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Minn. Stat. § 15.86 — MN Code / Part 14_15A / Chapter 15 / Section 15.86
§ 15.86 STATE AGENCY ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Statement of zero tolerance of violence. In furtherance of the state policy in section 1.50 , by January 1, 1993, each house of the legislature, each state agency, and each public corporation created in statute must adopt a goal of zero tolerance of violence. Each agency is encouraged to develop a plan that describes how the agency will: (1) seek to eliminate any potential for violence in and around the agency workplace; and (2) seek to eliminate any potential for violence by affecting the attitudes and behavior of people that the agency serves or regulates. Agency statements and any plans must be filed with the Legislative Reference Library, where they will be available for public inspection.

§ Subd. 2. Workplace plans. An agency plan for eliminating potential for violence in and around the workplace may include: (1) elimination of sexual harassment, as defined in section 363A.03, subdivision 43 ; and (2) assuring that areas in and around the workplace, such as parking facilities and areas between the workplace and parking facilities, are designed and operated in a manner that provides for the safety of employees and guests.

§ Subd. 3. Client plans. An agency plan for eliminating violence by affecting attitudes and behavior of persons that the agency serves or regulates may include, but is not limited to, the following: (1) educational programs; (2) incorporating the policy of zero tolerance of violence into the agency's direct service and regulatory programs; and (3) attempting to assure that persons and businesses receiving grants from or providing goods or services to the agency adopt zero tolerance of violence policies.

§ Subd. 4. Liability. This section does not create any civil liability on the part of the state of Minnesota.
Minn. Stat. § 275.73 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 275 / Section 275.73
§ 275.73 ELECTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL LEVIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Additional levy authorization. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 275.70 to 275.72 , but subject to other law or charter provisions establishing other limitations on the amount of property taxes a local governmental unit may levy, a local governmental unit may levy an additional levy in any amount which is approved by the majority of voters of the governmental unit voting on the question at a general or special election. Notwithstanding section 275.61 , any levy authorized under this section must be levied against net tax capacity unless the levy required voter approval under another general or special law or any charter provisions. When the governing body of the local governmental unit resolves to increase the levy pursuant to this section, it shall provide for submission of the proposition of an additional levy at a general or special election. Notice of the election must be given in the manner required by law. The notice must state the purpose and the maximum yearly amount of the additional levy.

§ Subd. 2. Levy effective date. An additional levy approved under subdivision 1 at a general or special election held on or before the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in any levy year may be levied in that same levy year and subsequent levy years. An additional levy approved under subdivision 1 at a general or special election held after the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in any levy year shall not be levied in that same levy but may be levied in subsequent levy years.
Minn. Stat. § 144.9507 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144 / Section 144.9507
§ 144.9507 LEAD-RELATED FUNDING.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Lead education strategy contracts. The commissioner shall, within available federal or state appropriations, contract with: (1) community health boards to provide funds for lead education as provided for in sections 144.9503 and 144.9504 ; and (2) swab team workers and community-based advocacy groups to provide funds for lead education for primary prevention of toxic lead exposure in areas at high risk for toxic lead exposure.

§ Subd. 2. Lead risk assessment contracts. The commissioner shall, within available federal or state appropriations, contract with community health boards to conduct lead risk assessments to determine sources of lead contamination and to issue and enforce lead orders according to section 144.9504 .

§ Subd. 3. Temporary lead-safe housing contracts. The commissioner shall, within the limits of available appropriations, contract with community health boards for temporary housing, to be used in meeting relocation requirements in section 144.9504 , and award grants to community health boards for the purposes of paying housing and relocation costs under section 144.9504 . The commissioner may use up to 15 percent of the available appropriations to provide temporary lead-safe housing in areas of the state in which the commissioner has the duty under section 144.9504 to perform secondary prevention.

§ Subd. 4. [Repealed, 1999 c 245 art 2 s 45 ]

§ Subd. 5. Federal lead-related funds. To the extent practicable under federal guidelines, the commissioner of health may use federal funding to contract with community health boards for purposes specified in this section, but only to the extent that the federal funds do not replace existing funding for these lead services.

§ Subd. 6. Medical assistance. Medical assistance reimbursement for lead risk assessment services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 52 , shall not be used to replace or decrease existing state or local funding for lead services and lead-related activities.
Minn. Stat. § 32D.09 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 32D / Section 32D.09
§ 32D.09 DAIRY PLANT LICENSING AND PERMITTING.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Licensing. A dairy plant must obtain a license as required under section 28A.04 .

