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Minn. Stat. § 203B.225 — MN Code / Part 200_212 / Chapter 203B / Section 203B.225
§ 203B.225 TRANSMITTING AND RETURNING BALLOTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Transmitting ballot and certificate of voter eligibility. A voter described in section 203B.16 may include in an application for absentee ballots a request that the ballots, instructions, and a certificate of voter eligibility meeting the requirements of section 203B.21, subdivision 3 , be transmitted to the voter electronically. Upon receipt of a properly completed application requesting electronic transmission, the county auditor shall electronically transmit the requested materials to the voter. The county auditor is not required to provide return postage to voters to whom ballots are transmitted electronically.

§ Subd. 2. Returning voted ballots. The voter must return the voted ballots and the certificate of voter eligibility to the county auditor in a sealed envelope.
Minn. Stat. § 16B.37 — MN Code / Part 16A_16E / Chapter 16B / Section 16B.37
§ 16B.37 REORGANIZATION OF AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Commissioner's authority. To improve efficiency and avoid duplication, the commissioner may transfer personnel, powers, or duties, or any combination of them, from a state agency to another state agency that has been in existence for at least one year prior to the date of transfer. A transfer must have received the prior approval of the governor. The commissioner shall no later than January 15 of each year submit to the legislature a bill making all statutory changes required by reorganization orders issued by the commissioner during the preceding calendar year. For purposes of this section, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities is a state agency.

§ Subd. 2. Reorganization order. A transfer made pursuant to subdivision 1 must be in the form of a reorganization order. A proposed reorganization order must be submitted to the chairs of the governmental operations committees in the house of representatives and the senate at least 30 days before being filed with the secretary of state. A reorganization order must be filed with the secretary of state, be uniform in format, and be numbered consecutively. An order is effective upon filing with the secretary of state and remains in effect until amended or superseded. Copies of the filed order must be delivered promptly by the commissioner to the secretary of the senate, the chief clerk of the house, and the chairs of the governmental operations committees in the senate and house of representatives. A reorganization order which transfers all or substantially all of the powers or duties or personnel of a department, the Housing Finance Agency, or the Pollution Control Agency is not effective until it is ratified by concurrent resolution or enacted into law.

§ Subd. 3. Appropriation. The commissioner of management and budget shall determine the fractional part of the appropriation to the transferor agency that is represented by the transferred personnel, power, or duty, and that part of the appropriation is reappropriated to the transferee agency.

§ Subd. 4. Work of department for another. To avoid duplication and improve efficiency, the commissioner may direct an agency to do work for another agency or may direct a division or section of an agency to do work for another division or section within the same agency and shall require reimbursement for the work. Reimbursements received by an agency are reappropriated to the account making the original expenditure in accordance with the transfer procedure established by the commissioner of management and budget.

§ Subd. 5. Employees assigned. With the approval of the governor and by agreement of the heads of the departments or agencies concerned, any appointive subordinate officer or employee of a department or agency may be employed by or assigned to perform duties under another department or agency.
Minn. Stat. § 336.9-205 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.9-205
§ 336.9-205 USE OR DISPOSITION OF COLLATERAL PERMISSIBLE.
Status: in_force

(a) When security interest not invalid or fraudulent. A security interest is not invalid or fraudulent against creditors solely because:

(1) the debtor has the right or ability to:

(A) use, commingle, or dispose of all or part of the collateral, including returned or repossessed goods;

(B) collect, compromise, enforce, or otherwise deal with collateral;

(C) accept the return of collateral or make repossessions; or

(D) use, commingle, or dispose of proceeds; or

(2) the secured party fails to require the debtor to account for proceeds or replace collateral.

(b) Requirements of possession not relaxed. This section does not relax the requirements of possession if attachment, perfection, or enforcement of a security interest depends upon possession of the collateral by the secured party.
Minn. Stat. § 168.1298 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 168 / Section 168.1298
§ 168.1298 SPECIAL "SUPPORT OUR TROOPS" PLATES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. General requirements and procedures. (a) The commissioner shall issue special "Support Our Troops" license plates to an applicant who: (1) is an owner of a passenger automobile, one-ton pickup truck, recreational vehicle, or motorcycle; (2) pays a fee in the amount specified for special plates under section 168.12, subdivision 5 ; (3) pays the registration tax required under section 168.013 ; (4) pays the fees required under this chapter; (5) contributes a minimum of $30 annually to the Minnesota "Support Our Troops" account established in section 190.19 ; and (6) complies with laws and rules governing registration and licensing of vehicles and drivers. (b) The license application under this section must indicate that the annual contribution specified under paragraph (a), clause (5), is a minimum contribution to receive the plates and that the applicant may make an additional contribution to the account.

