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Minn. Stat. § 383A.27 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383A / Section 383A.27
§ 383A.27 PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Meetings. In addition to meeting on the days prescribed by the general laws of this state, the Board of County Commissioners of Ramsey County shall meet at least twice each month at the times and dates established by the board at its first meeting in January of each year to transact any business that may properly come before the board.

§ Subd. 2. Rules; journal. The board shall determine its own rules and order of business and shall provide for keeping a journal of its official proceedings. This journal shall be a public record and shall be published according to section 375.12 , in a newspaper having in the county its own office of issue and doing its typographic composition and presswork in the county.
Minn. Stat. § 398.08 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 398 / Section 398.08
§ 398.08 GENERAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

Park districts shall have all the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities of a municipal corporation at common law and they shall be subject to the duties of a municipal corporation at common law. Except as otherwise limited in this chapter they shall have perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, may use a corporate seal, may acquire by lease, purchase, gift, condemnation, or otherwise such real and personal property as the purposes of the board may require and may hold, manage, control, sell, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of such property or its interests therein. The board shall have full authority to exercise all the powers of the district, to make all necessary or desirable contracts, to procure public liability and other insurance protection as may be necessary or desirable, to hire and employ help and assistance as its needs require, to exercise the power of eminent domain, to enact ordinances, and to declare that the violation thereof shall be a penal offense and to prescribe the penalties thereof, not to exceed a fine of $100, or imprisonment in a statutory city or county jail for a period of not more than 90 days, or both, and in either case the cost of prosecution may be added to the penalties imposed. The board shall have full power and authority to acquire and establish parks and to operate, maintain, protect, improve and preserve a park system and to conduct a recreational program in its parks.
Minn. Stat. § 347.55 — MN Code / Part 343_348 / Chapter 347 / Section 347.55
§ 347.55 PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who violates a provision of section 347.51 , 347.515 , or 347.52 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) It is a misdemeanor to remove a microchip from a dangerous or potentially dangerous dog, to fail to renew the registration of a dangerous dog, to fail to account for a dangerous dog's death or change of location where the dog will reside, to sign a false affidavit with respect to a dangerous dog's death or change of location where the dog will reside, or to fail to disclose ownership of a dangerous dog to a property owner from whom the person rents property.

(c) A person who is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of paragraph (a) or (b) is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

(d) An owner who violates section 347.542, subdivision 1 , is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

(e) Any household member who knowingly violates section 347.542, subdivision 2 , is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
Minn. Stat. § 297H.12 — MN Code / Part 296_299 / Chapter 297H / Section 297H.12
§ 297H.12 INFORMATION REGARDING THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT TAX.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, after consulting with the commissioner of revenue and waste management service providers, shall develop information regarding the solid waste management tax for distribution to waste generators in the state. The information shall include facts about the substitution of the solid waste management tax for the sales tax on solid waste services and the solid waste generator assessment and the purposes for which revenue from the tax will be spent.
Minn. Stat. § 142D.31 — MN Code / Part 142A_142G / Chapter 142D / Section 142D.31
§ 142D.31 TEACHER EDUCATION AND COMPENSATION HELPS; EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER EDUCATION INCENTIVES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. TEACH. The teacher education and compensation helps program (TEACH) is established to provide tuition scholarships and education incentives to early care and education providers. The commissioner shall make a grant with appropriations for this purpose to a nonprofit organization licensed to administer the TEACH early childhood program.

§ Subd. 2. Program components. (a) The nonprofit organization must use the grant for: (1) tuition scholarships in amounts per year consistent with the national TEACH early childhood program requirements for courses leading to the nationally recognized child development associate credential or college-level courses leading to an associate's degree or bachelor's degree in early childhood development and school-age care; and (2) education incentives of a minimum of $250 to participants in the tuition scholarship program if they complete a year of working in the early care and education field. (b) Applicants for the scholarship must be employed by a licensed or certified early childhood or child care program and working directly with children, a licensed family child care provider, employed by a public prekindergarten program, employed by a Head Start program, or an employee in a school-age program exempt from licensing under section 142B.05, subdivision 2 , paragraph (a), clause (8). Lower wage earners must be given priority in awarding the tuition scholarships. Scholarship recipients must contribute at least ten percent of the total scholarship and must be sponsored by their employers, who must also contribute at least five percent of the total scholarship. Scholarship recipients who work in licensed family child care under Minnesota Rules, chapter 9502, must contribute at least ten percent of the total scholarship and are not required to receive employer sponsorship or employer match.

§ Subd. 3. Advisory committee. The TEACH early childhood and Minnesota early childhood teacher education incentive programs may have an advisory board as prescribed by the national TEACH organization.

