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Minn. Stat. § 145.698 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 145 / Section 145.698
§ 145.698 CONFINEMENT OF DRUG DEPENDENT PERSON.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Authority. When a person has been accused of violating any state or local law or ordinance in district court, and if it appears to the court that the defendant may be a drug dependent person, or by reason of the repeated use of drugs may not be responsible for that person's actions, the court may adjourn the proceedings and order the county attorney to file a petition for commitment of the defendant pursuant to chapter 253B, the Minnesota Commitment and Treatment Act, for confinement in a hospital, a mental health center, the Willmar Regional Treatment Center or other drug treatment facility until such time as the court feels that such person can be returned to the court.

§ Subd. 2. Stay; commitment. Upon conviction of a defendant for any crime, or following revocation of probation previously granted whether or not sentence has been imposed, if it appears to the court that the defendant may be a drug dependent person, or by reason of the repeated use of drugs may be in imminent danger of becoming addicted, the court may adjourn the proceedings or suspend imposition or execution of sentence and order the county attorney to file a petition for commitment of the defendant pursuant to chapter 253B until the court feels that the person is no longer in need of institutional care and treatment.
Minn. Stat. § 181.941 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 181 / Section 181.941
§ 181.941 PREGNANCY AND PARENTING LEAVE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Twelve-week leave; pregnancy, birth, or adoption. (a) An employer must grant an unpaid leave of absence to an employee who is: (1) a biological or adoptive parent in conjunction with the birth or adoption of a child; or (2) a female employee for prenatal care, or incapacity due to pregnancy, childbirth, or related health conditions. (b) The length of the leave shall be determined by the employee, but must not exceed 12 weeks, unless agreed to by the employer.

§ Subd. 2. Start of leave. The leave shall begin at a time requested by the employee. The employer may adopt reasonable policies governing the timing of requests for unpaid leave and may require an employee who plans to take a leave under this section to give the employer reasonable notice of the date the leave shall commence and the estimated duration of the leave. For leave taken under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1), the leave must begin within 12 months of the birth or adoption; except that, in the case where the child must remain in the hospital longer than the mother, the leave must begin within 12 months after the child leaves the hospital.

§ Subd. 3. No employer retribution. An employer shall not discharge, discipline, penalize, interfere with, threaten, restrain, coerce, or otherwise retaliate or discriminate against an employee for requesting or obtaining a leave of absence as provided by this section.

§ Subd. 4. Continued insurance. During any leave for which an employee is entitled to benefits or leave under this section, the employer must maintain coverage under any group insurance policy, group subscriber contract, or health care plan for the employee and any dependents as if the employee was not on leave, provided, however, that the employee must continue to pay any employee share of the cost of the benefits.
Minn. Stat. § 333.26 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 333 / Section 333.26
§ 333.26 MUST USE U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

For convenience of administration of sections 333.18 to 333.31 , but not to limit or extend the applicant's or registrant's rights, the secretary of state shall adopt the classification system in effect in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and shall revise this classification system to conform with the United States Patent and Trademark Office system as and if changes are made in that system. A single application for registration of a mark may include any or all goods or services with which the mark is actually being used comprised in a single class, but in no event shall a single application include goods or service with which the mark is being used which fall within different classes.
Minn. Stat. § 240.26 — MN Code / Part 240_240A / Chapter 240 / Section 240.26
§ 240.26 PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Felonies. A violation of the prohibition against accepting a bet in section 240.25, subdivision 1 , a violation of section 240.25, subdivision 2 , clause (1), and a violation of section 240.25, subdivisions 3, 4, and 7 , is a felony.

§ Subd. 2. Gross misdemeanors. A violation of the prohibition against placing a bet in section 240.25, subdivision 1 , a violation of section 240.25, subdivision 2 , clause (2), and a violation of section 240.25 , subdivisions 5 and 6, is a gross misdemeanor.

§ Subd. 3. Misdemeanors. A violation of any other provision of this chapter or of a rule or order of the commission for which another penalty is not provided is a misdemeanor.

§ Subd. 4. Prosecution by attorney general. Notwithstanding section 388.051, subdivision 1 , clause (3), the attorney general has primary jurisdiction to prosecute felony violations of section 240.25, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, and 7 , and felony violations of section 240.25, subdivision 1 , when the bet was allegedly accepted on the premises of a licensed racetrack.
Minn. Stat. § 144.663 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144 / Section 144.663
§ 144.663 DUTY TO REPORT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment of reporting system. The commissioner shall design and establish a reporting system which designates either the treating hospital, medical facility, or physician to report to the department within a reasonable period of time after the identification of a person with traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury. The consent of the injured person is not required.

