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Minn. Stat. § 515A.2-102 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 515A / Section 515A.2-102
§ 515A.2-102 UNIT BOUNDARIES.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by the declaration:

(1) If walls, floors, or ceilings are designated as boundaries of a unit, all lath, furring, wallboard, plasterboard, plaster, paneling, tiles, wallpaper, paint, finished flooring, and any other materials constituting any part of the finished surfaces thereof are a part of the unit, and all other portions of the walls, floors, or ceilings are a part of the common elements.

(2) If any chute, flue, duct, pipe, wire, conduit, bearing wall, bearing column, or any other fixture lies partially within and partially outside of the designated boundaries of a unit, any portion thereof serving only that unit is a limited common element allocated solely to that unit, and any portion thereof serving more than one unit or any portion of the common elements is a part of the common elements.

(3) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), all spaces, interior partitions, and other fixtures and improvements within the boundaries of a unit are a part of the unit.

(4) All exterior doors and windows and any shutters, awnings, window boxes, doorsteps, stoops, porches, balconies, patios, or other fixtures designed to serve a single unit, but located outside the unit's boundaries, are limited common elements allocated exclusively to that unit.
Minn. Stat. § 577.07 — MN Code / Part 570_583 / Chapter 577 / Section 577.07
§ 577.07 FRAUDULENT CONVEYANCES.
Status: in_force

In all cases of general assignments for the benefit of creditors, the assignee shall represent the creditors of the assignor as against all transfers and conveyances of the assignor's property which were fraudulent as to them, and shall have all the rights of such creditors in their avoidance.
Minn. Stat. § 17.04 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17.04
§ 17.04 ENFORCEMENT OF FOOD LAWS.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall cause to be enforced all the provisions of all laws designed to prevent fraud and deception in the manufacture and sale of food and the several ingredients thereof, and shall have authority to take all proper educational measures to foster and promote the manufacture and sale of pure food products.
Minn. Stat. § 115.067 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 115 / Section 115.067
§ 115.067 BELOW-GRADE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS; PROHIBITION; EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

The construction or operation of a depository for hazardous waste or radioactive waste in whole or in part below the natural grade of the land where it is located is prohibited unless the person proposing to construct or operate the depository demonstrates that the depository cannot reasonably be expected to cause the pollution of potable water.
Minn. Stat. § 322C.1003 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 322C / Section 322C.1003
§ 322C.1003 ACTION ON PLAN OF MERGER OR EXCHANGE BY CONSTITUENT LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Member consent required. Subject to section 322C.1015 , a plan of merger or exchange must be consented to by all the members of a constituent limited liability company.

§ Subd. 2. Amendment of plan or abandonment of merger or exchange. Subject to section 322C.1015 and any contractual rights, after a merger or exchange is approved, and at any time before the merger or exchange becomes effective according to this chapter, a constituent limited liability company may amend the plan or abandon the merger or exchange: (1) as provided in the plan; or (2) except as otherwise prohibited in the plan, with the same consent as was required to approve the plan.
Minn. Stat. § 463.16 — MN Code / Part 460_463 / Chapter 463 / Section 463.16
§ 463.16 REPAIR OR REMOVE HAZARDOUS PROPERTY CONDITION.
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality may order the owner of any hazardous building or property within the municipality to correct or remove the hazardous condition of the building or property or to raze or remove the building.
Minn. Stat. § 97B.431 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97B / Section 97B.431
§ 97B.431 BEAR-HUNTING OUTFITTERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not place bait for bear, or guide hunters to take bear, for compensation without a bear-hunting-outfitter license. A bear-hunting outfitter is not required to have a license to take bear unless the outfitter is attempting to shoot a bear. The commissioner shall adopt rules for qualifications for issuance and administration of the licenses.

(b) The commissioner shall establish a resident master bear-hunting-outfitter license under which one person serves as the bear-hunting outfitter and one other person is eligible to guide and bait bear. Additional persons may be added to the license and are eligible to guide and bait bear under the license, provided the additional fee under section 97A.475, subdivision 16 , is paid for each person added. The commissioner shall adopt rules for qualifications for issuance and administration of the licenses. The commissioner must not require a person to have certification or training in first aid or CPR to be eligible for a license under this section.
Minn. Stat. § 54.294 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 54 / Section 54.294
§ 54.294 ANNUAL EXAMINATION; INFORMATIONAL REPORTS; COST OF EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Documents filed for examination. Notwithstanding the examination frequency prescribed by section 46.04 , the examination of the face amount certificate companies described in Minnesota Statutes 1974, section 54.26 , shall be carried out on an annual basis by the commissioner. In conducting such examination, the commissioner may utilize reports which have been audited and attested to by independent certified public accountants. The procedures employed by the independent certified public accountants shall conform to generally accepted auditing standards. Each face amount certificate investment company shall file with the commissioner copies of its prospectuses, semiannual and annual reports to shareholders, S-1 registration statements and amendments thereto, and annual reports to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, all as filed pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. The commissioner may accept as filed copies of the foregoing material previously filed with the commissioner of commerce. Other face amount certificate investment companies described in Minnesota Statutes 1974, section 54.26 , shall file with the commissioner copies of their semiannual and annual reports, which annual reports have been audited and attested to by independent certified public accountants as to assets maintained on deposit and the value thereof, and semiannual and annual reports, which annual reports have been certified by independent certified public accountants, as to certificate liabilities.

