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Minn. Stat. § 541.053 — MN Code / Part 540_552 / Chapter 541 / Section 541.053
§ 541.053 LIMITATION OF ACTIONS BASED ON CONSUMER DEBT.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding section 541.31, subdivision 1 , actions upon an obligation arising out of a consumer debt primarily for personal, family, or household purposes shall be commenced within six years. After its expiration, the statute of limitations is not revived by the collection of a payment on an account, a discharge in a bankruptcy proceeding, or an oral or written reaffirmation of the debt.
Minn. Stat. § 103G.285 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103G / Section 103G.285
§ 103G.285 SURFACE WATER APPROPRIATIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Waiver. The commissioner may waive a limitation or requirement in subdivisions 2 to 6 for just cause.

§ Subd. 2. Natural and altered natural watercourses. If data are available, permits to appropriate water from natural and altered natural watercourses must be limited so that consumptive appropriations are not made from the watercourses during periods of specified low flows. The purpose of the limit is to safeguard water availability for in-stream uses and for downstream higher priority users located reasonably near the site of appropriation.

§ Subd. 3. Water basins. (a) Permits to appropriate water from water basins must be limited so that the collective annual withdrawals do not exceed a total volume of water amounting to one-half acre-foot per acre of water basin based on Minnesota Department of Conservation Bulletin No. 25, "An Inventory of Minnesota Lakes," published in 1968. (b) As a condition to a surface water appropriation permit, the commissioner shall set a protective elevation for the water basin, below which an appropriation is not allowed. During the determination of the protective elevation, the commissioner shall consider: (1) the elevation of important aquatic vegetation characteristics related to fish and wildlife habitat; (2) existing uses of the water basin by the public and riparian landowners; and (3) the total volume within the water basin and the slope of the littoral zone.

§ Subd. 4. Water basins less than 500 acres. As part of an application for appropriation of water from a water basin less than 500 acres in surface area, the applicant shall obtain a statement of support with as many signatures as the applicant can obtain from property owners with property riparian to the water basin. The statement of support must: (1) state support for the proposed appropriation; and (2) show the number of property owners whose signatures the applicant could not obtain.

§ Subd. 5. Trout streams. Permits issued after June 3, 1977, to appropriate water from streams designated trout streams by the commissioner's orders under section 97C.005 must be limited to temporary appropriations.

§ Subd. 6. Contingency planning. An application for use of surface waters of the state is not complete until the applicant submits, as part of the application, a contingency plan that describes the alternatives the applicant will use if further appropriation is restricted due to the flow of the stream or the level of a water basin. A surface water appropriation may not be allowed unless the contingency plan is feasible or the permittee agrees to withstand the results of not being able to appropriate water.
Minn. Stat. § 631.44 — MN Code / Part 625_634 / Chapter 631 / Section 631.44
§ 631.44 RECOGNIZANCE TO KEEP PEACE.
Status: in_force

When a person is convicted of an offense not punishable by imprisonment in the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater or county jail, the sentencing court may require the person to recognize, to keep the peace and be of good behavior for a term of not more than two years. The court may require the person to be detained in custody until that person agrees to recognize. The recognizance is in addition to the punishment prescribed by law. It must be with sufficient sureties and in a reasonable sum.
Minn. Stat. § 481.03 — MN Code / Part 480_494 / Chapter 481 / Section 481.03
§ 481.03 ATTORNEYS SHALL NOT EMPLOY SOLICITORS.
Status: in_force

No attorney at law shall, through any runner, agent or person not an attorney at law who is employed by the attorney, solicit a person to employ such attorney to present a claim for damages for personal injuries or for death, or to prosecute an action to enforce such a claim, and no attorney at law shall, directly or indirectly, give a promise to any such person other than an attorney at law any money, fee or commission in consideration of the employment of such attorney by a person having a claim for personal injuries or for death, or soliciting or procuring such person who has such claim to employ such attorney to present such claim or to prosecute an action for the enforcement thereof.
Minn. Stat. § 475.57 — MN Code / Part 474_477C / Chapter 475 / Section 475.57
§ 475.57 INITIATION OF PROCEEDINGS; RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

Proceedings for issuing bonds under sections 475.51 to 475.74 shall be initiated by a resolution of the governing body of the municipality stating the amount proposed to be borrowed and the purpose for which the debt is to be incurred. Such resolution may provide for the submission of the question to vote of the electors. A town board may adopt such resolution without a statement for special town meeting being filed with the clerk.
Minn. Stat. § 252.33 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 252 / Section 252.33
§ 252.33 CLIENT ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given: (a) "Client advisory committee" means a group of clients who represent client interests to supervisors and employers in vocational programs. (b) "Consumer-controlled organization" means a self-advocacy organization which is controlled by a board having a majority of people with developmental disabilities.

