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Minn. Stat. § 484.44 — MN Code / Part 480_494 / Chapter 484 / Section 484.44
§ 484.44 DEPUTY SHERIFF AND COURT ADMINISTRATOR; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
Status: in_force

There shall be at all times a chief deputy sheriff of St. Louis County and a chief deputy court administrator of the district court of St. Louis County and such other deputies as may be necessary, resident at the city of Virginia, or the city of Ely, or the city of Hibbing, and their appointment shall be made in the same manner as other deputy sheriffs and deputy clerks of the district court in said county. The salaries of such deputies shall be fixed and paid in the same manner as other such deputies. The office of said deputy sheriff at Virginia, Hibbing, and Ely shall not in any sense be considered or deemed the office of the sheriff for any purpose except the performance of duties relating solely to proceedings tried or to be tried at said places; but the office of the deputy court administrator at said places shall be equally deemed the office of the court administrator of court for all purposes. Marriage licenses and naturalization papers may be issued by said deputy court administrator.
Minn. Stat. § 325E.061 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325E / Section 325E.061
§ 325E.061 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 325E.061 to 325E.065 , the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. Farm equipment. "Farm equipment" means equipment and parts for equipment including, but not limited to, tractors, trailers, combines, tillage implements, balers, skid steer loaders, attachments and repair parts for them, and other equipment, including attachments and repair parts, used in the planting, cultivating, irrigation, harvesting, and marketing of agricultural products, excluding self-propelled machines designed primarily for the transportation of persons or property on a street or highway.

§ Subd. 3. Farm equipment manufacturer. "Farm equipment manufacturer" means a person, partnership, corporation, association, or other form of business enterprise engaged in the manufacturing, assembly, or wholesale distribution of farm equipment. The term also includes any successor in interest of the farm equipment manufacturer, including any purchaser of assets or stock, any surviving corporation resulting from a merger or liquidation, any receiver or assignee, or any trustee of the original farm equipment manufacturer.

§ Subd. 4. Farm equipment dealer or dealership. "Farm equipment dealer" or "farm equipment dealership" means a person, partnership, corporation, association, or other form of business enterprise engaged in acquiring farm equipment from a manufacturer and reselling the farm equipment at wholesale or retail.

§ Subd. 5. Dealership agreement. "Dealership agreement" means an oral or written agreement of definite or indefinite duration between a farm equipment manufacturer and a farm equipment dealer which enables the dealer to purchase equipment from the manufacturer and provides for the rights and obligations of the parties with respect to the purchase or sale of farm equipment.
Minn. Stat. § 524.2-1109 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 524 / Section 524.2-1109
§ 524.2-1109 DISCLAIMER OF RIGHTS OF SURVIVORSHIP IN JOINTLY HELD PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the death of a holder of jointly held property:

(1) if, during the deceased holder's lifetime, the deceased holder could have unilaterally regained a portion of the property attributable to the deceased holder's contributions without the consent of any other holder, another holder may disclaim, in whole or in part, a fractional share of that portion of the property attributable to the deceased holder's contributions determined by dividing the number one by the number of joint holders alive immediately after the death of the holder to whose death the disclaimer relates; and

(2) for all other jointly held property, another holder may disclaim, in whole or in part, a fraction of the whole of the property the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is the product of the number of joint holders alive immediately before the death of the holder to whose death the disclaimer relates multiplied by the number of joint holders alive immediately after the death of the holder to whose death the disclaimer relates.

(b) A disclaimer under paragraph (a) takes effect as of the death of the holder of jointly held property to whose death the disclaimer relates.

(c) An interest in jointly held property disclaimed by a surviving holder of the property passes as if the disclaimant predeceased the holder to whose death the disclaimer relates.
Minn. Stat. § 181.91 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 181 / Section 181.91
§ 181.91 PRESERVATION OF EXISTING REMEDIES.
Status: in_force

The remedies provided in sections 181.85 to 181.90 are not exclusive, but are in addition to remedies provided in other law.
Minn. Stat. § 574.30 — MN Code / Part 570_583 / Chapter 574 / Section 574.30
§ 574.30 INSOLVENT OR INSUFFICIENT SURETIES.
Status: in_force

When, in the public body's judgment, a surety on a bond required by the act is insolvent, or for any cause is no longer a proper or sufficient surety, the public body may require the contractor to furnish a new or additional bond within ten days; and thereupon, if so ordered by the public body, all work on the contract must cease until the new or additional bonds are furnished. If the bonds are not furnished within the ten days, the public body may, at its option, terminate the contract and complete the same as the agent, and at the expense of the contractor and its sureties.
Minn. Stat. § 469.144 — MN Code / Part 466A_470 / Chapter 469 / Section 469.144
§ 469.144 ESTABLISHMENT; BOARD.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment. Any county or combination of counties by resolution of the county board or boards may establish a rural development financing authority as a public nonprofit corporation. An authority has the powers and duties conferred and imposed on a private nonprofit corporation by chapter 317A, except as otherwise or additionally provided herein. No such authority shall transact any business or exercise any powers until a certified copy of the resolutions of each participating county board has been submitted to the secretary of state and a certificate of incorporation issued pursuant to section 317A.155 . Each resolution shall include all of the provisions required by section 317A.111, subdivision 1 . Alternatively, a county may determine by resolution of the county board to exercise the powers granted in this chapter to a rural development finance authority. No filing is required.

