 season, and up to 50 percent by the 1996-1997 season. This section does not: (1) require an arena to allocate more time to any one group than is generally allocated to other groups; or (2) affect a political subdivision's ability to grant preference to groups based in the political subdivision, provided this preference is not based on gender. For purposes of this section, prime ice time means the hours of 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Monday to Friday and 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Any group that generates revenue as a result of tickets sold to persons in attendance at arena events must be excluded in determining if the arena provides more prime ice time to groups of one gender than the other.
Minn. Stat. § 458.40 — MN Code / Part 451_459 / Chapter 458 / Section 458.40
§ 458.40 MUST VOTE TO ISSUE BONDS IF CHARTER SAYS SO.
Status: in_force

If a charter adopted under the Minnesota Constitution, article IV, section 36, article XI, section 4, or article XII, section 5, has a provision that requires the question of the issuance of bonds to be submitted to the electors, the provision prevails over sections 458.36 to 458.40 .
Minn. Stat. § 473J.12 — MN Code / Part 473_473J / Chapter 473J / Section 473J.12
§ 473J.12 EMPLOYMENT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Hiring and recruitment. In the design, development, construction, management, operation, maintenance, and capital repair, replacement, and improvement of the stadium and stadium infrastructure, the authority shall make every effort to employ, and cause the NFL team, the construction manager and other subcontractors, vendors, and concessionaires to employ women and members of minority communities when hiring. In addition, the authority shall contract with an employment assistance firm, preferably minority-owned, or owned by a disabled individual or a woman, to create an employment program to recruit, hire, and retain minorities for the stadium facility. The authority shall hold a job fair and recruit and advertise at Minneapolis Urban League, Sabathani, American Indian OIC, Youthbuild organizations, and other such organizations. Further, goals for construction contracts to be awarded to women- and minority-owned businesses will be in a percentage at least equal to the minimum used for city of Minneapolis development projects, and the other construction workforce will establish workforce utilization goals at least equal to current city goals and include workers from city zip codes that have high rates of poverty and unemployment.

§ Subd. 2. Other required agreements. The NFL team or the authority shall give food, beverage, retail, and concession workers presently employed by the NFL team or the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission or its vendors at the existing football stadium the opportunity to continue their employment in comparable positions at the new stadium. Workers who are presently represented under a collective bargaining agreement may seek to continue such representation in the facility and designate such, or another collective bargaining unit, as their representative.
Minn. Stat. § 343.10 — MN Code / Part 343_348 / Chapter 343 / Section 343.10
§ 343.10 COUNTY AND DISTRICT SOCIETIES.
Status: in_force

A county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals may be formed in any county and a district society for the prevention of cruelty to animals may be formed in any group of two or more contiguous or noncontiguous counties or parts of counties by not less than seven incorporators. County and district societies shall be created as corporations under chapter 317A and as provided in the bylaws of the state federation. No county or district society may conduct investigations outside the boundaries of the county or counties included in the county or district society.
Minn. Stat. § 115A.18 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 115A / Section 115A.18
§ 115A.18 LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS; PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that proper management of hazardous waste generated in the state is needed to conserve and protect the natural resources in the state and the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens, that the establishment of safe commercial disposal facilities in the state may be necessary and practicable to properly manage the waste, that this cannot be accomplished solely by the activities of private persons and political subdivisions acting alone or jointly, and that therefore it is necessary to provide a procedure for making final determinations on whether commercial stabilization and containment facilities should be established in the state and on the locations, sizes, types, and functions of any such facilities.
Minn. Stat. § 122A.08 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 122A / Section 122A.08
§ 122A.08 MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Meetings. The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must meet regularly at the times and places as the board determines. Meetings must be called by the chair or at the written request of any eight members.