§ Subd. 2. Committees developed. The commissioner of employment and economic development, through the division of rehabilitation resources, shall contract with a consumer-controlled organization to develop client advisory committees in vocational settings in developmental achievement centers, and state hospitals, and to allocate resources and technical assistance to client advisory committees in rehabilitation facilities as defined in section 268A.01 .

§ Subd. 3. Purposes. A client advisory committee enables clients working in vocational settings to advocate for themselves with regard to matters of common interest. A client advisory committee may address any issue related to the vocational setting, including personnel policies, wages, hours of work, kinds of work, transportation to and from the workplace, and behavior problems. A client advisory committee may also meet to develop the skills and knowledge needed to represent fellow clients, such as decision-making skills, assertiveness, and awareness of public policies affecting people with developmental disabilities.

§ Subd. 4. Membership. Members of a client advisory committee must be elected by clients who work at the vocational setting.
Minn. Stat. § 116G.04 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 116G / Section 116G.04
§ 116G.04 RULES.
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt such rules pursuant to chapter 14, as are necessary for the administration of sections 116G.01 to 116G.14 .
Minn. Stat. § 645.021 — MN Code / Part 645_648 / Chapter 645 / Section 645.021
§ 645.021 SPECIAL LAWS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Name required. A special law as defined in the Minnesota Constitution, article XII, section 2, shall name the local government unit to which it applies. If a special law applies to a group of local government units in a single county or in a number of contiguous counties, it shall be sufficient if the law names the county or counties where the affected units are situated.

§ Subd. 2. Local approval required. A special law shall not be effective without approval of the local government unit or units affected, except as provided in section 645.023 . Approval shall be by resolution adopted by a majority vote of all members of the governing body of the unit unless another method of approval is specified by the particular special law.

§ Subd. 3. Filing required. The chief clerical officer of a local government unit shall, as soon as the unit has approved a special law, file with the secretary of state a certificate stating the essential facts necessary to valid approval, including a copy of the resolution of approval or, if submitted to the voters, the number of votes cast for and against approval at the election. The form of the certificate shall be prescribed by the attorney general and copies shall be furnished by the secretary of state. If a local government unit fails to file a certificate of approval before the first day of the next regular session of the legislature, the law is deemed to be disapproved by such unit unless otherwise provided in the special law.

§ Subd. 4. Previously enacted law. Laws 1959, chapter 368, does not apply to any special law heretofore enacted, whether or not it has been approved by the local government unit affected, but such unit shall file with the secretary of state a certificate of approval for such law as required in subdivision 3.
Minn. Stat. § 116L.02 — MN Code / Part 116J_116O / Chapter 116L / Section 116L.02
§ 116L.02 JOB SKILLS PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The Minnesota Job Skills Partnership program is created to act as a catalyst to bring together employers with specific training needs with educational or other nonprofit institutions which can design programs to fill those needs. The partnership shall work closely with employers to prepare, train and place prospective or incumbent workers in identifiable positions as well as assisting educational or other nonprofit institutions in developing training programs that coincide with current and future employer requirements. The partnership shall provide grants to educational or other nonprofit institutions for the purpose of training workers. A participating business must match the grant-in-aid made by the Minnesota Job Skills Partnership. The match may be in the form of funding, equipment, or faculty.

(b) The partnership program is authorized to use funds to pay for training for individuals who have incomes at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty line. The board may grant funds to eligible recipients to pay for board-certified training. Eligible recipients of grants may include public, private, or nonprofit entities that provide employment services to low-income individuals.
Minn. Stat. § 325E.13 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325E / Section 325E.13
§ 325E.13 TAMPERING WITH ODOMETERS; DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 325E.13 to 325E.16 , the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. Owner. "Owner" means a person, other than a secured party, having the property in or title to a vehicle. The term includes a person entitled to the use and possession of a vehicle subject to a security interest in another person, but excludes a lessee under a lease not intended as security.

