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Minn. Stat. § 116.97 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 116 / Section 116.97
§ 116.97 SMALL BUSINESS AIR-QUALITY COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Creation. The commissioner shall establish a small business air-quality compliance assistance program that incorporates the small business stationary source technical and environmental compliance assistance program required by section 7661f of the Clean Air Act.

§ Subd. 2. Requirements. The commissioner shall ensure that the program provides at least the following: (1) direct, timely, one-on-one information and technical assistance to small businesses that are stationary sources on matters including, but not limited to, their legal rights and obligations under federal and state air quality laws and regulations, applicable requirements and alternatives for achieving compliance, permit procedures, preparation of permit applications, sources of technical expertise, consequences of operating in violation, enforcement, fines, penalties, and appeals; (2) a clearinghouse to provide information and referral to appropriate technical experts concerning Clean Air Act regulatory requirements, compliance methods, and control technologies; (3) information and assistance on methods of pollution prevention and the prevention and detection of accidental releases; (4) audits of the operations of small business stationary sources to determine compliance with federal and state air quality laws and regulations, or establishment of a procedure for referring sources to qualified auditors. Audits may include, but need not be limited to, an evaluation of work practices, compliance monitoring procedures, record-keeping requirements, and technical assistance on pollution prevention opportunities and control options; (5) to the extent permitted by federal and state air quality laws and regulations, procedures for responding to requests from small business stationary sources for modification of work practices or methods compliance because of the financial or technological capability of the source; and (6) coordination of efforts with trade associations, small business assistance providers, and federal, state, and local governmental agencies that provide information and technical assistance to small businesses, in order to maximize the information and assistance available to small businesses and to prevent duplication of effort and services.
Minn. Stat. § 60K.54 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 60K / Section 60K.54
§ 60K.54 REPORTING OF ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Administrative actions. A producer shall report to the commissioner any administrative action taken against the producer in another jurisdiction or by another governmental agency in this state within 30 days of the final disposition of the matter. This report must include a copy of the order, consent to order, or other relevant legal documents.

§ Subd. 2. Criminal prosecutions. Within 30 days of the date criminal prosecution begins, a producer shall report to the commissioner any criminal prosecution of the producer taken in any jurisdiction. The report must include a copy of the initial complaint filed, the order resulting from the hearing, and any other relevant legal documents. In addition, a producer shall report to the commissioner within ten days any conviction, guilty plea, or plea of nolo contendere to any felony or gross misdemeanor. For purposes of this subdivision, the date the criminal prosecution begins is the date the indictment is returned or the date the criminal complaint is filed.
Minn. Stat. § 14.101 — MN Code / Part 14_15A / Chapter 14 / Section 14.101
§ 14.101 ADVICE ON POSSIBLE RULES.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Required notice. In addition to seeking information by other methods designed to reach persons or classes of persons who might be affected by the proposal, an agency, at least 60 days before publication of a notice of intent to adopt or a notice of hearing, shall solicit comments from the public on the subject matter of a possible rulemaking proposal under active consideration within the agency by causing notice to be published in the State Register. The notice must include a description of the subject matter of the proposal and the types of groups and individuals likely to be affected, and must indicate where, when, and how persons may comment on the proposal and whether and how drafts of any proposal may be obtained from the agency. This notice must be published within 60 days of the effective date of any new or amendatory law requiring rules to be adopted, amended, or repealed.

§ Subd. 2. Advisory committees. Each agency may also appoint committees to comment, before publication of a notice of intent to adopt or a notice of hearing, on the subject matter of a possible rulemaking under active consideration within the agency.

§ Subd. 3. Effect of good faith compliance. If an agency has made a good faith effort to comply with this section, a rule may not be invalidated on the grounds that the contents of this notice are insufficient or inaccurate.

§ Subd. 4. Reduction of time period. The chief administrative law judge shall reduce the time period before publication from 60 to 30 days for good cause.
Minn. Stat. § 79.39 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 79 / Section 79.39
§ 79.39 APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER 79.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Examination by commissioner. The reinsurance association is subject to all the provisions of this chapter. The commissioner of labor and industry or an authorized representative of the commissioner may visit the reinsurance association at any time and examine, audit, or evaluate the reinsurance association's operations, records and practices. For purposes of this section, "authorized representative of the commissioner" includes employees of the Department of Labor and Industry or other parties retained by the commissioner.

