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Minn. Stat. § 103E.525 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103E / Section 103E.525
§ 103E.525 CONSTRUCTING AND MAINTAINING BRIDGES AND CULVERTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Hydraulic capacity. A public or private bridge or culvert may not be constructed or maintained across or in a drainage system with less hydraulic capacity than specified in the detailed survey report, except with the written approval of the director. If the detailed survey report does not specify the hydraulic capacity, a public or private bridge or culvert in or across a drainage system ditch may not be constructed without the director's approval of the hydraulic capacity.

§ Subd. 2. Road authority responsibility. Bridges and culverts on public roads required by the construction or improvement of a drainage project or system must be constructed and maintained by the road authority responsible for keeping the road in repair, except as provided in this section.

§ Subd. 3. Notice; charging cost. The auditor shall notify the state and each railroad company, corporation, or political subdivision that they are to construct a required bridge or culvert on a road or right-of-way under their jurisdiction, within a reasonable time as stated in the notice. If the work is not done within the prescribed time, the drainage authority may order the bridge or culvert constructed as part of the drainage project construction. The cost must be deducted from the damages awarded to the corporation or collected from it as an assessment for benefits. If the detailed survey report or viewers' report shows that the construction of the bridge or culvert is necessary, the drainage authority may, by order, retain an amount to secure the construction of the bridge or culvert from amounts to be paid to a railroad, corporation, or political subdivision.

§ Subd. 4. Construction on line between two cities. The costs of constructing a bridge or culvert that is required by construction of a drainage project on a public road that is not a state trunk highway on the line between two statutory or home rule charter cities, whether in the same county or not, must be paid jointly, in equal shares, by the cities. The cities shall pay jointly, in equal shares, for the cost of maintaining the bridge or culvert.

§ Subd. 5. Construction on town and county lines. The cost of constructing and maintaining bridges and culverts on a town or county road across a drainage system ditch constructed along the boundary line between towns or counties, with excavated material deposited on the boundary line or within 33 feet of the line, must be paid equally by the town or county where the bridge or culvert is located and the other town or county adjoining the boundary.
Minn. Stat. § 565.251 — MN Code / Part 553_566 / Chapter 565 / Section 565.251
§ 565.251 POSSESSION BY RESPONDENT WITHOUT BOND; STAY OF PROCEEDING.
Status: in_force

The court may allow the respondent to retain or regain possession of the property without filing a bond and may stay the action by the claimant for a reasonable period of time not to exceed six months if the following conditions are met:

(1) the respondent is unable to make the required payments due to unforeseen economic circumstances beyond the respondent's control;

(2) the respondent is dependent on the use of the property to earn a living;

(3) the respondent insures the property for its fair market value;

(4) the respondent makes periodic payments to the claimant representing the depreciation in market value of the property while the respondent retains possession, in an amount and during the times determined by the court; and

(5) the respondent makes periodic payments to the claimant representing the value of the use of the property or the cost to the claimant of the lost opportunity to use the property, in an amount and during the times determined by the court.
Minn. Stat. § 144.1482 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144 / Section 144.1482
§ 144.1482 OFFICE OF RURAL HEALTH.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Duties. The Office of Rural Health in conjunction with the University of Minnesota medical schools and other organizations in the state which are addressing rural health care problems shall: (1) establish and maintain a clearinghouse for collecting and disseminating information on rural health care issues, research findings, and innovative approaches to the delivery of rural health care; (2) coordinate the activities relating to rural health care that are carried out by the state to avoid duplication of effort; (3) identify federal and state rural health programs and provide technical assistance to public and nonprofit entities, including community and migrant health centers, to assist them in participating in these programs; (4) assist rural communities in improving the delivery and quality of health care in rural areas and in recruiting and retaining health professionals; and (5) carry out the duties assigned in section 144.1483 .

§ Subd. 2. Contracts. To carry out these duties, the office may contract with or provide grants to public and private, nonprofit entities.
Minn. Stat. § 611.025 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 611 / Section 611.025
§ 611.025 PRESUMPTION OF RESPONSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by law, in every criminal proceeding, a person is presumed to be responsible for the person's acts and bears the burden of rebutting such presumption.
Minn. Stat. § 81A.36 — MN Code / Part 80B_81A / Chapter 81A / Section 81A.36
§ 81A.36 CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

An athlete agent who violates section 81A.35 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
Minn. Stat. § 611A.034 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 611A / Section 611A.034
§ 611A.034 SEPARATE WAITING AREAS IN COURTHOUSE.
Status: in_force

