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Minn. Stat. § 308B.455 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 308B / Section 308B.455
§ 308B.455 STANDARD OF CONDUCT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Standard and liability. A director shall discharge the duties of the position of director in good faith, in a manner the director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the cooperative, and with the care an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances. A person who so performs those duties is not liable by reason of being or having been a director of the cooperative.

§ Subd. 2. Reliance. (a) A director is entitled to rely on information, opinions, reports, or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, in each case prepared or presented by: (1) one or more officers or employees of the cooperative who the director reasonably believes to be liable and competent in the matters presented; (2) counsel, public accountants, or other persons as to matters that the director reasonably believes are within the person's professional or expert competence; or (3) a committee of the board upon which the director does not serve, duly established by the board, as to matters within its designated authority, if the director reasonably believes the committee to merit confidence. (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a director who has knowledge concerning the matter in question that makes the reliance otherwise permitted by paragraph (a) unwarranted.

§ Subd. 3. Presumption of assent and dissent. A director who is present at a meeting of the board when an action is approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present is presumed to have assented to the action approved, unless the director: (1) objects at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened and does not participate in the meeting after the objection, in which case the director is not considered to be present at the meeting for any purpose of this chapter; (2) votes against the action at the meeting; or (3) is prohibited by a conflict of interest from voting on the action.

§ Subd. 4. Considerations. In discharging the duties of the position of director, a director may, in considering the best interests of the cooperative, consider the interests of the cooperative's employees, customers, suppliers, and creditors, the economy of the state, and long-term as well as short-term interests of the cooperative and its patron members, including the possibility that these interests may be best served by the continued independence of the cooperative.
Minn. Stat. § 609.7495 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 609 / Section 609.7495
§ 609.7495 PHYSICAL INTERFERENCE WITH SAFE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them. (a) "Facility" means any of the following: (1) a hospital or other health institution licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.56 ; (2) a medical facility as defined in section 144.561 ; (3) an agency, clinic, or office operated under the direction of or under contract with the commissioner of health or a community health board, as defined in section 145A.02 ; (4) a facility providing counseling regarding options for medical services or recovery from an addiction; (5) a facility providing emergency shelter services for battered women, as defined in section 611A.31, subdivision 3 , or a facility providing transitional housing for battered women and their children; (6) a facility as defined in section 260E.03 , subdivision 6; (7) a facility as defined in section 626.5572, subdivision 6 , where the services described in that paragraph are provided; (8) a place to or from which ambulance service, as defined in section 144E.001 , is provided or sought to be provided; and (9) a hospice provider licensed under section 144A.753 . (b) "Aggrieved party" means a person whose access to or egress from a facility is obstructed in violation of subdivision 2, or the facility.

§ Subd. 2. Obstructing access prohibited. A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor who intentionally and physically obstructs any individual's access to or egress from a facility.

§ Subd. 3. Not applicable. Nothing in this section shall be construed to impair the right of any individual or group to engage in speech protected by the United States Constitution, the Minnesota Constitution, or federal or state law, including but not limited to peaceful and lawful handbilling and picketing.

§ Subd. 4. Civil remedies. (a) A party who is aggrieved by an act prohibited by this section, or by an attempt or conspiracy to commit an act prohibited by this section, may bring an action for damages, injunctive or declaratory relief, as appropriate, in district court against any person or entity who has violated or has conspired to violate this section. (b) A party who prevails in a civil action under this subdivision is entitled to recover from the violator damages, costs, attorney fees, and other relief as determined by the court. In addition to all other damages, the court may award to the aggrieved party a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for each violation. If the aggrieved party is a facility and the political subdivision where the violation occurred incurred law enforcement or prosecution expenses in connection with the same violation, the court shall award any civil penalty it imposes to the political subdivision instead of to the facility. (c) The remedies provided by this subdivision are in addition to any other legal or equitable remedies the aggrieved party may have and are not intended to diminish or substitute for those remedies or to be exclusive.
Minn. Stat. § 514.57 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 514 / Section 514.57
§ 514.57 COMMISSIONER OF NATURAL RESOURCES; LIEN FOR CHARGES.
Status: in_force

To secure the payment of fees, mileage, and other charges for official services relating to logs, timber, and lumber, the commissioner of natural resources shall have a lien upon the same, which the commissioner may retain by affixing to the scale bill of such logs, timber, or lumber a statement of the amount due, with a declaration that the commissioner claims and is entitled to such lien, and by taking actual possession of a quantity of such logs, timber, or lumber sufficient to pay such amount, with the expenses of seizure and sale.
Minn. Stat. § 375.551 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 375 / Section 375.551
§ 375.551 COUNTY EMERGENCY JOBS PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

