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Minn. Stat. § 103G.2251 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103G / Section 103G.2251
§ 103G.2251 STATE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS; WETLAND BANK CREDIT.
Status: in_force

In greater than 80 percent areas, preservation of wetlands, riparian buffers, and watershed areas essential to maintaining important functions and sustainability of aquatic resources in the watershed that are protected by a permanent conservation easement as defined under section 84C.01 and held by the board may be eligible for wetland replacement or mitigation credits, according to rules adopted by the board. To be eligible for credit under this section, a conservation easement must be established after May 24, 2008, and approved by the board. Wetland areas on private lands preserved under this section are not eligible for replacement or mitigation credit if the area has been protected using public conservation funds.
Minn. Stat. § 542.10 — MN Code / Part 540_552 / Chapter 542 / Section 542.10
§ 542.10 CHANGE OF VENUE AS OF RIGHT; DEMAND.
Status: in_force

If the county designated in the complaint is not the proper county, the action may notwithstanding be tried therein unless, within 20 days after the summons is served, the defendant demands in writing that it be tried in the proper county. This demand shall be accompanied by the affidavit of the defendant, or defendant's agent or attorney, setting forth the county of residence at the time of the commencement of the action, the date of service of the summons, and stating that neither the cause of action nor any part thereof arose in the county designated in the complaint. This demand and affidavit, with proof of service thereof upon the plaintiff's attorney, shall be filed with the court administrator in the county where the action was begun within 30 days from the date of its service and thereupon, unless the county where the action was begun is a county in which the cause of action or some part thereof arose, the place of trial shall be changed to the county where the defendant resides without any other proceedings. If the county designated in the complaint is not the county in which the cause of action or some part thereof arose and if there are several defendants residing in different counties, the trial shall be had in the county upon which a majority of them unite in demanding or, if the numbers be equal, in that whose county seat is nearest. When the place of trial is changed all other proceedings shall be had in the county to which the change is made, unless otherwise provided by consent of parties filed with the court administrator or by order of the court and the papers shall be transferred and filed accordingly. When a demand for a change of the place of trial is made as herein provided the action shall not for any of the reasons specified in section 542.11 be retained for trial in the county where begun, but can be tried therein only upon removal thereto from the proper county in the cases provided by law.

A party who has paid the filing fee of the county where the action originated shall not be required to pay the filing fee of the county to which the action is transferred. The transferor county may retain any filing fees received prior to the change of county, but shall in writing advise the county to which the action is transferred of any and all such filing fees paid to the transferor county.
Minn. Stat. § 282.323 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 282 / Section 282.323
§ 282.323 CAPITOL AREAS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. MS 1967 [Repealed, 1969 c 1150 s 7; 1974 c 435 art 6 s 1 ]

§ Subd. 2. Exception. Sections 282.241 to 282.324 shall not apply to any parcel of land forfeited to the state for taxes which is within the boundaries of a Capitol Area.

§ Subd. 3. MS 1971 [Repealed, 1974 c 435 art 6 s 1 ]
Minn. Stat. § 136A.002 — MN Code / Part 135A_137 / Chapter 136A / Section 136A.002
§ 136A.002 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. For purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. Office. "Office" means the Office of Higher Education.

§ Subd. 3. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the office.

§ Subd. 4. Province and provincial. "Province" and "provincial" mean the Canadian province of Manitoba.

§ Subd. 5. Term. "Term" means a quarter or semester, or the equivalent.
Minn. Stat. § 624.701 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 624 / Section 624.701
§ 624.701 ALCOHOL IN CERTAIN BUILDINGS OR GROUNDS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Possession of alcohol on school grounds; penalty. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 1a, any person who introduces or possesses an alcoholic beverage, as defined in section 340A.101 , on any public elementary or secondary school ground or in any public elementary or secondary school building is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ Subd. 1a. Exceptions. Subdivision 1 does not apply to the following: (1) experiments in laboratories; (2) a person who has been issued a temporary license to sell 3.2 percent malt liquor under section 340A.403, subdivision 2 , or intoxicating liquor under section 340A.404, subdivision 10 ; or (3) a person possessing 3.2 percent malt liquor or intoxicating liquor as a result of a purchase from a person or organization holding a temporary license under section 340A.403, subdivision 2 , or 340A.404, subdivision 10 .