§ Subd. 4. Administration. A nonprofit organization that receives a grant under this section may use ten percent of the grant amount to administer the program.
Minn. Stat. § 219.92 — MN Code / Part 218_222 / Chapter 219 / Section 219.92
§ 219.92 NEW ROAD.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Completion notice; filing. Before opening to public use a railroad branch, extension, or other railroad constructed by a railroad company, the company (1) shall notify the commissioner that it is finished, safe for operation, and in full compliance with federal track safety standards, and (2) shall file with the commissioner a map and profile of the construction with a table of grades, curvatures, and mileage, a statement of other characteristics of the road, and an itemized statement showing the actual cost of the construction; all in a form complying with the federal track safety standards and attested to by oath of the president or other managing officer and the chief engineer of the company.

§ Subd. 2. Inspection. Before the new line is operated as a public road, the commissioner shall inspect it or have it inspected by the state federal track safety inspectors, and furnish the company with a certificate showing compliance with subdivision 1 and that the road has been inspected and found safe for operation.

§ Subd. 3. Use before completion. When found desirable to operate before completion a portion of a newly built railroad or a new branch, extension, or otherwise, the commissioner, on application, may authorize the operation of the new portion pending completion of the entire road under terms and conditions the commissioner may impose in the interests of the public.
Minn. Stat. § 412.561 — MN Code / Part 410_414 / Chapter 412 / Section 412.561
§ 412.561 APPLICABLE LAW; SAME RIGHTS, LIABILITIES, PROCEEDINGS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Consistent laws apply. All laws of the state applicable to a city before the adoption of an optional plan and not inconsistent with the provisions relating to such plan shall apply to and govern the city after the adoption of any optional plan.

§ Subd. 2. Ordinances, resolutions. Any ordinance or resolution in effect at the time of adoption of such plan shall continue in effect until duly amended or repealed, notwithstanding the adoption of such optional plan.

§ Subd. 3. Same rights, liabilities, proceedings; exception. No valid and legally subsisting right or liability and no judicial proceeding shall be affected by any such change of government, unless otherwise provided.
Minn. Stat. § 325D.55 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325D / Section 325D.55
§ 325D.55 EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Labor, electrical, agricultural, or horticultural organizations. Nothing contained in sections 325D.49 to 325D.66 , shall be construed to forbid the existence or operation of labor, electrical, agricultural, or horticultural organizations, including organizations that operate aquatic farms, as defined in section 17.47, subdivision 3 , that are instituted for the purpose of mutual help, and not conducted for profit, or to forbid or restrain individual members of such organizations from lawfully carrying out the legitimate objects thereof; nor shall such organizations, or the members thereof, be held or construed to be illegal combinations or conspiracies in restraint of trade under the provisions of sections 325D.49 to 325D.66 , when lawfully carrying out the legitimate objects hereof.

§ Subd. 2. Government permitted or regulated actions or arrangements. (a) Nothing contained in sections 325D.49 to 325D.66 , shall apply to actions or arrangements otherwise permitted, or regulated by any regulatory body or officer acting under statutory authority of this state or the United States. (b) Paragraph (a) includes programs established and operated by nonprofit organizations under the supervision of the supreme court that provide legal services to low-income persons at reduced fees based on a fee structure approved by the supreme court. The nonprofit organization shall submit a proposed fee structure, including hourly rates, to the supreme court at least once each calendar year. The supreme court may approve the proposed fee structure or establish another fee structure.

§ Subd. 3. Collective bargaining agreements. Nothing in sections 325D.49 to 325D.66 , shall apply to agreements among employers or agreements among labor unions made for the purpose of furthering the position of any of the agreeing employers or agreeing unions in the course of the collective bargaining process.
Minn. Stat. § 62J.0416 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62J / Section 62J.0416
§ 62J.0416 IDENTIFY STRATEGIES FOR REDUCTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SPENDING AND LOW-VALUE CARE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner of health shall develop recommendations for strategies to reduce the volume and growth of administrative spending by health care organizations and group purchasers, and the magnitude of low-value care delivered to Minnesota residents. The commissioner shall:

(1) review the availability of data and identify gaps in the data infrastructure to estimate aggregated and disaggregated administrative spending and low-value care;

(2) based on available data, estimate the volume and change over time of administrative spending and low-value care in Minnesota;

(3) conduct an environmental scan and key informant interviews with experts in health care finance, health economics, health care management or administration, and the administration of health insurance benefits to determine drivers of spending growth for spending on administrative services or the provision of low-value care; and

(4) convene a clinical learning community and an employer task force to review the evidence from clauses (1) to (3) and develop a set of actionable strategies to address administrative spending volume and growth and the magnitude of the volume of low-value care.