§ Subd. 2. Permitting. No person shall operate a dairy plant in this state unless the dairy plant, equipment, and water supply and plumbing system have been first approved by the commissioner and a permit issued to operate the same.

§ Subd. 3. Approval. At the time of filing the application for a permit, the applicant shall submit to the commissioner duplicate floor plans of the plant that show the placement of equipment, the source of water supply and method of distribution, a detailed pasteurization flow chart, and the location of the plumbing system, including the disposal of wastes. New construction or alteration of an existing dairy plant shall be made only with the approval of the commissioner and duplicate plans for the construction or alteration shall be submitted to the commissioner for approval. The fee for approval services is $45 per hour of department staff time spent in the approval process.

§ Subd. 4. Farmstead cheese. (a) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall issue an additional permit to a dairy plant that desires to use the name "Minnesota farmstead cheese" upon application made by the dairy plant for use of the name, provided the cheese meets the definition in section 32D.01, subdivision 13 . (b) No cheese or packaged cheese that is sold, offered or exposed for sale, or held in possession with intent to sell at either retail or wholesale in this state may be labeled or described as "Minnesota farmstead cheese" unless it meets the criteria in section 32D.01 , subdivision 13, and the manufacturer has obtained the designated permit.
Minn. Stat. § 332.385 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 332 / Section 332.385
§ 332.385 NOTIFICATION TO COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

The collection agency or debt buyer licensee shall notify the commissioner of any employee termination within ten days of the termination if the termination is based in whole or in part on a violation of this chapter.
Minn. Stat. § 336.2-514 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.2-514
§ 336.2-514 WHEN DOCUMENTS DELIVERABLE ON ACCEPTANCE; WHEN ON PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise agreed documents against which a draft is drawn are to be delivered to the drawee on acceptance of the draft if it is payable more than three days after presentment; otherwise, only on payment.
Minn. Stat. § 181.645 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 181 / Section 181.645
§ 181.645 EXPENSES FOR BACKGROUND CHECKS, TESTING, AND ORIENTATION.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by section 123B.03 or as otherwise specifically provided by law, an employer, as defined in section 181.931 , or a prospective employer may not require an employee or prospective employee to pay for expenses incurred in criminal or background checks, credit checks, or orientation. An employer or prospective employer may not require an employee or prospective employee to pay for the expenses of training or testing that is required by federal or state law or is required by the employer for the employee to maintain the employee's current position, unless the training or testing is required to obtain or maintain a license, registration, or certification for the employee or prospective employee.
Minn. Stat. § 31.60 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 31 / Section 31.60
§ 31.60 MEAT INDUSTRY DIVISION.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Division duties; director; personnel. A Meat Industry Division is created in the Department of Agriculture which shall enforce and administer laws enforced and administered by the commissioner of agriculture relating to meat, fish, and dressed poultry, except laws enforced and administered by the Division of Poultry Industries. The Meat Industry Division is under the supervision of a director in the classified service. The commissioner shall appoint the director, who shall be experienced and knowledgeable in the meat industry.

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1983 c 260 s 68 ]

§ Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1983 c 260 s 68 ]
Minn. Stat. § 559.13 — MN Code / Part 553_566 / Chapter 559 / Section 559.13
§ 559.13 OCCUPANT TO PAY VALUE OF LAND, WHEN.
Status: in_force

Unless the occupant claims under an official deed given either to the occupant or those under whom the occupant claims, as hereinbefore provided, or under an entry in the land office of the United States, or the official certificate, duplicate or receipt thereof, or unless the claimant has had notice, actual or constructive, of the occupant's possession, the claimant may, within 30 days after entry of judgment on the verdict or findings in the claimant's favor, serve upon the occupant a written demand that within one year the occupant pay the claimant the sum assessed as the value of the land without the improvements, less the taxes and assessments paid thereon as aforesaid, with interest as aforesaid. Such demand shall be served, and the service proved, as in the case of a summons, and shall then be filed with the court administrator. If the occupant does not within one year after such service pay into court the amount so demanded, the occupant shall forfeit all claim to compensation, and execution may then issue for the possession of the land; but, if the occupant do so pay, the court shall by judgment confirm the title in the occupant.
Minn. Stat. § 326.12 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 326 / Section 326.12
§ 326.12 LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE AS EVIDENCE; SEAL.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Judicial proof. The issuance of a license or certificate by the board shall be evidence that the person named therein is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a licensed architect, licensed engineer, licensed land surveyor, licensed landscape architect, licensed geoscientist, or certified interior designer while the license or certificate remains unrevoked or has not expired or has not been suspended.