§ Subd. 2. Costs and expenses. The commissioner of labor and industry may order and the reinsurance association shall pay the costs and expenses of any examination, audit, or evaluation conducted pursuant to subdivision 1.
Minn. Stat. § 53C.11 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 53C / Section 53C.11
§ 53C.11 EXTENSION OF VEHICLE INSTALLMENT CONTRACT SCHEDULES, PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

The holder of a precomputed retail installment contract may, upon written agreement with the retail buyer, extend the scheduled due date, or defer the scheduled payment of all or part of any installment payment or payments, or renew the balance of such contract. In any such case the holder may restate the amount of the installments and the time schedule therefor, and collect as a refinance charge for such extension, deferment or renewal, a flat service fee not to exceed $5 and a total additional charge not exceeding the simple interest annual percentage rate under the original retail installment contract calculated on the respective descending balances computed from the date of such extension, deferment or renewal.
Minn. Stat. § 18B.35 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 18B / Section 18B.35
§ 18B.35 APPLICATION CATEGORIES WITHIN APPLICATOR LICENSES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment. (a) The commissioner may establish categories of structural pest control, commercial applicator, noncommercial applicator licenses, and private applicator certification consistent with federal requirements in Code of Federal Regulations, title 40, sections 171.101 and 171.105, including but not limited to the federal categories that are applicable to the state. Application categories must meet or exceed the competency standards in Code of Federal Regulations, title 40, part 171. Competency standards for application categories must be published on the Department of Agriculture website. The categories may include pest control operators and ornamental, agricultural, aquatic, forest, and right-of-way pesticide applicators. Separate subclassifications of categories may be specified as to ground, aerial, or manual methods to apply pesticides or to the use of pesticides to control insects, plant diseases, rodents, or weeds. (b) Each category is subject to separate testing procedures and requirements.

§ Subd. 2. No additional fee. A person may not be required to pay an additional fee for a category or subclassification of a category of a license.
Minn. Stat. § 256.9756 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256 / Section 256.9756
§ 256.9756 CAREGIVER RESPITE SERVICES GRANTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Caregiver respite services grant program established. The Minnesota Board on Aging must establish a caregiver respite services grant program to increase the availability of respite services for family caregivers of people with dementia and to provide information, education, and training to respite caregivers and volunteers regarding caring for people with dementia. From the money made available for this purpose, the board must award grants on a competitive basis to respite service providers, giving priority to areas of the state where there is a high need of respite services.

§ Subd. 2. Eligible uses. Grant recipients awarded grant money under this section must use a portion of the grant award as determined by the board to provide free or subsidized respite services for family caregivers of people with dementia.

§ Subd. 3. Report. By January 15, 2026, the board shall submit a progress report about the caregiver respite services grants in this section to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction over human services finance and policy. The progress report must include metrics of the use of grant program money. This subdivision expires upon submission of the report. The board shall notify the revisor of statutes when the report is submitted.
Minn. Stat. § 144.383 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144 / Section 144.383
§ 144.383 AUTHORITY OF COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

In order to ensure safe drinking water in all public water supplies, the commissioner has the following powers:

(a) To approve the site, design, and construction and alteration of all public water supplies and, for community and nontransient noncommunity water systems as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 40, section 141.2, to approve documentation that demonstrates the technical, managerial, and financial capacity of those systems to comply with rules adopted under this section;

(b) To enter the premises of a public water supply, or part thereof, to inspect the facilities and records kept pursuant to rules promulgated by the commissioner, to conduct sanitary surveys and investigate the standard of operation and service delivered by public water supplies;

(c) To contract with community health boards as defined in section 145A.02, subdivision 5 , for routine surveys, inspections, and testing of public water supply quality;

(d) To develop an emergency plan to protect the public when a decline in water quality or quantity creates a serious health risk, and to issue emergency orders if a health risk is imminent;

(e) To promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 14 but no less stringent than federal regulation, which may include the granting of variances and exemptions; and

(f) To maintain an asset management database of community public water supply systems, provide technical assistance to community systems, and ensure the lead service line inventory data is accessible to the public with relevant educational materials about health risks related to lead and ways to reduce exposure.
Minn. Stat. § 125A.55 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 125A / Section 125A.55
§ 125A.55 ACCOMMODATING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
Status: in_force

A school or district must provide a student who is an "individual with a disability" under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, United States Code, title 29, section 794, or under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Public Law 101-336, with reasonable accommodations or modifications in programs.
Minn. Stat. § 299A.11 — MN Code / Part 299A_299N / Chapter 299A / Section 299A.11
§ 299A.11 VEHICLE TRANSPORTING WHEELCHAIR USER; DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. The following terms have the definitions given them for the purposes of sections 299A.11 to 299A.17 .

