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Minn. Stat. § 12.381 — MN Code / Part 10_12B / Chapter 12 / Section 12.381
§ 12.381 SAFE DISPOSITION OF DEAD HUMAN BODIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Powers for safe disposition. Notwithstanding chapter 149A, in connection with deaths related to a declared emergency, the governor may: (1) direct measures to provide for the safe disposition of dead human bodies as may be reasonable and necessary for emergency response. Measures may include, but are not limited to, transportation, preparation, temporary mass burial and other interment, disinterment, and cremation of dead human bodies. Insofar as the emergency circumstances allow, the governor shall respect the religious rites, cultural customs, family wishes, and predeath directives of a decedent concerning final disposition. The governor may limit visitations or funeral ceremonies based on public health risks; (2) consult with coroners and medical examiners, take possession or control of any dead human body, and order an autopsy of the body; and (3) request any business or facility authorized to embalm, bury, cremate, inter, disinter, transport, or otherwise provide for disposition of a dead human body under the laws of this state to accept any dead human body or provide the use of its business or facility if the actions are reasonable and necessary for emergency management purposes and are within the safety precaution capabilities of the business or facility.

§ Subd. 2. Identification of bodies; data classification. (a) A person in charge of the body of a person believed to have died due to a declared emergency shall maintain a written record of the body and all available information to identify the decedent, the circumstances of death, and disposition of the body. If a body cannot be identified, a qualified person shall, prior to disposition and to the extent possible, take fingerprints and one or more photographs of the remains and collect a DNA specimen from the body. (b) All information gathered under this subdivision, other than data required for a death certificate under Minnesota Rules, part 4601.2550 , shall be death investigation data and shall be classified as nonpublic data according to section 13.02, subdivision 9 , or as private data on decedents according to section 13.10, subdivision 1 . Death investigation data are not medical examiner data as defined in section 13.83 . Data gathered under this subdivision shall be promptly forwarded to the commissioner of health. The commissioner may only disclose death investigation data to the extent necessary to assist relatives in identifying decedents or for public health or public safety investigations.
Minn. Stat. § 60A.74 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 60A / Section 60A.74
§ 60A.74 DUTIES OF REINSURER UTILIZING THE SERVICES OF A REINSURANCE INTERMEDIARY-MANAGER.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Licensed persons to be used. A reinsurer shall not engage the services of any person, firm, association, or corporation to act as an RM on its behalf unless the person is licensed as required by section 60A.71, subdivision 2 .

§ Subd. 2. Annual financial statements to be obtained. The reinsurer shall annually obtain a copy of statements of the financial condition of each RM which the reinsurer has engaged prepared by an independent certified accountant in a form acceptable to the commissioner.

§ Subd. 3. Loss reserve opinions. If an RM establishes loss reserves, the reinsurer shall annually obtain the opinion of an actuary attesting to the adequacy of loss reserves established for losses incurred and outstanding on business produced by the RM. This opinion must be in addition to any other required loss reserve certification.

§ Subd. 4. Binding authority. Binding authority for all retrocessional contracts or participation in reinsurance syndicates shall rest with an officer of the reinsurer who shall not be affiliated with the RM.

§ Subd. 5. Notification of termination. Within 30 days of termination of a contract with an RM, the reinsurer shall provide written notification of the termination to the commissioner.

§ Subd. 6. Restriction on board appointments. A reinsurer shall not appoint to its board of directors, any officer, director, employee, controlling shareholder, or subproducer of its RM. This subdivision does not apply to relationships governed by chapter 60D or, if applicable, the Business Transacted With Producer Controlled Insurer Act, sections 60J.06 to 60J.11 .
Minn. Stat. § 97C.601 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97C / Section 97C.601
§ 97C.601 FROGS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Season. The open season for frogs is May 16 through March 31. The commissioner may, by rule, establish closed seasons in specified areas.

§ Subd. 2. License required. (a) A person may not take or possess frogs without an angling license if the person is required to have an angling license to take fish. (b) A person may not purchase, possess, and transport frogs for purposes other than bait without a license to purchase, possess, and transport frogs. (c) A person may not take, possess, transport, and sell frogs for purposes other than bait without a license to take, possess, transport, and sell frogs.

§ Subd. 3. Taking with cloth screens prohibited. A person may not use cloth screens or similar devices to take frogs.

§ Subd. 4. Taking with artificial lights. The commissioner may issue permits to take frogs with the use of artificial lights in waters designated in the permit.

§ Subd. 5. Limits. (a) A person may possess frogs, up to six inches long, without limit if the frogs are possessed, bought, sold, and transported for bait. (b) Unless the commissioner prescribes otherwise, a person may possess frogs over six inches long and: (1) transport the frogs, except by common carrier; and (2) sell the frogs in any quantity during the open season. (c) The length of a frog is measured from the tip of the nose to the tip of the hind toes, with the legs fully extended.

