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Minn. Stat. § 41B.026 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 41B / Section 41B.026
§ 41B.026 TELEPHONE OR ELECTRONIC MEETING.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding section 13D.01 , the Rural Finance Authority may conduct a meeting of its members by telephone or other electronic means so long as the following conditions are met:

(1) all members of the authority participating in the meeting, wherever their physical location, can hear one another and can hear all discussion and testimony;

(2) members of the public present at the regular meeting location of the authority can hear all discussion and testimony and all votes of members of the authority;

(3) at least one member of the authority is physically present at the regular meeting location; and

(4) all votes are conducted by roll call, so each member's vote on each issue can be identified and recorded.

(b) Each member of the authority participating in a meeting by telephone or other electronic means is considered present at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and participating in all proceedings.

(c) If telephone or other electronic means is used to conduct a meeting, the authority, to the extent practical, shall allow a person to monitor the meeting electronically from a remote location. The authority may require the person making such a connection to pay for documented marginal costs that the authority incurs as a result of the additional connection.

(d) If telephone or other electronic means is used to conduct a regular, special, or emergency meeting, the authority shall provide notice of the regular meeting location, of the fact that some members may participate by telephone or other electronic means, and of the provisions of paragraph (c). The timing and method of providing notice is governed by section 13D.04 .
Minn. Stat. § 410.21 — MN Code / Part 410_414 / Chapter 410 / Section 410.21
§ 410.21 APPLICATION OF GENERAL ELECTION LAWS.
Status: in_force

The provisions of any charter of any such city adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be valid and shall control as to nominations, primary elections, and elections for municipal offices, notwithstanding that such charter provisions may be inconsistent with any general law relating thereto, and such general laws shall apply only in so far as consistent with such charter.
Minn. Stat. § 245F.13 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 245F / Section 245F.13
§ 245F.13 MEDICATIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Administration of medications. A license holder must employ or contract with a registered nurse to develop the policies and procedures for medication administration. A registered nurse must provide supervision as defined in section 148.171 , subdivision 23, for the administration of medications. For clinically managed programs, the registered nurse supervision must include on-site supervision at least monthly or more often as warranted by the health needs of the patient. The medication administration policies and procedures must include: (1) a provision that patients may carry emergency medication such as nitroglycerin as instructed by their prescriber; (2) requirements for recording the patient's use of medication, including staff signatures with date and time; (3) guidelines regarding when to inform a licensed practitioner or a registered nurse of problems with medication administration, including failure to administer, patient refusal of a medication, adverse reactions, or errors; and (4) procedures for acceptance, documentation, and implementation of prescriptions, whether written, oral, telephonic, or electronic.

§ Subd. 2. Control of drugs. A license holder must have in place and implement written policies and procedures relating to control of drugs. The policies and procedures must be developed by a registered nurse and must contain the following provisions: (1) a requirement that all drugs must be stored in a locked compartment. Schedule II drugs, as defined in section 152.02, subdivision 3 , must be stored in a separately locked compartment that is permanently affixed to the physical plant or a medication cart; (2) a system for accounting for all scheduled drugs each shift; (3) a procedure for recording a patient's use of medication, including staff signatures with time and date; (4) a procedure for destruction of discontinued, outdated, or deteriorated medications; (5) a statement that only authorized personnel are permitted to have access to the keys to the locked drug compartments; and (6) a statement that no legend drug supply for one patient may be given to another patient.
Minn. Stat. § 93.51 — MN Code / Part 92_94 / Chapter 93 / Section 93.51
§ 93.51 PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Civil penalty. If any person fails to comply with any provision of sections 93.44 to 93.51 , or any rules promulgated pursuant to these sections, or any permit condition required by these sections or the rules, for a period of 15 days after notice of such failure, or the expiration of time for corrective action as provided for in section 93.481, subdivision 4 , such person shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each and every day of the continuance of such failure. The commissioner may assess and collect any such penalty.

