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Minn. Stat. § 185.05 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 185 / Section 185.05
§ 185.05 INDICTMENT, WHEN NOT TO BE RETURNED.
Status: in_force

No person shall be indicted, prosecuted, or tried in any court of this state for entering into or carrying on any arrangement, agreement, or combination between themselves made with a view of lessening the number of hours of labor or increasing wages or bettering the condition of workers, or for any act done in pursuance thereof, unless such act is in itself forbidden by law if done by a single individual.
Minn. Stat. § 11A.13 — MN Code / Part 10_12B / Chapter 11A / Section 11A.13
§ 11A.13 ASSETS AND DOCUMENTATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Legal title to fund assets. Legal title to the assets of state funds to be invested by the state board must be in the state of Minnesota, or its nominees. Legal title to pension funds to be invested by the state board must be as specified in section 356A.06 .

§ Subd. 2. Rights of employees; validity of documentation. The rights of any public employee to any assets in the retirement funds shall be as fixed by the law or laws authorizing or requiring a retirement fund to purchase or order the redemption of investment participations or units on behalf of the public employee. The state board may rely on the documents, forms and applications of the various retirement funds which accompany money for investment or orders to redeem assets as being made in concert with the applicable law and with the rights of the public employees concerned. Accordingly, the state board need not inquire into the legality or validity of any documents, forms and applications.
Minn. Stat. § 549.39 — MN Code / Part 540_552 / Chapter 549 / Section 549.39
§ 549.39 EFFECTS OF TRANSFER OF STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT PAYMENT RIGHTS.
Status: in_force

Following a transfer of structured settlement payment rights:

(1) the structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer may rely on the court order approving the transfer in redirecting periodic payments to an assignee or transferee in accordance with the order approving the transfer and shall, as to all parties except the transferee or an assignee designated by the transferee, be discharged and released from any and all liability for the redirected payments and such discharge and release shall not be affected by the failure of any party to the transfer to comply with this chapter or with the court order approving the transfer;

(2) the transferee is liable to the structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer:

(i) if the transfer contravenes the terms of the structured settlement, for any taxes incurred by the structured settlement obligor or annuity issuer as a consequence of the transfer; and

(ii) for any other liabilities or costs, including reasonable costs and attorney fees, arising from compliance by the structured settlement obligor or annuity issuer with the court order or order of the responsible administrative authority approving the transfer or from the failure of any party to the transfer to comply with sections 549.30 to 549.41 ;

(3) neither the annuity issuer nor the structured settlement obligor may be required to divide any periodic payment between the payee and any transferee or assignee or between two or more transferees or assignees; and

(4) any further transfer of structured settlement payment rights by the payee may be made only after compliance with all of the requirements of sections 549.30 to 549.41 .
Minn. Stat. § 507.413 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 507 / Section 507.413
§ 507.413 AUTHORITY OF MORTGAGEE DESIGNATED AS NOMINEE OR AGENT.
Status: in_force

(a) An assignment, satisfaction, release, or power of attorney to foreclose is entitled to be recorded in the office of the county recorder or filed with the registrar of titles and is sufficient to assign, satisfy, release, or authorize the foreclosure of a mortgage if:

(1) a mortgage is granted to a mortgagee as nominee or agent for a third party identified in the mortgage, and the third party's successors and assigns;

(2) a subsequent assignment, satisfaction, release of the mortgage, or power of attorney to foreclose the mortgage, is executed by the mortgagee or the third party, its successors or assigns; and

(3) the assignment, satisfaction, release, or power of attorney to foreclose is in recordable form.

The county recorder and registrar of titles shall rely upon this assignment, satisfaction, release, or power of attorney to foreclose to assign, satisfy, release, or foreclose the mortgage.

(b) This section applies to any mortgage, assignment, satisfaction, release, or power of attorney to foreclose executed, recorded, or filed before, on, or after August 1, 2004.
Minn. Stat. § 306.20 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 306 / Section 306.20
§ 306.20 REINVESTMENT; REDEMPTION.
Status: in_force

Compliance with sections 306.16 to 306.20 reinvests the association or municipality with, and divests the record owner and dependents of, the title to the part of the cemetery lot unused for burial purposes as though the lot had never been conveyed to any person. The association or municipality then owns the reclaimed part of the lot for its own purposes, subject to state law and to the charter, bylaws, rules, and regulations of the association or municipality. The association or municipality may not transfer the title of the lot for one year after the adoption of the resolution provided for in section 306.16 . If during the one-year period a person entitled by state law to the cemetery lot pays to the association or public cemetery all the unpaid lot care, the expenses of the service of the notice provided for in section 306.16 , and any additional amount due for lot care after the date of the notice under the bylaws, rules, and regulations of the cemetery association or public cemetery, and contracts and pays for the perpetual care of the lot, the association or cemetery shall reconvey the lot to the person lawfully entitled to it.
Minn. Stat. § 400.07 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 400 / Section 400.07
§ 400.07 DEVELOPMENT OF RESOURCE RECOVERY SYSTEMS.
Status: in_force

