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Minn. Stat. § 325F.56 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325F / Section 325F.56
§ 325F.56 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 325F.56 to 325F.66 , the following terms have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. Repairs. "Repairs" means work performed for a total price of more than $100, including the price of parts and materials, to restore a malfunctioning, defective, or worn motor vehicle, appliance, or dwelling place used primarily for personal, family, or household purposes and not primarily for business or agricultural purposes. Repairs do not include service calls or estimates.

§ Subd. 3. Motor vehicle. "Motor vehicle" means a vehicle which is self-propelled.

§ Subd. 4. Appliance. "Appliance" means any electrical, mechanical, or thermal device or machine.

§ Subd. 5. Dwelling place. "Dwelling place" means a room, apartment, or structure in which one or more persons live or any fixture thereof.

§ Subd. 6. Shop. "Shop" means an individual, corporation, partnership, or any other form of business organization which derives income, in whole or part, by engaging in the business of repairs.

§ Subd. 7. Customer. "Customer" means a customer of a shop and the agents of a customer.

§ Subd. 8. Written estimate. "Written estimate" means a writing which includes: (a) the name and address of the shop; (b) a description of the problem to be repaired as described by the customer and any specific repair requested by the customer; (c) the charges for parts or materials listed with reasonable particularity and indicating whether the parts are new, used, rebuilt, reconditioned, or replated if this information is known by the shop. If parts, other than window glass, used in the repair are new parts, the estimate must indicate whether or not those parts are original equipment parts; (d) a reasonable storage fee, if the shop imposes a fee for storage; (e) labor charges; (f) tax; (g) any delivery charge; (h) any other charges; and (i) the total estimated price.
Minn. Stat. § 228.46 — MN Code / Part 223_236A / Chapter 228 / Section 228.46
§ 228.46 ISSUING A BILL WITH A FALSE STATEMENT IN IT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Elements of crime. An officer, agent, or employee of a carrier, who with intent to defraud issues or helps to issue a bill for goods knowing that the bill contains a false statement, 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 364 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both.
Minn. Stat. § 561.09 — MN Code / Part 553_566 / Chapter 561 / Section 561.09
§ 561.09 OWNER OF ANIMALS LIABLE FOR TRESPASS.
Status: in_force

In case the owner or occupant of lands shall not distrain the animals or fowls doing damage as provided herein, then any person who shall knowingly permit the running at large or trespass of any such domestic animal or fowl within any city, shall be liable to the person aggrieved for treble the damages sustained, to be recovered in a civil action.
Minn. Stat. § 626.8474 — MN Code / Part 625_634 / Chapter 626 / Section 626.8474
§ 626.8474 AUTISM TRAINING.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Learning objectives required. (a) By January 1, 2021, the board shall prepare learning objectives for preservice and in-service training on ensuring safer interactions between peace officers and persons with autism. At a minimum, the objectives must address the following: (1) autism overview and behavioral understanding; (2) best practices for interventions and de-escalation strategies; (3) prevention and crisis reduction models; and (4) objective review of tools and technology available. (b) In developing the learning objectives, the board shall consult with, at a minimum: (1) individuals with autism; (2) family members of individuals with autism; (3) autism experts; and (4) peace officers.

§ Subd. 2. Preservice training required. (a) The learning objectives developed pursuant to subdivision 1 must be included in the required curriculum of professional peace officer educational programs. (b) A person is not eligible to take the peace officer licensing examination after July 1, 2022, unless the individual has received the training described in paragraph (a).

§ Subd. 3. In-service training required. Beginning July 1, 2021, the chief law enforcement officer of every state and local law enforcement agency shall provide in-service autism training to every peace officer and part-time peace officer employed by the agency. The training must comply with the learning objectives developed and approved by the board and must meet board requirements for board-approved continuing education credit. The training must consist of at least four continuing education credits of the credits required under section 626.8469 within an officer's three-year licensing cycle. Each peace officer with a license renewal date after June 30, 2021, is not required to complete this training until the officer's next full three-year licensing cycle.

§ Subd. 4. Record keeping required. The head of every local and state law enforcement agency shall maintain written records of the agency's compliance with the requirements of subdivision 3. The documentation is subject to periodic review by the board, and must be made available to the board at its request.

