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Minn. Stat. § 609.131 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 609 / Section 609.131
§ 609.131 CERTIFICATION OF MISDEMEANOR AS PETTY MISDEMEANOR.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. General rule. Except as provided in subdivision 2, an alleged misdemeanor violation must be treated as a petty misdemeanor if the prosecuting attorney believes that it is in the interest of justice that the defendant not be imprisoned if convicted and certifies that belief to the court at or before the time of arraignment or pretrial hearing, and the court approves of the certification motion. Prior to the appointment of a public defender to represent a defendant charged with a misdemeanor, the court shall inquire of the prosecutor whether the prosecutor intends to certify the case as a petty misdemeanor. The defendant's consent to the certification is not required. When an offense is certified as a petty misdemeanor under this section, the defendant is not eligible for the appointment of a public defender.

§ Subd. 1a. [Repealed, 1993 c 326 art 4 s 40 ]

§ Subd. 2. Certain violations excepted. Subdivision 1 does not apply to a misdemeanor violation of section 169A.20 ; 171.09, subdivision 1 , paragraph (g); 171.306 , subdivision 6; 609.224 ; 609.2242 ; 609.226 ; 609.52 ; or 617.23 , or an ordinance that conforms in substantial part to any of those sections. A violation described in this subdivision must be treated as a misdemeanor unless the defendant consents to the certification of the violation as a petty misdemeanor.

§ Subd. 3. Use of conviction for enhancement. Notwithstanding any other law, a conviction for a violation that was originally charged as a misdemeanor and was treated as a petty misdemeanor under subdivision 1 or the Rules of Criminal Procedure may not be used as the basis for charging a subsequent violation as a gross misdemeanor rather than a misdemeanor.
Minn. Stat. § 5.51 — MN Code / Part 4_9 / Chapter 5 / Section 5.51
§ 5.51 EXPENSES OF SECRETARY OF STATE-ELECT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the terms defined have the meanings given them. (b) "Secretary of state-elect" means the person who is not currently secretary of state and is the apparent successful candidate for the Office of Secretary of State following a general election. (c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Management and Budget.

§ Subd. 2. Transition expenses. In the fiscal year of an election for secretary of state and subject to availability of funds, the commissioner shall transfer up to $25,000 from the general contingent account in the general fund to the Department of Management and Budget. This transfer is subject to the review and advice of the Legislative Advisory Commission pursuant to section 3.30 . In consultation with the secretary of state-elect, the commissioner shall use the transferred funds to pay expenses of the secretary of state-elect associated with preparing for the assumption of official duties as secretary of state. The commissioner may use the transferred funds for expenses necessary and prudent for establishment of a transition office prior to the election and for dissolution of the office if the incumbent secretary of state is reelected or after the inauguration of a new secretary of state. Expenses of the secretary of state-elect may include suitable office space and equipment, communications and technology support, consulting services, compensation and travel costs, and other reasonable expenses. Compensation rates for temporary employees hired to support the secretary of state-elect and rates paid for consulting services for the secretary of state-elect shall be determined by the secretary of state-elect.

§ Subd. 3. Unused funds. No new obligations shall be incurred for expenses of the secretary of state-elect after the date of the inauguration. By March 31 of the year of the inauguration, the commissioner shall return to the general contingent account any funds transferred under this section that the commissioner determines are not needed to pay expenses of the secretary of state-elect.
Minn. Stat. § 151.13 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 151 / Section 151.13
§ 151.13 RENEWAL FEE; CONTINUING EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Renewal fee. Every person licensed by the board as a pharmacist shall pay to the board the annual renewal fee specified in section 151.065 . The board may charge the late fee specified in section 151.065 if the renewal fee and application are not received by the board prior to the date specified by the board. It shall be unlawful for any person licensed as a pharmacist who refuses or fails to pay any applicable renewal or late fee to practice pharmacy in this state. Every certificate and license shall expire at the time therein prescribed.

§ Subd. 2. Continuing education. The board may appoint an advisory task force on continuing education, consisting of not more than ten members, to study continuing education programs and requirements and to submit its report and recommendations to the board. The task force shall expire, and the compensation and removal of members shall be as provided in section 15.059 .
Minn. Stat. § 325D.16 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325D / Section 325D.16
§ 325D.16 APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

Nothing in sections 325D.09 to 325D.16 shall be deemed to prohibit the sale by an employer to employees of the employer's own products or property at any price.
Minn. Stat. § 18.84 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 18 / Section 18.84
§ 18.84 LIABILITY; APPEALS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Counties and municipalities. Counties and municipalities are not liable for damages from the noxious weed control program for actions conducted in accordance with sections 18.76 to 18.91 .