All counties shall cooperate with the agency in the planning, development, and implementation of resource recovery systems, and toward that end, shall modify applicable county ordinances consistent with rules and standards of the agency.
Minn. Stat. § 469.202 — MN Code / Part 466A_470 / Chapter 469 / Section 469.202
§ 469.202 DESIGNATION OF TARGETED COMMUNITIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. City authority. A city may by resolution designate a targeted community within its borders after adopting detailed findings that the designated communities meet the eligibility requirements in subdivision 2 or 3.

§ Subd. 2. Eligibility requirements for targeted communities. An area within a city is eligible for designation as a targeted community if the area meets three of the following four criteria: (a) The area had an unemployment rate that was twice the unemployment rate for the Minneapolis and Saint Paul standard metropolitan statistical area as determined by the most recent federal decennial census. (b) The median household income in the area was no more than 80 percent of the median household income for the Minneapolis and Saint Paul standard metropolitan statistical area as determined by the most recent federal decennial census. (c) The area is characterized by residential dwelling units in need of substantial rehabilitation. An area qualifies under this paragraph if 25 percent or more of the residential dwelling units are in substandard condition as determined by the city, or if 70 percent or more of the residential dwelling units in the area were built before 1960 as determined by the most recent federal decennial census. (d) The area is characterized by having a disproportionate number of vacant residential buildings and mortgage foreclosures. An area qualifies under this paragraph if it has either: (1) a foreclosure rate of at least 1.5 percent in 2008; or (2) a foreclosure rate in 2008 in the city or in a zip code area of the city that is at least 50 percent higher than the average foreclosure rate in the metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2 . For purposes of this paragraph, "foreclosure rate" means the number of foreclosures, as indicated by sheriff sales records, divided by the number of households in the city in 2007.

§ Subd. 3. Additional area eligible for inclusion in targeted community. (a) A city may add to the area designated as a targeted community under subdivision 2 additional area extending up to four contiguous city blocks in all directions from the designated targeted community. For the purpose of this subdivision, "city block" has the meaning determined by the city. (b) The city may enlarge the targeted community to include portions of a census tract that is contiguous to a targeted community, provided that the city council first determines the additional area satisfies three of the four criteria in subdivision 2.
Minn. Stat. § 90.031 — MN Code / Part 88_91 / Chapter 90 / Section 90.031
§ 90.031 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND COMMISSIONER POWERS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1967 c 66 s 3 ]

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1967 c 66 s 3 ]

§ Subd. 3. Settlement. The commissioner may make settlement for not less than the full value of any timber cut by lessees of state lands holding under section 92.50 .

§ Subd. 4. Timber rules. The Executive Council may formulate and establish, from time to time, rules it deems advisable for the transaction of timber business of the state, including approval of the sale of timber on any tract in a lot exceeding 12,000 cords in volume when the sale is in the best interests of the state, and may abrogate, modify, or suspend rules at its pleasure.

§ Subd. 5. Appointment of agents. The Executive Council may appoint one or more agents to gather evidence in any action brought by the state or to investigate the correctness of any state appraiser's or scaler's report or to ascertain whether any timber proposed to be sold is subject to sale, or whether any trespass has been committed on state lands, and may send such agent to examine such timber or lands. Such agents of the Executive Council, independently of the commissioner, state appraisers, or scalers shall report, in writing, to the governor, and the money necessary to defray expenses in connection therewith shall be paid upon verified accounts from any funds available for the expenses of the Executive Council.
Minn. Stat. § 245A.1435 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 245A / Section 245A.1435
§ 245A.1435 REDUCTION OF RISK OF SUDDEN UNEXPECTED INFANT DEATH.
Status: in_force

Programs licensed under this chapter must comply with the requirements of section 142B.46 whenever caring for infants.
Minn. Stat. § 174.62 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 174 / Section 174.62
§ 174.62 AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of transportation, any governmental unit, or any combination thereof, may enter into any contracts or agreements pursuant to Public Law 91-518 and in conformance with state law governing contracts by state agencies and governmental units, to reimburse the corporation for a reasonable portion of any losses associated with the institution of intercity rail passenger service by the corporation beyond that included within the basic national rail passenger system.
Minn. Stat. § 387.213 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 387 / Section 387.213
§ 387.213 CONTINGENT FUND FOR DRUG, ALCOHOL, DWI INVESTIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

A sheriff's contingent fund is created in each county to be kept by the county treasurer as all other county funds. One-fourth of all money paid into the county treasury on account of fines imposed for violation of the provisions of chapter 152 or 340A shall be credited to this contingent fund. The sheriff may expend money from this fund for the purpose of investigating and securing evidence of violations of chapters 152, 340A, and the DWI-related provisions of chapter 169A. Money may be withdrawn from the fund by the sheriff upon the order of the district court after application. At the close of the fiscal year any money in the fund in excess of $5,000 shall be transferred into the general fund.
Minn. Stat. § 97B.716 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97B / Section 97B.716
§ 97B.716 PRAIRIE CHICKENS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. License required. A person may not take a prairie chicken without a prairie-chicken license.

