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Minn. Stat. § 216C.13 — MN Code / Part 216_217 / Chapter 216C / Section 216C.13
§ 216C.13 POSTSECONDARY ENERGY EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of education, the Minnesota Office of Higher Education, the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, and the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, shall assist in the development and implementation of adult and postsecondary energy education programs.
Minn. Stat. § 40A.01 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 40A / Section 40A.01
§ 40A.01 STATE AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION POLICY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Goals. The goals of this chapter are to: (1) preserve and conserve agricultural land, including forest land, for long-term agricultural use in order to protect the productive natural resources of the state, maintain the farm and farm-related economy of the state, and assure continued production of food and timber and agricultural uses; (2) preserve and conserve soil and water resources; and (3) encourage the orderly development of rural and urban land uses.

§ Subd. 2. Methods. The goals contained in subdivision 1 will be best met by combining state policies and guidelines with local implementation and enforcement procedures and private incentives.
Minn. Stat. § 103E.551 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103E / Section 103E.551
§ 103E.551 CONTRACTOR DEFAULT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Notice. If a contractor defaults in the performance of the contract, the auditor shall mail a notice of the default to the contractor, the surety of the contractor's bond, the engineer, and the auditors of the affected counties. The notice must specify the default and state that if the default is not promptly removed and the contract completed, the unfinished portion of the contract will be awarded to another contractor.

§ Subd. 2. Completing contract by surety. If the surety of the contractor's bond promptly proceeds with the completion of the contract, the affected auditors may grant an extension of time. If the contract is completed by the surety, the balance due on the contract must be paid to the surety, less damages incurred by the affected counties from the default.

§ Subd. 3. Awarding contract; recovery on bond. If the surety of the contractor's bond does not undertake the completion of the contract or does not complete the contract within the time specified or extended, auditors of the affected counties shall advertise for bids to complete the contract in the manner provided in the original awarding of contracts. The drainage authority may recover the increased amounts paid to a subsequent contractor after reselling the work, and damages incurred by affected counties, from the first contractor's bond.
Minn. Stat. § 115B.01 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 115B / Section 115B.01
§ 115B.01 CITATION.
Status: in_force

Sections 115B.01 to 115B.20 may be cited as the "Environmental Response and Liability Act."
Minn. Stat. § 449.13 — MN Code / Part 447_450 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.13
§ 449.13 RESCISSION OF TAX LEVY.
Status: in_force

A like petition may at any time, be presented to the governing body of the city or town asking that the following proposition be submitted: "Shall the power to levy a tax for the maintenance or employment of a band, orchestra, or chorus be canceled?" The submission shall be made at any general municipal election, as provided in section 449.11 , and if a majority of the votes cast at such election be in favor of the question no further levy for that purpose shall be made until such time as the question may again be voted upon favorably.
Minn. Stat. § 609.775 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 609 / Section 609.775
§ 609.775 DIVULGING TELEPHONE OR TELEGRAPH MESSAGE; NONDELIVERY.
Status: in_force

Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor:

(1) being entrusted as an employee of a telephone or telegraph company with the transmission or delivery of a telephonic or telegraphic message, intentionally or through culpable negligence discloses the contents or meaning thereof to a person other than the intended receiver; or

(2) having knowledge of not being the intended receiver, obtains such disclosure from such employee; or

(3) being such employee, intentionally or negligently fails duly to deliver such message.
Minn. Stat. § 142B.44 — MN Code / Part 142A_142G / Chapter 142B / Section 142B.44
§ 142B.44 FIRE MARSHAL INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

When licensure under this chapter or certification under chapter 142C requires an inspection by a fire marshal to determine compliance with the State Fire Code under section 299F.011 , a local fire code inspector approved by the state fire marshal may conduct the inspection. If a community does not have a local fire code inspector or if the local fire code inspector does not perform the inspection, the state fire marshal must conduct the inspection. A local fire code inspector or the state fire marshal may recover the cost of these inspections through a fee of no more than $50 per inspection charged to the applicant or license holder or license-exempt child care center certification holder. The fees collected by the state fire marshal under this section are appropriated to the commissioner of public safety for the purpose of conducting the inspections.
Minn. Stat. § 390.21 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 390 / Section 390.21
§ 390.21 DISPOSITION; BURIAL.
Status: in_force

