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Minn. Stat. § 218.011 — MN Code / Part 218_222 / Chapter 218 / Section 218.011
§ 218.011 DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of this chapter and chapters 219 and 222, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. [Renumbered subd 10]

§ Subd. 3. [Renumbered subd 12]

§ Subd. 4. [Renumbered subd 13]

§ Subd. 5. [Renumbered subd 11]

§ Subd. 6. [Renumbered subd 9]

§ Subd. 7. [Repealed, 1999 c 86 art 1 s 83 ]

§ Subd. 8. Commission. "Commission" means the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission.

§ Subd. 9. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Transportation.

§ Subd. 10. Common carrier. "Common carrier" shall mean railroad companies, except private railroads; express companies; and persons, natural or artificial, engaged in rail transportation as common carriers for hire.

§ Subd. 11. Department. "Department" means the Department of Transportation.

§ Subd. 12. Railroad. "Railroad" shall include all railways, bridges, car floats, lighters and ferries used by or operated in connection with any railroad; and also all the road in use by any common carrier operating a railroad, whether owned or operated under a contract, agreement or lease; and also all switches, spurs, tracks, terminals and terminal facilities of every kind used or necessary in the transportation of the persons or property designated herein, including all freight depots, yards and grounds, used or necessary in the transportation or delivery of any such property.

§ Subd. 13. Transportation. "Transportation" shall include locomotives, steam, diesel or electric powered engines, cars and other vehicles, vessels and all instrumentalities and facilities of shipment or carriage, irrespective of ownership or of any contract, express or implied, for the use thereof, and all services in connection with the receipt, delivery, elevation and transfer in transit, ventilation, refrigeration, or icing, storage and handling of property transported.
Minn. Stat. § 125A.70 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 125A / Section 125A.70
§ 125A.70 EXPENSE OF PUPILS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Person liable for pupil's support pays expenses. The person who is liable for the support of a pupil attending a state academy must provide the pupil with enough money for proper clothing, postage, and necessary incidental expenses.

§ Subd. 2. Local social services agency. If the person liable for support of a pupil cannot support the pupil, the local social services agency of the county of the pupil's residence must do so. The commissioner of education must decide how much the local social services agency must pay. The board of the Minnesota State Academies must adopt rules that tell how the commissioner is to fix the amount. The local social services agency must make the payment to the superintendent of the school district of residence.

§ Subd. 3. Transportation expenses. The school district of residence must pay for the transportation of the pupil from the pupil's residence to the academy and back.
Minn. Stat. § 82A.25 — MN Code / Part 82_83 / Chapter 82A / Section 82A.25
§ 82A.25 CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

Any person who willfully violates section 82A.13 or any order of the commissioner pursuant thereto of which that person has notice, may be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years or both. Each of the acts specified shall constitute a separate offense and a prosecution or conviction for any one of the offenses shall not bar prosecution or conviction for any other offense.
Minn. Stat. § 299N.01 — MN Code / Part 299A_299N / Chapter 299N / Section 299N.01
§ 299N.01 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. The terms used in this chapter have the meanings given them in this section.

§ Subd. 2. Fire department. "Fire department" means a regularly organized fire department, fire protection district, or fire company regularly charged with the responsibility of providing fire protection to the state or a local government and includes a private nonprofit fire department directly serving a local government. It does not include industrial fire brigades that do not have a fire department identification number issued by the state fire marshal.

§ Subd. 3. Firefighter. "Firefighter" means a volunteer, paid on-call, part-time, or full-time firefighter serving a general population within the boundaries of the state.
Minn. Stat. § 458D.23 — MN Code / Part 451_459 / Chapter 458D / Section 458D.23
§ 458D.23 PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
Status: in_force

