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Minn. Stat. § 469.097 — MN Code / Part 466A_470 / Chapter 469 / Section 469.097
§ 469.097 EMPLOYEES; SERVICES; SUPPLIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Employees. An economic development authority may employ an executive director, a chief engineer, other technical experts and agents, and other employees as it may require, and determine their duties, qualifications, and compensation.

§ Subd. 2. Contract for services. The authority may contract for the services of consultants, agents, public accountants, and other persons needed to perform its duties and exercise its powers.

§ Subd. 3. Legal services. The authority may use the services of the city attorney or hire a general counsel for its legal needs. The city attorney or general counsel, as determined by the authority, is its chief legal advisor.

§ Subd. 4. Supplies. The authority may purchase the supplies and materials it needs to carry out sections 469.090 to 469.108 .

§ Subd. 5. City purchasing. An authority may use the facilities of its city's purchasing department in connection with construction work and to purchase equipment, supplies, or materials.

§ Subd. 6. City facilities, services. A city may furnish offices, structures and space, and stenographic, clerical, engineering, or other assistance to its authority.

§ Subd. 7. Delegation power. The authority may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees powers or duties as it may deem proper.
Minn. Stat. § 241.16 — MN Code / Part 241_244 / Chapter 241 / Section 241.16
§ 241.16 CEMETERY AT CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Cemetery establishment. The commissioner of corrections may establish, maintain, or continue in existence, a cemetery for the burial of any patient, inmate or person admitted to any state facility under the commissioner's control upon the public grounds of such facility in the manner set forth in the following subdivisions.

§ Subd. 2. Surveyance. The land shall be surveyed and a plat thereof made.

§ Subd. 3. Monument. A stone or other monument shall be established to mark each corner of such cemetery, and its location shown on the plat.

§ Subd. 4. Plat; lots. The cemetery shall be platted into lots, which shall be numbered; it shall have streets and walks, and the same shall be shown on the plat. All containing graves shall be indicated by an appropriate marker of permanent nature for identification purposes.

§ Subd. 5. Certification of plat. The surveyor shall certify as to the correctness of the plat by an endorsement thereon.

§ Subd. 6. Plat recorded. The plat with the surveyor's endorsement thereon shall be filed for record with the county recorder in the county wherein the cemetery is located. A copy of the plat shall be kept in the office of the chief executive officer of the facility, together with a register showing the name of the persons buried in the cemetery and the lot in which they are buried.
Minn. Stat. § 62D.1071 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62D / Section 62D.1071
§ 62D.1071 COVERAGE OF LICENSED PHARMACIST SERVICES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Pharmacist. All benefits provided by a health maintenance contract relating to expenses incurred for medical treatment or services provided by a licensed physician must include services provided by a licensed pharmacist to the extent a licensed pharmacist's services are within the pharmacist's scope of practice.

§ Subd. 2. Denial of benefits. When paying claims for enrollees in Minnesota, a health maintenance organization must not deny payment for medical services covered by an enrollee's health maintenance contract if the services are lawfully performed by a licensed pharmacist.

§ Subd. 3. Exemptions. (a) This section does not apply to or affect the coverage or reimbursement for medication therapy management services under section 62Q.676 or 256B.0625, subdivisions 5 , 13h, and 28a. (b) This section does not apply to managed care organizations or county-based purchasing plans when the plan provides coverage to public health care program enrollees under chapter 256B or 256L.
Minn. Stat. § 17.497 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17.497
§ 17.497 EXOTIC SPECIES IMPORTATION; RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of natural resources shall establish rules, in consultation with the commissioner of agriculture and the Aquaculture Advisory Committee, for approving or rejecting importation of "exotic" or genetically altered aquatic species to protect the integrity of the natural ecosystem and provide aquatic farmers with information that may affect business decisions.
Minn. Stat. § 41C.13 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 41C / Section 41C.13
§ 41C.13 RULES.
Status: in_force

The authority may adopt rules for the efficient administration of this chapter.
Minn. Stat. § 103D.821 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103D / Section 103D.821
§ 103D.821 BRIDGE OR GRADE REMOVAL; PASSAGE OF EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Notice. If it is necessary to pass a dredge or other equipment through a bridge or grade of a highway or railroad owned by a corporation, county, town, or municipality, the managers shall give notice to the owner of the bridge or grade by 20 days before the removal so the bridge or grade may be removed temporarily to allow the passage of the equipment, or an agreement may be immediately entered into to allow the passage.

§ Subd. 2. Cost paid by watershed district. The owner of the bridge or grade shall keep an itemized account of the cost of removal and if necessary, of replacing of the bridge or grade. The actual cost must be paid by the watershed district.

