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Minn. Stat. § 97A.095 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97A / Section 97A.095
§ 97A.095 WATERFOWL PROTECTED AREAS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Migratory-waterfowl sanctuary. The commissioner may designate by rule any part of a state game refuge or any part of a public water that is designated for management purposes under section 97A.101, subdivision 2 , as a migratory-waterfowl sanctuary. The commissioner must consider an area for designation upon presentation of a petition signed by at least ten residents demonstrating that the area is primarily a migratory-waterfowl refuge. The commissioner shall post the area as a migratory-waterfowl sanctuary. A person may not enter a posted migratory-waterfowl sanctuary during the open migratory-waterfowl season or during other times prescribed by the commissioner unless accompanied by or under a permit issued by a conservation officer or wildlife manager. Upon a request from a private landowner within a migratory-waterfowl sanctuary, an annual permit must be issued to provide access to the property during the waterfowl season. The permit shall include conditions that allow no activity which would disturb waterfowl using the refuge during the waterfowl season.

§ Subd. 2. Waterfowl feeding and resting areas. The commissioner may, by rule, designate any part of a lake as a migratory feeding and resting area if there is adequate, free public access to the area. Before designation, the commissioner must describe the area in a public notice and receive public comments for 30 days. The commissioner must consider an area for designation upon presentation of a petition signed by at least ten residents demonstrating that the area is a substantial feeding or resting area for migratory waterfowl. The commissioner shall post the area as a migratory-waterfowl feeding and resting area. Except as authorized in rules adopted by the commissioner, a person may not enter a posted migratory-waterfowl feeding and resting area, during a period when hunting of migratory waterfowl is allowed, with watercraft or aircraft propelled by a motor, other than an electric motor with battery power of 12 volts or less. The commissioner may, by rule, further restrict the use of electric motors in migratory-waterfowl feeding and resting areas.

§ Subd. 3. [Repealed, 2012 c 277 art 1 s 91 ]

§ Subd. 4. Swan Lake Migratory-Waterfowl Sanctuary. The land described in Laws 1999, chapter 81, section 2, is designated Swan Lake Migratory-Waterfowl Sanctuary under subdivision 1.
Minn. Stat. § 337.01 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 337 / Section 337.01
§ 337.01 BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS; INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definition. As used in sections 337.01 to 337.05 the following terms have the meanings assigned to them.

§ Subd. 2. Building and construction contract. "Building and construction contract" means a contract for the design, construction, alteration, improvement, repair or maintenance of real property, highways, roads or bridges. The term does not include contracts for the maintenance or repair of machinery, equipment or other such devices used as part of a manufacturing, converting or other production process, including electric, gas, steam, and telephone utility equipment used for production, transmission, or distribution purposes.

§ Subd. 3. Indemnification agreement. "Indemnification agreement" means an agreement by the promisor to indemnify, defend, or hold harmless the promisee against liability or claims of liability for damages arising out of bodily injury to persons or out of physical damage to tangible or real property.

§ Subd. 4. Promisee. "Promisee" includes that party's independent contractors, agents, employees or indemnitees.
Minn. Stat. § 28A.14 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 28A / Section 28A.14
§ 28A.14 TRANSFER OF BUSINESS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a transfer of a business or a discontinuance of its operation by the licensee at the address covered by the license voids the license and the license certificate shall be surrendered to the commissioner immediately by anyone in possession of the same.

(b) If a licensee discontinues operating at an additional location authorized under section 28A.06 , the license is not void if the licensee has provided written notification to the commissioner.
Minn. Stat. § 611.366 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 611 / Section 611.366
§ 611.366 JUDICIAL REVIEW.
Status: in_force

A party aggrieved by an award of damages under section 611.365 is entitled to judicial review of the decision as provided in sections 14.63 to 14.69 ; however, proceedings on a complaint filed under this section are not a contested case within the meaning of chapter 14 and are not otherwise governed by chapter 14.
Minn. Stat. § 25.31 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 25 / Section 25.31
§ 25.31 CITATION, COMMERCIAL FEED LAW.
Status: in_force

Sections 25.31 to 25.43 are known and may be cited as the "Minnesota Commercial Feed Law."
Minn. Stat. § 309.57 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 309 / Section 309.57
§ 309.57 DISTRICT COURT JURISDICTION, PENALTIES, ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. General. Upon the application of the attorney general the district court is vested with jurisdiction to restrain, enjoin, and redress violations of sections 309.50 to 309.61 . The court may make any necessary order or judgment including, but not limited to, injunctions, restitution, appointment of a receiver for the defendant or the defendant's assets, suspension of the defendant's registration, awards of reasonable attorney fees, and costs of investigation and litigation, and may award to the state civil penalties up to $25,000 for each violation of sections 309.50 to 309.61 . In ordering injunctive relief, the attorney general shall not be required to establish irreparable harm but only a violation of statute or that the requested order promotes the public interest. The court may, as appropriate, enter a consent judgment or decree without the finding of illegality.

