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Minn. Stat. § 394.235 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 394 / Section 394.235
§ 394.235 MAY MAKE APPLICANT CERTIFY THAT TAXES ARE PAID.
Status: in_force

The county board may require, either as part of the necessary information on an application or as a condition of a grant of approval, an applicant for an amendment to an official control established pursuant to sections 394.21 to 394.37 , or for a permit or other approval required under an official control established pursuant to those sections to certify that there are no delinquent property taxes, special assessments, penalties, and interest due on the parcel to which the application relates. Property taxes which are being paid under the provisions of a stipulation, order, or confession of judgment, or which are being appealed as provided by law, are not considered delinquent for purposes of this section if all required payments that are due under the terms of the stipulation, order, confession of judgment, or appeal have been paid.
Minn. Stat. § 354A.30 — MN Code / Part 352_356B / Chapter 354A / Section 354A.30
§ 354A.30 ST. PAUL TEACHERS RETIREMENT FUND ASSOCIATION; COORDINATED PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

There is established a coordinated program within the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association to provide retirement coverage for teachers who are covered by an agreement or modification made between the state and the secretary of health, education and welfare making the provisions of the federal Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Act applicable to certain teachers covered by the teachers retirement fund association. The provisions governing the coordinated program shall be sections 354A.31 to 354A.41 and any other applicable provisions of this chapter.
Minn. Stat. § 504B.441 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 504B / Section 504B.441
§ 504B.441 RESIDENTIAL TENANT MAY NOT BE PENALIZED FOR COMPLAINT.
Status: in_force

A residential tenant may not be evicted, nor may the residential tenant's obligations under a lease be increased or the services decreased, if the eviction or increase of obligations or decrease of services is intended as a penalty for the residential tenant's or housing-related neighborhood organization's complaint of a violation. The burden of proving otherwise is on the landlord if the eviction or increase of obligations or decrease of services occurs within 90 days after filing the complaint, unless the court finds that the complaint was not made in good faith. After 90 days the burden of proof is on the residential tenant.
Minn. Stat. § 282.012 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 282 / Section 282.012
§ 282.012 PRIOR OWNER MAY PURCHASE; CONDITIONS.
Status: in_force

At least one week before the date of sale, the person who was the owner of any included parcel when it forfeited to the state for nonpayment of taxes, or the person's heirs, successors or assigns or any person to whom the right to pay taxes on such lands was given by statute, mortgage, or other agreement, may purchase the parcel. The purchase price is the greater of (1) the appraised value of the parcel, or (2) the sum of all delinquent taxes and assessments, computed under section 282.251 , together with penalties, interest, and costs, that accrued or would have accrued if the parcel had not forfeited to the state. The purchaser's title and right is conditioned upon the primary use as designated by the resolution of the county board. The right of the purchaser to purchase shall be evidenced by the purchaser's duly verified written application showing the qualifications required by this section and filed with the county auditor.
Minn. Stat. § 97B.071 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97B / Section 97B.071
§ 97B.071 CLOTHING AND GROUND BLIND REQUIREMENTS; BLAZE ORANGE OR BLAZE PINK.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph (d), a person may not hunt or trap during the open season where deer may be taken by firearms under applicable laws and ordinances, unless the visible portion of the person's cap and outer clothing above the waist, excluding sleeves and gloves, is blaze orange or blaze pink. Blaze orange or blaze pink includes a camouflage pattern of at least 50 percent blaze orange or blaze pink within each foot square. This section does not apply to migratory-waterfowl hunters on waters of this state or in a stationary shooting location or to trappers on waters of this state.

(b) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph (d), and in addition to the requirement in paragraph (a), a person may not take small game other than turkey, migratory birds, raccoons, and predators, except while trapping, unless a visible portion of at least one article of the person's clothing above the waist is blaze orange or blaze pink. This paragraph does not apply to a person when in a stationary location while hunting deer by archery or when hunting small game by falconry.

(c) A person hunting deer in a fabric or synthetic ground blind on public land must have:

(1) a blaze orange safety covering on the top of the blind that is visible for 360 degrees around the blind; or

(2) at least 144 square inches of blaze orange material on each side of the blind.

(d) The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe an alternative color in cases where paragraph (a) or (b) would violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Public Law 103-141.

(e) A violation of paragraph (b) does not result in a penalty, but is punishable only by a safety warning.
Minn. Stat. § 273.1235 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 273 / Section 273.1235
§ 273.1235 TAX RELIEF FOR DESTROYED PROPERTY; LOCAL OPTION DISASTER CREDITS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Credit provided. The county board may grant a credit for taxes payable in the year following the year in which the damage or destruction occurred for: (1) homestead property that meets all the requirements under section 273.1233, subdivision 1 , paragraph (a), but that does not qualify for a credit under section 273.1234 , except that an application need only be submitted by the end of the year in which the damage occurred; and (2) nonhomestead and utility property that meets all the requirements under section 273.1233 , subdivision 1, paragraph (b), except that an application need only be submitted by the end of the year in which the damage occurred.