§ Subd. 2. Design. After consultation with interested groups, the adjutant general and the commissioner of veterans affairs shall design the special plate, subject to the approval of the commissioner.

§ Subd. 3. No refund. Contributions under this section must not be refunded.

§ Subd. 4. Plate transfers. Notwithstanding section 168.12, subdivision 1 , on payment of a transfer fee of $5, plates issued under this section may be transferred to another passenger automobile, one-ton pickup truck, recreational vehicle, or motorcycle owned by the individual to whom the special plates were issued.

§ Subd. 5. Contribution and fees credited. Contributions under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (5), must be paid to the commissioner and credited to the Minnesota "Support Our Troops" account established in section 190.19 . The fees collected under this section must be deposited in the driver and vehicle services operating account under section 299A.705 .

§ Subd. 6. Record. The commissioner shall maintain a record of the number of plates issued under this section.
Minn. Stat. § 117.085 — MN Code / Part 117_119 / Chapter 117 / Section 117.085
§ 117.085 COMMISSIONERS, POWERS, DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The commissioners, having been duly sworn and qualified according to law, shall meet as directed by the order of appointment and hear the allegations and proofs of all persons interested touching the matters to them committed. They may adjourn from time to time and from place to place within the county, giving oral notice to those present of the time and place of their next meeting. All testimony taken by them shall be given publicly, under oath, and in their presence. They shall view the premises, and any of them may subpoena witnesses, which shall be served as subpoenas in civil actions are served, and at the cost of the parties applying therefor. If deemed necessary, they may require the petitioner or owner to furnish for their use maps, plats, and other information which the petitioner or owner may have showing the nature, character, and extent of the proposed undertaking and the situation of lands desired therefor. In proper cases they may reserve to the owner a right-of-way or other privilege in or over the land taken, or attach reasonable conditions to such taking in addition to the damages given or they may make an alternative award, conditioned upon the granting or withholding of the right specified. Without unreasonable delay they shall make a separate assessment and award of the damages which in their judgment will result to each of the owners of the land by reason of such taking and report the same to the court. The commissioners shall not reduce the amount of the damages awarded because the land being taken is, at the time of the taking, valued under section 273.111 , designated as an agricultural preserve under chapter 473H. The commissioners, in all such proceedings, may in their discretion allow and show separately in addition to the award of damages, reasonable appraisal fees not to exceed a total of $1,500 for single family and two-family residential property and minimum damage acquisitions and $5,000 for other types of property, unless the appraised fee was reimbursed under section 117.036 . Upon request of an owner the commissioners shall show in their report the amount of the award of damages which is to reimburse the owner and tenant or lessee for the value of the land taken, and the amount of the award of damages, if any, which is to reimburse the owner and tenant or lessee for damages to the remainder involved, whether or not described in the petition. The amounts awarded to each person shall also be shown separately. The commissioners shall, if requested by any party, make an express finding of the estimated cost of removal and remedial actions that will be necessary on the taken property because of existing environmental contamination.
Minn. Stat. § 462.3585 — MN Code / Part 460_463 / Chapter 462 / Section 462.3585
§ 462.3585 JOINT PLANNING BOARD.
Status: in_force

Upon request of a home rule charter or statutory city council or county or town board by resolution presented to the county auditor of the county of the affected territory a board shall be established to exercise planning and land use control authority in the unincorporated area within two miles of the corporate limits of a city. The board shall have members in a number determined by the city, county, and town. Each governmental unit shall have an equal number of members. The members shall be appointed from the governing bodies of the city, county, and town. Upon request of more than one county or town board with respect to the unincorporated area within two miles of the corporate limits of a single city, the parties may create one board rather than a separate board for each county or town, with equal membership from each affected governmental unit. The board shall serve as the governing body and board of appeals and adjustments for purposes of sections 462.351 to 462.364 within the two-mile area. The board shall have all of the powers contained in sections 462.351 to 462.364 and shall have authority to adopt and enforce the State Fire Code promulgated pursuant to section 326B.02, subdivision 5 . The city shall provide staff for the preparation and administration of land use controls unless otherwise agreed by the governmental units. If a municipality extends the application of its subdivision regulations to unincorporated territory located within two miles of its limits pursuant to section 462.358, subdivision 1a , before the creation of a joint board, the subdivision regulations which the municipality has extended shall apply until the joint board adopts subdivision regulations.
Minn. Stat. § 325E.30 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325E / Section 325E.30
§ 325E.30 TIME OF DAY LIMIT.
Status: in_force

A caller shall not use an automatic dialing-announcing device nor make any commercial telephone solicitation before 9:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m.
Minn. Stat. § 627.15 — MN Code / Part 625_634 / Chapter 627 / Section 627.15
§ 627.15 CHILD ABUSE.
Status: in_force

A criminal action arising out of an incident of alleged child abuse may be prosecuted either in the county where the alleged abuse occurred or the county where the child is found.
Minn. Stat. § 135A.25 — MN Code / Part 135A_137 / Chapter 135A / Section 135A.25
§ 135A.25 TEXTBOOK DISCLOSURE, PRICING, AND ACCESS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Short title. This section may be cited as the Textbook Disclosure, Pricing, and Access Act.

