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Minn. Stat. § 181.9456 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 181 / Section 181.9456
§ 181.9456 LEAVE FOR ORGAN DONATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given to them in this subdivision. (b) "Employee" means a person who performs services for hire for a public employer, for an average of 20 or more hours per week, and includes all individuals employed at any site owned or operated by a public employer. Employee does not include an independent contractor. (c) "Employer" means a state, county, city, town, school district, or other governmental subdivision that employs 20 or more employees.

§ Subd. 2. Leave. An employer must grant paid leaves of absence to an employee who seeks to undergo a medical procedure to donate an organ or partial organ to another person. The combined length of the leaves shall be determined by the employee, but may not exceed 40 work hours for each donation, unless agreed to by the employer. The employer may require verification by a physician of the purpose and length of each leave requested by the employee for organ donation. If there is a medical determination that the employee does not qualify as an organ donor, the paid leave of absence granted to the employee prior to that medical determination is not forfeited.

§ Subd. 3. No employer sanctions. An employer shall not discharge, discipline, penalize, interfere with, threaten, restrain, coerce, or otherwise retaliate or discriminate against an employee for requesting or obtaining a leave of absence as provided by this section.

§ Subd. 4. Relationship to other leave. This section does not prevent an employer from providing leave for organ donations in addition to leave allowed under this section. This section does not affect an employee's rights with respect to any other employment benefit.
Minn. Stat. § 299F.48 — MN Code / Part 299A_299N / Chapter 299F / Section 299F.48
§ 299F.48 AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEMS IN EXISTING PUBLIC HOUSING BUILDINGS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Requirements. (a) An automatic sprinkler system must be installed in those portions of an entire existing public housing building in which an automatic sprinkler system would be required if the building were constructed on the effective date of this section. The automatic sprinkler system must comply with standards in the State Fire Code and the State Building Code and must be fully operational by August 1, 2033. (b) For the purposes of this section, "public housing building" means housing for low-income persons and households financed by the federal government and owned and operated by the public housing authorities and agencies formed by cities and counties in which at least one story used for human occupancy is 75 feet or more above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access.

§ Subd. 2. Reporting. By August 1, 2023, the owner of a building subject to subdivision 1 shall submit to the state fire marshal a letter stating the owner's intent to comply with this section and a plan for achieving compliance by the deadline in subdivision 1.

§ Subd. 3. Extensions. The commissioner of public safety, or the state fire marshal as the commissioner's designee, may grant extensions to the deadline for reporting under subdivision 2 or the deadline for compliance under subdivision 1. Any extension must observe the spirit and intent of this section and be tailored to ensure public welfare and safety. To be eligible for an extension, the building owner must apply to the commissioner of public safety and demonstrate a genuine inability to comply within the time prescribed despite appropriate effort to do so.

§ Subd. 4. Effect on other laws. This section does not supersede the State Building Code or State Fire Code.
Minn. Stat. § 144.216 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144 / Section 144.216
§ 144.216 FOUNDLING REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Reporting foundling. Whoever finds a live born infant of unknown parentage shall report within five days to the Office of Vital Records such information as the commissioner may by rule require to identify the foundling.

§ Subd. 2. Status of foundling reports. A report registered under subdivision 1 shall constitute the record of birth for the child. Information about the newborn shall be registered by the state registrar in accordance with Minnesota Rules, part 4601.0600 , subpart 4, item C. If the child is identified and a record of birth is found or obtained, the report registered under subdivision 1 shall be confidential pursuant to section 13.02, subdivision 3 , and shall not be disclosed except pursuant to court order.

§ Subd. 3. Reporting safe place newborns. Hospitals that receive a newborn under section 145.902 shall report the birth of the newborn to the Office of Vital Records within five days after receiving the newborn. Information about the newborn shall be registered by the state registrar in accordance with Minnesota Rules, part 4601.0600 , subpart 4, item C.

§ Subd. 4. Status of safe place birth reports and registrations. (a) Information about a safe place newborn registered under subdivision 3 shall constitute the record of birth for the child. The record shall be confidential pursuant to section 13.02, subdivision 3 . Information on the birth record or a birth certificate issued from the birth record shall be disclosed only to the responsible social services agency or pursuant to a court order. (b) Information about a safe place newborn registered under subdivision 3 shall constitute the record of birth for the child. If the safe place newborn was born in a hospital and it is known that a record of birth was registered, filed, or amended, the original birth record registered under section 144.215 shall be replaced pursuant to section 144.218, subdivision 6.
Minn. Stat. § 383C.58 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383C / Section 383C.58
§ 383C.58 TRAVEL EXPENSE OF COMMISSIONERS.
Status: in_force