§ Subd. 2. Criminal penalty; injunctive relief. Any person who knowingly and willfully violates or refuses to comply with any rule, decision, order or ruling of the commissioner shall upon conviction be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. At the request of the commissioner, the attorney general may institute a civil action in a district court of the state for a restraining order or injunction or other appropriate remedy to prevent or preclude a violation of the terms and conditions of any rules promulgated hereunder. The district court of the state of Minnesota in which district the mining operation affected is conducted shall have jurisdiction to issue such order or injunction or to provide other appropriate remedies.
Minn. Stat. § 342.175 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 342 / Section 342.175
§ 342.175 SOCIAL EQUITY LICENSE CLASSIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The office must classify licenses listed in section 342.10 , clauses (1) to (10) and (13) as:

(1) available to social equity applicants who meet the requirements of section 342.17 ; and

(2) available to all applicants.

(b) The office must classify any license issued to a social equity applicant as a social equity license.
Minn. Stat. § 27.131 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 27 / Section 27.131
§ 27.131 MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION.
Status: in_force

A contract for perishable farm products between a buyer and a seller must contain language providing for resolution of contract disputes by either mediation or arbitration. If there is a contract dispute, either party may make a written request to the commissioner for mediation or arbitration, as specified in the contract to facilitate resolution of the dispute.
Minn. Stat. § 260E.34 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 260E / Section 260E.34
§ 260E.34 IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The following persons are immune from any civil or criminal liability that otherwise might result from the person's actions if the person is acting in good faith:

(1) a person making a voluntary or mandated report under this chapter or assisting in an assessment under this chapter;

(2) a person with responsibility for performing duties under this section or supervisor employed by a local welfare agency, the commissioner of an agency responsible for operating or supervising a licensed or unlicensed day care facility, residential facility, agency, hospital, sanitarium, or other facility or institution required to be licensed or certified under sections 144.50 to 144.58 ; 241.021 ; 245A.01 to 245A.16 ; or chapter 142B or 142C; or a school as defined in section 120A.05, subdivisions 9 , 11, and 13; and chapter 124E; or a nonlicensed personal care provider organization as defined in section 256B.0625, subdivision 19a , complying with sections 260E.23, subdivisions 2 and 3, and 260E.30 ; and

(3) a public or private school, facility as defined in section 260E.03 , or the employee of any public or private school or facility who permits access by a local welfare agency, the Department of Education, or a local law enforcement agency and assists in an investigation or assessment pursuant to this chapter.

(b) A person who is a supervisor or person with responsibility for performing duties under this chapter employed by a local welfare agency; the commissioner of human services; the commissioner of children, youth, and families; or the commissioner of education complying with this chapter or any related rule or provision of law is immune from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise result from the person's actions if the person is (1) acting in good faith and exercising due care, or (2) acting in good faith and following the information collection procedures established under section 260E.20, subdivision 3 .

(c) Any physician or other medical personnel administering a toxicology test under section 260E.32 to determine the presence of a controlled substance in a pregnant woman, in a woman within eight hours after delivery, or in a child at birth or during the first month of life is immune from civil or criminal liability arising from administration of the test if the physician ordering the test believes in good faith that the test is required under this section and the test is administered in accordance with an established protocol and reasonable medical practice.

(d) This section does not provide immunity to any person for failure to make a required report or for committing maltreatment.

(e) If a person who makes a voluntary or mandatory report under section 260E.06 prevails in a civil action from which the person has been granted immunity under this section, the court may award the person attorney fees and costs.
Minn. Stat. § 219.33 — MN Code / Part 218_222 / Chapter 219 / Section 219.33
§ 219.33 FENCE, CROSSING, CATTLE GUARD; LANDOWNER RECOURSE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Liability. A railroad company operating a line of railroad in this state, which has failed or neglected to fence the road and to erect crossings and cattle guards, is liable for all damages sustained by a person as a consequence of that failure or neglect.

§ Subd. 2. Measure of damages. The measure of damages for failure to construct or maintain a fence is as follows: the owner of land abutting on the line of railway of the railroad company may serve notice on any of its station agents between April 1 and October 1 of any year, requiring the construction of a fence on the line between the person's land and the company's right-of-way. If the company does not construct the fence within 40 days after service of the notice, the landowner may recover from the company an amount not exceeding twice the cost of construction, with costs and reasonable attorney's fee, to be allowed by the court, or the landowner may construct the fence after the expiration of that time and receive from the company double the cost of construction, with like costs and attorney's fee.

§ Subd. 3. Duty to maintain. The fence must be kept in repair by the railroad company in like manner and under like penalties as if built by the company.

