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Minn. Stat. § 442A.16 — MN Code / Part 440_446A / Chapter 442A / Section 442A.16
§ 442A.16 DISTRICT STATUS AND POWERS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Status. Every district shall be a public corporation and a governmental subdivision of the state and shall be deemed to be a municipality or municipal corporation for the purpose of obtaining federal or state grants or loans or otherwise complying with any provision of federal or state law or for any other purpose relating to the powers and purposes of the district for which such status is now or hereafter required by law.

§ Subd. 2. Powers and purpose. Every district shall have the powers and purposes prescribed by this chapter and such others as may now or hereafter be prescribed by law. No express grant of power or enumeration of powers herein shall be deemed to limit the generality or scope of any grant of power.

§ Subd. 3. Scope of powers and duties. Except as otherwise provided, a power or duty vested in or imposed upon a district or any of its officers, agents, or employees shall not be deemed exclusive and shall not supersede or abridge any power or duty vested in or imposed upon any other agency of the state or any governmental subdivision thereof, but shall be supplementary thereto.

§ Subd. 4. Exercise of power. All the powers of a district shall be exercised by its board of managers except so far as approval of any action by popular vote or by any other authority may be expressly required by law.

§ Subd. 5. Lawsuits; contracts. A district may sue and be sued and may enter into any contract necessary or proper for the exercise of its powers or the accomplishment of its purposes.

§ Subd. 6. Property acquisition. A district may acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation or may lease or rent any real or personal property within or without the district that may be necessary for the exercise of district powers or the accomplishment of district purposes, may hold the property for such purposes, and may lease, rent out, sell, or otherwise dispose of any property not needed for such purposes.

§ Subd. 7. Acceptance of money or property. A district may accept gifts, grants, or loans of money or other property from the United States, the state, or any person, corporation, or other entity for district purposes; may enter into any agreement required in connection therewith; and may hold, use, and dispose of the money or property according to the terms of the gift, grant, loan, or agreement relating thereto.
Minn. Stat. § 18B.29 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 18B / Section 18B.29
§ 18B.29 RECIPROCAL LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may waive all or part of the examination requirements provided for in sections 18B.29 to 18B.35 on a reciprocal basis with any other jurisdiction which has substantially the same requirements. Licenses or certificates issued under sections 18B.29 to 18B.35 may be suspended or revoked upon suspension or revocation of the license or certificate of another jurisdiction supporting the issuance of a Minnesota license or certificate and in the same manner as other licenses and certificates.
Minn. Stat. § 325G.55 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325G / Section 325G.55
§ 325G.55 CANCELLATION WITHOUT PENALTY OF RENTAL, CLUB, SERVICE, AND MEMBERSHIP TRAVEL CONTRACTS BY MILITARY SERVICE PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Application. This section applies to any rental contracts, club contracts under section 325G.23 , service contracts, and membership travel contracts under section 325G.50 in which: (1) such a contract was executed by or on the behalf of a person who, after the execution of the contract, was issued orders into active duty, for deployment, or for a permanent change of duty station; and (2) where as a result of the orders it is impractical for the person to enjoy the benefits of the contract.

§ Subd. 2. Authority. A service member who enters into a rental, club, membership travel, or service contract, and who is issued orders into active duty, for deployment, or for a permanent change of duty station, subsequent to the execution of the contract, is entitled to cancel the contract at no penalty and with a full refund of any money which may have been placed on deposit where the service member's military activation, deployment, or change in duty station causes it to be impractical for the service member to abide by the terms and conditions of the contract. For purposes of this section, "service contract" includes those for services such as television, computer, Internet service, or any other type of service.

§ Subd. 3. Notice. Any such contract may be terminated by notice in writing sent to the contractor by the person issued orders for active duty, for deployment, or for a permanent change of duty station, canceling the service member's rental, club, or membership travel contract. The notice must include a copy of the orders in question. Delivery of the notice must be made by certified mail addressed to the contractor. The termination of the contract is effective the day following receipt of proper notice as described in this subdivision.

§ Subd. 4. Enforcement. This section may be enforced by the attorney general pursuant to section 8.31 .
Minn. Stat. § 443.35 — MN Code / Part 440_446A / Chapter 443 / Section 443.35
§ 443.35 VIOLATIONS, PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

