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Minn. Stat. § 290.0675 — MN Code / Part 289A_295 / Chapter 290 / Section 290.0675
§ 290.0675 MARRIAGE PENALTY CREDIT.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Earned income" means the sum of the following, to the extent included in Minnesota taxable income: (1) earned income as defined in section 290.01 , subdivision 33; (2) income received from a retirement pension, profit-sharing, stock bonus, or annuity plan; and (3) Social Security benefits as defined in section 86(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code. (c) "Taxable income" means net income as defined in section 290.01, subdivision 19 . (d) "Earned income of lesser-earning spouse" means the earned income of the spouse with the lesser amount of earned income as defined in paragraph (b) for the taxable year minus one-half the amount of the standard deduction under section 290.0123, subdivision 1 , clause (1).

§ Subd. 2. Credit allowed. A married couple filing a joint return is allowed a credit against the tax imposed under section 290.06 .

§ Subd. 3. Credit amount. The credit amount is the difference between the tax on the couple's joint Minnesota taxable income under the rates and income levels in section 290.06, subdivision 2c , paragraph (a), as adjusted for the taxable year by section 290.06, subdivision 2d , and the sum of the tax under the rates and income levels of section 290.06, subdivision 2c , paragraph (b), as adjusted for the taxable year by section 290.06, subdivision 2d , on the earned income of the lesser-earning spouse, and the tax under the rates and income levels of section 290.06, subdivision 2c , paragraph (b), as adjusted for the taxable year by section 290.06, subdivision 2d , on the couple's joint Minnesota taxable income, minus the earned income of the lesser-earning spouse. The commissioner of revenue shall prepare and make available to taxpayers a comprehensive table showing the credit under this section at brackets of earnings of the lesser-earning spouse and joint taxable income. The brackets of earnings shall not be more than $2,000.

§ Subd. 4. Nonresidents and part-year residents. For a nonresident or part-year resident, the credit must be allocated based on the percentage calculated under section 290.06, subdivision 2c , paragraph (e).

§ Subd. 5. [Repealed, 2003 c 127 art 3 s 24 ]
Minn. Stat. § 62S.292 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62S / Section 62S.292
§ 62S.292 RIGHT TO REDUCE COVERAGE AND LOWER PREMIUMS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Required policy or certificate provision. Every long-term care insurance policy and certificate shall include a provision that allows the policyholder or certificate holder to reduce coverage and lower the policy or certificate premium in at least one of the following ways: (1) reducing the maximum benefit; or (2) reducing the daily, weekly, or monthly benefit amount. The insurer may also offer other reduction options that are consistent with the policy or certificate design or the carrier's administrative processes. The provision shall include a description of the ways in which coverage may be reduced and the process for requesting and implementing a reduction in coverage.

§ Subd. 2. Age determination. The age to determine the premium for the reduced coverage shall be based on the age used to determine the premiums for the coverage currently in force.

§ Subd. 3. Limitation. The insurer may limit any reduction in coverage to plans or options available for that policy form and to those for which benefits will be available after consideration of claims paid or payable.

§ Subd. 4. Written reminder. If a policy or certificate is about to lapse, the insurer shall provide a written reminder to the policyholder or certificate holder of the right to reduce coverage and premiums in the notice required by section 62S.19, subdivision 3 .

§ Subd. 5. Nonapplication. This section does not apply to life insurance policies or riders containing accelerated long-term care benefits.
Minn. Stat. § 209.01 — MN Code / Part 200_212 / Chapter 209 / Section 209.01
§ 209.01 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. In general. The definitions in chapter 200 apply to this chapter.

§ Subd. 2. Statewide office. For purposes of this chapter, "statewide office" means the office of governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state auditor, secretary of state, chief justice or associate justice of the supreme court, judge of the court of appeals, or United States senator.
Minn. Stat. § 219.403 — MN Code / Part 218_222 / Chapter 219 / Section 219.403
§ 219.403 APPLICABILITY TO LOCAL LAWS.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this section or section 161.20 , 219.40 , or 219.071 changes existing law relating to the rights and liabilities of a city, town, or county in connection with the construction or maintenance of a railroad crossing, grade separation, or signal system, or impairs the terms or conditions of an existing arrangement or agreement, or renewals of it, between a railroad company and a municipality for the maintenance of a railroad crossing, grade separation, or signal system.
Minn. Stat. § 365.21 — MN Code / Part 365_368 / Chapter 365 / Section 365.21
§ 365.21 SPECIAL ELECTION FOR POLICE, FIRE, WATER.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. By board or petition. A special election may be called to vote on a question under section 365.20 . The town board calls the election. It may call one on its own but it must call an election if 20 percent of the electors of the town petition for it. The percentage is of the number of electors on the poll list at the last election.

