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Minn. Stat. § 245.096 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 245 / Section 245.096
§ 245.096 CHANGES TO GRANT PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

Prior to implementing any substantial changes to a grant funding formula disbursed through allocations administered by the commissioner, the commissioner must provide a report on the nature of the changes, the effect the changes will have, whether any funding will change, and other relevant information, to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over human services. The report must be provided prior to the start of a regular session, and the proposed changes cannot be implemented until after the adjournment of that regular session.
Minn. Stat. § 79.211 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 79 / Section 79.211
§ 79.211 CERTAIN PREMIUM DETERMINATION PRACTICES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Certain wages included for ratemaking. The rating association or an insurer shall include wages paid for a vacation, holiday, or sick leave in the determination of a workers' compensation insurance premium. An insurer, including the assigned risk plan, shall not include wages paid for work performed in an adjacent state in the determination of a workers' compensation premium if the employer paid a workers' compensation insurance premium to the exclusive state fund of the adjacent state on the wages earned in the adjacent state. Within 30 days of October 1, 1995, a licensed data service organization on behalf of its members shall file an amendment to its charged class premium rates to reflect the inclusion of vacation, holiday, and sick leave wages in the determination of premium. Within 30 days of the filing of those pure premium rates each insurer shall amend its filed schedule of rates to reflect the inclusion of vacation, holiday, and sick leave wages in the determination of premium.

§ Subd. 2. Division of payroll. An insurer shall permit an employer to divide a payroll among the rating classifications most closely fitting the work actually performed by each employee in a four-hour block or more for purposes of premium calculation when the employer's records provide adequate support for a division.

§ Subd. 3. Payroll computations for certain public employees. The commissioner of commerce in setting the assigned risk plan rates or an insurer shall compute a premium for an elected or appointed official of a town based on the actual annual wage received from the town.

§ Subd. 4. Experience modification factor revision for certain closed claims. An insurer or an employer insured under a workers' compensation policy subject to an experience rating plan may request in writing of the data service organization computing the policy's experience modification factor that the most recent factor be revised if each of the following criteria is met: (1) a workers' compensation claim under that policy is closed between the normal valuation date for that claim and the next time that valuation is used in computing the experience modification factor on the policy; (2) the data service organization receives a revised unit statistical report containing data on the closed claim in a form consistent with its filed unit statistical plan; and (3) inclusion of the closed claim in the experience modification factor calculation would impact that factor by five percentage points or more.
Minn. Stat. § 270C.88 — MN Code / Part 270_271 / Chapter 270C / Section 270C.88
§ 270C.88 ORDERS; DECISIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. In writing. Any order or decision of the commissioner increasing or decreasing any tax, assessment, or other obligation by a sum exceeding $1,000 on real or personal property, or the net tax capacity thereof, or other obligation relating thereto, the result of which is to increase or decrease the total amount payable under the property tax laws, including penalties and interest, by a sum exceeding $1,000, must bear the written signature or facsimile signature of the commissioner or the commissioner's delegate. Written approval of the commissioner or a delegate shall not be required with respect to orders reducing net tax capacity of property by reason of its classification as a homestead.

§ Subd. 2. Only official actions of county board or other agency acted upon. No action requiring the recommendation or approval of any county board or other public agency shall be taken by the commissioner, or any other employees or agents of the department, unless such recommendation or approval shall have been made upon official action by such county board or other agency, entered upon the minutes or record of its proceedings as a public record, showing the names of the taxpayers and other persons concerned and the amounts involved, and so certified by the recording officer of such board or agency.
Minn. Stat. § 16B.51 — MN Code / Part 16A_16E / Chapter 16B / Section 16B.51
§ 16B.51 AGENCY REPORTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Supervision by commissioner. The commissioner shall supervise and control the making and distribution of all reports and other publications of all kinds issued by the state and state agencies when not otherwise prescribed by law. The commissioner shall also prescribe the manner and form of issuing reports required by sections 8.08 ; 16A.50 ; 35.03 ; 129D.02, subdivision 5 ; 256.01 ; and 299C.18 .

§ Subd. 2. Prescribe fees. The commissioner may prescribe fees to be charged for services rendered by the state or an agency in furnishing to those who request them certified copies of records or other documents, certifying that records or documents do not exist and furnishing other reports, publications, data, or related material which is requested. The fees, unless otherwise prescribed by law, may be fixed at the market rate. The commissioner of management and budget is authorized to approve the prescribed rates for the purpose of assuring that they, in total, will result in receipts greater than costs in the fund. Fees prescribed under this subdivision are deposited in the state treasury by the collecting agency and credited to the general services revolving fund. Nothing in this subdivision permits the commissioner of administration to furnish any service which is now prohibited or unauthorized by law.

