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Minn. Stat. § 62S.315 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62S / Section 62S.315
§ 62S.315 PRODUCER TRAINING.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall approve producer training requirements in accordance with the NAIC Long-Term Care Insurance Model Act provisions. The commissioner of the Department of Human Services shall provide technical assistance and information to the commissioner in accordance with Public Law 109-171, section 6021.
Minn. Stat. § 386.071 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 386 / Section 386.071
§ 386.071 DOCUMENTS MISFILED.
Status: in_force

The county recorder may reasonably rely on the affirmative representation of the party presenting instruments for filing as to whether the land described in the instruments or any part of it is registered or unregistered. A party who requests that misfiled instruments be refiled with the registrar is responsible for paying any additional fees required to properly file any instrument misfiled because of an incorrect representation and, if applicable, to enter a new certificate of title.
Minn. Stat. § 609.776 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 609 / Section 609.776
§ 609.776 INTERFERENCE WITH EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.
Status: in_force

Whoever, without prior authorization, broadcasts or transmits on, interferes with, blocks, or cross-patches another frequency onto a law enforcement, firefighting, emergency medical services, emergency radio frequency or channel, any assigned or alternate emergency frequency or channel, or an official cellular telephone communication of a law enforcement agency, a fire department, or emergency medical services provider, knowing, or having reason to know that the act creates a risk of obstructing, preventing, or misdirecting official law enforcement, firefighting, or emergency medical services communications, is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both.
Minn. Stat. § 583.30 — MN Code / Part 570_583 / Chapter 583 / Section 583.30
§ 583.30 FORMS AND COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Compensation. The director shall set the compensation of mediators and credit analysts.

§ Subd. 2. Forms. The director shall adopt voluntary mediation application, mediation request, and claim forms.
Minn. Stat. § 306.99 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 306 / Section 306.99
§ 306.99 WINTER BURIALS.
Status: in_force

Each municipal, town, or other cemetery governed by this chapter or other law shall, so far as possible, provide for burials at all times of year including winter. A cemetery may make an additional charge for the actual cost of a burial during difficult weather.
Minn. Stat. § 374.18 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 374 / Section 374.18
§ 374.18 MANAGEMENT OF BUILDING.
Status: in_force

If the county and city jointly own and operate a city hall and courthouse building when a new building is constructed, the same persons or committees that managed the old building shall manage the new building. In all other cases, a joint committee consisting of two members of the county board selected by the board, and two members of the city council selected by the council shall manage the building. The committee shall have full charge and management of the building and the power to appoint employees the committee considers necessary for the proper care, management, and operation of the building. The committee shall set the salary and compensation of the employees, and the county board and the city council shall each pay one-half of the expense of operating the building.
Minn. Stat. § 148.724 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 148 / Section 148.724
§ 148.724 EXAMINATION FOR LICENSED PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. National test. All applicants for licensure as a physical therapist assistant must take and pass the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE) for physical therapist assistants administered by the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) or an alternate national examination determined by the board to be equivalent. For purposes of this section, passing scores are defined in subdivisions 2 and 3.

§ Subd. 2. Examinations taken on or before July 1, 1995. The passing score for qualifying examinations taken prior to July 1, 1995, is one standard deviation below the mean of all persons taking the examination.

§ Subd. 3. Examinations taken after July 1, 1995. The passing score for qualifying examinations taken after July 1, 1995, shall be based on objective, numerical standards established by the administering testing agency.

§ Subd. 4. MS 2007 Supp [Expired, 2007 c123 s 25]
Minn. Stat. § 469.020 — MN Code / Part 466A_470 / Chapter 469 / Section 469.020
§ 469.020 DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED, DISPLACED FAMILIES.
Status: in_force

There shall be no discrimination in the selection of tenants because of race or religious, political, or other affiliations, but, if the number of qualified applicants for dwelling accommodations exceeds the dwelling units available, preference shall be given to inhabitants of the municipality in which the project is located, and to the families who occupied the dwellings eliminated by demolition, condemnation, and effective closing as part of the project, as far as is reasonably practicable without discrimination against families living in other substandard areas within the same municipality.
Minn. Stat. § 270C.285 — MN Code / Part 270_271 / Chapter 270C / Section 270C.285
§ 270C.285 PROCEDURES INVOLVING IN-PERSON TAXPAYER INTERVIEWS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Recording of interviews. (a) Upon reasonable advance notice from the taxpayer, a taxpayer shall be allowed to make an audio recording, with the taxpayer's equipment and at the taxpayer's expense, of an interview of the taxpayer by the department regarding the audit or collection of a tax. (b) An employee of the department may record an interview described in paragraph (a) if the taxpayer is informed of the recording before the interview and a transcript or copy of the recording is made available to the taxpayer on the taxpayer's request, provided the department is reimbursed by the taxpayer for the cost of transcribing or copying the recording.

