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Minn. Stat. § 168.1253 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 168 / Section 168.1253
§ 168.1253 GOLD STAR LICENSE PLATE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The terms used in this section have the meanings given them in this subdivision. (b) "Active service" has the meaning given in section 190.05, subdivision 5 . (c) "Eligible person" means a surviving spouse, parent or legal guardian, child, or sibling of a person who has died while serving honorably in active service. For the purposes of this section, an eligibility relationship may be established by birth or adoption. (d) "Motor vehicle" means a vehicle for personal use, not used for commercial purposes, and may include a passenger automobile, motorcycle, recreational vehicle, pickup truck, or van.

§ Subd. 2. Issuance; eligibility. The commissioner shall issue special plates bearing the inscription "GOLD STAR" to an applicant who: (1) is an owner or joint owner of a motor vehicle; (2) is an eligible person; and (3) complies with all laws relating to the registration and licensing of motor vehicles and drivers.

§ Subd. 3. No fee. The commissioner shall issue a set of Gold Star plates, or a single plate for a motorcycle, to an eligible person free of charge, and shall replace the plate or plates without charge if they become damaged. If the eligible person requests personalized Gold Star plates, the commissioner must not charge the fees listed in section 168.12, subdivision 2a.

§ Subd. 4. Design. The special plates issued under this section must be of a design and size determined by the commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of veterans affairs. The commissioner may design the plates in accordance with section 168.1291, subdivision 2 .

§ Subd. 5. Transfer. On payment of a fee of $5 and notification to the commissioner, special plates issued under this section may be transferred to another motor vehicle owned or jointly owned by the eligible person.

§ Subd. 6. Costs of production. The commissioner of management and budget may transfer money in the "Support Our Troops" account under section 190.19, subdivision 2a , to the driver and vehicle services operating account under section 299A.705, subdivision 1 , to pay for the cost of production of the license plates authorized under this section. The commissioner of veterans affairs and the commissioner of public safety must agree on a payment schedule before any money may be transferred under this subdivision.
Minn. Stat. § 480.0591 — MN Code / Part 480_494 / Chapter 480 / Section 480.0591
§ 480.0591 RULES OF EVIDENCE.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Authority to promulgate. The supreme court may promulgate rules of evidence regulating all evidentiary matters in civil and criminal actions in all courts of the state. Such rules shall not abridge, enlarge or modify the substantive rights of any person.

§ Subd. 2. Advisory committee. Before any such rules are adopted the supreme court shall appoint an advisory committee consisting of eight lawyers licensed to practice law in the state and at least two judges of the district court to assist the court in considering and preparing such rules.

§ Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1993 c 13 art 1 s 44 ]

§ Subd. 4. Distribution of proposed rules; hearing. Before any such rule is adopted, the supreme court shall distribute copies of the proposed rule to the judiciary and attorneys of the state for their consideration and suggestions and give due consideration to such suggestions as they may submit to the court. The Minnesota State Bar Association, or a professional judicial organization may file with the court a petition specifying their suggestions concerning any existing or proposed rule and requesting a hearing thereon. The court shall thereupon grant a hearing thereon within six months after the filing of the petition.

§ Subd. 5. Promulgation. (a) All rules promulgated under this section shall be effective at a time fixed by the court and shall be published in the appendix to the official reports of the supreme court and shall be bound therewith. (b) The commissioner of administration shall print, publish and distribute copies thereof to the judiciary and attorneys as required by law. The commissioner shall make 500 copies available, without cost, to the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for distribution by the superintendent to local law enforcement agencies of the state.

§ Subd. 6. Present laws effective until modified; rights reserved. Present statutes relating to evidence shall be effective until modified or superseded by court rule. If a rule of evidence is promulgated which is in conflict with a statute, the statute shall thereafter be of no force and effect. The supreme court, however, shall not have the power to promulgate rules of evidence which conflict, modify, or supersede the following statutes: (1) statutes which relate to the competency of witnesses to testify, found in sections 595.02 to 595.025 ; (2) statutes which establish the prima facie evidence as proof of a fact; (3) statutes which establish a presumption or a burden of proof; (4) statutes which relate to the admissibility of statistical probability evidence based on genetic or blood test results, found in sections 634.25 to 634.30 ; (5) statutes which relate to the privacy of communications; and (6) statutes which relate to the admissibility of certain documents. The legislature may enact, modify, or repeal any statute or modify or repeal any rule of evidence promulgated under this section.
Minn. Stat. § 51A.48 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 51A / Section 51A.48
§ 51A.48 RIGHT TO DECLARATORY JUDGMENT.
Status: in_force

At any time after any controversy has arisen between the commissioner and an association with respect to any question of law or rule or with respect to any question involving immeasurable or irreparable damage to the association, and prior to an administrative or judicial hearing, the association or the commissioner may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the home office of the association is located for a declaratory judgment as to such question, and such court shall have and shall take jurisdiction and decide the controversy on its merits in accordance with the weight of the evidence, and such court shall have full power to enforce its orders.
Minn. Stat. § 128C.07 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 128C / Section 128C.07
§ 128C.07 ARRANGING INTERSCHOLASTIC CONFERENCE MEMBERSHIP.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Policy. The league may establish a policy to guide member high schools in forming or altering interscholastic conferences.