§ Subd. 3. Motor vehicle. "Motor vehicle" means any self-propelled vehicle not operated exclusively upon railroad tracks, except snowmobiles and other devices designed and used primarily for the transportation of persons over natural terrain, snow, or ice propelled by wheels, skis, tracks, runners, or whatever other means.

§ Subd. 4. Person. "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, incorporated and unincorporated association, or any other legal or commercial entity.

§ Subd. 5. Off-road recreational vehicle. "Off-road recreational vehicle" means a snowmobile as defined in section 84.81, subdivision 3 , and an off-highway vehicle, as defined in section 84.771 .
Minn. Stat. § 401.16 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 401 / Section 401.16
§ 401.16 WITHDRAWING FROM SUBSIDY PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Withdrawing; effective date. At the beginning of any calendar quarter, any CCA jurisdiction may notify the commissioner of its intention to withdraw from the subsidy program. The withdrawal: (1) must be done by resolution of the county's board of commissioners or resolution of the Tribal Nation's respective governmental unit; and (2) is effective at least six months from the last day of the last month of the quarter in which the notice was given.

§ Subd. 2. Employee changeover. (a) If a county withdraws from the subsidy program and asks the commissioner or the legislature mandates the commissioner to furnish probation services to the county, the probation officers and other employees displaced by the changeover must be employed by the commissioner at no loss of salary. (b) Years of service in the county probation department are to be given full credit for future sick leave and vacation accrual purposes. (c) This subdivision applies to the extent consistent with state and Tribal law.
Minn. Stat. § 505.09 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 505 / Section 505.09
§ 505.09 COUNTY BOARD CONTROLS PLATS OUTSIDE MUNICIPALITIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Platting; laying of public ways. The county board of any county shall have power to control and regulate the platting of subdivision of land and the laying out of streets and other public ways without the boundaries of municipalities.

§ Subd. 1a. Town board preapproval. The board shall not approve any plat of land lying in a town which has appointed a planning and zoning commission unless the town board approves the plat and the laying of streets and other public ways shown on it. The approval shall be endorsed on the plat and signed by the chair of the town board.

§ Subd. 2. Street width, parking places. The county board may adopt regulations concerning the width of streets and establishment of public parking places with which plats must conform before approval.
Minn. Stat. § 299C.22 — MN Code / Part 299A_299N / Chapter 299C / Section 299C.22
§ 299C.22 SECURITY GUARD; DISCHARGE OF FIREARM; REPORT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, "security guard" means any person who is paid a fee, wage or salary to perform one or more of the following functions: (1) prevention or detection of intrusion, unauthorized entry or activity, vandalism, or trespass on private property; (2) prevention or detection of theft, loss, embezzlement, misappropriation, or concealment of merchandise, money, bonds, stocks, notes, or other valuable documents or papers; (3) control, regulation, or direction of the flow or movements of the public, whether by vehicle or otherwise, to assure protection of private property; (4) protection of individuals from bodily harm; or (5) enforcement of policies and rules of the security guard's employer related to crime reduction insofar as such enforcement falls within the scope of the guard's duties. (b) The provisions of this subdivision are not intended to include within the definition of "security guard" auditors, accountants, and accounting personnel whether or not they are employees of a private firm, corporation or independent accounting firm.

§ Subd. 2. Report. Each discharge of a firearm by a security guard in the course of employment, other than for training purposes, shall be reported to the chief of police of an organized full-time police department of the municipality in which the discharge occurred or to the county sheriff if there is no local chief of police. Reports required to be made under this subdivision shall be forwarded to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension upon forms as may be prescribed and furnished by the bureau. The superintendent shall cause a summary of the reports to be compiled and published annually.
Minn. Stat. § 514.12 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 514 / Section 514.12
§ 514.12 NOTICE OF LIS PENDENS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Recording. At the beginning of the action the plaintiff shall file for record with the county recorder or, if registered land, with the registrar of titles of the county in which it is brought, and of the several counties if the lien be claimed under section 514.04 , a notice of the pendency thereof, embracing therein a copy of the summons, omitting the caption.

§ Subd. 2. One action for all. After such filing, no other action shall be commenced for the enforcement of any lien arising from the improvement described, but all such lienholders shall intervene in the original action by answer, as provided in section 514.11 . Any such lienholder not named as a defendant may answer the complaint and be admitted as a party. If more than one action shall be commenced in good faith, all shall be consolidated and tried as one, under such order of the court as may best protect the rights of all parties concerned.

