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Minn. Stat. § 142D.30 — MN Code / Part 142A_142G / Chapter 142D / Section 142D.30
§ 142D.30 RETAINING EARLY EDUCATORS THROUGH ATTAINING INCENTIVES NOW (REETAIN) GRANT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment; purpose. The retaining early educators through attaining incentives now (REETAIN) grant program is established to provide competitive grants to incentivize well-trained child care professionals to remain in the workforce. The overall goal of the REETAIN grant program is to create more consistent care for children over time.

§ Subd. 2. Administration. The commissioner shall administer the REETAIN grant program through a grant to a nonprofit with the demonstrated ability to manage benefit programs for child care professionals. Up to ten percent of grant money may be used for administration of the grant program.

§ Subd. 3. Application. Applicants must apply for the REETAIN grant program using the forms and according to timelines established by the commissioner.

§ Subd. 4. Eligibility. (a) To be eligible for a grant, an applicant must: (1) be licensed to provide child care or work for a licensed child care program; (2) work directly with children at least 30 hours per week; (3) have worked in the applicant's current position for at least 12 months; (4) agree to work in the early childhood care and education field for at least 12 months upon receiving a grant under this section; (5) have a career lattice step of five or higher; (6) have a current membership with the Minnesota quality improvement and registry tool; (7) not be a current teacher education and compensation helps scholarship recipient; and (8) meet any other requirements determined by the commissioner. (b) Grant recipients must sign a contract agreeing to remain in the early childhood care and education field for 12 months.

§ Subd. 5. Grant awards. Grant awards must be made annually and may be made up to an amount per recipient determined by the commissioner. Grant recipients may use grant money for program supplies, training, or personal expenses.

§ Subd. 6. Report. By January 1 each year, the commissioner must report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over child care about the number of grants awarded to recipients and outcomes of the grant program since the last report.
Minn. Stat. § 114C.02 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 114C / Section 114C.02
§ 114C.02 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of this chapter, the definitions in this section have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. Pollution prevention. "Pollution prevention" has the meaning given in section 115D.03 .

§ Subd. 3. Source reduction. "Source reduction" has the meaning given in section 115A.03 .

§ Subd. 4. Stakeholders. "Stakeholders" means citizens in the communities near the project site, facility workers, government representatives, business groups, educational groups, environmental groups, or other Minnesota citizens or public interest groups.

§ Subd. 5. State or local agency. "State or local agency" means any agency, department, board, bureau, office or other instrumentality of the state, any political subdivision of the state, any public corporation, any municipality, and any other local unit of government.
Minn. Stat. § 325E.317 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325E / Section 325E.317
§ 325E.317 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 325E.317 and 325E.318 , the terms defined in this section have the meanings given.

§ Subd. 2. Provider. "Provider" means a provider of wireless telecommunications services.

§ Subd. 3. Telecommunications services. "Telecommunications services" has the meaning given in section 297A.61, subdivision 24 , paragraph (a).

§ Subd. 4. Wireless directory assistance service. "Wireless directory assistance service" means any service for connecting calling parties to a wireless telecommunications services customer when the calling parties themselves do not possess the customer's wireless telephone number information.

§ Subd. 5. Wireless telecommunications services. "Wireless telecommunications services" means commercial mobile radio services as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 47, part 20.

§ Subd. 6. Wireless telephone directory. "Wireless telephone directory" means a directory or database containing wireless telephone number information or any other identifying information by which a calling party may reach a wireless telecommunications services customer.

§ Subd. 7. Wireless telephone number information. "Wireless telephone number information" means the telephone number, electronic address, and any other identifying information by which a calling party may reach a wireless telecommunications services customer, which is assigned by a provider to the customer and includes the customer's name and address.
Minn. Stat. § 325C.06 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325C / Section 325C.06
§ 325C.06 STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.
Status: in_force

An action for misappropriation must be brought within three years after the misappropriation is discovered or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have been discovered. For the purposes of this section, a continuing misappropriation constitutes a single claim.
Minn. Stat. § 62A.4524 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62A / Section 62A.4524
§ 62A.4524 OFFICER'S AND EMPLOYEE'S FIDELITY BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) A prepaid limited health service organization shall maintain in force a fidelity bond in its own name on its officers and employees in an amount not less than $20,000,000 or in any other amount prescribed by the commissioner. Except as otherwise provided by this paragraph, the bond must be issued by an insurance company that is licensed to do business in this state or, if the fidelity bond required by this paragraph is not available from an insurance company that holds a certificate of authority in this state, a fidelity bond procured by a licensed surplus lines agent resident in this state in compliance with sections 60A.195 to 60A.2095 satisfies the requirements of this paragraph.