Any properties, real or personal, owned, leased, controlled, used, or occupied by the sanitary board for any purpose under sections 458D.01 to 458D.24 are declared to be acquired, owned, leased, controlled, used and occupied for public, governmental, and municipal purposes, and shall be exempt from taxation by the state or any political subdivision of the state, except to the extent that the property is subject to the sales and use tax under chapter 297A, provided that such properties shall be subject to special assessments levied by a political subdivision for a local improvement in amounts proportionate to and not exceeding the special benefit received by the properties from such improvement. No possible use of any such properties in any manner different from their use as part of a disposal system at the time shall be considered in determining the special benefit received by such properties. All such assessments shall be subject to final approval by the board, whose determination of the benefits shall be conclusive upon the political subdivision levying the assessment. All bonds, certificates of indebtedness or other obligations of the board, and the interest thereon, shall be exempt from taxation by the state or any political subdivision of the state.
Minn. Stat. § 56.21 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 56 / Section 56.21
§ 56.21 RULES OF COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of commerce is hereby authorized and empowered to make general rules and specific rulings, demands, and findings for the enforcement of this chapter, in addition hereto and not inconsistent herewith.
Minn. Stat. § 144.1465 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144 / Section 144.1465
§ 144.1465 FINDING AND PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that rural hospitals are an integral part of the health care delivery system and are fundamental to the development of a sound rural economy. The legislature further finds that access to rural health care must be assured to all Minnesota residents. The rural health care system is undergoing a restructuring that threatens to jeopardize access in rural areas to quality health services. To assure continued rural health care access the legislature proposes to establish a grant program to assist rural hospitals and their communities with the development of strategic plans and transition projects, provide subsidies for geographically isolated hospitals facing closure, and examine the problem of recruitment and retention of rural physicians, nurses, and other allied health care professionals.
Minn. Stat. § 72B.10 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 72B / Section 72B.10
§ 72B.10 STAFF ADJUSTERS.
Status: in_force

A staff adjuster who adjusts losses or claims in this state shall not be subject to the application, licensing, or examination requirements or other qualifications set forth in sections 72B.01 to 72B.136. Such a staff adjuster shall not, however, engage in any of the practices forbidden to a licensee under section 72B.08, subdivision 1 , clauses (3) through (15). If the commissioner has information, which if true, would establish that a staff adjuster has engaged or is engaging in any such prohibited practices, the commissioner may issue an order for a hearing to determine the facts involved. The order shall fix the time and place for hearing. The staff adjuster and one or more representatives of the insurer or insurers employing the staff adjuster shall make an appearance at the hearing unless the commissioner expressly waives the appearance of one or more such parties. If, following the hearing, the commissioner determines that the staff adjuster has engaged or is engaging in any prohibited practices, the commissioner may impose a fine, not in excess of $500, on the staff adjuster or on the employing insurer or insurers, or on both such parties. In addition, the commissioner may order the employing insurer to suspend the staff adjuster from all duties for such period as the commissioner may deem appropriate.

Any final order of the commissioner shall be subject to judicial review. Any hearing or judicial review under this section shall be in accordance with the contested case provisions of chapter 14.
Minn. Stat. § 469.0723 — MN Code / Part 466A_470 / Chapter 469 / Section 469.0723
§ 469.0723 PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The creation of a port authority by the city of Cannon Falls or Redwood Falls must be by written resolution known as the enabling resolution. Before adoption of the enabling resolution, the city council shall conduct a public hearing. Notice of the time and place of hearing, a statement of the purpose of the hearing, and a summary of the resolution must be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the city once a week for two consecutive weeks. The first publication must appear within 30 days before the public hearing.

(b) A modification to the enabling resolution must be by written resolution and must be adopted after notice is given and a public hearing conducted as required for the original adoption of the enabling resolution.
Minn. Stat. § 72A.02 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 72A / Section 72A.02
§ 72A.02 VIOLATIONS AS TO POLICIES OF INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

