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Minn. Stat. § 115A.71 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 115A / Section 115A.71
§ 115A.71 BONDING POWERS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. General. A district may exercise the bonding powers provided in this section to the extent the powers are authorized by the order of the commissioner establishing the district and by its articles of incorporation.

§ Subd. 2. Debt. The district's bonds shall be sold, issued, and secured in the manner provided in chapter 475 for revenue bonds and the district shall have the same powers and duties as a municipality and its governing body in issuing revenue bonds under that chapter. No election shall be required. The bonds may be sold at any price and at public or private sale as determined by the district and shall not be subject to any limitation as to rate.

§ Subd. 3. Revenue bonds. (a) A district may borrow money and incur indebtedness by issuing bonds and obligations which are payable solely: (1) from revenues, income, receipts, and profits derived by the district from its operation and management of solid waste facilities; (2) from the proceeds of warrants, notes, revenue bonds, debentures, or other evidences of indebtedness issued and sold by the district which are payable solely from such revenues, income, receipts, and profits; (3) from federal or state grants, gifts, or other moneys received by the district which are available therefor. (b) Every issue of revenue bonds by the district shall be payable out of any funds or revenues from any facility of the district, subject only to agreements with the holders of particular bonds or notes pledging particular revenues or funds. If any facility of the district is funded in whole or in part by Minnesota waste management bonds issued under sections 115A.58 and 115A.59 , the state bonds shall take priority. The district may provide for priorities of liens in the revenues between the holders of district obligations issued at different times or under different resolutions. The district may provide for the refunding of any district obligation through the issuance of other district obligations entitled to rights and priorities similar in all respects to those held by the obligations that are refunded.
Minn. Stat. § 31.51 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 31 / Section 31.51
§ 31.51 DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purpose of sections 31.51 to 31.56 , the terms defined in this section have the meanings ascribed to them.

§ Subd. 2. Slaughter house. "Slaughter house" means an establishment in which animals other than poultry are slaughtered, eviscerated, or dressed for human food.

§ Subd. 3. Retail meat market; wholesale meat processing establishment. "Retail meat market" or "wholesale meat processing establishment" means an establishment with or without slaughtering facilities, where animal carcasses or edible products derived therefrom are cured, salted, processed, packaged, or otherwise prepared for sale as food intended for human consumption; provided, however, that retail meat market or wholesale meat processing establishment does not include: (1) a purveyor of meals, or (2) a frozen food processing plant in which no slaughtering operations are conducted.

§ Subd. 4. Sausage plant. "Sausage plant" means an establishment in which meats are processed into sausages or other similar products and packed for shipment, storage, or for wholesale sales.

§ Subd. 5. [Repealed, 1969 c 87 s 7 ]

§ Subd. 6. Poultry dressing plant. "Poultry dressing plant" means an establishment in which poultry is killed and dressed for human food.

§ Subd. 7. [Repealed, 1969 c 87 s 7 ]

§ Subd. 8. Rabbit dressing plant. "Rabbit dressing plant" means an establishment in which rabbits are killed and dressed for human food.

§ Subd. 9. Animal. "Animal" means cattle, swine, sheep, goats, farmed Cervidae, as defined in section 35.153, subdivision 3 , horses, mules or other equines, llamas as defined in section 17.455, subdivision 2 , and Ratitae, as defined in section 17.453, subdivision 3 .