§ Subd. 2. Information. The report must be submitted on forms provided by the department and must include the following information: (1) the name, age, and residence of the injured person; (2) the date and cause of the injury; (3) the initial diagnosis; and (4) other information required by the commissioner.

§ Subd. 3. Reporting without liability. The furnishing of information required by the commissioner shall not subject any person or facility required to report to any action for damages or other relief, provided that the person or facility is acting in good faith.
Minn. Stat. § 609.015 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 609 / Section 609.015
§ 609.015 SCOPE AND EFFECT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Common law crimes abolished. Common law crimes are abolished and no act or omission is a crime unless made so by this chapter or by other applicable statute, but this does not prevent the use of common law rules in the construction or interpretation of the provisions of this chapter or other statute. Crimes committed prior to September 1, 1963, are not affected thereby.

§ Subd. 2. Applicability. Unless expressly stated otherwise, or the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this chapter also apply to crimes created by statute other than in this chapter.
Minn. Stat. § 116G.14 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 116G / Section 116G.14
§ 116G.14 PLANNING GRANTS.
Status: in_force

The board shall prepare guidelines for disbursing funds to local units of government or regional development commissions for as much as 100 percent but not less than 50 percent of the nonfederal cost of preparing and adopting plans and rules for areas of critical concern pursuant to section 116G.07 , for a period not to exceed five years from the date the legislature or regional development commissions approve the designation of an area of critical concern.
Minn. Stat. § 325K.19 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325K / Section 325K.19
§ 325K.19 SATISFACTION OF SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Where a rule of law requires a signature, or provides for certain consequences in the absence of a signature, that rule is satisfied by a digital signature, if:

(1)(i) the digital signature is that of a public or local official as defined in section 10A.01 , subdivisions 22 and 35, on government records described in section 15.17 ; or

(ii) no party affected by a digital signature objects to the use of digital signatures in lieu of a signature, and the objection may be evidenced by refusal to provide or accept a digital signature;

(2) that digital signature is verified by reference to the public key listed in a valid certificate issued by a licensed certification authority;

(3) that digital signature was affixed by the signer with the intention of signing the message and after the signer has had an opportunity to review items being signed; and

(4) the recipient has no knowledge or notice that the signer either:

(i) breached a duty as a subscriber; or

(ii) does not rightfully hold the private key used to affix the digital signature.

(b) However, nothing in this chapter precludes a mark from being valid as a signature under other applicable law.
Minn. Stat. § 179.07 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 179 / Section 179.07
§ 179.07 LABOR DISPUTE AFFECTING PUBLIC INTERESTS; PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

If the dispute is in any industry, business, or institution affected with a public interest, which includes, but is not restricted to, any industry, business, or institution engaged in supplying the necessities of life, safety, or health, so that a temporary suspension of its operation would endanger the life, safety, health, or well-being of a substantial number of people of any community, the provisions of section 179.06 shall apply. The commissioner may appoint a fact finding commission composed of three members to conduct a hearing and make a report on the issues involved and the merits of the respective contentions of the parties to the dispute. If the commissioner decides to appoint a commission, the commissioner shall immediately notify the parties to the labor dispute. The members of such commission shall on account of vocations, employment, or affiliations be representatives of employees, employers, and the public, respectively. If and when the commissioner notifies the parties of the decision to appoint a commission, neither party to the dispute shall make any change in the situation affecting the dispute and no strike or lockout shall be instituted until 30 days after the commissioner's notification to the parties. If the commissioner fails to appoint a commission within five days after notification to the parties, this limitation on the parties shall be suspended and inoperative. If the commissioner thereafter appoints a commission, no strike or lockout having been instituted in the meantime, the limitation shall again become operative, but in no case for more than the original 30-day period. The 30-day period may be extended by stipulation of the parties to the labor dispute, which shall be filed with the commissioner. The commission shall meet within five days of its appointment by the commissioner and conduct the hearings which are necessary to render its report on the issues involved and merits of the contentions of the parties. The report of the commission shall be filed with the commissioner not less than five days prior to the end of the 30-day period set forth above or any extension thereof. The commissioner shall provide copies of the report to the parties to the dispute and may make the report public.
Minn. Stat. § 3.252 — MN Code / Part 3_3E / Chapter 3 / Section 3.252
§ 3.252 COMMISSIONERS TO REPRESENT STATE.
Status: in_force

The commissioners shall:

(1) represent this state in the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws;

(2) examine legal subjects on which uniformity of legislation in the different states is desirable;

(3) ascertain the best means to effect uniformity;

(4) represent Minnesota in conventions of similar commissioners of other states;

(5) cooperate in the consideration and drafting of uniform acts for submission to the legislatures of the several states; and

(6) prepare bills adapting the uniform acts to our statutes for introduction in the legislature.