§ Subd. 2. Safeguards. (a) Before or at the start of an initial interview, an employee of the department shall provide to the taxpayer in the case of an audit interview an explanation of the audit process and the taxpayer's rights under that process and, in the case of a collection interview, an explanation of the collection process and the taxpayer's rights under that process. (b) If a taxpayer requests to consult with an attorney, accountant, agent, preparer, or any other person permitted to represent the taxpayer before the department at any time during an interview, except an interview initiated by an administrative subpoena, the interview must be suspended for no more than 30 days.

§ Subd. 3. Representatives holding power of attorney. An attorney, accountant, agent, preparer, or any other person permitted to represent the taxpayer before the department who has a written power of attorney executed by the taxpayer may represent the taxpayer in an interview described in subdivision 1. The taxpayer may be required to accompany the representative only if a subpoena is issued. In this instance, with the consent of an immediate supervisor and after ten days' notice to the representative, the department employee may notify the taxpayer directly that the employee believes the representative is unreasonably delaying the examination or investigation process.

§ Subd. 4. Not to apply to certain investigations. This section does not apply to criminal investigations or investigations relating to the conduct of an employee of the department.
Minn. Stat. § 354A.11 — MN Code / Part 352_356B / Chapter 354A / Section 354A.11
§ 354A.11 CERTAIN MONEY AND CREDITS OF TEACHERS EXEMPT.
Status: in_force

All money deposited by a teacher or member or deposited by any other person or corporation, municipal or private, to the credit of a teacher or member of the teachers retirement fund association organized pursuant to this chapter, and all money, rights, and interests or annuities due or to become due to a teacher, member, or annuitant, or their beneficiaries, from any association shall not be assignable, shall be exempt from garnishment, attachment, and execution or sale on any final process issued from a court and other legal process, except as provided in section 518.58 , 518.581 , or 518A.53 , and shall not be subject to the estate tax provisions of this state.
Minn. Stat. § 283.01 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 283 / Section 283.01
§ 283.01 REFUND OF MONEY PAID AT TAX SALE OR ON ASSIGNMENT; WHEN ALLOWED.
Status: in_force

Refundment of money paid by the purchaser of a parcel of land at a tax sale, or upon assignment of any such parcel bid in for the state at such sale, shall be allowed only when it shall be made to appear:

(1) That such parcel was exempt from taxation;

(2) That the taxes for which the parcel was sold had been paid before sale;

(3) That the assessment of the property or the levy of the tax is void.
Minn. Stat. § 221.605 — MN Code / Part 218_222 / Chapter 221 / Section 221.605
§ 221.605 COMPLIANCE BY CARRIER.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Federal regulations and state rules. (a) Interstate carriers and private carriers engaged in interstate commerce shall comply with the federal motor carrier regulations in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 40, 382, 383, 387, and 390 through 398, which are incorporated by reference, and with the rules of the commissioner concerning inspections, vehicle and driver out-of-service restrictions and requirements, and vehicle, driver, and equipment checklists. For purposes of regulating commercial motor vehicles as defined in section 169.781, subdivision 1 , the exemption provided in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 396.11, paragraph (a), clause (5), applies in Minnesota only to driveaway-towaway operations. (b) An interstate carrier or private carrier engaged in interstate commerce who complies with federal regulations governing testing for controlled substances and alcohol is exempt from the requirements of sections 181.950 to 181.957 unless the carrier's drug testing program provides for testing for controlled substances in addition to those listed in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 40.85. Persons subject to this section may test for drugs, in addition to those listed in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 40.85, only in accordance with sections 181.950 to 181.957 and rules adopted under those sections.

§ Subd. 2. Investigation, prosecution, and enforcement. The commissioner shall investigate the operations of carriers engaged in interstate commerce in Minnesota and their compliance with federal regulations, this chapter, and the rules of the commissioner, and may institute and prosecute proceedings in the proper district court for their enforcement.

§ Subd. 3. Out-of-service criteria adopted by reference. The North American Standard Out-Of-Service Criteria developed and adopted by the Federal Highway Administration and the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance are adopted in Minnesota.

§ Subd. 4. Federal out-of-service order; operation prohibited. No interstate carrier or private carrier engaged in interstate commerce shall operate a commercial motor vehicle in Minnesota while a motor carrier out-of-service order issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 385 or 386, is in effect.
Minn. Stat. § 490.125 — MN Code / Part 480_494 / Chapter 490 / Section 490.125
§ 490.125 MANDATORY RETIREMENT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Mandatory retirement age. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a judge shall terminate active service as a judge on the judge's mandatory retirement date.

