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Minn. Stat. § 302A.684 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 302A / Section 302A.684
§ 302A.684 ACTION ON PLAN OF CONVERSION BY CONVERTING CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Approval of plan of conversion. Subject to section 302A.692 , a plan of conversion of a converting corporation must be approved under subdivisions 2 and 3.

§ Subd. 2. Board approval; notice to shareholders. A resolution containing the plan of conversion must be approved by the affirmative vote of a majority, or more if so provided in the converting corporation's organizational documents, of the directors present at a meeting of the board of directors of the converting corporation and must then be submitted at a regular or a special meeting to the shareholders of the converting corporation. Written notice must be given to every shareholder of the converting corporation, whether or not entitled to vote at the meeting, not less than 14 days nor more than 60 days before the meeting. The written notice must state that a purpose of the meeting is to consider the proposed plan of conversion. A copy or short description of the plan of conversion must be included in or enclosed with the notice.

§ Subd. 3. Approval by shareholders. At the meeting, a vote of the shareholders must be taken on the proposed plan. The plan of conversion is adopted when approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all shares entitled to vote. A class or series of shares is entitled to vote as a class or series on the approval of the plan unless otherwise provided in the articles or shareholder control agreement, in which case the articles or shareholder control agreement shall govern such class voting rights to the exclusion of section 302A.137 .

§ Subd. 4. Amendment of plan or abandonment of conversion. Subject to section 302A.692 and any contractual rights, after a conversion is approved, and at any time before articles of conversion are delivered to the secretary of state for filing under section 302A.686 , a converting corporation may amend the plan or abandon the conversion: (1) as provided in the plan; or (2) except as otherwise prohibited in the plan, by the same consent as was required to approved the plan.
Minn. Stat. § 245.90 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 245 / Section 245.90
§ 245.90 COURT AWARDED FUNDS, DISPOSITION.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of human services shall notify the house of representatives Ways and Means and senate Finance Committees of the terms of any contractual arrangement entered into by the commissioner and the attorney general, pursuant to an order of any court of law, which provides for the receipt of funds by the commissioner.

Any funds recovered or received by the commissioner pursuant to an order of any court of law shall be placed in the general fund.
Minn. Stat. § 97A.56 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97A / Section 97A.56
§ 97A.56 FERAL SWINE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section. (b) "Domestic hogs" means members of the subspecies Sus scrofa domesticus . (c) "Feral swine" means an animal of the family Suidae or Tayassuidae that lives in the wild or has lived in the wild during any part of the animal's lifetime. Feral swine includes released domestic hogs, unless the owner satisfies the notification requirements of section 17.457, subdivision 4 , and recovers the released domestic hogs within 72 hours of notification. (d) "Release" has the meaning given under section 17.457, subdivision 1 .

§ Subd. 2. Prohibited actions; penalty. (a) Unless authorized by permit under section 17.457, subdivision 3 , a person may not possess or release feral swine or otherwise allow feral swine to run at large. (b) A person may not hunt or trap feral swine, except as authorized by the commissioner for feral swine control or eradication. It is not a violation of this section if a person shoots a feral swine and reports the taking to the commissioner within 24 hours. All feral swine taken in this manner must be surrendered to the commissioner. (c) A person who violates this subdivision is guilty of a misdemeanor. (d) A person who violates this subdivision is liable for the actual costs incurred by the state for the possession or release of the feral swine. (e) A person who violates this subdivision is liable for the damages caused by the possession or release of the feral swine.

§ Subd. 3. Authorized removal of feral swine. A person authorized under game and fish laws to take feral swine is not liable to the owner for the value of the animals.

§ Subd. 4. Domestic hogs and feral swine response protocols. The commissioner, in cooperation with the commissioner of agriculture and the Board of Animal Health, must develop protocols for responding to the release of domestic hogs and feral swine, including reporting requirements, interagency communications, and other actions necessary to resolve the release.
Minn. Stat. § 124D.1191 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 124D / Section 124D.1191
§ 124D.1191 DONATIONS TO FOOD SHELF PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

Schools and community organizations participating in any federal child nutrition meal program may donate food to food shelf programs, provided that the food shelf:

(1) is a nonprofit corporation or is affiliated with a nonprofit corporation, as defined in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;

(2) distributes food without charge to needy individuals;

(3) does not limit food distributions to individuals of a particular religious affiliation, race, or other criteria unrelated to need; and

(4) has a stable address and directly serves individuals.
Minn. Stat. § 60K.48 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 60K / Section 60K.48
§ 60K.48 COMMISSIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Payment prohibited. An insurance company or insurance producer shall not pay a commission, service fee, brokerage, or other valuable consideration to a person for selling, soliciting, or negotiating insurance in this state if that person is required to be licensed under sections 60K.30 to 60K.56 and is not so licensed.