§ Subd. 6. Rules. The commissioner shall prescribe rules for taking, buying, selling, possessing, importing, and transporting frogs for purposes other than bait.

§ Subd. 7. For human consumption. The commissioner may issue permits for importing, raising, and selling frogs for human consumption.
Minn. Stat. § 570.094 — MN Code / Part 570_583 / Chapter 570 / Section 570.094
§ 570.094 ATTACHED PROPERTY RETAKEN; DAMAGES.
Status: in_force

If any of the attached property belonging to the respondent passes out of the sheriff's hands without being converted into money, the sheriff may retake the property, and for that purpose has all the powers originally conferred by the order; and any person who conceals or willfully withholds the property from the sheriff shall be liable for actual damages and punitive damages, in an appropriate case, at the suit of the party injured.
Minn. Stat. § 383A.165 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383A / Section 383A.165
§ 383A.165 SEASONAL HIGHWAY LOAD RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

Despite section 169.87, subdivision 2 , seasonal load restrictions from March 20 to May 15 of each year do not apply to county highways and county state-aid highways in Ramsey County unless otherwise restricted and posted by the appropriate Ramsey County authority as provided in section 169.87, subdivision 1 .
Minn. Stat. § 245.461 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 245 / Section 245.461
§ 245.461 POLICY AND CITATION.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Citation. Sections 245.461 to 245.486 may be cited as the "Minnesota Comprehensive Adult Mental Health Act."

§ Subd. 2. Mission statement. The commissioner shall create and ensure a unified, accountable, comprehensive adult mental health service system that: (1) recognizes the right of adults with mental illness to control their own lives as fully as possible; (2) promotes the independence and safety of adults with mental illness; (3) reduces chronicity of mental illness; (4) eliminates abuse of adults with mental illness; (5) provides services designed to: (i) increase the level of functioning of adults with mental illness or restore them to a previously held higher level of functioning; (ii) stabilize adults with mental illness; (iii) prevent the development and deepening of mental illness; (iv) support and assist adults in resolving mental health problems that impede their functioning; (v) promote higher and more satisfying levels of emotional functioning; and (vi) promote sound mental health; and (6) provides a quality of service that is effective, efficient, appropriate, and consistent with contemporary professional standards in the field of mental health.

§ Subd. 3. [Repealed, 2013 c 107 art 4 s 22 ]

§ Subd. 4. Housing mission statement. The commissioner shall ensure that the housing services provided as part of a comprehensive mental health service system: (1) allow all persons with mental illness to live in stable, affordable housing, in settings that maximize community integration and opportunities for acceptance; (2) allow persons with mental illness to actively participate in the selection of their housing from those living environments available to the general public; and (3) provide necessary support regardless of where persons with mental illness choose to live.

§ Subd. 5. Funding from the federal government and other sources. The commissioner shall seek and apply for federal and other nonstate, nonlocal government funding for the mental health services specified in sections 245.461 to 245.486 , in order to maximize nonstate, nonlocal dollars for these services.

§ Subd. 6. Diagnostic codes list. By July 1, 2013, the commissioner of human services shall develop a list of diagnostic codes to define the range of child and adult mental illnesses for the statewide mental health system. The commissioner may use the International Classification of Diseases (ICD); the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM); or a combination of both to develop the list. The commissioner shall establish an advisory committee, comprising mental health professional associations, counties, tribes, managed care organizations, state agencies, and consumer organizations that shall advise the commissioner regarding development of the diagnostic codes list. The commissioner shall annually notify providers of changes to the list.
Minn. Stat. § 245C.041 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 245C / Section 245C.041
§ 245C.041 EMERGENCY WAIVER TO TEMPORARILY MODIFY BACKGROUND STUDY REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In the event of an emergency identified by the commissioner, the commissioner may temporarily waive or modify provisions in this chapter, except that the commissioner shall not waive or modify:

(1) disqualification standards in section 245C.14 or 245C.15 ; or

(2) any provision regarding the scope of individuals required to be subject to a background study conducted under this chapter.

(b) For the purposes of this section, an emergency may include but is not limited to a public health emergency, environmental emergency, natural disaster, or other unplanned event that the commissioner has determined prevents the requirements in this chapter from being met. This authority shall not exceed the amount of time needed to respond to the emergency and reinstate the requirements of this chapter. The commissioner has the authority to establish the process and time frame for returning to full compliance with this chapter. The commissioner shall determine the length of time an emergency study is valid.

