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Minn. Stat. § 208.04 — MN Code / Part 200_212 / Chapter 208 / Section 208.04
§ 208.04 PREPARATION OF BALLOTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Form of presidential ballots. When presidential electors and alternates are to be voted for, a vote cast for the party candidates for president and vice president shall be deemed a vote for that party's electors and alternates as filed with the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall certify the names of all duly nominated presidential and vice presidential candidates to the county auditors of the counties of the state. Each county auditor, subject to the rules of the secretary of state, shall cause the names of the candidates of each major political party and the candidates nominated by petition to be set in type of the same size and style as for candidates on the state general election ballot, before the party designation. To the left of, and on the same line with the names of the candidates for president and vice president, near the margin, shall be placed an oval or similar target shape, in which the voters may indicate their choice. The form for the presidential ballot and the relative position of the several candidates shall be determined by the rules applicable to other state officers. The state ballot, with the required heading, shall be printed on the same piece of paper and shall be below the presidential ballot with a blank space between one inch in width.

§ Subd. 2. Applicable rules. The rules for preparation, state contribution to the cost of printing, and delivery of presidential ballots are the same as the rules for state general election ballots under section 204D.11, subdivision 1 .
Minn. Stat. § 487.332 — MN Code / Part 480_494 / Chapter 487 / Section 487.332
§ 487.332 JOINT POWERS.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in Laws 1983, chapter 177 shall supersede any powers any governmental unit has under section 471.59 .
Minn. Stat. § 60G.09 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 60G / Section 60G.09
§ 60G.09 APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

Sections 60G.01 to 60G.08 apply to domestic insurers and any other insurer doing business in this state whose state of domicile has requested the commissioner of commerce to apply sections 60G.01 to 60G.08 .
Minn. Stat. § 192.27 — MN Code / Part 190_195 / Chapter 192 / Section 192.27
§ 192.27 NOT LIABLE FOR ACTS PERFORMED UNDER ORDERS.
Status: in_force

The commanding officer of any of the military forces engaged in the suppression of an insurrection, the dispersion of a mob or the enforcement of the laws shall exercise discretion as to the propriety of firing upon or otherwise attacking any mob or other unlawful assembly; and, if that officer exercises honest judgment thereon, the officer shall not be liable in either a civil or criminal action for any act done while on such duty. No officer or enlisted member shall be held liable in either a civil or a criminal action, for any act done under lawful orders and in the performance of duty.
Minn. Stat. § 325F.10 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325F / Section 325F.10
§ 325F.10 BANNING OF HAZARDOUS ARTICLES; RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall ban from sale or distribution any toy or other article intended for use by children that presents any of the hazards set out in section 325F.08 .

The commissioner shall adopt the rules necessary to carry out the intent of sections 325F.08 to 325F.18 . Rules shall insofar as practicable conform to the rules relating to this subject found as part 191 in the Code of Federal Regulations, title 21.
Minn. Stat. § 3C.04 — MN Code / Part 3_3E / Chapter 3C / Section 3C.04
§ 3C.04 OTHER OFFICE DUTIES DURING LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Advice concerning effect of bills. The revisor's office shall give members of the legislature advice concerning the legal effect of bills or proposed bills, but only at the request of the members.

§ Subd. 2. Information gathering. The revisor's office shall gather information about the practical operation and effect of statutes of this and other states.

§ Subd. 3. Report to legislature. The revisor's office shall report to the legislature any statutory changes recommended or discussed or statutory deficiencies noted in any opinion of the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals of Minnesota. The report must be made by November 15 of each even-numbered year. It must treat opinions filed during the two-year period immediately preceding September 30 of the year before the year in which the session is held. It must include any comment necessary to outline clearly the legislative problem reported.

§ Subd. 4. Technical bills. The revisor's office shall prepare and submit to the legislature bills clarifying and correcting the statutes and administrative rules.

