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Minn. Stat. § 58B.011 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 58B / Section 58B.011
§ 58B.011 STUDENT LOAN ADVOCATE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Designation of a student loan advocate. The commissioner of commerce must designate a student loan advocate within the Department of Commerce to provide timely assistance to borrowers and to effectuate this chapter.

§ Subd. 2. Duties. The student loan advocate has the following duties: (1) receive, review, and attempt to resolve complaints from borrowers, including but not limited to attempts to resolve borrower complaints in collaboration with institutions of higher education, student loan servicers, and any other participants in student loan lending; (2) compile and analyze data on borrower complaints received under clause (1); (3) help borrowers understand the rights and responsibilities under the terms of student loans; (4) provide information to the public, state agencies, legislators, and relevant stakeholders regarding the problems and concerns of borrowers; (5) make recommendations to resolve the problems of borrowers; (6) analyze and monitor the development and implementation of federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and policies relating to borrowers, and recommend any changes deemed necessary; (7) review the complete student loan history for any borrower who has provided written consent to conduct the review; (8) increase public awareness that the advocate is available to assist in resolving the student loan servicing concerns of potential and actual borrowers, institutions of higher education, student loan servicers, and any other participant in student loan lending; and (9) take other actions as necessary to fulfill the duties of the advocate, as provided under this section.

§ Subd. 3. Student loan education course. The advocate must establish and maintain a borrower education course. The course must include educational presentations and materials regarding important topics in student loans, including but not limited to: (1) the meaning of important terminology used in student lending; (2) documentation requirements; (3) monthly payment obligations; (4) income-based repayment options; (5) the availability of state and federal loan forgiveness programs; and (6) disclosure requirements.

§ Subd. 4. Reporting. By January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the advocate must report to the legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over commerce and higher education. The report must describe the advocate's implementation of this section, the outcomes achieved by the advocate during the previous two years, and recommendations to improve the regulation of student loan servicers.
Minn. Stat. § 245G.19 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 245G / Section 245G.19
§ 245G.19 LICENSE HOLDERS SERVING CLIENTS WITH CHILDREN.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Health license requirements. In addition to the requirements of sections 245G.01 to 245G.17 , a license holder that offers supervision of a child of a client is subject to the requirements of this section. A license holder providing room and board for a client and the client's child must have an appropriate facility license from the Department of Health.

§ Subd. 2. Supervision of a child. "Supervision of a child" means a caregiver is within sight or hearing of an infant, toddler, or preschooler at all times so that the caregiver can intervene to protect the child's health and safety. For a school-age child it means a caregiver is available to help and care for the child to protect the child's health and safety.

§ Subd. 3. Policy and schedule required. A license holder must meet the following requirements: (1) have a policy and schedule delineating the times and circumstances when the license holder is responsible for supervision of a child in the program and when the child's parents are responsible for supervision of a child. The policy must explain how the program will communicate its policy about supervision of a child responsibility to the parent; and (2) have written procedures addressing the actions a staff member must take if a child is neglected or abused, including while the child is under the supervision of the child's parent.

§ Subd. 4. Additional licensing requirements. During the times the license holder is responsible for the supervision of a child, except for license holders described in subdivision 5, the license holder must meet the following standards: (1) child and adult ratios in Minnesota Rules, part 9502.0367 ; (2) day care training in section 142B.70 ; (3) behavior guidance in Minnesota Rules, part 9502.0395 ; (4) activities and equipment in Minnesota Rules, part 9502.0415 ; (5) physical environment in Minnesota Rules, part 9502.0425 ; (6) physical space requirements in section 142B.72 ; and (7) water, food, and nutrition in Minnesota Rules, part 9502.0445 , unless the license holder has a license from the Department of Health.

§ Subd. 5. Child care license exemption. (a) License holders that only provide supervision of children for less than three hours a day while the child's parent is in the same building or contiguous building as allowed by the exclusion from licensure in section 245A.03, subdivision 2 , paragraph (a), clause (6), are exempt from the requirements of subdivision 4 if the requirements of this subdivision are met. (b) During the times the license holder is responsible for the supervision of the child, there must always be a staff member present who is responsible for supervising the child who is trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid. This staff person must be able to immediately contact the child's parent at all times.
Minn. Stat. § 15.001 — MN Code / Part 14_15A / Chapter 15 / Section 15.001
§ 15.001 APPLICATION OF LAWS 2005, CHAPTER 56, TERMINOLOGY CHANGES.
Status: in_force

