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Minn. Stat. § 43A.01 — MN Code / Part 43A / Chapter 43A / Section 43A.01
§ 43A.01 POLICIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. General. It is the policy of the state to maintain an efficient and effective merit based personnel management system to meet the management needs of the state and the social, economic and program needs of the people of the state. The system shall provide means to recruit, select and develop an effective, productive and responsive work force representative of the labor market according to the demands of society, equity and law, and shall include policies and procedures for employee hiring and advancement, training and career development, job classification, salary administration, employee benefits, discipline, discharge, retirement and other related activities as appropriate, taking into consideration formal and informal labor relations arrangements.

§ Subd. 2. Precedence of merit principles and nondiscrimination. It is the policy of this state to provide for equal employment opportunity consistent with chapter 363A by ensuring that all personnel actions be based on the ability to perform the duties and responsibilities assigned to the position without regard to age, race, creed or religion, color, disability, sex, national origin, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, or political affiliation. It is the policy of this state to take affirmative action to eliminate the underutilization of qualified members of protected groups in the civil service, where such action is not in conflict with other provisions of this chapter or chapter 179, in order to correct imbalances and eliminate the effects of discrimination and support full and equal participation in the social and economic life in the state. Heads of departments and agencies must provide training to managers and supervisors that are responsible for hiring and evaluating employee performance regarding bias that can be present in the hiring and performance evaluation processes. No contract executed pursuant to chapter 179A shall modify, waive or abridge this section and sections 43A.07 to 43A.121 , 43A.15 , and 43A.17 to 43A.21 , except to the extent expressly permitted in those sections.

§ Subd. 3. Equitable compensation relationships. It is the policy of this state to establish equitable compensation relationships between female-dominated, male-dominated, and balanced classes of employees in the executive branch. Compensation relationships are equitable within the meaning of this subdivision when the primary consideration in negotiating, establishing, recommending, and approving total compensation is comparability of the value of the work in relationship to other classifications in the executive branch.
Minn. Stat. § 518.0011 — MN Code / Part 517_519A / Chapter 518 / Section 518.0011
§ 518.0011 PUBLIC POLICY STATEMENT.
Status: in_force

The public policy of this state is to:

(1) ensure that each child has frequent and substantial contact with the child's parents, as long as the child's parents have shown the ability to act in the best interests of the child;

(2) ensure that parents and caregivers provide a safe and nurturing environment for each child; and

(3) encourage parents to share the rights and duties of raising their child.
Minn. Stat. § 270C.725 — MN Code / Part 270_271 / Chapter 270C / Section 270C.725
§ 270C.725 POSTING OF TAX DELINQUENCY; SALE OF LIQUOR OR BEER.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Posting, notice. Pursuant to the authority to disclose under section 270B.12, subdivision 4 , the commissioner shall, by the 15th of each month, submit to the commissioner of public safety a list of all taxpayers who are required to pay, withhold, or collect the tax imposed by section 290.02 , 290.0922 , 290.92 , 290.9727 , 290.9728 , 290.9729 , or 297A.62 , or local sales and use tax payable to the commissioner, or a local option tax administered and collected by the commissioner, and who are ten days or more delinquent in either filing a tax return or paying the tax. The commissioner is under no obligation to list a taxpayer whose business is inactive. At least ten days before notifying the commissioner of public safety, the commissioner shall notify the taxpayer of the intended action. The commissioner of public safety shall post the list in the same manner as provided in section 340A.318, subdivision 3 . The list will prominently show the date of posting. If a taxpayer previously listed files all returns and pays all taxes specified in this subdivision then due, the commissioner shall notify the commissioner of public safety within two business days.

§ Subd. 2. Sales prohibited. Beginning the third business day after the list is posted, no wholesaler, manufacturer, or brewer may sell or deliver any product to a taxpayer included on the posted list.

§ Subd. 3. Penalty. A wholesaler, manufacturer, or brewer of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent malt liquor who violates subdivision 2 is subject to the penalties provided in section 340A.304 .
Minn. Stat. § 13C.02 — MN Code / Part 13_13C / Chapter 13C / Section 13C.02
§ 13C.02 DISCLOSURE OF USE OF CONSUMER REPORTS FOR EMPLOYMENT PURPOSES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Disclosure required. A person may not obtain or cause to be prepared a consumer report on a consumer for employment purposes unless the person clearly and accurately discloses to the consumer that a consumer report may be obtained or caused to be prepared. The disclosure must inform the consumer of the right to request additional information on the nature of the report under subdivision 3. In the case of an investigative consumer report, the disclosure under this subdivision must inform the consumer that the report may include information obtained through personal interviews regarding the consumer's character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living.