§ Subd. 2. Acceptance prohibited. A person shall not accept a commission, service fee, brokerage, or other valuable consideration for selling, soliciting, or negotiating insurance in this state if that person is required to be licensed under sections 60K.30 to 60K.56 and is not so licensed.

§ Subd. 3. Exceptions. (a) Renewal or other deferred commissions may be paid to a person for selling, soliciting, or negotiating insurance in this state if the person was required to be licensed under sections 60K.30 to 60K.56 at the time of the sale, solicitation, or negotiation and was so licensed at that time. (b) An insurer or insurance producer may pay or assign commissions, service fees, brokerages, or other valuable consideration to an insurance agency or to persons who do not sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance in this state, unless the payment would constitute an illegal rebate or otherwise violate section 72A.20, subdivision 10 . A duly licensed producer may pay commissions or assign or direct that commissions be paid to a partnership of which the producer is a member, employee, or agent, or to a corporation of which the agent is an officer, employee, or agent.

§ Subd. 4. Individual health plans. (a) If a health carrier pays commissions or service fees to licensed producers who are appointed by the health carrier for sale of an individual health plan, then, within 30 days of receipt of the agent of record agreement, the health carrier must accommodate a policyholder or applicant for coverage by allowing a policyholder or applicant to select or change the agent of record, effective upon the next premium cycle. (b) The health carrier's standard commission and service fees must be paid to the policyholder's agent of record or the agent's assignee if any premium rate for an individual health plan has been approved by the commissioner with costs associated with producer commissions included in the filed rate. (c) A health carrier is prohibited from offering, renewing, or failing to renew individual health plans based solely on the commission-paying status of the health plan. (d) Nothing in this subdivision requires a health carrier to pay any commission or service fee with respect to the sale of an individual health plan, unless the rate for the individual health plan has been approved by the commissioner with costs associated with producer commissions included in the filed rate.
Minn. Stat. § 53B.66 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 53B / Section 53B.66
§ 53B.66 CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who intentionally makes a false statement, misrepresentation, or false certification in a record filed or required to be maintained under this chapter or that intentionally makes a false entry or omits a material entry in a record filed or required to be maintained under this chapter is guilty of a felony.

(b) A person who knowingly engages in an activity for which a license is required under this chapter without being licensed under this chapter, and who receives more than $1,000 in compensation within a 30-day period from the activity, is guilty of a felony.

(c) A person who knowingly engages in an activity for which a license is required under this chapter without being licensed under this chapter, and who receives more than $500 but less than $1,000 in compensation within a 30-day period from the activity, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

(d) A person who knowingly engages in an activity for which a license is required under this chapter without being licensed under this chapter, and who receives no more than $500 in compensation within a 30-day period from the activity, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Minn. Stat. § 383A.62 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383A / Section 383A.62
§ 383A.62 ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT MERGER.
Status: in_force

The city of St. Paul and Ramsey County may, by agreement subject to this section, provide for the merger of the city elections office with the county election office. The consolidation shall be set to begin at the beginning of a fiscal year. In the preceding fiscal year and each year thereafter the county shall provide a budget and levy a property tax for the merged office that will defray the costs of the services provided throughout the county by the merged office. The county shall succeed to the obligations of the city under any collective bargaining agreements in existence at the time of the merger. Nothing in this section or in an agreement for merger under this section shall diminish any rights defined in collective bargaining agreements. The merger must not occur until bargaining units representing affected employees have completed negotiations on postmerger terms and conditions of employment. The county shall succeed to the other obligations and to the real and personal property of the merged city offices.
Minn. Stat. § 334.20 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 334 / Section 334.20
§ 334.20 USURIOUS INTEREST; DETERMINATION AT TIME OF CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

The law existing at the time of a contract for the loan or forbearance of money, goods, or services, or things in action shall determine whether the interest charged on the loan or forbearance exceeded the maximum statutory interest rate, and the penalty for exceeding the maximum statutory interest rate in effect at the time of the transaction shall be applied notwithstanding a subsequent repeal or modification of the maximum statutory interest rate. This section applies to all actions to enforce a contract for the loan or forbearance of money, goods, or things in action that have not been reduced to final judgment on May 29, 1985, and applies to all contracts governed by this chapter and chapters 47, 48, 50, 51A, 52, 53, and 56, except sections 334.16 to 334.18 .
Minn. Stat. § 323A.0906 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 323A / Section 323A.0906
§ 323A.0906 EFFECT OF MERGER.
Status: in_force

