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Minn. Stat. § 332C.05 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 332C / Section 332C.05
§ 332C.05 ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general may enforce this chapter under section 8.31 .

(b) A collecting party that violates this chapter is strictly liable to the debtor in question for the sum of:

(1) actual damage sustained by the debtor as a result of the violation;

(2) additional damages as the court may allow, but not exceeding $1,000 per violation; and

(3) in the case of any successful action to enforce the foregoing, the costs of the action, together with a reasonable attorney fee as determined by the court.

(c) A collecting party that willfully and maliciously violates this chapter is strictly liable to the debtor for three times the sums allowable under paragraph (b), clauses (1) and (2).

(d) The dollar amount limit under paragraph (b), clause (2), changes on July 1 of each even-numbered year in an amount equal to changes made in the Consumer Price Index, compiled by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Consumer Price Index for December 2024 is the reference base index. If the Consumer Price Index is revised, the percentage of change made under this section must be calculated on the basis of the revised Consumer Price Index. If a Consumer Price Index revision changes the reference base index, a revised reference base index must be determined by multiplying the reference base index that is effective at the time by the rebasing factor furnished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

(e) If the Consumer Price Index is superseded, the Consumer Price Index referred to in this section is the Consumer Price Index represented by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as most accurately reflecting changes in the prices paid by consumers for consumer goods and services.

(f) The attorney general must publish the base reference index under paragraph (d) in the State Register no later than September 1, 2024. The attorney general must calculate and publish the revised Consumer Price Index under paragraph (d) in the State Register no later than September 1 each even-numbered year.

(g) A collecting party must not be held liable in any action brought under this section if the collecting party shows by a preponderance of evidence that the violation:

(1) was not intentional and resulted from a bona fide error made notwithstanding the maintenance of procedures reasonably adopted to avoid any bona fide error; or

(2) was the result of inaccurate or incorrect information provided to the collecting party by a health care provider, as defined in section 62J.805, subdivision 4 ; a health carrier, as defined in section 62A.011, subdivision 2 ; or another collecting party currently or previously engaged in collection of the medical debt in question.
Minn. Stat. § 240.24 — MN Code / Part 240_240A / Chapter 240 / Section 240.24
§ 240.24 MEDICATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Rules. The commission shall make and enforce rules governing medication and medical testing for horses running at licensed racetracks. The rules must provide that no medication, as the commission defines that term by rule, may be administered to a horse within 48 hours of a race it runs at a licensed racetrack. The rules must also provide that no horse participating in a race shall carry in its body any substance foreign to the natural horse. The commission shall by rule establish the qualifications for laboratories used by it as testing laboratories to enforce its rules under this section.

§ Subd. 2. Exception. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, the commission by rule shall allow the use of: (1) topical external applications that do not contain anesthetics or steroids; (2) food additives; (3) Furosemide or other pulmonary hemostatic agents if the agents are administered under the visual supervision of the veterinarian or a designee of the veterinarian employed by the commission; (4) nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, provided that the test sample does not contain more than the regulatory threshold concentrations set by rule by the commission; and (5) medications and their metabolites, provided their use thereof does not exceed regulatory threshold concentrations set by rule by the commission. For purposes of this clause, "test sample" means any bodily substance including blood, urine, saliva, or other substance as directed by the commission, taken from a horse under the supervision of the commission veterinarian and in such manner as prescribed by the commission for the purpose of analysis.

§ Subd. 2a. Reimbursement. Increased expenses related to the use of upgraded drug testing technologies and procedures are deemed to be necessary costs within the meaning of section 240.155 and the commission may be reimbursed for these expenses from receipts from card playing activities regulated by the commission.

§ Subd. 3. Fees. The commission shall establish by rule a fee or schedule of fees that may be used to recover the costs of medical testing of horses running at racetracks licensed by the commission. Fees charged for the testing of horses shall cover the cost of the medical testing laboratory. Fee receipts shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the racing reimbursement account.
Minn. Stat. § 67A.04 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 67A / Section 67A.04
§ 67A.04 AMENDMENTS TO CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION.
Status: in_force

The certificate of incorporation of any township mutual fire insurance company may be amended in respect to any matter which the original certificate of incorporation might lawfully have contained, or which is authorized by the provisions of sections 67A.01 to 67A.26 , by the adoption of a resolution, specifying the proposed amendment, at the regular meeting, or a special meeting called for that expressly stated purpose, by a majority vote of its members present and voting; or by a majority vote of its entire board of directors, within one year after having been thereby duly authorized by a specific resolution duly adopted at such meeting of the members, and by causing the resolution to be embraced in a certificate duly executed by its president and secretary under the corporate seal of the company, if it have one, and approved, filed, and recorded in the manner prescribed by such sections for the approval, filing, and recording of the original certificate.
Minn. Stat. § 34A.012 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 34A / Section 34A.012
§ 34A.012 EXCLUSIONS.
Status: in_force

