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Minn. Stat. § 15B.11 — MN Code / Part 15B / Chapter 15B / Section 15B.11
§ 15B.11 ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Advisory committee review. The board must not approve a plan for a new public building under section 15B.10 or 15B.13 unless it first receives the comments and criticism of the advisory committee established under subdivision 2 or unless the plan is excepted from the consideration of the advisory committee under section 15B.10, subdivision 4 , paragraph (c).

§ Subd. 2. Advisory committee. (a) A three-member advisory committee to the CAAPB is established. Each of the three must be either an architect or a planner. One must be appointed by the CAAPB; one, by the State Board of the Arts; and one, by the Minnesota Society of the American Institute of Architects. (b) The advisory committee must advise the CAAPB on all architectural and planning matters. (c) An advisory committee member must not be a contestant in a CAAPB competition.

§ Subd. 3. Data classification and use. (a) The advisory committee's comments and criticism under subdivision 1 are public data under section 13.03, subdivision 1 . (b) To advise the board on all architectural and planning matters, the advisory committee must be kept current about, and have access to, all data relating to the Capitol Area as the data is developed or being prepared. Some examples of these types of data are plans, studies, reports, and proposals. (c) The obligation under paragraph (b) extends to data developed or being prepared by (1) the commissioner of administration; (2) the commissioner of employment and economic development; (3) the Metropolitan Council; (4) the city of St. Paul; or (5) one who is an architect, planner, agency, or organization and who is engaged in any work or planning relating to the Capitol Area. (d) Paragraph (c), clause (5), applies to all the developers or preparers whether they are public or private and whether or not they are retained by the board. (e) If the data described in paragraph (b) is from a public employee or public agency it must be filed with the board promptly after it is prepared. (f) The board may employ a reasonable amount of clerical and technical help to assist the committee to do its duties. (g) When directed by the board, the advisory committee may serve as, or any of its members may serve on, the jury for a competition or as the architectural advisor for a competition under section 15B.10 . (h) The board must get the advice of its advisory committee before selecting the architectural advisor or jurors for a competition.
Minn. Stat. § 142A.46 — MN Code / Part 142A_142G / Chapter 142A / Section 142A.46
§ 142A.46 EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING AND CHILD PROTECTION FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Grant authority. The commissioner may make grants to state agencies and political subdivisions to construct or rehabilitate facilities for early childhood programs, crisis nurseries, or parenting time centers. The following requirements apply: (1) The facilities must be owned by the state or a political subdivision, but may be leased under section 16A.695 to organizations that operate the programs. The commissioner must prescribe the terms and conditions of the leases. (2) A grant for an individual facility must not exceed $500,000 for each program that is housed in the facility, up to a maximum of $2,000,000 for a facility that houses three programs or more. Programs include Head Start, School Readiness, Early Childhood Family Education, licensed child care, and other early childhood intervention programs. (3) State appropriations must be matched on a 50 percent basis with nonstate funds. The matching requirement must apply program wide and not to individual grants.

§ Subd. 2. Grant priority. (a) The commissioner must give priority to: (1) projects in counties or municipalities with the highest percentage of children living in poverty; (2) grants that involve collaboration among sponsors of programs under this section; and (3) where feasible, grants for programs that utilize Youthbuild under sections 116L.361 to 116L.366 for at least 25 percent of each grant awarded or $50,000 of the labor portion of the construction, whichever is less, if: (i) the work is appropriate for Youthbuild, as mutually agreed upon by the grantee and the local Youthbuild program, considering safety and skills needed; (ii) it is demonstrated by Youthbuild that using Youthbuild will not increase the overall cost of the project; and (iii) eligible programs consult with appropriate labor organizations to deliver education and training. (b) The commissioner may give priority to: (1) projects that collaborate with child care providers, including all-day and school-age child care programs, special needs care, sick child care, nontraditional hour care, and programs that include services to refugee and immigrant families; (2) grants for programs that will increase their child care workers' wages as a result of the grant; and (3) projects that will improve the quality of early childhood programs.
Minn. Stat. § 529.09 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 529 / Section 529.09
§ 529.09 DETERMINATION OF INCAPACITY; EFFECT.
Status: in_force

(a) The custodial trustee shall administer the custodial trust as for an incapacitated beneficiary if (i) the transferor has so directed in the instrument creating the custodial trust, or (ii) the custodial trustee has determined that the beneficiary is incapacitated.