§ Subd. 2. Course material disclosures required. (a) Beginning January 1, 2009, any publisher that sells or distributes course material for classroom use in a postsecondary institution must make the following available in an easily accessible manner to faculty, bookstores, and postsecondary institutions in Minnesota: (1) the title, edition, author, and International Standard Book Number (ISBN) or other easily identifiable information for all course materials; (2) the undiscounted price at which the course materials are available to a bookstore; (3) the formats, including bundled and unbundled, in which those course materials are offered and the undiscounted prices of the various components, both sold separately or packaged together; (4) a summary of revisions between current and previous editions of course materials; and (5) the return policy for course material, including any penalties or conditions for returns. (b) Any publisher that sells or distributes course material for classroom use in a postsecondary institution must make all bundled course material available to bookstores and postsecondary institutions in an unbundled form, or must provide notice if unbundled material is not available. (c) Disclosure under this section is not required for mass-market and trade books that are not published, marketed, or sold primarily for classroom use in or by postsecondary institutions. (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit any existing academic freedom or rights of faculty members to determine the most appropriate course material for the courses they teach.

§ Subd. 3. Educational strategies. Public postsecondary institutions must develop educational materials considering the recommendations in studies by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education and others and at least annually convene and sponsor meetings and workshops, and provide educational strategies for faculty, students, administrators, institutions, and bookstores to inform all interested parties on strategies for reducing the costs of course materials for students attending postsecondary institutions.

§ Subd. 4. Minnesota Office of Higher Education responsibilities. For private postsecondary institutions, the Minnesota Office of Higher Education must develop educational materials considering the recommendations by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education and others and at least annually convene and sponsor meetings and workshops and provide educational strategies for faculty, students, administrators, institutions, and bookstores to inform all interested parties on strategies for reducing the costs of course materials for students attending postsecondary institutions.

§ Subd. 5. Bookstores; course materials. The University of Minnesota and private colleges are encouraged to comply with the requirements under section 136F.58, subdivisions 2, 2a, and 3 .
Minn. Stat. § 553.01 — MN Code / Part 553_566 / Chapter 553 / Section 553.01
§ 553.01 BREACH OF PROMISE; ALIENATION OF AFFECTIONS; CRIMINAL CONVERSATION AND SEDUCTION; DECLARATION OF POLICY.
Status: in_force

Actions based upon alleged alienation of affections, criminal conversation, seduction, and breach of contract to marry have been subject to grave abuses, have caused intimidation and harassment, to innocent persons and have resulted in the perpetration of frauds. It is declared as the public policy of the state that the best interests of the people of the state will be served by the abolition of these causes of action.
Minn. Stat. § 270C.545 — MN Code / Part 270_271 / Chapter 270C / Section 270C.545
§ 270C.545 FEDERAL TAX REFUND OFFSET FEES; TIME LIMIT FOR SUBMITTING CLAIMS FOR OFFSET.
Status: in_force

If fees are charged by the Department of the Treasury of the United States for the offset of federal tax refunds or the offset of federal payments and these fees are deducted from the refund or the federal payment amounts remitted to the commissioner, then the unpaid debts of the taxpayers whose refunds or federal payments are being offset to satisfy the debts are reduced only by the actual amount of the refund payments or federal payments received by the commissioner. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a claim for the offset of a federal tax refund must be submitted to the Department of the Treasury of the United States within ten years after the date of the assessment of the tax owed by the taxpayer whose refund is to be offset to satisfy the debt. For court debts referred to the commissioner under section 16D.04 , subdivision 2, paragraph (a), the federal refund offset fees are deducted as provided in this section, but the ten-year time limit prescribed in this section for tax debts does not apply.
Minn. Stat. § 257E.24 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 257E / Section 257E.24
§ 257E.24 SPOUSE'S DISPUTE OF PARENTAGE; LIMITATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), an individual who, at the time of a child's birth, is the spouse of the parent who gave birth to the child by assisted reproduction may not challenge the individual's parentage of the child unless:

(1) not later than two years after the birth of the child, the spouse commences a proceeding to adjudicate the spouse's parentage of the child; and

(2) the court finds that the spouse did not consent to the assisted reproduction before, on, or after birth of the child, or withdrew consent under section 257E.26 .