§ Subd. 2. Form; copy. The disclosure required under subdivision 1 must be in writing and must be provided to the consumer before the consumer report is obtained or caused to be prepared. If a written application is provided for employment purposes by an employer or prospective employer, the disclosure must be included in or accompany the application. The disclosure must include a box that the person may check off and return to receive a copy of the consumer report. If the consumer requests a copy of the report, the person requesting the report shall request the person preparing the report to provide a copy to the consumer. The report must be sent to the consumer by the person preparing the report within 24 hours of providing it to the person requesting the report. The report to the consumer must include a statement of the consumer's right to dispute and correct any errors and of the procedures under United States Code, title 15, sections 1681 to 1681t. A consumer may not be charged for a report provided under this section. If no report exists, the consumer reporting agency has no obligation to the consumer under this section.

§ Subd. 3. Further disclosure if requested. A consumer reporting agency shall, upon written request from the consumer, make a complete and accurate disclosure of the nature and scope of the report. The disclosure under this subdivision must be in writing and must be mailed or delivered to the consumer within five days after the request for the disclosure was received or the consumer report was requested, whichever date is later.

§ Subd. 4. Exception. This section does not apply to: (1) a consumer report to be used for employment purposes for which the consumer has not specifically applied; or (2) a consumer report used for an investigation of a current violation of a criminal or civil statute by a current employee or an investigation of employee conduct for which the employer may be liable, until the investigation is completed.
Minn. Stat. § 246.64 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 246 / Section 246.64
§ 246.64 SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICE AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Substance use disorder rates. Notwithstanding sections 246.50, subdivision 5 , and 246.511 , the executive board shall establish separate rates for each substance use disorder service operated by the executive board and may establish separate rates for each service component within the program by establishing fees for services or different per diem rates for each separate substance use disorder unit within the program based on actual costs attributable to the service or unit. The rate must allocate the cost of all anticipated maintenance, treatment, and expenses including depreciation of buildings and equipment, interest paid on bonds issued for capital improvements for substance use disorder programs, reimbursement and other indirect costs related to the operation of substance use disorder programs other than that paid from the Minnesota state building fund or the bond proceeds fund, and losses due to bad debt. The rate must not include allocations of chaplaincy, patient advocacy, or quality assurance costs that are not required for substance use disorder licensure by the commissioner of human services or certification for chemical dependency by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals. Notwithstanding any other law, the executive board shall treat these costs as nonhospital department expenses.

§ Subd. 2. Depreciation collections. Depreciation collected under subdivision 1 must be credited to the general fund. Principal and interest on the bonded debt collected under subdivision 1 must be deposited in the state bond fund.

§ Subd. 3. Responsibilities of executive board. The executive board shall credit all receipts from billings for rates set in subdivision 1, except those credited according to subdivision 2, to the behavioral health fund. This money must not be used for an activity in a regional treatment center that is not a substance use disorder service or an allocation of expenditures that are included in the base for computation of the rates under subdivision 1. The executive board may expand substance use disorder services so long as expenditures are recovered by patient fees, transfer of funds, or supplementary appropriations. The executive board may expand or reduce substance use disorder staff complement as long as expenditures are recovered by patient fees, transfer of funds, or supplementary appropriations. Notwithstanding chapters 176 and 268, the executive board shall provide for the self-insurance of regional treatment center substance use disorder programs for the costs of unemployment benefits and workers' compensation claims.

§ Subd. 4. Trade secret information. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, data concerning matters affecting the competitive position of the substance use disorder programs is "trade secret information" for purposes of classification under section 13.37, subdivision 2 .
Minn. Stat. § 374.27 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 374 / Section 374.27
§ 374.27 BOND ISSUE.
Status: in_force

When the city has been authorized to issue bonds to pay its share of the cost, the county board may submit to the voters, in the manner provided, under section 375.20 , the question as to whether or not to issue and sell bonds of the county to pay the county's share of the cost of acquiring land for, constructing, equipping and furnishing the building. The full faith and credit of the county must be pledged to the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds issued. The bonds may be issued in one or more installments, but the bonds of each installment must be serial bonds, a portion of which shall be payable each year after issue. None of the bonds shall run longer than 20 years from their date. The board of county commissioners shall fix the denominations and the dates of maturity of each installment so that the amounts necessary each year to pay the principal and interest maturing any year shall be approximately the same in each of the years during which the bonds of the installment shall run. The bonds shall be sold as provided under section 475.60 , at a rate of interest as authorized under section 475.55 .
Minn. Stat. § 161.148 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 161 / Section 161.148
§ 161.148 GREAT RIVER ROAD, LOCATION OF ROUTE.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Commissioner's responsibility. The commissioner of transportation shall designate, establish and locate the Great River Road described in and authorized by section 161.142 , with the approval of the Mississippi River Parkway Commission and, when the location is not on the trunk highway system, with the approval of the political subdivision having jurisdiction of the road.