§ Subd. 3. One-year limitation. No lien shall be enforced in any case unless the holder thereof shall assert the same, either by filing a complaint or answer with the court administrator, within one year after the date of the last item of the claim as set forth in the recorded lien statement; and, no person shall be bound by any judgment in such action unless made a party thereto within the year; and, as to a bona fide purchaser, mortgagee, or encumbrancer without notice, the absence from the record of a notice of lis pendens of an action after the expiration of the year in which the lien could be so asserted shall be conclusive evidence that the lien may no longer be enforced and, in the case of registered land, the registrar of titles shall refrain from carrying forward to new certificates of title the memorials of lien statements when no such notice of lis pendens has been registered within the period.
Minn. Stat. § 321.0118 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 321 / Section 321.0118
§ 321.0118 CONSENT AND PROXIES OF PARTNERS.
Status: in_force

Action requiring the consent of partners under this chapter may be taken without a meeting, and a partner may appoint a proxy to consent or otherwise act for the partner by signing an appointment record, either personally or by the partner's attorney-in-fact.
Minn. Stat. § 304A.201 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 304A / Section 304A.201
§ 304A.201 STANDARD OF CONDUCT FOR DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Considerations for a general benefit corporation. In discharging the duties of the position of director of a general benefit corporation, a director: (1) shall consider the effects of any proposed, contemplated, or actual conduct on: (i) the general benefit corporation's ability to pursue general public benefit; (ii) if the articles also state a specific public benefit purpose, the general benefit corporation's ability to pursue its specific public benefit; and (iii) the interests of the constituencies stated in section 302A.251, subdivision 5 , including the pecuniary interests of its shareholders; and (2) may not give regular, presumptive, or permanent priority to: (i) the pecuniary interests of the shareholders; or (ii) any other interest or consideration unless the articles identify the interest or consideration as having priority.

§ Subd. 2. Considerations for a specific benefit corporation. In discharging the duties of the position of director of a specific benefit corporation, a director: (1) shall consider the effects of any proposed, contemplated, or actual conduct on: (i) the pecuniary interest of its shareholders; and (ii) the specific benefit corporation's ability to pursue its specific public benefit purpose; (2) may consider the interests of the constituencies stated in section 302A.251 , subdivision 5; and (3) may not give regular, presumptive, or permanent priority to: (i) the pecuniary interests of the shareholders; or (ii) any other interest or consideration unless the articles identify the interest or consideration as having priority.

§ Subd. 3. Liability. A director who performs the duties of a director stated in subdivisions 1 and 2 is not liable by reason of being or having been a director of a public benefit corporation.

§ Subd. 4. Other applicable law. The conduct and liability of a director of a public benefit corporation is subject to section 302A.251, subdivisions 1 , 2, 3, and 4.

§ Subd. 5. Duty of loyalty. The articles of a public benefit corporation may include a provision that any disinterested failure to satisfy subdivision 1 or 2 of this section shall not, for purposes of this section or section 302A.251, subdivision 4 , constitute a breach of the duty of loyalty.
Minn. Stat. § 116J.976 — MN Code / Part 116J_116O / Chapter 116J / Section 116J.976
§ 116J.976 STATE APPROVAL OF GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

Any decision of the state to enter into government procurement agreements relating to United States trade agreements must be approved by the governor and the legislature.
Minn. Stat. § 40A.19 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 40A / Section 40A.19
§ 40A.19 TRANSFER FROM AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY TAX LAW TREATMENT.
Status: in_force

When land which has been receiving the special agricultural valuation and tax deferment provided in section 273.111 becomes an agricultural preserve under sections 40A.02 to 40A.17 , the recapture of deferred tax and special assessments as provided in section 273.111 , subdivisions 9 and 11, may not be made. Special assessments deferred under section 273.111 , at the date of commencement of the preserve, must continue to be deferred for the duration of the preserve. All these deferred special assessments are payable within 90 days of the date of expiration unless other terms are mutually agreed upon by the authority and the owner. In the event of early termination of a preserve or a portion of it under section 40A.11, subdivision 5 , all special assessments accruing to the terminated portion plus interest are payable within 90 days of the date of termination unless otherwise deferred or abated by executive order of the governor. In the event of a taking under section 40A.122 , all special assessments accruing to the taken portion plus interest are payable within 90 days of the date the final certificate is filed with the court administrator of district court in accordance with section 117.205 .