§ Subd. 1a. Request. A league member high school that is not in a conference may ask the league to arrange membership for the league member in an interscholastic conference.

§ Subd. 2. Reason not in conference. The reason the member is not in a conference must be: (1) the conference was dissolved, or (2) the member was involuntarily excluded.

§ Subd. 3. Prerequisite: 90-day good faith effort. Before asking the league to arrange membership, the school must make a good faith attempt over at least 90 days to join a conference. The 90 days run from the date of the school's first written request to join or rejoin a conference.

§ Subd. 4. League deadline: 90 days. The league must arrange the conference membership within 90 days after receiving a timely written request from a league member high school.

§ Subd. 5. Must use criteria. The league must follow its criteria in arranging the conference membership.

§ Subd. 6. Right to hearing, notice. (a) The requesting school or a high school already in the conference that is the subject of the proposed arrangement may request a timely public hearing on the proposed arrangement. (b) The league must notify the schools mentioned in paragraph (a) of the right to a hearing.

§ Subd. 7. Decision is binding. The league's final decision on a matter of conference membership under this section is binding on all of the schools required to be notified of the right to a hearing.

§ Subd. 8. Otherwise, conferences are voluntary. Except to the extent the league arranges conference membership under this section, an interscholastic conference of schools participating in activities delegated to the league may be formed and changed freely.
Minn. Stat. § 256R.53 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256R / Section 256R.53
§ 256R.53 FACILITY SPECIFIC EXEMPTIONS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Nursing facility in Golden Valley. The operating payment rate for a facility located in the city of Golden Valley at 3915 Golden Valley Road with 44 licensed rehabilitation beds as of January 7, 2015, is the sum of its direct care costs per standardized day, its other care-related costs per resident day, and its other operating costs per day.

§ Subd. 2. MS 2018 [Repealed, 1Sp2019 c 9 art 4 s 30 ]

§ Subd. 3. MS 2024 [Expired, 2023 c 61 art 2 s 11 ]
Minn. Stat. § 611A.015 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 611A / Section 611A.015
§ 611A.015 SCOPE OF VICTIMS' RIGHTS.
Status: in_force

The rights afforded to crime victims in sections 611A.01 to 611A.06 are applicable to adult criminal cases, juvenile delinquency proceedings, juvenile traffic proceedings involving driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and proceedings involving any other act committed by a juvenile that would be a crime as defined in section 609.02 , if committed by an adult.
Minn. Stat. § 353.033 — MN Code / Part 352_356B / Chapter 353 / Section 353.033
§ 353.033 PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION TREATMENT ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Account created and money appropriated. The PERA psychological condition treatment account is created in the special revenue fund. Money in the account is appropriated to the executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association for administration of the psychological condition treatment under section 353.032 .

§ Subd. 2. Account to defray administrative costs. The executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association must pay the costs of administering the PERA psychological condition treatment under section 353.032 using the money in the psychological condition treatment account under subdivision 1 until the money is expended.

§ Subd. 3. Commissioner of public safety to pay costs when account is depleted. When the PERA psychological condition treatment account is depleted, the executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association may invoice the commissioner of public safety for the costs of administering the psychological condition treatment under section 353.032 . The commissioner must pay invoices submitted by the executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association from the public safety officer's benefit account under section 299A.42 within 30 days of receipt.
Minn. Stat. § 510.04 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 510 / Section 510.04
§ 510.04 TITLE MAY BE IN EITHER SPOUSE; EQUITABLE TITLE EXEMPT.
Status: in_force

If the debtor be married the homestead title may be vested in either spouse, and the exemption shall extend to the debts of either or of both. Any interest in the land, whether legal or equitable, shall constitute ownership, within the meaning of this chapter, and the dwelling house so owned and occupied shall be exempt, though situated on the land of another.
Minn. Stat. § 245F.19 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 245F / Section 245F.19
§ 245F.19 PATIENT RECORDS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Patient records required. A license holder must maintain a file of current patient records on the program premises where the treatment is provided. Each entry in each patient record must be signed and dated by the staff member making the entry. Patient records must be protected against loss, tampering, or unauthorized disclosure in compliance with chapter 13 and section 254A.09 ; Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, sections 2.1 to 2.67 ; and title 45, parts 160 to 164.

