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Minn. Stat. § 84.944 — MN Code / Part 83A_84 / Chapter 84 / Section 84.944
§ 84.944 ACQUIRING CRITICAL NATURAL HABITAT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Acquisition, restoration, and enhancement considerations. (a) In determining what critical natural habitat shall be acquired, restored, or enhanced, the commissioner shall consider: (1) the significance of the land or water as existing or potential habitat for fish and wildlife and providing fish and wildlife oriented recreation; (2) the significance of the land, water, or habitat improvement to maintain or enhance native plant, fish, or wildlife species designated as endangered or threatened under section 84.0895 ; (3) the presence of native ecological communities that are now uncommon or diminishing; and (4) the significance of the land, water or habitat improvement to protect or enhance natural features within or contiguous to natural areas including fish spawning areas, wildlife management areas, scientific and natural areas, riparian habitat and fish and wildlife management projects. (b) Based on the above clauses, the commissioner by rule must establish a process to prioritize what critical habitat shall be acquired or improved.

§ Subd. 2. Designating acquired sites. The critical natural habitat acquired in fee title by the commissioner under this section shall be designated by the commissioner as: (1) an outdoor recreation unit pursuant to section 86A.07, subdivision 3 ; or (2) as provided in sections 89.018, subdivision 2 , paragraph (a), 97A.101 , 97A.125 , and 97C.001 . The commissioner may so designate any critical natural habitat acquired in less than fee title.

§ Subd. 3. County approval. The commissioner must follow the procedures under section 97A.145, subdivision 2 , for critical natural habitat acquired under this section.
Minn. Stat. § 599.25 — MN Code / Part 595_603 / Chapter 599 / Section 599.25
§ 599.25 MINUTES OF CONVICTION AND JUDGMENT.
Status: in_force

A copy of the minutes of any conviction and judgment, with a copy of the indictment on which the conviction was had, duly certified by the clerk in whose custody they are, shall be evidence of such conviction and judgment, without the production of the judgment roll.
Minn. Stat. § 332B.13 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 332B / Section 332B.13
§ 332B.13 ENFORCEMENT; REMEDIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Violation as deceptive practice. A violation of any of the provisions of this chapter is considered an unfair or deceptive trade practice under section 8.31 , subdivision 1. A private right of action under section 8.31 by an aggrieved debtor is in the public interest.

§ Subd. 2. Private right of action. (a) A debt settlement services provider who fails to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter, or a lead generator who violates section 332B.11 , is liable under this section in an individual action for the sum of: (1) actual, incidental, and consequential damages sustained by the debtor as a result of the failure; and (2) statutory damages of up to $5,000. (b) A debt settlement services provider who fails to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter, or a lead generator who violates section 332B.11 , is liable to the named plaintiffs under this section in a class action for the amount that each named plaintiff could recover under paragraph (a), clause (1), and to the other class members for such amount as the court may allow. (c) In determining the amount of statutory damages, the court shall consider, among other relevant factors: (1) the frequency, nature, and persistence of noncompliance; (2) the extent to which the noncompliance was intentional; and (3) in the case of a class action, the number of debtors adversely affected. (d) A plaintiff or class successful in a legal or equitable action under this section is entitled to the costs of the action, plus reasonable attorney fees.

§ Subd. 3. Injunctive relief. (a) A debtor may sue a debt settlement services provider for temporary or permanent injunctive or other appropriate equitable relief to prevent violations of any provision of this chapter. A court must grant injunctive relief on a showing that the debt settlement services provider has violated any provision of this chapter, or in the case of a temporary injunction, on a showing that the debtor is likely to prevail on allegations that the debt settlement services provider violated any provision of this chapter. (b) A debtor may sue a lead generator for temporary or permanent injunctive or other appropriate equitable relief to prevent violations of section 332B.11 . A court must grant injunctive relief on a showing that the lead generator has violated section 332B.11 , or in the case of a temporary injunction, on a showing that the debtor is likely to prevail on allegations that the lead generator violated section 332B.11 .

§ Subd. 4. Remedies cumulative. The remedies provided in this section are cumulative and do not restrict any remedy that is otherwise available. The provisions of this chapter are not exclusive and are in addition to any other requirements, rights, remedies, and penalties provided by law.

