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Minn. Stat. § 365A.095 — MN Code / Part 365_368 / Chapter 365A / Section 365A.095
§ 365A.095 PETITION FOR REMOVAL OF DISTRICT; PROCEDURE; REFUND OF SURPLUS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Petition; procedure. A petition signed by at least 75 percent of the property owners in the territory of the subordinate service district requesting the removal of the district may be presented to the town board. Within 30 days after the town board receives the petition, the town clerk shall determine the validity of the signatures on the petition. If the requisite number of signatures are certified as valid, the town board must hold a public hearing on the petitioned matter. Within 30 days after the end of the hearing, the town board must decide whether to discontinue the subordinate service district, continue as it is, or take some other action with respect to it.

§ Subd. 2. Option to refund surplus. If the district is removed under subdivision 1, after all outstanding obligations of the district have been paid in full, the town board may vote to refund any surplus tax revenue or service charge, or any part of it, collected from the district under section 365A.08 . The refund must be distributed equally to the owners of any property within the discontinued district that were charged the extra tax or service fee during the most recent tax year for which the tax or service fee was imposed. Any surplus not refunded under this section must be transferred to the town's general fund.
Minn. Stat. § 256R.22 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256R / Section 256R.22
§ 256R.22 CASE MIX ADJUSTED TOTAL PAYMENT RATE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Case mix adjusted payment rates generally. For each facility, the commissioner shall calculate case mix adjusted payment rates for each case mix classification.

§ Subd. 2. Determination of case mix adjusted total care-related payment rates. A facility's case mix adjusted total care-related payment rate for each case mix classification is the sum of: (1) its direct care payment rate as determined in section 256R.23, subdivision 7 , multiplied by the case mix index; and (2) its other care-related payment rate as determined in section 256R.23, subdivision 8.

§ Subd. 3. Determination of case mix adjusted operating payment rates. A facility's case mix adjusted operating payment rate for each case mix classification is the sum of: (1) its case mix adjusted total care-related payment rate as determined in subdivision 2; and (2) its other operating payment rate as determined in section 256R.24 .

§ Subd. 4. Determination of case mix adjusted total payment rates. A facility's case mix adjusted total payment rate for each case mix classification is the sum of: (1) its case mix adjusted operating payment rate as determined in subdivision 3; (2) its external fixed costs payment rate as determined in section 256R.25 ; and (3) its property payment rate as determined in section 256R.26 .
Minn. Stat. § 17.82 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17.82
§ 17.82 PROHIBITED AGENCY ACTION.
Status: in_force

Any agency action which the agency determines will adversely affect ten acres or more of agricultural land shall be referred to the commissioner to be reviewed and acted upon as provided in section 17.84 . No agency shall take any action which adversely affects ten acres or more of agricultural land without first attempting to find alternative methods or locations for the action or otherwise attempting to reduce the adverse affects. If, after evaluating the alternatives, the agency determines that the benefit to the state from preserving the agricultural use of the land is less than the cost of implementing an alternative action, the agency shall inform the commissioner of that determination in writing.

An agency action is not subject to review under this section or section 17.84 if the action is reviewed as required by chapter 116D and the environmental review rules adopted under that chapter, or if a political subdivision is required by law to review and approve the action.
Minn. Stat. § 115A.951 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 115A / Section 115A.951
§ 115A.951 TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definition. For the purposes of this section, a "telephone directory" means a printed list of residential, governmental, or commercial telephone service subscribers or users, or a combination of subscribers or users, that contains more than 7,500 listings and is distributed to the subscribers or users.

§ Subd. 2. Prohibition. A person may not place a telephone directory: (1) in solid waste; (2) in a disposal facility; or (3) in a resource recovery facility, except a recycling facility.

§ Subd. 3. Recyclability. A person may not distribute a telephone directory to any person in this state unless the telephone directory: (1) is printed on paper that is recyclable; (2) is printed with inks that contain no heavy metals or other toxic materials; and (3) is bound with materials that pose no unreasonable barriers to recycling of the directory.