(c) At the conclusion of the emergency, entities must submit a new, compliant background study application and fee for each individual who was the subject of background study affected by the powers created in this section, referred to as an "emergency study" to have a new study that fully complies with this chapter within a time frame and notice period established by the commissioner.
Minn. Stat. § 198.231 — MN Code / Part 196_198 / Chapter 198 / Section 198.231
§ 198.231 PERSONAL PROPERTY OF DISCHARGED RESIDENTS.
Status: in_force

Personal property of discharged residents of the veterans homes that remains unclaimed for one year after discharge may be inventoried, appraised, and sold. The proceeds from the sale must be deposited into the state treasury. Proceeds from the sale of personal property and any funds held on behalf of the resident in the member's depository accounts must be credited to a separate state account and disposed of in accordance with sections 345.41 to 345.43 .
Minn. Stat. § 375.74 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 375 / Section 375.74
§ 375.74 DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING; EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

The county board shall appoint a director of purchasing to direct the operations of the county purchasing department. The director of purchasing shall be qualified by training and experience for the position. The board may appoint an existing county officer to serve as director of purchasing. The board shall fix the salary of the director and require the director to post a bond as the board determines necessary. The board shall provide the director with assistants, office space, equipment, and supplies necessary to carry out the duties of the office. Except for the director, who may be removed from that office by the board for reasons of misconduct or incompetency after due notice and hearing, all employees of the county purchasing department shall be employed in accordance with civil service regulations existing in the county, if any regulations exist.
Minn. Stat. § 256R.21 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256R / Section 256R.21
§ 256R.21 TOTAL PAYMENT RATE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Total payment rates. For each facility, the commissioner shall calculate a total payment rate using the statistical and cost report filed by each nursing facility for the reporting period ending 15 months prior to the rate year. The total payment rates are the total payment rates in effect on the first day of the rate year, unless another date is specified.

§ Subd. 2. Determination of total care-related payment rates. A facility's total care-related payment rate is the sum of: (1) its direct care payment rate as determined in section 256R.23, subdivision 7 ; and (2) its other care-related payment rate as determined in section 256R.23, subdivision 8. A facility's total care-related payment rate is its total care-related payment rate associated with a case mix index of 1.00.

§ Subd. 3. Determination of operating payment rates. A facility's operating payment rate is the sum of: (1) its total care-related payment rate as determined in subdivision 2; and (2) its other operating payment rate as determined in section 256R.24 . A facility's operating payment rate is its operating payment rate associated with a case mix index of 1.00.

§ Subd. 4. Determination of total payment rates. A facility's total payment rate is the sum of: (1) its operating payment rate as determined in subdivision 3; (2) its external fixed costs payment rate as determined in section 256R.25 ; and (3) its property payment rate as determined in section 256R.26 . A facility's total payment rate is its total payment rate associated with a case mix index of 1.00.

§ Subd. 5. Total payment rate for new facilities. For a new nursing facility created under section 144A.071, subdivisions 2 and 3, the total payment rate must be determined according to section 256R.27 .
Minn. Stat. § 257D.11 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 257D / Section 257D.11
§ 257D.11 VOLUNTARY TERMINATION OF GUARDIANSHIP.
Status: in_force

The at-risk juvenile may request the termination of the guardianship at any time and, upon request, the juvenile court shall terminate the guardianship.
Minn. Stat. § 524.4-101 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 524 / Section 524.4-101
§ 524.4-101 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this article:

(1) "Local administration" means administration by a personal representative appointed in this state pursuant to appointment proceedings described in article 3.

(2) "Local personal representative" includes any personal representative appointed in this state pursuant to appointment proceedings described in article 3 and excludes foreign personal representatives who acquire the power of a local personal representative pursuant to section 524.4-205 .

(3) "Resident creditor" means a person domiciled in, or doing business in this state, who is, or could be, a claimant against an estate of a nonresident decedent.
Minn. Stat. § 604.02 — MN Code / Part 604_605 / Chapter 604 / Section 604.02
§ 604.02 APPORTIONMENT OF DAMAGES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Joint liability. When two or more persons are severally liable, contributions to awards shall be in proportion to the percentage of fault attributable to each, except that the following persons are jointly and severally liable for the whole award: (1) a person whose fault is greater than 50 percent; (2) two or more persons who act in a common scheme or plan that results in injury; (3) a person who commits an intentional tort; or (4) a person whose liability arises under chapters 18B - pesticide control, 115 - water pollution control, 115A - waste management, 115B - environmental response and liability, 115C - leaking underground storage tanks, and 299J - pipeline safety, public nuisance law for damage to the environment or the public health, any other environmental or public health law, or any environmental or public health ordinance or program of a municipality as defined in section 466.01 . This section applies to claims arising from events that occur on or after August 1, 2003.

§ Subd. 2. Reallocation of uncollectible amounts generally. Upon motion made not later than one year after judgment is entered, the court shall determine whether all or part of a party's equitable share of the obligation is uncollectible from that party and shall reallocate any uncollectible amount among the other parties, including a claimant at fault, according to their respective percentages of fault. A party whose liability is reallocated is nonetheless subject to contribution and to any continuing liability to the claimant on the judgment.