§ Subd. 4. Failure to serve notice. Failure to serve notice does not relieve the railroad company from liability for damages for injuries to persons or domestic animals or other property, resulting from failure to fence its road.
Minn. Stat. § 219.752 — MN Code / Part 218_222 / Chapter 219 / Section 219.752
§ 219.752 MINIMUM CREW SIZE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Class I or Class II railroad. A Class I railroad or Class II railroad must not operate a train or light engine used in connection with the movement of freight unless it has a crew of a minimum of two individuals.

§ Subd. 2. Class III railroad. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, "shared corridor" means a segment of railroad track in which light rail transit operates within or adjacent to right-of-way used in freight rail operation. (b) A Class III railroad while operating in a shared corridor must not operate a train or light engine used in connection with the movement of freight unless it has a crew of a minimum of two individuals.

§ Subd. 3. Exemption. The requirements of this section do not apply to hostler services or utility employees.

§ Subd. 4. Penalty; action. (a) Any railroad that willfully violates this section must pay a fine of not less than $250 or more than $1,000 for a first offense, not less than $1,000 or more than $5,000 for a second offense committed within three years of the first offense, and not less than $5,000 nor more than $10,000 for a third or subsequent offense committed within three years of the first offense. (b) Fines prescribed in this section must be recovered in a civil action before a judge of the county in which the violation occurs.
Minn. Stat. § 16B.286 — MN Code / Part 16A_16E / Chapter 16B / Section 16B.286
§ 16B.286 RESERVATION OF MINERALS.
Status: in_force

The state reserves for its own use all the iron, coal, copper, and other valuable minerals in or upon all lands that may be sold under sections 16B.281 to 16B.287 and any contract for deed or quitclaim deed shall contain a clause reserving all such minerals for the use of the state.
Minn. Stat. § 336.9-801 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.9-801
§ 336.9-801 EFFECTIVE DATE.
Status: in_force

Laws 2011, chapter 31, takes effect on July 1, 2013.
Minn. Stat. § 72A.18 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 72A / Section 72A.18
§ 72A.18 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. General. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms, when used in sections 72A.17 to 72A.32 , shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section.

§ Subd. 2. Person. "Person" means any individual, corporation, association, partnership, reciprocal exchange, interinsurer, Lloyds insurer, fraternal benefit society, or any other legal entity, engaged in the business of insurance, including an agent, a solicitor, or an adjuster and for the purposes of sections 72A.31 and 72A.32 "person" shall in addition mean any person, firm or corporation even though not engaged in the business of insurance.
Minn. Stat. § 27.133 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 27 / Section 27.133
§ 27.133 PARENT COMPANY LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

If a farm products dealer is a subsidiary of another corporation, partnership, or association, the parent corporation, partnership, or association is liable to a seller for the amount of any unpaid claim or contract performance claim if the farm products dealer fails to pay or perform according to the terms of the contract and this chapter.
Minn. Stat. § 373.06 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 373 / Section 373.06
§ 373.06 ACTIONS AGAINST COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

No action shall be maintained by any claimant, except the state of Minnesota, against a county upon any claim except county orders, when the only relief demanded is a judgment for money, until the claim has been presented to the board and it has failed to act upon it within the time fixed by law, or the board consents to the institution of the action.

No action shall be brought by any person, except the state of Minnesota, upon any county order until the expiration of 30 days after a demand for payment of it has been made. Any judgment against the county entered in an action brought on an order without a demand is void.
Minn. Stat. § 93.34 — MN Code / Part 92_94 / Chapter 93 / Section 93.34
§ 93.34 DRAINING PUBLIC WATERS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 2000 c 495 s 53 ]

§ Subd. 2. Draining meandered public lake for mineral purposes forbidden. It shall be unlawful for any individual, copartnership, or corporation to drain any meandered public lake for the purpose of mining of minerals without first having received the consent of the Executive Council.