§ Subd. 4. Collecting used directories. Each publisher or distributor of telephone directories shall: (1) provide for the collection and delivery to a recycler of waste telephone directories; (2) inform recipients of directories of the collection system; and (3) submit a report to the agency by August 1 of each year that specifies the percentage of distributed directories collected as waste directories by distribution area and the locations where the waste directories were delivered for recycling and that verifies that the directories have been recycled.
Minn. Stat. § 429.081 — MN Code / Part 426_435 / Chapter 429 / Section 429.081
§ 429.081 APPEAL TO DISTRICT COURT.
Status: in_force

Within 30 days after the adoption of the assessment, any person aggrieved, who is not precluded by failure to object prior to or at the assessment hearing, or whose failure to so object is due to a reasonable cause, may appeal to the district court by serving a notice upon the mayor or clerk of the municipality. The notice shall be filed with the court administrator of the district court within ten days after its service. The municipal clerk shall furnish appellant a certified copy of objections filed in the assessment proceedings, the assessment roll or part complained of, and all papers necessary to present the appeal. The appeal shall be placed upon the calendar of the next general term commencing more than five days after the date of serving the notice and shall be tried as other appeals in such cases. The court shall either affirm the assessment or set it aside and order a reassessment as provided in section 429.071, subdivision 2 . If appellant does not prevail upon the appeal, the costs incurred shall be taxed by the court and judgment entered therefor. All objections to the assessment shall be deemed waived unless presented on such appeal. This section provides the exclusive method of appeal from a special assessment levied pursuant to this chapter.
Minn. Stat. § 256D.08 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256D / Section 256D.08
§ 256D.08 EXCLUSION FROM RESOURCES.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Eligibility. To establish eligibility for general assistance under this chapter, an agency must use the procedures established in section 256P.02 .

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 2014 c 312 art 28 s 37 ]

§ Subd. 3. Verification. To verify eligibility for general assistance under this chapter, an agency must use the procedures established in section 256P.04 .
Minn. Stat. § 334.17 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 334 / Section 334.17
§ 334.17 PRIOR OPEN END CREDIT SALES AND AGREEMENTS CONFIRMED.
Status: in_force

Open end consumer credit sales plans, agreements and arrangements and sales pursuant thereto made prior to August 1, 1971, shall be enforceable by the buyer and the seller, the defense of usury shall not be interposed in any action thereon and no action shall be maintained in any court to recover moneys paid thereunder; provided the finance charge to be imposed, charged and collected on or after August 1, 1971, with respect to any open end consumer credit sales, plans, agreements and arrangements, and sales pursuant thereto whether made before or after August 1, 1971, shall not exceed the finance charge provided in section 334.16, subdivision 1 , clause (b). Nothing contained in sections 334.16 to 334.18 shall be construed to affect any constitutionally protected vested right or any action by an individual acting personally, and not as a representative of a class, for recovery of interest or finance charges paid and no class action shall be maintained therefor.
Minn. Stat. § 49.37 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 49 / Section 49.37
§ 49.37 STOCKHOLDERS TO APPROVE; CERTIFICATE OF CONSOLIDATION OR MERGER.
Status: in_force

Either before or after the consolidation or merger agreement has been approved by the commissioner of commerce, it must be submitted to the stockholders of each corporation at a meeting thereof called, and it does not become binding upon the corporation until it has been approved at each of the meetings required by this section by the vote or ballot of the stockholders, holding at least a majority of the amount of stock of the respective corporations, or a higher percentage as may be required by the certificate of incorporation of the corporations. Proof of the holding of these meetings and the results thereof must be submitted to the commissioner of commerce. After the agreement called for by sections 49.33 to 49.41 has been approved by the stockholders of the respective corporations and by the commissioner of commerce, the latter shall issue a certificate reciting that the corporations have complied with the provisions of sections 49.34 to 49.41 and declaring the consolidation or merger of these corporations and the name of the consolidated or surviving corporation, the amount of capital stock thereof, the names of the first board of directors, and the place of business of the consolidated or surviving corporation, which must be within the city where any of the constituent corporations have been previously authorized to have their places of business. Upon the issuing of this certificate and the filing of it for record in the Office of the Secretary of State, the incorporation is deemed to be complete in the case of the consolidation, and the assets of the constituent corporations merged into the survivor in the case of a merger, and the consolidated or surviving corporation shall, from the date of this certificate, have the term of corporate existence as may be specified in it, not exceeding the longest unexpired term of any constituent corporation. The certificate of the commissioner of commerce is prima facie evidence that all of the provisions of sections 49.34 to 49.41 have been complied with, and is conclusive evidence of the existence of the consolidated or surviving corporation.
Minn. Stat. § 323A.0804 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 323A / Section 323A.0804
§ 323A.0804 PARTNER'S POWER TO BIND PARTNERSHIP AFTER DISSOLUTION.
Status: in_force

Subject to section 323A.0805 , a partnership is bound by a partner's act after dissolution that:

(1) is appropriate for winding up the partnership business; or

(2) would have bound the partnership under section 323A.0301 before dissolution, if the other party to the transaction did not have notice of the dissolution.
Minn. Stat. § 173.09 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 173 / Section 173.09
§ 173.09 VIOLATIONS, REMEDIES.
Status: in_force

Any advertising device in place within a scenic area four months after the property rights for such area have been acquired which is in violation of sections 173.01 to 173.11 or any rule issued or adopted thereunder, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, illegal and nonconforming and may be abated in the manner prescribed by law for the abatement of public nuisances, or the commissioner may enter upon the land and remove the sign.
Minn. Stat. § 336.9-707 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.9-707
§ 336.9-707 AMENDMENT OF PRE-EFFECTIVE DATE FINANCING STATEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Pre-effective date financing statement. In this section, "pre-effective date financing statement" means a financing statement filed before Laws 2000, chapter 399, takes effect.

(b) Applicable law. After Laws 2000, chapter 399, takes effect, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or otherwise amend the information provided in, a pre-effective date financing statement only in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in Part 3. However, the effectiveness of a pre-effective date financing statement also may be terminated in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction in which the financing statement is filed.

(c) Method of amending: general rule. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), if the law of this state governs perfection of a security interest, the information in a pre-effective date financing statement may be amended after Laws 2000, chapter 399, takes effect only if:

(1) the pre-effective date financing statement and an amendment are filed in the office specified in section 336.9-501 ;

(2) an amendment is filed in the office specified in section 336.9-501 concurrently with, or after the filing in that office of, an initial financing statement that satisfies section 336.9-706 (c); or

(3) an initial financing statement that provides the information as amended and satisfies section 336.9-706 (c) is filed in the office specified in section 336.9-501 .

(d) Method of amending: continuation. If the law of this state governs perfection of a security interest, the effectiveness of a pre-effective date financing statement may be continued only under section 336.9-705 (d) and (f) or 336.9-706 .

(e) Method of amending: additional termination rule. Whether or not the law of this state governs perfection of a security interest, the effectiveness of a pre-effective date financing statement filed in this state may be terminated after Laws 2000, chapter 399, takes effect by filing a termination statement in the office in which the pre-effective date financing statement is filed, unless an initial financing statement that satisfies section 336.9-706 (c) has been filed in the office specified by the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in Part 3 as the office in which to file a financing statement.
Minn. Stat. § 237.662 — MN Code / Part 237_238 / Chapter 237 / Section 237.662
§ 237.662 NOTICE AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS OF LONG-DISTANCE PROVIDERS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Information required. When contacted by a customer regarding the purchase of long-distance telecommunications services, or when soliciting customers via mail or telephone, a provider of long-distance services shall provide the customer with the following information, if the service is being offered to the customer, about the service offering either orally or in writing: (1) the price or range of prices of interstate message toll service accessed by dialing "1+" or "10-xxx", including any difference in prices for evening, night, or weekend calls; (2) the price or range of prices of intrastate interLATA message toll service accessed by dialing "1+" or "10-xxx", including any difference in prices for evening, night, or weekend calls; (3) the price or range of prices of intrastate intraLATA message toll service accessed by dialing "1+" or "10-xxx", including any difference in prices for evening, night, or weekend; (4) any minimum volume requirements, fixed flat fees, service charges, surcharges, termination charges or other non-service-specific charges, including the fact that the provider of local service may charge a onetime fee for changing carriers; and (5) any special promotional rate or promotional offering related to the services or prices described in clauses (1) to (4) above, including any limitations or restrictions on the promotional rates or offerings.

§ Subd. 2. Price, terms, and restrictions in writing. If a customer agrees to purchase telecommunications services from the provider of long-distance services on a presubscription basis, the provider shall send the customer written information regarding services subscribed to, containing: (1) the information regarding prices and charges described in subdivision 1, clauses (1) to (5); (2) the price for calls placed with a calling card issued to the customer by the provider and any surcharge for placing calls with a calling card; (3) the price for calls charged to the customer when a personal "1-800" number for long-distance services issued to the customer by the provider is used; and (4) the price of directory assistance calls. This written information must be sent to the customer within seven business days from the date of the verification of the customer's authorization, unless federal law or regulation requires notice to be sent by an earlier date.