The following items are not perishable food, readily perishable food, or frozen food:

(1) packaged pickles;

(2) jellies, jams, and condiments in sealed containers;

(3) bakery products such as bread, rolls, buns, donuts, fruit-filled pies, and pastries;

(4) dehydrated packaged food;

(5) dry or packaged food with a water activity that precludes development of microorganisms; and

(6) food in unopened hermetically sealed containers that is commercially processed to achieve and maintain commercial sterility under conditions of nonrefrigerated storage and distribution.
Minn. Stat. § 34.02 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 34 / Section 34.02
§ 34.02 LICENSES; EXCEPTIONS.
Status: in_force

No person may manufacture, mix, or compound any soft drinks or other nonalcoholic beverage, to be sold in bottles, barrels, kegs, jars, coolers, cans, glasses or tumblers, or other containers, without first having obtained a license from the commissioner. License fees shall be established in accordance with section 28A.05 , paragraph (c). Sections 34.02 to 34.11 do not apply to beverages manufactured, mixed, or compounded in quantities of one quart or less at one time.
Minn. Stat. § 202A.156 — MN Code / Part 200_212 / Chapter 202A / Section 202A.156
§ 202A.156 INTERPRETER SERVICES AND ACCESSIBLE PRECINCT CAUCUS EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

A major political party is not required to:

(1) provide an interpreter for a convention or precinct caucus if it has made documented good faith efforts to locate and assign an interpreter, including contacting an interpreter referral center or regional service center for people who are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing, and no interpreters are available; or

(2) hold a precinct caucus at a place that meets the accessibility standards for precinct polling places specified in section 204B.16, subdivision 5 , if it has made documented good faith efforts to locate and secure an available accessible site within a reasonable distance of the precinct, and no accessible site is available.
Minn. Stat. § 458.37 — MN Code / Part 451_459 / Chapter 458 / Section 458.37
§ 458.37 TAX LEVY TO PAY BONDS.
Status: in_force

The full faith and credit of the issuing city must at all times be pledged to pay bonds issued under sections 458.36 to 458.40 , and to pay the current interest on them. The city's council shall each year include in its tax levy a sufficient amount to pay the interest as it accrues.

A tax levy need not be made if the quarry and dock fund described in section 458.39 contains enough money to make the payment.
Minn. Stat. § 256.959 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256 / Section 256.959
§ 256.959 DENTAL PRACTICE DONATION PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner of human services shall establish a dental practice donation program that coordinates the donation of a qualifying dental practice to a qualified charitable organization and assists in locating a dentist licensed under chapter 150A who wishes to maintain the dental practice.

§ Subd. 2. Qualifying dental practice. To qualify for the dental practice donation program, a dental practice must meet the following requirements: (1) the dental practice must be owned by the donating dentist; (2) the dental practice must be located in a designated underserved area of the state as defined by the commissioner; and (3) the practice must be equipped with the basic dental equipment necessary to maintain a dental practice as determined by the commissioner.

§ Subd. 3. Coordination. The commissioner shall establish a procedure for dentists to donate their dental practices to a qualified charitable organization. The commissioner shall authorize a practice for donation only if it meets the requirements of subdivision 2 and there is a licensed dentist who is interested in entering into an agreement as described in subdivision 4. Upon donation of the practice, the commissioner shall provide the donating dentist with a statement verifying that a donation of the practice was made to a qualifying charitable organization for purposes of state and federal income tax returns.

§ Subd. 4. Donated dental practice agreement. (a) A dentist accepting the donated practice must enter into an agreement with the qualified charitable organization to maintain the dental practice for a minimum of five years at the donated practice site and to provide services to underserved populations up to a preagreed percentage of patients served. (b) The agreement must include the terms for the recovery of the donated dental practice if the dentist accepting the practice does not fulfill the service commitment required under this subdivision. (c) Any costs associated with operating the dental practice during the service commitment time period are the financial responsibility of the dentist accepting the practice.
Minn. Stat. § 437.10 — MN Code / Part 436_439 / Chapter 437 / Section 437.10
§ 437.10 DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

An itinerant carnival, street show, street fair, sideshow, circus, or other similar enterprise, within the meaning of sections 437.07 to 437.10 , is any itinerant carnival, street show, street fair, sideshow, circus, or other similar enterprise, which is held, operated, or carried on in the open or indoors or upon or within any public or private ground, at which there congregates and assembles, with or without the payment of an admission fee, a promiscuous gathering of people as spectators or otherwise.
Minn. Stat. § 161.11 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 161 / Section 161.11
§ 161.11 COMPENSATION INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Commissioner may purchase. The commissioner may procure on the open market a policy of insurance covering the payment of benefits accruing under the Workers' Compensation Act to employees of the Department of Transportation engaged in work on highways other than trunk highways pursuant to any agreements made for such work by the commissioner with any political subdivision or agency of the state.