(b) In lieu of the bond specified in paragraph (a), a prepaid limited health service organization may deposit with the commissioner cash or securities or other investments of the types set forth in section 62A.4521 . Such a deposit must be maintained by the commissioner in the amount and subject to the same conditions required for a bond under this paragraph.
Minn. Stat. § 244.065 — MN Code / Part 241_244 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.065
§ 244.065 PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT OF INMATES OR SPECIALIZED PROGRAMMING FOR PREGNANT INMATES OF STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN COMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Work. When consistent with the public interest and the public safety, the commissioner of corrections may conditionally release an inmate to work at paid employment, seek employment, or participate in a vocational training or educational program, as provided in section 241.26 , if the inmate has served at least one half of the term of imprisonment.

§ Subd. 2. Pregnancy. (a) In the furtherance of public interest and community safety, the commissioner of corrections may conditionally release: (1) for up to one year postpartum, an inmate who gave birth within eight months of the date of commitment; and (2) for the duration of the pregnancy and up to one year postpartum, an inmate who is pregnant. (b) The commissioner may conditionally release an inmate under paragraph (a) to community-based programming for the purpose of participation in prenatal or postnatal care programming and to promote mother-child bonding in addition to other programming requirements as established by the commissioner, including evidence-based parenting skills programming; working at paid employment; seeking employment; or participating in vocational training, an educational program, or substance use disorder or mental health treatment services. (c) The commissioner shall develop policy and criteria to implement this subdivision according to public safety and generally accepted correctional practice. (d) By April 1 of each year, the commissioner shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over corrections on the number of inmates released and the duration of the release under this subdivision for the prior calendar year.
Minn. Stat. § 256.982 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256 / Section 256.982
§ 256.982 TRAINING OF WELFARE FRAUD INVESTIGATORS.
Status: in_force

The commissioners of human services and children, youth, and families shall, to the extent an appropriation is provided for this purpose, establish a pilot project for further education and training of welfare fraud investigators. The commissioner may enter into contractual agreements with other state, federal, or county agencies as part of cooperative projects employing experienced investigators to provide on-the-job training to county investigators.
Minn. Stat. § 169.065 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 169 / Section 169.065
§ 169.065 SAFE ROAD ZONES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definition. For purposes of this section, "local request" means a formal request collectively submitted by the chief law enforcement officer of a political subdivision serving the proposed safe road zone, the local road authority for the proposed safe road zone, and the chief executive officer, board, or designee by resolution of the political subdivision encompassing the proposed safe road zone.

§ Subd. 2. Establishment. (a) The commissioner may designate a safe road zone as provided in this section. (b) Upon receipt of a local request, the commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of public safety, must consider designating a segment of a street or highway as a safe road zone. In determining the designation of a safe road zone, the commissioner must evaluate traffic safety concerns for the street or highway, including but not limited to: excessive speed; crash history; safety of pedestrians, bicyclists, or other vulnerable road users; intersection risks; and roadway design.

§ Subd. 3. Implementation. The Advisory Council on Traffic Safety under section 4.076 must make recommendations to the commissioners of public safety and transportation on supporting the local authority with implementation of safety measures for each safe road zone through education, public awareness, behavior modification, and traffic engineering efforts. Safety measures for a safe road zone may include: (1) providing safe road zone signs to the local authority for use in the zone; (2) consulting with the local authority on roadway design modifications to improve safety; (3) performing statewide safe road zone public awareness and educational outreach; (4) providing safe road zone outreach materials to the local authority for distribution to the general public; (5) working with the local authority to enhance safety conditions in the zone; (6) establishing a speed limit as provided under section 169.14, subdivision 5i , with supporting speed enforcement and education measures; and (7) evaluating the impacts of safety measures in the zone on: crashes; injuries and fatalities; property damage; transportation system disruptions; safety for vulnerable roadway users, including pedestrians and bicyclists; and other measures as identified by the commissioner.

§ Subd. 4. Traffic enforcement. The commissioner of public safety must coordinate with local law enforcement agencies to determine implementation of enhanced traffic enforcement in a safe road zone designated under this section.