A county board of a county experiencing chronic high unemployment may establish an emergency employment program to meet the needs of its economically disadvantaged, unemployed residents.
Minn. Stat. § 60A.9581 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 60A / Section 60A.9581
§ 60A.9581 PROHIBITED PRACTICES AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Solicitations and sales to controlled person. With respect to any viatical settlement contract or insurance policy, no viatical settlement broker knowingly shall solicit an offer from, effectuate a viatical settlement with, or make a sale to any viatical settlement provider, viatical settlement purchaser, viatical settlement investment agent, financing entity, or related provider trust that is controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the viatical settlement broker unless this relationship is disclosed to the viator.

§ Subd. 2. Payment to controlled broker. With respect to any viatical settlement contract or insurance policy, no viatical settlement provider knowingly may enter into a viatical settlement contract with a viator, if, in connection with a viatical settlement contract, anything of value will be paid to a viatical settlement broker that is controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the viatical settlement provider or the viatical settlement purchaser, viatical settlement investment agent, financing entity, or related provider trust that is involved in a viatical settlement contract unless this relationship is disclosed to the viator.

§ Subd. 3. Fraudulent viatical settlement act. A violation of subdivisions 1 and 2 is deemed a fraudulent viatical settlement act.

§ Subd. 4. Advertising. (a) No viatical settlement provider shall enter into a viatical settlement contract unless the viatical settlement promotional, advertising, and marketing materials, as may be prescribed by rule, have been filed with the commissioner. In no event shall any marketing materials expressly reference that the insurance is "free" for any period of time. The inclusion of any reference in the marketing materials that would cause a viator to reasonably believe that the insurance is free for any period of time shall be considered a violation of sections 60A.957 to 60A.9585 . (b) No life insurance producer, insurance company, viatical settlement broker, viatical settlement provider, or viatical settlement investment agent shall make any statement or representation to the applicant or policyholder in connection with the sale or financing of a life insurance policy to the effect that the insurance is free or without cost to the policyholder for any period of time unless provided in the policy.
Minn. Stat. § 351.18 — MN Code / Part 351 / Chapter 351 / Section 351.18
§ 351.18 WAIVER.
Status: in_force

An elected county official who is the subject of a petition under section 351.16 may waive in writing the right to a public hearing. If the hearing is waived, the case must be certified by order of the chief justice to the county auditor for a removal election to be held within 30 days of the receipt of the order.
Minn. Stat. § 520.25 — MN Code / Part 520_523 / Chapter 520 / Section 520.25
§ 520.25 ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person asserting a claim of beneficial interest adverse to the transfer of a security pursuant to an assignment by a fiduciary may give the corporation or transfer agent written notice of the claim. The corporation or transfer agent is not put on notice unless the written notice identifies the claimant, the registered owner, and the issue of which the security is a part, provides an address for communications directed to the claimant and is received before the transfer. Nothing in sections 520.21 to 520.31 relieves the corporation or transfer agent of any liability for making or refusing to make the transfer after it is so put on notice, unless it proceeds in the manner authorized in subsection (b).

(b) As soon as practicable after the presentation of a security for transfer pursuant to an assignment by a fiduciary, a corporation or transfer agent which has received notice of a claim of beneficial interest adverse to the transfer may send notice of the presentation by registered or certified mail to the claimant at the address given by the claimant. If the corporation or transfer agent so mails such a notice it shall withhold the transfer for 30 days after the mailing and shall then make the transfer unless restrained by a court order.
Minn. Stat. § 175A.01 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 175A / Section 175A.01
§ 175A.01 CREATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment; membership. The Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals as previously constituted is reconstituted as an independent agency in the executive branch. The court shall consist of five judges, each serving in the unclassified service.

§ Subd. 2. Appointment; terms; limitation. Each judge of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, for a term of six years commencing at the expiration of the preceding term. Any vacancy shall be filled by the governor for the unexpired term, subject to confirmation by the senate. The terms of the judges shall expire on the first Monday in January of the year in which they expire. The terms of the judges shall be staggered.

§ Subd. 3. Qualifications. To qualify for appointment to the court, a candidate shall be learned in the law, have been licensed to practice law for at least five years, and have experience with and knowledge of workers' compensation and the workers' compensation laws of Minnesota.

§ Subd. 4. Standards of conduct. The judges of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals shall be subject to the provisions of the Minnesota Constitution, article VI, section 6, the jurisdiction of the Commission on Judicial Standards, as provided in sections 490A.01 and 490A.02 , and the provisions of the Code of Judicial Conduct.