§ Subd. 2. Possession of alcohol on state hospital grounds; penalty. Any person who except by prescription of a licensed physician or permission of the hospital administrator shall introduce upon, or have in possession upon, or in, any state hospital or grounds thereof under the responsibility of the Direct Care and Treatment executive board any alcoholic beverage as defined in section 340A.101 , shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Minn. Stat. § 134.08 — MN Code / Part 134_135 / Chapter 134 / Section 134.08
§ 134.08 ESTABLISHING AND DISCONTINUING LIBRARY SERVICE; APPLICABILITY OF LAW.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment. If public library service is not established under section 134.07 , the governing body of the city or county, upon the petition of eligible voters, as defined in section 201.014, subdivision 1 , of the city or county, in a number not less than five percent of the number of persons who voted at the last general election in the city or county, shall submit the question of the establishment or provision of public library services to the voters at the next general election. If a majority of the votes cast on the question are in the affirmative, the governing body shall establish the library or shall provide public library service as authorized in section 134.12 or 134.20 and levy an annual tax for its support.

§ Subd. 2. Discontinuance. If public library service is established under the provisions of subdivision 1, it may be discontinued only after a majority of the votes cast on the question are in the affirmative on a question on a ballot in a general election. The question of discontinuance of public library service shall be placed on the ballot at the next general election upon the petition of eligible voters, as defined in section 201.014, subdivision 1 , of the city or county, in a number not less than five percent of the number of persons who voted at the last general election in the city or county.

§ Subd. 3. Applicability. All public library service heretofore established and now existing in cities and counties is continued and all ordinances and resolutions setting apart public property for their support are hereby confirmed. Nothing in sections 134.08 to 134.15 shall be construed as abridging any power or duty in respect to libraries conferred by any city charter. If a city charter does not address matters provided for in this chapter, the provisions of this chapter shall apply.
Minn. Stat. § 300.66 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 300 / Section 300.66
§ 300.66 CONTRIBUTIONS BY CORPORATIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Authority. A corporation organized under the laws of this state or a corporation authorized to do business in this state may contribute to or for the uses enumerated in subdivisions 2 to 4, the sums its board of directors or trustees considers proper.

§ Subd. 2. Governmental units. The corporation may contribute to the United States, a state, territory or political subdivision of it or the District of Columbia, or a possession of the United States, for exclusively public purposes.

§ Subd. 3. Charitable organizations. The corporation may contribute to a community chest, corporation, organization, trust, fund, association or foundation, organized and operating for religious, charitable, philanthropic, benevolent, scientific, veteran rehabilitation service, literary, artistic, educational, civic or patriotic purposes or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.

§ Subd. 4. Veteran's organizations and lodges. The corporation may contribute to a fraternal society, order or association, operating under the lodge system if the contributions or gifts are to be used for the purposes specified in subdivision 3, or posts or organizations of war veterans or an auxiliary unit or society of the posts or organizations if no part of their net income inures to the benefit of a private shareholder or individual.
Minn. Stat. § 259.241 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 259 / Section 259.241
§ 259.241 ADULT ADOPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Any adult person may be adopted, regardless of the adult person's residence. A resident of Minnesota may petition the court of record having jurisdiction of adoption proceedings to adopt an individual who has reached the age of 18 years or older.

(b) The consent of the person to be adopted shall be the only consent necessary, according to section 259.24 . The consent of an adult in the adult person's own adoption is invalid if the adult is considered to be a vulnerable adult under section 626.5572, subdivision 21 , or if the person consenting to the adoption is determined not competent to give consent.

(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), a person in extended foster care under section 260C.451 may consent to the person's own adoption as long as the court with jurisdiction finds the person competent to give consent.

(d) The decree of adoption establishes a parent-child relationship between the adopting parent or parents and the person adopted, including the right to inherit, and also terminates the parental rights between the adopted person and the adopted person's birth parents according to section 259.59 .

(e) If the adopted person requests a change of name, the adoption decree shall order the name change.
Minn. Stat. § 367.12 — MN Code / Part 365_368 / Chapter 367 / Section 367.12
§ 367.12 DEPUTY CLERK.
Status: in_force

Each town clerk may appoint a deputy, for whose acts the clerk shall be responsible, and who, in the clerk's absence or disability, shall perform the clerk's duties. If a town clerk has not appointed a deputy, the town treasurer shall perform the duties of the clerk relating to receiving candidate filings when the clerk is absent.
Minn. Stat. § 325D.57 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325D / Section 325D.57
§ 325D.57 DAMAGES.
Status: in_force