(b) A proceeding to adjudicate a spouse's parentage of a child born by assisted reproduction may be commenced at any time if the court determines:

(1) the spouse neither provided a gamete for, nor consented to, the assisted reproduction;

(2) the spouse and the parent who gave birth to the child have not cohabited since the probable time of assisted reproduction; and

(3) the spouse never openly held out the child as the spouse's child.

(c) This section applies to a spouse's dispute of parentage even if the spouse's marriage is declared invalid after assisted reproduction occurs.
Minn. Stat. § 275.066 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 275 / Section 275.066
§ 275.066 SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS; DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of property taxation and property tax state aids, the term "special taxing districts" includes the following entities:

(1) watershed districts under chapter 103D;

(2) sanitary districts under sections 442A.01 to 442A.29 ;

(3) regional sanitary sewer districts under sections 115.61 to 115.67 ;

(4) regional public library districts under section 134.201 ;

(5) park districts under chapter 398;

(6) regional railroad authorities under chapter 398A;

(7) hospital districts under sections 447.31 to 447.38 ;

(8) St. Cloud Metropolitan Transit Commission under sections 458A.01 to 458A.15 ;

(9) Duluth Transit Authority under sections 458A.21 to 458A.37 ;

(10) regional development commissions under sections 462.381 to 462.398 ;

(11) housing and redevelopment authorities under sections 469.001 to 469.047 ;

(12) port authorities under sections 469.048 to 469.068 ;

(13) economic development authorities under sections 469.090 to 469.1081 ;

(14) Metropolitan Council under sections 473.123 to 473.549 ;

(15) Metropolitan Airports Commission under sections 473.601 to 473.679 ;

(16) Metropolitan Mosquito Control Commission under sections 473.701 to 473.716 ;

(17) Morrison County Rural Development Financing Authority under Laws 1982, chapter 437, section 1;

(18) Croft Historical Park District under Laws 1984, chapter 502, article 13, section 6;

(19) East Lake County Medical Clinic District under Laws 1989, chapter 211, sections 1 to 6;

(20) Floodwood Area Ambulance District under Laws 1993, chapter 375, article 5, section 39;

(21) Middle Mississippi River Watershed Management Organization under sections 103B.211 and 103B.241 ;

(22) fire protection and emergency medical services special taxing districts under section 144F.01;

(23) a county levying under the authority of section 103B.241 , 103B.245 , or 103B.251 ;

(24) Southern St. Louis County Special Taxing District; Chris Jensen Nursing Home under Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 21, article 4, section 12;

(25) an airport authority created under section 360.0426 ; and

(26) any other political subdivision of the state of Minnesota, excluding counties, school districts, cities, and towns, that has the power to adopt and certify a property tax levy to the county auditor, as determined by the commissioner of revenue.
Minn. Stat. § 48.17 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 48 / Section 48.17
§ 48.17 POWERS OF OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

No officer or employee of a bank or trust company shall have power or authority to borrow money, execute guaranties or endorse, otherwise than without recourse, pledge or hypothecate any note, bond, or other obligation belonging to the bank or trust company unless the power and authority shall have been given the officer or employee by the board of directors and a written record thereof made in the minute book of the bank and a certified copy of the record delivered to the creditor, guarantee, pledgee, or endorsee of the note, bond, guaranty, or other obligation.
Minn. Stat. § 471.49 — MN Code / Part 471_472B / Chapter 471 / Section 471.49
§ 471.49 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Words, terms, and phrases. Unless the language or context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended, the following words, terms, and phrases, for the purposes of this chapter, shall be given the meanings hereinafter subjoined to them.

§ Subd. 2. Agreement. "Agreement" means "contract" and includes renewals and alterations of a contract.

§ Subd. 3. Political subdivision. "Political subdivision" means any agency or unit of this state which now is, or hereafter shall be, authorized to levy taxes or empowered to cause taxes to be levied.

§ Subd. 4. Services. "Services" means such public and municipal functions as are performed for property in and persons residing within a political subdivision.

§ Subd. 5. United States. "United States" means the United States of America.

§ Subd. 6. County board. "County board" means the county board of any county in this state.

§ Subd. 7. Project. "Project" means any resettlement project or rural rehabilitation project for resettlement purposes of the United States located within a political subdivision and includes the persons inhabiting such a project.

§ Subd. 8. Governing body. "Governing body" means the council, board, body, or persons in which the powers of a subdivision as a body corporate, or otherwise, are vested.

§ Subd. 9. Fund. "Fund" means, unless otherwise expressed, the "government project fund" to be established pursuant to section 471.54 .

§ Subd. 10. Public accountant. "Public accountant" means a certified public accountant or a certified public accounting firm licensed in accordance with chapter 326A.