After an investigation has been completed, including an autopsy if one is done, the body shall be released promptly to the person or persons who have the right to control the disposition of the body. Section 149A.80 , subdivision 2, shall control. If the identity of the deceased person is unknown, or if the body is unclaimed, the medical examiner or coroner shall provide for dignified burial or storage of the remains. Dignified burial shall not include cremation, donation for anatomic dissection, burial at sea, or other disposition that will make the body later unavailable. The county where the dead body is found shall pay reasonable expenses of the burial. If an estate is opened within six years and claim made for the property or proceeds of the sale of the property of the decedent, the county shall be reimbursed the amount spent on burial, with interest at the statutory rate.
Minn. Stat. § 31.651 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 31 / Section 31.651
§ 31.651 KOSHER PRODUCTS, UNLAWFUL SALE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Kosher requirements. No person shall sell or expose for sale any poultry, poultry products, meat, or meat preparations and falsely represent the same to be kosher, whether such poultry, poultry products, meat, or meat preparations be raw or prepared for human consumption; nor shall the person permit any such products or the contents of any package or container to be labeled or to have inscribed thereon the word "kosher" in any language unless such products display a stamp, label, or other type of indicia from a rabbinic authority indicating that the products were prepared or processed in accordance with that rabbinic authority, with the name and institutional affiliation and denominational affiliation, if any, of the rabbinic authority identified.

§ Subd. 2. Notice required. Any person who sells or exposes for sale in the same place of business both kosher and nonkosher poultry, meat, or meat preparations, either raw or prepared for human consumption, shall indicate on window signs and all display advertising, in block letters at least four inches in height, "kosher and nonkosher meat and poultry sold here"; and shall display over each kind of poultry, meat, or meat preparation so exposed a sign, in block letters at least two inches in height, reading, "kosher meat," "kosher poultry," "nonkosher meat," or "nonkosher poultry," as the case may be; provided that subdivision 2 shall not apply to persons selling or offering for sale kosher poultry, poultry products, meats, or meat products solely in separate consumer packages, which have been prepackaged and properly labeled "kosher."

§ Subd. 3. Presumption. Possession of nonkosher poultry, poultry products, meat, or meat preparations in any place of business shall be presumptive evidence that the person in possession thereof exposes the same for sale.

§ Subd. 4. Prima facie evidence. The absence of a duly sanctioned kosher "plumba," mark, stamp, tag, brand, or label from any poultry, poultry products, meat, meat preparation, or food product shall be prima facie evidence that such product is nonkosher.
Minn. Stat. § 89.22 — MN Code / Part 88_91 / Chapter 89 / Section 89.22
§ 89.22 USES OF STATE FOREST LANDS; FEES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishing fees. Notwithstanding section 16A.1283 , the commissioner may, by written order published in the State Register, establish fees providing for the use of state forest lands, including motorcycle, snowmobile, and sports car rallies, races, or enduros; orienteering trials; group campouts that do not occur at designated group camps; dog sled races; dog trials; large horse trail rides; and commercial uses. The fees are not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14, and section 14.386 does not apply.

§ Subd. 2. Receipts to special revenue fund. Fees collected under subdivision 1 shall be credited to the special revenue fund and are annually appropriated to the commissioner to recoup the costs of developing, operating, and maintaining facilities necessary for the specified uses in subdivision 1 or to prevent or mitigate resource impacts of those uses.
Minn. Stat. § 325F.30 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325F / Section 325F.30
§ 325F.30 SHODDY MATERIAL TO BE LABELED.
Status: in_force

No person, as principal or by agents, servants, or employees, shall make or sell, or offer to sell, deliver, or consign for sale, or possess with intent to sell, deliver, or consign for sale any bedding made of material that has theretofore been used as a container for or in contact with any animal or vegetable matter or any material defined as shoddy, unless the bedding shall be labeled as such, or any material that has theretofore been used unless the same shall have been cleaned and sterilized.
Minn. Stat. § 325F.6643 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325F / Section 325F.6643
§ 325F.6643 REMEDIES; PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who violates sections 325F.664 to 325F.6642 is subject to the remedies and penalties, including a private right of action, provided in section 8.31 .

(b) A person injured by a violation of sections 325F.664 to 325F.6642 shall recover the actual damages sustained, together with costs and disbursements, including reasonable attorney fees. In its discretion, the court may increase the award of damages to an amount not to exceed three times the actual damages sustained, or $2,500, whichever is greater.

(c) The relief provided in this section is in addition to any remedies otherwise available under the common law or other statutes of this state.
Minn. Stat. § 520.10 — MN Code / Part 520_523 / Chapter 520 / Section 520.10
§ 520.10 DEPOSIT IN NAMES OF TWO OR MORE TRUSTEES.
Status: in_force

When a deposit is made in a bank in the name of two or more persons as trustees and a check is drawn upon the trust account by any trustee or trustees authorized by the other trustee or trustees to draw checks upon the trust account, neither the payee nor other holder nor the bank is bound to inquire whether it is a breach of trust to authorize such trustee or trustees to draw checks upon the trust account, and is not liable unless the circumstances be such that the action of the payee or other holder or the bank amounts to bad faith.
Minn. Stat. § 246B.07 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 246B / Section 246B.07
§ 246B.07 PAYMENT FOR CARE AND TREATMENT; DETERMINATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Procedures. The executive board shall determine or redetermine, if necessary, what amount of the cost of care, if any, the civilly committed sex offender is able to pay. The civilly committed sex offender shall provide to the executive board documents and proof necessary to determine the ability to pay. Failure to provide the executive board with sufficient information to determine ability to pay may make the civilly committed sex offender liable for the full cost of care until the time when sufficient information is provided.