§ Subd. 3. Managers may remove bridge or grade. If the owner of the bridge or grade refuses to provide for the passage of the equipment, the managers may remove the bridge or grade at the expense of the watershed district, interrupting traffic in the least degree consistent with good work and without delay or unnecessary damage.

§ Subd. 4. Owners liable for delay. If the managers are prevented from moving the equipment, the owner of the bridge or grade is liable for the damages resulting from the delay.
Minn. Stat. § 97A.165 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97A / Section 97A.165
§ 97A.165 SOURCE OF PAYMENTS FOR INDIAN AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

Money to make payments to the Leech Lake Band, the 1854 Treaty Area agreement, and White Earth Band special license account under sections 97A.151, subdivision 4 , 97A.155, subdivision 2 , and 97A.157, subdivision 4 , is annually appropriated for that purpose from the general fund.
Minn. Stat. § 50.155 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 50 / Section 50.155
§ 50.155 PURCHASE OF CERTAIN MORTGAGE LOANS.
Status: in_force

Savings banks that are subject to the supervision of the commissioner of commerce are authorized to make or purchase loans secured by real estate mortgage the payment of which is guaranteed in whole or in part by the United States or any instrumentality thereof under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 and amendments thereof provided that the unguaranteed portion of such loan does not exceed 70 percent of the appraised value of the security.
Minn. Stat. § 115.65 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 115 / Section 115.65
§ 115.65 PURPOSE; DUTIES OF DISTRICT; ANNEXING TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

Sanitary sewer districts may be created by or under authority of laws referring to sections 115.61 to 115.67 and enumerating the cities or towns, or portions thereof, which are or may be included therein. The purpose of sections 115.61 to 115.67 is to provide a method by which municipalities in a drainage area designated by law may join together to prevent water pollution in excess of reasonable standards in that area. Each district created as contemplated herein shall be responsible for planning collection, treatment, and disposal facilities for all municipalities in its drainage area, whether or not initially included within its boundaries. Any municipality, by resolution adopted by a majority of all members of its governing body, may request the annexation of all or part of its territory to the district, and the annexation shall become effective when approved by resolution adopted by a majority of all members of the board of directors of the district with the approval of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, or by order of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency made under authority of Laws 1963, chapter 874. Nothing in sections 115.61 to 115.67 shall be construed as abrogating any statutory authority or responsibility of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. All territory annexed shall be subject to taxation by the district like other property within its boundaries for the support of its facilities and for the payment of principal and interest thereafter becoming due on its indebtedness, whether authorized or incurred before or after the annexation.
Minn. Stat. § 279.17 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 279 / Section 279.17
§ 279.17 PROCEEDINGS ON ANSWER.
Status: in_force

If answers be filed within the time hereinbefore prescribed, the issues raised thereby shall stand for trial at any general term of the district court in the county where such proceedings are pending in session when the time to file answers shall expire, or, if the court be not then in session, then at the next general or special term appointed to be held in such county; and, if no such term be appointed to be held within 30 days thereafter, then the same shall be brought to trial at any general term appointed to be held within the judicial district, upon ten days' notice. The county attorney of the county in which such taxes are levied shall take charge of and prosecute such proceedings, but the county board may employ any other attorney to assist the county attorney. At the term at which the proceedings come on for trial, they shall take precedence of all other business before the court. The court shall, without delay and summarily, hear and determine the objections or defenses made by the answers, and shall direct judgment accordingly, and in the trial thereof shall disregard all technicalities and matters of form not affecting the substantial merits.
Minn. Stat. § 325F.21 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325F / Section 325F.21
§ 325F.21 TESTING OF INSULATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Testing procedures. Upon the adoption of specifications under section 325F.20, subdivision 1 , all insulation used or offered for sale in Minnesota shall be tested in accordance with testing procedures required under those specifications by a laboratory qualified to test thermal insulation.

§ Subd. 2. Sampling by commissioner. The commissioner shall purchase from time to time unopened insulation packages which shall be sent to an approved testing laboratory to test for compliance with the specifications established under section 325F.20, subdivision 1 .
Minn. Stat. § 114C.25 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 114C / Section 114C.25
§ 114C.25 GREEN STAR AWARD.
Status: in_force

(a) A regulated entity may display at a facility a "green star" award designed by the commissioner if:

(1) the regulated entity qualifies for participation in the environmental improvement program under section 114C.22 ;

(2) the scope of the regulated entity's audit examines the facility's compliance with applicable environmental requirements;

(3) the regulated entity certifies that all violations that were identified in the audit of the facility were corrected within 90 days or within the time specified in an approved performance schedule or certifies that no violations were identified in the audit; and

(4) at least two years have elapsed since the final resolution of an enforcement action involving the regulated entity.

(b) After consulting with each other, however, the commissioner or the county may issue an award if the enforcement action resulted from minor violations. If the regulated entity is located in a metropolitan county, the commissioner and the county must also consult with the Metropolitan Council before issuing a green star award.

