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Minn. Stat. § 115B.08 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 115B / Section 115B.08
§ 115B.08 APPORTIONMENT AND CONTRIBUTION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Right of apportionment; factors. (a) Any person held jointly and severally liable under section 115B.04 has the right at trial to have the trier of fact apportion liability among the parties as provided in this section. The burden is on each defendant to show how that defendant's liability should be apportioned. The court shall reduce the amount of damages in proportion to any amount of liability apportioned to the party recovering. (b) In apportioning the liability of any party under this section, the trier of fact shall consider the following: (1) the extent to which that party's contribution to the release of a hazardous substance can be distinguished; (2) the amount of hazardous substance involved; (3) the degree of toxicity of the hazardous substance involved; (4) the degree of involvement of and care exercised by the party in manufacturing, treating, transporting, and disposing of the hazardous substance; (5) the degree of cooperation by the party with federal, state, or local officials to prevent any harm to the public health or the environment; and (6) knowledge by the party of the hazardous nature of the substance.

§ Subd. 2. Contribution. If a person is held jointly and severally liable under section 115B.04 and establishes a proportionate share of the aggregate liability, the provisions of section 604.02 , subdivisions 1 and 2, shall apply with respect to contribution and reallocation of any uncollectible amounts.
Minn. Stat. § 518.055 — MN Code / Part 517_519A / Chapter 518 / Section 518.055
§ 518.055 PUTATIVE SPOUSE.
Status: in_force

Any person who has cohabited with another to whom the person is not legally married in the good faith belief that the person was married to the other is a putative spouse until knowledge of the fact that the person is not legally married terminates the status and prevents acquisition of further rights. A putative spouse acquires the rights conferred upon a legal spouse, including the right to maintenance following termination of the status, whether or not the marriage is prohibited or declared a nullity. If there is a legal spouse or other putative spouses, rights acquired by a putative spouse do not supersede the rights of the legal spouse or those acquired by other putative spouses, but the court shall apportion property, maintenance, and support rights among the claimants as appropriate in the circumstances and in the interests of justice.
Minn. Stat. § 336.9-518 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.9-518
§ 336.9-518 CLAIM CONCERNING INACCURATE OR WRONGFULLY FILED RECORD.
Status: in_force

(a) Statement with respect to record indexed under person's name. A person may file in the filing office an information statement with respect to a record indexed there under the person's name if the person believes that the record is inaccurate or was wrongfully filed.

(b) Contents of statement under subsection (a). An information statement under subsection (a) must:

(1) identify the record to which it relates by the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates;

(2) indicate that it is an information statement; and

(3) provide the basis for the person's belief that the record is inaccurate and indicate the manner in which the person believes the record should be amended to cure any inaccuracy or provide the basis for the person's belief that the record was wrongfully filed.

(c) Statement by secured party of record. A person may file in the filing office an information statement with respect to a record filed there if the person is a secured party of record with respect to the financing statement to which the record relates and believes that the person that filed the record was not entitled to do so under section 336.9-509 (d).

(d) Contents of statement under subsection (c). An information statement under subsection (c) must:

(1) identify the record to which it relates by the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates;

(2) indicate that it is an information statement; and

(3) provide the basis for the person's belief that the person that filed the record was not entitled to do so under section 336.9-509 (d).

(e) Record not affected by information statement. The filing of an information statement does not affect the effectiveness of an initial financing statement or other filed record.
Minn. Stat. § 375.057 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 375 / Section 375.057
§ 375.057 SPECIAL ACTS PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT OF PER DIEMS.
Status: in_force

Any special act for a single county or group of counties providing for the payment of per diems to county commissioners is superseded to the extent that it is inconsistent with Laws 1975, chapter 301, sections 1 to 14. This section does not apply to Hennepin, Ramsey, and St. Louis Counties.
Minn. Stat. § 306.58 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 306 / Section 306.58
§ 306.58 REORGANIZATION OF CERTAIN ASSOCIATIONS.
Status: in_force

A cemetery association organized before or after March 1, 1986, that does not have a capital stock may reorganize in the manner prescribed in section 306.59 if the association has acquired a burial site and sold lots in it and if the managing officers of the association are all deceased, have moved from the county where the burial site is located, or have failed to act as association officers for at least three years.
Minn. Stat. § 103F.101 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103F / Section 103F.101
§ 103F.101 CITATION.
Status: in_force

Sections 103F.101 to 103F.151 may be cited as the "Floodplain Management Law."
Minn. Stat. § 169A.095 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 169A / Section 169A.095
§ 169A.095 DETERMINING NUMBER OF AGGRAVATING FACTORS.
Status: in_force

When determining the number of aggravating factors present for purposes of this chapter, subject to section 169A.09 (sanctions for prior behavior to be based on separate courses of conduct), each qualified prior impaired driving incident within the ten years immediately preceding the current offense is counted as a separate aggravating factor.
Minn. Stat. § 103C.325 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103C / Section 103C.325
§ 103C.325 RECORDS; AUDIT; INFORMATION TO STATE BOARD.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Records. The district board shall keep a full and accurate record of all proceedings and resolutions, regulations, and orders issued or adopted.