Any person, any governmental body, or the state of Minnesota or any of its subdivisions or agencies, injured directly or indirectly by a violation of sections 325D.49 to 325D.66 , shall recover three times the actual damages sustained, together with costs and disbursements, including reasonable attorneys' fees. In any subsequent action arising from the same conduct, the court may take any steps necessary to avoid duplicative recovery against a defendant.
Minn. Stat. § 611A.775 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 611A / Section 611A.775
§ 611A.775 RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

A community-based organization, in collaboration with a local governmental unit, may establish a restorative justice program. A restorative justice program is a program that provides forums where certain individuals charged with or petitioned for having committed an offense meet with the victim, if appropriate; the victim's family members or other supportive persons, if appropriate; the offender's family members or other supportive persons, if appropriate; a law enforcement official or prosecutor when appropriate; other criminal justice system professionals when appropriate; and members of the community, in order to:

(1) discuss the impact of the offense on the victim and the community;

(2) provide support to the victim and methods for reintegrating the victim into community life;

(3) assign an appropriate sanction to the offender; and

(4) provide methods for reintegrating the offender into community life.
Minn. Stat. § 458D.20 — MN Code / Part 451_459 / Chapter 458D / Section 458D.20
§ 458D.20 SERVICE CONTRACTS OUTSIDE JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

The board may contract with the United States or any agency thereof, any state or any agency thereof, or any municipal or public corporation, governmental subdivision or agency or political subdivision in any state, outside the jurisdiction of the board, for furnishing to such entities any services which the board may furnish to local government units in the district under sections 458D.01 to 458D.24 , including but not limited to planning for and the acquisition, betterment, operation, administration and maintenance of any or all interceptors, treatment works and local sanitary sewer facilities, provided that the board may further include as one of the terms of the contract that such entity also pay to the board such amount as may be agreed upon as a reasonable estimate of the proportionate share properly allocable to the entity of costs of acquisition, betterment and debt service previously allocated to local government units in the district. When such payments are made by such entities to the board, they shall be applied in reduction of the total amount of costs thereafter allocated to each local government unit in the district, on such equitable basis as the board deems to be in the best interests of the district, applying so far as practicable and appropriate the criteria set forth in section 458D.09, subdivision 2 . Any municipality in the state of Minnesota may enter into such contract and perform all acts and things required as a condition or consideration therefor consistent with the purposes of sections 458D.01 to 458D.24 , whether or not included among the powers otherwise granted to such municipality by law or charter.
Minn. Stat. § 50.146 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 50 / Section 50.146
§ 50.146 AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS; CORPORATIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. General authority. In addition to other investments authorized by law, a savings bank may invest in the following: (a) The preferred stocks of any corporation organized under the laws of the United States or of any state, except banks, bank holding companies and trust companies, provided the net earnings of such corporation available for its fixed charges for five fiscal years next preceding the date of investment shall have averaged per year not less than 1-1/2 times the sum of its annual fixed interest charges, if any, its annual maximum contingent interest, if any, and its annual preferred dividend requirements; and during either of the last two years of such period, such net earnings shall have been not less than 1-1/2 times the sum of its fixed interest charges, if any, contingent interest, if any, and preferred dividend requirements for such year. (b) The common stocks of any corporation organized under the laws of the United States or of any state, except banks, bank holding companies and trust companies, provided such stocks are registered on a national securities exchange, and such corporation shall have earned and paid cash dividends on its common stocks in each year for a period of ten fiscal years next preceding the date of investment. (c) The stocks and bonds, notes, debentures or any other obligation of any corporation organized under the laws of the United States or of any state, except the stock of banks, bank holding companies and trust companies located in the Ninth Federal Reserve District, provided such investment shall be made with such prudence, discretion, and intelligence as will protect the safety of the principal of such investment as well as the income to be derived therefrom.

§ Subd. 2. General limitations. No investment shall be made by a savings bank pursuant to subdivision 1 in any corporation if the total amounts so invested by it exceeds an amount equal to 15 percent of its assets, or if the total investment in any one corporation exceeds (1) in amount, one-half of one percent of the assets of the savings bank, or (2) in number of shares, one percent of the total issued and outstanding shares of stock of such corporation, or if the total investment pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 exceeds an amount equal to three percent of the assets of the savings bank, nor shall any investment be made in any corporation with assets of less than ten million dollars.