§ Subd. 2. Alternate routes. The commissioner of transportation may designate, establish, locate and mark alternate routes of the Great River Road with the approval of the Mississippi River Parkway Commission upon highways of the trunk highway system and when not located upon the trunk highway system with the approval of the political subdivision having jurisdiction of the road.

§ Subd. 3. Expenditures limitation. Funds shall not be expended on any alternate route or routes provided for by subdivision 2 except to the extent of any surplus in federal funds provided for the route designated under subdivision 1 or as provided by agreement with the United States government.

§ Subd. 4. MS 1976 [Repealed, 1978 c 495 s 5 ]
Minn. Stat. § 28A.07 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 28A / Section 28A.07
§ 28A.07 ISSUANCE OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

Prior to the issuance or renewal of any license herein, the commissioner may cause appropriate inspections to be made to determine under applicable statutory and promulgated rule requirements, the applicant's risk category and fitness to engage in the business activities described in that person's license application. A valid and properly displayed license shall be sufficient to allow the licensee to engage in the manner of food handling so described in the licensee's application, provided that the commissioner may withhold authorization to engage in any aspects of business for which the applicant is not deemed fit under this section. A licensee may, at any time, apply to change such application which shall then be considered by the commissioner in the same manner as a new or renewal application hereunder.
Minn. Stat. § 484.30 — MN Code / Part 480_494 / Chapter 484 / Section 484.30
§ 484.30 ADJOURNED AND SPECIAL TERMS.
Status: in_force

The judges of each district may adjourn court from time to time during any term thereof, and may appoint special terms for the trial of issues of law and fact, and, when necessary, direct petit juries to be drawn therefor. They may also appoint special terms for the hearing of all matters except issues of fact, the order for which shall be filed with the court administrator, and a copy posted in the court administrator's office for three weeks prior to the term.
Minn. Stat. § 471.9997 — MN Code / Part 471_472B / Chapter 471 / Section 471.9997
§ 471.9997 FEDERALLY ASSISTED RENTAL HOUSING; IMPACT STATEMENT.
Status: in_force

At least 12 months before termination of participation in a federally assisted rental housing program, including project-based Section 8 and Section 236 rental housing, the owner of the federally assisted rental housing must submit a statement regarding the impact of termination on the residents of the rental housing to the governing body of the local government unit in which the housing is located. The impact statement must identify the number of units that will no longer be subject to rent restrictions imposed by the federal program, the estimated rents that will be charged as compared to rents charged under the federal program, and actions the owner will take to assist displaced tenants in obtaining other housing. A copy of the impact statement must be provided to each resident of the affected building, the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, and, if the property is located in the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2 , the Metropolitan Council.
Minn. Stat. § 609.27 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 609 / Section 609.27
§ 609.27 COERCION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Acts constituting. Whoever orally or in writing makes any of the following threats and thereby causes another against the other's will to do any act or forbear doing a lawful act is guilty of coercion and may be sentenced as provided in subdivision 2: (1) a threat to unlawfully inflict bodily harm upon, or hold in confinement, the person threatened or another, when robbery or attempt to rob is not committed thereby; or (2) a threat to unlawfully inflict damage to the property of the person threatened or another; or (3) a threat to unlawfully injure a trade, business, profession, or calling; or (4) a threat to expose a secret or deformity, publish a defamatory statement, or otherwise to expose any person to disgrace or ridicule; or (5) a threat to make or cause to be made a criminal charge, whether true or false; provided, that a warning of the consequences of a future violation of law given in good faith by a peace officer or prosecuting attorney to any person shall not be deemed a threat for the purposes of this section; or (6) a threat to commit a violation under section 617.261 . [See Note.]

§ Subd. 2. Sentence. Whoever violates subdivision 1 may be sentenced as follows: (1) to imprisonment for not more than 90 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $1,000, or both if neither the pecuniary gain received by the violator nor the loss suffered by the person threatened or another as a result of the threat exceeds $300, or the benefits received or harm sustained are not susceptible of pecuniary measurement; or (2) to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both, if such pecuniary gain or loss is more than $300 but less than $2,500; or (3) to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than $20,000, or both, if such pecuniary gain or loss is $2,500, or more.
Minn. Stat. § 572B.26 — MN Code / Part 570_583 / Chapter 572B / Section 572B.26
§ 572B.26 JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A court of this state having jurisdiction over the dispute and the parties may enforce an agreement to arbitrate.