§ Subd. 3. Sale of publications. The commissioner may sell official reports, documents, data, and publications of all kinds, may delegate their sale to state agencies, and may establish facilities for their sale within the Department of Administration and elsewhere within the state service. The commissioner may remit a portion of the price of any publication or data to the agency producing the publication or data. Money that is remitted to an agency is annually appropriated to that agency to discharge the costs of preparing the publications or data.

§ Subd. 4. Exceptions. This section does not apply to the Regents of the University of Minnesota or to the State Agricultural Society.

§ Subd. 5. Limitations on subject matter prohibited. The commissioner may not adopt rules to prescribe the fees permitted by subdivision 2 or which limit in any way the subject matter of a report or publication which the law requires or authorizes an agency to produce.
Minn. Stat. § 403.10 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 403 / Section 403.10
§ 403.10 COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Authority. All public agencies and counties that are part of different 911 systems but share common boundary lines may enter into cooperative agreements to provide that once an emergency unit is dispatched in response to a request through the system, the unit shall render its services to the requesting party without regard to jurisdictional boundaries.

§ Subd. 2. Notice to public safety agency. Public safety agencies with jurisdictional responsibilities shall in all cases be notified by the public safety answering point of a request for service in their jurisdiction.

§ Subd. 3. Allocating costs. Counties, public agencies, operating public safety answering points, and other local governmental units may enter into cooperative agreements under section 471.59 for the allocation of operational and capital costs attributable to the 911 system.
Minn. Stat. § 3.97 — MN Code / Part 3_3E / Chapter 3 / Section 3.97
§ 3.97 LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COMMISSION.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Policy. Continuous legislative review of the spending of public funds and financing at all levels of government is required in the public interest to enable the enactment of appropriate legislation.

§ Subd. 2. Membership; terms; meetings; compensation; powers. The Legislative Audit Commission consists of: (1) three members of the senate appointed by the senate majority leader; (2) three members of the senate appointed by the senate minority leader; (3) three members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house; and (4) three members of the house of representatives appointed by the house of representatives minority leader. Members shall serve until replaced, or until they are not members of the legislative body from which they were appointed. Appointing authorities shall fill vacancies on the commission within 30 days of a vacancy being created. The commission shall meet in January of each odd-numbered year to elect its chair and vice-chair. They shall serve until successors are elected. The chair and vice-chair shall alternate biennially between the senate and the house of representatives, and shall be of different political parties. The commission shall meet at the call of the chair. The members shall serve without compensation but be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses as members of the legislature. The commission may exercise the powers prescribed by section 3.153 .

§ Subd. 3. [Repealed, 2006 c 262 s 2 ]

§ Subd. 3a. Evaluation topics. The commission shall periodically select topics for the legislative auditor to evaluate. Topics may include any agency, program, or activity established by law to achieve a state purpose, or any topic that affects the operation of state government. The commission shall give primary consideration to topics that are likely, upon examination, to produce recommendations for cost savings, increased productivity, or the elimination of duplication among public agencies. The commission shall also give consideration to programs and statutory provisions that authorize grants, tax incentives, and other inducements for economic development. Legislators and legislative committees may suggest topics for evaluation, but the legislative auditor shall only conduct evaluations approved by the commission.

§ Subd. 3b. Review of financial management and internal controls. The commission shall review legislative auditor reports and make recommendations, as the commission determines necessary, for improvements in the state's system of internal controls and financial management.

§ Subd. 4. [Renumbered 3.971, subdivision 1 ]

§ Subd. 5. [Renumbered 3.971, subd 2 ]

§ Subd. 6. [Renumbered 3.971, subd 3a ]

§ Subd. 7. [Renumbered 3.971, subd 4 ]

§ Subd. 8. [Renumbered 3.971, subd 5 ]

§ Subd. 9. [Renumbered 3.979, subdivision 1 ]

§ Subd. 10. [Renumbered 3.979, subd 2 ]

§ Subd. 11. [Renumbered 3.979, subd 3 ]

§ Subd. 11a. [Renumbered 3.979, subd 4 ]

§ Subd. 12. [Renumbered subd 3a]
Minn. Stat. § 181.963 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 181 / Section 181.963
§ 181.963 USE OF OMITTED PERSONNEL RECORD.
Status: in_force

Information properly belonging in an employee's personnel record that was omitted from the personnel record provided by an employer to an employee for review pursuant to section 181.961 may not be used by the employer in an administrative, judicial, or quasi-judicial proceeding, unless the employer did not intentionally omit the information and the employee is given a reasonable opportunity to review the omitted information prior to its use.
Minn. Stat. § 514.46 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 514 / Section 514.46
§ 514.46 LOGS SCALED TO OFFICER; WHERE HELD; FEES.
Status: in_force