State agencies shall use the terminology changes specified in Laws 2005, chapter 56, section 1, when printed material and signage are replaced and new printed material and signage are obtained. State agencies do not have to replace existing printed material and signage to comply with Laws 2005, chapter 56, sections 1 and 2. Language changes made according to Laws 2005, chapter 56, sections 1 and 2, shall not expand or exclude eligibility to services.
Minn. Stat. § 244.43 — MN Code / Part 241_244 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.43
§ 244.43 EARNED INCENTIVE RELEASE CREDIT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Policy for earned incentive release credit; stakeholder consultation. (a) To encourage and support rehabilitation when consistent with the public interest and public safety, the commissioner must establish a policy providing for earned incentive release credit as a part of the term of imprisonment. The policy must be established in consultation with the following organizations: (1) Minnesota County Attorneys Association; (2) Minnesota Board of Public Defense; (3) Minnesota Association of Community Corrections Act Counties; (4) Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition; (5) Violence Free Minnesota; (6) Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault; (7) Minnesota Alliance on Crime; (8) Minnesota Sheriffs' Association; (9) Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association; (10) Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association; and (11) faith-based organizations that reflect the demographics of the incarcerated population. (b) The policy must: (1) provide circumstances upon which an incarcerated person may receive earned incentive release credits, including participation in rehabilitative programming under section 244.03 ; and (2) address circumstances where: (i) the capacity to provide rehabilitative programming in the correctional facility is diminished but the programming is available in the community; and (ii) the conditions under which the incarcerated person could be released to the community-based resource but remain subject to commitment to the commissioner and could be considered for earned incentive release credit.

§ Subd. 2. Policy on disparities. The commissioner must develop a policy establishing a process for assessing and addressing any systemic and programmatic gender and racial disparities that may be identified when awarding earned incentive release credits.
Minn. Stat. § 3.09 — MN Code / Part 3_3E / Chapter 3 / Section 3.09
§ 3.09 COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

The compensation of officers and employees shall be at the rates fixed by the permanent rules of the electing or appointing body or recommended by its Committee on Rules.
Minn. Stat. § 87A.01 — MN Code / Part 85_87A / Chapter 87A / Section 87A.01
§ 87A.01 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 87A.01 to 87A.08 .

§ Subd. 2. Person. "Person" means an individual, association, proprietorship, partnership, corporation, club, political subdivision, or other legal entity.

§ Subd. 3. Shooting range or range. "Shooting range" or "range" means an area or facility designated or operated primarily for the use of firearms, as defined in section 97A.015, subdivision 19 , or archery, and includes shooting preserves as described in section 97A.115 or any other Minnesota law.

§ Subd. 4. Shooting range performance standards. "Shooting range performance standards" means the best practices for shooting range performance standards identified in section 87A.02 .

§ Subd. 5. Local unit of government. "Local unit of government" means a home rule charter or statutory city, county, town, or other political subdivision.
Minn. Stat. § 66A.01 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 66A / Section 66A.01
§ 66A.01 SCOPE OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall apply to mutual insurance companies other than: assessment benefit associations, fraternal benefit societies, township mutual insurance companies and title insurers. Sections 66A.08 to 66A.311 do not apply to mutual life insurance companies.

Sections 60A.07, subdivision 1 , clauses (1) and (2); 66A.34 ; 66A.35 ; 66A.36 ; 66A.37 ; 66A.38 ; and 66A.39 , do not apply to mutual property and casualty insurance companies.
Minn. Stat. § 123B.38 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 123B / Section 123B.38
§ 123B.38 HEARING.
Status: in_force

Before the initiation of any fee not authorized or prohibited by sections 123B.36 and 123B.37 , the local board must hold a public hearing within the district upon three weeks published notice in the district's official newspaper, or such notice as is otherwise required for a regular board meeting given three weeks before the hearing on the proposed adoption of the policy.
Minn. Stat. § 299A.295 — MN Code / Part 299A_299N / Chapter 299A / Section 299A.295
§ 299A.295 YOUTH NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS; PILOT PROJECTS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment; requirements. The commissioner of public safety may establish pilot projects at neighborhood centers serving youths between the ages of 11 to 21. The centers may offer recreational activities, social services, meals, job skills and career services, and provide referrals for youths to other available services outside the centers. The commissioner may consult with other appropriate agencies and, to the extent possible, use existing resources and staff in creating the programs. The commissioner shall ensure that the programs, if offered, are adequately staffed by specially trained personnel and outreach street workers. Each center may integrate community volunteers into the program's activities and services and cooperate with local law enforcement agencies. The centers must be open during hours convenient to youths including evenings, weekends, and extended summer hours. However, there may not be any conflicts with truancy laws. Each center must have a plan for evaluation designed to measure the program's effectiveness in aiding youths.