§ Subd. 2. Credit calculation. In the case of a property located within a disaster or emergency area, the credit is equal to the difference between (i) the net tax on the property computed using the market value of the property established for the January 2 assessment in the year in which the damage occurred, and (ii) the net tax computed using the reassessed value. In the case of property not located in a disaster or emergency area, the credit under this section is equal to the result obtained by multiplying the difference in the net tax on the property computed using the market value of the property established for the January 2 assessment in the year in which the damage occurred, and the net tax computed using the reassessed value, times a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months in the assessment year that the structure was not usable and the denominator of which is 12. If a structure was usable for a fraction of a month, that month is not included in the numerator.

§ Subd. 3. Credit reimbursements. The county auditor shall certify the credits granted under this section for property within a disaster or emergency area to the commissioner of revenue for reimbursement to each taxing jurisdiction in which the damaged property is located. The commissioner shall make the payments to the taxing jurisdictions containing the property, other than school districts and the state, at the time distributions are made under section 473H.10, subdivision 3 . Reimbursements to school districts shall be made as provided in section 273.1392 . No reimbursement is to be made for credits to property not located in a disaster or emergency area.

§ Subd. 4. Appropriation. There is annually appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of revenue an amount necessary to make the payments required by this section.
Minn. Stat. § 28.08 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 28 / Section 28.08
§ 28.08 LENGTH OF STORAGE PERIOD.
Status: in_force

No person, firm, or corporation shall keep or permit to remain in any cold storage warehouse any article of food which has been held in cold storage either within or without the state for a longer aggregate period than 12 months, except with the consent of the commissioner, as herein provided.

The commissioner upon written application made and presented during the 12-month period may extend the allowable storage period for any particular article of food, provided the same upon examination is found to be in proper condition for further cold storage. If the commissioner shall grant the application for such further cold storage period the commissioner shall enter an order specifying the period for which such additional storage may be permitted. The commissioner shall make written report on each case in which such extension of storage is granted, including therein the information relating to the reason for the action taken, specifying the kinds and amounts of the articles of food covered by such extension order and the length of time for which the extension is granted, and this report and the order based thereon shall be kept on file in the office of the commissioner at all times open to the public.

In case the owner of any article of food in storage in a cold storage warehouse fails or refuses to remove the same before the expiration of the period of time within which the storage may lawfully be continued, then and in such case the commissioner may sell or order the same to be sold under a procedure specified by the commissioner.
Minn. Stat. § 504B.255 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 504B / Section 504B.255
§ 504B.255 TERMINATION NOTICE REQUIREMENT FOR FEDERALLY SUBSIDIZED HOUSING.
Status: in_force

The landlord of federally subsidized rental housing must give residential tenants of federally subsidized rental housing a one-year written notice under the following conditions:

(1) a federal Section 8 contract will expire;

(2) the landlord will exercise the option to terminate or not renew a federal Section 8 contract and mortgage;

(3) the landlord will prepay a mortgage and the prepayment will result in the termination of any federal use restrictions that apply to the housing; or

(4) the landlord will terminate a housing subsidy program.

The notice shall be provided at the commencement of the lease if the lease commences less than one year before any of the conditions in clauses (1) to (4) apply.
Minn. Stat. § 129D.16 — MN Code / Part 129D_133 / Chapter 129D / Section 129D.16
§ 129D.16 AUDIT PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of administration may establish a procedure to audit expenditure of money appropriated for grants to public television stations and noncommercial radio stations.
Minn. Stat. § 103F.187 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103F / Section 103F.187
§ 103F.187 REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.
Status: in_force

When the project has been in operation for a period of two years, the Board of Water and Soil Resources and the staff engineer shall prepare and deliver a report to the legislature on the program and its consequences with an evaluation of the feasibility and benefit of continuing the project.
Minn. Stat. § 228.49 — MN Code / Part 223_236A / Chapter 228 / Section 228.49
§ 228.49 NEGOTIATING BILL FOR GOODS CARRIER DOES NOT HAVE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Elements of crime. If: (1) a carrier issues a bill for goods; (2) the goods by the terms of the bill appear to have been received for transportation by the carrier; and (3) a person intending to deceive negotiates or transfers the bill for value knowing that the carrier or a connecting carrier does not have or control some or all of the goods; then the person is guilty of a crime.

