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Minn. Stat. § 270B.15 — MN Code / Part 270_271 / Chapter 270B / Section 270B.15
§ 270B.15 DISCLOSURE TO LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR AND STATE AUDITOR.
Status: in_force

(a) Returns and return information must be disclosed to the legislative auditor to the extent necessary for the legislative auditor to carry out sections 3.97 to 3.979 .

(b) The commissioner must disclose return information, including the report required under section 289A.12, subdivision 15 , to the state auditor to the extent necessary to conduct audits of job opportunity building zones as required under section 469.3201 .
Minn. Stat. § 308A.935 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 308A / Section 308A.935
§ 308A.935 APPLICATION FOR COURT-SUPERVISED VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION.
Status: in_force

After a notice of intent to dissolve has been filed with the secretary of state and before a certificate of dissolution has been issued, the cooperative or, for good cause shown, a member or creditor may apply to a court within the county where the registered office is located to have the dissolution conducted or continued under the supervision of the court as provided in section 308A.945 .
Minn. Stat. § 485.10 — MN Code / Part 480_494 / Chapter 485 / Section 485.10
§ 485.10 ENTRY OF UNREGISTERED CASES.
Status: in_force

Every court administrator shall enter upon the proper registers all cases, civil and criminal, which, through a mistake, inadvertence, or neglect of the administrator's predecessor in office, have not been registered. The true date of the filings in such cases shall be entered in the registers, and the entries, when so made, shall have the same force and effect as if made by the court administrator at the proper time; provided, that, in docketing any judgment, the date thereof shall be the time when actually docketed, and the lien thereof shall attach only from such date.
Minn. Stat. § 176.862 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 176 / Section 176.862
§ 176.862 DISCLOSURE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

The commissioner must disclose the current address of an employee collected or maintained under this chapter to law enforcement officers who provide the name of the employee and notify the commissioner that the employee is a person required to register under section 243.166 and is not residing at the address at which the employee is registered under section 243.166 .
Minn. Stat. § 237.011 — MN Code / Part 237_238 / Chapter 237 / Section 237.011
§ 237.011 TELECOMMUNICATIONS GOALS.
Status: in_force

The following are state goals that should be considered as the commission executes its regulatory duties with respect to telecommunication services:

(1) supporting universal service;

(2) maintaining just and reasonable rates;

(3) encouraging economically efficient deployment of infrastructure for higher speed telecommunication services and greater capacity for voice, video, and data transmission;

(4) encouraging fair and reasonable competition for local exchange telephone service in a competitively neutral regulatory manner;

(5) maintaining or improving quality of service;

(6) promoting customer choice;

(7) ensuring consumer protections are maintained in the transition to a competitive market for local telecommunications service; and

(8) encouraging voluntary resolution of issues between and among competing providers and discouraging litigation.
Minn. Stat. § 260D.011 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 260D / Section 260D.011
§ 260D.011 COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT AND MINNESOTA INDIAN FAMILY PRESERVATION ACT.
Status: in_force

Proceedings under this chapter concerning an Indian child are child custody proceedings governed by the Indian Child Welfare Act, United States Code, title 25, sections 1901 to 1963; by the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act, sections 260.751 to 260.835 ; and by this chapter when not inconsistent with the federal Indian Child Welfare Act or the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act.
Minn. Stat. § 336.2-315 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.2-315
§ 336.2-315 IMPLIED WARRANTY; FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

Where the seller at the time of contracting has reason to know any particular purpose for which the goods are required and that the buyer is relying on the seller's skill or judgment to select or furnish suitable goods, there is unless excluded or modified under the next section an implied warranty that the goods shall be fit for such purpose.
Minn. Stat. § 336.1-205 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.1-205
§ 336.1-205 REASONABLE TIME; SEASONABLENESS.
Status: in_force

(a) Whether a time for taking an action required by the Uniform Commercial Code is reasonable depends on the nature, purpose, and circumstances of the action.

(b) An action is taken seasonably if it is taken at or within the time agreed or, if no time is agreed, at or within a reasonable time.
Minn. Stat. § 556.04 — MN Code / Part 553_566 / Chapter 556 / Section 556.04
§ 556.04 CLAIMANTS MAY BE JOINED.
Status: in_force

When there are several claimants to the same office or franchise, one action may be brought against all to determine their respective rights.
Minn. Stat. § 546.33 — MN Code / Part 540_552 / Chapter 546 / Section 546.33
§ 546.33 TRIAL BY REFEREES; FEES PAID BY THE COUNTY.
Status: in_force

When, in a trial by referee the court shall state in the order of appointment that the reference is made necessary by press of business, the fees of the referee, as taxed and allowed by the court, shall be paid out of the county treasury, as the salaries of county officers are paid.
Minn. Stat. § 595.022 — MN Code / Part 595_603 / Chapter 595 / Section 595.022
§ 595.022 PUBLIC POLICY.
Status: in_force