§ Subd. 2. Executive director. The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must have an executive director who is in the unclassified civil service and who is not a member of the board. The executive director must fulfill the duties provided in section 122A.09, subdivision 6 . The board must review the performance of the executive director and set the salary of the executive director, not to exceed the limit for a position listed in section 15A.0815, subdivision 2 .
Minn. Stat. § 62A.60 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62A / Section 62A.60
§ 62A.60 RETROACTIVE DENIAL OF EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

In cases where the subscriber or insured is liable for costs beyond applicable co-payments or deductibles, no insurer may retroactively deny payment to a person who is covered when the services are provided for health care services that are otherwise covered, if the insurer or its representative failed to provide prior or concurrent review or authorization for the expenses when required to do so under the policy, plan, or certificate. If prior or concurrent review or authorization was provided by the insurer or its representative, and the preexisting condition limitation provision, the general exclusion provision and any other coinsurance, or other policy requirements have been met, the insurer may not deny payment for the authorized service or time period except in cases where fraud or substantive misrepresentation occurred.
Minn. Stat. § 270C.14 — MN Code / Part 270_271 / Chapter 270C / Section 270C.14
§ 270C.14 AUTHORITY TO PAY LOCAL TAXES; APPROPRIATION.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may pay to any local government unit, any locally imposed sales taxes that may be assessed against the department. There is appropriated to the commissioner from the general fund the amount needed to make the payments.
Minn. Stat. § 103D.355 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103D / Section 103D.355
§ 103D.355 ANNUAL AUDIT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Requirement. The managers must have an annual audit completed of the books and accounts of the watershed district. The annual audit may be made by a private certified public accountant or by the state auditor. The managers must submit the annual audit report to the board and the state auditor's office within 180 days of the end of the watershed district's fiscal year.

§ Subd. 2. Audit by state auditor. (a) An audit by the state auditor may be initiated by a petition of the resident owners of the watershed district or resolution of the managers of the watershed district. The petition must request an annual audit pursuant to the authority granted municipalities under sections 6.54 and 6.55 . The state auditor may conduct such examinations of accounts and records as the state auditor may deem the public interest to demand. (b) If the audit or examination is made by the state auditor, the watershed district receiving the examination must pay the state the total cost and expenses of the examination, including the salaries paid to the examiners while actually engaged in making the examination. The general fund must be credited with all collections made for examinations under this subdivision.

§ Subd. 3. Reports for state auditor. The managers must make and submit reports demanded by the state auditor.
Minn. Stat. § 72B.105 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 72B / Section 72B.105
§ 72B.105 RECORDS OF INDEPENDENT ADJUSTERS TO BE RETAINED.
Status: in_force

An independent adjuster must maintain a copy of each contract between the independent adjuster and the insurer or self-insurer and comply with the record retention policy as agreed to in that contract.
Minn. Stat. § 298.48 — MN Code / Part 296_299 / Chapter 298 / Section 298.48
§ 298.48 MINERAL RIGHTS; EXPLORATION DATA; FILING REQUIREMENTS; PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Annual filing. By April 1 each year, every owner or lessee of mineral rights who, in respect thereto, has engaged in any exploration for or mining of taconite, semitaconite, or iron-sulphide shall file with the commissioner of revenue all data of the following kinds in the possession or under the control of the owner or lessee which was acquired during the preceding calendar year: (a) Maps and other records indicating the location, character and extent of exploration for taconite, semitaconite, or iron-sulphides; (b) Logs, notes and other records indicating the nature of minerals encountered during the course of exploration; (c) The results of any analyses of metallurgical tests or samples taken in connection with exploration; (d) The ultimate pit layout and the supporting cross sections; and (e) Any other data which the commissioner of revenue may determine to be relevant to the determination of the location, nature, extent, quality or quantity of unmined ores of said minerals. The commissioner of revenue may compel submission of the data. The court administrator of any court of record, upon demand of the commissioner, shall issue a subpoena for the production of any data before the commissioner. Disobedience of subpoenas issued under this section shall be punished by the district court of the district in which the subpoena is issued as for a contempt of the district court.

§ Subd. 2. Use of data. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the commissioner of revenue may use any data filed pursuant to subdivision 1 and any similar data otherwise obtained to the extent and in the manner the commissioner deems necessary to project the future availability, value, and utilization of the metallic mineral resources of this state. In making such projections the commissioner of revenue may consult with, and provide data as deemed appropriate to, the commissioner of natural resources.

§ Subd. 3. Penalties. Any owner or lessee of mineral rights who fails, neglects or refuses to make any filing required by this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

§ Subd. 4. Confidential nature of information. The data filed pursuant to subdivision 1 shall be considered confidential for three years from the date it is filed with the commissioner. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit the commissioner from disclosing information or publishing statistics so classified as not to disclose the identity of particular data. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this subdivision, the commissioner may furnish any information supplied under this section to the commissioner of natural resources, the commissioner of employment and economic development, or a county assessor. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
Minn. Stat. § 121A.64 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 121A / Section 121A.64
§ 121A.64 NOTIFICATION; TEACHERS' LEGITIMATE EDUCATIONAL INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) A classroom teacher has a legitimate educational interest in knowing which students placed in the teacher's classroom have a history of violent behavior, including any documented physical assault of a district employee by the student, and must be notified before such students are placed in the teacher's classroom.