§ Subd. 2. Board. Each rural development financing authority shall be managed and controlled by a board of directors consisting of that number of persons equal to the number of counties establishing the authority, but in no case less than five. The directors shall be elected by the establishing county board or boards and each county board shall have one vote. The directors initially elected shall serve staggered terms designated by the electing board or boards. Thereafter, all directors shall be elected for five-year terms and until their successors are elected and qualify. Each vacancy in an unexpired term shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made. Each director shall be a resident of the establishing county and no director shall hold any other public office or be an officer, employee, director, shareholder, or member of any corporation, firm, or association with which the authority has entered into any operating or lease agreement. Directors may be removed by the appointing board or boards for the reasons and in the manner prescribed by section 469.010 , and shall receive no compensation other than reimbursement for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Directors shall have no personal liability for corporate obligations of the authority or the methods of enforcement and collection thereof.

§ Subd. 3. Articles of incorporation; bylaws. Rural development financing authorities shall have no capital stock. Sections 469.142 to 469.151 shall constitute their articles of incorporation. An authority may adopt bylaws consistent with sections 469.142 to 469.151 .
Minn. Stat. § 412.731 — MN Code / Part 410_414 / Chapter 412 / Section 412.731
§ 412.731 MODIFICATION OF BUDGET.
Status: in_force

After the budget resolution has been adopted the council shall have no power to increase the amounts fixed in the budget resolution, by the insertion of new items or otherwise, beyond the estimated revenues unless the actual receipts exceed the estimates and then not beyond the actual receipts. The council may at any time by resolution approved by a four-fifths vote of all the members of the council reduce the sums appropriated for any purpose by the budget resolution or authorize the transfer of sums from unencumbered balances of appropriations in the budget resolution to other purposes.
Minn. Stat. § 471.87 — MN Code / Part 471_472B / Chapter 471 / Section 471.87
§ 471.87 PUBLIC OFFICERS, INTEREST IN CONTRACT; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

Except as authorized in section 123B.195 or 471.88 , a public officer who is authorized to take part in any manner in making any sale, lease, or contract in official capacity shall not voluntarily have a personal financial interest in that sale, lease, or contract or personally benefit financially therefrom. Every public officer who violates this provision is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
Minn. Stat. § 13.548 — MN Code / Part 13_13C / Chapter 13 / Section 13.548
§ 13.548 SOCIAL RECREATIONAL DATA.
Status: in_force

The following data collected and maintained by political subdivisions for the purpose of enrolling individuals in recreational and other social programs are private: the name, address, telephone number, any other data that identify the individual, and any data which describes the health or medical condition of the individual, family relationships and living arrangements of an individual or which are opinions as to the emotional makeup or behavior of an individual.
Minn. Stat. § 181.535 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 181 / Section 181.535
§ 181.535 ARMED FORCES RESERVES OR NATIONAL GUARD STATUS.
Status: in_force

(a) No person, whether acting directly or through an agent or as the agent or employee of another, may, with intent to discriminate:

(1) ask a person seeking employment with that person or the employer represented by that person whether the person seeking employment is a member of the National Guard or a reserve component of the United States armed forces; or

(2) require the person seeking employment to make any oral or written statement concerning National Guard or reserve status as a condition precedent to employment.

(b) The adjutant general and the commissioner of veterans affairs shall use reasonable means to publicize this section. This section does not apply to public employers asking a question or requesting a statement for the purpose of determining whether a veterans preference applies.

(c) Section 645.241 does not apply to this section.
Minn. Stat. § 325F.14 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325F / Section 325F.14
§ 325F.14 HAZARDOUS TOYS; SEIZURE.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall apply to the district court to seize toys presenting hazards when no other practical method to control the hazard exists. The attorney general shall represent the commissioner in the district court.
Minn. Stat. § 145.957 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 145 / Section 145.957
§ 145.957 ELIGIBILITY.
Status: in_force

The implementation plan must ensure that all residents of Minnesota are eligible for services under the program. The plan must make services available on a sliding fee basis. The commissioner shall develop a sliding fee scale for the program.
Minn. Stat. § 473.8011 — MN Code / Part 473_473J / Chapter 473 / Section 473.8011
§ 473.8011 METROPOLITAN AGENCY RECYCLING GOAL.
Status: in_force

By December 31, 1993, the Metropolitan Council, each metropolitan agency as defined in section 473.121 , and the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District established in section 473.702 shall recycle at least 40 percent by weight of the solid waste generated by their offices or other operations. The commissioner shall provide information and technical assistance to the council, agencies, and the district to implement effective recycling programs.