Any such city of the first class is hereby authorized by ordinance to impose penalties and provide for punishment for violation of any ordinance or regulation relative to the accumulation of rubbish, its collection or disposition.
Minn. Stat. § 573.21 — MN Code / Part 570_583 / Chapter 573 / Section 573.21
§ 573.21 DEVISEES; APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter with regard to heirs, and to proceedings by and against them, and to judgments and executions against them, are applicable to actions and proceedings against devisees, and they must in like manner be jointly sued.
Minn. Stat. § 245.470 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 245 / Section 245.470
§ 245.470 OUTPATIENT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Availability of outpatient services. (a) County boards must provide or contract for enough outpatient services within the county to meet the needs of adults with mental illness residing in the county. Services may be provided directly by the county through county-operated mental health clinics meeting the standards of chapter 245I; by contract with privately operated mental health clinics meeting the standards of chapter 245I; by contract with hospital mental health outpatient programs certified by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospital Organizations; or by contract with a mental health professional. Clients may be required to pay a fee according to section 245.481 . Outpatient services include: (1) conducting diagnostic assessments; (2) conducting psychological testing; (3) developing or modifying individual treatment plans; (4) making referrals and recommending placements as appropriate; (5) treating an adult's mental health needs through therapy; (6) prescribing and managing medication and evaluating the effectiveness of prescribed medication; and (7) preventing placement in settings that are more intensive, costly, or restrictive than necessary and appropriate to meet client needs. (b) County boards may request a waiver allowing outpatient services to be provided in a nearby trade area if it is determined that the client can best be served outside the county.

§ Subd. 2. Specific requirements. The county board shall require that all service providers of outpatient services: (1) meet the professional qualifications contained in sections 245.461 to 245.486 ; (2) use a multidisciplinary mental health professional staff including at a minimum, arrangements for psychiatric consultation, licensed psychologist consultation, and other necessary multidisciplinary mental health professionals; (3) develop individual treatment plans; (4) provide initial appointments within three weeks, except in emergencies where there must be immediate access as described in section 245.469 ; and (5) establish fee schedules approved by the county board that are based on a client's ability to pay.
Minn. Stat. § 222.52 — MN Code / Part 218_222 / Chapter 222 / Section 222.52
§ 222.52 COOPERATION BETWEEN STATES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may cooperate with other states in connection with the rail service improvement program and the railroad planning process. In exercising the authority conferred by this section, the commissioner may enter into contractual agreements with other states.
Minn. Stat. § 490.1221 — MN Code / Part 480_494 / Chapter 490 / Section 490.1221
§ 490.1221 JUDGES PLAN PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) Members of the judges retirement plan are members of either the tier I or tier II program.

(b) A tier I program judge is a person who was first appointed or elected as a judge before July 1, 2013, who was not eligible for the tier II program because the judge had five or more years of allowable service on or before December 30, 2013, or did not elect that program.

(c) A tier II program judge is a person who:

(1) was first appointed or elected as a judge after June 30, 2013; or

(2) was first appointed or elected as a judge before July 1, 2013, had less than five years of allowable service on or before December 30, 2013, and made an election under Laws 2013, chapter 111, article 14, section 14, to be in the tier II program.
Minn. Stat. § 168D.13 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 168D / Section 168D.13
§ 168D.13 ACTION TO AVOID OR EVADE FUEL TAX.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Determination and assessment. If the commissioner ascertains that a motor carrier acts to obstruct or make ineffectual proceedings to assess or collect the road taxes due, the commissioner may immediately make an assessment of tax estimated to be due, whether or not any report is then due by law.

§ Subd. 2. Assessment notice and collection; impoundment. (a) The commissioner may then proceed under this assessment to collect the tax, or compel security for the taxes owing, and shall give notice of the commissioner's finding under subdivision 1 to the motor carrier, together with a demand for an immediate payment of the tax. (b) The commissioner is also authorized to impound qualified motor vehicles of motor carriers in violation of this subdivision. The vehicle must be released either upon paying all taxes, penalties, and interest that may be due or depositing a bond or security to assure the payment of taxes, penalties, and interest.
Minn. Stat. § 634.02 — MN Code / Part 625_634 / Chapter 634 / Section 634.02
§ 634.02 EVIDENCE; BANK NOTES.
Status: in_force

In prosecutions for forging or counterfeiting any notes or bills of a banking company or corporation, or for uttering, publishing, or tendering in payment as true any such forged or counterfeit bills or notes, or for being possessed thereof with the intent to utter and pass them as true, the testimony of any person acquainted with the signature of the president or cashier of such bank, or who has knowledge of the difference in appearance of the true and counterfeit bills or notes thereof shall be competent to prove that any such bill or note is counterfeit, without calling such president or cashier.
Minn. Stat. § 10A.16 — MN Code / Part 10_12B / Chapter 10A / Section 10A.16
§ 10A.16 EARMARKING CONTRIBUTIONS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

An individual, political committee, political fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit may not solicit or accept a contribution from any source with the express or implied condition that the contribution or any part of it be directed to a particular candidate other than the initial recipient. An individual, political committee, political fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit that knowingly accepts any earmarked contribution is subject to a civil penalty imposed by the board of up to $3,000. Knowingly accepting any earmarked contribution is a gross misdemeanor.
Minn. Stat. § 386.32 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 386 / Section 386.32
§ 386.32 CONSECUTIVE INDEX.
Status: in_force

Each county recorder shall keep an index of all records kept in the office showing the number of the instrument consecutively, the kind, the time of its reception, and where the same is recorded.