Each of the county commissioners shall be allowed and paid in addition to said salary, actual and necessary traveling expenses incurred and personally paid in the discharge of official duties. Such traveling expenses shall be allowed by the county board upon duly verified and itemized bills in the same manner as other claims against the county.
Minn. Stat. § 475.77 — MN Code / Part 474_477C / Chapter 475 / Section 475.77
§ 475.77 WHEN BOND ALLOCATION ACT APPLIES.
Status: in_force

Sections 474A.01 to 474A.21 apply to any issuance of obligations which are subject to limitation under a federal tax law as defined in section 474A.02, subdivision 8 .
Minn. Stat. § 617.94 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 617 / Section 617.94
§ 617.94 COURT ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) If the court finds, by a preponderance of the evidence, that a criminal gang constitutes a public nuisance, the court may enter a temporary or permanent order:

(1) enjoining a defendant in the suit from engaging in the gang activities; and

(2) imposing other reasonable requirements to prevent the defendant from engaging in future gang activities.

(b) "Reasonable requirement" as specified in paragraph (a), clause (2), means an injunctive limitation on gang behavior and social interaction that reduces the opportunity for gang activity. The court in imposing reasonable requirements must balance state interests in public safety against constitutional freedoms.

(c) If the court finds, by a preponderance of the evidence, that a place is continuously or regularly used in a manner that constitutes a public nuisance, the court may include in its order reasonable requirements to prevent the use of the place for gang activity. This may include cancellation of any applicable lease pursuant to the procedures in section 617.85 that may involve any tenant or lessee who has maintained or conducted the public nuisance, or other reasonable requirements established in the order.
Minn. Stat. § 148E.205 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 148E / Section 148E.205
§ 148E.205 IMPAIRMENT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Grounds for action. The board has grounds to take action under sections 148E.255 to 148E.270 when a social worker is unable to practice with reasonable skill and safety by reason of illness, use of alcohol, drugs, chemicals, or any other materials, or as a result of any mental, physical, or psychological condition.

§ Subd. 2. Self-reporting. A social worker regulated by the board who is unable to practice with reasonable skill and safety by reason of illness, use of alcohol, drugs, chemicals, or any other materials, or as a result of any mental, physical, or psychological condition, must report to the board or the health professionals services program.
Minn. Stat. § 37.25 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 37 / Section 37.25
§ 37.25 MISDEMEANORS.
Status: reserved

In addition to other misdemeanors specified by statute, during the annual state fair or during any period when the board of managers requires fees for admission to the fairgrounds, every person who trespasses on, enters, or attempts to enter the fairgrounds in any manner, except through the entrance gates, without payment of the required fees or who trespasses on, enters, or attempts to enter any reserved enclosure on the fairgrounds, or who obtains permission to do so by impersonating another or by any misrepresentation or false pretense is guilty of a misdemeanor. A person who is found lurking, lying in wait, or loitering in the immediate vicinity of, or concealed in any building, yard, or premises upon the fairgrounds with intent to commit any offense or mischief is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Minn. Stat. § 322C.1002 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 322C / Section 322C.1002
§ 322C.1002 MERGER; EXCHANGE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Prerequisites for merger. A limited liability company may merge with one or more other constituent organizations pursuant to this section, sections 322C.1003 to 322C.1005 , and a plan of merger if: (1) the governing statute of each of the other organizations authorizes the merger; (2) the merger is not prohibited by the law of a jurisdiction that enacted any of the governing statutes; and (3) each of the other organizations complies with its governing statute in effecting the merger.

§ Subd. 2. Prerequisites for exchange. A limited liability company may engage in an exchange with one or more other constituent organizations pursuant to this section by which one of the constituent organizations acquires all of the ownership interests of one or more classes or series of another constituent organization pursuant to this section, sections 322C.1003 to 322C.1005 , and a plan of exchange if: (1) the governing statute of each of the other constituent organizations authorizes the exchange; (2) the exchange is not prohibited by the law of a jurisdiction that enacted any of the governing statutes; and (3) each of the other constituent organizations complies with its governing statute in effecting the exchange.

