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Minn. Stat. § 60L.12 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 60L / Section 60L.12
§ 60L.12 REPORTS AND REPLIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Requirements. The commissioner may require any of the following from a person subject to regulation under sections 60L.01 to 60L.15 : (1) statements, reports, answers to questionnaires and other information, and evidence in whatever reasonable form the commissioner designates, and at reasonable intervals as the commissioner chooses; (2) full explanation of the programming of any data storage or communication system in use; or (3) that information from any books, records, electronic data processing systems, computers, or any other information storage system be made available to the commissioner at a reasonable time and in a reasonable manner.

§ Subd. 2. Forms. The commissioner may prescribe forms for the reports required under subdivision 1 and specify who shall execute or certify the reports. The forms for the reports required under subdivision 1 must be consistent, so far as practicable, with those prescribed by other jurisdictions.

§ Subd. 3. Accounting. The commissioner may prescribe reasonable minimum standards and techniques of accounting and data handling to ensure that timely and reliable information will exist and will be available to the commissioner.

§ Subd. 4. Prompt reply. Any officer, manager, or general agent of an insurer subject to sections 60L.01 to 60L.15 , any person controlling or having a contract under which the person has a right to control the insurer, whether exclusively or otherwise, or a person with executive authority over or in charge of any segment of the insurer's affairs, shall reply promptly in writing or in other reasonably designated form, to a written inquiry from the commissioner requesting a reply.

§ Subd. 5. Verified communication. The commissioner may require that any communication made to the commissioner under this section be verified.

§ Subd. 6. No action for damages. A communication to the commissioner, or to an expert or consultant retained by the commissioner, required under sections 60L.01 to 60L.15 , shall not subject the person making it to an action for damages for the communication in the absence of actual malice.

§ Subd. 7. Information. Notwithstanding subdivision 6, the commissioner may bring suit against any person providing information required under sections 60L.01 to 60L.15 that is not truthful and accurate.
Minn. Stat. § 223.28 — MN Code / Part 223_236A / Chapter 223 / Section 223.28
§ 223.28 GRAIN BONDS; NEW LICENSE HOLDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), before the commissioner issues a grain buyer or public grain warehouse operator license, a person who has not been licensed to buy grain or operate a public grain warehouse in the previous licensing period must file with the commissioner a grain bond in a penal sum of $100,000. A grain bond must remain in effect for the first three years of the license.

(b) A grain buyer who purchases grain immediately upon delivery solely with cash; a certified check; a cashier's check; or a postal, bank, or express money order is exempt from this subdivision if the grain buyer's gross annual purchases are $1,000,000 or less.

(c) The commissioner may require a supplemental bond in an amount prescribed by the commissioner based on the financial statements required in section 223.17, subdivision 6 .

(d) A grain bond must be on a form provided by the commissioner.

(e) A grain bond required under paragraphs (a) and (c) must provide for the payment of any loss caused by the grain buyer's failure to pay upon the owner's demand, including loss caused by the grain buyer's failure to pay within the time required. The grain bond must be conditioned upon the grain buyer being duly licensed.

(f) A grain bond required under paragraphs (a) and (c) that is obtained by a public grain warehouse operator must be conditioned that the public grain warehouse operator issuing a grain warehouse receipt is liable to the depositor for the delivery of the kind, grade, and net quantity of grain called for by the receipt. A grain bond must be conditioned upon the operator being duly licensed.

(g) A grain bond must not be cumulative from one licensing period to the next. The maximum liability of the grain bond must be the grain bond's face value for the licensing period.

(h) A grain bond must be continuous until canceled. To cancel a grain bond, a surety must provide 90 days' written notice of the grain bond's termination date to the licensee and the commissioner.

(i) Upon the commissioner's determination that a claim is valid, the surety for any claims against the grain bond must make payments to the grain indemnity account.
Minn. Stat. § 41B.15 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 41B / Section 41B.15
§ 41B.15 STATE PLEDGE AGAINST IMPAIRMENT OF CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

The state pledges and agrees with the holders of any bonds issued under section 41B.08 , that the state will not limit or alter the rights vested in the authority to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the bondholders, or in any way impair the rights and remedies of the holders until the bonds, together with interest on them, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of the bondholders, are fully met and discharged. The authority may include this pledge and agreement of the state in any agreement with the holders of bonds issued under section 41B.08 .
Minn. Stat. § 47.26 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 47 / Section 47.26
§ 47.26 VIOLATIONS.
Status: in_force