The court shall provide a waiting area for victims during court proceedings which is separate from the waiting area used by the defendant, the defendant's relatives, and defense witnesses, if such a waiting area is available and its use is practical. If a separate waiting area for victims is not available or practical, the court shall provide other safeguards to minimize the victim's contact with the defendant, the defendant's relatives, and defense witnesses during court proceedings, such as increased bailiff surveillance and victim escorts.
Minn. Stat. § 82C.15 — MN Code / Part 82_83 / Chapter 82C / Section 82C.15
§ 82C.15 ADJUDICATION OF DISPUTES BETWEEN AN APPRAISAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND AN INDEPENDENT APPRAISER.
Status: in_force

An appraisal management company may not remove an appraiser from its appraiser panel, or otherwise refuse to assign requests for real estate appraisal services to an independent appraiser without:

(1) notifying the appraiser in writing of the reasons why the appraiser is being removed from the appraiser panel or is not receiving appraisal requests from the appraisal management company;

(2) if the appraiser is being removed from the panel for illegal conduct, having determined that the appraiser has violated USPAP, or chapter 82B, taking into account the nature of the alleged conduct or violation; and

(3) providing an opportunity for the appraiser to respond and appeal the notification of the appraisal management company.
Minn. Stat. § 625.15 — MN Code / Part 625_634 / Chapter 625 / Section 625.15
§ 625.15 RECOGNIZANCE WITHOUT PROCESS; WHEN.
Status: in_force

Every person who, in the presence of any court, makes an affray, or threatens to kill or beat another, or to commit any violence or outrage against the other's person or property, or who, in the presence of the court, contends with hot and angry words, to the disturbance of the peace, may be ordered, without process or any other proof, to recognize for keeping the peace, and being of good behavior for a term not exceeding six months, and, in case of a refusal, may be committed as before directed.
Minn. Stat. § 8.40 — MN Code / Part 4_9 / Chapter 8 / Section 8.40
§ 8.40 EXPENSES OF ATTORNEY GENERAL-ELECT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the terms defined have the meanings given them. (b) "Attorney general-elect" means the person who is not currently attorney general and is the apparent successful candidate for the Office of Attorney General following a general election. (c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Management and Budget.

§ Subd. 2. Transition expenses. In the fiscal year of an election for attorney general and subject to availability of funds, the commissioner shall transfer up to $35,000 from the general contingent account in the general fund to the Department of Management and Budget. This transfer is subject to the review and advice of the Legislative Advisory Commission pursuant to section 3.30 . In consultation with the attorney general-elect, the commissioner shall use the transferred funds to pay expenses of the attorney general-elect associated with preparing for the assumption of official duties as attorney general. The commissioner may use the transferred funds for expenses necessary and prudent for establishment of a transition office prior to the election and for dissolution of the office if the incumbent attorney general is reelected or after the inauguration of a new attorney general. Expenses of the attorney general-elect may include suitable office space and equipment, communications and technology support, consulting services, compensation and travel costs, and other reasonable expenses. Compensation rates for temporary employees hired to support the attorney general-elect and rates paid for consulting services for the attorney general-elect shall be determined by the attorney general-elect.

§ Subd. 3. Unused funds. No new obligations shall be incurred for expenses of the attorney general-elect after the date of the inauguration. By March 31 of the year of the inauguration, the commissioner shall return to the general contingent account any funds transferred under this section that the commissioner determines are not needed to pay expenses of the attorney general-elect.
Minn. Stat. § 16D.03 — MN Code / Part 16A_16E / Chapter 16D / Section 16D.03
§ 16D.03 SUPERVISION OF STATE DEBT COLLECTION.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Responsibility. The commissioner of management and budget shall supervise and report on state debt collection.

§ Subd. 2. State agency reports. State agencies shall report quarterly to the commissioner of management and budget the debts owed to them. The commissioner of management and budget, in consultation with the commissioners of revenue and human services, and the attorney general, shall establish internal guidelines for the recognition, tracking, reporting, and collection of debts owed the state. The internal guidelines must include accounting standards, performance measurements, and uniform reporting requirements applicable to all state agencies. The commissioner of management and budget shall require a state agency to recognize, track, report, and attempt to collect debts according to the internal guidelines.