§ Subd. 2. Notice. The clerk shall post notice of the election in three of the most public places in the town. The notice shall list the questions the electors are to vote on.

§ Subd. 3. Questions. A special election under this section may answer one or more of the questions in this subdivision. (a) Shall the town board be allowed to provide for fire protection and apparatus? (b) Shall the town board be allowed to provide for police protection? (c) Shall the town board be allowed to grant a franchise for waterworks to supply the residents of the town and the public with water?
Minn. Stat. § 315.32 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 315 / Section 315.32
§ 315.32 TRUSTEES, POWERS; CERTIFICATE, RECORDING.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees or other governing body of a religious organization under section 315.21 may, by unanimous vote of its members, alter or amend the articles of incorporation under section 315.31 , when authorized by resolution so to do at a special meeting of the religious organization. The meeting must be called for that expressly stated purpose, and a majority of the members of the religious organization must be present. The resolution must be passed by vote of a majority of the members present and voting. The board of trustees or other governing body shall record the resolution in a certificate executed and acknowledged by its president and secretary, or by its other presiding and recording officers, under the corporate seal of the religious organization. The certificate is presumptive evidence of the facts stated in it. The certificate must be recorded with the county recorder of the county where the religious organization is located. The amendment is effective on filing.
Minn. Stat. § 144.697 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144 / Section 144.697
§ 144.697 GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF STATE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Contracts. The commissioner of health may contract with third parties for services necessary to carry out the commissioner's activities where this will promote economy, avoid duplication of effort, and make best use of available expertise.

§ Subd. 2. Grants; gifts. The commissioner of health may apply for and receive grants and gifts from any governmental agency, private entity or other person.

§ Subd. 3. Committees. To further the purposes of sections 144.695 to 144.703 , the commissioner of health may create committees from the membership and may appoint ad hoc advisory committees.

§ Subd. 4. Coordinating rules and inspections. The commissioner of health shall coordinate regulation and inspection of hospitals to avoid, to the extent possible, conflicting rules and duplicative inspections.
Minn. Stat. § 325G.204 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325G / Section 325G.204
§ 325G.204 EXPRESS WARRANTIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Requirement. A manufacturer who sells or leases a new assistive device to a consumer, either directly or through an assistive device dealer or lessor, shall furnish the consumer with an express warranty to preserve or maintain the utility or performance of the assistive device. The duration of the express warranty must not be less than one year after first possession of the assistive device by the consumer. If a manufacturer fails to furnish an express warranty as required by this section, the assistive device shall be covered by an express warranty as if the manufacturer had furnished an express warranty to the consumer as required by this section.

§ Subd. 2. Nonconforming device. If a new assistive device does not conform to an applicable express warranty and the consumer reports the nonconformity to the manufacturer, the assistive device lessor, or any of the manufacturer's authorized assistive device dealers and makes the assistive device available for repair before one year after first possession of the device by the consumer, the nonconformity must be repaired or replaced.
Minn. Stat. § 17.66 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17.66
§ 17.66 PERMITTED ACTIVITIES.
Status: in_force

No activity, including meetings, undertaken in pursuance of the provisions of sections 17.51 to 17.69 and intended to benefit the producers, handlers and processors of such agricultural commodity shall be deemed or considered illegal or in restraint of trade.
Minn. Stat. § 138.763 — MN Code / Part 138_140 / Chapter 138 / Section 138.763
§ 138.763 ST. ANTHONY FALLS HERITAGE BOARD.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Membership. There is a St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board consisting of 22 members with the director of the Minnesota Historical Society as chair. The members include the mayor; the chair of the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners or the chair's designee; the president of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board or the president's designee; the superintendent of the park board; two members each from the house of representatives appointed by the speaker, the senate appointed by the Rules Committee, the city council, the Hennepin County Board, and the park board; one member each from the preservation commission, the State Historic Preservation Office, Hennepin County Historical Society, and the society; one person appointed by the park board; and two persons appointed by the chair of the board.

§ Subd. 2. Report. The board shall report its actions to the appropriate policy committees of the legislature in the first year of each biennium.