(b) By March 31, 2025, the commissioner shall deliver the recommendations to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over health and human services finance and policy.
Minn. Stat. § 135A.0431 — MN Code / Part 135A_137 / Chapter 135A / Section 135A.0431
§ 135A.0431 MILITARY VETERANS; RESIDENT TUITION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is honorably discharged from the armed forces of the United States is entitled to the resident tuition rate at Minnesota public postsecondary institutions.

(b) This section is in addition to any other statute, rule, or higher education institution regulation or policy providing eligibility for a resident tuition rate or its equivalent to a student.
Minn. Stat. § 137.60 — MN Code / Part 135A_137 / Chapter 137 / Section 137.60
§ 137.60 EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

The board may not acquire the fire station number 19 building for the construction of the stadium and related infrastructure, either directly or indirectly, through the exercise of the power of eminent domain.
Minn. Stat. § 527.41 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 527 / Section 527.41
§ 527.41 APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

Sections 527.21 to 527.40 apply to a transfer within the scope of section 527.22 made after January 1, 1986, if:

(1) the transfer purports to have been made under Minnesota Statutes 1984, sections 527.01 to 527.11 ; or

(2) the instrument by which the transfer purports to have been made uses in substance the designation "as custodian under the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act" or "as custodian under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act" of any other state, and the application of sections 527.21 to 527.40 is necessary to validate the transfer.
Minn. Stat. § 161.167 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 161 / Section 161.167
§ 161.167 REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

Members of the appeal board shall submit to the commissioner an itemized list of the expenses incurred in disposing of matters presented to them. The appeal board members shall be reimbursed for all reasonable expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties. The commissioner shall pay these costs out of the trunk highway fund.
Minn. Stat. § 447.06 — MN Code / Part 447_450 / Chapter 447 / Section 447.06
§ 447.06 ACQUISITION OF SITES AND PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

A city mentioned in section 447.05 may acquire property by gift, purchase, or condemnation, to establish, maintain, equip, improve, own, and operate a hospital, hospital site, or hospital grounds within the city limits. The city may hold, own, and operate a hospital, hospital grounds and sites, and other real and personal property previously transferred or conveyed to it for hospital purposes.
Minn. Stat. § 268.193 — MN Code / Part 268_269 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.193
§ 268.193 POSTSECONDARY UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AID.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Postsecondary institutions. For the purposes of this section, "eligible postsecondary institution" means: (1) the University of Minnesota; (2) a postsecondary institution governed by the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; or (3) a Tribal college, which includes Leech Lake Tribal College, White Earth Tribal College, or Red Lake Nation Tribal College.

§ Subd. 2. Unemployment insurance aid. Eligible postsecondary institutions are eligible to receive unemployment insurance aid under this section. For each fiscal year, an eligible entity's aid is the difference between fiscal year 2022's unemployment insurance costs and the current year's unemployment insurance costs, as reflected in the unemployment insurance employer accounts maintained by the state. If the total eligible unemployment insurance aid for a fiscal year is greater than the annual appropriation for that year, the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities or the commissioner of the Office of Higher Education, as applicable, must proportionately reduce the aid payment to each eligible entity.
Minn. Stat. § 321.0404 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 321 / Section 321.0404
§ 321.0404 GENERAL PARTNER'S LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c), all general partners are liable jointly and severally for all obligations of the limited partnership unless otherwise agreed by the claimant or provided by law.

(b) A person that becomes a general partner of an existing limited partnership is not personally liable for an obligation of a limited partnership incurred before the person became a general partner.

(c) An obligation of a limited partnership incurred while the limited partnership is a limited liability limited partnership, whether arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, is solely the obligation of the limited partnership. A general partner is not personally liable, directly or indirectly, by way of contribution or otherwise, for such an obligation solely by reason of being or acting as a general partner. This subsection applies despite anything inconsistent in the partnership agreement that existed immediately before the consent required to become a limited liability limited partnership under section 321.0406(b)(2).
Minn. Stat. § 274.11 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 274 / Section 274.11
§ 274.11 TAXES A LIEN ON PROPERTY IN EXAMINER'S LIST.
Status: in_force

The taxes upon the property on the list of the examiner under section 274.10 , and found to have been omitted from or undervalued in the tax list for any year, is a lien upon all the real property owned in the county by any person named in it as the owner. The lien attaches at the time the list is filed with the county auditor. The lien continues until the taxes are paid. The lien may be satisfied from the proceeds of the sale of any property in the county owned by the person.
Minn. Stat. § 65A.297 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 65A / Section 65A.297
§ 65A.297 ACTIVE DUTY MEMBER OF ARMED SERVICES RESERVE OR NATIONAL GUARD; USE IN UNDERWRITING PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