Such entries shall be made as soon as the instrument is received, excepting only the place of record, which shall be filled in as soon as such instrument is recorded.
Minn. Stat. § 145B.12 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 145B / Section 145B.12
§ 145B.12 WHAT IF THERE IS NO LIVING WILL OR PROXY?
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. No presumption created. If an individual has not executed or has revoked a living will under this chapter, a presumption is not created with respect to: (1) the individual's intentions concerning the provision of health care; or (2) the appropriate health care to be provided.

§ Subd. 2. Nutrition or hydration. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize or justify the withholding or withdrawal of artificially administered nutrition or hydration from any person who has not issued a living will or designated a proxy under this chapter.
Minn. Stat. § 270A.10 — MN Code / Part 270_271 / Chapter 270A / Section 270A.10
§ 270A.10 PRIORITY OF CLAIMS.
Status: in_force

If two or more debts, in a total amount exceeding the debtor's refund, are submitted for setoff, the priority of payment shall be as follows:

(1) delinquent tax obligations of the debtor which are owed to the department;

(2) debts for child support based on the order in time in which the commissioner received the debts;

(3) payment of restitution obligations;

(4) claims brought for a hospital or an ambulance service;

(5) the remaining debts based on the order in time in which the commissioner received the debts.
Minn. Stat. § 383C.043 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383C / Section 383C.043
§ 383C.043 VACANCIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever a position in the classified service becomes vacant and the appointing authority desires to fill the vacancy, the appointing authority shall submit a requisition to the human resources director. The human resources director shall refer the names of candidates to the appointing authority in the order as follows:

(1) when the position is to be filled promotionally, the name of the person highest on the appropriate reemployment-layoff list. If there are no names on the reemployment-layoff list, then:

(i) the names of the persons on the reemployment list, if any; and

(ii) the names of the persons associated with the three highest scores on the promotional list; or

(2) when the position is to be filled from an open competitive employment list, the name of the person highest on the appropriate reemployment-layoff list. If there are no names on the reemployment-layoff list, then:

(i) the names of the persons on the reemployment list, if any; and

(ii) the names of the persons associated with the 20 highest scores on the open list.

(b) The hiring authority must interview all referred candidates if promotional, or ten candidates if open, unless fewer are available for referral from all applicable lists. When the director determines that there is significant underrepresentation of a protected group with respect to ethnicity or gender in the class, and the highest 20 scores on the open employment list do not include a member of the underrepresented group, the director shall refer the highest-ranking available individual on the list from that protected group.

(c) The appointing authority shall, at its discretion, appoint one of the persons so referred for the probationary period. At the end of the probationary period the appointing authority shall notify the human resources director in writing whether the individual is a satisfactory employee and should receive the status of a permanent employee. Upon such notice, the employee shall be deemed to have a permanent status in the classified service; otherwise the employee is automatically separated from the service.

(d) If there is no appropriate reemployment or employment list, the director may authorize a temporary appointment of a qualified individual pending the establishment of an employment list for the class.

(e) Temporary appointments shall not continue for a period longer than six months unless extended through mutual agreement with the exclusive bargaining unit.

(f) In case of an emergency, an appointment of a qualified individual may be made of not to exceed the full-time equivalent of ten days' duration without regard to the provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.056 , the appointment shall be immediately reported to the human resources director. Successive emergency appointments shall not be made.
Minn. Stat. § 156.077 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 156 / Section 156.077
§ 156.077 LICENSED VETERINARY TECHNICIANS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Licensure; practice. (a) The board shall issue a license to practice as a veterinary technician to an applicant who satisfies the requirements in this section and those imposed by the board in rule. A licensed veterinary technician may practice veterinary technology. A person may not use the title "veterinary technician" or the abbreviation "LVT" unless licensed by the board. (b) The board may adopt by rule additional or temporary alternative licensure requirements or definitions for veterinary technician titles.

§ Subd. 2. Applicants; qualifications. Application for a license to practice veterinary technology in this state shall be made to the board on a form furnished by the board and accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is at least 18 years of age, is of good moral character, and has: (1) graduated from a veterinary technology program accredited or approved by the American Veterinary Medical Association or Canadian Veterinary Medical Association; (2) received a passing score for the Veterinary Technician National Examination; (3) received a passing score for the Minnesota Veterinary Technician Jurisprudence Examination; and (4) completed a criminal background check.