§ Subd. 2. Registration. The commissioner may by rule prescribe requirements for the registration of prairie chickens. [See Note.]

§ Subd. 3. Limited number of prairie-chicken hunters. The commissioner may establish a method, including a drawing, to impartially select persons eligible to take prairie chickens in an area. Preference must be given to persons who have previously applied in the general selection but have not been selected.
Minn. Stat. § 129D.03 — MN Code / Part 129D_133 / Chapter 129D / Section 129D.03
§ 129D.03 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; STAFF.
Status: in_force

The director shall be selected by a majority of the board, and shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The director shall be knowledgeable in the arts, and shall have demonstrated proficiency in the administration of programs relating to the arts. The director may upon designation and instruction by the board serve as the state agent to apply for, receive and disburse federal funds made available to the state in furtherance of the arts. The director is the chief administrative officer of the board and is responsible for performing the executive duties of the board as provided in this chapter. The director shall not be a member of the board. All other employees of the board shall be in the classified civil service of the state. No employee of the board or its advisory committees may be an applicant for or recipient of board assistance, nor may an employee be an officer, director or employee of a recipient sponsoring organization.
Minn. Stat. § 256D.45 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256D / Section 256D.45
§ 256D.45 PAYMENT PERIOD.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Budgeting. The payment period and budgeting cycle for Minnesota supplemental aid are those of the Supplemental Security Income program.

§ Subd. 2. Gross income test. The county agency shall apply a gross income test prospectively for each month of program eligibility. An assistance unit is ineligible when nonexcluded income, before applying any disregards or deductions, exceeds 300 percent of the Supplemental Security Income standard for an individual.

§ Subd. 3. Amount of assistance. The amount of assistance is the difference between the recipient's net income and the applicable standards of assistance in section 256D.44 , subdivisions 2 to 4, for persons living independently.
Minn. Stat. § 13.873 — MN Code / Part 13_13C / Chapter 13 / Section 13.873
§ 13.873 INTEGRATED SEARCH SERVICE DATA SUBJECT ACCESS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definition. For purposes of this section, "integrated search service" is a service operated by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension that allows authorized users to search and view data that are stored on one or more databases maintained by criminal justice agencies, as defined in section 299C.46, subdivision 2 .

§ Subd. 2. Requests by data subject. An individual who is the subject of data accessible through the integrated search service has access to the service only as provided in this section. An individual may request that an integrated search service query to locate data about the individual be performed by state or local law enforcement agencies with integrated search service access. State and local law enforcement agencies with integrated search service access shall provide only the following: (1) a list of the government entities that have provided public or private data about that individual through integrated search service; and (2) data that describe what is maintained about the individual at each government entity on the list.

§ Subd. 3. Bureau responsibilities. The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shall provide the following information at a public Internet site: (1) a listing of all law enforcement agencies with integrated search service access; and (2) information for individual data subjects on how to challenge the accuracy or completeness of data pursuant to section 13.04, subdivision 4 .
Minn. Stat. § 631.035 — MN Code / Part 625_634 / Chapter 631 / Section 631.035
§ 631.035 JOINDER OF DEFENDANTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Joinder of defendants. Two or more defendants may be jointly charged with a felony and tried if they are alleged to have participated in the same act or transaction or in the same series of acts or transactions constituting an offense. The defendants may be charged in one or more counts and tried together or separately and all of the defendants need not be charged in each count.