No insurer, including the Minnesota FAIR plan, shall refuse to renew, decline to offer or write, reduce the limits of, cancel, or charge differential rates for equivalent coverage for any coverage in a homeowner's policy because the dwelling is vacant or occupied by a caretaker if the insured's absence is caused solely by the insured being called to active duty as a member of the armed services reserve or the National Guard.
Minn. Stat. § 508A.48 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 508A / Section 508A.48
§ 508A.48 FILED INSTRUMENT AFFECTING TITLE IS NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) Every conveyance, lien, attachment, order, decree, or judgment, or other instrument or proceeding, which would affect the title to unregistered land under existing laws, if recorded, or filed with the county recorder, shall, in like manner, affect the title to land registered under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 if filed and registered with the registrar in the county where the real estate is situated, and shall be notice to all persons from the time of the registering or filing of the interests therein created. Neither the reference in a registered instrument to an unregistered instrument or interest nor the joinder in a registered instrument by a party or parties with no registered interest shall constitute notice, either actual or constructive, of an unregistered interest.

(b) An instrument acknowledged in a representative capacity as defined in section 358.52 on behalf of a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or trust that is otherwise entitled to be recorded shall be recorded if the acknowledgment made in a representative capacity is substantially in the form prescribed in chapter 358 , without further inquiry into the authority of the person making the acknowledgment.
Minn. Stat. § 59A.12 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 59A / Section 59A.12
§ 59A.12 APPLICATION OF UNEARNED PREMIUMS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Pro rata return after cancellation. Whenever a financed insurance contract is canceled, within 30 days of the effective date of cancellation, if the premium finance company has notified the insurer that the premiums are financed, the insurer shall return whatever gross unearned premiums, computed pro rata, are due under the insurance contract to the premium finance company for the account of the insured or insureds. This action by the insurer satisfies the insurer's obligations under the insurance contract which relate to the return of the unearned premiums.

§ Subd. 2. Premium audit; determination of final premium amount. In the event that a premium is subject to an audit to determine the final premium amount, the gross unearned premium will be calculated upon the deposit premium and the insurer shall return whatever gross unearned premiums are due based upon the deposit rather than the actual unearned premium to the finance company for the account of the insured or insureds.

§ Subd. 3. Assigned risk policies. Assigned risk policies shall be handled in conformance with section 59A.11 and subdivisions 1 and 2.

§ Subd. 4. Refund to insured. If the crediting of returned premiums to the account of the insured results in a surplus over the amount due from the insured, the premium finance company must refund the excess to the insured within 30 days after receipt of the returned premium; but no refund is required if it amounts to less than $1.

§ Subd. 5. Return of unearned premium; notice to policyholder. Whenever an insurer, after having been advised that an insurance policy has been financed by a premium finance agreement, returns an unearned premium on such a policy, the insurer shall deliver or mail to the policyholder a notice that includes the following information: the amount of premium paid, the term of the policy, the date coverage began and ceased, the amount of the unearned premium, the name of the party receiving the funds, and a statement of the obligation of the premium finance company to return within 30 days of receipt of the unearned premium any amount of the unearned premium in excess of the amount owed by the policyholder to the premium finance company.
Minn. Stat. § 501C.0502 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 501C / Section 501C.0502
§ 501C.0502 SPENDTHRIFT PROVISION.
Status: in_force

(a) A trust has a valid spendthrift provision if:

(1) the trust includes a provision that restricts both voluntary and involuntary transfers of a beneficiary's interest; or

(2) by the terms of the trust instrument, the settlor manifests an intention to impose restrictions on both voluntary and involuntary transfers of a beneficiary's interest.

(b) A term of a trust providing that the interest of a beneficiary is held subject to a "spendthrift trust," or words of similar import, is sufficient to restrict both voluntary and involuntary transfers of the beneficiary's interest.

(c) For the purposes of this section, neither a valid disclaimer nor the exercise of a limited power of appointment is a voluntary transfer.

(d) A beneficiary may not transfer an interest in a trust in violation of a valid spendthrift provision and a creditor or assignee of the beneficiary may not reach the interest or a distribution by the trustee before its receipt by the beneficiary.
Minn. Stat. § 97B.305 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97B / Section 97B.305
§ 97B.305 COMMISSIONER MAY LIMIT NUMBER OF DEER HUNTERS.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may limit the number of persons that may hunt deer in an area if it is necessary to prevent an overharvest or improve the distribution of hunters. The commissioner may, by rule, establish a method, including a drawing, to impartially select the hunters for an area. The commissioner shall give preference to hunters that have previously applied and have not been selected.