§ Subd. 2. Assurance of discontinuance. The attorney general may accept an assurance of discontinuance of any method, act, or practice in violation of sections 309.50 to 309.61 from any person alleged to be engaged or to have been engaged in the method, act, or practice. The assurance may, among other terms, include a stipulation for the voluntary payment by the person of the costs of investigation, or of an amount to be held in escrow pending the outcome of an action or as restitution to aggrieved persons, or both. Any assurance of discontinuance shall be in writing and be filed with the district court of the county of the violator's residence or principal place of business or in Ramsey County. An assurance shall not be considered an admission of a violation for any purpose. Failure to comply with the assurance of discontinuance shall be punishable as contempt.
Minn. Stat. § 507.14 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 507 / Section 507.14
§ 507.14 MINNESOTA UNIFORM CONVEYANCING BLANKS.
Status: in_force

The forms approved and recommended for use by sections 507.09 to 507.14 may be referred to as Minnesota uniform conveyancing blanks (1931).
Minn. Stat. § 115D.02 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 115D / Section 115D.02
§ 115D.02 POLICY.
Status: in_force

(a) To protect the public health, welfare, and the environment, the legislature declares that it is the policy of the state to encourage toxic pollution prevention. The preferred means of preventing toxic pollution are techniques and processes that are implemented at the source and that minimize the transfer of toxic pollutants from one environmental medium to another.

(b) The legislature intends that the programs developed under sections 115D.01 to 115D.12 shall encourage and lead to a greater awareness of the need for and benefits of toxic pollution prevention, and to a greater degree of cooperation and coordination among all elements of government, industry, and the public in encouraging and carrying out pollution prevention activities.
Minn. Stat. § 574.03 — MN Code / Part 570_583 / Chapter 574 / Section 574.03
§ 574.03 PAYMENT OF PREMIUM.
Status: in_force

The premiums upon the bonds of all state officers and the premiums on all fidelity insurance placed under the provisions of this section shall be paid out of the appropriation for the maintenance of the department for which such bond or insurance is required and such fidelity insurance, when placed in lieu of individual bond, shall be deemed full compliance with any provision of law requiring any such official or employee to give bond to the state for the faithful discharge of duty. If schedule or position insurance is provided covering the personnel of any department or agency all individual fidelity bonds covering such officers or employees theretofore bonded shall be canceled and a proportionate part of the premiums paid therefor refunded.
Minn. Stat. § 484.91 — MN Code / Part 480_494 / Chapter 484 / Section 484.91
§ 484.91 MISDEMEANOR VIOLATIONS BUREAUS; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment. Misdemeanor violations bureaus in the Fourth Judicial District shall be established in locations designated by a majority of the judges of the court.

§ Subd. 2. Supervision. The court shall supervise and the court administrator shall operate the misdemeanor violations bureaus in accordance with rule 23 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure. Subject to approval by a majority of the judges, the court administrator shall assign one or more deputy court administrators to discharge and perform the duties of the bureau.

§ Subd. 3. Uniform traffic ticket. The Hennepin County Board may alter by deletion or addition the uniform traffic ticket, provided in section 169.99 , in such manner as it deems advisable for use in Hennepin County.

§ Subd. 4. Procedure by person receiving misdemeanor citation. A person who receives a misdemeanor or petty misdemeanor citation shall proceed as follows: (a) If a fine for the violation may be paid at the bureau without appearance before a judge, the person charged may pay the fine in person or by mail to the bureau within the time specified in the citation. Payment of the fine shall be deemed to be the entry of a plea of guilty to the violation charged and a consent to the imposition of a sentence for the violation in the amount of the fine paid. A receipt shall be issued to evidence the payment and the receipt shall be satisfaction for the violation charged in that citation. (b) When a fine is not paid, the person charged must appear at a bureau within the time specified in the citation, state whether the person desires to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty, arrange for a date for arraignment in court, and appear in court for arraignment on the date set by the bureaus.
Minn. Stat. § 97B.091 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97B / Section 97B.091
§ 97B.091 USING MOTOR VEHICLES TO CHASE WILD ANIMALS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A person may not use a motor vehicle to intentionally drive, chase, run over, kill, or take a wild animal.
Minn. Stat. § 486.055 — MN Code / Part 480_494 / Chapter 486 / Section 486.055
§ 486.055 COURT REPORTER TRANSCRIPT FEE CHARGES; REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

Each court reporter who charges a fee for the preparation of transcripts shall by April 15 of each year file with the district administrator of the reporter's judicial district an accounting of gross receipts and net income from these receipts for the prior calendar year. The accounting report shall specify the amount received in payment for the sale of transcripts.
Minn. Stat. § 308B.621 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 308B / Section 308B.621
§ 308B.621 LOST CERTIFICATES; REPLACEMENT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Issuance. A new membership interest certificate may be issued under section 336.8-405 in place of one that is alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed.