§ Subd. 2. Company to pay expenses. Face amount certificate investment companies subject to the supervision of the commissioner of commerce shall pay to the commissioner of commerce the actual necessary expenses incurred by the commissioner of commerce in the performance of duties and the exercise of powers of examination, including all salaries, wages, and expenses of examiners employed by the commissioner to make examinations provided for by law. In addition, such companies shall be assessed and shall pay examination fees in accordance with the provisions of section 46.131 .
Minn. Stat. § 148F.06 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 148F / Section 148F.06
§ 148F.06 VOLUNTARY TERMINATION.
Status: in_force

A license may be voluntarily terminated by the licensee at any time upon written notification to the board, unless a complaint is pending against the licensee. The notification must be received by the board prior to termination of the license for failure to renew. A former licensee may be licensed again only after complying with the relicensure following termination requirements under section 148F.065 . For purposes of this section, the board retains jurisdiction over any licensee whose license has been voluntarily terminated and against whom the board receives a complaint for conduct occurring during the period of licensure.
Minn. Stat. § 116.481 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 116 / Section 116.481
§ 116.481 MONITORING.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Measuring tank capacity. (a) By September 1, 1996, all aboveground tanks of 2,000 gallons or more used for storage and subsequent resale of petroleum products must be equipped with: (1) a gauge in working order that shows the current level of product in the tank; or (2) an audible or visual alarm which alerts the person delivering fuel into the tank that the tank is within 100 gallons of capacity. (b) In lieu of the equipment specified in paragraph (a), the owner or operator of a tank may use a manual method of measurement which accurately determines the amount of product in the tank and the amount of capacity available to be used. This information must be readily available to anyone delivering fuel into the tank prior to delivery. Documentation that a tank has the available capacity for the amount of product to be delivered must be transmitted to the person making the delivery.

§ Subd. 2. Contents labeled. (a) By December 1, 1995, all aboveground tanks governed by this section must be numbered and labeled as to the tank contents, total capacity, and capacity in volume increments of 500 gallons or less. (b) Piping connected to the tank must be labeled with the product carried at the point of delivery and at the tank inlet. Manifolded delivery points must have all valves labeled as to product distribution.

§ Subd. 3. Site diagram. (a) All tanks at a facility shall be shown on a site diagram which is permanently mounted in an area accessible to delivery personnel. The diagram shall show the number, capacity, and contents of tanks and the location of piping, valves, storm sewers, and other information necessary for emergency response, including the facility owner's or operator's telephone number. (b) Prior to delivering product into an underground or aboveground tank, delivery personnel shall: (1) consult the site diagram, where applicable, for proper delivery points, tank and piping locations, and valve settings; (2) visually inspect the tank, piping, and valve settings to determine that the product being delivered will flow only into the appropriate tank; and (3) determine, using equipment and information available at the site, that the available capacity of the tank is sufficient to hold the amount being delivered. (c) Delivery personnel must remain in attendance during delivery.

§ Subd. 4. Capacity of tank. A tank may not be filled from a transport vehicle compartment containing more than the available capacity of the tank, unless the hose of the transport vehicle is equipped with a manually operated shutoff nozzle.

§ Subd. 5. Exemption. Aboveground and underground tanks located at refineries, pipeline terminals, and river terminals are exempt from this section.
Minn. Stat. § 116.915 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 116 / Section 116.915
§ 116.915 MERCURY REDUCTION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Goal. It is the goal of the state to reduce mercury contamination by reducing the release of mercury into the air and water of the state by 60 percent from 1990 levels by December 31, 2000, and by 70 percent from 1990 levels by December 31, 2005. The goal applies to the statewide total of releases from existing and new sources of mercury. The commissioner shall publish updated estimates of 1990 releases in the State Register.