(b) An agreement to arbitrate providing for arbitration in this state confers exclusive jurisdiction on the court to enter judgment on an award under sections 572B.01 to 572B.31 .
Minn. Stat. § 85B.01 — MN Code / Part 85_87A / Chapter 85B / Section 85B.01
§ 85B.01 PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The legislature determines that it is in the public interest and an objective of the state that its citizens and the citizens of the world be better informed about the importance of preserving and restoring the large freshwater lakes of the world, including Lake Superior. The legislature determines that an enhanced public awareness of the vital role which the large freshwater lakes play in the ecosystem is an essential element in a wider program to provide for the protection and preservation of these lakes. The legislature also determines that the transfer of data and scientific findings about the large freshwater lakes of the world to the policy makers and citizens of the state, our nation, and the world is essential.

(b) The legislature determines that as the largest surface of fresh water in the world, Lake Superior can function as a focal point for transferring information about these large lakes to the policy makers and the public, and that the establishment of a facility containing appropriate exhibits and other educational features to support these objectives and the establishment of programs related to them near the shore of Lake Superior in Duluth is in the public interest and of advantage and benefit to all of the citizens of the state.

(c) The legislature is aware that Lake Superior Center, a Minnesota nonprofit corporation, is actively engaged in the development of a program and plan to meet these objectives and is actively engaged in assembling the public and private partnership required to secure the resources, international participation, and expertise required to create a freshwater education center.

(d) The legislature finds that objectives of sections 85B.01 to 85B.08 can best be accomplished by forming a public corporation to be known as Lake Superior Center Authority and that Lake Superior Center Authority be given the powers, rights, privileges, and immunities provided in sections 85B.01 to 85B.08 , including the power to cooperate and contract with Lake Superior Center to the extent and for the purposes provided for in sections 85B.01 to 85B.08 .
Minn. Stat. § 116.26 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 116 / Section 116.26
§ 116.26 RESTORING SEIZED ITEMS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Applying to district court. When a cleaning agent or chemical water conditioner has been seized under sections 116.21 to 116.35 , any person may within two months after the date of seizure, upon prior notice in accordance with subdivision 2 to the Pollution Control Agency by certified mail, apply to the district court within whose jurisdiction the seizure was made for an order of restoration under subdivision 3.

§ Subd. 2. Notice. Notice under subdivision 1 shall be mailed at least 15 days prior to the day on which the application is to be made to the district court and shall specify: (1) the district court to which the application is to be made; (2) the place where and the time when the application is to be heard; (3) the cleaning agent or chemical water conditioner in regard to which the application is to be made; and (4) the evidence upon which the applicant relies to establish entitlement to possession of the cleaning agent or chemical water conditioner.

§ Subd. 3. Restoring items. (a) Subject to section 116.27 when upon hearing, the district court is satisfied (1) that the applicant is otherwise entitled to possession of the items seized, and (2) that the items seized are not and will not be required as evidence in proceedings under sections 116.21 to 116.35 , the court shall order that the items seized be restored forthwith to the applicant. (b) Where the court is satisfied that the applicant is otherwise entitled to possession but is not satisfied as to the necessity for retention as evidence, the court shall order restoration to the applicant (1) four months after the date of seizure if no proceedings under section 116.23 have been commenced before that time, or (2) upon the final conclusion of any such proceedings.

§ Subd. 4. Disposal. When no application has been made under subdivision 1 within two months from the date of seizure, or when upon application no order of restoration is made, the items seized shall be delivered to the Pollution Control Agency, which may dispose of them as it sees fit.
Minn. Stat. § 92.51 — MN Code / Part 92_94 / Chapter 92 / Section 92.51
§ 92.51 TAXATION; REDEMPTION; SPECIAL CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

State lands sold by the director become taxable. A description of the tract sold, with the name of the purchaser, must be transmitted to the proper county auditor. The auditor must extend the land for taxation like other land. Only the interest in the land vested by the land sale certificate in its holder may be sold for delinquent taxes.
Minn. Stat. § 53B.68 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 53B / Section 53B.68
§ 53B.68 TRANSITION PERIOD.
Status: in_force

(a) A person licensed in Minnesota to engage in the business of money transmission is not subject to the provisions of this chapter to the extent that this chapter's provisions conflict with current law or establish new requirements not imposed under current law until the licensee renews the licensee's current license or for five months after July 1, 2023, whichever is later.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a licensee is only required to amend the licensee's authorized delegate contracts for contracts entered into or amended after the effective date or the completion of any transition period contemplated under paragraph (a). Nothing in this section limits an authorized delegate's obligations to operate in full compliance with this chapter, as required under section 53B.51 , paragraph (c).