By August 1 of each year, the council, each agency, and the district shall submit to the Pollution Control Agency a report for the previous fiscal year describing recycling rates, specified by the county in which the council, agency, or operation is located, and progress toward meeting the recycling goal. The Pollution Control Agency shall incorporate the recycling rates reported in the respective county's recycling rates for the previous fiscal year.

If the goal is not met, the council, agency, or district must include in its 1994 report reasons for not meeting the goal and a plan for meeting it in the future.
Minn. Stat. § 145A.05 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 145A / Section 145A.05
§ 145A.05 LOCAL ORDINANCES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Generally. A county board may adopt ordinances for all or a part of its jurisdiction to regulate actual or potential threats to the public health under this section and section 375.51 , unless the ordinances are preempted by, in conflict with, or less restrictive than standards in state law or rule.

§ Subd. 2. Animal control. In addition to powers under sections 35.67 to 35.69 , a county board, city council, or municipality may adopt ordinances to issue licenses or otherwise regulate the keeping of animals, to restrain animals from running at large, to authorize the impounding and sale or summary destruction of animals, and to establish pounds.

§ Subd. 3. Control of unwholesome substances. Unless preempted by or in conflict with sections 394.21 to 394.37 , a county board may adopt ordinances to prevent bringing, depositing, or leaving within the county any unwholesome substance and to require the owners or occupants of lands to remove unwholesome substances or to provide for removal at the expense of the owner or occupant.

§ Subd. 4. Regulation of waste. A county board may adopt ordinances to provide for or regulate the disposal of sewage, garbage, and other refuse.

§ Subd. 5. Regulation of water. A county board may adopt ordinances to provide for cleaning and removal of obstructions from waters in the county and to prevent their obstruction or pollution.

§ Subd. 6. Regulation of offensive trades. A county board may adopt ordinances to regulate offensive trades, unless the ordinances are preempted by, in conflict with, or less restrictive than standards under sections 394.21 to 394.37 . In this subdivision, "offensive trade" means a trade or employment that is hurtful to inhabitants within any county, city, or town, dangerous to the public health, injurious to neighboring property, or from which offensive odors arise.

§ Subd. 7. Control of public health nuisances. A county board may adopt ordinances to define public health nuisances and to provide for their prevention or abatement.

§ Subd. 7a. Curfew. A county board may adopt an ordinance establishing a countywide curfew for unmarried persons under 18 years of age. If the county board of a county located in the seven-county metropolitan area adopts a curfew ordinance under this subdivision, the ordinance shall contain an earlier curfew for children under the age of 12 than for older children.

§ Subd. 8. Enforcement of delegated powers. A county board may adopt ordinances consistent with this section to administer and enforce the powers and duties delegated by agreement with the commissioner under section 145A.07 .

§ Subd. 9. Relation to cities and towns. The governing body of a city or town may adopt ordinances relating to the public health authorized by law or agreement with the commissioner under section 145A.07 . The ordinances must not conflict with or be less restrictive than ordinances adopted by the county board within whose jurisdiction the city or town is located.
Minn. Stat. § 171.22 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 171 / Section 171.22
§ 171.22 UNLAWFUL ACTS RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Violations. With regard to any driver's license, including a commercial driver's license, it shall be unlawful for any person: (1) to display, cause or permit to be displayed, or have in possession, any fictitious or fraudulently altered driver's license or Minnesota identification card; (2) to lend the person's driver's license or Minnesota identification card to any other person or knowingly permit the use thereof by another; (3) to display or represent as one's own any driver's license or Minnesota identification card not issued to that person; (4) to use a fictitious name or date of birth to any police officer or in any application for a driver's license or Minnesota identification card, or to knowingly make a false statement, or to knowingly conceal a material fact, or otherwise commit a fraud in any such application; (5) to alter any driver's license or Minnesota identification card; (6) to take any part of the driver's license examination for another or to permit another to take the examination for that person; (7) to make a counterfeit driver's license or Minnesota identification card; (8) to use the name and date of birth of another person to any police officer for the purpose of falsely identifying oneself to the police officer; (9) to display as a valid driver's license any canceled, revoked, or suspended driver's license. A person whose driving privileges have been withdrawn may display a driver's license only for identification purposes; or (10) to submit a false affidavit or statement to the department on the certification required under section 171.05, subdivision 2 , paragraph (a), clause (1), item (ii), subitem (C), to issue an instruction permit to a homeschool student.