(c) The award may be displayed for a period of two years from the time that the commissioner determines that the requirements of this section have been met. A facility submitting findings from its environmental management system is not eligible to receive an award unless the findings are part of an audit which examines the facility's compliance with applicable environmental requirements.
Minn. Stat. § 527.37 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 527 / Section 527.37
§ 527.37 LIABILITY TO THIRD PERSONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A claim based on (i) a contract entered into by a custodian acting in a custodial capacity, (ii) an obligation arising from the ownership or control of custodial property, or (iii) a tort committed during the custodianship, may be asserted against the custodial property by proceeding against the custodian in the custodial capacity, whether or not the custodian or the minor is personally liable therefor.

(b) A custodian is not personally liable:

(1) on a contract properly entered into in the custodial capacity unless the custodian fails to reveal that capacity and to identify the custodianship in the contract; or

(2) for an obligation arising from control of custodial property or for a tort committed during the custodianship unless the custodian is personally at fault.

(c) A minor is not personally liable for an obligation arising from ownership of custodial property or for a tort committed during the custodianship unless the minor is personally at fault.
Minn. Stat. § 116.33 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 116 / Section 116.33
§ 116.33 PROOF OF OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

In a prosecution for an offense under sections 116.21 to 116.35 , it is sufficient proof of the offense to establish that it was committed by an employee or agent of the accused whether or not the employee agent is identified or has been prosecuted for the offense, unless the accused establishes that the offense was committed without the accused's knowledge or consent and that the accused exercised all due diligence to prevent its commission.
Minn. Stat. § 88.03 — MN Code / Part 88_91 / Chapter 88 / Section 88.03
§ 88.03 CODIFICATION.
Status: in_force

Sections 88.03 to 88.22 shall be deemed and construed as a codification, revision, and expansion of, and as supplementary to, and taking the place of, the laws which existed at the time of the passage of Laws 1925, chapter 407, relating to forestry and to wildfires, including Laws 1911, chapter 125, and acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto; Laws 1913, chapter 159; Laws 1915, chapter 325; Extra Session Laws 1919, chapters 32 and 33, but without abridging or destroying any rights, obligations, liabilities, or penalties from, or under, any of such laws prior to the taking effect of Laws 1925, chapter 407. Sections 88.03 to 88.22 shall apply to all the wildfire areas of this state. In any civil or criminal prosecution action commenced under sections 88.03 to 88.22 , or proceeding thereunder, it shall not be necessary to prove that any county is included in a wildfire area, but the contrary may be proven by any party to such action or proceeding.
Minn. Stat. § 136A.0905 — MN Code / Part 135A_137 / Chapter 136A / Section 136A.0905
§ 136A.0905 SUPERSEDING FEDERAL LAW.
Status: in_force

Sections 136A.0901 to 136A.0904 are null and void upon the effective date of a federal law or regulation establishing a uniform financial aid offer form and requiring institutions of higher education to adopt it.
Minn. Stat. § 144H.06 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144H / Section 144H.06
§ 144H.06 APPLICATION OF RULES FOR HOSPICE SERVICES AND RESIDENTIAL HOSPICE FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

Minnesota Rules, chapter 4664, shall apply to PPEC centers licensed under this chapter, except that the following parts, subparts, items, and subitems do not apply:

(1) Minnesota Rules, part 4664.0003 , subparts 2, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 38;

(2) Minnesota Rules, part 4664.0008 ;

(3) Minnesota Rules, part 4664.0010 , subparts 3; 4, items A, subitem (6), and B; and 8;

(4) Minnesota Rules, part 4664.0020 , subpart 13;

(5) Minnesota Rules, part 4664.0370 , subpart 1;

(6) Minnesota Rules, part 4664.0390 , subpart 1, items A, C, and E;

(7) Minnesota Rules, part 4664.0420 ;

(8) Minnesota Rules, part 4664.0425 , subparts 3, item A; 4; and 6;

(9) Minnesota Rules, part 4664.0430 , subparts 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12;

(10) Minnesota Rules, part 4664.0490 ; and

(11) Minnesota Rules, part 4664.0520 .
Minn. Stat. § 176.108 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 176 / Section 176.108
§ 176.108 LIGHT-DUTY WORK POOLS.
Status: in_force

Employers may form light-duty work pools for the purpose of encouraging the return to work of injured employees. The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
Minn. Stat. § 243.91 — MN Code / Part 241_244 / Chapter 243 / Section 243.91
§ 243.91 TRANSFER OF FEMALE OFFENDERS.
Status: in_force

When special circumstances warrant, or when the chief executive officer of any county jail, workhouse or work farm shall determine that any female inmate of such facility over the age of 18 years cannot be safely maintained therein or whose presence is detrimental to the internal discipline and well-being of such institution or that such inmate can benefit from the treatment, care and training available at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee, the officer may, with the consent of the commissioner of corrections and the sentencing court, transfer such female inmate to the facility for confinement, care, treatment and training therein according to the sentence imposed by the court. Such transfer shall be made in accordance with rules prescribed by the commissioner.