§ Subd. 10. [Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1 ]

§ Subd. 11. [Repealed, 1963 c 598 s 4 ]

§ Subd. 12. [Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1 ]

§ Subd. 13. [Repealed, 1969 c 87 s 7 ]

§ Subd. 14. Purveyor of meals. "Purveyor of meals" means a person who cooks or otherwise prepares for sale directly to the consumer meat or poultry products from animals or poultry which have been slaughtered or processed in a state licensed establishment, or an establishment holding a state permit or in an establishment which is under the inspection program of the United States Department of Agriculture.
Minn. Stat. § 116S.04 — MN Code / Part 116R_116X / Chapter 116S / Section 116S.04
§ 116S.04 POWERS OF CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. General corporate powers. (a) The corporation has the powers granted to a nonprofit corporation by section 317A.161 , except as otherwise provided in this chapter. (b) Except as specified in section 116S.02, subdivision 10 , the state is not liable for the obligations of the corporation. (c) Section 317A.161 applies to this chapter and the corporation in the same manner that it applies to business corporations established under chapter 317A. (d) The corporation is a state agency for purposes of the following accounting and budgeting requirements: (1) financial reports and other requirements under section 16A.06 ; (2) the state budget system under sections 16A.095 , 16A.10 , and 16A.11 ; (3) the state allotment and encumbrance, and accounting systems under sections 16A.14, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, and 5 ; and 16A.15 , subdivisions 2 and 3; and (4) indirect costs under section 16A.127 .

§ Subd. 2. Duties. (a) The corporation must qualify as a state development company for purposes of United States Code, title 15, section 697, as amended, and must comply with applicable Small Business Administration organizational, operational, regulatory, and reporting requirements. (b) The corporation must also comply with the requirements of the Small Business Administration's section 504 loan program, United States Code, title 15, section 697a, as amended.

§ Subd. 3. Membership. The governor shall appoint at least 25 members of the corporation, who must be representatives of government, private-sector lending institutions, community organizations, and business organizations, as described in Code of Federal Regulations, title 13, section 108.503-1(d), as amended. The membership shall select the members of the board of directors in accordance with section 116S.02, subdivision 3 . The board may submit names of persons for consideration by the governor in filling vacancies in the membership under this subdivision.
Minn. Stat. § 383B.50 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383B / Section 383B.50
§ 383B.50 PROSPECTUS.
Status: in_force

The county of Hennepin shall distribute or otherwise make available to each participant a prospectus or other applicable information with respect to the investments authorized pursuant to sections 383B.47 and 383B.48 .
Minn. Stat. § 330.11 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 330 / Section 330.11
§ 330.11 APPLICATION BY NONRESIDENT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Reciprocity. A resident of another state which issues auctioneers' licenses to citizens of the state of Minnesota on the same or similar basis as to citizens of such state may be licensed as an auctioneer in the state of Minnesota upon compliance with the laws of the state of Minnesota relating to auctioneers' licenses. Eligibility of a nonresident applicant shall be tested by reference to the law of the resident state, and in no case shall it be tested by reference to the law of some other state having reciprocity with the state of Minnesota in which the nonresident may qualify.

§ Subd. 2. License and other state's laws. A nonresident applicant must submit to the county auditor with the application a duly certified copy of the applicant's auctioneer's license, if one was issued by the resident state, and a copy of the state auction laws such as exist in the resident state, certified by the secretary of state or other authorized state official of such state, that the submitted copy is a true copy of the auction laws of such state, as they exist at the date of application, in order that the attorney general of the state of Minnesota may determine whether reciprocity exists. If, subsequent to the issuance of a nonresident license, the laws of the state of such nonresident shall not be reciprocal with the state of Minnesota, it shall result in the automatic revocation of the nonresident auctioneer's license issued to any resident of such state under the provisions of this chapter.

§ Subd. 3. Consent to suits and actions. Every nonresident applicant shall file an irrevocable consent that suits and actions may be commenced against such applicant in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state by the service on the secretary of state of any summons, process, or pleadings authorized by the laws of the state of Minnesota. This consent shall stipulate that the service of such process or pleadings on the secretary of state shall be taken and held in all courts to be as valid and binding as if due service had been made upon the applicant in the state of Minnesota. In case any summons, process, or pleadings are served upon the secretary of state, it shall be according to section 5.25 .
Minn. Stat. § 501B.46 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 501B / Section 501B.46
§ 501B.46 PETITION FOR COURT ORDER TO SELL, MORTGAGE, OR LEASE REAL PROPERTY HELD IN TRUST.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c), if the assets of an express trust by will or other written instrument include real property in this state that the trustee is not, under the terms of the trust, then permitted to sell, mortgage, or lease, and if section 501C.0205 is applicable to the trust, the trustee or a beneficiary of the trust may petition the court then having jurisdiction of the trust for an order directing the trustee to sell, mortgage, or lease the real property or a part of the real property.