§ Subd. 2. Penalties. Any person who violates subdivision 1, clause (7) or (8), is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. Any person who violates any other provision of subdivision 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Minn. Stat. § 17.9891 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17.9891
§ 17.9891 PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of natural resources, commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, and Board of Water and Soil Resources, may implement a Minnesota agricultural water quality certification program whereby a producer who demonstrates practices and management sufficient to protect water quality is certified for up to ten years and presumed to be contributing the producer's share of any targeted reduction of water pollutants during the certification period. The program is voluntary. The voluntary program will first be piloted in selected watersheds across the state, until the commissioner, in consultation with the Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program Advisory Committee, commissioner of natural resources, commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, and Board of Water and Soil Resources, determines the program is suitable to be implemented in other watersheds.
Minn. Stat. § 259.35 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 259 / Section 259.35
§ 259.35 NOTICE TO ADOPTIVE PARENTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Parental responsibilities. Prior to commencing an investigation of the suitability of proposed adoptive parents, a child-placing agency shall give the individuals the following written notice in all capital letters at least one-eighth inch high: "Minnesota Statutes, section 259.59 , provides that upon legally adopting a child, adoptive parents assume all the rights and responsibilities of birth parents. The responsibilities include providing for the child's financial support and caring for health, emotional, and behavioral problems. Except for subsidized adoptions under Minnesota Statutes, sections 142A.60 to 142A.612 , or any other provisions of law that expressly apply to adoptive parents and children, adoptive parents are not eligible for state or federal financial subsidies besides those that a birth parent would be eligible to receive for a child. Adoptive parents may not terminate their parental rights to a legally adopted child for a reason that would not apply to a birth parent seeking to terminate rights to a child. An individual who takes guardianship of a child for the purpose of adopting the child shall, upon taking guardianship from the child's country of origin, assume all the rights and responsibilities of birth and adoptive parents as stated in this paragraph."

§ Subd. 2. Referral to foreign agencies. An agency in this state that refers individuals to an agency or individual in another country for the purpose of adopting a child located in that country shall provide the following information in writing at the time of making the referral: (1) the name of any government authority in the country where the adoption agency or individual is located that licenses or regulates the adoption agency or individual; (2) the name of the current director of the adoption agency; (3) whether the country in which the agency or individual is located requires a legal adoption to take place in that country before a child can be removed from the country; and (4) the notification required by subdivision 1.
Minn. Stat. § 308C.003 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 308C / Section 308C.003
§ 308C.003 APPLICATION OF OTHER STATUTES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Cooperative ownership. Cooperatives formed under this chapter and cooperatives that were formed under chapter 308A or 308B that convert and become exclusively governed by this chapter shall be known as housing cooperatives.

§ Subd. 2. Securities registration exemption. Membership interests are exempt from registration to the same extent as the securities offered by any cooperative under chapter 308A or 308B are exempt from registration under chapter 80A.

§ Subd. 3. Chapter 515B prevails. In the event of a conflict between this chapter and chapter 515B, chapter 515B shall control.
Minn. Stat. § 308B.941 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 308B / Section 308B.941
§ 308B.941 RECEIVER QUALIFICATIONS AND POWERS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Qualifications. Any person qualified under section 576.26 may be appointed as a receiver. A receiver shall give a bond as required by section 576.27 .

§ Subd. 2. Powers. A receiver may sue and defend all actions as receiver of the cooperative. The court appointing the receiver has exclusive jurisdiction over the cooperative, the receiver, and all receivership property pursuant to section 576.23 .
Minn. Stat. § 237.57 — MN Code / Part 237_238 / Chapter 237 / Section 237.57
§ 237.57 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

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

§ Subd. 2. Competitive service. "Competitive service" means a service that has been determined to be subject to effective competition or emerging competition.

§ Subd. 3. Effective competition. "Effective competition" exists when the criteria of section 237.59, subdivision 5 , have been satisfied for a service.

§ Subd. 4. Emerging competition. A service will be regulated under "emerging competition" provisions when the criteria of section 237.59, subdivision 5 , have not been satisfied, but there is a trend toward effective competition, or if it is a new service offered for the first time after August 1, 1994, that is not integrally related to the provision of adequate telephone service or access to the telephone network or to the privacy, health, or safety of the company's customers, whether or not it meets the criteria of section 237.59, subdivision 5 .

§ Subd. 5. Local access and transport area. "Local access and transport area" (LATA) means a geographical area designated by the Modification of Final Judgment in U.S. v. Western Electric Co., Inc. , 552 F. Supp. 131 (D.D.C. 1982).

§ Subd. 6. Noncompetitive service. "Noncompetitive service" means a service that has not been classified as competitive by the commission.