§ Subd. 5. Licensing sanctions; injunctive relief. The board may impose licensing sanctions and seek injunctive relief under section 214.11 for failure to comply with the requirements of this section.
Minn. Stat. § 62V.051 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62V / Section 62V.051
§ 62V.051 MNSURE; CONSUMER RETROACTIVE APPOINTMENT OF A NAVIGATOR OR PRODUCER PERMITTED.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law or rule to the contrary, for up to six months after the effective date of the qualified health plan, MNsure must permit a qualified health plan policyholder, who has not designated a navigator or an insurance producer, to retroactively appoint a navigator or insurance producer. MNsure must provide notice of the retroactive appointment to the health carrier. The health carrier must retroactively pay commissions to the insurance producer if the producer can demonstrate that they were certified by MNsure at the time of the original enrollment, were appointed by the selected health carrier at the time of the enrollment, and that an agent of record agreement was executed prior to or at the time of the effective date of the policy. MNsure must adopt a standard form of agent of record agreement for purposes of this section.
Minn. Stat. § 354A.092 — MN Code / Part 352_356B / Chapter 354A / Section 354A.092
§ 354A.092 SABBATICAL LEAVE.
Status: in_force

Any teacher in the coordinated program of the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association who is granted a sabbatical leave is entitled to receive allowable service credit in the association for periods of sabbatical leave. To obtain the service credit, the teacher on sabbatical leave shall make an employee contribution to the association. No teacher is entitled to receive more than three years of allowable service credit under this section for a period or periods of sabbatical leave during any ten consecutive years. If the teacher granted a sabbatical leave makes the employee contribution for a period of sabbatical leave under this section, the employing unit shall make an employer contribution on behalf of the teacher to the association for that period of sabbatical leave in the manner described in section 354A.12, subdivision 2a . The employee and employer contributions must be in an amount equal to the employee and employer contribution rates in effect for other active members of the association covered by the same program applied to a salary figure equal to the teacher's actual covered salary for the plan year immediately preceding the sabbatical leave period. Payment of the employee contribution authorized under this section must be made by the teacher on or before June 30 of the year next following the year in which the sabbatical leave terminated and must be made without interest. The required employer contributions must be paid by the employing unit within 30 days after notification by the association of the amount due. If the employee contributions for the sabbatical leave period are less than an amount equal to the applicable contribution rate applied to a salary figure equal to the teacher's actual covered salary for the plan year immediately preceding the sabbatical leave period, service credit must be prorated. The prorated service credit must be determined by the ratio between the amount of the actual payment which was made and the full contribution amount payable under this section.
Minn. Stat. § 326B.188 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 326B / Section 326B.188
§ 326B.188 TIMELINE AND EXEMPTION FOR COMPLIANCE WITH ELEVATOR CODE CHANGES AFFECTING EXISTING ELEVATORS AND RELATED DEVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to code requirements for existing elevators and related devices under Minnesota Rules, chapter 1307, where the deadline set by law for meeting the code requirements is January 29, 2012, or later.

(b) If the department or municipality conducting elevator inspections within its jurisdiction notified the owner of an existing elevator or related device of the code requirements before August 1, 2011, the owner may submit a compliance plan by December 30, 2011. If the department or municipality did not notify the owner of an existing elevator or related device of the code requirements before August 1, 2011, the department or municipality shall notify the owner of the code requirements and permit the owner to submit a compliance plan by December 30, 2011, or within 60 days after the date of notification, whichever is later.

(c) Any compliance plan submitted under this section shall result in compliance with the code requirements by the later of January 29, 2012, or three years after submission of the compliance plan. Elevators and related devices that are not in compliance with the code requirements by the later of January 29, 2012, or three years after the submission of the compliance plan may be taken out of service as provided in section 326B.175 .

(d) When approved by the local building official, an elevator is not required to comply with the code requirements described in paragraph (a) for phase I and II operation if the elevator was installed prior to January 27, 2007, in a residential condominium property having five or fewer floors not including the basement.
Minn. Stat. § 123A.16 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 123A / Section 123A.16
§ 123A.16 EDUCATION DISTRICT BOARD.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. School district representation. The education district board shall be composed of at least one representative appointed by the school board or governing board of each member. Each representative must be a member of the appointing school or governing board. Each representative shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing board and may be recalled by a majority vote of the appointing board. Each representative shall serve for the term that is specified in the agreement. The board shall select its officers from among its members and shall determine the terms of the officers. The board shall adopt bylaws for the conduct of its business. The board may conduct public meetings via interactive television if the board complies with chapter 13D in each location where board members are present.