(b) A custodial trustee may determine that the beneficiary is incapacitated in reliance upon (i) previous direction or authority given by the beneficiary while not incapacitated, including direction or authority pursuant to a durable power of attorney, (ii) the certificate of the beneficiary's physician, or (iii) other persuasive evidence.

(c) If a custodial trustee for an incapacitated beneficiary reasonably concludes that the beneficiary's incapacity has ceased, or that circumstances concerning the beneficiary's ability to manage property and business affairs have changed since the creation of a custodial trust directing administration as for an incapacitated beneficiary, the custodial trustee must administer the trust as for a beneficiary who is not incapacitated.

(d) On petition of the beneficiary, the custodial trustee, or other person interested in the custodial trust property or the welfare of the beneficiary, the court shall determine whether the beneficiary is incapacitated.

(e) Absent determination of incapacity of the beneficiary under subsection (b) or (d), a custodial trustee who has reason to believe that the beneficiary is incapacitated shall administer the custodial trust in accordance with the provisions of sections 529.01 to 529.19 applicable to an incapacitated beneficiary.

(f) Incapacity of a beneficiary does not terminate (i) the custodial trust, (ii) any designation of a successor custodial trustee, (iii) rights or powers of the custodial trustee, or (iv) any immunities of third persons acting on instructions of the custodial trustee.
Minn. Stat. § 124D.114 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 124D / Section 124D.114
§ 124D.114 LACTOSE REDUCED MILK.
Status: in_force

(a) If a nonpublic school or district receives school lunch aid under section 124D.111 or participates in the school breakfast program and receives a written request from the parent of a pupil who is lactose intolerant, then the nonpublic school or district must make available lactose reduced milk; milk fortified with lactase in liquid, tablet, granular, or other form; or milk to which lactobacillus acidophilus has been added for the pupil.

(b) Notwithstanding any law, local ordinance, or local regulation to the contrary, a school may pour or serve portions of any product required by this section from a large container of the product at the time and place the pupil is being served.
Minn. Stat. § 256B.198 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256B / Section 256B.198
§ 256B.198 PAYMENTS FOR NON-HOSPITAL-BASED GOVERNMENTAL HEALTH CENTERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may make payments to non-hospital-based health centers operated by a governmental entity for the difference between the expenditures incurred by the health center for patients eligible for medical assistance, and the payments to the health center for medical assistance permitted elsewhere under this chapter.

(b) The nonfederal share of payments authorized under paragraph (a) shall be provided through certified public expenditures authorized under section 256B.199 , paragraph (b).

(c) Effective July 1, 2013, or no earlier than 12 months after implementation of a total cost of care demonstration project, Hennepin County may receive federal matching funds for certified public expenditures under paragraph (a), if the county participates in a total cost of care demonstration project under sections 256B.0755 and 256B.0756 , or another total cost of care demonstration project approved by the commissioner, and the county exceeds the minimum performance threshold established by the commissioner for the demonstration project. The value of the federal matching funds for the certified public expenditures allocated to Hennepin County shall be equal to the value of savings achieved above the minimum performance threshold. The same proportion of federal matching funds for certified public expenditure allocated to Hennepin County based on savings achieved under the demonstration project shall continue after the demonstration project and must continue to be paid to Hennepin County each year thereafter.

(d) Beginning July 1, 2014, or no earlier than 12 months after the initial allocation under paragraph (c) if a portion of the federal matching funds for certified public expenditure remains with the state, the commissioner shall annually determine if the savings from county's total cost of care demonstration project exceeded the savings from the previous year and allocate federal matching funds for certified public expenditures to Hennepin County equal to the amount of savings achieved above the amount achieved in the previous year. The proportion of federal matching funds for certified public expenditure allocated to Hennepin County shall be paid to Hennepin County each year thereafter, until no federal matching funds for certified public expenditures under paragraph (a) remain with the state.

(e) Nothing under this section precludes Hennepin County from receiving an additional gain-sharing payment or relieves the county from paying a downside risk-sharing payment to the state under the demonstration project under section 256B.0755 .
Minn. Stat. § 115A.97 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 115A / Section 115A.97
§ 115A.97 SPECIAL WASTE; INCINERATOR ASH.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Policy; goals. (a) It is the policy of the legislature that mixed municipal solid waste incinerators be planned and managed to achieve to the maximum extent feasible and prudent: (1) reduction of the toxicity of incinerator ash; (2) reduction of the quantity of the incinerator ash; and (3) reduction of the quantity of waste processing residuals that require disposal. (b) The purpose of this section is to establish temporary and permanent programs to achieve these reduction goals.