§ Subd. 3. Comprehensive plan. The board shall develop and make available to interested parties a comprehensive interpretive plan for interpretation of significant historical components in the zone. The plan must include, but is not limited to, significant historic and natural features such as the river, bridges, buildings, machinery that is part of the milling story, underground canals, stone paving, waterfall, railway components, and a heritage trail system that interlocks historic features of the zone. The plan must evaluate significant historic resources and interpretive options that will tell the story of the zone and its relationship to the city and the state.

§ Subd. 4. Grants. The board may make grants and shall establish procedures to evaluate plans submitted for grants.

§ Subd. 5. Compensation. Board members may be compensated for expenses in accordance with section 15.0575, subdivision 3 .
Minn. Stat. § 168.101 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 168 / Section 168.101
§ 168.101 OWNERSHIP AND REGISTRATION BY MINOR; PROHIBITIONS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Ownership by minor unlawful; exceptions. Except as provided in this subdivision it is unlawful for a person under the age of 18 to own a passenger automobile or truck. A person who is under the age of 18 may own a passenger automobile or truck only if any of the following conditions exist: (1) the person has completed a driver training course approved by the commissioner of public safety and has attained the age of 17; (2) the person is a high school graduate and has attained the age of 17; (3) the person is an employed, emancipated minor who holds a Minnesota driver's license; or (4) the person became the owner of the passenger automobile or truck which the person seeks to register in Minnesota while a resident of a foreign state, district, territory, or country, and which passenger automobile or truck is duly registered in the person's name in such foreign state, district, territory, or country.

§ Subd. 2. Unlawful transfer to minor. Any person who knowingly sells or in any manner knowingly transfers title of a passenger automobile or truck to a person who is prohibited from owning a passenger automobile or truck under the provisions of subdivision 1 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ Subd. 2a. Failure to send to registrar within ten days. Any person who fails to mail in the application for registration or transfer with appropriate taxes and fees to the registrar of motor vehicles or otherwise fails to submit said forms and remittance to the registrar within ten days following date of sale shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ Subd. 3. Proof by registrant of eligibility to own vehicle. The registrar of motor vehicles shall refuse to register a passenger automobile or truck unless the owner submits to the registrar, at the time the owner files the first application for registration or transfer of a passenger automobile or truck, a written and verified statement that the owner is 18 years of age or over or, if under the age 18, is permitted by the provisions of subdivision 1 to own a passenger automobile or truck. The statement of an applicant under the age of 18 also shall set forth the number of the applicant's driver's license, or if the applicant has no driver's license the applicant shall so state. The applicant shall make an oath or affirmation before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths and affirmations that the statements made are correct and true. The registrar may prescribe a form for the statement required by this subdivision, which form the registrar may make a part of the application for registration or transfer.

§ Subd. 4. Misdemeanor violation. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. The commissioner of public safety shall suspend, for not less than one year, the driver's license of a person who, while under the age of 18, misrepresents the person's age on the statement required by subdivision 3.

§ Subd. 5. MS 1988 [Repealed, 1989 c 140 s 14 ]
Minn. Stat. § 181.65 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 181 / Section 181.65
§ 181.65 PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

Any person, firm, association, or corporation violating any provision of section 181.64 and this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person who shall be influenced, induced, or persuaded to enter or change employment or change a place of employment through or by means of any of the things prohibited in section 181.64 , shall have a right of action for the recovery of all damages sustained in consequence of the false or deceptive representations, false advertising, or false pretenses used to induce the person to enter into or change a place of employment, against any person, firm, association, or corporation directly or indirectly causing such damage; and, in addition to all such actual damages such person may have sustained, shall have the right to recover such reasonable attorney fees as the court shall fix, to be taxed as costs in any judgment recovered.
Minn. Stat. § 444.26 — MN Code / Part 440_446A / Chapter 444 / Section 444.26
§ 444.26 TOWNS; POWERS; EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Powers. For the purpose of designing, planning, improving, and constructing a wastewater treatment system under section 446A.072 , a town has all the powers given it under section 115.50 .