§ Subd. 3. Filed tariff no defense. That a telecommunications carrier has intrastate tariffs or price lists for the services listed in subdivisions 1 and 2 on file with the Public Utilities Commission or Department of Commerce is not a defense to any action brought for failure to disclose intrastate prices for which disclosure is required under this section.
Minn. Stat. § 309.765 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 309 / Section 309.765
§ 309.765 APPLICATION TO EXISTING INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS.
Status: in_force

Sections 309.73 to 309.77 apply to institutional funds existing on or established after August 1, 2008. As applied to institutional funds existing on August 1, 2008, sections 309.73 to 309.77 govern only decisions made or actions taken on or after that date.
Minn. Stat. § 123B.32 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 123B / Section 123B.32
§ 123B.32 LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Language access plan required. Starting in the 2025-2026 school year, during a regularly scheduled public board hearing, a school board must adopt a language access plan that specifies the district's process and procedures to render effective language assistance to students and adults who communicate in a language other than English or require additional assistance due to a disability. The language access plan must be available to the public and included in the school's handbook.

§ Subd. 2. Plan requirements. The language access plan must include how the district and its schools will use trained or certified spoken language interpreters for communication related to academic outcomes, progress, determinations, and placement of students in specialized programs and services, such as special education and related individualized education programs under section 125A.08 ; ensure meaningful participation in the individualized education program process by families where the family speaks a language other than English or has a disability themselves; how families and communities will be notified of their rights under this plan; and a process to appeal the accommodations of the access plan if needs are not met.

§ Subd. 3. Regular review. The board must review the plan every two years and update the plan as appropriate.
Minn. Stat. § 174.60 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 174 / Section 174.60
§ 174.60 RAILROAD PASSENGER SERVICE PROVIDED.
Status: in_force

The purpose and intent of sections 174.60 to 174.63 is to provide for a balanced transportation system in the state, required by the public convenience and necessity, by making available rail passenger service not provided by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in its basic national rail passenger system.
Minn. Stat. § 366.05 — MN Code / Part 365_368 / Chapter 366 / Section 366.05
§ 366.05 PROSECUTE BONDS, PENALTIES, AND FORFEITURES.
Status: in_force

The town board shall prosecute, in the name of the town and for its benefit, all actions upon bonds given to the town or the board or its predecessors in office for its benefit. The board shall sue for and collect all penalties and forfeitures, for which no other provision is made, incurred by any officer or inhabitant of the town. The board shall prosecute for any trespass on town property. The money collected under this section shall be paid to the town treasurer.
Minn. Stat. § 216B.494 — MN Code / Part 216_217 / Chapter 216B / Section 216B.494
§ 216B.494 USE OF OUTSIDE EXPERTS.
Status: in_force

(a) To carry out the duties under this section, the commission may:

(1) contract with outside consultants and counsel experienced in securitized utility customer-backed bond financing similar to extraordinary event bonds; and

(2) hire and compensate additional temporary staff as needed.

Expenses incurred by the commission under this paragraph must be treated as financing costs paid by the extraordinary event revenue. The costs incurred under clause (1) are not an obligation of the state and are assigned solely to the transaction.

(b) A utility presented with a written request from the commission to reimburse the commission's expenses incurred under paragraph (a), accompanied by a detailed account of the subject expenses, must provide the issuer of the extraordinary event bonds and the indenture trustee for the extraordinary event bonds with such documentation. The indenture trustee must remit full payment of the expenses to the commission on the next interest payment date of the extraordinary event bonds after the payment of interest and scheduled principal of the extraordinary event bonds in accordance with the payment waterfall included in the indenture governing the extraordinary event bonds.

(c) If a utility's application for a financing order is denied or withdrawn for any reason and extraordinary event bonds are not issued, the commission's costs to retain expert consultants under this section must be paid by the applicant utility and are deemed a prudent deferred expense eligible for recovery in the utility's future rates.
Minn. Stat. § 62A.023 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62A / Section 62A.023
§ 62A.023 NOTICE OF RATE CHANGE.
Status: in_force

A health insurer or service plan corporation must send written notice to its policyholders and contract holders at their last known address at least 30 days in advance of the effective date of a proposed rate change. This notice requirement does not apply to individual certificate holders covered by group insurance policies or group subscriber contracts.
Minn. Stat. § 163.03 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 163 / Section 163.03
§ 163.03 COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND.
Status: in_force

The county board shall provide and set apart a fund to be known as the county road and bridge fund. Any money remaining in the county-aid road fund of any county may be transferred by the county board to the county road and bridge fund. All warrants for the establishment, location, vacation, construction, reconstruction, improvement, and maintenance of county state-aid highways and county highways and bridges shall be drawn on the county road and bridge fund.