Every officer, agent, or employee of any corporation or copartnership, and every other individual, who shall knowingly and willfully do or omit anything, the doing or omission of which on the part of any corporation, copartnership, or individual is in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter and who continues or repeats such act or omission for or during more than ten successive days, shall be guilty of a felony.
Minn. Stat. § 142G.65 — MN Code / Part 142A_142G / Chapter 142G / Section 142G.65
§ 142G.65 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICE PROVIDER APPEAL.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Provider application. An employment and training service provider that is not included in a county's service agreement under section 142G.76, subdivision 4 , because the county has demonstrated financial hardship under section 142G.54, subdivision 5 , may appeal its exclusion to the commissioner of employment and economic development under this section.

§ Subd. 2. Appeal; alternate approval. An employment and training service provider that is not included by a county agency in the service agreement under section 142G.76, subdivision 4 , and that meets the criteria in paragraph (b), may appeal its exclusion to the commissioner of employment and economic development, and may request alternative approval by the commissioner of employment and economic development to provide services in the county.

§ Subd. 3. Commissioner's review. (a) The commissioner must act on a request for alternative approval under this section within 30 days of the receipt of the request. If after reviewing the provider's request, and the county's service agreement submitted under section 142G.76, subdivision 4 , the commissioner determines that the provider meets the criteria under subdivision 2, paragraph (b), and that approval of the provider would not cause financial hardship to the county, the county must submit a revised service agreement under subdivision 4 that includes the approved provider. (b) If the commissioner determines that the approval of the provider would cause financial hardship to the county, the commissioner must notify the provider and the county of this determination. The alternate approval process under this section shall be closed to other requests for alternate approval to provide employment and training services in the county for up to 12 months from the date that the commissioner makes a determination under this paragraph.

§ Subd. 4. Revised service agreement required. The commissioner of employment and economic development must notify the county agency when the commissioner grants an alternative approval to an employment and training service provider under subdivision 2. Upon receipt of the notice, the county agency must submit a revised service agreement under section 142G.76, subdivision 4 , that includes the approved provider. The county has 90 days from the receipt of the commissioner's notice to submit the revised service agreement.

§ Subd. 5. Review not required. Notwithstanding subdivision 3, once a county meets the requirements of section 142G.54, subdivision 4 , the commissioner may, but is not required to, act on a request by an employment and training services provider for alternative approval in that county.
Minn. Stat. § 524.3-708 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 524 / Section 524.3-708
§ 524.3-708 DUTY OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE; SUPPLEMENTARY INVENTORY.
Status: in_force

If any property not included in the original inventory comes to the knowledge of a personal representative or if the personal representative learns that the value or description indicated in the original inventory for any item is erroneous or misleading, the personal representative shall make a supplementary inventory or appraisement showing the market value as of the date of the decedent's death of the new item or the revised market value or descriptions, and the appraisers or other data relied upon, if any, and furnish copies thereof or information thereof to persons interested in the new information, and file it with the court if the original inventory was filed.
Minn. Stat. § 177.45 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 177 / Section 177.45
§ 177.45 ATTORNEY GENERAL ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

In addition to the enforcement of this chapter by the department, the attorney general may enforce this chapter under section 8.31 .
Minn. Stat. § 463.152 — MN Code / Part 460_463 / Chapter 463 / Section 463.152
§ 463.152 EXERCISE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Purpose, public interest. In order to maintain a sufficient supply of adequate, safe, and sanitary housing and buildings used for living, commercial, industrial, or other purposes or any combination of purposes, it is found that the public interest requires that municipalities be authorized to acquire buildings, real estate on which buildings are located, or vacant or undeveloped real estate which are found to be hazardous within the meaning of section 463.15, subdivision 3 , and the acquisition of such buildings and real estate is hereby declared to be a public purpose.