(b) Representatives of the school board and the exclusive representative of the teachers shall discuss issues related to the model policy on student records adopted under Laws 1999, chapter 241, article 9, section 50, and any modifications adopted under Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, for notifying classroom teachers and other school district employees having a legitimate educational interest in knowing about students with a history of violent behavior, including any documented physical assault of a district employee by students placed in classrooms. The representatives of the school board and the exclusive representative of the teachers also may discuss the need for intervention services or conflict resolution or training for staff related to placing students with a history of violent behavior in teachers' classrooms.
Minn. Stat. § 138.57 — MN Code / Part 138_140 / Chapter 138 / Section 138.57
§ 138.57 STATE HISTORIC SITES; REGISTRY, FEDERALLY OWNED LANDS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. The land and water areas enumerated in this section are hereby designated by law as "state historic sites," and this section is a registry of state historic sites situated on property owned by the United States government.

§ Subd. 2. Flat Lake Mounds. Flat Lake Mounds, in Becker County, consists of Sections 27 and 28, Township 141 North, Range 39 West, and is located in Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge.

§ Subd. 3. Eagle Mountain. Eagle Mountain, in Cook County, consists of Sections 34 and 35, Townships 63 North, Range 2 West.

§ Subd. 4. Red Pipestone Quarries. Red Pipestone Quarries, in Pipestone County, is located within the boundaries of Pipestone National Monument.

§ Subd. 5. Grand Portage. Grand Portage, in Cook County, is located within the boundaries of Grand Portage National Monument.

§ Subd. 6. [Repealed, 1975 c 353 s 41 ]

§ Subd. 7. [Repealed, 1975 c 353 s 41 ]

§ Subd. 8. Duluth Ship Canal. Duluth Ship Canal, in St. Louis County, is located within the boundaries of Government Park on Minnesota Point in the city of Duluth.

§ Subd. 9. Minnesota Point Lighthouse. Minnesota Point Lighthouse, in St. Louis County, is located in the extreme easternmost portion of Minnesota Point in the city of Duluth.

§ Subd. 10. Taliaferro's Indian Agency. Major Lawrence Taliaferro's Indian Agency, Fort Snelling, in Hennepin County, is located within the authorized boundaries of Fort Snelling State Park.

§ Subd. 11. [Repealed, 1973 c 316 s 16 ]

§ Subd. 12. Brown County post office. Post office, in Brown County, consists of a part of Lots 1, 2, and 3 of Block 66, north of Center Street in the city of New Ulm.

§ Subd. 13. Height of Land Portage. Height of Land Portage, in Cook County, consists of Section 22, Township 65 North, Range 2 West, and is located within Superior National Forest.

§ Subd. 14. [Repealed, 1973 c 316 s 16 ]

§ Subd. 15. [Repealed, 1973 c 316 s 16 ]
Minn. Stat. § 518C.313 — MN Code / Part 517_519A / Chapter 518C / Section 518C.313
§ 518C.313 COSTS AND FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs.

(b) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of this state may assess against an obligor filing fees, reasonable attorney's fees, other costs, and necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by the obligee and the obligee's witnesses. The tribunal may not assess fees, costs, or expenses against the obligee or the support enforcement agency of either the initiating or the responding state or foreign country, except as provided by other law. Attorney's fees may be taxed as costs, and may be ordered paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney's own name. Payment of support owed to the obligee has priority over fees, costs, and expenses.

(c) The tribunal shall order the payment of costs and reasonable attorney's fees if it determines that a hearing was requested primarily for delay. In a proceeding under sections 518C.601 to 518C.616 , a hearing is presumed to have been requested primarily for delay if a registered support order is confirmed or enforced without change.
Minn. Stat. § 299C.066 — MN Code / Part 299A_299N / Chapter 299C / Section 299C.066
§ 299C.066 CRIME INFORMATION REWARD FUND.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Fund created; advisory group. A crime information reward fund is created as an account in the state treasury. Money appropriated to the account is available to pay rewards as directed by the commissioner of public safety, in consultation with the attorney general, under this section. The attorney general shall appoint an advisory group, in consultation with the commissioner, of five members to assist in implementation of this section.