§ Subd. 5. Engrossment and enrollment. The revisor's office shall assist in the enrollment and engrossment of bills. Senate bills are to be under the supervision of the secretary of the senate. House of representatives bills are to be under the supervision of the chief clerk of the house of representatives. In preparing an engrossment or enrollment, the revisor may correct misspelled words and other minor clerical errors. No correction of this kind constitutes an alteration or departure from the text as shown in the journals of the senate and house of representatives. In preparing an enrollment of a bill passed at a legislative session, the revisor shall assign the bill a chapter number. As far as practical, the numbers shall be assigned in the order of the date of the legislature's last vote on the bills before presentment to the governor. The revisor, as the agent of the legislature, shall present the enrolled bills to the governor and report to the house of origin the date of presentment of the enrollment. The revisor shall show on the enrollment the date the enrollment was presented to the governor.

§ Subd. 6. Other services. The revisor's office shall perform other services requested by the legislature or either of its branches.
Minn. Stat. § 84.0276 — MN Code / Part 83A_84 / Chapter 84 / Section 84.0276
§ 84.0276 LAND TRANSFERS BY A FEDERAL AGENCY.
Status: in_force

Before the commissioner of natural resources accepts agricultural land or a farm homestead transferred in fee by a federal agency, the commissioner must consult with the Board of Water and Soil Resources for a determination of marginal land, tillable farmland, and farm homestead. The commissioner must comply with the acquisition procedure under section 97A.145, subdivision 2 , if the agricultural land or farm homestead was in an agricultural preserve as provided in section 40A.10 .
Minn. Stat. § 290B.08 — MN Code / Part 289A_295 / Chapter 290B / Section 290B.08
§ 290B.08 TERMINATION OF DEFERRAL; PAYMENT OF DEFERRED TAXES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Termination. (a) The deferral of taxes granted under this chapter terminates when one of the following occurs: (1) the property is sold or transferred; (2) the death of all qualifying homeowners; (3) the homeowner notifies the commissioner in writing that the homeowner desires to discontinue the deferral; or (4) the property no longer qualifies as a homestead. (b) A property is not terminated from the program because no deferred property tax amount is determined on the homestead for any given year after the homestead's initial enrollment into the program.

§ Subd. 2. Payment upon termination. Upon the termination of the deferral under subdivision 1, the amount of deferred taxes, penalties, interest, and special assessments and interest, plus the recording or filing fees under both section 290B.04, subdivision 2 , and this subdivision becomes due and payable to the commissioner within 90 days of termination of the deferral for terminations under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (2), and within one year of termination of the deferral for terminations under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4). No additional interest is due on the deferral if timely paid. On receipt of payment, the commissioner shall within ten days notify the auditor of the county in which the parcel is located, identifying the parcel to which the payment applies and shall remit the recording or filing fees under section 290B.04, subdivision 2 , and this subdivision to the auditor. A notice of termination of deferral, containing the legal description and the recording or filing data for the notice of qualification for deferral under section 290B.04, subdivision 2 , shall be prepared and recorded or filed by the county auditor in the same office in which the notice of qualification for deferral under section 290B.04, subdivision 2 , was recorded or filed, and the county auditor shall mail a copy of the notice of termination to the property owner. The property owner shall pay the recording or filing fees. Upon recording or filing of the notice of termination of deferral, the notice of qualification for deferral under section 290B.04, subdivision 2 , and the lien created by it are discharged. If the deferral is not timely paid, the penalty, interest, lien, forfeiture, and other rules for the collection of ad valorem property taxes apply.
Minn. Stat. § 48.44 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 48 / Section 48.44
§ 48.44 BANK MAY ORGANIZE AS TRUST COMPANY.
Status: in_force

Hereafter state banks which may be organized in the manner now provided by law may be organized with the additional authority to exercise the fiduciary powers and privileges set out in sections 48A.07 and 48A.08 ; provided, that the capital and surplus of any such bank shall not be less than $500,000.
Minn. Stat. § 375.44 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 375 / Section 375.44
§ 375.44 MILEAGE, COUNTY HOSPITAL BOARD MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