§ Subd. 2. Power of eminent domain. Any town may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire private property within or without the limits of the town for the purpose of carrying out the authority provided in this chapter, including obtaining the right-of-way for sewerage or drainage purposes and an outlet for sewerage or drainage within or without the town limits. Chapter 117 applies to the exercise of eminent domain under this section.
Minn. Stat. § 386.29 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 386 / Section 386.29
§ 386.29 TRANSCRIBING ABSTRACT RECORDS.
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners of any county that has undertaken to have the abstract records in the office of the county recorder transcribed under any law fixing a maximum limit that may be expended for such purpose but is unable to complete such work on account of such limit having been reached may authorize the county recorder or employ any other competent person to complete the same under the supervision and direction of the county recorder at such salary or upon such basis of compensation as may be agreed upon.
Minn. Stat. § 13A.01 — MN Code / Part 13_13C / Chapter 13A / Section 13A.01
§ 13A.01 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. Financial institution. "Financial institution" means any office of a bank, savings bank, industrial loan company, trust company, savings and loan, building and loan, credit union, or consumer finance institution, located in the state.

§ Subd. 3. Financial record. "Financial record" means an original of, a copy of, or information known to have been derived from, any record held by a financial institution pertaining to a customer's relationship with the financial institution.

§ Subd. 4. Government authority. "Government authority" means any agency or department of the state or a local unit of government, or any officer, employee, or agent of it.

§ Subd. 5. Customer. "Customer" means any natural person or authorized representative of that person who utilized or is utilizing any service of a financial institution, or for whom a financial institution is acting or has acted as a fiduciary, in relation to an account maintained in the person's name.

§ Subd. 6. Law enforcement inquiry. "Law enforcement inquiry" means a lawful investigation or official proceeding inquiring into a violation of, or failure to comply with, any criminal or civil statute or any rule or order issued pursuant to it.
Minn. Stat. § 444.076 — MN Code / Part 440_446A / Chapter 444 / Section 444.076
§ 444.076 TAX-FORFEITED LAND RETURNED TO PRIVATE OWNERSHIP; CHARGES.
Status: in_force

When tax-forfeited land is returned to private ownership and the land is benefited by a public improvement for which special assessments were canceled because of the forfeiture, the municipality or other public authority that made the improvement may impose fees or charges for the use or availability of the improvement or for connections therewith in an amount not to exceed the amount remaining unpaid on the canceled assessment. The municipality may make the fees or charges a charge against the owner, lessee, occupant, or all of them and may certify unpaid fees or charges to the county auditor with taxes against the property for collection as other taxes are collected.
Minn. Stat. § 97A.0457 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97A / Section 97A.0457
§ 97A.0457 PUBLISHING APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable, notice of the attorney general's decision must be published in the State Register and the adopted rule must be published in the manner as provided for adopted rules in section 14.18 .
Minn. Stat. § 441.47 — MN Code / Part 440_446A / Chapter 441 / Section 441.47
§ 441.47 CITIES MAY ACQUIRE TOLL BRIDGES.
Status: in_force

Any city of this state, however organized, bordering upon any navigable or nonnavigable stream, river, or body of water, including any international or interstate navigable or nonnavigable stream, river, or body of water, is authorized to acquire, purchase, construct, maintain, and operate bridges and approaches thereto across any such navigable or nonnavigable stream, river, or body of water, whether all or any portion of bridges and approaches be within or without the corporate limits of the city, and to exercise all such powers within its boundaries and in adjacent territory within this state, not in excess of two miles from the nearest boundary line thereof, and in any adjoining domestic or foreign state, after first having obtained authority, if any be necessary, from the United States.
Minn. Stat. § 179.60 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 179 / Section 179.60
§ 179.60 INTERFERING WITH EMPLOYEE OR MEMBERSHIP IN LABOR ORGANIZATION OR ASSOCIATION.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, company, or corporation, or any agent, officer, or employee thereof, to coerce, require, or influence any person to enter into any agreement, written or verbal, not to join, become, or remain a member of any lawful labor organization or association, as a condition of securing or retaining employment with such person, firm, or corporation. It shall be unlawful for any person, company, or corporation, or any officer or employee thereof, to coerce, require, or influence any person to contribute or pay to any person, company, or corporation, or any officer or employee thereof, any sum of money or other valuable thing for the sole purpose of securing or retaining employment with such person, firm, or corporation. It shall be unlawful for any two or more corporations or employers to combine, to agree to combine, or confer together for the purpose of interfering with any person in procuring, or in preventing the person from procuring, employment, or to secure the discharge of any employee by threats, promises, circulating blacklists, or any other means whatsoever. It shall be unlawful for any company or corporation, or any agent or employee thereof, to blacklist any discharged employee, or by word or writing seek to prevent, hinder, or restrain a discharged employee, or one who has voluntarily left its employ, from obtaining employment elsewhere. Every person and corporation violating any of the foregoing provisions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.