§ Subd. 2. Postsecondary representation. The education district board may appoint, with the approval of the member postsecondary institution, a representative from one or more member postsecondary institutions as a member of the education district board. Each postsecondary representative shall serve at the pleasure of the education district board and may be recalled by a majority vote of the education district board. The education district agreement may specify issues on which a postsecondary representative may vote.
Minn. Stat. § 325D.64 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325D / Section 325D.64
§ 325D.64 STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Interpretation and effect. An action under sections 325D.49 to 325D.66 , shall be forever barred unless commenced within four years of the date upon which the cause of action arose. No cause of action barred under existing law on June 8, 1971 shall be revived by sections 325D.49 to 325D.66 . For the purpose of this section, a cause of action for a continuing violation is deemed to arise at any time during the period of the violation.

§ Subd. 2. Government actions; suspension. If any proceeding is commenced under sections 325D.49 to 325D.66 , by the attorney general on behalf of the state of Minnesota, its departments or agencies, or its political subdivisions, the running of the statute of limitations in respect of every right of action arising under sections 325D.49 to 325D.66 , and based in whole or in part on any matter complained of in the aforementioned proceeding shall be suspended during the pendency thereof and for one year thereafter. If the running of the statute of limitations is suspended, the action shall be forever barred unless commenced within the greater of either the period of suspension or four years after the date upon which the cause of action arose.
Minn. Stat. § 600.21 — MN Code / Part 595_603 / Chapter 600 / Section 600.21
§ 600.21 COPIES OF RECORD OF DEATH; RECORDATION.
Status: in_force

In all cases of joint tenancy in lands, and in all cases where any estate, title interest in, or lien upon, lands, has been or may be created, which estate, title interest, or lien was, or is, to continue only during the life of any person named or described in the instrument by which such estate, title, interest, or lien was created, a copy of the record of the death of any such joint tenant, or of the person upon whose life such estate, title, interest, or lien was, or is, limited, duly certified by any officer who is required by the law of the state or country in which such record is made, to keep a record of the death of persons occurring within the jurisdiction of such officer, may be recorded in the office of the county recorder or registrar of titles of the county in which such lands are situated, and such certified copy or such record thereof in such office, or a duly certified copy of such last mentioned record, shall be prima facie evidence of the death of such person and the termination of such joint tenancy and of all such estate, title, interest, and lien as was, or is, limited upon the life of such person. When a certified copy of such death record is attached to an affidavit of survivorship the same shall, prior to recordation in the office of the county recorder or registrar of titles, be presented to the county auditor of the county wherein such estate, title, interest, or lien is situated and the county auditor shall note the transfer on the books and shall inscribe upon the instrument over the auditor's official signature the words "Transfer entered." Until so presented and indication made thereon, said instrument shall not be entitled to record in the office of the county recorder or registrar of titles of said county.
Minn. Stat. § 120B.302 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 120B / Section 120B.302
§ 120B.302 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS; TEST DESIGN.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Developing assessments. For purposes of conforming with existing federal educational accountability requirements, the commissioner must develop and implement computer-adaptive reading and mathematics assessments for grades 3 through 8, state-developed high school reading and mathematics tests aligned with state academic standards, a high school writing test aligned with state standards when it becomes available, and science assessments that districts and sites must use to monitor student growth toward achieving those standards. The commissioner must: (1) not develop statewide assessments for academic standards in social studies, health and physical education, and the arts; and (2) require annual science assessments in one grade in the grades 3 through 5 span, the grades 6 through 8 span, and a life sciences assessment in the grades 9 through 12 span, and the commissioner must not require students to achieve a passing score on high school science assessments as a condition of receiving a high school diploma.

§ Subd. 2. Comprehensive assessment system. The commissioner, with advice from experts with appropriate technical qualifications and experience and stakeholders, must include state-developed tests in the comprehensive assessment system. State-developed tests administered to all students in a subject other than writing must include multiple choice questions.

§ Subd. 3. Aligned to academic standards. (a) The state assessment system must be aligned to the most recent revision of academic standards. (b) The commissioner must ensure that all state tests administered to elementary and secondary students measure students' academic knowledge and skills and not students' values, attitudes, and beliefs.