§ Subd. 2. Acquisition; procedure. In furtherance of the public policy declared in subdivision 1, the governing body of any municipality may acquire any hazardous building, real estate on which any such building is located, or vacant or undeveloped real estate by eminent domain in the manner provided by chapter 117.
Minn. Stat. § 136F.23 — MN Code / Part 135A_137 / Chapter 136F / Section 136F.23
§ 136F.23 STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS; PURCHASING AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding chapter 16A or 16C, the student associations recognized by the board may purchase goods or materials through state purchasing authority for the ordinary day-to-day operations of the associations. The student associations must be nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations in order to qualify for this authority. The Department of Administration may require that the purchase documents be approved by appropriate officials in the board's central office.
Minn. Stat. § 325F.6659 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325F / Section 325F.6659
§ 325F.6659 REMEDY NONEXCLUSIVE.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this section limits the rights or remedies which are otherwise available to a consumer under any other law.
Minn. Stat. § 308C.511 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 308C / Section 308C.511
§ 308C.511 REGULAR MEMBER MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Annual meeting. Regular member meetings shall be held annually at a time determined by the board, unless more frequent meetings are provided for in the bylaws.

§ Subd. 2. Location. The regular member meeting shall be held at the principal place of business of the cooperative or at another conveniently located place as determined by the bylaws or the board.

§ Subd. 3. Business and fiscal reports. Unless additional information is required by the bylaws, the officers shall submit reports to the members at the regular member meetings covering the business of the cooperative for the previous fiscal year that show the financial condition of the cooperative at the close of the fiscal year.

§ Subd. 4. Election of directors. All directors shall be elected at the regular member meeting for the terms of office prescribed in the bylaws.

§ Subd. 5. Notice. The cooperative shall give notice of regular member meetings by personal delivery of the meeting notice to each member or mailing the regular member meeting notice to each member at the member's post office address as it appears on the membership book of the cooperative, or by other notification approved by the board and agreed to by the members. The regular member meeting notice shall be published or otherwise given by approved method at least two weeks before the date of the meeting, or mailed at least 15 days, but not more than 30 days before the date of the meeting.

§ Subd. 6. Waiver and objections. A member may waive notice of a meeting of members. A waiver of notice by a member entitled to notice is effective whether given before, at, or after the meeting, and whether given in writing, orally, or by attendance. Attendance by a member at a meeting is a waiver of notice of that meeting, except where the member objects at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, or objects before a vote on an item of business because the item may not lawfully be considered at that meeting and does not participate in the consideration of the item at that meeting.
Minn. Stat. § 181.981 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 181 / Section 181.981
§ 181.981 EMPLOYMENT OF INDIVIDUAL WITH CRIMINAL HISTORY; LIMITATION ON ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Limitation on admissibility of criminal history. Information regarding a criminal history record of an employee or former employee may not be introduced as evidence in a civil action against a private employer or its employees or agents that is based on the conduct of the employee or former employee, if: (1) the duties of the position of employment did not expose others to a greater degree of risk than that created by the employee or former employee interacting with the public outside of the duties of the position or that might be created by being employed in general; (2) before the occurrence of the act giving rise to the civil action: (i) a court order sealed any record of the criminal case; (ii) any record of the criminal case was sealed as the result of an automatic expungement, including but not limited to a grant of expungement made pursuant to section 609A.015 ; or (iii) the employee or former employee received a pardon; (3) the record is of an arrest or charge that did not result in a criminal conviction; or (4) the action is based solely upon the employer's compliance with section 364.021 .

§ Subd. 2. Relation to other law. This section does not supersede a statutory requirement to conduct a criminal history background investigation or consider criminal history records in hiring for particular types of employment.
Minn. Stat. § 122A.188 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 122A / Section 122A.188
§ 122A.188 LICENSURE DENIAL; APPEAL.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Denial letter. (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must inform an applicant within 30 days of receiving a completed application whether the applicant's application for an initial teaching license or renewal of license has been approved or denied. A completed application must include all supporting information and the results of the background check or conduct determination by the board. When an application is denied, the notification letter must inform the applicant of the process for seeking review of the denial and of the appeals process provided in this section, including all deadlines for seeking review of the denial decision and filing an appeal. The notification letter must identify each licensure requirement the applicant failed to meet. (b) For purposes of this section, "denial" means denial of an initial license or a denial of a renewal license. Denial of an initial license includes a grant of a license that is a lower tier than the applicant applied for and denial of application for an additional field of licensure.

§ Subd. 2. Review of denial. An applicant whose license application is denied may seek review of the denial by submitting a letter to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board within 30 calendar days of receipt of the denial letter. The applicant may include any documentation necessary to demonstrate that the applicant meets the licensure requirements. The board must review the denial within 60 calendar days of receipt of the letter seeking review. If the board affirms the denial, the board must send the applicant a letter identifying each licensure requirement the applicant failed to meet and informing the applicant of the appeal process provided under this section.