§ Subd. 2. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section the following terms have the meanings given them. (b) "Incinerator ash" means ash resulting from the combustion of mixed municipal solid waste and ash resulting from the combustion of refuse-derived fuel. (c) "Noncombustible fraction" means constituents of mixed municipal solid waste, including glass, ferrous metals, nonferrous metals and other inorganics, that, when burned, disproportionately add to the quantity of incinerator ash.

§ Subd. 3. Rules. The agency shall adopt rules to establish techniques to measure the noncombustible fraction of mixed municipal solid waste prior to incineration or processing into refuse-derived fuel and for at least the testing, management, and disposal of incinerator ash. The rules must be designed to meet the goals in subdivision 1.

§ Subd. 4. [Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1 ]

§ Subd. 5. Plans; report. A county solid waste plan, or revision of a plan, that includes incineration of mixed municipal solid waste must clearly state how the county plans to meet the goals in subdivision 1 of reducing the toxicity and quantity of incinerator ash and of reducing the quantity of processing residuals that require disposal. The commissioner, in cooperation with the counties, may develop guidelines for counties to use to identify ways to meet the goals in subdivision 1.

§ Subd. 6. Permits; agency report. An application for a permit to build or operate a mixed municipal solid waste incinerator, including an application for permit renewal, must clearly state how the applicant will achieve the goals in subdivision 1 of reducing the toxicity and quantity of incinerator ash and of reducing the quantity of processing residuals that require disposal. The agency, in cooperation with the counties, may develop guidelines for applicants to use to identify ways to meet the goals in subdivision 1.
Minn. Stat. § 79.59 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 79 / Section 79.59
§ 79.59 INSURERS AND DATA SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS; PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Monopolization. No insurer or data service organization shall attempt to monopolize or combine or conspire with any other person to monopolize the business of insurance.

§ Subd. 2. Agreement prohibited. No insurer shall agree with any other insurer or with a data service organization to adhere to or to use any rate, rating plan, rating schedule, rating rule, or underwriting rule except as specifically authorized by this chapter or for the purpose of creating experience modifications for employers with employees in more than one state.

§ Subd. 3. Trade restraint. No insurer or data service organization shall make an agreement with any other insurer, data service organization, or other person which has the purpose or the effect of restraining trade or of substantially lessening competition.

§ Subd. 4. Exceptions. The fact that insurers writing not more than 25 percent of the workers' compensation premiums in Minnesota use the same rates, rating plans, rating schedules, rating rules, underwriting rules, or similar materials shall not alone constitute a violation of subdivision 1 or 2. Two or more insurers under common ownership or operating under common management or control may act in concert between or among themselves with respect to matters authorized under this chapter as if they constituted a single insurer, provided that the rating plan of such insurers shall be considered to be a single plan for the purposes of determining unfair discrimination.

§ Subd. 5. Additional prohibition. In addition to other prohibitions contained in this chapter, no data service organization shall: (1) refuse to supply any service for which it is licensed or any data, except for data identifiable to an individual insurer, to any insurer authorized to do business in this state which offers to pay the usual compensation for the service or data; (2) require the purchase of any specific service as a condition to obtaining any other services sought; (3) participate in the development or distribution of rates, rating plans, or rating rules except as specifically authorized by this chapter or by rules adopted pursuant to this chapter; or (4) refuse membership to any licensed insurer.
Minn. Stat. § 279.001 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 279 / Section 279.001
§ 279.001 PURPOSES; POLICY.
Status: in_force

Laws pertaining to the processing of delinquent real estate taxes in this state respecting billing, delinquency, judgment, sale, forfeiture, and redemption create risks respecting the validity of the title of the state, or its successors in interest, arising out of the tax forfeiture process. It is the policy of the state of Minnesota that the body of law pertaining to the processing of delinquent real property taxes be liberally construed in favor of the state, its officers, agents, and its successors in interest, to accomplish the following:

(a) to promote the policy of unfettered marketability as expressed in section 284.28 ;

(b) to provide for uniform and reasonable notices to taxpayers and other interested parties with regard to:

(1) mailing of billing notices;

(2) notice of delinquency, judgment, and sale;

(3) notice of expiration of the redemption period; and

(c) to eliminate other potential defects or ambiguities as fetter the marketability of title held by the state, or its successors in interest.
Minn. Stat. § 507.021 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 507 / Section 507.021
§ 507.021 CONVEYANCES RECORDED 15 YEARS VALIDATED.
Status: in_force