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 2001 c 161 s 58 ]
Minn. Stat. § 325K.26 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325K / Section 325K.26
§ 325K.26 RULEMAKING.
Status: in_force

The secretary may adopt rules effective July 1, 1998, to implement this chapter.
Minn. Stat. § 385.23 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 385 / Section 385.23
§ 385.23 MONEY COLLECTED.
Status: in_force

The sheriff or other officer who collects any money from a delinquent county treasurer or the treasurer's sureties shall within ten days thereafter pay the same into the treasury of the county to which it is due.
Minn. Stat. § 56.22 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 56 / Section 56.22
§ 56.22 MODIFICATION OF LAW NOT TO AFFECT CONTRACTS.
Status: repealed

This chapter, or any part thereof, may be modified, amended, or repealed so as to effect a cancellation or alteration of any license or right of a licensee hereunder; provided, that such cancellation or alteration shall not impair or affect the obligation of any preexisting lawful contract between any licensee and any borrower.
Minn. Stat. § 299F.61 — MN Code / Part 299A_299N / Chapter 299F / Section 299F.61
§ 299F.61 PIPELINE VIOLATION; INJUNCTIVE RELIEF, JUDICIAL PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Authority. The district courts of the state of Minnesota shall have jurisdiction, subject to the provisions of the statutes and the rules of practice and procedure of the state of Minnesota relative to civil actions in the district courts, to restrain violations of sections 299F.56 to 299F.641 , including the restraint of transportation of gas or hazardous liquid or the operation of a pipeline facility, or to enforce standards established under sections 299F.56 to 299F.641 upon petition by the attorney general on behalf of the state of Minnesota. Whenever practicable, the commissioner shall give notice to any person against whom an action for injunctive relief is contemplated and afford the person an opportunity to present views, and, except in the case of a knowing and willful violation, shall afford the person reasonable opportunity to achieve compliance. However, the failure to give such notice and afford such opportunity shall not preclude the granting of appropriate relief.

§ Subd. 2. Venue; service of process. Actions under sections 299F.56 to 299F.641 shall be brought in the district in the state of Minnesota wherein the defendant's principal place of business is located, and process in such cases may be served in any other district in the state of Minnesota where the defendant may be found or of which the defendant is an inhabitant or transacts business.
Minn. Stat. § 71A.03 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 71A / Section 71A.03
§ 71A.03 UNEARNED PREMIUM RESERVE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. How calculated. There shall at all times be maintained as a reserve a sum, in cash or convertible securities, equal to 50 percent of the net annual deposits collected and credited to the accounts of the subscriber on policies in force having one year or less to run and pro rata on those for longer periods. Net annual deposits shall be construed to mean the advance payments of subscribers after deducting therefrom the amounts specifically provided in the subscribers' agreements for expenses.

§ Subd. 2. Minimum reserve. These sums shall at no time be less than $25,000 and, if at any time, 50 percent of the deposits, so collected and credited, shall not equal that amount, the subscribers shall make up any deficiency.
Minn. Stat. § 84.799 — MN Code / Part 83A_84 / Chapter 84 / Section 84.799
§ 84.799 VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.
Status: in_force

An off-road vehicle manufactured after January 1, 1995, and sold in the state must have a manufacturer's permanent identification number stamped in letters and numbers on the vehicle.
Minn. Stat. § 375.62 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 375 / Section 375.62
§ 375.62 CIVIL SERVICE AND MERIT SYSTEM RELATIONSHIPS.
Status: in_force

Unless a county board has elected to exclude any or all positions otherwise subject to merit systems established pursuant to sections 12.22, subdivision 3 , 256.012 , and 387.31 to 387.45 , from the jurisdiction of the personnel department, the provisions of sections 12.22, subdivision 3 , 256.012 , and 387.31 to 387.45 and any rules promulgated pursuant to those sections shall be superseded insofar as they are inconsistent with sections 375.66 to 375.71 , but no positions subject to merit systems established pursuant to sections 12.22, subdivision 3 , and 256.012 , shall be removed from existing merit system coverage and placed under a personnel department established pursuant to sections 375.56 to 375.71 , until that personnel department is certified in accordance with the United States Office of Personnel Management's standards for a merit system of personnel administration. Nothing in section 387.43 , shall be construed to prohibit the inclusion of sheriff's department personnel in a personnel system established pursuant to sections 375.56 to 375.69 .
Minn. Stat. § 84.9736 — MN Code / Part 83A_84 / Chapter 84 / Section 84.9736
§ 84.9736 STATE COOPERATIVE FARMING AGREEMENT AND AGRICULTURAL LEASE REQUIREMENTS; FOOD PLOTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner of natural resources must require state cooperative farming agreements and agricultural leases of lands administered by the commissioner located east of Interstate Highway 35 in the karst region of the state to:

(1) prohibit application of fertilizer in the fall;

(2) require that no more than 50 percent of the nitrogen budget may be applied before crop emergence;

(3) prohibit nitrogen application rates from exceeding the University of Minnesota recommendations on rates; and

(4) require the use of fall cover crops.