The commission shall keep a record of all its transactions.
Minn. Stat. § 524.2-1110 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 524 / Section 524.2-1110
§ 524.2-1110 DISCLAIMER OF INTEREST BY TRUSTEE.
Status: in_force

If a trustee having the power to disclaim under the instrument creating the fiduciary relationship or pursuant to court order disclaims an interest in property that otherwise would have become trust property, the interest does not become trust property.
Minn. Stat. § 61A.13 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 61A / Section 61A.13
§ 61A.13 DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Contract on a variable basis. When used in sections 61A.13 to 61A.21 , "contract on a variable basis" means any contract on either a group or an individual basis issued by a life insurance company providing for the dollar amount of benefits or other contractual payments or values thereunder to vary so as to reflect investment results of a separate account in which amounts have been placed in connection with any such contracts. Such contracts may also provide benefits or values incidental thereto payable in fixed or variable dollar amounts, or both.

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1969 c 752 s 18 ]
Minn. Stat. § 358.05 — MN Code / Part 357_359 / Chapter 358 / Section 358.05
§ 358.05 OATH OF OFFICE.
Status: in_force

The oath of office to be taken by members and officers of either branch of the legislature shall be that prescribed by the Constitution of the state of Minnesota, article IV, section 8. Every person elected or appointed to any other public office, including every official commissioner, or member of any public board or body, before transacting any of the business or exercising any privilege of such office, shall take and subscribe the oath defined in the Constitution of the state of Minnesota, article V, section 6.
Minn. Stat. § 62I.05 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62I / Section 62I.05
§ 62I.05 PLAN OF OPERATION.
Status: in_force

The association shall have a plan of operation which shall be consistent with the provisions of this chapter and that provides for economic, fair, and nondiscriminatory administration and for the prompt, efficient provision of insurance coverage of the types provided by section 62I.02 . It shall provide for an expedited review and determination by the board of any application for a type of coverage that has not been previously excluded or authorized, and other provisions necessary for the operation and management of the association.

The plan of operation is subject to approval by the commissioner. If the commissioner disapproves all or any part of the proposed plan of operation, the directors shall within 15 days submit for review an appropriate revised plan of operation. If a revised plan is not submitted within 15 days the commissioner shall promulgate a plan of operation. The plan of operation approved or promulgated by the commissioner is effective and operational upon the order of the commissioner.

Amendments to the plan of operation may be made by the directors of the association subject to approval by the commissioner.
Minn. Stat. § 365.26 — MN Code / Part 365_368 / Chapter 365 / Section 365.26
§ 365.26 CEMETERY LAND; BOARD CONTROL; SALE OR LEASE; CITY AID.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Vote for land. A town's electors may vote to let the town buy, condemn or receive a gift of land within the town to be used as a cemetery.

§ Subd. 2. Board may run, spend for. The town board shall control, and may establish rules for, the cemetery and may spend town money to run and keep up the cemetery. The town board may lay out the cemetery into lots, streets, and walks, and order that plats and maps of the cemetery be made and filed in the town clerk's office.

§ Subd. 3. Whom to bury. The town board may decide who may be buried in the cemetery.

§ Subd. 4. Sale to city, if part of. If a town cemetery becomes part of the territory of a statutory city, the cemetery may be sold and conveyed by the town board to the city.

§ Subd. 5. Sale or lease to corporation. A town's electors may vote to let the town sell or lease part of its cemetery to a charitable, religious, or cemetery corporation. The vote must be taken at a town meeting. The terms and conditions of the sale or lease must be included in the voted authorization. The part sold or leased must continue to be used for burials.

§ Subd. 6. Aid, burials from city. A town board may adopt a resolution asking for aid from a statutory city within the town's boundaries to maintain the town cemetery. The board shall send the resolution to the city. The city council may then pay the town from money not otherwise needed not more than $500 a year to maintain the cemetery. The town board must then allow burials of the city's dead. The board may set terms for, and limits on, the burials.
Minn. Stat. § 11A.23 — MN Code / Part 10_12B / Chapter 11A / Section 11A.23
§ 11A.23 INVESTMENT OF RETIREMENT FUNDS AND PLANS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Certification of assets not needed for immediate use. Each executive director administering a retirement fund or plan enumerated in subdivision 4 shall, from time to time, certify to the state board for investment those portions of the assets of the retirement fund or plan which in the judgment of the executive director are not required for immediate use.