§ Subd. 5. Jurisdiction. The Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals shall have statewide jurisdiction. Except for an appeal to the supreme court or any other appeal allowed under this subdivision, the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals shall be the sole, exclusive, and final authority for the hearing and determination of all questions of law and fact arising under the workers' compensation laws of the state in those cases that have been appealed to the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals and in any case that has been transferred by the district court to the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals. The Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals shall have no jurisdiction in any case that does not arise under the workers' compensation laws of the state or in any criminal case, provided that the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals shall exercise appellate jurisdiction under the laws governing employees of the state, a county, or other governmental subdivision who contract tuberculosis and under chapter 352E.

§ Subd. 6. Oath. Each judge of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals before entering upon the duties of office, shall take the oath prescribed by law.
Minn. Stat. § 103D.525 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103D / Section 103D.525
§ 103D.525 PROCEEDINGS AFTER FAULTY NOTICES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Jurisdiction retained. If a notice is required for a hearing or proceeding before the board, managers, or district court, and the board, managers, or court find that proper notice was not given, the board, managers, or court do not lose jurisdiction and the proceedings are not invalid.

§ Subd. 2. Proper notice to be given. If the notice was defective, the board, managers, or court shall order proper notice to be given. The board, managers, or court shall continue the hearing until notice is properly given and then proceed as though notice had been properly given in the first instance.

§ Subd. 3. Defective published notice. If the original notice was faulty only with reference to publication as to certain tracts, only the persons interested in those particular tracts need be notified by a later notice. If the publication of a notice in a county was defective or not made in time, notice need be given only within the county where notice was defective.
Minn. Stat. § 270C.923 — MN Code / Part 270_271 / Chapter 270C / Section 270C.923
§ 270C.923 WITNESSES SUMMONED.
Status: in_force

In any hearing before the commissioner under section 270C.92 , the commissioner shall, upon the request of a municipality or any other party to the proceedings, issue subpoenas and summon witnesses to appear and give testimony, and to produce books, records, papers, and documents. For the purpose of preparing for and participating in a hearing the municipality shall have access to, and use of, all the data, records, and files of the commissioner pertaining to the property in question. Upon demand of any party a record shall be kept by the commissioner of all evidence offered or received at a hearing, the cost thereof to be paid by the party making such demand.
Minn. Stat. § 336.2A-517 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.2A-517
§ 336.2A-517 REVOCATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF GOODS.
Status: in_force

(1) A lessee may revoke acceptance of a lot or commercial unit whose nonconformity substantially impairs its value to the lessee if the lessee has accepted it:

(a) except in the case of a finance lease, on the reasonable assumption that its nonconformity would be cured and it has not been seasonably cured; or

(b) without discovery of the nonconformity if the lessee's acceptance was reasonably induced either by the lessor's assurances or, except in the case of a finance lease, by the difficulty of discovery before acceptance.

(2) Except in the case of a finance lease, a lessee may revoke acceptance of a lot or commercial unit if the lessor defaults under the lease contract and the default substantially impairs the value of that lot or commercial unit to the lessee.

(3) If the lease agreement so provides, the lessee may revoke acceptance of a lot or commercial unit because of other defaults by the lessor.

(4) Revocation of acceptance must occur within a reasonable time after the lessee discovers or should have discovered the ground for it and before any substantial change in condition of the goods which is not caused by the nonconformity. Revocation is not effective until the lessee notifies the lessor.

(5) A lessee who so revokes has the same rights and duties with regard to the goods involved as if the lessee had rejected them.
Minn. Stat. § 354A.08 — MN Code / Part 352_356B / Chapter 354A / Section 354A.08
§ 354A.08 AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS.
Status: in_force

In addition to investments authorized under section 356A.06 , subdivision 7, the teachers retirement fund association may receive, hold, and dispose of real estate or personal property acquired by it, whether the acquisition was by purchase or any other lawful means, as provided in this chapter or in the association's articles of incorporation.
Minn. Stat. § 513.42 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 513 / Section 513.42
§ 513.42 INSOLVENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) A debtor is insolvent if, at a fair valuation, the sum of the debtor's debts is greater than the sum of the debtor's assets.

(b) A debtor that is generally not paying the debtor's debts as they become due other than as a result of a bona fide dispute is presumed to be insolvent. The presumption imposes on the party against which the presumption is directed the burden of proving that the nonexistence of insolvency is more probable than its existence.

(c) Assets under this section do not include property that has been transferred, concealed, or removed with intent to hinder, delay, or defraud creditors or that has been transferred in a manner making the transfer voidable under sections 513.41 to 513.51 .