(b) The commissioner must evaluate existing food plots and establish a process to retire food plots on lands administered by the commissioner that do not have a significant value to resident and migrating wildlife.
Minn. Stat. § 245.464 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 245 / Section 245.464
§ 245.464 COORDINATION OF MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Coordination. The commissioner shall supervise the development and coordination of locally available adult mental health services by the county boards in a manner consistent with sections 245.461 to 245.486 . The commissioner shall coordinate locally available services with those services available from the regional treatment center serving the area including state-operated services offered at sites outside of the regional treatment centers. The commissioner shall provide technical assistance to county boards in developing and maintaining locally available mental health services. The commissioner shall monitor the county board's progress in developing its full system capacity and quality through ongoing review of the county board's adult mental health component of the community social services plan and other information as required by sections 245.461 to 245.486 .

§ Subd. 2. Priorities. By January 1, 1990, the commissioner shall require that each of the treatment services and management activities described in sections 245.469 to 245.477 are developed for adults with mental illness within available resources based on the following ranked priorities: (1) the provision of locally available emergency services; (2) the provision of locally available services to all adults with serious and persistent mental illness and all adults with acute mental illness; (3) the provision of specialized services regionally available to meet the special needs of all adults with serious and persistent mental illness and all adults with acute mental illness; (4) the provision of locally available services to adults with other mental illness; and (5) the provision of education and preventive mental health services targeted at high-risk populations.

§ Subd. 3. Public-private partnerships. The commissioner may establish a mechanism by which counties, the Department of Human Services, Direct Care and Treatment, hospitals, health plans, consumers, providers, and others may enter into agreements that allow for capacity building and oversight of any agreed-upon entity that is developed through these partnerships. The purpose of these partnerships is the development and provision of mental health services which would be more effective, efficient, and accessible than services that might be provided separately by each partner.
Minn. Stat. § 429.036 — MN Code / Part 426_435 / Chapter 429 / Section 429.036
§ 429.036 APPEAL FROM DETERMINATION OF LEGALITY OF PETITION.
Status: in_force

Any person, being aggrieved by this determination, may appeal to the district court of the county in which the property is located by serving upon the clerk of the municipality, within 30 days after the adoption and publication of the resolution, a notice of appeal briefly stating the grounds of appeal and giving a bond in the penal sum of $250, in which the municipality shall be named as obligee, to be approved by the clerk of the municipality, conditioned that the appellant will duly prosecute the appeal, pay all costs and disbursements which may be adjudged against the appellant, and abide by the order of the court. The clerk shall furnish the appellant a certified copy of the petition, or any part thereof, on being paid by appellant of the proper charges therefor. The appeal shall be placed upon the calendar of the next general term commencing more than 30 days after the date of serving the notice and filing the bond and shall be tried as are other appeals in such cases. Unless reversed upon the appeal, the determination of the governing body as to the sufficiency of the petition shall be final and conclusive.
Minn. Stat. § 116J.8770 — MN Code / Part 116J_116O / Chapter 116J / Section 116J.8770
§ 116J.8770 EQUITY INVESTMENTS.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may invest funds from the capital access account to make equity investments in community development venture capital funds for the purpose of providing capital for small and emerging businesses. The community development venture capital fund must have experience in equity investments with small businesses and the ability to raise private capital.
Minn. Stat. § 273.33 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 273 / Section 273.33
§ 273.33 EXPRESS, STAGE AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES; PIPELINES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Listing and assessment in county. The personal property of express, stage and transportation companies, and of pipeline companies engaged in the business of transporting products, except as otherwise provided by law, shall be listed and assessed in the county, town or district where the same is usually kept.

§ Subd. 2. Listing and assessment by commissioner. The personal property, consisting of the pipeline system of mains, pipes, and equipment attached thereto, of pipeline companies and others engaged in the operations or business of transporting products by pipelines, shall be listed with and assessed by the commissioner of revenue and the values provided to the city or county assessor by order. This subdivision shall not apply to the assessment of the products transported through the pipelines nor to the lines of local commercial gas companies engaged primarily in the business of distributing products to consumers at retail nor to pipelines used by the owner thereof to supply products exclusively for such owner's own consumption and not for resale to others. If more than 85 percent of the products actually transported over the pipeline is used for the owner's own consumption and not for resale to others, then this subdivision shall not apply; provided, however, that in that event, the pipeline shall be assessed in proportion to the percentage of products actually transported over such pipeline that is not used for the owner's own consumption. On or before August 1, the commissioner shall certify to the auditor of each county, the amount of such personal property assessment against each company in each district in which such property is located. If the commissioner determines that the amount of personal property assessment certified on or before August 1 is in error, the commissioner may issue a corrected certification on or before October 1. The commissioner may correct errors that are merely clerical in nature until December 31.