The officer serving such writ, if necessary to save the property from loss, shall have such logs or other timber scaled to the officer in any boom to which they may have arrived, but the officer shall not delay the driving thereof to their destination, if within the state. The boomage and scalage fees may be paid by the attaching officer, and the amount so paid returned as a part of the officer's charges. Whether paid before or after judgment, the amount of boomage and scalage shall be collected out of the property, as other costs and disbursements are collected.
Minn. Stat. § 116R.09 — MN Code / Part 116R_116X / Chapter 116R / Section 116R.09
§ 116R.09 BONDS; PURCHASE AND CANCELLATION.
Status: in_force

The commissioner, subject to agreements with bondholders which may then exist, has power out of any funds available for the purpose to purchase bonds of the commissioner at a price not exceeding (a) if the bonds are then redeemable, the redemption price then applicable plus accrued interest to the next interest payment date thereon, or (b) if the bonds are not redeemable, the redemption price applicable on the first date after the purchase upon which the bonds become subject to redemption plus accrued interest to that date.
Minn. Stat. § 164.10 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 164 / Section 164.10
§ 164.10 EXPENDITURES ON CARTWAY.
Status: in_force

Any town board may expend town road and bridge funds upon a legally established cartway the same as on town roads if, in the judgment of the board the public interests require it; provided, that where any town board has refused to allocate funds for the upkeep of a cartway, then, upon the petition of ten taxpayers of the town, the town board shall present for the approval of the voters, after due notice, at the annual town meeting the petition for allocation of funds, and at the town meeting the electors of the town shall allow or reject the petition. If the majority of those voting approve the petition for allocation of funds, the town board shall expend road and bridge funds on the cartway.
Minn. Stat. § 318.04 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 318 / Section 318.04
§ 318.04 CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY TO TRANSACT THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

Any such association permitted by section 318.01 to organize to transact in this state the kind of business of insurance permitted by section 318.01 shall set out in its "declaration of trust" the kind of business of insurance that it shall transact in this state; and before filing with the secretary of state the copy of the "declaration of trust" and any amendments thereto pursuant to section 318.02 there shall be endorsed upon the "declaration of trust" and any amendments thereto the approval of the commissioner of commerce; and it shall be subject to the same insurance laws of this state and rules of the commissioner of commerce that an insurance corporation transacting the same kind of business of insurance is subject to except as otherwise provided by law; and it shall obtain from the commissioner of commerce a certificate of authority as an insurer which certificate of authority shall be issued by the commissioner of commerce upon compliance with all the applicable insurance laws of this state and rules of the commissioner of commerce.
Minn. Stat. § 299F.73 — MN Code / Part 299A_299N / Chapter 299F / Section 299F.73
§ 299F.73 LICENSE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Manufacture, assembly, or storage. No person shall manufacture, assemble, warehouse or store explosives or blasting agents for purposes of wholesale or retail sale, or for any other purpose other than for ultimate consumption without being licensed to do so by the commissioner of public safety.

§ Subd. 2. Application. In order to obtain the license herein required such person shall make application to the commissioner of public safety. The application shall be on forms provided by the commissioner of public safety and shall require such information as the commissioner deems necessary including but not limited to the name, address, age, experience, and knowledge of the applicant in the use, handling, and storage of explosives or blasting agents, and whether the applicant is a person to whom no such license may be issued pursuant to section 299F.77 . The commissioner of public safety may refuse to issue a license to any person who does not have sufficient knowledge of the use, handling, or storage of explosives or blasting agents to protect the public safety. Any person aggrieved by the denial of a license may request a hearing before the commissioner of public safety. The provisions of sections 14.57 to 14.69 shall apply to such hearing and subsequent proceedings, if any.
Minn. Stat. § 115A.908 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 115A / Section 115A.908
§ 115A.908 MOTOR VEHICLE TRANSFER FEE.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Fee charged. A fee of $10 shall be charged on the initial registration and each subsequent transfer of title within the state, other than transfers for resale purposes, of every motor vehicle weighing more than 1,000 pounds. The fee shall be collected by the commissioner of public safety. Registration plates or certificates of title may not be issued by the commissioner of public safety for the ownership or operation of a motor vehicle subject to the transfer fee unless the fee is paid. The fee may not be charged on the transfer of: (1) previously registered vehicles if the transfer is to the same person; (2) vehicles subject to the conditions specified in section 297A.70, subdivision 2 ; or (3) vehicles purchased in another state by a resident of another state if more than 60 days have elapsed after the date of purchase and the purchaser is transferring title to this state and has become a resident of this state after the purchase.