The county board of any county in which a county hospital is located may by resolution authorize the members of any county hospital board who are not members of the county board to receive reimbursement for each mile necessarily traveled in attending meetings in the performance of their duties.
Minn. Stat. § 97B.725 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97B / Section 97B.725
§ 97B.725 GUIDING HUNTERS.
Status: in_force

A person may not guide turkey hunters for compensation.
Minn. Stat. § 17.041 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17.041
§ 17.041 AGRICULTURAL EMERGENCY ACCOUNT; APPROPRIATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment; appropriation. An agricultural emergency account is established in the agricultural fund. Money in the account, including interest, is appropriated to the commissioner for emergency preparedness and response activities for agricultural emergencies affecting producers of livestock, poultry, crops, or other agricultural products. Eligible emergency response uses include agency costs directly attributed to responding to agricultural emergencies and purchasing necessary equipment and reimbursing costs incurred by local units of government that are not eligible for reimbursement from other sources. Eligible emergency preparedness uses are limited to training and the procurement of equipment and supplies.

§ Subd. 2. Transfer authorized. The commissioner may transfer money in the account to the Board of Animal Health, other state agencies, or the University of Minnesota for purposes of subdivision 1.

§ Subd. 3. Annual report. No later than February 1 each year, the commissioner must report activities and expenditures under this section to the legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction over agriculture finance.
Minn. Stat. § 626A.15 — MN Code / Part 625_634 / Chapter 626A / Section 626A.15
§ 626A.15 DUTY TO REPORT VIOLATIONS.
Status: in_force

Any officer or employee of a telephone or telegraph company shall report to the police department or county attorney having jurisdiction, any violation of this chapter coming to the officer or employee's attention.
Minn. Stat. § 223.27 — MN Code / Part 223_236A / Chapter 223 / Section 223.27
§ 223.27 PENALTIES; ENFORCEMENT ACTION; COSTS AND EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any other penalty or remedy provided by law, a person who knowingly or intentionally commits any of the following is subject to civil penalties under section 18J.10 :

(1) refusing or failing to collect any grain indemnity premiums as required under section 223.25 ;

(2) refusing or failing to pay to the commissioner any grain indemnity premiums collected under section 223.25 ;

(3) making a false statement, representation, or certification, or knowingly failing to make a required statement, representation, or certification in a record, report, or other document required under this chapter or filed with the commissioner; or

(4) resisting, preventing, impeding, or interfering with the commissioner in the performance of the commissioner's duties under this chapter.

(b) In addition to the civil penalty described in paragraph (a), the commissioner in an enforcement action for a violation described in paragraph (a), clause (1) or (2), must order the grain buyer to pay into the grain indemnity account any grain indemnity premiums collected by the grain buyer that the grain buyer owes to the grain indemnity account and may order the grain buyer to pay interest on the amount that the grain buyer owes to the grain indemnity account.
Minn. Stat. § 309.72 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 309 / Section 309.72
§ 309.72 ACQUISITION OF INTERESTS IN INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

An organization described in section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended through December 31, 1991, may purchase, accept, or otherwise acquire an interest in a life insurance policy as beneficiary or owner, as provided in section 60A.0783, subdivision 2 , paragraph (f).
Minn. Stat. § 469.054 — MN Code / Part 466A_470 / Chapter 469 / Section 469.054
§ 469.054 USE OF CITY PROPERTY, SERVICES BY AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Property transfer. The council of a port authority city may transfer or cause to be transferred to its port authority any dock, waterfront, or riparian property owned or controlled by the city, and located within the port district. The transfer must be approved by majority vote and may be with or without consideration. The city may also put the same property in the possession or control of the authority by a lease or other agreement for a limited period or in fee. Nothing in sections 469.048 to 469.068 restricts the city or any municipality from owning, developing, using, and improving port or terminal facilities.