§ Subd. 2. Rules. The executive board shall use the standards in section 246.51 , subdivision 2, to determine the civilly committed sex offender's liability for the care provided by the Minnesota Sex Offender Program.

§ Subd. 3. Applicability. The executive board may recover, under sections 246B.07 to 246B.10 , the cost of any care provided by the Minnesota Sex Offender Program.
Minn. Stat. § 53A.09 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 53A / Section 53A.09
§ 53A.09 POWERS; LIMITATIONS; PROHIBITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Deposits; escrow accounts. A currency exchange may not accept money or currency for deposit, or act as bailee or agent for persons, firms, partnerships, associations, or corporations to hold money or currency in escrow for others for any purpose. However, a currency exchange may act as agent for the issuer of money orders or travelers' checks.

§ Subd. 2. Gambling establishments. A currency exchange located on the premises of a gambling establishment as defined in section 142A.13, subdivision 14 , may not cash a warrant that bears a restrictive endorsement under section 256.9831, subdivision 3 .
Minn. Stat. § 135A.043 — MN Code / Part 135A_137 / Chapter 135A / Section 135A.043
§ 135A.043 RESIDENT TUITION.
Status: in_force

(a) A student, other than a nonimmigrant alien within the meaning of United States Code, title 8, section 1101, subsection (a), paragraph (15), shall qualify for a resident tuition rate or its equivalent at state universities and colleges if the student meets all of the following requirements:

(1) high school attendance within the state for three or more years;

(2) graduation from a state high school or attainment within the state of the equivalent of high school graduation; and

(3) in the case of a student without lawful immigration status: (i) documentation that the student has complied with selective service registration requirements; and (ii) if a federal process exists for the student to obtain lawful immigration status, the student must present the higher education institution with documentation from federal immigration authorities that the student has filed an application to obtain lawful immigration status.

(b) This section is in addition to any other statute, rule, or higher education institution regulation or policy providing eligibility for a resident tuition rate or its equivalent to a student.

(c) The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota is requested to adopt a policy implementing this section.
Minn. Stat. § 144H.16 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144H / Section 144H.16
§ 144H.16 COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Reporting of maltreatment of minors. A PPEC center must develop policies and procedures for reporting suspected child maltreatment that fulfill the requirements of chapter 260E. The policies and procedures must include the telephone numbers of the local county child protection agency for reporting suspected maltreatment. The policies and procedures specified in this subdivision must be provided to the parents or guardians of all children at the time of admission to the PPEC center and must be available upon request.

§ Subd. 2. Crib safety requirements. A PPEC center must comply with the crib safety requirements in section 142B.45 , to the extent they are applicable.
Minn. Stat. § 299C.063 — MN Code / Part 299A_299N / Chapter 299C / Section 299C.063
§ 299C.063 BOMB DISPOSAL EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. The terms used in this section have the meanings given them in this subdivision: (a) "Bomb disposal unit" means a commissioner-approved unit consisting of persons who are trained and equipped to dispose of or neutralize bombs or other similar hazardous explosives and who are employed by a municipality. (b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of public safety. (c) "Explosives sweep" means a detailed scanning service used in corporate office buildings, shipping hangars, event stadiums, transportation hubs, large outdoor events, and other critical facilities using ground-penetrating radar, magnetometers, metal detectors, and specially trained K-9 units to detect improvised explosive devices and explosive remnants of war, such as unexploded ordnance and abandoned ordnance. (d) "Hazardous explosives" means explosives as defined in section 299F.72, subdivision 2 , explosive devices and incendiary devices as defined in section 609.668, subdivision 1 , and all materials subject to regulation under United States Code, title 18, chapter 40. (e) "Municipality" has the meaning given in section 466.01 .

§ Subd. 2. Expense reimbursement. (a) The commissioner may reimburse bomb disposal units for reasonable expenses incurred: (1) to dispose of or neutralize bombs or other similar hazardous explosives for their employer-municipality or for another municipality outside the jurisdiction of the employer-municipality but within the state. Reimbursement is limited to the extent of appropriated funds; (2) to use the services of police explosive detection K-9 assets; (3) for dignitary explosive sweeps; (4) for explosive sweeps at large state events; (5) to provide for explosive security at large state events; and (6) for large-scale scheduled public events. (b) Reimbursement for expenses under this subdivision is limited to the extent of appropriated funds.

§ Subd. 3. Agreements. The commissioner may enter into contracts or agreements with bomb disposal units to implement and administer this section.