When a deed, assignment, or other instrument affecting the title to real estate shall have been filed or recorded in the office of the county recorder of any county, or in any public office authorized to receive such instrument for filing or recording, and shall have continued on record for 15 years and such instrument does not affirmatively show whether the grantor or assignor or person who executed the instrument was married such filing or recording and continuance thereof for such 15-year period shall be prima facie evidence that such grantor or assignor or person who executed the instrument was an unmarried person at the time of the making and delivery of such instrument, unless prior to January 1, 1924, any person claiming any estate in the land affected by such instrument, by, through or under such person or the person's spouse, heirs or devisees, shall commence an action to recover such estate and shall file a notice of lis pendens at the time of the commencement of the action in the office of the county recorder in the county where such land is situated.
Minn. Stat. § 383B.608 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383B / Section 383B.608
§ 383B.608 LOCAL ROAD AID.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the county board of Hennepin County may appropriate from its road and bridge fund to any town or city within the county, such sums of money as are available and which the county board deems advisable to aid any such town or city in the construction and maintenance of roads, streets or bridges therein. The appropriations may be directly expended by the county board on roads, streets or bridges designated by the governing body of the town or city, and may be expended in accordance with Laws 1905, chapter 164, as amended. No such town or city shall receive an appropriation hereunder exceeding 30 percent of the annual county tax levy for road and bridge purposes paid by the town or city.
Minn. Stat. § 317A.405 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 317A / Section 317A.405
§ 317A.405 TRANSFER OF MEMBERSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in the articles or bylaws, a member of a corporation may not transfer a membership or a right arising from it.

(b) Where transfer rights have been provided, a restriction on them is not binding with respect to a member holding a membership issued before the adoption of the restriction unless the restriction is approved by the members and the affected member.
Minn. Stat. § 403.392 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 403 / Section 403.392
§ 403.392 REGIONAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION BOARDS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Regional emergency communication board election. A regional radio board may elect to become a regional emergency communication board by amending the joint powers agreement establishing the regional radio board to include responsibility for coordinating 911 service within the region.

§ Subd. 2. Powers of regional emergency communication board. Where a regional radio board has elected to become a regional emergency communication board, the board shall have the powers provided for in sections 403.39 and 471.59 . The board must provide for the following powers in its joint power agreement: (1) the development and maintenance of a regional plan for the implementation of Next Generation 911 (NG911) service within the region or within subregions of the region consistent with standards established under section 403.382 ; and (2) the establishment of regional technical and operational standards for the implementation of NG911 service within the region or within subregions of the region that are consistent with technical and operational standards for 911 service adopted pursuant to section 403.382 .
Minn. Stat. § 50.19 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 50 / Section 50.19
§ 50.19 REPORTS TO THE COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

Each savings bank shall submit the reports required of state banks pursuant to section 48.48 and such other information as the commissioner of commerce may require.
Minn. Stat. § 351.17 — MN Code / Part 351 / Chapter 351 / Section 351.17
§ 351.17 CHIEF JUSTICE REVIEW; ASSIGNMENT TO SPECIAL MASTER.
Status: in_force

The clerk of appellate courts shall submit the petition to the chief justice. The chief justice shall review the petition to determine whether the petition properly alleges facts which, if proven, constitute malfeasance or nonfeasance in the performance of official duties. If the petition properly contains factual allegations of malfeasance or nonfeasance, the chief justice shall assign the case to a special master for a public hearing. The special master must be an active or retired judge. The chief justice may issue an order denying the petition if it appears that the petition does not contain allegations which, if proven, constitute malfeasance or nonfeasance in the performance of official duties.
Minn. Stat. § 168B.14 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 168B / Section 168B.14
§ 168B.14 REGULATION OF VEHICLE TOWERS LIMITED.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them: (a) "Vehicle tower" means a person engaged in the business of towing or recovering vehicles by means of a crane, hoist, tow bar, tow line, or dolly for the purpose of moving or transporting wrecked, damaged, disabled, replacement, or abandoned vehicles; and (b) "Municipality" means a statutory or home rule charter city or a town.

§ Subd. 2. Request by owner. No municipality may prohibit the operation within its boundaries of a vehicle tower who is not licensed by that municipality and who is responding to a service request from a person who is the owner or operator or the agent of the owner or operator of the motor vehicle for which vehicle towing service is requested.

§ Subd. 3. Private property. No vehicle tower may remove a motor vehicle by towing, carrying, hauling or pushing from private property except at the request of a person who is the owner or operator or the agent of the owner or operator of the vehicle, or the owner or agent of the owner of the private property.