§ Subd. 2. Not overissue. The issuance of a new certificate under this section does not constitute an overissue of the membership interests it represents.
Minn. Stat. § 174.64 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 174 / Section 174.64
§ 174.64 FUNCTIONS AND POWERS RELATING TO CARRIERS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Commissioner's powers generally. Some of the functions of the commissioner of transportation, related to motor carriers and common carriers by rail, are quasi-judicial in nature. The commissioner may make investigations and determinations, hold hearings, prescribe rules, and issue orders with respect to the control and conduct of the carrier businesses coming within the commissioner's jurisdiction as authorized by law.

§ Subd. 2. Specific functions and powers. (a) To the extent allowed under federal law or regulation, the commissioner shall further hold hearings and issue orders in cases brought on the commissioner's own motion or by a third party in the following areas: (1) adequacy of services that carriers are providing to the public, including the continuation, termination, or modification of services and facilities; (2) reasonableness of tariffs of rates, fares, and charges, or a part or classification of a tariff; and (3) issuing permits. (b) For purposes of paragraph (a), clause (2), the commissioner may authorize common carriers by rail and motor carriers for hire to file tariffs of rates, fares, and charges individually or by group. Carriers participating in group ratemaking have the free and unrestrained right to take independent action either before or after a determination arrived at through that procedure.

§ Subd. 3. Subpoena power. The commissioner shall have subpoena power.

§ Subd. 4. Petition and hearing. (a) With respect to those matters within the commissioner's jurisdiction, the commissioner shall receive, hear, and determine all petitions filed with the commissioner in accordance with the procedures established by law and may hold hearings and make determinations upon the commissioner's own motion to the same extent, and in every instance, in which the commissioner may do so upon petition. (b) If the commissioner receives a written objection and notice of intent to appear at a hearing to object to the petition from any person within 20 days of the notice having been fully given, the request of the petition must be granted or denied only after a contested case hearing has been conducted on the petition, unless the objection is withdrawn before the hearing. The commissioner may elect to hold a contested case hearing if no objections to the petition are received. If a timely objection is not received, or if received and withdrawn, and the request of the petition is denied without hearing, the petitioner may request within 30 days of receiving the notice of denial, and must be granted, a contested case hearing on the petition.
Minn. Stat. § 256B.795 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256B / Section 256B.795
§ 256B.795 MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner of human services, in consultation with the commissioner of health, shall submit a biennial report beginning April 15, 2022, to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over health policy and finance on the effectiveness of state maternal and infant health policies and programs addressing health disparities in prenatal and postpartum health outcomes. For each reporting period, the commissioner shall determine the number of women enrolled in the medical assistance program who are pregnant or are in the 12-month postpartum period of eligibility and the percentage of women in that group who, during each reporting period:

(1) received prenatal services;

(2) received doula services;

(3) gave birth by primary cesarean section;

(4) gave birth to an infant who received care in the neonatal intensive care unit;

(5) gave birth to an infant who was premature or who had a low birth weight;

(6) experienced postpartum hemorrhage;

(7) received postpartum care within six weeks of giving birth; and

(8) received a prenatal and postpartum follow-up home visit from a public health nurse.

(b) These measurements must be determined through an analysis of the utilization data from claims submitted during each reporting period and by any other appropriate means. The measurements for each metric must be determined in the aggregate stratified by race and ethnicity.

(c) The commissioner shall establish a baseline for the metrics described in paragraph (a) using calendar year 2017. The initial report due April 15, 2022, must contain the baseline metrics and the metrics data for calendar years 2019 and 2020. The following reports due biennially thereafter must contain the metrics for the preceding two calendar years.

(d) This section expires December 31, 2034.
Minn. Stat. § 176.321 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 176 / Section 176.321
§ 176.321 ANSWER TO PETITION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Filing, service. Within 30 days after service of the petition, an adverse party shall serve and file an answer to the petition. The party shall serve a copy of the answer on the petitioner or the petitioner's attorney.