§ Subd. 3. [Repealed, 2003 c 112 art 1 s 19 ]
Minn. Stat. § 103A.325 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103A / Section 103A.325
§ 103A.325 BOARD DECISION TO INTERVENE.
Status: in_force

After receiving a petition, the board must decide whether the petition and the record made before the agency show an important question of water policy according to rules adopted by the board. If the board decides that there is not an important question of water policy, the board may not intervene and the proceeding continues in the agency as though the petition had not been made. If the board decides there is an important question of water policy and intervention in the public interest is justified, the board must issue a brief statement to the petitioner and the agency describing in general terms the questions of water policy it will consider.
Minn. Stat. § 211B.13 — MN Code / Part 200_212 / Chapter 211B / Section 211B.13
§ 211B.13 BRIBERY, TREATING, AND SOLICITATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Bribery, advancing money, and treating prohibited. A person who willfully, directly or indirectly, advances, pays, gives, promises, or lends any money, food, liquor, clothing, entertainment, or other thing of monetary value, or who offers, promises, or endeavors to obtain any money, position, appointment, employment, or other valuable consideration, to or for a person, in order to induce a voter to refrain from voting, or to vote in a particular way, at an election, is guilty of a felony. This section does not prevent a candidate from stating publicly preference for or support of another candidate to be voted for at the same primary or election. Refreshments of food or nonalcoholic beverages having a value up to $5 consumed on the premises at a private gathering or public meeting are not prohibited under this section.

§ Subd. 2. Certain solicitations prohibited. A person may not knowingly solicit, receive, or accept any money, property, or other thing of monetary value, or a promise or pledge of these that is a disbursement prohibited by this section or section 211B.15 .
Minn. Stat. § 51A.07 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 51A / Section 51A.07
§ 51A.07 POWER TO REORGANIZE, MERGE, OR CONSOLIDATE.
Status: in_force

Pursuant to a plan adopted by the board of directors and approved by the commissioner as equitable to the members or stockholders of the association and as not impairing the usefulness and success of other properly conducted associations in the community, an association shall have power to reorganize or to merge or consolidate with another association or federal association within its primary lending area; provided, that the plan of the reorganization, merger, or consolidation shall be approved at an annual meeting or at any special meeting of the members or stockholders called to consider the action by a vote of more than 50 percent of the total number of votes of the members cast in person or by proxy. In all cases the corporate continuity of the resulting corporation shall possess the same incidents as that of an association which has converted in accordance with sections 51A.01 to 51A.57 . No association, directly or indirectly, shall convert or reorganize, or merge, consolidate, assume liability to pay savings accounts or other liabilities of, transfer assets in consideration of the assumption of liabilities for any portion of the savings accounts, deposits made in, or other liabilities of the association to, or acquire the assets of or assume liability to pay any liabilities of, any financial institution or any other organization, person, or entity, except as specifically authorized by the commissioner. Any association aggrieved by any action or nonaction of the commissioner under this section may appeal therefrom and the proceedings shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act relating to judicial review of agency decisions, sections 14.63 to 14.69 , and the scope of judicial review in the proceedings shall be as provided therein.
Minn. Stat. § 94.44 — MN Code / Part 92_94 / Chapter 94 / Section 94.44
§ 94.44 GRANT BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

When the United States shall desire land for any purpose of the government which is owned by any city, town, county, or other municipal or quasi-municipal corporation or in which such corporation has any right it shall be lawful for the governing body of such corporation to grant and convey the same to the United States.
Minn. Stat. § 58A.07 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 58A / Section 58A.07
§ 58A.07 TESTING OF LOAN ORIGINATORS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Generally. In order to meet the written test requirement referred to in section 58A.05 , clause (5), an individual shall pass, in accordance with the standards established under this section, a qualified written test developed by the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry (NMLSR) and designated as the NMLSR's National Test Component with Uniform State Content for Mortgage Loan Originator Licensing and administered by a test provider approved by the NMLSR based upon reasonable standards.

§ Subd. 2. Qualified test. A written test must not be treated as a qualified written test for purposes of subdivision 1 unless the test adequately measures the applicant's knowledge and comprehension in appropriate subject areas, including: (1) ethics; (2) federal law and regulation pertaining to mortgage origination; (3) state law and rule pertaining to mortgage origination; and (4) federal and state law and rule, including instruction on fraud, consumer protection, the nontraditional mortgage marketplace, and fair lending issues.

§ Subd. 3. Testing location. Nothing in this section prohibits a test provider approved by the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry from providing a test at the location of the employer of the applicant or the location of a subsidiary or affiliate of the employer of the applicant, or the location of an entity with which the applicant holds an exclusive arrangement to conduct the business of a mortgage loan originator.