§ Subd. 3. Plan of merger or exchange. A plan of merger or exchange must be in a record and must include: (1) the name and form of each constituent organization and: (i) in the case of a merger, the name and form of the surviving organization and, if the surviving organization is to be created by the merger, a statement to that effect; and (ii) in the case of an exchange, the name of the acquiring organization; (2)(i) in the case of a merger, the terms and conditions of the merger, including the manner and basis for converting the interests in each constituent organization into any combination of money, interests in the surviving organization, and other consideration; and (ii) in the case of an exchange, the terms and conditions of the exchange, including the manner and basis of exchanging the ownership interests to be acquired for securities of, or other ownership interests in, the acquiring organization or any other organization or, in whole or part, for money or other property; (3) in the case of a merger, if the surviving organization is to be created by the merger, the surviving organization's organizational documents that are proposed to be in a record; (4) in the case of a merger, if the surviving organization is not to be created by the merger, any amendments to be made by the merger to the surviving organization's organizational documents that are, or are proposed to be, in a record; and (5) any other provisions with respect to the proposed merger or exchange that are considered necessary or desirable.
Minn. Stat. § 505.177 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 505 / Section 505.177
§ 505.177 CERTIFICATE AS PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE.
Status: in_force

A certificate filed pursuant to sections 505.174 to 505.177 shall be prima facie evidence of the statements appearing therein and shall be received in evidence for that purpose. No such certificate shall have the effect of destroying or changing vested rights acquired based upon an existing plat or subdivision despite errors or defects therein or omissions therefrom.
Minn. Stat. § 628.13 — MN Code / Part 625_634 / Chapter 628 / Section 628.13
§ 628.13 FICTITIOUS NAME.
Status: in_force

When a defendant shall be indicted by a fictitious or erroneous name, and in any stage of the proceedings the true name shall be discovered, it may be inserted in the subsequent proceedings, referring to the fact of the defendant's being indicted by the name mentioned in the indictment.
Minn. Stat. § 43A.325 — MN Code / Part 43A / Chapter 43A / Section 43A.325
§ 43A.325 BEST PRACTICES FOR INVESTIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of management and budget must develop and make available to appointing authorities in the executive branch a best practices policy for conducting investigations in which the appointing authority compels its employees to answer questions about allegedly inappropriate activity. The best practices policy must be designed to facilitate effective investigations, without compromising the ability to prosecute criminal cases when appropriate. Each appointing authority must follow the best practices policy or, in consultation with the attorney general, must develop its own policy for conducting these investigations.
Minn. Stat. § 256B.765 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256B / Section 256B.765
§ 256B.765 PROVIDER RATE INCREASES.
Status: in_force

(a) Effective July 1, 2001, within the limits of appropriations specifically for this purpose, the commissioner shall provide an annual inflation adjustment for the providers listed in paragraph (c). The index for the inflation adjustment must be based on the change in the Employment Cost Index for Private Industry Workers - Total Compensation forecasted by Data Resources, Inc., as forecasted in the fourth quarter of the calendar year preceding the fiscal year. The commissioner shall increase reimbursement or allocation rates by the percentage of this adjustment, and county boards shall adjust provider contracts as needed.

(b) The commissioner of management and budget shall include an annual inflationary adjustment in reimbursement rates for the providers listed in paragraph (c) using the inflation factor specified in paragraph (a) as a budget change request in each biennial detailed expenditure budget submitted to the legislature under section 16A.11 .

(c) The annual adjustment under paragraph (a) shall be provided for home and community-based waiver services for persons with developmental disabilities under section 256B.501 ; home and community-based waiver services for the elderly under chapter 256S; waivered services under community access for disability inclusion under section 256B.49 ; community alternative care waivered services under section 256B.49 ; brain injury waivered services under section 256B.49 ; nursing services and home health services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 6a ; personal care services and nursing supervision of personal care services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 19a ; home care nursing services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 7 ; day training and habilitation services for adults with developmental disabilities under sections 252.41 to 252.46 ; physical therapy services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 8 ; occupational therapy services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 8a ; speech-language therapy services under Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0390 ; respiratory therapy services under Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0295 ; alternative care services under section 256B.0913 ; adult residential program grants under section 245.73 ; adult and family community support grants under Minnesota Rules, parts 9535.1700 to 9535.1760 ; semi-independent living services under section 252.275 including SILS funding under county social services grants formerly funded under chapter 256I; and community support services for deaf and hard-of-hearing adults with mental illness who use or wish to use sign language as their primary means of communication.
Minn. Stat. § 261.062 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 261 / Section 261.062
§ 261.062 TAX FOR SUPPORT OF POOR.
Status: in_force

The county board may levy a tax annually sufficient to defray the estimated expenses of supporting and relieving the poor therein during the succeeding year, and to make up any deficiency in the fund raised for that purpose during the preceding year.
Minn. Stat. § 321.0503 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 321 / Section 321.0503
§ 321.0503 SHARING OF DISTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