§ Subd. 5. Program information. The commissioner of transportation must maintain information on a website that summarizes safe road zone implementation, including but not limited to identification of requests for and designations of safe road zones, an overview of safety measures and traffic enforcement activity, and a review of annual expenditures.
Minn. Stat. § 169.53 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 169 / Section 169.53
§ 169.53 LIGHTS FOR PARKED VEHICLES.
Status: in_force

When a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a highway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times when lighted lamps on vehicles are required, it shall be equipped with one or more lamps which shall exhibit a white or amber light on the roadway side visible from a distance of 500 feet to the front of the vehicle and a red light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear, except that local authorities may provide by ordinance that no lights need be displayed upon a vehicle when stopped or parked in accordance with local parking regulations upon a highway where there is sufficient light to clearly reveal any person or object within a distance of 500 feet upon the highway. Any lighted headlamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.
Minn. Stat. § 134.341 — MN Code / Part 134_135 / Chapter 134 / Section 134.341
§ 134.341 COUNTY FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
Status: in_force

To ensure the availability of public library service to all people, every county shall provide financial support for public library services at no less than minimum amounts as specified in section 134.34 and shall participate in the regional public library system to which it is assigned by the commissioner of education under section 134.34, subdivision 3 . Each county board of commissioners shall appoint at least one county resident to serve as a representative on the regional public library system board and may appoint more than one representative under terms and conditions of the regional public library system contract.
Minn. Stat. § 336A.02 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336A / Section 336A.02
§ 336A.02 SPECIFICATION OF FARM PRODUCTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. List of products. The computerized filing system must provide information about the following farm products: (1) wheat/durum; (2) alfalfa; (3) barley; (4) oats; (5) rye; (6) sorghum; (7) hay; (8) flax; (9) sunflowers; (10) field corn; (11) silage; (12) canola; (13) soybeans; (14) dry edible beans; (15) green beans; (16) snap beans; (17) green lima beans; (18) sweet corn; (19) green peas; (20) potatoes; (21) carrots; (22) onions; (23) cucumbers; (24) sugar beets; (25) wool; (26) milk; (27) eggs; (28) cheese; (29) apples; (30) honey/bees wax; (31) cattle/calves; (32) hogs/pigs; (33) sheep/lambs; (34) horses; (35) goats; (36) chickens; (37) broilers; (38) turkeys; (39) mink; (40) fish; (41) wild rice; and (42) bison.

§ Subd. 2. Crops grown for seed. Information about the crops listed in subdivision 1 includes information on crops grown for seed.
Minn. Stat. § 268.03 — MN Code / Part 268_269 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.03
§ 268.03 PUBLIC PURPOSE OF THE MINNESOTA UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Statement. The public purpose of this chapter is: Economic insecurity because of involuntary unemployment of workers in Minnesota is a subject of general concern that requires appropriate action by the legislature. The public good is promoted by providing workers who are unemployed through no fault of their own a temporary partial wage replacement to assist the unemployed worker to become reemployed. This program is the "Minnesota unemployment insurance program."

§ Subd. 2. MS 2006 [Renumbered 268.031 ]
Minn. Stat. § 525.102 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 525 / Section 525.102
§ 525.102 REFERENCE.
Status: in_force

After such appointment the judge by order may refer to the referee any matter, cause, or proceeding pending in such court. In all matters so referred the referee shall find the facts and report the findings to the judge. In all matters referred and reported the referee may append the referee's signature to the order or decree of the court; and whenever this signature shall be so appended, it shall constitute conclusive evidence that the matter was referred, heard, and reported in the manner required by law and the order of the court therein, provided that the failure of the referee to append the referee's signature to any such order or decree shall not affect its validity.
Minn. Stat. § 196.054 — MN Code / Part 196_198 / Chapter 196 / Section 196.054
§ 196.054 USE OF FACILITIES OR SERVICES BY OUTSIDE AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Commissioner's authority. The commissioner of veterans affairs may allow public or private social service, educational, or rehabilitation agencies or organizations and their clients to use the facilities, staff, and other resources of the department and may require the participating agencies or organizations to pay for that use.

§ Subd. 2. Appropriation. There is a veterans affairs resources fund in the state treasury. All money received by the department pursuant to subdivision 1 must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the veterans affairs resources fund. Money from the veterans affairs resources fund is appropriated to the commissioner for operation, maintenance, repair of facilities, associated legal fees, and other related expenses under subdivision 1.
Minn. Stat. § 147.162 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 147 / Section 147.162
§ 147.162 MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES; EXCLUSION.
Status: in_force

Each physician shall file with the board a list of the inpatient and outpatient medical care facilities at which the physician has medical privileges. The list shall be updated when the physician applies for license renewal. Nothing in this chapter grants to any person the right to be admitted to the medical staff of a health care facility.
Minn. Stat. § 386.45 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 386 / Section 386.45
§ 386.45 BANKRUPTCY DOCUMENTS MAY BE RECORDED, USED AS EVIDENCE.
Status: in_force