Every company, and every officer and agent of any company, making, issuing, delivering, or tendering any policy of insurance of any kind, or directing any of the same to be done, in willful violation of any of the provisions of law, for a first offense, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and for each subsequent offense, of a gross misdemeanor; and, in addition to all other penalties prescribed by law, every company issuing any such policy shall be disqualified from doing any insurance business in this state until the payment of all fines imposed and for one year thereafter.
Minn. Stat. § 383C.027 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383C / Section 383C.027
§ 383C.027 ADMINISTRATION OF BUDGET.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Records; rules. A record of every appropriation shall be kept by the county auditor, or by an officer, agent, or employee designated by rule, which will at all times show the amount of any appropriation which has been expended, contracted, or obligated, and the remaining unencumbered amount which is available for expenditure, to the extent necessary to enable every officer, agent, or employee who has authority to incur an obligation to know whether incurring an additional obligation will exceed the appropriation. The auditor shall make and may amend rules governing in detail the manner in which boards, commissions, administrative officers, and employees of the county incur, record, and report obligations as reasonably necessary to regulate the keeping of the records required by this section and to enable the auditor to determine and certify whether an obligation is within and pursuant to an appropriation made as required by sections 383C.021 to 383C.026 . The rules, upon adoption by the county board, shall bind all boards, commissions, officers, agents, and employees. No contract or obligation shall be valid for any purpose unless it is incurred, recorded, reported, and certified in accordance with the rules. No claim or payroll shall be presented to the county board or other board, commission, or agency for allowance, or allowed unless it has been audited by the auditor and certified by the auditor to have been incurred within and pursuant to an appropriation as required by sections 383C.021 to 383C.026 . The auditor shall not certify a claim or payroll without ascertaining that it has been so incurred. No claim or payroll shall be allowed or paid until certified by the auditor. Before certifying any claim or payroll, the auditor shall ascertain that the goods or services have actually been received by the county as shown by a receiving report or time record signed by an officer, agent, or employee who has personal knowledge that the goods or services were received or furnished to the county. A person who falsely or fraudulently signs a receiving report or time record is personally liable to the county for any loss sustained.

§ Subd. 2. Payments and obligations prohibited. No payment shall be made or obligation incurred against an allotment or appropriation except in accordance with an appropriation duly made in the adopted budget. An authorization of payment or incurring of obligation in violation of this section is void and a payment so made is illegal.

§ Subd. 3. Accounting principles. The county shall use generally accepted accounting principles in the management of its accounting records.
Minn. Stat. § 386.40 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 386 / Section 386.40
§ 386.40 SEAL.
Status: in_force

Every county recorder shall have an official seal and affix the same to all documents requiring the recorder's official signature, except the endorsement mentioned in section 386.41 . The seal may be affixed by a stamp that will print a seal that legibly reproduces under photographic or electronic methods. The seal also may be a printed facsimile or it may be electronically generated.
Minn. Stat. § 299J.16 — MN Code / Part 299A_299N / Chapter 299J / Section 299J.16
§ 299J.16 CIVIL PENALTY; INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Civil penalty. (a) A pipeline operator who violates section 299J.07, subdivision 1 , or 299J.15 , or the rules of the commissioner implementing those sections, shall forfeit and pay to the state a civil penalty in an amount to be determined by the court, up to the maximum penalties listed in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 190, and any successor regulations and standards that may be amended or adopted. (b) The penalty provided under this subdivision may be recovered by an action brought by the attorney general at the request of the commissioner, in the name of the state, in connection with an action to recover expenses of the director under section 299J.13, subdivision 4 : (1) in the District Court of Ramsey County; or (2) in the county of the defendant's residence.

§ Subd. 2. Action to compel performance; injunctive relief. A person who fails to perform an act required by section 299J.13 or 299J.15 , or the rules of the commissioner implementing those sections, may be compelled to do so by an action in district court brought by the attorney general at the request of the commissioner, in the name of the state.
Minn. Stat. § 290.0136 — MN Code / Part 289A_295 / Chapter 290 / Section 290.0136
§ 290.0136 CERTAIN PREFERRED STOCK LOSSES.
Status: in_force

A taxpayer must compute net income by treating losses from the sale or transfer of certain preferred stock, which the taxpayer treated as ordinary losses pursuant to Division A, title III, section 301 of Public Law 110-343, as capital losses. The amount of net income under section 290.01, subdivision 19 ; taxable net income under section 290.01, subdivision 22 ; taxable income under section 290.01, subdivision 29 ; the numerator and denominator in section 290.06, subdivision 2c , paragraph (e); individual alternative minimum taxable income under section 290.091, subdivision 2 ; corporate alternative minimum taxable income under section 290.0921, subdivision 3 ; and net operating losses under section 290.095 must be computed for each taxable year as if those losses had been treated by the taxpayer as capital losses under the Internal Revenue Code, including the limitations under section 1211 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Minn. Stat. § 115B.431 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 115B / Section 115B.431
§ 115B.431 CLOSED LANDFILL SOLAR REDEVELOPMENT AND REUSE ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment. The closed landfill solar redevelopment and reuse account is established as an account in the remediation fund.

§ Subd. 2. Revenues. The account consists of money from: (1) revenue from lease payments received from a utility or other entity that is leasing a portion of a closed landfill site managed by the Pollution Control Agency to install a solar energy generating system; (2) appropriations and transfers to the account as provided by law; and (3) interest earned on the account.