§ Subd. 2. Deposit of revenue. Revenue collected under this section shall be credited to the environmental fund.

§ Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1997 c 216 s 160 ]
Minn. Stat. § 10.55 — MN Code / Part 10_12B / Chapter 10 / Section 10.55
§ 10.55 JUNETEENTH.
Status: in_force

(a) June 19 of each year is designated Juneteenth in recognition of the historical pronouncement of the abolition of slavery on June 19, 1865, when the Emancipation Proclamation was said to have been first publicly read in Texas by Union soldiers led by General Granger. The announcement came 2-1/2 years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and two months after General Lee's surrender in April 1865. Juneteenth and emancipation celebrations have been commonplace in Minnesota since 1889 as a result of community-based grassroots efforts.

(b) Each year the governor shall issue a proclamation honoring this observance and recognizing the important contributions African-Americans have made to Minnesota's communities, culture, and economy. The governor may also take any additional action necessary to promote and encourage the observance of Juneteenth and public schools may offer instruction and programs on the occasion.
Minn. Stat. § 645.17 — MN Code / Part 645_648 / Chapter 645 / Section 645.17
§ 645.17 PRESUMPTIONS IN ASCERTAINING LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
Status: in_force

In ascertaining the intention of the legislature the courts may be guided by the following presumptions:

(1) the legislature does not intend a result that is absurd, impossible of execution, or unreasonable;

(2) the legislature intends the entire statute to be effective and certain;

(3) the legislature does not intend to violate the Constitution of the United States or of this state;

(4) when a court of last resort has construed the language of a law, the legislature in subsequent laws on the same subject matter intends the same construction to be placed upon such language; and

(5) the legislature intends to favor the public interest as against any private interest.
Minn. Stat. § 61A.04 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 61A / Section 61A.04
§ 61A.04 SPENDTHRIFT PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

In addition to the provisions now required by law to be in the standard form of life insurance policies issued or delivered in this state, there shall be, when such policy provides for the payment to the beneficiary the proceeds thereof, in either monthly, quarterly, semiannual or annual installments, to continue during the lifetime of the beneficiary, or for a stipulated number of years, whenever requested by the insured under the policy, the following provisions:

All rights of the beneficiary to commute, change time of payment or amount of installments, surrender for cash, borrow against or assign for any purpose, are hereby withdrawn and those parts of this policy giving the beneficiary such rights are hereby declared inoperative and void; it being the intent hereof that the beneficiary shall have no right under this contract except to receive the installments at such times and in such amounts as stated in this policy, and all the provisions of this policy in conflict herewith are hereby declared to be inoperative.

This provision may be attached to any policy in the form of a rider thereon, and, when so attached, shall become a part of and form a part of the contract of insurance, evidenced by the policy to all intents and purposes as if set forth at length therein.
Minn. Stat. § 370.01 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 370 / Section 370.01
§ 370.01 CHANGE OF BOUNDARIES; CREATION OF NEW COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

The boundaries of counties may be changed by taking territory from a county and attaching it to an adjoining county, and new counties may be established out of territory of one or more existing counties. A new county shall contain at least 400 square miles and have at least 4,000 inhabitants. A proposed new county must have a total estimated market value of at least 35 percent of (i) the total estimated market value of the existing county, or (ii) the average total estimated market value of the existing counties, included in the proposition. The determination of the estimated market value of a county must be made by the commissioner of revenue. An existing county shall not be reduced in area below 400 square miles, have less than 4,000 inhabitants, or have a total estimated market value of less than that required of a new county.

No change in the boundaries of any county having an area of more than 2,500 square miles, whether by the creation of a new county, or otherwise, shall detach from the existing county any territory within 12 miles of the county seat.
Minn. Stat. § 309.61 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 309 / Section 309.61
§ 309.61 SEVERABILITY.
Status: in_force

If any provision of sections 309.50 to 309.61 or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or application of said sections which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of said sections are severable.
Minn. Stat. § 145.365 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 145 / Section 145.365
§ 145.365 TRAFFICKING IN SKUNKS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Prohibition. In order to protect the public health and prevent human and domestic animal exposure to rabies, it shall be unlawful to: (1) import into or export out of this state any live skunk, for sale, barter, exchange or gift for any purpose whatsoever; (2) acquire, sell, barter, exchange, give, or purchase any live skunks.

§ Subd. 2. Exception. The provisions of subdivision 1 do not apply to the importation, acquisition, or exportation of a skunk by a publicly or privately owned zoological park or circus or any other show where a skunk is exhibited but is not in physical contact with the public, or by scientific or educational institutions for research or educational purposes.

§ Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1982 c 591 s 1 ]

§ Subd. 4. Penalty. Violation of subdivision 1 is a misdemeanor.