(a) When a petition for bankruptcy, or a decree of adjudication, or an order approving the trustee's bond is made, pursuant to the Federal Bankruptcy Act of 1898, as amended by the Bankruptcy Act of 1938, chapter 575, Statutes at Large, volume 52, page 840, section 21 g, or a petition is made pursuant to the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, hereinafter referred to as the "Bankruptcy Code," the bankrupt, debtor, trustee, receiver, custodian, referee, or any creditor may record a certified copy of the petition, decree, order, or a certificate of a clerk of the United States Bankruptcy Court relating to any matter involving the status of or disposition of the proceedings or pleadings, property of the estate or property of the debtor or documents or orders recorded in the proceeding, all pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code, in the office of the county recorder the instruments in the office of the registrar of titles of any county in this state.

(b) Any certificate so recorded, or a certified copy thereof, is admissible as evidence in any action involving any instrument to which it relates or involving the title to the real estate affected by the certificate and is prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
Minn. Stat. § 136A.0412 — MN Code / Part 135A_137 / Chapter 136A / Section 136A.0412
§ 136A.0412 ACCEPTANCE OF PRIVATE FUNDS; APPROPRIATION.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may accept donations, grants, bequests, and other gifts of money to carry out the purposes of section 136A.01 . Donations, nonfederal grants, bequests, or other gifts of money accepted by the commissioner must be deposited in an account in the special revenue fund and are appropriated to the commissioner for the purpose for which it was given.
Minn. Stat. § 604.19 — MN Code / Part 604_605 / Chapter 604 / Section 604.19
§ 604.19 SUBVERSION OF EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person engages in examination subversion practice when, with respect to a licensing or certifying examination, the person:

(1) removes from the examination room any examination materials without specific authorization;

(2) without authorization, discloses, publishes, transmits, or reconstructs by any means, including but not limited to memorization, any portion of the examination;

(3) pays or uses professional or paid examination takers for the purpose of reconstructing any portion of the examination;

(4) without authorization, obtains examination questions, answers, or materials, whether requested or not, either before, during, or after an examination;

(5) uses or purports to use any examination questions, answers, or materials that were improperly obtained from any examination for the purpose of instructing or preparing an applicant for examination;

(6) sells or offers to sell, distributes or offers to distribute, buys or offers to buy, or receives or possesses without authorization any portion of a future, current, or previously administered examination;

(7) communicates with any other person during the administration of an examination for the purpose of giving or receiving any unauthorized aid;

(8) copies answers from another examinee or permits the person's own answers to be copied by another examinee;

(9) possesses during the administration of the examination any books, equipment, notes, written or printed materials, or data of any kind, other than the examination materials distributed and materials otherwise specifically authorized to be possessed during the examination;

(10) takes an examination using the identity of another person or has another person take an examination using a false identity;

(11) engages in any other conduct that violates the security of the examination materials;

(12) attempts to engage in any act listed in this paragraph; or

(13) aids or abets another person to engage in any act listed in this paragraph.

(b) Any person damaged or likely to be damaged by an examination subversion practice may seek injunctive relief in district court and recovery of damages caused by the practice.

(c) The remedies provided in this subdivision are in addition to any other remedy or penalty that may be available for the same conduct as permitted by law.
Minn. Stat. § 82A.15 — MN Code / Part 82_83 / Chapter 82A / Section 82A.15
§ 82A.15 PRESERVATION OF PURCHASER'S CLAIMS AND DEFENSES.
Status: in_force

Any assignee of a membership camping contract or obligation relating to membership camping contracts shall be subject to all claims and defenses of the purchaser against the membership camping operator arising from the sale, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary. An assignee who takes assignment of the membership camping contract without assumption of any obligations thereunder shall have no obligation or liability to assume the obligations or responsibilities of the membership camping operator under the membership camping contract. The assignee's liability under this section shall not exceed the amount owing to the assignee at the time the claim or defense is asserted against the assignee. The rights of the purchaser under this subdivision can only be asserted as a matter of defense to or set off against a claim by the assignee.
Minn. Stat. § 430.13 — MN Code / Part 426_435 / Chapter 430 / Section 430.13
§ 430.13 BONDED DEBT.
Status: in_force

Certificates or bonds that may be issued to finance an improvement under this chapter are part of the bonded debt of the city. In calculating the net indebtedness of the city due to the issue of certificates or bonds, there may be deducted from the gross debt of the city the amount of certificates or bonds that are payable wholly or partly from collections of special assessments levied on property benefited by the improvements, including general obligations of the issuing city, if the city is entitled to reimbursement, in whole or in part, from the proceeds of special assessments levied upon property especially benefited by the improvements.