§ Subd. 2. Space, services. A port authority city may furnish offices, warehouses, or other structures and space with or without heat, light, and other service to its port authority. The city council may also furnish stenographic, clerical, engineering, or other assistance to its port authority.

§ Subd. 3. Counsel. The city attorney is the legal adviser to the port authority. The port authority may employ additional counsel, including a general counsel who is the chief legal advisor to the authority.
Minn. Stat. § 120A.01 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 120A / Section 120A.01
§ 120A.01 CITATION, EDUCATION CODE.
Status: in_force

Chapters 120A to 129C may be cited as the "Education Code."
Minn. Stat. § 257.0725 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 257 / Section 257.0725
§ 257.0725 ANNUAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner of children, youth, and families shall publish an annual report on child maltreatment and on children in out-of-home placement. The commissioner shall confer with counties, child welfare organizations, child advocacy organizations, the courts, and other groups on how to improve the content and utility of the department's annual report. In regard to child maltreatment, the report shall include the number and kinds of maltreatment reports received and any other data that the commissioner determines is appropriate to include in a report on child maltreatment. In regard to children in out-of-home placement, the report shall include, by county and statewide, information on legal status, living arrangement, age, sex, race, accumulated length of time in placement, reason for most recent placement, race of family with whom placed, school enrollments within seven days of placement pursuant to section 120A.21 , and other information deemed appropriate on all children in out-of-home placement. Out-of-home placement includes placement in any facility by an authorized child-placing agency.

(b) This section expires January 1, 2032.
Minn. Stat. § 473.3925 — MN Code / Part 473_473J / Chapter 473 / Section 473.3925
§ 473.3925 BUS PURCHASES.
Status: in_force

The Metropolitan Council, in preparing bid specifications for bus purchases, shall ensure that the specifications conform, to the greatest extent practicable, with products that are manufactured in this state.
Minn. Stat. § 245F.21 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 245F / Section 245F.21
§ 245F.21 PAYMENT METHODOLOGY.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall develop a payment methodology for services provided under this chapter or by an Indian Health Services facility or a facility owned and operated by a tribe or tribal organization operating under Public Law 93-638 as a 638 facility. The commissioner shall seek federal approval for the methodology. Upon federal approval, the commissioner must seek and obtain legislative approval of the funding methodology to support the service.
Minn. Stat. § 336.8-405 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.8-405
§ 336.8-405 REPLACEMENT OF LOST, DESTROYED, OR WRONGFULLY TAKEN SECURITY CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

(a) If an owner of a certificated security, whether in registered or bearer form, claims that the certificate has been lost, destroyed, or wrongfully taken, the issuer shall issue a new certificate if the owner:

(1) so requests before the issuer has notice that the certificate has been acquired by a protected purchaser;

(2) files with the issuer a sufficient indemnity bond; and

(3) satisfies other reasonable requirements imposed by the issuer.

(b) If, after the issue of a new security certificate, a protected purchaser of the original certificate presents it for registration of transfer, the issuer shall register the transfer unless an overissue would result. In that case, the issuer's liability is governed by section 336.8-210 . In addition to any rights on the indemnity bond, an issuer may recover the new certificate from a person to whom it was issued or any person taking under that person, except a protected purchaser.
Minn. Stat. § 383C.808 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383C / Section 383C.808
§ 383C.808 TELEVISION SERVICE; COSTS.
Status: in_force

St. Louis County may assess the cost of maintenance of television relay service upon residents of the following townships in St. Louis County who use the service: T67N, R19W; T67N, R20W; T67N, R21W; T68N, R19W; T68N, R20W; T68N, R21W; T69N, R19W; T69N, R20W; T69N, R21W; T70N, R19W; T70N, R20W; T70N, R21W; T71N, R20W; T71N, R21W. The costs shall be assessed annually against improved property and may be billed directly to them or collected with the property tax levied on real property owned by users. The costs must not be apportioned on the value of the property, but on the basis of the services provided. If the assessment is billed directly, it may be collected in the same manner as any other debt. If the assessment is collected with the property tax, it shall be administered as far as possible in the same manner as the property tax and be subject to the same penalties and conditions.
Minn. Stat. § 383A.282 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383A / Section 383A.282
§ 383A.282 COUNTY BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES.
Status: in_force