§ Subd. 2. Records retention. A license holder must retain and store records as required by section 245A.041, subdivisions 3 and 4.

§ Subd. 3. Contents of records. Patient records must include the following: (1) documentation of the patient's presenting problem, any substance use screening, the most recent assessment, and any updates; (2) a stabilization plan and progress notes as required by section 245F.07 , subdivisions 1 and 2; (3) a discharge summary as required by section 245F.07, subdivision 3 ; (4) an individual abuse prevention plan that complies with section 245A.65 and related rules; (5) documentation of referrals made; and (6) documentation of the monitoring and observations of the patient's medical needs.
Minn. Stat. § 462.3912 — MN Code / Part 460_463 / Chapter 462 / Section 462.3912
§ 462.3912 REGIONAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
Status: in_force

The Headwaters Regional Development Commission may establish a not-for-profit corporation for the purposes of increasing the supply of affordable housing and improving opportunities for home ownership in development region two. The not-for-profit corporation may, among other things, acquire land, accept grant and loan funds from the state and federal governments, construct and rehabilitate housing units, and sell or manage housing in the region.
Minn. Stat. § 198.35 — MN Code / Part 196_198 / Chapter 198 / Section 198.35
§ 198.35 VETERANS HOME; SILVER BAY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner may establish a veterans home in Silver Bay by renovating an existing facility owned by the city of Silver Bay if the city donates the building to the commissioner at no cost. Contracts made by the commissioner for the purposes of this subdivision are subject to chapter 16C. Buildings used for the veterans home must comply with requirements established by federal agencies as conditions for the receipt of federal funds for the nursing and boarding care of veterans. The city of Silver Bay shall secure the state match requirement from sources other than the state general fund. Money from other sources must equal at least 35 percent of the total cost of the renovation with the remainder of the funds to be provided by the United States Veterans Administration.

§ Subd. 2. Operation. The home must provide beds for nursing or boarding and nursing care in conformance with licensing rules of the Department of Health. The home must be under the management of an administrator appointed by the commissioner in the unclassified service.
Minn. Stat. § 129D.01 — MN Code / Part 129D_133 / Chapter 129D / Section 129D.01
§ 129D.01 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the definitions given them:

(a) "arts" means activities resulting in the artistic creation or artistic performance of works of the imagination. Artistic activities include but are not limited to the following forms: music, dance, drama, folk art, architecture and allied fields, painting, sculpture, photography, graphic and craft arts, costume and fashion design, motion pictures, television, radio, tape and sound recording, activities related to the presentation, performance, execution, and exhibition of the art forms, and the study of the arts and their application to the human environment;

(b) "board" means the Board of the Arts;

(c) "director" means the executive director of the board;

(d) "sponsoring organization" means an association, corporation or other group of persons (1) providing an opportunity for citizens of the state to participate in the creation, performance or appreciation of the arts and (2) qualifying as a tax-exempt organization within the meaning of section 290.05, subdivision 2; and

(e) "regional arts council" means an autonomous grassroots organization designated by the board to make final decisions on the use of appropriations for local or regional arts development.
Minn. Stat. § 462.397 — MN Code / Part 460_463 / Chapter 462 / Section 462.397
§ 462.397 BORROWING MONEY; CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Tax anticipation. At any time after a tax has been levied by the commission and certified to the county auditors to be spread on the next tax roll for collection, the commission may borrow money and in evidence thereof issue and sell its certificates of indebtedness in anticipation of the collection of such levy.

§ Subd. 2. Up to 50 percent. The aggregate principal amount of such certificates then remaining outstanding, issued in anticipation of any levies whatsoever, plus the then unpaid accrued interest and interest to accrue to maturity on all such certificates, shall not exceed 50 percent of all taxes certified to the county auditors to be spread and collected which are not delinquent, less the amount thereof received by the commission before the latest certificates were issued.

§ Subd. 3. Up to 1-1/2 year maturity. All certificates shall mature not later than April 1 following the close of the year of collection of the taxes in anticipation of which they were issued, and may be made subject to redemption before maturity.

§ Subd. 4. Formalities in resolution. The commission shall, by the resolution authorizing each issue of certificates, fix the amount, date, maturity or maturities, prepayment provisions, form, denominations, interest rate or rates, and other details of the certificates, and also pledge the full faith and credit of the commission for the payment thereof. In and by such resolution, the commission shall also irrevocably appropriate to a special fund such amount, stated in dollars, of the levy anticipated as will be required to pay the principal of and interest on the certificates when due.