In order to protect the public interest and the free flow of information, the news media should have the benefit of a substantial privilege not to reveal sources of information or to disclose unpublished information. To this end, the freedom of press requires protection of the confidential relationship between the news gatherer and the source of information. The purpose of sections 595.021 to 595.025 is to insure and perpetuate, consistent with the public interest, the confidential relationship between the news media and its sources.
Minn. Stat. § 624.719 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 624 / Section 624.719
§ 624.719 POSSESSION OF FIREARM BY NONRESIDENT ALIEN.
Status: in_force

A nonresident alien may not possess a firearm except to take game as a nonresident under the game and fish laws. A firearm possessed in violation of this section is contraband and may be confiscated.
Minn. Stat. § 542.17 — MN Code / Part 540_552 / Chapter 542 / Section 542.17
§ 542.17 EXPENSES PAID IN FIRST INSTANCE; REIMBURSEMENT.
Status: in_force

When the venue shall be changed in a civil action upon the consent of parties, with or without an order of court, to a county other than the one where the same is properly triable or by an order of the court under section 542.11 , clause (3) or (4), the expenses of the trial of such action, including officers and jurors fees, and all expenses caused by the trial of such action which would not otherwise have been incurred by the county where the same is tried shall be paid by the county in which such action was commenced.

Such expenses shall be paid in the first instance by the county in which the action is tried and thereupon the court administrator of that county shall prepare, under hand and seal, an itemized statement of such expenses and, upon approval thereof by the judge of the court in which the trial was had, and the filing of such itemized statement and approval in the office of the auditor of the county in which such action was commenced, such auditor shall issue a warrant for the amount of such approved statement in favor of the county in which the trial was had.
Minn. Stat. § 325E.32 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325E / Section 325E.32
§ 325E.32 WASTE TIRES; COLLECTION.
Status: in_force

A person who sells automotive tires at retail must accept waste tires from customers for collection and recycling. The person must accept as many waste tires from each customer as tires are bought by that customer.
Minn. Stat. § 606.02 — MN Code / Part 606_607 / Chapter 606 / Section 606.02
§ 606.02 TIME FOR SERVICE.
Status: in_force

Such writ must also be served upon the adverse party within such period of 60 days.
Minn. Stat. § 136D.92 — MN Code / Part 135A_137 / Chapter 136D / Section 136D.92
§ 136D.92 NON-POSTSECONDARY PROGRAMS, LICENSED DIRECTION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Programs. The board may also provide any other educational programs or other services requested by a participating district. However, these programs and services may not be postsecondary programs or services.

§ Subd. 2. Direction. Academic offerings shall be provided only under the direction of properly licensed academic supervisory personnel.
Minn. Stat. § 121A.45 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 121A / Section 121A.45
§ 121A.45 GROUNDS FOR DISMISSAL.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Provision of alternative programs. No school shall dismiss any pupil without attempting to use nonexclusionary disciplinary policies and practices before dismissal proceedings or pupil withdrawal agreements, except where it appears that the pupil will create an immediate and substantial danger to self or to surrounding persons or property.

§ Subd. 2. Grounds for dismissal. A pupil may be dismissed on any of the following grounds: (a) willful violation of any reasonable school board regulation. Such regulation must be clear and definite to provide notice to pupils that they must conform their conduct to its requirements; (b) willful conduct that significantly disrupts the rights of others to an education, or the ability of school personnel to perform their duties, or school sponsored extracurricular activities; or (c) willful conduct that endangers the pupil or other pupils, or surrounding persons, including school district employees, or property of the school.

§ Subd. 3. Parent notification and meeting. If a pupil's total days of removal from school exceeds ten cumulative days in a school year, the school district shall make reasonable attempts to convene a meeting with the pupil and the pupil's parent or guardian before subsequently removing the pupil from school and, with the permission of the parent or guardian, arrange for a mental health screening for the pupil. The district is not required to pay for the mental health screening. The purpose of this meeting is to attempt to determine the pupil's need for assessment or other services or whether the parent or guardian should have the pupil assessed or diagnosed to determine whether the pupil needs treatment for a mental health disorder.
Minn. Stat. § 123A.78 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 123A / Section 123A.78
§ 123A.78 JOINT POWERS AGREEMENTS FOR FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Instructional facilities. Any group of districts may form a joint powers district under section 471.59 representing all participating districts to build or acquire a facility to be used for instructional purposes. The joint powers board must submit the project for review and comment under section 123B.71 . The joint powers board must hold a hearing on the proposal. The joint powers district must submit the question of authorizing the borrowing of funds for the project to the voters of the joint powers district at a special election. The question submitted shall state the total amount of funding needed from all sources. The joint powers board may issue the bonds according to chapter 475 and certify the levy required by section 475.61 only if a majority of those voting on the question vote in the affirmative and only after the school boards of each member district have adopted a resolution pledging the full faith and credit of that district. The resolution shall irrevocably commit that district to pay a proportionate share, based on pupil units, of any debt levy shortages that, together with other funds available, would allow the joint powers board to pay the principal and interest on the obligations. The district's payment of its proportionate share of the shortfall shall be made from the district's capital expenditure fund. The clerk of the joint powers board must certify the vote of the bond election to the commissioner.