Subject to sections 383A.281 to 383A.301 and other law, the county board shall fix the annual salary of county officials and determine the number and compensation of all employees in the county personnel system.
Minn. Stat. § 79A.30 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 79A / Section 79A.30
§ 79A.30 GOVERNING LAW.
Status: in_force

If there is any inconsistency between sections 79A.19 to 79A.32 and any other statute or rule, the provisions of sections 79A.19 to 79A.32 shall govern with respect to commercial self-insurance groups.
Minn. Stat. § 609.325 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 609 / Section 609.325
§ 609.325 DEFENSES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. No defense; solicited; not engaged. It shall be no defense to a prosecution under section 609.322 that an individual solicited or induced to practice prostitution or whose prostitution was promoted, did not actually engage in prostitution.

§ Subd. 2. Consent no defense. Consent or mistake as to age shall be no defense to prosecutions under section 609.322 or 609.324 .

§ Subd. 3. No defense; prior prostitution. It shall be no defense to actions under section 609.322 that the individual solicited or induced to practice prostitution, or whose prostitution was promoted, had engaged in prostitution prior to that solicitation, inducement, or promotion.

§ Subd. 3a. No defense; undercover operative. The fact that an undercover operative or law enforcement officer was involved in the detection or investigation of an offense shall not be a defense to a prosecution under section 609.324 .

§ Subd. 4. Affirmative defense. It is an affirmative defense to a charge under section 609.324 , subdivision 6 or 7, if the defendant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant is a labor trafficking victim or a sex trafficking victim and that the defendant committed the acts underlying the charge as a result of being a labor trafficking or sex trafficking victim.
Minn. Stat. § 322C.1005 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 322C / Section 322C.1005
§ 322C.1005 EFFECT OF MERGER.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Effect on constituent organizations. When a merger becomes effective: (1) the surviving organization continues or comes into existence; (2) each constituent organization that merges into the surviving organization ceases to exist as a separate entity; (3) all property owned by each constituent organization that ceases to exist vests in the surviving organization; (4) all debts, obligations, or other liabilities of each constituent organization that ceases to exist continue as debts, obligations, or other liabilities of the surviving organization; (5) an action or proceeding pending by or against any constituent organization that ceases to exist may be continued as if the merger had not occurred; (6) except as prohibited by other law, all of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers, and purposes of each constituent organization that ceases to exist vest in the surviving organization; (7) except as otherwise provided in the plan of merger, the terms and conditions of the plan of merger take effect; (8) except as otherwise agreed, if a constituent limited liability company ceases to exist, the merger does not dissolve the limited liability company for the purposes of sections 322C.0701 to 322C.0707 ; (9) if the surviving organization is created by the merger: (i) if it is a limited liability company, the articles of organization become effective; or (ii) if it is an organization other than a limited liability company, the organizational document that creates the organization becomes effective; and (10) if the surviving organization preexisted the merger, any amendments provided for in the articles of merger or the organizational document that created the organization become effective.

§ Subd. 2. Foreign organization. A surviving organization that is a foreign organization consents to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state to enforce any debt, obligation, or other liability owed by a constituent organization if before the merger the constituent organization was subject to suit in this state on the debt, obligation, or other liability. A surviving organization that is a foreign organization and not authorized to transact business in this state appoints the secretary of state as its agent for service of process for the purposes of enforcing a debt, obligation, or other liability under this subdivision. Service on the secretary of state under this subdivision must be made in the same manner and has the same consequences as in section 322C.0116, subdivisions 3 and 4.