§ Subd. 5. Public enforcement. The attorney general shall enforce this chapter under section 8.31 .
Minn. Stat. § 515B.1-112 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 515B / Section 515B.1-112
§ 515B.1-112 UNCONSCIONABLE AGREEMENT OR TERM OF CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

(a) The court, upon finding as a matter of law that a contract or contract clause was unconscionable at the time the contract was made, may refuse to enforce the contract, enforce the remainder of the contract without the unconscionable clause, or limit the application of any unconscionable clause in order to avoid an unconscionable result. For purposes of this section, a contract includes a declaration, master declaration, the articles of incorporation and bylaws of an association or master association, and a proprietary lease.

(b) Whenever it is claimed, or appears to the court, that a contract or any contract clause is or may be unconscionable, the parties, in order to aid the court in making the determination, shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to present evidence as to:

(1) the commercial setting of the negotiations;

(2) whether a party has knowingly taken advantage of the inability of the other party reasonably to protect the other party's interests by reason of physical or mental infirmity, illiteracy, inability to understand the language of the agreement, or similar factors;

(3) the effect and purpose of the contract or clause; and

(4) if a sale, any gross disparity, at the time of contracting, between the amount charged for the property and the value of that property measured by the price at which similar property was readily obtainable in similar transaction, provided, that this factor shall not, of itself, render the contract unconscionable.
Minn. Stat. § 81A.24 — MN Code / Part 80B_81A / Chapter 81A / Section 81A.24
§ 81A.24 SERVICE OF PROCESS; INVESTIGATING POWERS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Appointment of agent. By acting as an athlete agent in this state, a nonresident individual appoints the commissioner as the individual's agent for service of process in any civil action in this state related to the individual's acting as an athlete agent in this state.

§ Subd. 2. Subpoena and enforcement powers. The commissioner may issue subpoenas for any material that is relevant to the administration of sections 81A.22 to 81A.37 and exercise other enforcement powers available to the commissioner under chapter 45.
Minn. Stat. § 282.17 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 282 / Section 282.17
§ 282.17 CANCELLATION OF CONTRACTS ON DEFAULT.
Status: in_force

Failure of the purchaser to make any payment of any installment or of any interest required under a contract within six months from the date on which such payment becomes due, or to pay before they become delinquent all taxes that may be levied upon the lands so purchased shall constitute a default, and thereupon the contract shall be deemed canceled, and all right, title, and interest of the purchaser, or the purchaser's heirs, representatives, or assigns in the premises shall terminate upon cancellation in accord with section 282.40 . A record of such default shall be made in the state land records kept by or under the direction of the commissioner of natural resources, and a certificate of such default may be made by or under the direction of the commissioner and filed with the county treasurer or recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the premises are situated. Any such record or certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated, but the making of such record or certificate shall not be essential to the taking effect of such cancellation and termination, and thereupon the land described in the contract shall be subject to disposition as provided in sections 282.15 and 282.16 , upon first having been reclassified and reappraised as provided by section 282.14 . The county auditor shall report any such default to the commissioner of natural resources on or before June 30 of each year.
Minn. Stat. § 308C.215 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 308C / Section 308C.215
§ 308C.215 ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Requirements. (a) The articles of the cooperative shall include: (1) the name of the cooperative; (2) the organizational purpose of the cooperative in accordance with this chapter; (3) the name and address of each organizer; (4) the period of duration for the cooperative, if the duration is not to be perpetual; (5) the name and address of the registered agent, if any; and (6) the address of the registered office. (b) The articles of the cooperative may include: (1) a statement that assessments to members collected annually for common expenses in excess of common expenses shall be refunded annually on the basis of patronage, which may, upon resolution of the board of directors, be credited to the following year's assessments; and (2) if the cooperative is to be organized as a limited equity cooperative, the requirements set forth in section 308C.312 . (c) The articles may contain any other lawful provision. (d) The articles shall be signed by each organizer.

§ Subd. 2. Filing. The original articles shall be filed with the secretary of state. The basic fee for filing the articles with the secretary of state is $60.

§ Subd. 3. Effect of filing. When the articles have been filed with the secretary of state and the required fee has been paid to the secretary of state, it shall be presumed that: (1) all conditions precedent that are required to be performed by the organizers have been complied with; (2) the incorporation of the cooperative has been chartered by the state as a separate legal entity; and (3) the secretary of state shall issue a certificate of organization to the cooperative.
Minn. Stat. § 321.1119 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 321 / Section 321.1119
§ 321.1119 RESTRICTIONS ON APPROVAL OF MERGERS, EXCHANGES, CONVERSIONS, AND DOMESTICATIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Personal liability of partner. If a partner of a constituent, converting, or domesticating limited partnership will have personal liability with respect to a surviving, constituent, converted, or domesticated organization, approval or amendment of a plan of merger, exchange, conversion, or domestication is ineffective without the consent of the partner, unless: (1) the organization's certificate of limited partnership or partnership agreement provides for approval of a merger, exchange, conversion, or domestication with the consent of fewer than all the partners; and (2) the partner has consented to the provision of the certificate of limited partnership or the partnership agreement.