§ Subd. 2. Shared facilities. A group of governmental units may form a joint powers district under section 471.59 representing all participating units to build or acquire a facility. The joint powers board must submit the project for review and comment under section 123B.71 . The joint powers board must hold a hearing on the proposal. The joint powers district must submit the question of authorizing the borrowing of funds for the project to the voters of the joint powers district at a special election. The question submitted shall state the total amount of funding needed from all sources. The joint powers board may issue the bonds according to chapter 475 and certify the levy required by section 475.61 only if a majority of those voting on the question vote in the affirmative and only after the boards of each member unit have adopted a resolution pledging the full faith and credit of that unit. The resolution must irrevocably commit that unit to pay an agreed-upon share of any debt levy shortages that, together with other funds available, would allow the joint powers board to pay the principal and interest on the obligations. The clerk of the joint powers board must certify the vote of the bond election to the commissioner.
Minn. Stat. § 360.73 — MN Code / Part 360_362 / Chapter 360 / Section 360.73
§ 360.73 AUTHORITY SUPERSEDES CONTRARY LAW.
Status: in_force

No provision of any existing law or special or home rule charter shall be deemed or construed to impair, curtail, or limit in amount, form, or manner the power to authorize and issue revenue certificates as herein provided and the revenue certificates herein authorized shall not be included in computing the net indebtedness of such municipality or county under any applicable law or charter.
Minn. Stat. § 524.3-704 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 524 / Section 524.3-704
§ 524.3-704 PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE TO PROCEED WITHOUT COURT ORDER; EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

A personal representative shall proceed expeditiously with the settlement and distribution of a decedent's estate and, except as otherwise specified or ordered in regard to a supervised personal representative, do so without adjudication, order, or direction of the court, but the personal representative may invoke the jurisdiction of the court, in proceedings authorized by this chapter, to resolve questions concerning the estate or its administration.
Minn. Stat. § 18B.345 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 18B / Section 18B.345
§ 18B.345 PESTICIDE APPLICATION ON GOLF COURSES.
Status: in_force

(a) Application of a pesticide to the property of a golf course must be performed by:

(1) a structural pest control applicator; or

(2) a commercial or noncommercial pesticide applicator.

(b) Pesticides determined by the commissioner to be sanitizers and disinfectants are exempt from the requirements in paragraph (a).
Minn. Stat. § 181.01 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 181 / Section 181.01
§ 181.01 WAGES OF MINORS; TO WHOM PAID.
Status: in_force

Any parent or guardian claiming the wages of a minor in service shall so notify the employer and, if failing to do so, payment to the minor of wages so earned shall be valid.
Minn. Stat. § 83A.05 — MN Code / Part 83A_84 / Chapter 83A / Section 83A.05
§ 83A.05 CHANGING AND GIVING NAMES TO WATER BODIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Applicability. A name of a lake, river, stream, or other body of water may be given or changed under sections 83A.05 to 83A.07 except that a name which has existed for 40 years may not be changed under the provisions of sections 83A.05 to 83A.07 .

§ Subd. 2. Petition for name. (a) Fifteen or more legal voters residing in a county where all or a part of a body of water is located may petition the county board of the county where the petitioners reside or the body of water is located to change the name of or give a name to a previously unnamed lake, river, stream, or other body of water located within the state. (b) The petition may include any number of lakes, rivers, streams, or other bodies of water to have names changed, or if unnamed to be given a name by the county board. (c) The petition must describe: (1) the location of the body of water; (2) the name, if any, that the body of water has been referred to or known by, or if there is not a name, it must be stated that a known name does not exist; (3) the name that the petitioners desire to be given to the body of water; and (4) the reason for the change of name or for giving the designated name to a previously unnamed body of water. (d) The petitioners must sign their names and state their place of residence. (e) The petition must be filed with the auditor of the county where the petitioners reside or the body of water is located.
Minn. Stat. § 110A.21 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 110A / Section 110A.21
§ 110A.21 PUBLICATION; PROTESTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Publication requirements. The petition shall be published in each county in which the lands to be included lie, in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county, once each week for at least two successive weeks before the time the petition is filed with the court together with the list of names of the petitioners and their addresses and land owned. Any owner of land within the area to be included, who did not sign the petition may file a written protest with the court as provided in section 110A.14 .