§ Subd. 2. Payment of premium and reimbursement. The commissioner may pay the premiums for any said policy of insurance out of the trunk highway fund. The political subdivision or agency of the state for whom work is performed by employees of the Department of Transportation pursuant to any agreement therefor made with the commissioner shall pay to the trunk highway fund that portion of the premium for said policy of insurance directly attributable to the work performed for it.
Minn. Stat. § 144E.035 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144E / Section 144E.035
§ 144E.035 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PHYSICIAN ADVISORY COUNCIL.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment; membership. The Emergency Medical Services Physician Advisory Council is established and consists of the following members: (1) eight physicians who meet the qualifications for medical directors in section 144E.265 , subdivision 1, with one physician appointed by each of the regional emergency services boards of the designated regional emergency medical services systems; (2) one physician who meets the qualifications for medical directors in section 144E.265 , subdivision 1, appointed by the Minnesota State Fire Chiefs Association; (3) one physician who is board-certified in pediatrics, appointed by the Minnesota Emergency Medical Services for Children program; and (4) the medical director member of the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council appointed under section 144E.03, subdivision 1 , clause (3).

§ Subd. 2. Terms, compensation, removal, vacancies, and expiration. Compensation and reimbursement for expenses, removal of members, filling of vacancies of members, and, except for initial appointments, membership terms are governed by section 15.059 . Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 6 , the advisory council shall not expire.

§ Subd. 3. Officers; meetings. (a) The advisory council must elect a chair and vice-chair from among its membership and may elect other officers as it deems necessary. (b) The advisory council must meet twice per year or upon the call of the chair. (c) Meetings of the advisory council are subject to chapter 13D.

§ Subd. 4. Duties. The advisory council must: (1) review and make recommendations to the director and deputy director of medical services on clinical aspects of prehospital medical care. In doing so, the advisory council must incorporate information from medical literature, advances in bedside clinical practice, and advisory council member experience; and (2) serve as subject matter experts for the director and deputy director of medical services on evolving topics in clinical medicine, including but not limited to infectious disease, pharmaceutical and equipment shortages, and implementation of new therapeutics.
Minn. Stat. § 518C.608 — MN Code / Part 517_519A / Chapter 518C / Section 518C.608
§ 518C.608 CONFIRMED ORDER.
Status: in_force

Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted at the time of registration.
Minn. Stat. § 17.9897 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17.9897
§ 17.9897 CERTIFICATION CERTAINTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Once a producer is certified, the producer:

(1) retains certification for up to ten years from the date of certification if the producer complies with the certification agreement, even if the producer does not comply with new state water protection laws or rules that take effect during the certification period;

(2) is presumed to be meeting the producer's contribution to any targeted reduction of pollutants during the certification period;

(3) is required to continue implementation of practices that maintain the producer's certification; and

(4) is required to retain all records pertaining to certification.

(b) Paragraph (a) does not preclude enforcement of a local rule or ordinance by a local unit of government.
Minn. Stat. § 508A.69 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 508A / Section 508A.69
§ 508A.69 JURISDICTION OF COURT NOT IMPAIRED.
Status: in_force

A personal representative may sell, mortgage or lease any real property of the estate as authorized by section 524.3-715 . Nothing contained in sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 shall impair or affect the jurisdiction of the court to license any personal representative, conservator or guardian to sell or mortgage land registered under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 . A purchaser or mortgagee receiving a deed or mortgage executed by a personal representative, conservator or guardian shall be entitled to register the title and to the entry of a new CPT or memorial of registration in the same manner as upon any similar voluntary transfer of registered land. No CPT shall be issued pursuant to the provisions of this section or of section 508A.68 except upon the written certification of the examiner of titles as to the legal sufficiency of the documents presented for filing for the purpose of issuance of a new CPT or upon the order of the district court directing its issuance.
Minn. Stat. § 97B.811 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97B / Section 97B.811
§ 97B.811 DECOYS AND BLINDS ON PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Blinds and decoys prohibited before season. A person may not erect a blind or place decoys in public waters or on public land more than one hour before the open season for waterfowl.

