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Minn. Stat. § 29.001 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 29 / Section 29.001
§ 29.001 DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. Except where the context otherwise indicates, for the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Agriculture.
Minn. Stat. § 315.07 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 315 / Section 315.07
§ 315.07 VOTERS, QUALIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

No member of the church, congregation, or society may vote at an election after its incorporation until the member has attended public worship in the church, congregation, or society for at least six months before the election, and contributed to its support according to its customs. The clerk of the trustees shall keep a register of all persons who ask to join the church, congregation, or society note the time of the request, and attend subsequent elections to test the qualifications of voters in case of question.
Minn. Stat. § 326B.99 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 326B / Section 326B.99
§ 326B.99 REPORT OF INSURER; EXEMPTION FROM INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Inspection required. Any insurance company insuring boilers and pressure vessels in this state shall inspect each insured boiler or pressure vessel. Within 21 days after the inspection, the insurance company shall file an inspection report with the commissioner. The inspection report shall be on the applicable national board form. The inspection report must indicate who is the properly licensed engineer in charge of the boiler or pressure vessel, including the engineer's license grade, class, and telephone number. Such report shall be made annually for boilers and biennially for pressure vessels and must be submitted in the format required by the department.

§ Subd. 2. Exemption. Every boiler or pressure vessel as to which any insurance company authorized to do business in this state has issued a policy of insurance, after the inspection thereof, is exempt from inspection by the department made under sections 326B.95 to 326B.998 , except the initial inspection by the department under section 326B.958 , subdivision 1, paragraph (b), as long as: (1) the boiler or pressure vessel continues to be insured; (2) the boiler or pressure vessel continues to be inspected in accordance with the inspection schedule in sections 326B.958 and 326B.96 ; and (3) the person owning or operating the boiler or pressure vessel has an unexpired certificate of registration.

§ Subd. 3. Notice of insurance coverage. The insurer shall notify the commissioner in writing of its policy to insure and inspect boilers and pressure vessels at a location within 30 days of the date coverage is provided.

§ Subd. 4. Notice of discontinued coverage. The insurer shall notify the commissioner in writing, within 30 days of the effective date, of the discontinuation of insurance coverage of the boilers and pressure vessels at a location. This notice shall show the effective date when the discontinued policy takes effect.

§ Subd. 5. Penalties. The commissioner shall assess upon the insurer a $50 penalty, per applicable boiler and pressure vessel, for failing to submit an inspection report or notify the commissioner of insurance coverage or discontinuation of insurance coverage as set forth in this section. The commissioner shall assess upon the insurer a penalty of $100, per applicable boiler and pressure vessel, for failing to conduct the required in-service inspection within 60 days after the inspection was due, or within 60 days of the date of coverage for boilers or pressure vessels that are overdue for inspection. The penalties in this subdivision may only be assessed for notice, reports, and inspections required during the period that the insurance coverage was in effect.
Minn. Stat. § 260E.07 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 260E / Section 260E.07
§ 260E.07 RETALIATION PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) An employer of any person required to make reports under section 260E.06 , subdivision 1, or 260E.11, subdivision 1 , shall not retaliate against the person for reporting in good faith maltreatment pursuant to this chapter or against a child with respect to whom a report is made, because of the report.

(b) The employer of any person required to report under section 260E.06, subdivision 1, or 260E.11, subdivision 1 , who retaliates against the person because of a report of maltreatment is liable to that person for actual damages and, in addition, a penalty of up to $10,000.

(c) There shall be a rebuttable presumption that any adverse action within 90 days of a report is retaliatory. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "adverse action" refers to action taken by an employer of a person required to report under section 260E.06, subdivision 1 , or 260E.11, subdivision 1 , which is involved in a report against the person making the report or the child with respect to whom the report was made because of the report, and includes, but is not limited to:

(1) discharge, suspension, termination, or transfer from the facility, institution, school, or agency;

(2) discharge from or termination of employment;

(3) demotion or reduction in remuneration for services; or

(4) restriction or prohibition of access to the facility, institution, school, agency, or persons affiliated with it.
Minn. Stat. § 462.356 — MN Code / Part 460_463 / Chapter 462 / Section 462.356
§ 462.356 PROCEDURE TO EFFECT PLAN: GENERALLY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Recommendations for plan execution. Upon the recommendation by the planning agency of the comprehensive municipal plan or sections thereof, the planning agency shall study and propose to the governing body reasonable and practicable means for putting the plan or section of the plan into effect. Subject to the limitations of the following sections, such means include, but are not limited to, zoning regulations, regulations for the subdivision of land, an official map, a program for coordination of the normal public improvements and services of the municipality, urban renewal and a capital improvements program.