§ Subd. 3. [Repealed, 2000 c 495 s 53 ]
Minn. Stat. § 192A.46 — MN Code / Part 190_195 / Chapter 192A / Section 192A.46
§ 192A.46 INSUBORDINATE CONDUCT TOWARD WARRANT OFFICER OR NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER.
Status: in_force

Any warrant officer or enlisted member who:

(1) strikes or assaults a warrant officer or noncommissioned officer while that officer is in the execution of official duties;

(2) willfully disobeys the lawful order of a warrant officer or noncommissioned officer; or

(3) treats with contempt or is disrespectful in language or deportment toward a warrant officer or noncommissioned officer while that officer is in the execution of official duties;

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Minn. Stat. § 589.25 — MN Code / Part 585_590 / Chapter 589 / Section 589.25
§ 589.25 PERSON SERVING WRIT; BOND.
Status: in_force

The writ can be served only by a legal voter of the state. The judge granting it may require a bond to the state in a sum not more than $1,000, conditioned for the payment of all costs and expenses of the proceeding, and the reasonable charges of restoring the petitioner, if sent back to custody, to the person from whose custody the petitioner was taken. The bond must be approved by the judge issuing the writ, and be filed with the court administrator.
Minn. Stat. § 89A.04 — MN Code / Part 88_91 / Chapter 89A / Section 89A.04
§ 89A.04 PARTNERSHIP.
Status: in_force

It is the policy of the state to encourage forest landowners, forest managers, and loggers to maintain a partnership in which the implementation of council recommendations can occur in a timely and coordinated manner across ownerships. The partnership shall serve as a forum for discussing operational implementation issues and problem solving related to forest resources management and planning concerns, and be responsive to the recommendations of the council. This partnership shall also actively foster collaboration and coordination among forest managers, landowners, and loggers in addressing landscape-level operations and concerns. In fulfilling its responsibilities as identified in this chapter, the partnership may advise the council. Nothing in this section shall imply extra rights or influence for the partnership.
Minn. Stat. § 93.14 — MN Code / Part 92_94 / Chapter 93 / Section 93.14
§ 93.14 LEASES TO PROSPECT FOR ORES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may execute leases to prospect for iron ore and other ores upon lands belonging to the state or in which the state has an interest and for the mining of the ores, subject to the conditions provided in sections 93.15 to 93.28 .
Minn. Stat. § 169.795 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 169 / Section 169.795
§ 169.795 VEHICLE INSURANCE RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of public safety shall adopt rules necessary to implement sections 168.041, subdivision 4 ; 169.09, subdivision 14 ; and 169.791 to 169.796 .
Minn. Stat. § 169.30 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 169 / Section 169.30
§ 169.30 DESIGNATION OF THROUGH HIGHWAYS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner, with reference to state trunk highways, and local authorities, with reference to other highways under their jurisdiction, may designate through highways by erecting stop signs or yield signs at entrances thereto or may designate any intersection as a stop or yield intersection by erecting like signs at one or more entrances to such intersection; provided, that local authorities, with the consent of the commissioner, may designate through highway or stop or yield intersections on state trunk highways.

(b) Every driver of a vehicle shall stop at a stop sign or at a clearly marked stop line before entering the intersection, except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic-control signal.
Minn. Stat. § 580.21 — MN Code / Part 570_583 / Chapter 580 / Section 580.21
§ 580.21 ACTION TO SET ASIDE SALE; LIMITATION.
Status: in_force

No such sale shall be held invalid or set aside unless the action in which its validity is called in question be commenced, or the defense alleging its invalidity be interposed, within 15 years after the date of such sale; provided that persons under disability, as provided in section 580.20 , may commence such action or interpose such defense within the time therein provided. This section shall not affect or prejudice the rights of any bona fide purchaser.
Minn. Stat. § 148F.02 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 148F / Section 148F.02
§ 148F.02 DUTY TO MAINTAIN CURRENT INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

All individuals licensed as alcohol and drug counselors, all individuals with temporary permits, and all applicants for licensure must notify the board within 30 days of the occurrence of any of the following:

(1) a change of name, address, place of employment, and home or business telephone number; and

(2) a change in any other application information.
Minn. Stat. § 518C.401 — MN Code / Part 517_519A / Chapter 518C / Section 518C.401
§ 518C.401 ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if:

(1) the individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or

(2) the support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this state.

(b) The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is:

(1) a presumed father of the child;

(2) petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;

(3) identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;

(4) an alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;

(5) shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;

(6) an acknowledged father as provided by section 257.55 ;

(7) the mother of the child; or

(8) an individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.

(c) Upon a finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders according to section 518C.305 .