§ Subd. 2. Hours for placing decoys. Except as provided in subdivisions 3 and 4, a person may not place decoys in public waters or on public lands more than two hours before lawful shooting hours for waterfowl.

§ Subd. 3. Restrictions on leaving decoys unattended. During the open season for waterfowl, a person may not leave decoys in public waters between sunset and two hours before lawful shooting hours or leave decoys unattended during other times for more than three consecutive hours unless: (1) the decoys are in waters adjacent to private land under the control of the hunter; and (2) there is not natural vegetation growing in water sufficient to partially conceal a hunter.

§ Subd. 4. Navigational hazard prohibited. A person may not leave decoys in public waters between sunset and one hour before lawful shooting hours if the decoys constitute a navigational hazard.

§ Subd. 4a. Restrictions on certain motorized decoys. During the duck season, the commissioner may, by rule, designate all or any portion of a wetland or lake closed to the use of motorized decoys or motorized devices designed to attract migratory waterfowl.

§ Subd. 5. Rules governing blinds. The commissioner may adopt rules for the use of blinds on public lands and public waters.
Minn. Stat. § 204B.08 — MN Code / Part 200_212 / Chapter 204B / Section 204B.08
§ 204B.08 SIGNING PETITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Time for signing. Nominating petitions shall be signed during the period when petitions may be filed as provided in section 204B.09 .

§ Subd. 2. Qualifications of signers. A nominating petition may be signed only by individuals who are eligible to vote for the candidate who is nominated. No individual may sign more than one nominating petition for candidates for the same office unless more than one candidate is to be elected to that office. If more than one candidate is to be elected to the office, an individual may sign as many petitions as there are candidates to be elected.

§ Subd. 3. Number of signatures. The number of signatures required on a nominating petition shall be as follows: (a) for a federal or state office voted on statewide, one percent of the total number of individuals voting in the state at the last preceding state general election, or 2,000, whichever is less; (b) for a congressional office, five percent of the total number of individuals voting in the district at the last preceding state general election, or 1,000, whichever is less; (c) for a county or legislative office, ten percent of the total number of individuals voting in the county or legislative district at the last preceding state or county general election, or 500, whichever is less; (d) for a municipal office in a city of the first class, the number specified in section 205.121 ; and (e) for any other municipal or school district office, ten percent of the total number of individuals voting in the municipality, ward, school district, or other election district at the last preceding municipal, or school district if applicable, general election, or 500, whichever is less.
Minn. Stat. § 116.163 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 116 / Section 116.163
§ 116.163 AGENCY REVIEW; FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND BIDS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Construction grants and loans; applications. The agency shall, pursuant to agency rules and within 90 days of receipt of a completed application for a wastewater treatment facility construction grant or loan, grant or deny the application and notify the municipality of the agency's decision. The time for consideration of the application by the agency may be extended up to 180 days if the municipality and the agency agree it is necessary.

§ Subd. 2. Planning time limited. A municipality shall complete all planning work required by the agency for award of a grant or loan, and be ready to advertise for bids for construction, within two years of receipt of grant or loan funds under subdivision 1. The planning time may be extended automatically by the amount of time the agency exceeds its 90-day review under subdivision 1.

§ Subd. 3. Bid review. After a municipality has accepted bids for construction of a wastewater treatment project, the agency must review the bids within 30 days of receipt.
Minn. Stat. § 103I.711 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103I / Section 103I.711
§ 103I.711 IMPOUNDING OF EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Impoundment. The commissioner may apply to district court for a warrant authorizing seizure and impoundment of all drilling machines or hoists owned or used by a person. The court shall issue an impoundment order upon the commissioner's showing that a person is constructing, repairing, or sealing wells or borings or installing pumps or pumping equipment or excavating holes for installing elevator borings without a license as required under this chapter. A sheriff on receipt of the warrant must seize and impound all drilling machines and hoists owned or used by the person. A person from whom equipment is seized under this subdivision may file an action in district court for the purpose of establishing that the equipment was wrongfully seized.

§ Subd. 2. Release. The equipment must remain in the custody of the sheriff until the equipment is released under the order of a court or until the commissioner orders the sheriff to release the equipment.
Minn. Stat. § 518.146 — MN Code / Part 517_519A / Chapter 518 / Section 518.146
§ 518.146 SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS; TAX RETURNS; IDENTITY PROTECTION.
Status: in_force

The Social Security numbers and tax returns required under this chapter and chapter 518A are not accessible to the public, except that they must be disclosed to the other parties to a proceeding as provided in section 518A.28 .