§ Subd. 2. Audit. The state auditor shall annually audit the books of the district and its supervisors, or, at the request of the district board, the state auditor may contract for an annual audit by a certified public accountant. The state auditor may determine that an annual audit of a district is not necessary, in which case an audit shall be made at least every four years.

§ Subd. 3. Information to state board. The supervisors shall furnish to the state board, upon request, copies of the ordinances, rules, regulations, orders, contracts, forms, and other documents that they adopt or use, and other information concerning their activities as the state board requires in the performance of its duties under this chapter.
Minn. Stat. § 374.35 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 374 / Section 374.35
§ 374.35 CERTIFIED CHECK; CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

Each person submitting a bid or proposal shall file with the bid or proposal a certified check in an amount prescribed in the specifications of the commission for the building, to be retained as liquidated damages in case of failure to enter into a contract if the bidder is awarded the contract.

All contracts shall be in writing and made in the name of the county and the city and shall be executed in their behalf by the officers empowered by law or charter to execute the contracts. All persons awarded building contracts shall furnish bonds as required by state law relating to contracts for public improvements. The bonds shall run to the county and the city.
Minn. Stat. § 80A.72 — MN Code / Part 80_80A / Chapter 80A / Section 80A.72
§ 80A.72 SECTION 505; MISLEADING FILINGS.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person to make or cause to be made, in a record that is used in an action or proceeding or filed under this chapter other than a contested case hearing, a statement that, at the time and in the light of the circumstances under which it is made, is false or misleading in a material respect, or, in connection with the statement, to omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statement made, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not false or misleading.
Minn. Stat. § 307.05 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 307 / Section 307.05
§ 307.05 GIFTS FOR PROPRIETARY CARE OF LOTS.
Status: in_force

Gifts, grants and bequests of personal property to any trust company, or to one or more individuals and their successors, in trust for the purpose of perpetual care, maintenance, and adornments of lots in private cemeteries and the walks, monuments, and structures thereon are permitted. They shall not be deemed invalid as violating any existing law against perpetuities or suspension of the power of alienation; and, in furtherance thereof, any trust company or individual trustee and the trustee's successors may take and hold in trust the title to any one or more of such lots in such private cemetery in perpetuity.
Minn. Stat. § 346.15 — MN Code / Part 343_348 / Chapter 346 / Section 346.15
§ 346.15 REDEMPTION.
Status: in_force

The purchaser of any animal sold under sections 346.13 and 346.14 shall keep the same at least two months, during which time the owner may redeem such animal by paying all costs and charges of keeping, and the amount paid therefor at the sale, with interest thereon at 12 percent per annum.
Minn. Stat. § 270C.10 — MN Code / Part 270_271 / Chapter 270C / Section 270C.10
§ 270C.10 EX-EMPLOYEES NOT TO REPRESENT TAXPAYERS; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

An employee of the department may not, for a period of one year after the employee's employment has terminated, act as counsel, attorney, or agent for a taxpayer in connection with a claim or proceeding pending in the department. An employee of the department may not act as counsel, attorney, or agent for a taxpayer at any time after termination of employment in connection with a claim or proceeding of which the person has knowledge that was acquired during the term of employment. A violation of this section is a gross misdemeanor.
Minn. Stat. § 336.2-722 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.2-722
§ 336.2-722 WHO CAN SUE THIRD PARTIES FOR INJURY TO GOODS.
Status: in_force

Where a third party so deals with goods which have been identified to a contract for sale as to cause actionable injury to a party to that contract

(a) a right of action against the third party is in either party to the contract for sale who has title to or a security interest or a special property or an insurable interest in the goods; and if the goods have been destroyed or converted a right of action is also in the party who either bore the risk of loss under the contract for sale or has since the injury assumed that risk as against the other;

(b) if at the time of the injury the party plaintiff did not bear the risk of loss as against the other party to the contract for sale and there is no arrangement between them for disposition of the recovery, the plaintiff's suit or settlement is, subject to the plaintiff's own interest, as a fiduciary for the other party to the contract;

(c) either party may with the consent of the other sue for the benefit of whom it may concern.
Minn. Stat. § 84.992 — MN Code / Part 83A_84 / Chapter 84 / Section 84.992
§ 84.992 MINNESOTA NATURALIST CORPS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment. The Minnesota Naturalist Corps is established under the direct control and supervision of the commissioner of natural resources.