§ Subd. 2. Consent. A partner does not give the consent required by subdivision 1 merely by consenting to a provision of the partnership agreement that permits the partnership agreement to be amended with the consent of fewer than all the partners.
Minn. Stat. § 142A.60 — MN Code / Part 142A_142G / Chapter 142A / Section 142A.60
§ 142A.60 CITATION.
Status: in_force

Sections 142A.60 to 142A.612 may be cited as the "Northstar Care for Children Act." Sections 142A.60 to 142A.612 establish Northstar Care for Children, which authorizes certain benefits to support a child in need who is served by the Minnesota child welfare system and who is the responsibility of the state, local county social service agencies, or tribal social service agencies authorized under section 142A.03, subdivision 9 , or are otherwise eligible for federal adoption assistance. A child eligible under this chapter has experienced a child welfare intervention that has resulted in the child being placed away from the child's parents' care and is receiving foster care services consistent with chapter 260B, 260C, or 260D, or is in the permanent care of relatives through a transfer of permanent legal and physical custody, or in the permanent care of adoptive parents.
Minn. Stat. § 629.20 — MN Code / Part 625_634 / Chapter 629 / Section 629.20
§ 629.20 GUILT OR INNOCENCE NOT INQUIRED INTO.
Status: in_force

The guilt or innocence of the accused as to the crime of which the accused is charged may not be inquired into by the governor or in any proceeding after the demand for extradition accompanied by a charge of crime in legal form, as provided, shall have been presented to the governor, except as it may be involved in identifying the person held as the person charged with the crime.
Minn. Stat. § 126C.70 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 126C / Section 126C.70
§ 126C.70 PREPAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

A district may at any time pay the entire principal or part thereof and interest then due on a note or contract held by the state, out of any moneys not needed for school purposes. The district may issue and sell its refunding bonds in accordance with chapter 475, for such purpose, by actions of its school board and without the necessity of a vote by its electors, if such refunding bonds plus its net debt does not exceed the debt limit prescribed by chapter 475. Any such refunding bonds may bear interest at a rate or rates higher or lower than the rate payable on the loan or loans refunded thereby.
Minn. Stat. § 103B.107 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103B / Section 103B.107
§ 103B.107 COORDINATION WITH MINNESOTA BUSINESS FIRST STOP.
Status: in_force

It is the policy of this state that inquiries related to the permitting of a data center are also referred to the Minnesota Business First Stop Program administered by the Department of Employment and Economic Development under section 116J.035, subdivision 8 . The executive director of the Board of Water and Soil Resources must take reasonable steps to ensure that agency permitting staff are aware of this policy and have the resources to efficiently refer those inquiries to Minnesota Business First Stop.
Minn. Stat. § 144.412 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144 / Section 144.412
§ 144.412 PUBLIC POLICY.
Status: in_force

The purpose of sections 144.411 to 144.417 is to protect employees and the general public from the hazards of secondhand smoke and involuntary exposure to aerosol or vapor from electronic delivery devices by eliminating smoking in public places, places of employment, public transportation, and at public meetings.
Minn. Stat. § 89A.02 — MN Code / Part 88_91 / Chapter 89A / Section 89A.02
§ 89A.02 POLICY.
Status: in_force

It is the policy of the state to:

(1) pursue the sustainable management, use, and protection of the state's forest resources to achieve the state's economic, environmental, and social goals;

(2) encourage cooperation and collaboration between public and private sectors in the management of the state's forest resources;

(3) recognize and consider forest resource issues, concerns, and impacts at the site level and landscape level; and

(4) recognize the broad array of perspectives regarding the management, use, and protection of the state's forest resources, and establish and maintain processes and mechanisms that seek and incorporate these perspectives in the planning and management of the state's forest resources.