(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), if the assets of an express trust by will or other written instrument include real property in this state that the trustee is not, under the terms of the trust, then permitted to sell, mortgage, or lease, and if section 501C.0205 is not applicable to the trust, the trustee or a beneficiary of the trust may petition an appropriate district court under section 501C.0202 for an order directing the trustee to sell, mortgage, or lease the real property or a part of the real property.

(c) If a trust is of the kind described in section 501C.1202 , subdivision 3, no order described in paragraph (a) or (b) may be entered upon a petition filed by a person other than the trustee.
Minn. Stat. § 354.444 — MN Code / Part 352_356B / Chapter 354 / Section 354.444
§ 354.444 RETURN TO WORK AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Authorization. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this chapter, an eligible person as specified in subdivision 2 is authorized to commence receipt of a retirement annuity from the association and enter into an agreement to return to work. This provision must be administered in accordance with the federal Internal Revenue Code and applicable rulings.

§ Subd. 2. Eligibility. An eligible person is a person who: (1) is a teacher as defined by section 354.05, subdivision 2 , who is at least age 62; (2) enters into a written agreement with the employing unit to return to work; and (3) retires under the provisions of section 354.44 and begins to draw an annuity from the Teachers Retirement Association.

§ Subd. 3. Work agreement. Participation, the amount of time worked, and the duration of participation under this section must be mutually agreed upon by the employing unit and the employee. The employing unit may require up to a one-year notice of intent to participate in the program as a condition of participation. The employing unit shall determine the time of year the employee shall work. Unless otherwise specified in this section, the employing unit may not require a person to waive any rights under a collective bargaining agreement as a condition of participation under this section.

§ Subd. 4. Exclusion. For purposes of this section, "employing unit" does not include the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.

§ Subd. 5. No service credit or contribution. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, an eligible person under this section may not, based on employment to which this section applies, contribute to or earn further service credit in the Teachers Retirement Association.

§ Subd. 6. Annuity application procedure. A participant in the program specified in this section must apply for a retirement annuity under the application procedure specified in section 354.44, subdivisions 3 and 4. A copy of the written agreement with the employing unit must be included with the person's retirement annuity application. This written agreement must include the termination date and reemployment date. The filing of the initial executed agreement must occur before reemployment under the agreement commences. The reemployment date must be after the member's accrual date.

§ Subd. 7. Annuity treatment. For purposes of the annuity deferral under section 354.44, subdivision 5 , an eligible person under this section is a reemployed annuitant.

§ Subd. 8. Continuing rights. A person who returns to work under this section is a member of the appropriate bargaining unit and is covered by the appropriate collective bargaining contract. Except as provided in this section, the person's coverage is subject to any part of the contract limiting rights of part-time employees.
Minn. Stat. § 501C.0408 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 501C / Section 501C.0408
§ 501C.0408 TRUST FOR CARE OF ANIMAL.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Creation of an animal trust authorized; termination. A trust may be created to provide for the care of an animal alive during the settlor's lifetime. The trust terminates upon the death of the animal or, if the trust was created to provide for the care of more than one animal alive during the settlor's lifetime, upon the death of the last surviving animal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the trust may not be enforced for more than 90 years.

§ Subd. 2. Enforcement of trust. A trust authorized by this section may be enforced by a person appointed in the terms of the trust or, if no person is appointed, by a person appointed by a court. A person having an interest in the welfare of the animal may request the court to appoint a person to enforce the trust or to remove an appointed person.