§ Subd. 2. Seal. Each licensee or certificate holder may, upon licensure or certification, obtain a seal bearing the licensee's or certificate holder's name and the legend "licensed architect," "licensed professional engineer," "licensed land surveyor," "licensed landscape architect," the appropriate licensed professional geoscientist legend as defined by the board, or "certified interior designer." Plans, specifications, plats, reports, and other documents prepared by a licensee or certificate holder may be stamped with the seal during the life of the license or certificate. A rubber stamp facsimile thereof may be used in lieu of the seal on tracings from which prints are to be made or on papers which would be damaged by the regular seal. It shall be unlawful for any one to stamp or seal any document with the stamp or seal after the license or certificate has expired, been revoked or suspended, unless said license or certificate shall have been renewed or reissued.

§ Subd. 3. Certified signature. Each plan, drawing, specification, plat, report, or other document which under sections 326.02 to 326.15 is prepared by a licensed architect, licensed engineer, licensed land surveyor, licensed landscape architect, licensed geoscientist, or certified interior designer must bear the signature of the licensed or certified person preparing it, or the signature of the licensed or certified person under whose direct supervision it was prepared. Each signature shall be accompanied by a certification that the signer is licensed or certified under sections 326.02 to 326.15 , by the person's license or certificate number, and by the date on which the signature was affixed. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any plans, drawings, specifications, plats, reports, or other documents of an intraoffice or intracompany nature or that are considered to be drafts or of a preliminary, schematic, or design development nature by licensed or certified individuals who would normally be responsible for their preparation. The required signature and certification must appear on all pages of plans and drawings that must be signed, but only on the first page of specifications, plats, reports, or other documents that must be signed. A stamp, printed signature, or electronically created signature has the same force and effect as an actual signature if it creates an accurate depiction of the licensed or certified professional's actual signature.
Minn. Stat. § 35.063 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 35 / Section 35.063
§ 35.063 QUARANTINE MAINTAINED.
Status: in_force

The board may establish and maintain, at the owner's expense, a quarantine of domestic animals imported into the state when, in its judgment, a quarantine is necessary to protect the health of Minnesota domestic animals. The quarantine must specify its terms, conditions, scope, and application.
Minn. Stat. § 144G.51 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144G / Section 144G.51
§ 144G.51 ARBITRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An assisted living facility must clearly and conspicuously disclose, in writing in an assisted living contract, any arbitration provision in the contract that precludes, limits, or delays the ability of a resident from taking a civil action.

(b) An arbitration requirement provision must not include a choice of law or choice of venue provision. Assisted living contracts must adhere to Minnesota law and any other applicable federal or local law.

(c) An assisted living facility must not require any resident or the resident's representative to sign an agreement for binding arbitration as a condition of admission to, or as a requirement to continue to receive care at, the facility.
Minn. Stat. § 323A.1001 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 323A / Section 323A.1001
§ 323A.1001 STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A partnership may become a limited liability partnership pursuant to this section.

(b) The terms and conditions on which a partnership becomes a limited liability partnership must be approved by the vote necessary to amend the partnership agreement except, in the case of a partnership agreement that expressly considers obligations to contribute to the partnership, the vote necessary to amend those provisions.

(c) After the approval required by subsection (b), a partnership may become a limited liability partnership by filing a statement of qualification. The statement must contain:

(1) the name of the partnership;

(2) the street address, including the zip code, of the partnership's chief executive office and, if different, the street address, including the zip code, of an office in this state, if any;

(3) if the partnership does not have an office in this state, the name and street address, including the zip code, of the partnership's agent for service of process. If an agent for service of process is listed, the limited liability partnership shall comply with section 5.36 ;

(4) a statement that the partnership elects to be a limited liability partnership; and

(5) a deferred effective date, if any.

(d) The agent of a limited liability partnership for service of process must be an individual who is a resident of this state or other person authorized to do business in this state.

(e) The status of a partnership as a limited liability partnership is effective on the later of the filing of the statement or a date specified in the statement. The status remains effective, regardless of changes in the partnership, until it is canceled pursuant to section 323A.0105(d) or revoked pursuant to section 323A.1003 .

(f) The status of a partnership as a limited liability partnership and the liability of its partners is not affected by errors or later changes in the information required to be contained in the statement of qualification under subsection (c).

(g) The filing of a statement of qualification establishes that a partnership has satisfied all conditions precedent to the qualification of the partnership as a limited liability partnership.