§ Subd. 2. Appeal of charges to county board. A person who is ordered to control noxious weeds under sections 18.76 to 18.91 and is charged for noxious weed control may appeal the cost of noxious weed control to the county board of the county where the noxious weed control measures were undertaken within 30 days after being charged. The county board shall determine the amount and approve the charge and filing of a lien against the property if it determines that the owner, or occupant if other than the owner, responsible for controlling noxious weeds did not comply with the order of the inspector or county-designated employee.

§ Subd. 3. Appeal of costs to district court; petition. (a) A person who is ordered to control noxious weeds under sections 18.76 to 18.91 and is charged for the cost of noxious weed control may petition for judicial review of the charges. The petition must be filed within 30 days after being charged. The petition must be filed with the court administrator in the county in which the land where the noxious weed control measures were undertaken is located, together with proof of service of a copy of the petition on the county auditor. No responsive pleadings may be required of the county, and no court fees may be charged for the appearance of the county in this matter. (b) The petition must be captioned in the name of the person making the petition as petitioner and respective county as respondents. The petition must include the petitioner's name, the legal description of the land involved, a copy of the notice to control noxious weeds, and the date or dates on which appealed control measures were undertaken. (c) The petition must state with specificity the grounds upon which the petitioner seeks to avoid the imposition of a lien for the cost of noxious weed control measures.

§ Subd. 4. Hearing. (a) A hearing under subdivisions 3 to 5 must be held at the earliest practicable date, and in no event later than 90 days following the filing of the petition of objection. The hearing must be before a district judge in the county in which the land where the noxious weed control measures were undertaken is located, and must be conducted in accordance with the District Court Rules of Civil Procedure. (b) The court shall either order that a lien representing part or all of the costs for noxious weed control measures be imposed against the land or that the landowner be relieved of responsibility for payment of noxious weed control measures undertaken.

§ Subd. 5. Further appeal. A party aggrieved by the decision of the reviewing court may appeal the decision as provided in the Rules of Appellate Procedure.
Minn. Stat. § 103E.275 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103E / Section 103E.275
§ 103E.275 ENGINEER'S VARIANCE FROM DRAINAGE AUTHORITY ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) In planning a proposed drainage project, the engineer may vary from the starting point and the line and plan described by the preliminary hearing order if necessary to drain the property likely to be assessed in the proposed drainage project.

(b) The engineer may:

(1) survey and recommend the location of additional necessary ditches and tile;

(2) where better results will be accomplished and more desirable outlets secured, provide for the extension of the outlet; and

(3) provide for different parts of the drainage to flow in different directions with more than one outlet.

(c) The open ditches do not have to connect if they drain the area to be affected in the petition. The variance must be reported with similar information in the detailed survey report.
Minn. Stat. § 315.16 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 315 / Section 315.16
§ 315.16 DIOCESAN CORPORATIONS; FORMATION; POWERS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Procedure for incorporating. The bishop of a diocese may join with the vicar general and chancellor of the diocese. They, or a majority of them, shall designate and join with two other members of the religious denomination, residents of the diocese. These five shall adopt, sign, and acknowledge, in duplicate, a certificate reciting the fact of association and selection of the two persons, and containing the name, general purpose, and location of the corporation. When they file and record it, as provided in section 315.15 , they and their successors become a corporation. The corporation has power to take, hold, receive, and dispose of real or personal property for the use and benefit of the diocese, and for the use and benefit of the religious denomination creating the diocese, and to administer the temporalities of the diocese, to establish and conduct schools, seminaries, colleges, or benevolent, charitable, religious, or missionary work or society of religious denomination within the diocese, with the rights, powers, and privileges enumerated in this section and in section 315.15 .

§ Subd. 2. Term of membership. The persons who hold the offices, respectively, of bishop, vicar general, and chancellor of the religious denomination in the diocese, and their successors in office are members of the corporation. On ceasing to hold office the corporate membership of each at once ends. The other two incorporators and their successors in office must always be selected and appointed by the bishop, vicar general, and chancellor of the diocese, or a majority of them, for the same term and in the same manner as provided in section 315.15 for the selection and appointment of the two lay members by the bishop, vicar general, and pastor. Vacancies must be filled by the three first named incorporators. An appointment must be in writing and entered of record in the minutes of the corporation, and appointees must be members of the religious denomination and residents of the diocese of its location. Any incorporator selected may at any time resign. The resignation and its acceptance must be entered on the minutes of the corporation. In case of a vacancy in the office of bishop of the diocese or the temporary suspension of the bishop's authority to act, the relevant provisions of section 315.15 apply.