§ Subd. 3. Required with application. A completed application must contain the following information and material: (1) the application fee set by the board, which is not refundable if permission to take the jurisprudence examination is denied for good cause; (2) proof of graduation from a veterinary technology program accredited or approved by the American Veterinary Medical Association or Canadian Veterinary Medical Association; (3) affidavits from at least two licensed veterinarians and three adults who are not related to the applicant that establish how long, when, and under what circumstances the references have known the applicant and any other facts that may enable the board to determine the applicant's qualifications; and (4) if the applicant has served in the armed forces, a copy of the applicant's discharge papers.

§ Subd. 4. Temporary alternative qualifications. (a) The board shall consider an application for licensure submitted by a person before July 1, 2031, if the person provides evidence satisfactory to the board that the person: (1) is a certified veterinary technician in good standing with the Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association; or (2) has at least 4,160 hours actively engaged in the practice of veterinary technology within the previous five years. (b) Each applicant under this subdivision must also submit to the board affidavits from at least two licensed veterinarians and three adults who are not related to the applicant that establish how long, when, and under what circumstances the references have known the applicant and any other facts that may enable the board to determine the applicant's qualifications.
Minn. Stat. § 136A.685 — MN Code / Part 135A_137 / Chapter 136A / Section 136A.685
§ 136A.685 PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS; ADJUDICATION OF FRAUD OR MISREPRESENTATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The office may revoke, or deny an application for, registration or degree or name approval to a school if there has been a criminal, civil, or administrative adjudication of fraud or misrepresentation in Minnesota or in another state or jurisdiction against the school or its owner, officers, agents, or sponsoring organization. If the adjudication was related to a particular academic program, the office may revoke or deny an application for:

(1) degree approval for the program only;

(2) registration for the school; or

(3) name approval for the school.

(b) The adjudication of fraud or misrepresentation is sufficient cause for the office to determine that a school:

(1) does not qualify for exemption under section 136A.657 ; or

(2) is not approved to grant degrees or to use the term "academy," "college," "institute," or "university" in its name.
Minn. Stat. § 61A.71 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 61A / Section 61A.71
§ 61A.71 POLICIES TO BE ILLUSTRATED.
Status: in_force

(a) Each insurer marketing policies to which sections 61A.70 to 61A.745 are applicable shall notify the commissioner whether a policy form is to be marketed with or without an illustration. For all policy forms being actively marketed on January 1, 2008, the insurer shall identify in writing those forms and whether or not an illustration will be used with them. For policy forms filed after January 1, 2008, the identification must be made at the time of filing. Any previous identification may be changed by notice to the commissioner.

(b) If the insurer identifies a policy form as one to be marketed without an illustration, any use of an illustration for any policy using that form prior to the first policy anniversary is prohibited.

(c) If a policy form is identified by the insurer as one to be marketed with an illustration, a basic illustration prepared and delivered in accordance with sections 61A.70 to 61A.745 is required, except that a basic illustration need not be provided to individual members of a group or to individuals insured under multiple lives coverage issued to a single applicant unless the coverage is marketed to these individuals. The illustration furnished an applicant for a group life insurance policy or policies issued to a single applicant on multiple lives may be either an individual or composite illustration representative of the coverage on the lives of members of the group or the multiple lives covered.

(d) Potential enrollees of nonterm group life subject to sections 61A.70 to 61A.745 shall be furnished a quotation with the enrollment materials. The quotation must show potential policy values for sample ages and policy years on a guaranteed and nonguaranteed basis appropriate to the group and the coverage. This quotation must not be considered an illustration for purposes of sections 61A.70 to 61A.745 , but all information provided shall be consistent with the illustrated scale. A basic illustration must be provided at delivery of the certificate to enrollees for nonterm group life who enroll for more than the minimum premium necessary to provide pure death benefit protection. In addition, the insurer shall make a basic illustration available to any nonterm group life enrollee who requests it.
Minn. Stat. § 88.068 — MN Code / Part 88_91 / Chapter 88 / Section 88.068
§ 88.068 VOLUNTEER FIRE ASSISTANCE GRANT ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

A volunteer fire assistance grant account is established in the special revenue fund. Sales taxes allocated under section 297A.94 , for making grants under section 88.067 , must be deposited in the special revenue fund and credited to the volunteer fire assistance grant account. Money in the account, including interest, is appropriated to the commissioner for making grants under that section.
Minn. Stat. § 171.302 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 171 / Section 171.302
§ 171.302 LICENSE VIOLATIONS; CONSECUTIVE SENTENCING.
Status: in_force

When sentencing an offender for violating section 171.20, subdivision 2 ; 171.24 ; or 171.30 , the court may impose consecutive sentences for offenses arising out of a single course of conduct as permitted in section 609.035, subdivision 2 .