§ Subd. 2. Reward. The commissioner is authorized to pay a reward to any person who, in response to a reward offer, provides information leading to the arrest and conviction of a criminal offender. The commissioner shall establish criteria for determining the amount of the reward and the duration of the reward offer. In no event shall a reward exceed $10,000 or a reward offer remain open longer than ten days. The commissioner shall select the criminal investigations for which rewards are offered based on recommendations made by the advisory group members or by the law enforcement agency or agencies conducting the criminal investigation.
Minn. Stat. § 35.74 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 35 / Section 35.74
§ 35.74 EXCEPTIONS.
Status: in_force

Sections 35.73 to 35.80 do not apply to a person who has animals or poultry who are fed garbage obtained only from the person's private household.
Minn. Stat. § 260C.229 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 260C / Section 260C.229
§ 260C.229 VOLUNTARY FOSTER CARE FOR CHILDREN OVER AGE 18; REQUIRED COURT REVIEW.
Status: in_force

(a) When a child asks to continue or to reenter foster care after age 18 under section 260C.451 , the child and the responsible social services agency may enter into a voluntary agreement for the child to be in foster care under the terms of section 260C.451 . The voluntary agreement must be in writing and on a form prescribed by the commissioner.

(b) When the child is in foster care pursuant to a voluntary foster care agreement between the agency and the child, and the child is not already under court jurisdiction pursuant to section 260C.193, subdivision 6 , the agency responsible for the child's placement in foster care shall:

(1) file a motion to reopen the juvenile protection matter where the court previously had jurisdiction over the child within 30 days of the child and the agency executing the voluntary placement agreement under paragraph (a) and ask the court to review the child's placement in foster care and find that the placement is in the best interests of the child; and

(2) file the out-of-home placement plan required under subdivision 1 with the motion to reopen jurisdiction.

(c) The court shall conduct a hearing on the matter within 30 days of the agency's motion to reopen the matter and, if the court finds that placement is in the best interests of the child, shall conduct the review for the purpose and with the content required under section 260C.203 at least every 12 months as long as the child continues in foster care.
Minn. Stat. § 306.79 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 306 / Section 306.79
§ 306.79 PRINCIPAL INVIOLATE; INVESTED IN CERTAIN SECURITIES.
Status: in_force

The principal of a permanent care and improvement fund created under section 306.76 must forever remain intact and invested by the trustees only in the same class of securities in which savings banks are authorized by the laws of this state to invest their funds. However, the association may, by resolution adopted by vote of at least two-thirds of the members of its board of trustees at any authorized meeting of the board, authorize the withdrawal and use of not more than 50 percent of the principal of the fund to acquire additional land for cemetery purposes for the erection of a chapel, greenhouse, or other buildings desirable or necessary for the operation of the cemetery, for the building or improvement of roads and avenues in the cemetery, or for both of those purposes. However, the fund must not be diminished to an amount less than $1,000 per acre for each acre of land in the cemetery. Upon presentation to the trustees of a certified copy of the adopted resolution, the trustees shall at once comply with it and are then released from further liability for the part of the funds withdrawn and delivered to the association. The trustees of the funds shall, at least semiannually, turn over to the association the entire net income from the fund, which shall be used by the association solely for the care, maintenance, and improvement of the cemetery and the avenues leading to it. But if any part of the income is not spent or appropriated by the association for a period of one year after the income has been received by it, the income must be returned to the trustees and invested by them as a part of the principal of the fund. No trustee or board of trustees may receive as compensation for acting as trustee any amount in each year in excess of five percent of the income derived from the fund in its hands.
Minn. Stat. § 347.53 — MN Code / Part 343_348 / Chapter 347 / Section 347.53
§ 347.53 POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND DANGEROUS DOGS.
Status: in_force

Any statutory or home rule charter city, or any county, may regulate potentially dangerous and dangerous dogs. Except as provided in section 347.51, subdivision 8 , nothing in sections 347.50 to 347.565 limits any restrictions that the local jurisdictions may place on owners of potentially dangerous or dangerous dogs.