§ Subd. 3. Appeal. An applicant whose application for license or license renewal has been denied under subdivisions 1 and 2 may appeal the decision by filing a written request with the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board within 30 days of notice that the board has affirmed the denial of license. The board must then initiate a contested case under the Administrative Procedure Act, sections 14.001 to 14.69 .
Minn. Stat. § 256S.04 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256S / Section 256S.04
§ 256S.04 LIMITS OF ELDERLY WAIVER CASES.
Status: in_force

The number of elderly waiver participants that a lead agency may serve must be allocated according to the number of elderly waiver cases open on July 1 of each fiscal year. Additional elderly waiver participants may be served with the approval of the commissioner.
Minn. Stat. § 61A.27 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 61A / Section 61A.27
§ 61A.27 CONTINGENCY RESERVE; LIMITATIONS.
Status: in_force

Any life insurance company doing business in this state may accumulate and maintain, in addition to the capital and surplus contributed by its stockholders, and in addition to an amount equal to the net values of its policies, computed according to the laws of the jurisdiction under which it is organized, a contingency reserve not exceeding the following respective percentages of these net values: When the net values are less than $100,000, 20 percent thereof, or the sum of $10,000, whichever is the greater; when the net values are greater than $100,000, the percentage thereof measuring the contingency reserve shall decrease one-half of one percent for each $100,000 of the net values up to $1,000,000; when the net values are greater than $1,000,000, but do not exceed $25,000,000, the contingency reserve shall not exceed 15 percent thereof; when the net values are greater than $25,000,000, but do not exceed $150,000,000, the contingency reserve shall not exceed 12-1/2 percent thereof; when the net values are greater than $150,000,000, the contingency reserve shall not exceed ten percent thereof; provided, that as the net values of these policies increase and the maximum percentage measuring the contingency reserve decreases, the corporation may maintain the contingency reserve already accumulated hereunder, although for the time being it may exceed the maximum percentage herein prescribed, but may not add to the contingency reserve when the addition will bring it beyond the maximum percentage. For cause shown, the commissioner may, at any time and from time to time, permit any corporation to accumulate and maintain a contingency reserve in excess of the limit above mentioned for a prescribed period, not exceeding one year under any one permission, by filing in the commissioner's office a decision stating the reasons therefor and causing the same to be published in the next annual report. This section shall not apply to any company doing exclusively a nonparticipating business.
Minn. Stat. § 256S.214 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256S / Section 256S.214
§ 256S.214 RATE SETTING; ADJUSTED BASE WAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of section 256S.215 , the adjusted base wage for each position equals the position's base wage under section 256S.212 plus:

(1) the position's base wage multiplied by the payroll taxes and benefits factor under section 256S.213, subdivision 1 ;

(2) the position's base wage multiplied by the applicable program plan support factor under section 256S.213, subdivision 3 ; and

(3) the position's base wage multiplied by the absence factor under section 256S.213 , subdivision 9, if applicable.

(b) If the base wage described in paragraph (a) is below $16.68, the base wage must equal $16.68.
Minn. Stat. § 151.07 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 151 / Section 151.07
§ 151.07 MEETINGS; EXAMINATION FEE.
Status: in_force

The board shall meet at times as may be necessary and as it may determine to examine applicants for licensure and to transact its other business, giving reasonable notice of all examinations by mail to known applicants therefor. The secretary shall record the names of all persons licensed by the board, together with the grounds upon which the right of each to licensure was claimed. The fee for examination shall be in the amount specified in section 151.065 , which fee may in the discretion of the board be returned to applicants not taking the examination.
Minn. Stat. § 97C.041 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97C / Section 97C.041
§ 97C.041 COMMISSIONER MAY REMOVE NATIVE ROUGH FISH, COMMON CARP, AND RAINBOW SMELT.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may take native rough fish, common carp, and rainbow smelt with seines, nets, and other devices. The commissioner may hire or contract persons, or issue permits, to take the fish. The commissioner shall prescribe the manner of taking and disposal. The commissioner may award a contract under this section without competitive bidding. Before establishing the contractor's compensation, the commissioner must consider the qualifications of the contractor, including the contractor's equipment, knowledge of the waters, and ability to perform the work.