The commissioner of corrections may contract with the political subdivisions operating and maintaining the jails, workhouses or work farms from which such selected female inmates are transferred to the state facility for reimbursement to the state for all costs and expenses incurred for the care, custody, subsistence, treatment, and training of such transferees.

The chief executive officer of the transferring institution shall send with such transferee a duly certified copy of the warrant or order of commitment under which such inmate is held, together with such other data as the commissioner of corrections may require, and such warrant or order of commitment shall constitute sufficient authority for the commissioner to hold such inmate on behalf of the sending institution.
Minn. Stat. § 154.003 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 154 / Section 154.003
§ 154.003 FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The fees collected, as required in this chapter, chapter 214, and the rules of the board, shall be paid to the board. The board shall deposit the fees in the general fund in the state treasury.

(b) The board shall charge the following fees:

(1) examination and certificate, registered barber, $85;

(2) retake of written examination, $10;

(3) examination and certificate, instructor, $180;

(4) certificate, instructor, $65;

(5) temporary teacher permit, $80;

(6) temporary registered barber, military, $85;

(7) temporary barber instructor, military, $180;

(8) renewal of registration, registered barber, $80;

(9) renewal of registration, instructor, $80;

(10) renewal of temporary teacher permit, $65;

(11) student permit, $45;

(12) renewal of student permit, $25;

(13) initial shop registration, $85;

(14) initial school registration, $1,030;

(15) renewal shop registration, $85;

(16) renewal school registration, $280;

(17) restoration of registered barber registration, $95;

(18) restoration of shop registration, $105;

(19) change of ownership or location, $55;

(20) duplicate registration, $40;

(21) home study course, $75;

(22) letter of registration verification, $25; and

(23) reinspection, $100.
Minn. Stat. § 239.7911 — MN Code / Part 239 / Chapter 239 / Section 239.7911
§ 239.7911 PETROLEUM REPLACEMENT PROMOTION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Petroleum replacement goal. The tiered petroleum replacement goal of the state of Minnesota is that biofuel comprises at least the specified portion of total gasoline sold or offered for sale in this state by each specified year: (1) 2015 14 percent (2) 2017 18 percent (3) 2020 25 percent (4) 2025 30 percent

§ Subd. 2. Promotion of renewable liquid fuels. (a) The commissioner of agriculture, in consultation with the commissioners of commerce and the Pollution Control Agency, shall identify and implement activities necessary to achieve the goals in subdivision 1. Beginning November 1, 2005, and continuing through 2015, the commissioners, or their designees, shall convene a task force pursuant to section 15.014 that includes representatives from the renewable fuels industry, petroleum retailers, refiners, automakers, small engine manufacturers, and other interested groups. The task force shall assist the commissioners in carrying out the activities in paragraph (b) and eliminating barriers to the use of greater biofuel blends in this state. The task force must coordinate efforts with the biodiesel task force and the Renewable Energy Roundtable and develop annual recommendations for administrative and legislative action. (b) The activities of the commissioners under this subdivision shall include, but not be limited to: (1) developing recommendations for specific, cost-effective incentives necessary to expedite the use of greater biofuel blends in this state including, but not limited to, incentives for retailers to install equipment necessary to dispense renewable liquid fuels to the public; (2) expanding the renewable-fuel options available to Minnesota consumers by obtaining federal approval for the use of additional blends that contain a greater percentage of biofuel; (3) developing recommendations to ensure that motor vehicles and small engine equipment have access to an adequate supply of fuel; (4) working with the owners and operators of large corporate automotive fleets in the state to increase their use of renewable fuels; (5) working to maintain an affordable retail price for liquid fuels; (6) facilitating the production and use of advanced biofuels in this state; and (7) developing procedures for reporting the amount and type of biofuel under subdivision 1 and section 239.791, subdivision 1 , paragraph (c). (c) Notwithstanding section 15.014 , the task force required under paragraph (a) expires on December 31, 2015.
Minn. Stat. § 302A.311 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 302A / Section 302A.311
§ 302A.311 OTHER OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

The board may elect or appoint, in a manner set forth in the articles or bylaws or in a resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present, any other officers the board deems necessary for the operation and management of the corporation, each of whom shall have the powers, rights, duties, responsibilities, and terms in office provided for in the articles or bylaws or determined by the board. To the extent authorized in the articles, the bylaws, or a resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present, the chief executive officer may appoint one or more officers, other than the chief financial officer. An election or appointment as described in this section is subject to the provisions of a shareholder control agreement.