§ Subd. 4. Use of assessments. A school, school district, and charter school must administer statewide assessments under this section as the assessments become available to evaluate student progress toward career and college readiness in the context of the state's academic standards. A school, school district, or charter school may use a student's performance on a statewide assessment as one of multiple criteria to determine grade promotion or retention. A school, school district, or charter school may use a high school student's performance on a statewide assessment as a percentage of the student's final grade in a course or place a student's assessment score on the student's transcript.
Minn. Stat. § 415.18 — MN Code / Part 415_418 / Chapter 415 / Section 415.18
§ 415.18 CITY UNIT MAY PAY FOR PERFORMANCE BONDS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. If bond required. When an officer or employee of any statutory or home rule charter city is required to furnish a fidelity or faithful performance bond, the governing body of the city, or the board or commission to whom the officer or employee is responsible, may provide for the payment of the premium on the bond from city funds.

§ Subd. 1a. Blanket position bond; conditions. In lieu of individual bonds, the governing body, board or commission may provide for blanket position bonds furnished by a surety company to cover any officer or employee required to furnish a bond if all of the obligations required by law, charter, or ordinance to be assumed by the principal and the principal's sureties by an individual bond are included in the blanket position bond.

§ Subd. 2. Adds to, prevails over other law. This section is supplementary to other statutory and charter provisions and supersedes such provisions only to the extent that they restrict or prohibit action authorized by this section.
Minn. Stat. § 326B.187 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 326B / Section 326B.187
§ 326B.187 RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt rules for the following purposes:

(1) to establish minimum qualifications for elevator inspectors that must include possession of a current elevator constructor license issued by the department and proof of successful completion of the national elevator industry education program examination or equivalent experience;

(2) to establish minimum qualifications for limited elevator inspectors;

(3) to establish criteria for the qualifications of elevator contractors;

(4) to establish elevator standards under sections 326B.106 , subdivisions 1 and 3, and 326B.13 ;

(5) to establish procedures for appeals of decisions of the commissioner under chapter 14 and procedures allowing the commissioner, before issuing a decision, to seek advice from the elevator trade, building owners or managers, and others knowledgeable in the installation, construction, and repair of elevators; and

(6) to establish requirements for the registration of all elevators.
Minn. Stat. § 97A.0454 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97A / Section 97A.0454
§ 97A.0454 MODIFYING PROPOSED EMERGENCY RULE.
Status: in_force

The proposed emergency rule may be modified if the modifications are supported by the data and views submitted to the commissioner.
Minn. Stat. § 336.4-102 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.4-102
§ 336.4-102 APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent that items within this article are also within articles 3 and 8, they are subject to those articles. If there is conflict, this article governs article 3, but article 8 governs this article.

(b) The liability of a bank for action or nonaction with respect to an item handled by it for purposes of presentment, payment, or collection is governed by the law of the place where the bank is located. In the case of action or nonaction by or at a branch or separate office of a bank, its liability is governed by the law of the place where the branch or separate office is located.
Minn. Stat. § 353.87 — MN Code / Part 352_356B / Chapter 353 / Section 353.87
§ 353.87 VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS; PARTICIPATION.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Participation. A volunteer firefighter, as defined in section 353.01, subdivision 36 , who, on June 30, 1989, was a member of, and a participant in, the general employees retirement fund or the public employees police and fire fund and was making contributions to either of those funds based, at least in part, on compensation for services performed as a volunteer firefighter shall continue as a member of, and a participant in, the general employees retirement fund or the public employees police and fire fund and compensation for services performed as a volunteer firefighter must be considered salary.

§ Subd. 2. MS 2022 [Repealed, 2024 c 102 art 12 s 6 ]

§ Subd. 3. MS 2022 [Repealed, 2024 c 102 art 12 s 6 ]

§ Subd. 4. MS 2022 [Repealed, 2024 c 102 art 12 s 6 ]

§ Subd. 5. [Repealed, 1990 c 570 art 11 s 13 ]
Minn. Stat. § 62A.59 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62A / Section 62A.59
§ 62A.59 COVERAGE OF SERVICE; PRIOR AUTHORIZATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Service for which prior authorization not required. A health carrier must not retrospectively deny or limit coverage of a health care service for which prior authorization was not required by the health carrier, unless there is evidence that the health care service was provided based on fraud or misinformation.

§ Subd. 2. Service for which prior authorization required but not obtained. A health carrier must not deny or limit coverage of a health care service which the enrollee has already received solely on the basis of lack of prior authorization if the service would otherwise have been covered had the prior authorization been obtained.
Minn. Stat. § 216G.09 — MN Code / Part 216_217 / Chapter 216G / Section 216G.09
§ 216G.09 REVERSION OF EASEMENTS.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all easement interests acquired after May 26, 1979 for the purpose of constructing and operating a pipeline shall revert to the then fee owner if the pipeline ceases operation for a period of five years.