§ Subd. 2. Operator. "Operator" means any person, firm, partnership, corporation, service club, public or private agency, city, town or county. Section 299A.15 does not apply to any school bus as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 71 .

§ Subd. 3. Transit vehicle. "Transit vehicle" means a bus that is not a school bus as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 71 , with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 15,000 pounds.

§ Subd. 4. Transportation service. "Transportation service" means the transportation by motor vehicle, other than a school bus manufactured before January 1, 1988, of any sick, injured, invalid, incapacitated, or disabled individual while occupying a wheelchair, which transportation is offered or provided by any operator to the public or to its employees or in connection with any other service offered by the operator including schooling or nursing home, convalescent or child care services.

§ Subd. 5. Wheelchair securement device. "Wheelchair securement device" or "securement device" means an apparatus installed in a transit vehicle or other motor vehicle for the purpose of securing an occupied wheelchair into a location in the vehicle and preventing movement of that wheelchair while the vehicle is in motion.
Minn. Stat. § 520.08 — MN Code / Part 520_523 / Chapter 520 / Section 520.08
§ 520.08 DEPOSIT IN NAME OF PRINCIPAL.
Status: in_force

If a check is drawn upon the account of the principal in a bank by a fiduciary who is empowered to draw checks upon the principal's account, the bank is authorized to pay such check without being liable to the principal, unless the bank pays the check with actual knowledge that the fiduciary is committing a breach of an obligation as fiduciary in drawing such check, or with knowledge of such facts that its action in paying the check amounts to bad faith. If such a check is payable to the drawee bank and is delivered to it in payment of or as security for a personal debt of the fiduciary to it, the bank is liable to the principal if the fiduciary in fact commits a breach of an obligation as fiduciary in drawing or delivering the check.
Minn. Stat. § 13.85 — MN Code / Part 13_13C / Chapter 13 / Section 13.85
§ 13.85 CORRECTIONS AND DETENTION DATA.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definition. As used in this section, "corrections and detention data" means data on individuals created, collected, used or maintained because of their lawful confinement or detainment in state reformatories, prisons and correctional facilities, municipal or county jails, lockups, workhouses, work farms and all other correctional and detention facilities.

§ Subd. 2. Corrections and detention private data. Unless the data are summary data or arrest data, or a statute specifically provides a different classification, corrections and detention data on individuals are classified as private pursuant to section 13.02, subdivision 12 , to the extent that the release of the data would either (a) disclose medical, psychological, or financial information, or personal information not related to their lawful confinement or detainment or (b) endanger an individual's life.

§ Subd. 3. Corrections and detention confidential data. Corrections and detention data are confidential, pursuant to section 13.02, subdivision 3 , to the extent that release of the data would: (a) endanger an individual's life, (b) endanger the effectiveness of an investigation authorized by statute and relating to the enforcement of rules or law, (c) identify a confidential informant, or (d) clearly endanger the security of any institution or its population.

§ Subd. 4. Corrections and detention public data. After any presentation to a court, any data made private or confidential by this section shall be public to the extent reflected in court records.

§ Subd. 5. Corrections and detention public benefit data. The responsible authority or its designee of any agency that maintains corrections and detention data may release private or confidential corrections and detention data to any law enforcement agency, if necessary for law enforcement purposes, or to the victim of a criminal act where the data are necessary for the victim to assert the victim's legal right to restitution.
Minn. Stat. § 181.66 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 181 / Section 181.66
§ 181.66 EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK LAW; DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purpose of sections 181.66 to 181.71 the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. Employer. "Employer" means any person employing one or more employees, but does not include the state or any municipal corporation or political subdivision of the state having in force a civil service system based on merit, or the federal government.

§ Subd. 3. Employee. "Employee" means an individual who, otherwise than as copartner of the employer or as an independent contractor, renders personal service wholly or partly in this state to an employer who pays or agrees to pay such individual at a fixed rate. However, where services are rendered only partly in this state, an individual is not an employee unless a contract of employment has been entered into, or payments thereunder are ordinarily made or to be made within this state.