(d) Debts under this section do not include an obligation to the extent it is secured by a valid lien on property of the debtor not included as an asset.
Minn. Stat. § 501C.0411 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 501C / Section 501C.0411
§ 501C.0411 MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION OF NONCHARITABLE IRREVOCABLE TRUST BY CONSENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A noncharitable irrevocable trust may be modified or terminated upon consent of the settlor and all beneficiaries, even if the modification or termination is inconsistent with a material purpose of the trust. A settlor's power to consent to a trust's modification or termination may be exercised by an agent under a power of attorney only to the extent expressly authorized by the terms of the trust, or if the trust instrument is silent with respect to consent to the trust's modification by an agent, then by a power of attorney, other than a statutory short form power of attorney executed in accordance with section 523.23 , that expressly authorizes the agent to consent to a trust's modification; by the settlor's conservator with the approval of the court supervising the conservatorship if an agent is not so authorized; or by the settlor's guardian with the approval of the court supervising the guardianship if an agent is not so authorized and a conservator has not been appointed.

(b) A noncharitable irrevocable trust may be terminated upon consent of all of the beneficiaries if the court concludes that continuance of the trust is not necessary to achieve any material purpose of the trust. A noncharitable irrevocable trust may be modified upon consent of all of the beneficiaries if the court concludes that modification is not inconsistent with a material purpose of the trust.

(c) The court is not precluded from modifying or terminating a trust because the trust instrument contains spendthrift provisions.

(d) Upon termination of a trust under paragraph (a) or (b), the trustee shall distribute the trust property as agreed by the beneficiaries.

(e) If not all of the beneficiaries consent to a proposed modification or termination of the trust under paragraph (a) or (b), the modification or termination may be approved by the court if the court is satisfied that:

(1) if all of the beneficiaries had consented, the trust could have been modified or terminated under this section; and

(2) the interests of a beneficiary who does not consent will be adequately protected.
Minn. Stat. § 245.4877 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 245 / Section 245.4877
§ 245.4877 EDUCATION AND PREVENTION SERVICES.
Status: in_force

Education and prevention services must be available to all children residing in the county. Education and prevention services must be designed to:

(1) convey information regarding mental illnesses, mental health needs, and treatment resources to the general public;

(2) at least annually, distribute to individuals and agencies identified by the county board and the local children's mental health advisory council information on predictors and symptoms of mental illnesses, where mental health services are available in the county, and how to access the services;

(3) increase understanding and acceptance of problems associated with mental illnesses;

(4) improve people's skills in dealing with high-risk situations known to affect children's mental health and functioning;

(5) prevent development or deepening of mental illnesses; and

(6) refer each child with mental illness or the child's family with additional mental health needs to appropriate mental health services.
Minn. Stat. § 508A.08 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 508A / Section 508A.08
§ 508A.08 APPLICATION; LAND INCLUDED.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Separate tracts; common owner. Any number of tracts of land in the same county owned by the same person may be included in one application.

§ Subd. 2. Adjacent land; different owners. Owners of separate tracts of land in the same county may join in one application to register the title to their individual tracts. The application must list separately all of the information required by section 508A.06 for the owner or owners of each of the tracts included in the application.
Minn. Stat. § 3.18 — MN Code / Part 3_3E / Chapter 3 / Section 3.18
§ 3.18 OTHER RECORDS.
Status: in_force

Each house may determine, by rule or resolution, the number of copies of its journal to be printed, and the form and contents of its other records.

It may have printed, in an appendix to its journal, the documents it desires. If both houses order the same document to be so printed, it shall be inserted only in the appendix to the senate journal.
Minn. Stat. § 449.10 — MN Code / Part 447_450 / Chapter 449 / Section 449.10
§ 449.10 TAX LEVY ELECTION; PETITION.
Status: in_force

The authority shall be initiated by a petition signed by ten percent of the legal voters of the city or town, as shown by the last regular municipal election. This petition shall be filed with the governing body of the city or town, and shall request that the following question be submitted to the voters: "Shall a tax of not exceeding .... percent of tax capacity be levied each year for the purpose of furnishing a band, orchestra, or chorus fund?"
Minn. Stat. § 198.31 — MN Code / Part 196_198 / Chapter 198 / Section 198.31
§ 198.31 VETERANS HOME; HASTINGS.
Status: in_force

Control of the state hospital facilities at Hastings is transferred to the commissioner. This transfer includes the cemetery. The commissioner shall establish a veterans home in these facilities. The veterans home shall be licensed in accordance with the boarding care rules of the Department of Health.