§ Subd. 2. Notice; certain cities and districts. Prior to being filed with the court, a map of the proposed district shall be sent by certified mail to each city with a population of 20,000 or less if the proposed district comes within one-half mile of the city's boundary, each city with a population greater than 20,000 if the proposed district comes within one mile of the city's boundary and to each existing district organized under chapter 116A or Laws 1978, chapter 744, if the new proposed district boundary comes within two miles of the existing system's boundary.
Minn. Stat. § 325G.05 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325G / Section 325G.05
§ 325G.05 DISPUTED ACCOUNTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Billing information. Every financial transaction card issuer shall include on each billing statement the name, address, and telephone number of the department designated by it to receive requests by the customer account holder to correct mistakes or make adjustments to the billing statement.

§ Subd. 2. Required response. Every financial transaction card issuer, within 30 days of receipt from a customer account holder, in writing at the address specified in subdivision 1, of a questioned or disputed charge, shall conduct an individual inquiry into the facts and send to the customer account holder an explanatory response in clear and definite terms.

§ Subd. 3. Violation. A violation of this section shall be treated as a violation of section 325F.69 .
Minn. Stat. § 62R.04 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62R / Section 62R.04
§ 62R.04 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

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

§ Subd. 2. Health care cooperative. "Health care cooperative" means a health care network cooperative or a health provider cooperative.

§ Subd. 3. Health care network cooperative. "Health care network cooperative" means a corporation organized under this chapter and licensed in accordance with section 62R.03, subdivision 2 . A health care network cooperative shall not have more than 50,000 enrollees, unless exceeding the enrollment limit is necessary to comply with guaranteed issue or guaranteed renewal requirements of chapter 62L or section 62A.65 .

§ Subd. 4. Health provider cooperative. "Health provider cooperative" means a corporation organized under this chapter and operated on a cooperative plan to market health care services to purchasers of those services.

§ Subd. 5. Commissioner. Unless otherwise specified, "commissioner" means the commissioner of health for a health care network cooperative licensed under chapter 62D or 62N and the commissioner of commerce for a health care network cooperative licensed under chapter 62C.

§ Subd. 6. Health carrier. "Health carrier" has the meaning provided in section 62A.011 .

§ Subd. 7. Health care providing entity. "Health care providing entity" means a participating entity that provides health care to enrollees of a health care cooperative.
Minn. Stat. § 169.449 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 169 / Section 169.449
§ 169.449 SCHOOL BUS OPERATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Rules. The commissioner of public safety shall adopt rules governing the operation of school buses used for transportation of school children, when owned or operated by a school or privately owned and operated under a contract with a school. Each school, its officers and employees, and each person employed under the contract is subject to these rules.

§ Subd. 2. Enforcement. The operation of a school bus on the public streets or highways in violation of rules concerning the operation of school buses adopted by the commissioner under subdivision 1 is a misdemeanor. The State Patrol shall enforce rules adopted under subdivision 1 when a school bus is operated on a public street or highway.
Minn. Stat. § 67A.06 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 67A / Section 67A.06
§ 67A.06 POWERS OF CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

Every corporation formed under the provisions of sections 67A.01 to 67A.26 , shall have power:

(1) to have succession by its corporate name for the time stated in its certificate of incorporation;

(2) to sue and be sued in any court;

(3) to have and use a common seal and alter the same at pleasure;

(4) to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, and to hold, enjoy, improve, lease, encumber, and convey all real and personal property necessary for the purpose of its organization, subject to such limitations as may be imposed by law or by its articles of incorporation;

(5) to elect or appoint in such manner as it may determine all necessary or proper officers, agents, boards, and committees, fix their compensation, and define their powers and duties;

(6) to make and amend consistently with law bylaws providing for the management of its property and the regulation and government of its affairs;

(7) to wind up and liquidate its business in the manner provided by chapter 60B;

(8) to indemnify certain persons against expenses and liabilities as provided in section 302A.521 . In applying section 302A.521 for this purpose, the term "members" shall be substituted for the terms "shareholders" and "stockholders"; and

(9) to eliminate or limit a director's personal liability to the company or its members for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. A company shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director:

(i) for breach of loyalty to the company or its members;

(ii) for acts or omissions made in bad faith or with intentional misconduct or knowing violation of law;

(iii) for transactions from which the director derived an improper personal benefit; or

(iv) for acts or omissions occurring before the date that the provisions in the articles eliminating or limiting liability become effective.
Minn. Stat. § 379.03 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.03
§ 379.03 NOTICE OF HEARING.
Status: in_force

Before acting on any petition mentioned in section 379.02 , the county board shall cause 30 days' posted notice of the time of hearing the same to be given within the bounds of the territory proposed to be partitioned, altered, or formed into a new town. Such notice shall include a copy of the petition, and be served on the clerk of each town whose territory may be affected.