§ Subd. 2. Penalty. Whoever commits the crime described in subdivision 1 may be sentenced for each offense to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both.
Minn. Stat. § 336.2-308 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.2-308
§ 336.2-308 ABSENCE OF SPECIFIED PLACE FOR DELIVERY.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise agreed

(a) the place for delivery of goods is the seller's place of business or if there is none, the seller's residence; but

(b) in a contract for sale of identified goods which to the knowledge of the parties at the time of contracting are in some other place, that place is the place for their delivery; and

(c) documents of title may be delivered through customary banking channels.
Minn. Stat. § 558.14 — MN Code / Part 553_566 / Chapter 558 / Section 558.14
§ 558.14 SALE MAY BE ORDERED.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in section 558.15 , if it is alleged in the complaint and established by evidence that the property, or any part of it, is so situated that partition cannot be had without great prejudice to the owners, the court may order a sale of the property or of such part, and for that purpose may appoint one or more referees; or when, without such allegation and proof, referees are appointed to make partition, who report that the property, or any distinct part of it, is so situated that partition cannot be had without great prejudice to the owners, and the court is satisfied that such report is correct, it may order the referees to sell the property or such part.
Minn. Stat. § 117.016 — MN Code / Part 117_119 / Chapter 117 / Section 117.016
§ 117.016 JOINT ACQUISITION OF LAND.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. State or any of its agencies or political subdivisions. Whenever the state or any of its agencies or political subdivisions thereof is acquiring property for a public purpose and it is determined that a portion or a part of a tract of land is necessary for its particular public purpose and that other portions or parts of the same tract of land or the remainder thereof are needed by another agency or political subdivision of the state for a public purpose, the state or its agencies or political subdivisions desiring such lands or parts thereof may enter into an agreement each with the other for the joint acquisition of such lands by eminent domain proceedings.

§ Subd. 2. Agreement to state purpose and describe land. Such agreement shall state the purpose of the land acquisitions and shall describe the particular portion or part of the tract of land desired by each of the public bodies and shall include provisions for the division of the cost of acquisition of such properties and all expenses incurred therein.

§ Subd. 3. Procedure. The proceedings in eminent domain for the acquisition of the lands so desired shall be instituted and carried to completion in the names of the parties to the agreement describing the lands each shall acquire but for the purposes of the proceedings and for ascertaining the damages for the taking, the lands so acquired shall be treated as one parcel.
Minn. Stat. § 336.8-206 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.8-206
§ 336.8-206 COMPLETION OR ALTERATION OF SECURITY CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

(a) If a security certificate contains the signatures necessary to its issue or transfer but is incomplete in any other respect:

(1) any person may complete it by filling in the blanks as authorized; and

(2) even if the blanks are incorrectly filled in, the security certificate as completed is enforceable by a purchaser who took it for value and without notice of the incorrectness.

(b) A complete security certificate that has been improperly altered, even if fraudulently, remains enforceable, but only according to its original terms.
Minn. Stat. § 549.04 — MN Code / Part 540_552 / Chapter 549 / Section 549.04
§ 549.04 DISBURSEMENTS; TAXATION AND ALLOWANCE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Generally. In every action in a district court, the prevailing party, including any public employee who prevails in an action for wrongfully denied or withheld employment benefits or rights, shall be allowed reasonable disbursements paid or incurred, including fees and mileage paid for service of process by the sheriff or by a private person.

§ Subd. 2. Limitation. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, where the state agency is named or intervenes as a party to enforce the agency's rights under section 256B.056 , the agency shall not be liable for disbursements to any prevailing defendant.
Minn. Stat. § 204C.18 — MN Code / Part 200_212 / Chapter 204C / Section 204C.18
§ 204C.18 BALLOTS; SECRECY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Party preferences; protection of secrecy. The election judges shall make no entry or notation in the election register or anywhere else showing the political party to which a voter belongs or for which political party the voter voted. No election judge shall knowingly permit anyone in the polling place to make such an entry or notation.

§ Subd. 2. Ballots; identifying marks; penalty. No voter, election judge, or other individual shall place at any time a mark as a means of identification upon any ballot handed to or cast by a voter or upon spoiled or discarded ballots, except the initials authorized by section 204C.09 . A violation of this subdivision is a gross misdemeanor.
Minn. Stat. § 163.08 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 163 / Section 163.08
§ 163.08 CONSULTING ENGINEER.
Status: in_force

Upon request of the county highway engineer the county board of any county is authorized to employ and engage the services of registered professional engineers to act as consultants in connection with, and to prepare plans and specifications themselves or by their organization and employees for the construction of roads and bridges on county and county state-aid highways, and the county board is authorized to negotiate for and agree upon the terms and compensation for such employment and service.
Minn. Stat. § 205.065 — MN Code / Part 200_212 / Chapter 205 / Section 205.065
§ 205.065 PRIMARIES.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Establishing primary. A municipal primary for the purpose of nominating elective officers may be held in any city on the second Tuesday in August of any year in which a municipal general election is to be held for the purpose of electing officers. The date of a municipal primary held in an odd-numbered year may be postponed for inclement weather as provided in section 205.105 .