§ Subd. 3. Application of trust property. Property of a trust authorized by this section may be applied only to the trust's intended use, except to the extent a court determines that the value of the trust property exceeds the amount required for the intended use. Upon termination of the trust, or if the court determines the trust has excess funds, the trustee shall transfer the unexpended or excess trust property pursuant to the terms of the trust instrument or, if there is no provision in the trust instrument, then the trust passes to the settlor's heirs-at-law determined as if the settlor died intestate domiciled in this state at the time of distribution.

§ Subd. 4. MS 2020 [Repealed, 2022 c 98 art 2 s 16 ]
Minn. Stat. § 599.07 — MN Code / Part 595_603 / Chapter 599 / Section 599.07
§ 599.07 EVIDENCE.
Status: in_force

Any party may also present to the trial court any admissible evidence of such laws, but, to enable a party to offer evidence of the law in another jurisdiction or to ask that judicial notice be taken thereof, reasonable notice shall be given to the adverse parties either in the pleadings or otherwise.
Minn. Stat. § 84.362 — MN Code / Part 83A_84 / Chapter 84 / Section 84.362
§ 84.362 REMOVAL OF STRUCTURES.
Status: in_force

Until after the sale of any parcel of tax-forfeited land, whether classified as agricultural or nonagricultural hereunder, the county auditor may, with the approval of the commissioner, provide:

(1) for the sale or demolition of any structure located on the land that has been determined by the county board to be especially liable to fire or so situated as to endanger life or limb or other buildings or property in the vicinity because of age, dilapidated condition, defective chimney, defective electric wiring, any gas connection, heating apparatus, or other defect; and

(2) for the sale of salvage material, if any, therefrom.
Minn. Stat. § 239.7511 — MN Code / Part 239 / Chapter 239 / Section 239.7511
§ 239.7511 GAS TAX SIGN ON PETROLEUM DISPENSER.
Status: in_force

(a) The director must ensure that signs having 12-point font or greater are affixed on retail petroleum dispensers as follows:

(1) for regular or premium gasoline, a sign that reads: "The price for each gallon of gasoline includes the current state gasoline tax of 28.5 cents per gallon and federal gasoline tax of 18.4 cents per gallon. Revenue from the state fuel tax may be used only for roads and bridges, according to the Minnesota Constitution."; and

(2) for diesel fuel, a sign that reads: "The price for each gallon of diesel fuel includes the current state gasoline tax of 28.5 cents per gallon and federal gasoline tax of 24.4 cents per gallon. Revenue from the state fuel tax may be used only for roads and bridges, according to the Minnesota Constitution."

(b) The director must distribute the signs under this section to the owner or operator of retail petroleum dispensers. To the extent possible, the director must coordinate the distribution of signs with other duties the director may have involving retail petroleum dispensers.

(c) If the amount of the gasoline tax described in paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (2), changes, the director must distribute revised signs to reflect the updated gasoline tax amounts within 12 calendar months of the change.

(d) The director is prohibited from assessing any penalty, fine, or fee on the owner or operator of a retail petroleum dispenser that has a missing, destroyed, defaced, or otherwise damaged gas tax sign.
Minn. Stat. § 145.883 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 145 / Section 145.883
§ 145.883 DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. For purposes of sections 145.882 and 145.883 , the terms defined in this section shall have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of health.

§ Subd. 3. Qualified program. "Qualified program" means a program with professional maternal and child health care staff which is established for the purpose of providing one or more essential services in maternal and child health care to target populations of low income and high risk persons. Nothing in this subdivision shall imply that every person served must take a means test.