§ Subd. 2. Compliance with plan. After a comprehensive municipal plan or section thereof has been recommended by the planning agency and a copy filed with the governing body, no publicly owned interest in real property within the municipality shall be acquired or disposed of, nor shall any capital improvement be authorized by the municipality or special district or agency thereof or any other political subdivision having jurisdiction within the municipality until after the planning agency has reviewed the proposed acquisition, disposal, or capital improvement and reported in writing to the governing body or other special district or agency or political subdivision concerned, its findings as to compliance of the proposed acquisition, disposal or improvement with the comprehensive municipal plan. Failure of the planning agency to report on the proposal within 45 days after such a reference, or such other period as may be designated by the governing body shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of this subdivision. The governing body may, by resolution adopted by two-thirds vote dispense with the requirements of this subdivision when in its judgment it finds that the proposed acquisition or disposal of real property or capital improvement has no relationship to the comprehensive municipal plan.
Minn. Stat. § 135A.145 — MN Code / Part 135A_137 / Chapter 135A / Section 135A.145
§ 135A.145 SALE OF STUDENT INFORMATION; MARKETING CREDIT CARDS TO STUDENTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Prohibited practices. No public or private postsecondary educational institution, including its agents, employees, student or alumni organizations, or affiliates, may: (1) sell, give, or otherwise transfer to any card issuer the name, address, telephone number, or other contact information of an undergraduate student at the postsecondary educational institution without the student's consent; or (2) enter into any agreement to market credit cards to undergraduate students at a postsecondary educational institution. For purposes of this section, the terms "credit," "credit card," and "card issuer" have the meanings given them in the Truth in Lending Act, United States Code, title 15, section 1602.

§ Subd. 2. Violations. The attorney general may seek the penalties and remedies available under section 8.31 against any person who violates this section.
Minn. Stat. § 17.58 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17.58
§ 17.58 POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Contracts. A council, with the approval of the commissioner, may contract and cooperate with any person, firm, corporation or association, or with any local, state, federal or international agency or institution, for market development, education, publicity, promotion, research, transportation and advertising within the purposes of sections 17.51 to 17.69 .

§ Subd. 2. Personnel. The council, with the approval of the commissioner, shall appoint, employ, provide necessary bond, discharge, fix compensation for and prescribe the duties of the first chief administrative officer of any council established after July 1, 1982. The council, after consultation with the commissioner, shall appoint, employ, provide necessary bond, discharge, fix compensation for and provide duties of subsequent chief administrative officers. A council may employ other personnel as it deems necessary.

§ Subd. 3. General powers. In administering sections 17.51 to 17.69 , the commissioner shall have such other powers as may be conferred by law not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 17.51 to 17.69 . The commissioner is authorized to cooperate with any appropriate agency of any state for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of sections 17.51 to 17.69 , and in securing uniformity of administration and enforcement.

§ Subd. 4. Rules. The organization, conduct of elections, referenda, and meetings of a council and the administration of a promotional order for any commodity shall be governed by rules promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to chapter 14.

§ Subd. 5. Audits. Each year the commissioner shall conduct a fiscal audit, and at least every three years the commissioner shall conduct a compliance audit of each council. A compliance audit is an audit to determine that a council has complied with the terms of sections 17.51 to 17.69 , with all other applicable federal or state laws, and with the terms of any promotional orders established.
Minn. Stat. § 216B.361 — MN Code / Part 216_217 / Chapter 216B / Section 216B.361
§ 216B.361 TOWNSHIP AGREEMENT WITH NATURAL GAS UTILITY.
Status: in_force

A township may enter into an agreement with a public utility providing natural gas services to provide services within a designated portion or all of the township. If a city annexes township land for which a utility has an agreement with a township to serve, the utility shall continue to have a nonexclusive right to offer and provide service in the area identified by the agreement with the township for the term of that agreement, subject to the authority of the annexing city to manage public rights-of-way within the city as provided in sections 216B.36 , 237.162 , and 237.163 .