§ Subd. 2. Resolution or ordinance. The governing body of a city may, by ordinance or resolution adopted by April 15 in the year when a municipal general election is held, elect to choose nominees for municipal offices by a primary as provided in this section. The resolution or ordinance, when adopted, is effective for all ensuing municipal elections until it is revoked. The municipal clerk shall notify the secretary of state and the county auditor within 30 days after the adoption of the resolution or ordinance.

§ Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1994 c 646 s 28 ]

§ Subd. 4. Candidates, filing. The clerk shall place upon the primary ballot without partisan designation the names of individuals whose candidacies have been filed and for whom the proper filing fee has been paid. When not more than twice the number of individuals to be elected to a municipal office file for nomination for the office, their names shall not be placed upon the primary ballot and shall be placed on the municipal general election ballot as the nominees for that office. When more than one council member is to be elected for full terms at the same election, the candidates' names shall be placed under one office on the ballot with the number to be elected to the office specified directly underneath the title and identification of the office.

§ Subd. 5. Results. The municipal primary shall be conducted and the returns made in the manner provided for the state primary so far as practicable. The canvass may be conducted on either the second or third day after the primary. The governing body of the municipality shall canvass the returns, and the two candidates for each office who receive the highest number of votes, or a number of candidates equal to twice the number of individuals to be elected to the office, who receive the highest number of votes, shall be the nominees for the office named. Their names shall be certified to the municipal clerk who shall place them on the municipal general election ballot without partisan designation and without payment of an additional fee.

§ Subd. 6. Recount. A losing candidate at the municipal primary may request a recount of the votes for that nomination subject to the requirements of section 204C.36 .

§ Subd. 7. [Repealed, 2011 c 65 s 9 ]
Minn. Stat. § 353E.01 — MN Code / Part 352_356B / Chapter 353E / Section 353E.01
§ 353E.01 LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORRECTIONAL SERVICE RETIREMENT PLAN.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Plan administration; fund. (a) The public employees local government correctional service retirement plan is established as a separate plan to be administered by the board of trustees and the executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association. (b) The board of trustees and the executive director shall undertake their activities in a manner consistent with chapter 356A. (c) The association shall maintain a special fund to be known as the public employees local government correctional service retirement fund.

§ Subd. 2. Revenue sources. Member contributions under section 353E.03, subdivision 1 , and employer contributions under section 353E.03, subdivision 2 , and other amounts authorized by law, including any investment return on invested fund assets, must be deposited in the fund.

§ Subd. 3. Investment. Assets of the public employees local government correctional service retirement fund must be deposited in the Minnesota combined investment fund as provided in section 11A.14 , if applicable, or otherwise invested under section 11A.23 .

§ Subd. 4. Collection of contributions. The collection of member and employer contributions is governed by section 353.27, subdivisions 4, 7, 7b, 10, 11, and 12 .

§ Subd. 5. Fund disbursement restricted. (a) The public employees local government correctional service retirement fund may be disbursed only for the purposes provided for in this chapter. (b) The proportional share of the necessary and reasonable administrative expenses of the association and any benefits provided in this chapter must be paid from the fund. Retirement annuities, disability benefits, survivorship benefits, and any refunds of accumulated deductions may be paid only from the correctional service retirement fund after those needs have been certified by the executive director. (c) The amounts necessary to make the payments from the fund are annually appropriated from those funds for those purposes.
Minn. Stat. § 62Q.666 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62Q / Section 62Q.666
§ 62Q.666 INTERMITTENT CATHETERS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Required coverage. A health plan must provide coverage for intermittent urinary catheters and insertion supplies if intermittent catheterization is recommended by the enrollee's health care provider. At least 180 intermittent catheters per month with insertion supplies must be covered unless a lesser amount is prescribed by the enrollee's health care provider. A health plan providing coverage under the medical assistance program may be required to provide coverage for more than 180 intermittent catheters per month with insertion supplies.

§ Subd. 2. Cost-sharing requirements. A health plan is prohibited from imposing a deductible, co-payment, coinsurance, or other restriction on intermittent catheters and insertion supplies that the health plan does not apply to durable medical equipment in general.