§ Subd. 3. Proxies. A member of either corporation specified in this section and in section 315.15 may, by a signed writing, appoint a proxy to represent the member and to vote in the member's place at a corporation meeting.

§ Subd. 4. Cemetery corporations. A religious corporation may be formed in the manner set forth in this section to establish cemeteries in accordance with section 307.01 .
Minn. Stat. § 256B.78 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256B / Section 256B.78
§ 256B.78 DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner of human services shall establish a medical assistance demonstration project to determine whether improved access to coverage of prepregnancy family planning services reduces medical assistance and MFIP costs.

(b) To be eligible for the medical assistance demonstration project, an individual must have family income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, except that for an individual under age 21, only the income of the individual must be considered in determining eligibility. Services under this program must be available on a presumptive eligibility basis.
Minn. Stat. § 256.4773 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256 / Section 256.4773
§ 256.4773 TECHNOLOGY FOR HOME GRANT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner must establish a technology for home grant program that provides assistive technology consultations and resources for people with disabilities who want to stay in their own home, move to their own home, or remain in a less restrictive residential setting. The grant program may be administered using a team approach that allows multiple professionals to assess and meet a person's assistive technology needs. The team may include but is not limited to occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech therapists, nurses, and engineers.

§ Subd. 2. Eligible applicants. An eligible applicant is a person who uses or is eligible for home care services under section 256B.0651 , home and community-based services under section 256B.092 or 256B.49 , personal care assistance under section 256B.0659 , or community first services and supports under section 256B.85 , and who meets one of the following conditions: (1) lives in the applicant's own home and may benefit from assistive technology for safety, communication, community engagement, or independence; (2) is currently seeking to live in the applicant's own home and needs assistive technology to meet that goal; or (3) resides in a residential setting under section 256B.4914, subdivision 3 , and is seeking to reduce reliance on paid staff to live more independently in the setting.

§ Subd. 3. Allowable grant activities. The technology for home grant program must provide at-home, in-person assistive technology consultation and technical assistance to help people with disabilities live more independently. Allowable activities include but are not limited to: (1) consultations in people's homes, workplaces, or community locations; (2) connecting people to resources to help them live in their own homes, transition to their own homes, or live more independently in residential settings; (3) conducting training for and set up and installation of assistive technology; and (4) participating on a person's care team to develop a plan to ensure assistive technology goals are met.

§ Subd. 4. Data collection and outcomes. Grantees must provide data summaries to the commissioner for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of the grant program. The commissioner must identify outcome measures to evaluate program activities to assess whether the grant programs help people transition to or remain in the least restrictive setting.
Minn. Stat. § 375.71 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 375 / Section 375.71
§ 375.71 PROTECTION OF RIGHTS UNDER STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Equal employment, human rights. Nothing in sections 375.56 to 375.69 shall be construed to permit or encourage any action or conduct prohibited by the Minnesota Human Rights Act or prohibit recourse to any remedies provided in the Minnesota Human Rights Act or any other state or federal law relating to equal employment opportunities, and the provisions of these acts shall continue to apply to county employment generally, including positions excluded from the jurisdiction of the county personnel administration system.

§ Subd. 2. PELRA rights. Nothing in sections 375.56 to 375.69 shall be construed to affect the rights and obligations of employees and employers under sections 179A.01 to 179A.25 , or to in any way supersede provisions regarding public employment relationships under the Public Employment Labor Relations Act of 1971, or the provisions of any contracts or agreements executed pursuant to it.
Minn. Stat. § 484.88 — MN Code / Part 480_494 / Chapter 484 / Section 484.88
§ 484.88 COUNTY ATTORNEY AS PROSECUTOR; NOTICE TO COUNTY.
Status: in_force

A municipality or other subdivision of government seeking to use the county attorney for violations enumerated in section 484.87 , subdivision 2, shall notify the county board of its intention to use the services of the county attorney at least 60 days prior to the adoption of the board's annual budget each year. A municipality may enter into an agreement with the county board and the county attorney to provide prosecution services for any criminal offense on a case-by-case basis.
Minn. Stat. § 144.2253 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144 / Section 144.2253
§ 144.2253 BIRTH PARENT CONTACT PREFERENCE FORM.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner must make available to the public a contact preference form as described in paragraph (b).