A distribution by a limited partnership must be shared among the partners on the basis of the value, as stated in the required information when the limited partnership decides to make the distribution, of the contributions the limited partnership has received from each partner.
Minn. Stat. § 298.2212 — MN Code / Part 296_299 / Chapter 298 / Section 298.2212
§ 298.2212 INVESTMENT OF FUNDS.
Status: in_force

All funds credited to the Iron Range resources and rehabilitation account in the special revenue fund for the purposes of section 298.22 must be invested pursuant to law. The net interest and dividends from the investments are included and become part of the funds available for purposes of section 298.22 .
Minn. Stat. § 513.55 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 513 / Section 513.55
§ 513.55 GENERAL DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Contents. (a) Before signing an agreement to sell or transfer residential real property, the seller shall make a written disclosure to the prospective buyer. The disclosure must include all material facts of which the seller is aware that could adversely and significantly affect: (1) an ordinary buyer's use and enjoyment of the property; or (2) any intended use of the property of which the seller is aware. (b) The disclosure must be made in good faith and based upon the best of the seller's knowledge at the time of the disclosure.

§ Subd. 2. Disclosure to licensee. A seller may provide the written disclosure required under sections 513.52 to 513.60 to a real estate licensee representing or assisting the prospective buyer. The written disclosure provided to the real estate licensee representing or assisting the prospective buyer is considered to have been provided to the prospective buyer. If the written disclosure is provided to the real estate licensee representing or assisting the prospective buyer, the real estate licensee shall provide a copy to the prospective buyer.
Minn. Stat. § 383A.297 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383A / Section 383A.297
§ 383A.297 POLITICAL ACTIVITY.
Status: in_force

No employee in the classified service shall be under any obligation to contribute to a political service or fund to any person, body, or committee, and no employee in the classified service may be discharged, suspended, demoted, or otherwise disciplined or prejudiced for refusal to do so. All employees in the classified and unclassified service shall be subject to the prohibition on political activities set forth in section 211B.09 .
Minn. Stat. § 298.18 — MN Code / Part 296_299 / Chapter 298 / Section 298.18
§ 298.18 TAXES TO GO TO GENERAL FUND IF SECTION 298.17 INVALID.
Status: in_force

If for any reason section 298.17 shall be held to be invalid, then all such taxes, when collected, shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the general fund.
Minn. Stat. § 308C.614 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 308C / Section 308C.614
§ 308C.614 LIEN FOR ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A senior housing cooperative formed under this chapter has a lien on a membership interest, the appurtenant occupancy agreement, and the member's associated occupancy rights for any assessment levied against that membership interest from the time the assessment becomes due. If an assessment is payable in installments, the full amount of the assessment is a lien from the time the first installment thereof becomes due. Unless the bylaws provide otherwise, any fees, charges, or payments that members must regularly pay to the cooperative are enforceable as assessments under this section. Other cooperatives formed under this chapter may authorize a lien on a membership interest, occupancy agreement, or a proprietary lease in the bylaws.

(b) A lien under this section is prior to all other liens and encumbrances on a membership certificate except (i) liens, encumbrances, or mortgages which the cooperative creates, assumes, or takes subject to, or (ii) any first security interest encumbering only the membership interest. If a first security interest encumbering a membership interest which is personal property is foreclosed, the secured party or the purchaser at the sale shall take title to the membership interest subject to unpaid assessments. This paragraph shall not affect the priority of mechanics' liens encumbering the project.

(c) Proceedings to enforce an assessment lien shall be instituted within three years after the last installment of the assessment becomes payable, or shall be barred.

(d) The member and owner of the membership interest, at the time an assessment is due, shall be personally liable to the cooperative for payment of the assessment levied against the membership interest. If there are multiple owners of the membership interest, they shall be jointly and severally liable.

(e) This section does not prohibit actions to recover sums for which paragraph (a) creates a lien nor prohibit a cooperative from taking an assignment of the membership certificate and occupancy agreement or other conveyance documents agreed upon by the parties in lieu of foreclosure.

(f) The cooperative shall furnish to a member or the member's authorized agent upon written request of the member or the authorized agent a statement setting forth the amount of unpaid assessments currently levied against the member's interest. The statement shall be furnished within ten business days after receipt of the request and is binding on the cooperative and every member.
Minn. Stat. § 299A.15 — MN Code / Part 299A_299N / Chapter 299A / Section 299A.15
§ 299A.15 AID AND LICENSE WITHHELD.
Status: in_force

No agency of the state, political subdivision or other public agency shall grant or approve any financial assistance to any operator for the purchase or operation of any vehicle used for transportation service or grant any permit or license otherwise required by law for operation of that service unless the operator of the transportation service complies with the provisions of sections 299A.11 to 299A.14 .