§ Subd. 2. Contents. The answer shall admit, deny, or affirmatively defend against the substantial averments of the petition, and shall state the contention of the adverse party with reference to the matter in dispute. Each fact alleged by the petition or answer and not specifically denied by the answer or reply is deemed admitted, but the failure to deny such a fact does not preclude the compensation judge from requiring proof of the fact. The answer shall include the names and addresses of all known witnesses; whether or not the employer intends to schedule an adverse examination and, if known, the date, time, and place of all adverse examinations; the desired location for a hearing; any request for a prehearing or settlement conference; the estimated time needed to present evidence at a hearing; and, if an affidavit of significant financial hardship and request for an expedited hearing are included with the petition, any objection the employer may have to that request. If the date, time, and place of all adverse examinations is unknown at the time the answer is filed, the employer must notify the office in writing of the date, time, and place of all adverse examinations within 50 days of the filing of the claim petition.

§ Subd. 3. Extension of time in which to file answer. Upon showing of cause, the office may extend the time in which to file an answer or reply for not more than 30 additional days. The time to file an answer or reply may also be extended upon agreement of the petitioner, and provided that the office must be notified in writing by the employer no later than five days beyond the time required for the filing of the answer of the fact that an agreement has been reached, including the length of the extension. Any case received by the office that does not include an answer, written extension order, or written notification of the extension agreement shall be immediately set for pretrial conference and hearing at the first available date under section 176.331 .
Minn. Stat. § 192A.373 — MN Code / Part 190_195 / Chapter 192A / Section 192A.373
§ 192A.373 APPELLATE COUNSEL.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Appellate government counsel. The senior force judge advocate shall detail a judge advocate as appellate government counsel to represent the state in the review or appeal of cases specified in section 192A.371 , and before any federal court when requested to do so by the state attorney general. Appellate government counsel must be a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of the state.

§ Subd. 2. Right to be represented; appeal by state. Upon an appeal by the state, an accused has the right to be represented by detailed military counsel before any reviewing authority and before any appellate court.

§ Subd. 3. Right to be represented; appeal by accused. (a) Upon the appeal by an accused, the accused has the right to be represented by military counsel before any reviewing authority. (b) Upon the request of an accused entitled to be represented, the senior force judge advocate shall appoint a judge advocate to represent the accused in the review or appeal of cases specified in this subdivision and subdivision 2. (c) An accused may be represented by civilian appellate counsel at no expense to the state.
Minn. Stat. § 80C.22 — MN Code / Part 80B_81A / Chapter 80C / Section 80C.22
§ 80C.22 COMMISSIONER'S DUTIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. General administration. Sections 80C.01 to 80C.22 shall be administered by the commissioner of commerce.

§ Subd. 2. Confidences and privileges. It is unlawful for the commissioner or any of the commissioner's officers or employees to use for personal benefit any information which is filed with or obtained by the commissioner and which is not generally available to the public. Nothing in sections 80C.01 to 80C.22 authorizes the commissioner or any of the commissioner's officers or employees to disclose any confidential information except among themselves or to other administrators or regulatory authorities, or when necessary or appropriate in a proceeding or investigation under sections 80C.01 to 80C.22 . No provision of sections 80C.01 to 80C.22 either creates any privilege or derogates from any privilege which exists at common law or otherwise, when documentary or other evidence is sought under a subpoena directed to the commissioner or any of the commissioner's officers or employees.

§ Subd. 3. Public inspection and dissemination of filed documents. All applications, notices, reports and other documents filed with the commissioner under sections 80C.01 to 80C.22 shall be open to public inspection in accordance with rules prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner may publish information filed with, or obtained by, the commissioner, if, in the judgment of the commissioner, such action is in the public interest.

§ Subd. 4. When document filed. A document is filed when it is received by the commissioner.

§ Subd. 5. Register of filings. The commissioner shall keep a register of all filings which are or have ever been effective under sections 80C.01 to 80C.22 and all denial, suspension, revocation and other orders which have been entered under sections 80C.01 to 80C.22 . The register shall be open for public inspection.

§ Subd. 6. Copies of filings. The commissioner upon request shall furnish to any person at a reasonable charge photostatic or other copies, certified under seal of office if certification is requested, of any entry in the register or any order or other document on file in the commissioner's office. Any copy so certified is admissible in evidence under section 600.13 .

§ Subd. 7. Service of orders and subpoenas. Orders of the commissioner shall be served by mailing a copy thereof by mail to the most recent address of the recipient of the order as it appears in the files of the commissioner. Subpoenas shall be served in the same manner as provided in civil actions in the district courts.