§ Subd. 2. Reduction strategies. The commissioner shall implement the strategies recommended by the Mercury Contamination Reduction Initiative Advisory Council and identified on pages 31 to 42 of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's report entitled "Report on the Mercury Contamination Reduction Initiative Advisory Council's Results and Recommendations" as transmitted to the legislature by the commissioner's letter dated March 15, 1999. The commissioner shall solicit, by July 1, 1999, voluntary reduction agreements from sources that emit more than 50 pounds of mercury per year.

§ Subd. 3. [Obsolete, 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 161 ]
Minn. Stat. § 241.20 — MN Code / Part 241_244 / Chapter 241 / Section 241.20
§ 241.20 INMATES TO DO CONSERVATION WORK.
Status: in_force

Whenever the commissioner of corrections deems it conducive to the rehabilitation of inmates of correctional institutions under the commissioner's control the commissioner may use selected inmates in the general improvement, maintenance, conservation, reforestation, soil erosion control, soil rehabilitation, and cultivation of any land within the control of the commissioner and, pursuant to agreement with the head of any other state department or agency, of lands under control of such department or agency.
Minn. Stat. § 357.32 — MN Code / Part 357_359 / Chapter 357 / Section 357.32
§ 357.32 WITNESS; WHEN AND HOW PAID.
Status: in_force

When it appears that any witness subpoenaed or required to appear on behalf of the state has come from another state or country or is indigent, the court may, by order upon the minutes, direct the county treasurer to pay the witness a reasonable sum for expenses. When a prosecution in the name of the state fails, or the defendant proves insolvent, escapes, or is unable to pay the fees when convicted, they shall be paid out of the county treasury, unless otherwise ordered by the court. The court administrator of court upon request of the county attorney or the attorney general may issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses in behalf of the state or county without payment of fees in advance; and, in criminal cases, the witnesses for the defendant shall also be compelled to attend without payment of fees in advance, and failure to attend after being served with a subpoena shall subject any witness to be proceeded against in the same manner as provided by law in other cases where payment of fees is required to be paid in advance. The court administrator of any court in which a witness has attended on behalf of the state in a civil action shall give the witness a certificate of attendance and travel, which entitles the witness to receive the amount from the county treasurer.
Minn. Stat. § 216C.08 — MN Code / Part 216_217 / Chapter 216C / Section 216C.08
§ 216C.08 JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner has sole authority and responsibility to administer this chapter. Other laws notwithstanding, the authority granted to the commissioner under this section supersedes the authority given any other agency whenever overlapping, duplication, or additional administrative or legal procedures might occur in administering this chapter. The commissioner shall consult with other state departments or agencies in matters related to energy and shall contract with the other state departments or agencies to provide appropriate services to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. Any other department, agency, or official of this state or political subdivision thereof which would in any way affect the administration or enforcement of this chapter shall cooperate and coordinate all activities with the commissioner to assure orderly and efficient administration and enforcement of this chapter.

(b) The commissioner shall designate a liaison officer whose duty shall be to insure the maximum possible consistency in procedures and to eliminate duplication between the commissioner and the other agencies that may be involved in energy.
Minn. Stat. § 31.783 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 31 / Section 31.783
§ 31.783 RULES, SCOPE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Rules. The commissioner shall administer and enforce the provisions of sections 31.781 to 31.789 by rules adopted prior to October 1, 1973 pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act.

§ Subd. 2. 90 days or less. Perishable foods which bear a quality assurance date of 90 days or less from the date of packaging shall be dated in accordance with the rules adopted pursuant to sections 31.781 to 31.789 .

§ Subd. 3. More than 90 days. Perishable foods which bear a quality assurance date of more than 90 days from the date of packaging may require dating in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to sections 31.781 to 31.789 .

§ Subd. 4. Waiver of rule. Whenever the commissioner has reason to believe that any rule adopted pursuant to sections 31.781 to 31.789 is inappropriate or unsuitable to any particular perishable food product or products, the commissioner may, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, waive the application of such rules as to such product or products.
Minn. Stat. § 121A.55 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 121A / Section 121A.55
§ 121A.55 POLICIES TO BE ESTABLISHED.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner of education must promulgate guidelines to assist each school board. Each school board must establish uniform criteria for dismissal and adopt written policies and rules to effectuate the purposes of sections 121A.40 to 121A.56 . The policies must include nonexclusionary disciplinary policies and practices consistent with section 121A.41, subdivision 12 , and must emphasize preventing dismissals through early detection of problems. The policies must be designed to address students' inappropriate behavior from recurring.

(b) The policies must recognize the continuing responsibility of the school for the education of the pupil during the dismissal period.