§ Subd. 4. Wages. "Wages" means all compensation for performance of services by an employee for an employer whether paid by the employer or another person including cash value of all compensation paid in any medium other than cash.

§ Subd. 5. Rate. "Rate" with reference to wages means the basis of compensation for services by an employee for an employer and includes compensation based on the time spent in the performance of such services, or on the number of operations accomplished, or on the quantity produced or handled.

§ Subd. 6. Unpaid wages. "Unpaid wages" means the difference between the wages actually paid to an employee and the wages required under section 181.67 to be paid to such employee.
Minn. Stat. § 3.096 — MN Code / Part 3_3E / Chapter 3 / Section 3.096
§ 3.096 TRANSFER OF LEAVE.
Status: in_force

An employee in the classified or unclassified service who accepts a position as an employee of the legislature shall have accrued vacation and sick leave transferred and placed to the employee's credit on the legislative records. An employee of the legislature who accepts a position in the classified or unclassified service shall have accrued vacation and sick leave transferred and placed to the employee's credit on the records of the new appointing authority. Vacation and sick leave are not transferred if the new position does not provide for the leave. The amount of vacation and sick leave that may be transferred is subject to any limitations imposed by the receiving agency's collective bargaining agreement or compensation plan.
Minn. Stat. § 79A.07 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 79A / Section 79A.07
§ 79A.07 PREFERRED SUBROGATION RIGHTS OF SELF-INSURERS' SECURITY FUND OR SURETY.
Status: in_force

The self-insurers' security fund by making payment of compensation under this chapter has the same preference over the other debts of the principal or the principal's estate as is given by law to the person directly entitled to the compensation.
Minn. Stat. § 150A.12 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 150A / Section 150A.12
§ 150A.12 VIOLATION AND DEFENSES.
Status: in_force

Every person who violates any of the provisions of sections 150A.01 to 150A.12 for which no specific penalty is provided herein, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor; and, upon conviction, punished by a fine of not more than $3,000 or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 364 days or by both such fine and imprisonment. In the prosecution of any person for violation of sections 150A.01 to 150A.12 , it shall not be necessary to allege or prove lack of a valid license to practice dentistry, dental hygiene, dental therapy, or dental assisting, but shall be a matter of defense to be established by the defendant.
Minn. Stat. § 84.9765 — MN Code / Part 83A_84 / Chapter 84 / Section 84.9765
§ 84.9765 OUTDOOR ENGAGEMENT GRANT ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment. The outdoor engagement grant account is established as an account in the natural resources fund. The purpose of the account is to provide funding from private sources to support the no child left inside grant program under section 84.976 .

§ Subd. 2. Funding sources. Appropriations, gifts, grants, and other contributions to the outdoor engagement grant account must be credited to the account. All interest and other earnings on money in the account must be credited to the account.

§ Subd. 3. Appropriation; expenditures. Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources and may be used only for grants under section 84.976 .
Minn. Stat. § 548.54 — MN Code / Part 540_552 / Chapter 548 / Section 548.54
§ 548.54 SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

Sections 548.54 to 548.63 may be cited as the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.
Minn. Stat. § 88.73 — MN Code / Part 88_91 / Chapter 88 / Section 88.73
§ 88.73 ADMINISTRATION; DELEGATED POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The director is hereby empowered and directed to administer and enforce sections 88.03 to 88.22 ; and, to that end, may make and enforce all necessary or convenient rules not inconsistent with the provisions and purposes of these sections. In every case the powers delegated to, and the duties imposed upon, the director, and other state or municipal representatives by sections 88.03 to 88.22 shall be exercised and performed in good faith, without undue oppression, and in a manner as reasonable as the exigencies of the situation will permit.

(b) Nothing in sections 88.03 to 88.22 shall be construed as abrogating the laws specifically governing state parks or other public parks, or state or municipal forests. The provisions of all such laws and of sections 88.03 to 88.22 shall be harmonized and both given effect wherever possible.

(c) Nothing in sections 88.03 to 88.22 shall be construed as restricting the state, or any political subdivision thereof, in the exercise of any power, right, or privilege which may be conferred by separate enactment of the legislature under authority of the so-called forest fire prevention amendment to the state constitution, approved by vote of the electors of this state at the general election held in November 1924.