(a) When a merger takes effect:

(1) the separate existence of every partnership or limited partnership that is a party to the merger, other than the surviving entity, ceases;

(2) all property owned by each of the merged partnerships or limited partnerships vests in the surviving entity;

(3) all obligations of every partnership or limited partnership that is a party to the merger become the obligations of the surviving entity; and

(4) an action or proceeding pending against a partnership or limited partnership that is a party to the merger may be continued as if the merger had not occurred, or the surviving entity may be substituted as a party to the action or proceeding.

(b) The secretary of state of this state is the agent for service of process in an action or proceeding against a surviving foreign partnership or limited partnership to enforce an obligation of a domestic partnership or limited partnership that is a party to a merger. The surviving entity shall, as part of the merger documents, state the mailing address, including the zip code, of its chief executive office. Service of process is pursuant to section 5.25 .

(c) A partner of the surviving partnership or limited partnership is liable for:

(1) all obligations of a party to the merger for which the partner was personally liable before the merger;

(2) all other obligations of the surviving entity incurred before the merger by a party to the merger, but those obligations may be satisfied only out of property of the entity; and

(3) except as otherwise provided in section 323A.0306 , all obligations of the surviving entity incurred after the merger takes effect, but those obligations may be satisfied only out of property of the entity if the partner is a limited partner.

(d) If the obligations incurred before the merger by a party to the merger are not satisfied out of the property of the surviving partnership or limited partnership, the general partners of that party immediately before the effective date of the merger shall contribute the amount necessary to satisfy that party's obligations to the surviving entity, in the manner provided in section 323A.0807 , or in the Limited Partnership Act of the jurisdiction in which the party was formed, as the case may be, as if the merged party were dissolved.

(e) A partner of a party to a merger who does not become a partner of the surviving partnership or limited partnership is dissociated from the entity, of which that partner was a partner, as of the date the merger takes effect. The surviving entity shall cause the partner's interest in the entity to be purchased under section 323A.0701 or another statute specifically applicable to that partner's interest with respect to a merger. The surviving entity is bound under section 323A.0702 by an act of a general partner dissociated under this subsection, and the partner is liable under section 323A.0703 for transactions entered into by the surviving entity after the merger takes effect.
Minn. Stat. § 60A.122 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 60A / Section 60A.122
§ 60A.122 REQUIRED WRITTEN PROCEDURES FOR VALUATIONS.
Status: in_force

An insurer shall establish written procedures, approved by the company's board of directors, for the valuation of commercial mortgage loans and real estate owned. The procedures must be made available to the commissioner upon request. The commissioner shall review the insurer's compliance with the procedures in any examination of the insurer under section 60A.031 .
Minn. Stat. § 515A.2-114 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 515A / Section 515A.2-114
§ 515A.2-114 RELOCATION OF BOUNDARIES BETWEEN ADJOINING UNITS.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the provisions of the declaration and other provisions of law, the boundaries between adjoining units may be relocated by an amendment to the declaration upon application to the association by the owners of those units. The owners of the adjoining units shall specify the proposed reallocation between their units of their common element interests, votes in the association, and common expense liabilities in the application and in accord with section 515A.2-108 . Unless the board of directors determines within 60 days after receipt of the application by the association that the proposed amendment is not in the best interests of the condominium, the unit owners shall prepare an amendment which shall identify the units involved, state the reallocation, be executed by those unit owners and by any holder of an interest as security for an obligation, contain words of conveyance between them, contain written consent of the association, and upon recordation be indexed in the name of the grantor and the grantee. The amendment shall include an amended floor plan or if amended after July 31, 1986, an amended condominium plat, to show the altered boundaries between the adjoining units and their dimensions and identifying numbers. If a holder of an interest as security for an obligation joins in the amendment pursuant to this section, the extent of the interest and the remedies shall be deemed to be modified as provided in the amendment. The association shall incur no liability to any party by reason of performing those acts enumerated in this section.

(b) The association may require the owners of the affected units to build a boundary wall and other common elements between the units.