Nothing in this section precludes a city from acquiring the property of a public utility under sections 216B.45 to 216B.47 for the purpose of allowing the city to own and operate a natural gas utility, or to extend natural gas and other utility services into newly annexed areas.
Minn. Stat. § 196.01 — MN Code / Part 196_198 / Chapter 196 / Section 196.01
§ 196.01 CREATED.
Status: in_force

There is hereby created and established a Department of Veterans Affairs, hereinafter referred to as the department.
Minn. Stat. § 62Q.585 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62Q / Section 62Q.585
§ 62Q.585 GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE COVERAGE; MEDICALLY NECESSARY CARE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Requirement. No health plan that covers physical or mental health services may be offered, sold, issued, or renewed in this state that: (1) excludes coverage for medically necessary gender-affirming care; or (2) requires gender-affirming treatments to satisfy a definition of "medically necessary care," "medical necessity," or any similar term that is more restrictive than the definition provided in subdivision 2.

§ Subd. 2. Minimum definition. "Medically necessary care" means health care services appropriate in terms of type, frequency, level, setting, and duration to the enrollee's diagnosis or condition and diagnostic testing and preventive services. Medically necessary care must be consistent with generally accepted practice parameters as determined by health care providers in the same or similar general specialty as typically manages the condition, procedure, or treatment at issue and must: (1) help restore or maintain the enrollee's health; or (2) prevent deterioration of the enrollee's condition.

§ Subd. 3. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Gender-affirming care" means all medical, surgical, counseling, or referral services, including telehealth services, that an individual may receive to support and affirm the individual's gender identity or gender expression and that are legal under the laws of this state. (c) "Health plan" has the meaning given in section 62Q.01, subdivision 3 , but includes the coverages listed in section 62A.011, subdivision 3 , clauses (7) and (10).
Minn. Stat. § 35.03 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 35 / Section 35.03
§ 35.03 POWERS, DUTIES, AND REPORTS.
Status: in_force

The board shall protect the health of Minnesota domestic animals and carry out the provisions of this chapter. The board shall make rules necessary to protect the health of domestic animals. The board shall meet at least quarterly. Officers must be elected each April. On or before November 1 of each year the board shall publish an annual report. The University of Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory is the official laboratory for the board. At least quarterly, the director of the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory must report on the laboratory's activities.
Minn. Stat. § 103H.251 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103H / Section 103H.251
§ 103H.251 EVALUATING DETECTION OF POLLUTANTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Methods. (a) The commissioner of agriculture for pollution resulting from agricultural chemicals and practices and the Pollution Control Agency for other pollutants shall evaluate the detection of pollutants in groundwater of the state. Evaluation of the detection may include collection technique, sampling handling technique, laboratory practices, other quality control practices, climatological conditions, and potential pollutant sources. (b) If conditions indicate a likelihood of the detection of the pollutant or pollutant breakdown product to be a common detection, the commissioner of agriculture or the Pollution Control Agency must begin development of best management practices and continue to monitor for the pollutant or pollutant breakdown products.

§ Subd. 2. Analysis of pollution trend. The commissioner of agriculture for pollution resulting from agricultural chemicals and practices and the Pollution Control Agency for other pollutants shall develop and implement groundwater monitoring and hydrogeologic evaluation following pollution detection to evaluate pollution frequency and concentration trend. Assessment of the site-specific and pollutant-specific conditions and the likelihood of common detection must include applicable monitoring, pollutant use information, physical and chemical properties of the pollutant, hydrogeologic information, and review of information and data from other local, state, or federal monitoring databases.
Minn. Stat. § 12A.11 — MN Code / Part 10_12B / Chapter 12A / Section 12A.11
§ 12A.11 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Status: in_force

The Minnesota Historical Society may use state appropriations for the costs of cleanup, renovation, repair, and replacement of historic structures or other historic resources damaged by the disaster.
Minn. Stat. § 438.09 — MN Code / Part 436_439 / Chapter 438 / Section 438.09
§ 438.09 FIRE DEPARTMENT MAY GET COMPENSATED FOR OUTSIDE FIRE.
Status: in_force

The body or person having control of a municipal fire department shall have authority to contract with other municipalities or private groups for compensation for services rendered in fighting fires as provided in section 438.08 . The compensation agreed shall be a legal charge and collectible by the municipality rendering the service in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Minn. Stat. § 160.84 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 160 / Section 160.84
§ 160.84 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. The terms used in sections 160.84 to 160.98 have the meanings given them in this section and section 160.02 .