§ Subd. 4. [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 8 s 32 ]

§ Subd. 5. Low income. "Low income" means an individual or family income determined to be at or below 175 percent of the official poverty line established by the Office of Management and Budget and revised annually in accordance with United States Code, title 42, section 9902, as amended. With respect to an individual who is a high risk person, "low income" means that the income of the high risk person or the person's family is determined to be at or below 200 percent of the official poverty line established by the Office of Management and Budget and revised annually in accordance with United States Code, title 42, section 9902, as amended, or determined to meet the income eligibility requirements of medical assistance, MinnesotaCare, or the special supplemental food program for women, infants and children (WIC). The commissioner shall establish the low income level for eligibility for services to children with disabilities.

§ Subd. 6. High risk person. "High risk person" means a mother or child with a condition which significantly increases the probability of disease, injury, death, or other adverse health-related problem. Determination that a condition results in high risk shall be based on well-validated, scientific studies.

§ Subd. 7. [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 8 s 32 ]

§ Subd. 8. Maternal and child health block grant money. "Maternal and child health block grant money" means the money received by the state from the federal maternal and child health block grant. The commissioner shall carry forward from state fiscal year 1985, and succeeding years, only sufficient money for qualified programs approved through the federal award period.

§ Subd. 9. Community health board. "Community health board" means a community health board established, operating, and eligible for a local public health grant under sections 145A.11 to 145A.131 .
Minn. Stat. § 216H.07 — MN Code / Part 216_217 / Chapter 216H / Section 216H.07
§ 216H.07 EMISSIONS-REDUCTION ATTAINMENT; POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Definition. For the purpose of this section, "reductions" means the greenhouse gas emissions-reductions goals specified in section 216H.02, subdivision 1 .

§ Subd. 2. Purpose. This section is intended to create a nonexclusive, regular, mandated process for the state to develop policies to attain the greenhouse gas reduction goals specified in section 216H.02 .

§ Subd. 3. Biennial report. (a) By January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the commissioners of commerce and the Pollution Control Agency shall jointly report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with primary policy jurisdiction over energy and environmental issues the most recent and best available evidence identifying the level of reductions already achieved and the level necessary to achieve the reductions timetable in section 216H.02 . (b) The report must be in easily understood nontechnical terms.

§ Subd. 4. [Repealed, 2012 c 272 s 98 ]

§ Subd. 5. Reduction principles. Legislation proposed under subdivision 4 must be based on the following principles: (1) the greenhouse gas emissions-reduction goals specified in section 216H.02 , subdivision 1, must be attained; (2) the reductions must be attained on a schedule that keeps pace with the reduction timetable required by section 216H.02, subdivision 1 ; (3) conservation, including ceasing some activities, doing some activities less, and doing some activities more energy efficiently, is the first choice for reduction; (4) public education is a key component; (5) all levels of government should lead by example; (6) strategies that may lead to economic dislocation should be phased in and should be coupled with strategies that address the dislocation; and (7) there must be coordination with other federal and regional greenhouse gas emissions-reduction requirements so that the state benefits and is not penalized from its reduction activities.
Minn. Stat. § 316.06 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 316 / Section 316.06
§ 316.06 FORFEITURE OF RIGHTS; DISSOLUTION.
Status: in_force

When any railway company doing business in this state shall charge, demand, or receive unreasonable rates for the transportation of freight or passengers, or when any corporation remains insolvent, neglects or refuses to discharge its notes or other evidences of debt, or suspends its lawful business for one year, or fails to dispose of all its property with or without payment of all its debts, within the time allowed by law for the liquidation of its affairs, or whenever any corporation shall violate any provision of its articles or certificate of incorporation or any law obligatory upon it, such corporation shall forfeit all its rights, privileges, and franchises, and be adjudged to be dissolved. The attorney general shall make complaint against any corporation which shall in any manner violate any provision of this section or commit any act herein recited; and, if upon trial it is found to have committed any such acts, the court shall render judgment of forfeiture and dissolution of the corporation. Upon the trial of any action against a railway company for charging, demanding, or receiving unreasonable rates for transportation of freight or passengers, the court or jury shall find specially as to the truth of such allegations.