§ Subd. 4. Public event agreements. The commissioner may enter into contracts with public event organizers, as defined in section 299A.52 , for costs associated with explosive sweeps conducted by state bomb disposal units.
Minn. Stat. § 342.35 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 342 / Section 342.35
§ 342.35 CANNABIS TRANSPORTER LICENSING.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Authorized actions. A cannabis transporter license entitles the license holder to transport immature cannabis plants and seedlings, cannabis flower, cannabis products, artificially derived cannabinoids, hemp plant parts, hemp concentrate, lower-potency hemp edibles, and hemp-derived consumer products from cannabis microbusinesses, cannabis mezzobusinesses, cannabis cultivators, cannabis manufacturers, cannabis wholesalers, lower-potency hemp edible manufacturers, and industrial hemp growers to cannabis microbusinesses, cannabis mezzobusinesses, cannabis manufacturers, cannabis testing facilities, cannabis wholesalers, cannabis retailers, lower-potency hemp edible retailers, and medical cannabis combination businesses and perform other actions approved by the office.

§ Subd. 2. Additional information required. In addition to the information required to be submitted under section 342.14, subdivision 1 , and rules adopted pursuant to that section, a person, cooperative, or business seeking a cannabis transporter license must submit the following information in a form approved by the office: (1) an appropriate surety bond, certificate of insurance, qualifications as a self-insurer, or other securities or agreements, in the amount of not less than $300,000, for loss of or damage to cargo; (2) an appropriate surety bond, certificate of insurance, qualifications as a self-insurer, or other securities or agreements, in the amount of not less than $1,000,000, for injury to one or more persons in any one accident and, if an accident has resulted in injury to or destruction of property, of not less than $100,000 because of such injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident; (3) the number and type of equipment the business will use to transport immature cannabis plants and seedlings, cannabis flower, cannabis products, artificially derived cannabinoids, hemp plant parts, hemp concentrate, lower-potency hemp edibles, and hemp-derived consumer products; (4) a loading, transporting, and unloading plan; (5) a description of the applicant's experience in the distribution or security business; and (6) evidence that the business will comply with the applicable operation requirements for the license being sought.

§ Subd. 3. Multiple licenses; limits. (a) A person, cooperative, or business holding a cannabis transporter license may also hold a cannabis wholesaler license, a cannabis delivery service license, and a cannabis event organizer license. (b) Except as provided in paragraph (a), no person, cooperative, or business holding a cannabis transporter license may own or operate any other cannabis business. (c) The office by rule may limit the number of cannabis transporter licenses a person or business may hold. (d) For purposes of this subdivision, restrictions on the number or type of license a business may hold apply to every cooperative member or every director, manager, and general partner of a cannabis business.
Minn. Stat. § 297A.95 — MN Code / Part 296_299 / Chapter 297A / Section 297A.95
§ 297A.95 COORDINATION OF STATE AND LOCAL SALES TAX RATES.
Status: in_force

In preparing and distributing a sales tax schedule for use within a local jurisdiction with a separate general sales tax, the state Department of Revenue shall coordinate the state and local sales tax so that a sale of $1 reflects a tax equal to the combination of the state and local sales tax rates. The combined sales tax on other sales amounts must also reflect the coordinated rather than the separate effects of the state and local sales taxes. The schedule must be coordinated as long as the local sales tax is in effect. If the sales tax percentage is changed for either of the taxes, the schedule must be adjusted to reflect the change.
Minn. Stat. § 145B.16 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 145B / Section 145B.16
§ 145B.16 RECOGNITION OF DOCUMENT EXECUTED IN ANOTHER STATE.
Status: in_force

A living will executed in another state is effective if it substantially complies with this chapter.
Minn. Stat. § 97A.321 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97A / Section 97A.321
§ 97A.321 DOGS PURSUING, WOUNDING, OR KILLING BIG GAME.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Owner responsibility; penalty amount. (a) The owner of a dog that pursues but does not kill or mortally wound a big game animal is subject to a civil penalty of $100 for each violation. The owner of a dog that kills or mortally wounds a big game animal is subject to a civil penalty of $500 for each violation. (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a person using a dog in compliance with section 97B.207 .

§ Subd. 2. Appeals. Civil penalties under this section may be appealed according to procedures in section 116.072, subdivision 6 , if the person requests a hearing by notifying the commissioner in writing within 15 days after receipt of the citation. If a hearing is not requested within the 15-day period, the civil penalty becomes a final order not subject to further review.

§ Subd. 3. Enforcement. Civil penalties under this section may be enforced according to section 116.072, subdivisions 9 and 10.

§ Subd. 4. Paying penalty. Penalty amounts shall be remitted to the commissioner within 30 days of issuance of the penalty notice and shall be deposited in the game and fish fund.