(h) An amendment or cancellation of a statement of qualification is effective when it is filed or on a deferred effective date specified in the amendment or cancellation.

(i) A statement of qualification may include the information necessary to make an election under section 319B.03, subdivision 2 , and to update that information as provided in section 319B.03, subdivision 3 .
Minn. Stat. § 89A.07 — MN Code / Part 88_91 / Chapter 89A / Section 89A.07
§ 89A.07 MONITORING.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Forest resource monitoring. The commissioner shall maintain a program for monitoring broad trends and conditions in the state's forest resources at statewide, landscape, and site levels. The council shall provide oversight and program direction for the implementation of the monitoring program. To the extent possible, the information generated under the monitoring program must be reported in formats consistent with the landscape regions used to accomplish the planning and coordination activities specified in section 89A.06 . To the extent possible, the program must incorporate data generated by existing resource monitoring programs.

§ Subd. 2. Implementation monitoring. The commissioner shall maintain a program for monitoring application of the timber harvesting and forest management guidelines at statewide, landscape, and site levels. The council shall provide oversight and program direction for the implementation of the monitoring program. To the extent possible, the information generated by the monitoring program must be reported in formats consistent with the landscape regions used to accomplish the planning and coordination activities specified in section 89A.06 . The commissioner shall report to the council on the nature and extent of the implementation of the timber harvesting and forest management guidelines.

§ Subd. 3. Effectiveness evaluation. The council, in cooperation with research and land management organizations, shall evaluate the effectiveness of practices to mitigate impacts of timber harvesting and forest management activities on the state's forest resources.

§ Subd. 4. [Repealed by amendment, 2014 c 289 s 40 ]

§ Subd. 5. Citizen concerns. The council shall administer a public concerns registration process to accept comments from the public on timber harvesting or forest management practices.
Minn. Stat. § 609.596 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 609 / Section 609.596
§ 609.596 KILLING OR HARMING PUBLIC SAFETY DOG.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Felony. It is a felony for any person to intentionally and without justification cause the death of or great or substantial bodily harm to a police dog, a search and rescue dog, or an arson dog when the dog is involved in law enforcement, fire, or correctional investigation or apprehension, search and rescue duties, or the dog is in the custody of or under the control of a peace officer, a trained handler, or an employee of a correctional facility. A person convicted under this subdivision may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two years or to payment of a fine of not more than $5,000, or both.

§ Subd. 2. Gross misdemeanor. It is a gross misdemeanor for any person to intentionally and without justification cause demonstrable bodily harm to a police dog, search and rescue dog, or an arson dog when the dog is involved in law enforcement, fire, or correctional investigation or apprehension, search and rescue duties, or the dog is in the custody of or under the control of a peace officer, a trained handler, or an employee of a correctional facility.

§ Subd. 2a. Misdemeanor. It is a misdemeanor for any person to intentionally and without justification assault a police dog, search and rescue dog, or an arson dog when the dog is involved in law enforcement, fire, or correctional investigation or apprehension, search and rescue duties, or the dog is in the custody of or under the control of a peace officer, a trained handler, or an employee of a correctional facility.

§ Subd. 2b. Mandatory restitution. The court shall order a person convicted of violating this section to pay restitution for the costs and expenses resulting from the crime. Costs and expenses include, but are not limited to, the purchase and training of a replacement dog and veterinary services for the injured dog. If the court finds that the convicted person is indigent, the court may reduce the amount of restitution to a reasonable level or order it paid in installments.

§ Subd. 3. Definitions. As used in this section: (1) "arson dog" means a dog that has been certified as an arson dog by a state fire or police agency or by an independent testing laboratory; (2) "correctional facility" has the meaning given in section 241.021, subdivision 1i; (3) "peace officer" has the meaning given in section 626.84, subdivision 1 , paragraph (c); and (4) "search and rescue dog" means a dog that is trained to locate lost or missing persons, victims of natural or other disasters, and human bodies.
Minn. Stat. § 254A.031 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 254A / Section 254A.031
§ 254A.031 AMERICAN INDIAN PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall enter into one or more purchase of service agreements to provide programs for American Indians. The agreements shall provide for residential and aftercare treatment programs, programs relating to prevention, education, and community awareness, and training programs. All programs shall be designed to meet the needs identified by the American Indian community, and appropriate recognition shall be given to the cultural and social needs of American Indians. The commissioner shall enter into the agreements after consultation with the special assistant for American Indian programs of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Section of the Department of Human Services, and all agreements shall be reviewed pursuant to section 254A.03 .