(c) The applicant shall deliver a certified copy of the amendment to the association.
Minn. Stat. § 609.89 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 609 / Section 609.89
§ 609.89 COMPUTER OR ELECTRONIC DATA THEFT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Acts. Whoever does any of the following is guilty of computer or electronic data theft and may be sentenced as provided in subdivision 2: (1) intentionally and without authorization or claim of right accesses or causes to be accessed any computer, computer system, computer network or any part thereof for the purpose of obtaining services or property; (2) intentionally and without claim of right, and with intent to deprive the owner of use or possession, takes, transfers, conceals or retains possession of any computer, computer system, or any computer software or data contained in a computer, computer system, or computer network; (3) intentionally and without authorization or claim of right accesses or copies any computer software or electronic data and uses, alters, transfers, retains, or publishes the computer software or electronic data; or (4) intentionally retains copies of any computer software or electronic data beyond the individual's authority.

§ Subd. 2. Penalty. Anyone who commits computer or electronic data theft may be sentenced as follows: (1) to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than $50,000, or both, if the loss to the owner, or the owner's agent, or lessee is in excess of $2,500; (2) to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both, if the loss to the owner, or the owner's agent, or lessee is more than $500 but not more than $2,500; or (3) in all other cases to imprisonment for not more than 90 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $1,000, or both.
Minn. Stat. § 142C.09 — MN Code / Part 142A_142G / Chapter 142C / Section 142C.09
§ 142C.09 BACKGROUND STUDIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The applicant or certification holder must submit a completed background study for each child care background study subject as defined in section 245C.02, subdivision 6a.

(b) To be accepted for certification, a background study on every individual applying for certification must be completed under chapter 245C and result in a not disqualified determination under section 245C.14 or a disqualification that was set aside under section 245C.22 .
Minn. Stat. § 103D.805 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103D / Section 103D.805
§ 103D.805 FILING MANAGERS' ORDER ESTABLISHING PROJECT.
Status: in_force

An order of the managers establishing the project and authorizing construction must immediately be filed with the secretary or administrator of the watershed district, and a certified copy of the order must be filed with the auditor of each county affected, the board, the commissioner, the director, the Pollution Control Agency, and the commissioner of health.
Minn. Stat. § 358.116 — MN Code / Part 357_359 / Chapter 358 / Section 358.116
§ 358.116 COURT DOCUMENTS.
Status: in_force

Unless specifically required by court rule, a pleading, motion, affidavit, or other document filed with a court of the Minnesota judicial branch, or presented to a judge or judicial officer in support of a request for a court order, warrant, or other relief, is not required to be notarized. Signing a document filed with the court or presented to a judge or judicial officer constitutes "verification upon oath or affirmation" as defined in section 358.52 , without administration of an oath under section 358.07 , provided that the signature, as defined by court rules, is affixed immediately below a declaration using substantially the following language: "I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct." In addition to the signature, the date of signing and the county and state where the document was signed shall be noted on the document. A person who signs knowing that the document is false in any material respect is guilty of perjury under section 609.48 , even if the date, county, and state of signing are omitted from the document.
Minn. Stat. § 256P.05 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256P / Section 256P.05
§ 256P.05 SELF-EMPLOYMENT EARNINGS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Exempted programs. Participants who qualify for Minnesota supplemental aid under chapter 256D and housing support under chapter 256I on the basis of eligibility for Supplemental Security Income are exempt from this section. Participants who qualify for child care assistance programs under chapter 142E are exempt from subdivision 3.

§ Subd. 2. Self-employment income determinations. Applicants and participants must choose one of the methods described in this subdivision for determining self-employment earned income. An agency must determine self-employment income, which is either: (1) one-half of gross earnings from self-employment; or (2) taxable income as determined from an Internal Revenue Service tax form that has been filed with the Internal Revenue Service for the most recent year and according to guidance provided for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. A 12-month average using taxable income shall be used to budget monthly income.

§ Subd. 3. Self-employment budgeting. (a) The self-employment budget period begins in the month of application or in the first month of self-employment. (b) Applicants and participants who elect to use taxable income as described in subdivision 2, clause (2), to determine self-employment income must continue to use this method until recertification, unless there is an unforeseen significant change in gross income equaling a decline in gross income of the amount equal to or greater than the earned income disregard as defined in section 256P.03 from the income used to determine the benefit for the current month. (c) For applicants and participants who elect to use one-half of gross earnings as described in subdivision 2, clause (1), to determine self-employment income, earnings must be counted as income in the month received.

§ Subd. 4. Rental income. Rental income is subject to the requirements of this section.