Nothing in this chapter abolishes, repeals, or negates any existing authorities related to managing and protecting the state's forest resources.
Minn. Stat. § 435.18 — MN Code / Part 426_435 / Chapter 435 / Section 435.18
§ 435.18 PROVISIONS SUPPLEMENTARY.
Status: in_force

The provisions of section 435.17 are not intended to and shall not be construed to repeal or abrogate any of the provisions of the charter of any city of the first class, but are intended to be supplementary thereto and as conferring additional power upon these cities which may be exercised at their option. The cities' liabilities upon this guarantee shall not be taken into account as part of their indebtedness until the amount of the deficiency or collection is determined and only for the amount of the deficiency.
Minn. Stat. § 260.641 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 260 / Section 260.641
§ 260.641 ENSURING FREQUENT VISITATION FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN AND DISPROPORTIONATELY REPRESENTED CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT.
Status: in_force

A responsible social services agency must engage in best practices related to visitation when an African American or a disproportionately represented child is in out-of-home placement. When the child is in out-of-home placement, the responsible social services agency shall make active efforts to facilitate regular and frequent visitation between the child and the child's parents or custodians, the child's siblings, and the child's relatives. If visitation is infrequent between the child and the child's parents, custodians, siblings, or relatives, the responsible social services agency shall make active efforts to increase the frequency of visitation and address any barriers to visitation.
Minn. Stat. § 302A.031 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 302A / Section 302A.031
§ 302A.031 TRANSITION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Continuation of legal acts. The continuation or completion of any act by a corporation that has not incorporated under, but has become governed by, this chapter, and the continuation or performance of any executed or wholly or partially executory contract, conveyance, or transfer to or by the corporation, shall, if otherwise lawful before the corporation became governed by this chapter, remain valid, and may be continued, completed, consummated, enforced, or terminated as required or permitted by a statute applicable prior to the date on which the corporation became governed by this chapter.

§ Subd. 2. Transition of preemptive rights. For purposes of denial of preemptive rights under section 302A.413, subdivision 1 , the articles of a corporation formed under chapter 301 shall be construed to deny completely preemptive rights for all shares, rights to purchase shares, securities other than shares or rights to purchase securities other than shares, if those articles deny shareholders the preemptive right to purchase or subscribe to shares.

§ Subd. 3. Perpetual duration granted for chapter 300 corporations. (a) All corporations formed under chapter 300 and governed by this chapter pursuant to section 302A.021, subdivision 7a , are granted perpetual duration irrespective of the period of duration set forth in their articles of incorporation. This grant may be modified in the articles as authorized under section 302A.111, subdivision 2, paragraph (b) . (b) All corporations formed under chapter 300 and governed by this chapter pursuant to section 47.13 , are granted perpetual duration irrespective of the period of duration set forth in their certificates of incorporation. This grant may be modified in the certificate of incorporation as authorized under section 47.12, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (3) .
Minn. Stat. § 281.04 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 281 / Section 281.04
§ 281.04 REDEMPTION BY PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY.
Status: in_force

Minors, persons with a mental illness, persons with a developmental disability, or persons in captivity or in any country with which the United States is at war, having an estate in or lien on lands sold for taxes, of record in the office of the county recorder of the county where the lands lie, before the expiration of three years from the date of such sale, may redeem the same within one year after such disability shall cease; but in such case the right to redeem must be established in a suit for that purpose brought against the party holding the title under the sale.
Minn. Stat. § 518C.305 — MN Code / Part 517_519A / Chapter 518C / Section 518C.305
§ 518C.305 DUTIES AND POWERS OF RESPONDING TRIBUNAL.
Status: in_force

(a) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to section 518C.301, paragraph (b) , it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.

(b) A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent not prohibited by other law, may do one or more of the following:

(1) establish or enforce a support order, modify a child support order, determine the controlling child support order, or to determine parentage of a child;

(2) order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and the manner of compliance;

(3) order income withholding;

(4) determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method of payment;

(5) enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;

(6) set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;

(7) place liens and order execution on the obligor's property;

(8) order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor's current residential address, electronic mail address, telephone number, employer, address of employment, and telephone number at the place of employment;

(9) issue a bench warrant for an obligor who has failed after proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the bench warrant in any local and state computer systems for criminal warrants;

(10) order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified methods;

(11) award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and costs; and

(12) grant any other available remedy.

(c) A responding tribunal of this state shall include in a support order issued under this chapter, or in the documents accompanying the order, the calculations on which the support order is based.

(d) A responding tribunal of this state may not condition the payment of a support order issued under this chapter upon compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.

(e) If a responding tribunal of this state issues an order under this chapter, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.

(f) If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a responding tribunal of this state shall convert the amount stated in the foreign currency to the equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.
Minn. Stat. § 281.02 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 281 / Section 281.02
§ 281.02 AMOUNT PAYABLE.
Status: in_force

Any person redeeming any parcel of land shall pay into the county treasury, the amount for which the same was bid in, the amount of all subsequent delinquent taxes, penalties, costs, and interest thereon at the rate provided in section 279.03 .