§ Subd. 2. Program. The commissioner of natural resources shall develop and implement a program for the Minnesota Naturalist Corps that supports state parks and trails in providing interpretation of the natural and cultural features of state parks and trails in order to enhance visitors' awareness, understanding, and appreciation of those features and encourages the wise and sustainable use of the environment.

§ Subd. 3. Training and mentoring. The commissioner must develop and implement a training program that adequately prepares Minnesota Naturalist Corps members for the tasks assigned. Each corps member is assigned an interpretive naturalist as a mentor.

§ Subd. 4. Uniform pin. Uniforms worn by members of the Minnesota Naturalist Corps must have a pin that includes the name of the Minnesota Naturalist Corps and information that the program is funded by the clean water, land, and legacy amendment to the Minnesota Constitution adopted by the voters in November 2008.

§ Subd. 5. Eligibility. A person is eligible to enroll in the Minnesota Naturalist Corps if the person is a participant in an approved college internship program.

§ Subd. 6. Corps member status. Minnesota Naturalist Corps members are not eligible for unemployment benefits and are not eligible for other benefits except workers' compensation. The corps members are not employees of the state within the meaning of section 43A.02 , subdivision 21.

§ Subd. 7. Employee displacement. The commissioner must certify that the assignment of Minnesota Naturalist Corps members will not result in the displacement of currently employed workers or workers on seasonal layoff or layoff from a substantially equivalent position, including partial displacement such as reduction in hours of nonovertime work, wages, or other employment benefits. The department may not terminate, lay off, reduce the seasonal hours of, or reduce the working hours of any employee for the purpose of using a corps member with available funds.
Minn. Stat. § 505.174 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 505 / Section 505.174
§ 505.174 SURVEYOR'S CERTIFICATE OF OWN PLAT ERROR; CORRECTION.
Status: in_force

In any case where a land plat or subdivision, or what purports to be a land plat or subdivision, has been executed and filed in the office of the county recorder of the county where the land is situated, which fails to identify or correctly describe the land to be so platted or subdivided, or to show correctly upon its face the tract of land intended or purported to be platted or subdivided thereby or is defective by reason of the plat or subdivision and the description of the land purported to be so platted or subdivided thereby being inconsistent or incorrect, the registered surveyor who prepared such plat or subdivision may execute a certificate stating the nature of the error, omission or defect and stating the correct information to correct such error, supply such omission or cure such defect, referring, by correct book and page, to such plat or subdivision and designating its name, if there is a name. Such certificate shall be dated and signed by such registered surveyor.
Minn. Stat. § 115A.931 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 115A / Section 115A.931
§ 115A.931 YARD WASTE; PROHIBITION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as authorized by the agency, in the metropolitan area after January 1, 1990, and outside the metropolitan area after January 1, 1992, a person may not place yard waste:

(1) in mixed municipal solid waste;

(2) in a disposal facility; or

(3) in a resource recovery facility except for the purposes of reuse, composting, or cocomposting.

(b) MS 2008 [Renumbered 115A.03, subd 38 ]

(c) On or after January 1, 2010, a person may not place yard waste or source-separated compostable materials generated in a metropolitan county in a plastic bag delivered to a transfer station or compost facility unless the bag meets all the specifications in ASTM Standard Specification for Compostable Plastics (D6400). For purposes of this paragraph, "metropolitan county" has the meaning given in section 473.121, subdivision 4 , and "ASTM" has the meaning given in section 296A.01, subdivision 6 .

(d) A person who immediately empties a plastic bag containing yard waste or source-separated compostable materials delivered to a transfer station or compost facility and removes the plastic bag from the transfer station or compost facility is exempt from paragraph (c).

(e) Residents of a city of the first class that currently contracts for the collection of yard waste are exempt from paragraph (c) until January 1, 2013, if, by that date, the city implements a citywide source-separated compostable materials collection program using durable carts.
Minn. Stat. § 352.15 — MN Code / Part 352_356B / Chapter 352 / Section 352.15
§ 352.15 EXEMPTION FROM PROCESS AND TAXATION.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Exemption. The provisions of section 356.401 apply to the general state employees retirement plan and to the correctional state employees retirement plan.

§ Subd. 1a. [Repealed, 1Sp2005 c 8 art 10 s 81 ]

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1994 c 528 art 1 s 1 5]

§ Subd. 3. Deducting health or dental insurance premiums. The board may authorize, at its discretion, the deduction of a retiree's health or dental insurance premiums and transfer of the amounts to a health or dental insurance carrier covering state employees. The insurance carrier must certify that the retired employee has signed an authorization for the deduction and provide a computer readable roster of covered retirees and amounts. The health or dental insurance carrier must refund deductions withheld from a retiree's check in error directly to the retiree. The board shall require that the insurance carrier reimburse the fund for the administrative expense of withholding the premium amounts. The insurance carrier shall assume liability for any failure of the system to properly withhold the premium amounts.