§ Subd. 2. BOT facility. "BOT facility" means a build-operate-transfer toll facility developed, financed, designed, constructed, improved, rehabilitated, and operated by a private operator who holds title to the facility subject to a development agreement providing that title will be transferred to the road authority on expiration of an agreed term.

§ Subd. 3. BTO facility. "BTO facility" means a build-transfer-operate toll facility developed, financed, designed, constructed, improved, or rehabilitated by a private operator who: (1) transfers any interest it may have in the toll facility to the road authority before operation begins; and (2) operates the toll facility for an agreed term under a lease, management, or toll concession agreement.

§ Subd. 4. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Transportation.

§ Subd. 5. Development agreement. "Development agreement" means a written agreement between a road authority and a private operator that provides for the development, financing, design, construction, improvement, rehabilitation, ownership, and operation of a toll facility.

§ Subd. 6. Metropolitan area. "Metropolitan area" has the meaning given it in section 473.121, subdivision 2 .

§ Subd. 7. Private operator. "Private operator" means an individual, corporation, partnership, cooperative or unincorporated association, joint venture, or consortium that develops, finances, designs, constructs, improves, rehabilitates, owns, or operates a toll facility subject to sections 160.84 to 160.92 .

§ Subd. 8. Road authority. "Road authority" has the meaning given it in section 160.02, subdivision 25 , and also refers to a joint powers authority formed under section 160.91 .

§ Subd. 9. Toll facility. "Toll facility" means a bridge, causeway, or tunnel, and its approaches; a road, street, or highway; an appurtenant building, structure, or other improvement; land lying within applicable rights-of-way; and other appurtenant rights or hereditaments that together comprise a project for which a road authority or private operator is authorized to develop, finance, design, operate, and impose tolls under sections 160.84 to 160.92 .
Minn. Stat. § 290.9741 — MN Code / Part 289A_295 / Chapter 290 / Section 290.9741
§ 290.9741 ELECTION BY REMIC.
Status: in_force

An entity having a valid election as a Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC) in effect under section 860D(b) of the Internal Revenue Code shall not be subject to the taxes imposed by this chapter except the tax imposed under section 290.92 .
Minn. Stat. § 60A.082 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 60A / Section 60A.082
§ 60A.082 GROUP INSURANCE; BENEFITS CONTINUED IF INSURER CHANGED.
Status: in_force

A person covered under group life, group accidental death and dismemberment, group disability income or group medical expense insurance, shall not be denied benefits to which the person is otherwise entitled solely because of a change in the insurance company writing the coverage or in the group contract applicable to the person. In the case of one or more carriers replacing or remaining in place after one or more plans have been discontinued, each carrier shall accept any person who was covered under the discontinued plan or plans without denial of benefits to which other persons in the group covered by that carrier are entitled. "Insurance company" shall include a service plan corporation under chapter 62C or 62D.

For purposes of satisfying any preexisting condition limitation, the insurance company shall credit the period of time the person was covered by the prior plan, if the person has maintained continuous coverage.

The commissioner shall promulgate rules to carry out this section. Nothing in this section shall preclude an employer, union or association from reducing the level of benefits under any group insurance policy or plan.
Minn. Stat. § 508A.57 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 508A / Section 508A.57
§ 508A.57 FORECLOSURE; NOTICE.
Status: in_force

Mortgages upon land registered under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 may be foreclosed in the same manner as mortgages upon unregistered land. Where the mortgage is upon registered land it shall be sufficient to authorize the foreclosure of it by advertisement, if the mortgage and all assignments of it have been registered, and a memorial of it duly entered upon the CPT. When a mortgage upon the registered land is foreclosed by advertisement, the notice of foreclosure shall state the date of the mortgage, when and where registered, and the fact of registration. All laws relating to the foreclosure of mortgages upon unregistered land shall apply to mortgages upon land registered under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 , or any estate or interest therein, except as herein provided, and except that a notice of the pendency of any suit or proceeding to enforce or foreclose the mortgage or other charge upon the land shall be filed with the registrar, and a memorial of it entered on the CPT before the first date of publication of the foreclosure notice but not sooner than six months before the first date of publication. A notice so filed and registered shall be notice to the registrar and to all persons thereafter dealing with the land or any part of it and satisfies the requirements of section 580.032, subdivision 3 , with respect to registered land. In all foreclosures, all certificates and affidavits permitted or required by law to be recorded with the county recorder shall be filed with the registrar who shall register them.