§ Subd. 4. Minimum competence. (a) An individual is not considered to have passed a qualified written test unless the individual achieves a test score of not less than 75 percent correct answers to questions. (b) An individual may retake a test three consecutive times with each consecutive taking occurring at least 30 days after the preceding test. (c) After failing three consecutive tests, an individual shall wait at least six months before taking the test again. (d) A licensed mortgage loan originator who fails to maintain a valid license for a period of five years or longer shall retake the test, not taking into account any time during which the individual is a registered mortgage loan originator.
Minn. Stat. § 15.474 — MN Code / Part 14_15A / Chapter 15 / Section 15.474
§ 15.474 PROCEDURE FOR AWARD OF FEES; CONTESTED CASE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Applications. The chief administrative law judge shall by rule establish uniform procedures for the submission and consideration of applications for an award of fees and expenses in a contested case proceeding. If a court reviews the underlying decision of the contested case under sections 14.63 to 14.68 , an award for fees and expenses may be made only under subdivision 3.

§ Subd. 2. Appeal. A party dissatisfied with the fee determination made under subdivision 1 may petition for leave to appeal to the court having jurisdiction to review the merits of the underlying decision of the contested case. If the court denies the petition for leave to appeal, no appeal may be taken from the denial. If the court grants the petition, it may modify the determination only if it finds that the failure to make an award, or the calculation of the amount of the award, was an abuse of discretion.

§ Subd. 3. Judicial review. (a) In awarding fees and expenses under subdivision 1 to a prevailing party in an action for judicial review of a contested case under sections 14.63 to 14.68 , the court shall include in that award fees and expenses to the extent authorized in section 15.472 . (b) Fees and expenses awarded under this subdivision may be paid in accordance with section 15.473, subdivision 2 .
Minn. Stat. § 14.225 — MN Code / Part 14_15A / Chapter 14 / Section 14.225
§ 14.225 DUAL NOTICE RULES.
Status: in_force

The chief administrative law judge shall adopt rules prescribing the form and content of the notice authorized by section 14.22, subdivision 2 . The rules may provide for a consolidated notice that satisfies the requirements of sections 14.14 , 14.22 , and 14.50 , and the requirements of the rules of the Office of Administrative Hearings.
Minn. Stat. § 342.81 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 342 / Section 342.81
§ 342.81 CIVIL ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Right of action. A spouse, child, parent, guardian, employer, or other person injured in person, property, or means of support or who incurs other pecuniary loss by an intoxicated person or by the intoxication of another person, has a right of action in the person's own name for all damages sustained against a person who caused the intoxication of that person by illegally selling cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, or hemp-derived consumer products, or selling edible cannabinoid products as defined in section 151.72, subdivision 1 , paragraph (f), for on-site consumption. All damages recovered by a minor under this section must be paid either to the minor or to the minor's parent, guardian, or next friend as the court directs.

§ Subd. 2. Actions. All suits for damages under this section must be by civil action in a court of this state having jurisdiction.

§ Subd. 3. Comparative negligence. Actions under this section are governed by section 604.01 .

§ Subd. 4. Defense. It is a defense for the defendant to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant reasonably and in good faith relied upon representations of proof of age in selling, bartering, furnishing, or giving the cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, hemp-derived consumer products, or edible cannabinoid products.

§ Subd. 5. Common law claims. Nothing in this chapter precludes common law tort claims against any person 21 years old or older who knowingly provides or furnishes cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, hemp-derived consumer products, or edible cannabinoid products to a person under the age of 21 years.
Minn. Stat. § 529.13 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 529 / Section 529.13
§ 529.13 EXPENSES, COMPENSATION, AND BOND OF CUSTODIAL TRUSTEE.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in the instrument creating the custodial trust, in an agreement with the beneficiary, or by court order, a custodial trustee:

(1) is entitled to reimbursement from custodial trust property for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of fiduciary services;

(2) has a noncumulative election, to be made no later than six months after the end of each calendar year, to charge a reasonable compensation for fiduciary services performed during that year; and

(3) need not furnish a bond or other security for the faithful performance of fiduciary duties.
Minn. Stat. § 82.84 — MN Code / Part 82_83 / Chapter 82 / Section 82.84
§ 82.84 PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may publish by newspaper, newsletter or otherwise information to assist in the administration of this chapter, or to educate and protect the public regarding fraudulent, deceptive or dishonest practices. The commissioner may also publish materials for the benefit of license applicants.