(c) The school is responsible for ensuring that alternative educational services, if the pupil wishes to take advantage of them, must be adequate to allow the pupil to make progress toward meeting the graduation standards adopted under section 120B.02 and help prepare the pupil for readmission in accordance with section 121A.46, subdivision 5 .

(d) For expulsion and exclusion dismissals and pupil withdrawal agreements as defined in section 121A.41, subdivision 13 :

(1) for a pupil who remains enrolled in the district or is awaiting enrollment in a new district, a school district's continuing responsibility includes reviewing the pupil's schoolwork and grades on a quarterly basis to ensure the pupil is on track for readmission with the pupil's peers. A school district must communicate on a regular basis with the pupil's parent or guardian to ensure that the pupil is completing the work assigned through the alternative educational services as defined in section 121A.41, subdivision 11 . These services are required until the pupil enrolls in another school or returns to the same school;

(2) a pupil receiving school-based or school-linked mental health services in the district under section 245.4889 continues to be eligible for those services until the pupil is enrolled in a new district; and

(3) a school district must provide to the pupil's parent or guardian information on accessing mental health services, including any free or sliding fee providers in the community. The information must also be posted on the district or charter school website.

(e) An area learning center under section 123A.05 may not prohibit an expelled or excluded pupil from enrolling solely because a district expelled or excluded the pupil. The board of the area learning center may use the provisions of the Pupil Fair Dismissal Act to exclude a pupil or to require an admission plan.

(f) Each school district shall develop a policy and report it to the commissioner on the appropriate use of peace officers and crisis teams to remove students who have an individualized education program from school grounds.
Minn. Stat. § 548.64 — MN Code / Part 540_552 / Chapter 548 / Section 548.64
§ 548.64 SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

Sections 548.64 to 548.74 may be cited as the "Uniform Registration of Canadian Money Judgments Act."
Minn. Stat. § 25.36 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 25 / Section 25.36
§ 25.36 MISBRANDING.
Status: in_force

A commercial feed is misbranded if:

(1) its labeling is false or misleading in any particular;

(2) it is distributed under the name of another commercial feed;

(3) it is not labeled as required in section 25.35 ;

(4) it purports to be or is represented as a commercial feed or it purports to contain or is represented as containing a commercial feed ingredient unless that commercial feed or feed ingredient conforms to the definition, if any, prescribed by rule by the commissioner;

(5) any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of sections 25.31 to 25.43 to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently placed on it with such conspicuousness as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices in the labeling, and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use; or

(6) its labeling would deceive or mislead the purchaser with respect to its composition or suitability.
Minn. Stat. § 241.252 — MN Code / Part 241_244 / Chapter 241 / Section 241.252
§ 241.252 FREE COMMUNICATION SERVICES FOR INCARCERATED PERSONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Free communication services. (a) A state adult or juvenile facility under the control of the commissioner of corrections must provide incarcerated persons with voice communication services. A facility may supplement voice communication services with other communication services, including but not limited to video communication and email or electronic messaging services. A facility must at least continue to offer the services the facility offered as of January 1, 2023. (b) To the extent that voice communication services are provided, which must not be limited beyond program participation and routine facility policies and procedures, neither the individual initiating the communication nor the individual receiving the communication must be charged for the service.

§ Subd. 2. Voice communication services restrictions. Nothing in this section allows an incarcerated person to violate an active protection order, harassment restraining order, or other no-contact order or directive.

§ Subd. 3. State revenue prohibited. A state agency must not receive revenue from the provision of voice communication services or any other communication services under this section, but an agency may collect commissions on communication services provided under any contract entered into before January 1, 2023.

§ Subd. 4. Visitation programs. (a) Facilities shall maintain in-person visits for incarcerated persons, and communication services must not be used to replace a facility's in-person visitation program. (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the commissioner may waive the in-person visitation program requirement under this subdivision if there is: (1) a declared emergency under section 12.31 ; or (2) a local-, state-, or federal-declared natural disaster.

§ Subd. 5. Reporting. The Department of Corrections must include the following information covering the previous calendar year in its annual performance report required under section 241.016 : (1) its efforts to renegotiate the agency's communication contracts, including the rates the agency is paying or charging incarcerated people or community members for any and all services in the contracts; (2) a complete and detailed accounting of how legislatively appropriated funds for communication services are spent, including spending on expenses previously covered by commissions; and (3) data on usage of all communication services, including monthly call and message volume.

§ Subd. 6. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given: (1) "voice communications" means real-time, audio-only communication services, namely phone calls made over wireline telephony, voice over Internet protocol, or any other technology infrastructure; and (2) "other communication services" means communication services other than voice communications, including but not limited to video calls and electronic messages.