§ Subd. 3. Expenditures. Money in the account, including any interest accrued, must be used to facilitate reuse and redevelopment for solar projects located at closed landfill sites managed by the Pollution Control Agency under sections 115B.39 to 115B.445 .
Minn. Stat. § 299F.098 — MN Code / Part 299A_299N / Chapter 299F / Section 299F.098
§ 299F.098 PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) An employer who violates a provision of sections 299F.091 to 299F.099 or a rule or order adopted or made under the authority of those sections, that is determined by rule not to be a violation of a serious nature, may be assessed a fine not to exceed $1,000.

(b) An employer who violates a provision of sections 299F.091 to 299F.099 or a rule or order adopted or made under the authority of those sections, that is determined by rule to be of a serious nature, must be assessed a fine not to exceed $1,000 for each violation.

(c) An employer who is convicted of knowingly making a false statement, representation, or certification in an application, record, report, plan, or other document filed or required to be maintained under sections 299F.091 to 299F.099 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

(d) An employer who is convicted of willfully or repeatedly violating the requirements of sections 299F.091 to 299F.099 or a rule or order adopted or made under those sections is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

(e) The penalties provided by this section may be imposed in a criminal action in the name of the state brought in the district court of the county in which the violation is alleged to have occurred or the district court where the commissioner has an office. Fines imposed under sections 299F.091 to 299F.099 must be paid to the commissioner of public safety and deposited in the general fund.

(f) No employer may be convicted for violating sections 299F.091 to 299F.099 or a rule or order made or issued under those sections unless the employer was notified of the violation in writing and given a reasonable time to comply.
Minn. Stat. § 611.58 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 611 / Section 611.58
§ 611.58 COMPETENCY ATTAINMENT CURRICULUM AND CERTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Curriculum. (a) By October 1, 2023, the board must recommend a competency attainment curriculum to educate and assist defendants found incompetent in attaining the ability to: (1) rationally consult with counsel; (2) understand the proceedings; and (3) participate in the defense. (b) The curriculum must be flexible enough to be delivered in community and correctional settings by individuals with various levels of education and qualifications, including but not limited to professionals in criminal justice, health care, mental health care, and social services. The board must review and update the curriculum as needed.

§ Subd. 2. Certification and distribution. By October 1, 2023, the board must develop a process for certifying individuals to deliver the competency attainment curriculum and make the curriculum available to every competency attainment program and forensic navigator in the state. Each competency attainment program in the state must use the competency attainment curriculum under this section as the foundation for delivering competency attainment education and must not substantially alter the content.
Minn. Stat. § 169.94 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 169 / Section 169.94
§ 169.94 RECORD OF CONVICTION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Not admissible as evidence. No record of the conviction of any person for any violation of this chapter shall be admissible as evidence in any court in any civil action.

§ Subd. 2. Not to affect credibility as witness. The conviction of a person upon a charge of violating any provision of this chapter or other traffic rule less than a felony shall not affect or impair the credibility of such person as a witness in any civil or criminal proceeding.
Minn. Stat. § 299K.01 — MN Code / Part 299A_299N / Chapter 299K / Section 299K.01
§ 299K.01 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Application. The definitions in this section apply to sections 299K.01 to 299K.10 .

§ Subd. 2. Commission. "Commission" means the Emergency Response Commission established in section 299K.03 .

§ Subd. 3. Emergency response organization. "Emergency response organization" means a firefighting, law enforcement, emergency management, emergency medical services, health, or local environmental organization, or a hospital.

§ Subd. 4. Facility. "Facility" means the buildings, equipment, structures, and other stationary items that: (1) are located on a single site or on contiguous or adjacent sites; and (2) are owned or operated by one person, or are under the sole or common control of one person.

§ Subd. 5. Federal act. "Federal act" means the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right To Know Act, United States Code, title 42, sections 11001 to 11046.

§ Subd. 6. Person. "Person" means any individual, partnership, association, public or private corporation, or other entity including the United States government, any interstate body, the state and any agency, department, or political subdivision of the state.
Minn. Stat. § 521A.19 — MN Code / Part 520_523 / Chapter 521A / Section 521A.19
§ 521A.19 SEVERABILITY.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.