§ Subd. 5. Levy for delinquencies. If, due to delinquencies in collection thereof, the levy is not received at the times and in the amounts sufficient to meet principal of and interest on certificates payable therefrom, the commission may levy and cause to be extended, assessed and collected upon all taxable property within the region, such ad valorem taxes as may be required to pay such principal and interest and to restore to other funds advances made for that purpose.

§ Subd. 6. Negotiation; sale. All such certificates may be negotiated and sold in such manner as may be determined by the commission.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.802 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 340A / Section 340A.802
§ 340A.802 NOTICE OF INJURY; DISCOVERY BEFORE ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Notice of injury. A person who claims damages and a person or insurer who claims contribution or indemnity from a licensed retailer of alcoholic beverages or municipal liquor store for or because of an injury within the scope of section 340A.801 must give a written notice to the licensee or municipality stating: (1) the time and date when and person to whom the alcoholic beverages were sold or bartered; (2) the name and address of the person or persons who were injured or whose property was damaged; and (3) the approximate time and date, and the place where the injury to person or property occurred. A licensee or municipality who claims contribution or indemnification from another licensee or municipality must give a written notice to the other licensee or municipality in the form and manner specified in this section. An error or omission in the notice does not void the notice's effect if the notice is otherwise valid unless the error or omission is of a substantially material nature.

§ Subd. 2. Limitations; content. In the case of a claim for damages, the notice must be served by the claimant's attorney within 240 days of the date of entering an attorney-client relationship with the person in regard to the claim. In the case of claims for contribution or indemnity, the notice must be served within 120 days after the injury occurs or within 60 days after receiving written notice of a claim for contribution or indemnity, whichever is applicable. No action for damage or for contribution or indemnity may be maintained unless the notice has been given. If requested to do so, a municipality or licensee receiving a notice shall promptly furnish claimant's attorney the names and addresses of other municipalities or licensees who sold or bartered liquor to the person identified in the notice, if known. Actual notice of sufficient facts reasonably to put the licensee or governing body of the municipality on notice of a possible claim complies with the notice requirement. No action may be maintained under section 340A.801 unless commenced within two years after the injury.

§ Subd. 3. Bad faith notice. A claimant who in bad faith gives notice to a licensee who did not sell or barter liquor to the alleged intoxicated person is subject to liability for actual damages, which shall include the reasonable out-of-pocket attorney fees incurred by the licensee in the defense of the bad faith notice.
Minn. Stat. § 611A.88 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 611A / Section 611A.88
§ 611A.88 NO AVOIDANCE OF LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

No person may avoid liability under sections 611A.80 to 611A.88 by means of any conveyance of any right, title, or interest in real property, or by any indemnification, hold harmless agreement, or similar agreement that purports to show consent of the plaintiff.
Minn. Stat. § 270C.21 — MN Code / Part 270_271 / Chapter 270C / Section 270C.21
§ 270C.21 TAXPAYER ASSISTANCE GRANTS; TAX CREDIT OUTREACH GRANTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Taxpayer assistance. When the commissioner awards grants under this section, the commissioner must provide public notice of the grants in a timely manner so that the grant process is completed and grants are awarded by October 1, in order for recipient organizations to adequately plan expenditures for the filing season. At the time the commissioner provides public notice, the commissioner must also notify organizations that received grants in the previous biennium. Amounts appropriated for grants under this section are not subject to retention of administrative costs under section 16B.98, subdivision 14 .

§ Subd. 2. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Eligible credit" means a credit, refund, or other tax preference targeting low-income taxpayers, including but not limited to the credits under sections 290.0661 , 290.0671 , 290.0674 , and 290.0693 , and chapter 290A. (c) "Tax outreach organization" means a nonprofit organization or federally recognized Indian Tribe with experience serving demographic groups or geographic regions that have historically had low rates of participation in eligible credits. (d) "Taxpayer assistance services" means accounting and tax preparation services provided by volunteers to low-income, elderly, and disadvantaged Minnesota residents to help them file federal and state income tax returns and Minnesota property tax refund claims and to provide personal representation before the Department of Revenue and Internal Revenue Service. (e) "Volunteer taxpayer assistance organization" means an eligible organization qualifying under section 7526A(e)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

§ Subd. 3. Taxpayer assistance grants. The commissioner must make grants to one or more volunteer taxpayer assistance organizations to coordinate, facilitate, encourage, and aid in the provision of taxpayer assistance services.

§ Subd. 4. Tax credit outreach grants. The commissioner must make one or more grants to tax outreach organizations and volunteer assistance organizations. Grants provided under this subdivision must be used to: (1) publicize and promote the availability of eligible credits to taxpayers likely to be eligible for those credits; or (2) provide taxpayer assistance services.