§ Subd. 4. Direct transfer of refunds. A direct transfer of refunds under this chapter may be made to an individual retirement savings account or a qualified retirement plan of the person upon the receipt of an application for transfer by a former employee, on forms acceptable to the executive director.
Minn. Stat. § 260B.141 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 260B / Section 260B.141
§ 260B.141 PETITION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Who may file; required form. Any reputable person, including but not limited to any agent of the commissioner of children, youth, and families, having knowledge of a child in this state or of a child who is a resident of this state, who appears to be delinquent, may petition the juvenile court in the manner provided in this section.

§ Subd. 2. Verification of petition. The petition shall be verified by the person having knowledge of the facts and may be on information and belief. Unless otherwise provided by this section or by rule or order of the court, the county attorney shall draft the petition upon the showing of reasonable grounds to support the petition.

§ Subd. 3. Form of petition. The petition and all subsequent court documents shall be entitled substantially as follows: "Juvenile Court, County of ................. In the matter of the welfare of ..........." The petition shall set forth plainly: (a) The facts which bring the child within the jurisdiction of the court; (b) The name, date of birth, residence, and post office address of the child; (c) The names, residences, and post office addresses of the child's parents; (d) The name, residence, and post office address of the child's guardian if there is one, of the person having custody or control of the child, and of the nearest known relative if no parent or guardian can be found; and (e) The spouse of the child, if there is one. If any of the facts required by the petition are not known or cannot be ascertained by the petitioner, the petition shall so state.

§ Subd. 4. Delinquency petition; extended jurisdiction juvenile. When a prosecutor files a delinquency petition alleging that a child committed a felony offense for which there is a presumptive commitment to prison according to the Sentencing Guidelines and applicable statutes or in which the child used a firearm, after reaching the age of 16 years, the prosecutor shall indicate in the petition whether the prosecutor designates the proceeding an extended jurisdiction juvenile prosecution. When a prosecutor files a delinquency petition alleging that a child aged 14 to 17 years committed a felony offense, the prosecutor may request that the court designate the proceeding an extended jurisdiction juvenile prosecution.

§ Subd. 5. Concurrent jurisdiction. When a petition is filed alleging that a child has engaged in prostitution as defined in section 609.321, subdivision 9 , the county attorney shall determine whether concurrent jurisdiction is necessary to provide appropriate intervention and, if so, proceed to file a petition alleging the child to be both delinquent and in need of protection or services.
Minn. Stat. § 148.6410 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 148 / Section 148.6410
§ 148.6410 QUALIFICATIONS FOR OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. [Renumbered subd 1b]

§ Subd. 1a. Qualifications. To be licensed as an occupational therapist assistant, an applicant must: (1) satisfy the education and examination requirements of subdivisions 1b and 2; or (2) satisfy the requirements for licensure by equivalency under section 148.6412 or licensure by reciprocity under section 148.6415 as applicable based on the current status of the applicant's NBCOT certification.

§ Subd. 1b. Education required. An applicant must successfully complete all academic and fieldwork requirements of an occupational therapy assistant program approved or accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education.

§ Subd. 2. Qualifying examination score required. (a) An applicant for licensure must achieve a qualifying score on the certification examination for occupational therapy assistants. (b) The board shall determine the qualifying score for the certification examination for occupational therapy assistants as recommended by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, or other national certification organization approved by the board. (c) Applicants for licensure must: (1) make all arrangements to take the certification examination for occupational therapy assistants; (2) bear all expense associated with taking the examination; and (3) submit an application and other materials as required by the board under section 148.6420 .
Minn. Stat. § 155A.34 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 155A / Section 155A.34
§ 155A.34 SERVICES EXCEPTED; EMERGENCY.
Status: in_force

Nothing in sections 155A.21 to 155A.36 prohibits services in cases of emergency where compensation or other reward is not received, nor in domestic service, nor in the practice of medicine, surgery, dentistry, podiatry, osteopathic medicine, chiropractic, or barbering. This section shall not be construed to authorize any of the persons so exempted to wave the hair, or to color, tint, or bleach the hair, in any manner.
Minn. Stat. § 160.91 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 160 / Section 160.91
§ 160.91 JOINT AUTHORITY OVER TOLL FACILITY.
Status: in_force

Two or more road authorities with jurisdiction over a toll facility may enter into a joint powers agreement under section 471.59 , to exercise the powers, duties, and functions of the road authorities related to the toll facility, including negotiation and administration of the development agreement and related lease, management, and toll concession agreements. If all road authorities with jurisdiction over a toll facility concur, title to or authority over the facility may be tendered to the commissioner who may accept the title or authority pursuant to the development agreement and this section.