(b) The contact preference form must provide the following information to be completed at the option of a birth parent:

(1) "I would like to be contacted."

(2) "I would prefer to be contacted only through an intermediary."

(3) "I prefer not to be contacted at this time. If I decide later that I would like to be contacted, I will submit an updated contact preference form to the Minnesota Department of Health."

(c) A contact preference form must include space where the birth parent may include information that the birth parent feels is important for the adopted person to know.

(d) If a birth parent of an adopted person submits a completed contact preference form to the commissioner, the commissioner must:

(1) match the contact preference form to the adopted person's original birth record. The commissioner may request assistance from the commissioner of children, youth, and families if needed to discharge duties under this clause, as authorized under section 259.79 ; and

(2) attach the contact preference form to the original birth record as required under section 144.2252 .

(e) A contact preference form submitted to the commissioner under this section is private data on an individual as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12 , except that the contact preference form may be released as provided under section 144.2252, subdivision 2 .
Minn. Stat. § 17.985 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17.985
§ 17.985 PASSING ON THE FARM CENTER.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Purpose; objectives. The Passing on the Farm Center is established as a part of Southwest Technical College in Granite Falls to assist individuals beginning farming and family farming operations. The center shall also assist in facilitating the transition of farming operations from established farmers to beginning farmers by creating and maintaining an information base inventorying land and facilities available for acquisition and bringing them together to increase the number of family farming operations in this state. The objectives of the center include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) using the services of a certified public accountant, real estate agents, and attorneys to provide education in estate planning and farm transfer programs for interested retiring farmers; (2) assessing needs of beginning farmers and retiring farmers in order to identify program and service opportunities including developing statewide apprenticeship programs between beginning and retiring farmers; and (3) developing, coordinating, and delivering statewide through Southwest Technical College in Granite Falls and other entities, as appropriate, targeted education to beginning farmers and retiring farm families.

§ Subd. 2. Programs and services. Programs and services provided by the center must include, but are not limited to, the development of skills and knowledge in farm estate planning and other topics related to intergenerational farm transfer. The center shall develop and distribute a detailed questionnaire for interested retired farmers and landowners and beginning farmers for the purpose of connecting them with each other and to develop computerized lists. The center shall coordinate to the extent practicable with agricultural information centers.

§ Subd. 3. Annual report. The center shall submit a report annually to the legislature on or before February 1. The report shall include, but is not limited to, recommendations for methods by which more individuals may be encouraged to enter agriculture.
Minn. Stat. § 86B.321 — MN Code / Part 85_87A / Chapter 86B / Section 86B.321
§ 86B.321 NOISE LIMITS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Operation in excess of noise limits prohibited. A person may not operate a motorboat under any condition of load, acceleration, or deceleration in a manner that exceeds the noise limits contained in subdivision 2.

§ Subd. 2. Noise limits. (a) The noise limits for the total noise from the marine engine or motorboat may not exceed: (1) for marine engines or motorboats manufactured before January 1, 1982, a noise level of 84 decibels on the A scale measured at a distance of 50 feet from the motorboat or equivalent noise levels at other distances as specified by the commissioner in a pass-by test or 86 decibels on the A scale measured at idle in a stationary test at least four feet above the water and at least four feet behind the transom of the motorboat being tested; and (2) for marine engines or motorboats manufactured on or after January 1, 1982, a noise level of 82 decibels on the A scale measured at a distance of 50 feet from the motorboat or equivalent noise levels at other distances as specified by the commissioner in a pass-by test or 84 decibels on the A scale measured at idle in a stationary test at least four feet above the water and at least four feet behind the transom of the motorboat being tested. (b) The noise limits in paragraph (a) do not preclude enforcement of other laws relating to motorboat noise. The officer or deputy doing the testing shall determine which test or tests shall be used. Failure to pass either the pass-by or stationary idle test is a violation of this section. (c) Equivalent noise levels under paragraph (a) shall be specified by the commissioner by written order and published in the State Register. The noise level determinations are exempt from the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14, and section 14.386 does not apply.

§ Subd. 3. Applicability. The provisions of this section do not apply to motorboats operating under a permit issued under section 86B.121 or a United States Coast Guard marine event permit in a regatta or race while on trial runs or while on official trials for speed records during the time and in the designated area authorized by the permit.
Minn. Stat. § 374.33 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 374 / Section 374.33
§ 374.33 PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

Either before or after the selection of the building site, the commission shall have plans and specifications for the building prepared and may employ architects, engineers, drafters, and clerical help to prepare the plans and specifications. The commission shall set the compensation of the employees.