§ Subd. 2. Exception. Any judge in office on December 31, 1973 who shall have attained 70 years of age on or prior to such date shall retire upon the expiration of the term of office of such judge.
Minn. Stat. § 48.88 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 48 / Section 48.88
§ 48.88 VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Criminal penalty. Any officer or employee of a bank or trust company who violates the provisions of sections 48.15 and 48.16 to 48.20 , or who consents thereto or connives thereat, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1994 c 382 s 15 ]
Minn. Stat. § 160.81 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 160 / Section 160.81
§ 160.81 HIGHWAYS IN SCENIC AREAS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Joint standards. The commissioner of transportation, in consultation with the commissioner of natural resources, shall establish standards for trunk highway segments located in areas of unusual scenic interest. The standards shall: (1) establish and ensure that the safety of the traveling public is maintained or enhanced; (2) define "areas of unusual scenic interest," which must include major recreational areas, historic areas, and major publicly and privately owned tourist attractions; (3) prescribe standards for right-of-way, shoulders, and parking areas for trunk highway segments in such areas; and (4) prescribe standards for scenic overlooks, parking piers and other parking areas, tourist information facilities, public water access points and other facilities intended to expand the recreational use of trunk highway segments in such areas.

§ Subd. 2. Plan. The commissioner of transportation, in consultation with the commissioner of natural resources, shall prepare a plan for the recreational uses of trunk highway right-of-way and adjacent public land in areas of unusual scenic interest. The plan must ensure that the safety of the traveling public is maintained or enhanced. The plan must provide for the enhancement of such recreational uses by the construction of new recreational facilities or the improvement or rehabilitation of existing recreational facilities, as enumerated in subdivision 1, clause (4). The plan must provide for joint development of these facilities by the Departments of Transportation and Natural Resources, where feasible, and must contain provisions permitting local units of government and regional development commissions to participate in the planning and development of recreational facilities.

§ Subd. 3. Recreational facilities. The commissioner of transportation may, in areas of unusual scenic interest: (1) construct, improve, and maintain recreational facilities, including parking areas, scenic overlooks, and tourist information facilities, on trunk highway right-of-way and adjacent areas; and (2) construct, improve, and maintain access ramps and turnoffs to connect trunk highways with recreational land owned by the Department of Natural Resources.

§ Subd. 4. MS 1986 [Repealed, 1987 c 321 s 8 ]
Minn. Stat. § 182.652 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 182 / Section 182.652
§ 182.652 COVERAGE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. All places of employment. The provisions of this chapter or any standard or rule promulgated pursuant to this chapter shall apply to all places of employment within this state except as noted in subdivision 2.

§ Subd. 2. Federal exclusion. Nothing in this chapter shall apply to any working conditions which are under the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal government.

§ Subd. 3. Relationship with federal government. The department, in the exercise of its duties under this chapter, shall give due consideration to all federal regulations of concurrent jurisdiction and shall avoid unnecessary duplication of enforcement efforts.
Minn. Stat. § 383B.121 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383B / Section 383B.121
§ 383B.121 ADULT CORRECTIONS FACILITY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Authority to establish. To implement the provisions of Laws 1975, chapter 402, section 1, and Laws 1977, chapter 453, section 4, subdivision 3, the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners is authorized to establish and operate a corrections facility in Hennepin County for the confinement of adult males and females as the district court for the Fourth Judicial District shall order confined there for the service of sentences which alone or in combination with any other sentence requires imprisonment for no longer than 364 days.

§ Subd. 2. Name. The corrections facility provided for in sections 383B.121 to 383B.129 shall be called the Hennepin County Adult Corrections Facility.

§ Subd. 3. Location, land and buildings. The corrections facility shall be located in Hennepin County and shall be maintained and operated upon lands and in buildings, structures, and appurtenances thereto as the county has acquired or shall acquire by transfer from or exchange with any municipality within the county, or by purchase, lease, gift, or by the provisions of section 375.181 .
Minn. Stat. § 383B.913 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383B / Section 383B.913
§ 383B.913 LEASE OR TRANSFER OF ASSETS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Corporate status. The corporation shall be considered a "public corporation" for purposes of section 465.035 .