§ Subd. 2. Relief from prejudicial joinder. If it appears that a defendant is prejudiced by a joinder of defendants in a complaint or indictment or by joinder for trial together, the court may, upon motion of the defendant or the court's own motion, order an election or separate trials of counts, grant a severance of defendants, or provide whatever other relief justice requires. In making its determination, the court shall consider the impact on the victim. In ruling on a motion by a defendant for severance, the court may order the prosecutor to deliver to the court for inspection in camera any statements or confessions made by the defendants which the prosecution intends to introduce in evidence at the trial.
Minn. Stat. § 504B.114 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 504B / Section 504B.114
§ 504B.114 PET DECLAWING AND DEVOCALIZATION PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Animal" has the meaning given in section 343.20, subdivision 2 . (c) "Application for occupancy" means all phases of the process of applying for the right to occupy a real property, including but not limited to filling out applications, interviewing, and submitting references. (d) "Claw" means a hardened keratinized modification of the epidermis or a hardened keratinized growth that extends from the end of the digits of certain mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians that is commonly referred to as a claw, talon, or nail. (e) "Declawing" means performing, procuring, or arranging for any procedure, such as an onychectomy, tendonectomy, or phalangectomy, to remove or prevent the normal function of an animal's claw or claws. (f) "Devocalizing" means performing, procuring, or arranging for any surgical procedure, such as a vocal cordectomy, to remove an animal's vocal cords or to prevent the normal function of an animal's vocal cords.

§ Subd. 2. Prohibitions. A landlord who allows an animal on the premises shall not: (1) advertise the availability of a real property for occupancy in a manner designed to discourage application for occupancy of that real property because an applicant's animal has not been declawed or devocalized; (2) refuse to allow the occupancy of a real property, refuse to negotiate the occupancy of a real property, or otherwise make unavailable or deny to another person the occupancy of a real property because of that person's refusal to declaw or devocalize an animal; or (3) require a tenant or occupant of real property to declaw or devocalize an animal allowed on the premises. Any requirement or lease provision that violates this subdivision is void and unenforceable.

§ Subd. 3. Penalties. (a) A city attorney, a county attorney, or the attorney general may bring an action in district court to obtain injunctive relief for a violation of this section and to enforce the civil penalties provided in this subdivision. (b) In addition to any other penalty allowed by law, a violation of subdivision 2, clause (1), shall result in a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 per advertisement, to be paid to the entity that is authorized to bring the action under this section. (c) In addition to any other penalty allowed by law, a violation of subdivision 2, clause (2) or (3), shall result in a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 per animal, to be paid to the entity that is authorized to bring the action under this section.
Minn. Stat. § 336.4A-105 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.4A-105
§ 336.4A-105 OTHER DEFINITIONS.
Status: reserved

(a) In this article:

(1) "Authorized account" means a deposit account of a customer in a bank designated by the customer as a source of payment of payment orders issued by the customer to the bank. If a customer does not so designate an account, any account of the customer is an authorized account if payment of a payment order from that account is not inconsistent with a restriction on the use of that account.

(2) "Bank" means a person engaged in the business of banking and includes a savings bank, savings association, credit union, and trust company. A branch or separate office of a bank is a separate bank for purposes of this article.

(3) "Customer" means a person, including a bank, having an account with a bank or from whom a bank has agreed to receive payment orders.

(4) "Funds-transfer business day" of a receiving bank means the part of a day during which the receiving bank is open for the receipt, processing, and transmittal of payment orders and cancellations and amendments of payment orders.

(5) "Funds-transfer system" means a wire transfer network, automated clearinghouse, or other communication system of a clearinghouse or other association of banks through which a payment order by a bank may be transmitted to the bank to which the order is addressed.

(6) (Reserved.)

(7) "Prove" with respect to a fact means to meet the burden of establishing the fact (section 336.1-201 (b)(8)).

(b) Other definitions applying to the article and the sections in which they appear:

"Acceptance." Section 336.4A-209 .

"Beneficiary." Section 336.4A-103 .

"Beneficiary's bank." Section 336.4A-103 .

"Executed." Section 336.4A-301 .

"Execution date." Section 336.4A-301 .

"Funds transfer." Section 336.4A-104 .

"Funds-transfer system rule." Section 336.4A-501 .

"Intermediary bank." Section 336.4A-104 .

"Originator." Section 336.4A-104 .

"Originator's bank." Section 336.4A-104 .

"Payment by beneficiary's bank to beneficiary." Section 336.4A-405 .

"Payment by originator to beneficiary." Section 336.4A-406 .

"Payment by sender to receiving bank." Section 336.4A-403 .

"Payment date." Section 336.4A-401 .

"Payment order." Section 336.4A-103 .

"Receiving bank." Section 336.4A-103 .

"Security procedure." Section 336.4A-201 .

"Sender." Section 336.4A-103 .

(c) The following definitions in article 4 apply to this article:

"Clearinghouse." Section 336.4-104 .

"Item." Section 336.4-104 .

"Suspends payments." Section 336.4-104 .

(d) In addition, sections 336.1-101 to 336.1-206 contain general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this article.
Minn. Stat. § 203B.26 — MN Code / Part 200_212 / Chapter 203B / Section 203B.26
§ 203B.26 SEPARATE RECORD.
Status: in_force

A separate record of the ballots of absent voters cast under sections 203B.16 to 203B.27 must be generated from the statewide registration system for each precinct and retained with the other election materials.