§ Subd. 2. Investment. Retirement fund assets certified to the state board under subdivision 1 must be invested by the state board subject to the provisions of section 11A.24 . Retirement fund assets transferred to the combined investment fund or the supplemental investment fund must be invested by the state board as part of those funds.

§ Subd. 3. Withdrawal of assets. When an executive director administering a retirement fund or plan enumerated in subdivision 4, certifies to the state board that invested assets of the fund or plan are required for immediate use, the state board shall sell securities to equal the amount of assets certified as required and shall order the transfer of the assets to the appropriate executive director.

§ Subd. 4. Covered retirement funds and plans. The provisions of this section apply to the following retirement funds and plans: (1) Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities supplemental retirement plan established under chapter 354C; (2) state employees retirement fund established pursuant to chapter 352; (3) correctional employees retirement plan established pursuant to chapter 352; (4) State Patrol retirement fund established pursuant to chapter 352B; (5) unclassified employees retirement plan established pursuant to chapter 352D; (6) general employees retirement fund established pursuant to chapter 353; (7) public employees police and fire fund established pursuant to chapter 353; (8) teachers' retirement fund established pursuant to chapter 354; (9) judges' retirement fund established pursuant to chapter 490; and (10) any other funds required by law to be invested by the board.
Minn. Stat. § 97C.411 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97C / Section 97C.411
§ 97C.411 STURGEON AND PADDLEFISH.
Status: in_force

Lake sturgeon, shovelnose sturgeon, and paddlefish may not be taken, bought, sold, transported or possessed except as provided by rule of the commissioner.
Minn. Stat. § 317A.781 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 317A / Section 317A.781
§ 317A.781 CLAIMS BARRED; EXCEPTIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Claims barred. A person who is or becomes a creditor or claimant at any time before, during, or following the conclusion of dissolution proceedings, who does not file a claim or pursue a remedy in a legal, administrative, or arbitration proceeding within the time provided in section 317A.730 , 317A.741 , 317A.751 , or 317A.759 , or has not begun a legal, administrative, or arbitration proceeding before the beginning of the dissolution proceedings, and a person claiming through or under the creditor or claimant, is barred from suing on that claim or otherwise realizing upon or enforcing it, except as provided in this section.

§ Subd. 2. Claims reopened. Within one year after articles of dissolution have been filed with the secretary of state under section 317A.733, subdivision 1 , clause (1) or (2), or a decree of dissolution has been entered, a creditor or claimant who shows good cause for not having previously filed the claim may apply to a court in this state to allow a claim against the corporation to the extent of undistributed assets.

§ Subd. 3. Claims permitted. Debts, obligations, and liabilities incurred during dissolution proceedings must be paid or provided for by the corporation before the distribution of assets under section 317A.735 . A person to whom this kind of debt, obligation, or liability is owed but not paid may pursue any remedy against the officers or directors of the corporation before the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations. This subdivision does not apply to dissolution under the supervision or order of a court.
Minn. Stat. § 524.2-210 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 524 / Section 524.2-210
§ 524.2-210 PERSONAL LIABILITY OF RECIPIENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Only original recipients of the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others, and the donees of the recipients of the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others, to the extent the donees have the property or its proceeds, are liable to make a proportional contribution toward satisfaction of the surviving spouse's elective-share or supplemental elective-share amount. A person liable to make contribution may choose to give up the proportional part that has been received of the decedent's nonprobate transfers or to pay the value of the amount for which the person is liable.

(b) If any section or part of any section of this part is preempted by federal law with respect to a payment, an item of property, or any other benefit included in the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others, a person who is not a bona fide purchaser and who receives the payment, item of property, or any other benefit is obligated to return the payment, item of property, or benefit, or is personally liable for the amount of the payment or the value of that item of property or benefit, as provided in section 524.2-209 , to the person who would have been entitled to it were that section or part of that section not preempted.
Minn. Stat. § 169.723 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 169 / Section 169.723
§ 169.723 TIRES CONSIDERED UNSAFE.
Status: in_force

A tire shall be considered unsafe if it has:

(1) any part of the ply or cord exposed; or

(2) any bump, bulge or separation; or

(3) a tread design depth of less than 2/32 (1/16) of an inch measured in the tread groove nearest the center of the tire at three locations equally spaced around the circumference of the tire, exclusive of tie bars or for those tires with tread wear indicators; or

(4) been worn to the level of the tread wear indicators in any two tread grooves at three locations; or

(5) a marking "not for highway use," or "for racing purposes only," or "unsafe for highway use;" or

(6) tread or sidewall cracks, cuts or snags deep enough to expose the body cords; or

(7) been regrooved or recut below the original tread design depth, except special taxicab tires which have extra undertread rubber and are identified as such.