§ Subd. 2. Lease of real property. Notwithstanding any other laws to the contrary, as of the effective date, the county shall have the authority to enter into a lease, mutually agreeable to both parties, with the corporation for substantially all of the real property acquired by or turned over to the county for the establishment, operation, or maintenance of HCMC prior to and as of the effective date and necessary for the operation of the corporation. Subject to restrictions specified in the written lease and other transaction documents by and between the county and the corporation, the county shall lease the real property exclusively to the corporation. For the purposes of this subdivision, real property shall mean the real property used by the county for the operations of HCMC that the county shall lease to Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., as specified in the lease documents and Laws 2005, chapter 125, as of the effective date.

§ Subd. 3. Requirements of lease. In order for the county to enter into the lease described in subdivision 2, the lease must also address the following: (1) continued primary use of the property for health and hospital services; (2) indigent care; (3) capital improvements; (4) joint ventures and partnerships; (5) assignments and subleases; and (6) changes to hospital capacity.

§ Subd. 4. Transfer of assets. The county shall transfer to the corporation assets as designated by the county in transactional documents accompanying the lease for use in the operations of HCMC. For purposes of this subdivision, assets means the equipment and other personal property used by the county for the operations of HCMC that the county shall transfer to Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., as specified in the transaction documents and Laws 2005, chapter 125, as of the effective date.

§ Subd. 5. No advertising or bids. The county may transfer and lease the assets and real property to the corporation as specified in subdivisions 2 and 3 without first advertising for or soliciting any bids.
Minn. Stat. § 477A.11 — MN Code / Part 474_477C / Chapter 477A / Section 477A.11
§ 477A.11 NATURAL RESOURCES LANDS, PAYMENTS IN LIEU; DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Terms. For the purpose of sections 477A.11 to 477A.14 , the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of natural resources.

§ Subd. 3. Acquired natural resources land. "Acquired natural resources land" means: (1) land, other than wildlife management land, presently administered by the commissioner in which the state acquired by purchase, condemnation, or gift, a fee title interest in lands which were previously privately owned; and (2) lands acquired by the state under chapter 84A that are designated as state parks, state recreation areas, scientific and natural areas, or wildlife management areas.

§ Subd. 4. Other natural resources land. "Other natural resources land" means any land, other than acquired natural resource land or wildlife management land, presently owned in fee title by the state and administered by the commissioner, or any tax-forfeited land, other than platted lots within a city or those lands described under subdivision 3, clause (2), which is owned by the state and administered by the commissioner or by the county in which it is located.

§ Subd. 5. Land utilization project land. "Land utilization project land" means land that is leased by the state from the United States through the United States Secretary of Agriculture according to Title III of the Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Act and that is administered by the commissioner.

§ Subd. 6. Military game refuge. "Military game refuge" means land owned in fee by another state agency for military purposes and designated as a state game refuge under section 97A.085 .

§ Subd. 7. Transportation wetland. "Transportation wetland" means land administered by the Department of Transportation in which the state acquired, by purchase from a private owner, a fee title interest in over 500 acres of land within a county to replace wetland losses from transportation projects.

§ Subd. 8. Wildlife management land. "Wildlife management land" means land administered by the commissioner in which the state acquired, from a private owner by purchase, condemnation, or gift, a fee interest under the authority granted in chapter 94 or 97A for wildlife management purposes and actually used as a wildlife management area.
Minn. Stat. § 256R.47 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256R / Section 256R.47
§ 256R.47 RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR CRITICAL ACCESS NURSING FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health, may designate certain nursing facilities as critical access nursing facilities. The designation shall be granted on a competitive basis, within the limits of funds appropriated for this purpose.

(b) The commissioner shall request proposals from nursing facilities every two years. Proposals must be submitted in the form and according to the timelines established by the commissioner. In selecting applicants to designate, the commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health, and with input from stakeholders, shall develop criteria designed to preserve access to nursing facility services in isolated areas, rebalance long-term care, and improve quality. To the extent practicable, the commissioner shall ensure an even distribution of designations across the state.

(c) For nursing facilities designated as critical access nursing facilities, the commissioner shall allow a supplemental payment above a facility's operating payment rate as determined to be necessary by the commissioner to maintain access to nursing facility services in isolated areas identified in paragraph (b). The commissioner must approve the amounts of supplemental payments through a memorandum of understanding. Supplemental payments to facilities under this section must be in the form of time-limited rate adjustments included in the external fixed costs payment rate under section 256R.25 .

(d) Designation of a critical access nursing facility is for a maximum period of up to two years, after which the benefit allowed under paragraph (c) shall be removed. Designated facilities may apply for continued designation.

(e) The memorandum of understanding required by paragraph (c) must state that the designation of a critical access nursing facility must be removed if the facility undergoes a change of ownership as defined in section 144A.06, subdivision 2 .