§ Subd. 3. Specific limitation; domestic savings banks. Investments made pursuant to subdivision 1 shall be limited to savings banks organized under the laws of this state.
Minn. Stat. § 174.59 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 174 / Section 174.59
§ 174.59 OPERATION COSTS FOR CENTRAL OFFICE BUILDING.
Status: in_force

The cost of operation and maintenance of the central office building for the Department of Transportation, or the portion that is properly attributable to the Department of Transportation, must be paid as follows:

(1) 75 percent from the trunk highway fund, from available departmental resources; and

(2) 25 percent from the general fund, for which an amount sufficient is annually appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner.
Minn. Stat. § 62C.15 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62C / Section 62C.15
§ 62C.15 SUBSCRIPTION CHARGES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment and adjustment. A service plan corporation shall establish and adjust from time to time subscription charges to be paid by or on behalf of its subscribers. The charges shall be reasonable, and not unfairly discriminatory, in relation to the benefits, considering actuarial projection of the cost of providing or paying for the health services, considering costs of administration, and in relation to reserves and surplus required by law.

§ Subd. 2. Nongroup contracts; filing of schedule of charges. No service plan corporation shall deliver, issue for delivery, extend, continue, or renew any form of nongroup subscriber contract until schedules of charges applicable thereto, including any endorsement, rider, amendment or application which is a part thereof, have been filed with the commissioner; nor shall the corporation deliver, issue for delivery, extend, continue or renew any form of group subscriber contract until a schedule of the rating structures and formulae applicable thereto, including any endorsement, rider, amendment or application which is a part thereof, has been filed with the commissioner. The filing for a nongroup subscriber contract shall include the actuarial data needed to justify any increase in subscriber charges. The commissioner may disapprove the schedule of charges for any group or nongroup subscriber contract if: (a) the unencumbered reserve or surplus is less than the required minimum or more than the required maximum; or (b) the schedule charges meet the criteria specified in section 62A.02, subdivision 3 .

§ Subd. 3. Disapproval. If subscription charges become subject to disapproval, the commissioner shall within 30 days of filing render an order either disapproving the charges or extending time for review to a specified date, or the charges shall be deemed approved. An order disapproving a charge shall state the reasons therefor and shall be subject to the notice, hearing, and appeal provisions of section 62C.14 . The burden of proving and actuarially demonstrating that the charges are not inadequate or excessive shall be on the corporation.

§ Subd. 4. Issuance or delivery of disapproved contract. It shall be unlawful for a service plan corporation to deliver or issue a subscriber's contract with charges which have been disapproved by the commissioner.
Minn. Stat. § 257C.02 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 257C / Section 257C.02
§ 257C.02 APPLICATION OF OTHER LAW; CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Chapters 256, 257, and 518 and sections 524.5-201 to 524.5-317 apply to third-party and de facto custody proceedings unless otherwise specified in this chapter. De facto or third-party child custody proceedings concerning an Indian child are child custody proceedings governed by the Indian Child Welfare Act, United States Code, title 25, sections 1901 to 1963; by the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act, sections 260.751 to 260.835 ; and by this chapter when not inconsistent with the Indian Child Welfare Act or the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act.

(b) Nothing in this chapter relieves a parent of a duty to support the parent's child. A preexisting child support order is not suspended or terminated when a third party takes custody of a child unless otherwise provided by court order. A de facto or third-party custodian has a cause of action against a parent for child support under section 518A.82, subdivision 5 , and the public authority has a cause of action against a parent for child support under section 518A.82, subdivision 1 .

(c) Nothing in this chapter prohibits the establishment of parentage under chapter 257.
Minn. Stat. § 103E.341 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103E / Section 103E.341
§ 103E.341 DRAINAGE AUTHORITY FINAL ORDER.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Dismissal of proceedings. The drainage authority must dismiss the proceedings and petition, by order, if it determines that: (1) the benefits of the proposed drainage project are less than the total cost, including damages awarded; (2) the proposed drainage project will not be of public benefit and utility; or (3) the proposed drainage project is not practicable after considering the environmental, land use, and multipurpose water management criteria in section 103E.015, subdivision 1 .

§ Subd. 2. Establishing proposed drainage project. (a) The drainage authority shall establish, by order, a proposed drainage project if it determines that: (1) the detailed survey report and viewers' report have been made and other proceedings have been completed under this chapter; (2) the reports made or amended are complete and correct; (3) the damages and benefits have been properly determined; (4) the estimated benefits are greater than the total estimated cost, including damages; (5) the proposed drainage project will be of public utility and benefit, and will promote the public health; and (6) the proposed drainage project is practicable. (b) The order must contain the drainage authority's findings, adopt and confirm the viewers' report as made or amended, and establish the proposed drainage project as reported and amended.