§ Subd. 3. Product liability; reallocation of uncollectible amounts. In the case of a claim arising from the manufacture, sale, use or consumption of a product, an amount uncollectible from any person in the chain of manufacture and distribution shall be reallocated among all other persons in the chain of manufacture and distribution but not among the claimant or others at fault who are not in the chain of manufacture or distribution of the product. Provided, however, that a person whose fault is less than that of a claimant is liable to the claimant only for that portion of the judgment which represents the percentage of fault attributable to the person whose fault is less.
Minn. Stat. § 609.24 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 609 / Section 609.24
§ 609.24 SIMPLE ROBBERY.
Status: in_force

Whoever, having knowledge of not being entitled thereto, takes personal property from the person or in the presence of another and uses or threatens the imminent use of force against any person to overcome the person's resistance or powers of resistance to, or to compel acquiescence in, the taking or carrying away of the property is guilty of robbery and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than $20,000, or both.
Minn. Stat. § 103E.526 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103E / Section 103E.526
§ 103E.526 CONSTRUCTING ROAD INSTEAD OF BRIDGE OR CULVERT.
Status: in_force

If the drainage authority finds that constructing a private road would be more cost-effective or practical than constructing a bridge or culvert, the drainage authority may order that a private road be constructed. The private road must be constructed and maintained in the same manner as a bridge or culvert. The private road must be constructed in a manner suitable for farm vehicles but may not have a right-of-way wider than 33 feet. The drainage authority has jurisdiction over the land required for the private road and the road is part of the drainage system.
Minn. Stat. § 244.20 — MN Code / Part 241_244 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.20
§ 244.20 PROBATION; FELONY SUPERVISION.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding sections 244.19, subdivisions 1 to 1d , and 609.135, subdivision 1 , the Department of Corrections:

(1) has exclusive responsibility for providing probation services for adult felons in counties and Tribal Nations that do not take part in the Community Corrections Act subsidy program under chapter 401; and

(2) to provide felony supervision, retains the county's or Tribal Nation's funding allotted under section 401.10 for providing felony probation services.

(b) Paragraph (a), clause (2), does not apply to a Tribal Nation's subsidy under section 401.115 .
Minn. Stat. § 546.31 — MN Code / Part 540_552 / Chapter 546 / Section 546.31
§ 546.31 TRIAL UNFINISHED AT END OF TERM.
Status: in_force

When the trial of any action or proceeding, or of an indictment, is not concluded at the expiration of the term in which it was begun, it may be concluded; and all proceedings may be had in the case in the same manner and with like effect as if it had been concluded within such term.
Minn. Stat. § 35.69 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 35 / Section 35.69
§ 35.69 UNMUZZLED DOGS NOT PERMITTED AT LARGE.
Status: in_force

The owner or custodian of a dog may not permit it to be at large, either on the premises of the owner or elsewhere, within any city or town covered by a proclamation made under section 35.68 , during the time the proclamation is in force, unless the dog is effectively muzzled so that it cannot bite any other animal or person.

Any person may kill a dog running at large on the public streets or roads in violation of sections 35.67 to 35.69 . The owner of the dog has no claim against the person who kills the dog.

Peace officers and agents of a community health board as authorized under section 145A.04 shall file a complaint concerning any known violation of sections 35.67 to 35.69 .
Minn. Stat. § 97C.843 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97C / Section 97C.843
§ 97C.843 POSSESSION FOR COMMERCIAL NETTING.
Status: in_force

When commercial nets, seines, bags, or cribs are lawfully set and tended, incidentally taken fish not included in the license are not considered in possession if they are returned to the water or if they are tagged in accordance with section 97C.835 before they are placed on a motor vehicle or trailer for transport on land.
Minn. Stat. § 144.706 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144 / Section 144.706
§ 144.706 CITATION.
Status: in_force

Sections 144.706 to 144.7069 may be cited as the "Minnesota Adverse Health Care Events Reporting Act of 2003."
Minn. Stat. § 246.35 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 246 / Section 246.35
§ 246.35 ABANDONMENT OF CEMETERY; COURT ORDER.
Status: in_force

The district court of the county where a cemetery exists on the grounds of a state institution may issue an order authorizing the abandonment and discontinued use of such cemetery when the executive board files affidavits attesting:

(1) to all exhumations completed under section 246.34 ; and

(2) that the executive board has thoroughly searched the cemetery on the grounds of the state institution and no people remain buried in the cemetery to the executive board's knowledge, information, and belief.
Minn. Stat. § 53C.04 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 53C / Section 53C.04
§ 53C.04 COMPLAINT ALLEGING VIOLATION OF VEHICLE SALE INSTALLMENT CONTRACT LAWS.
Status: in_force

Any retail buyer having reason to believe that sections 53C.01 to 53C.14 relating to the buyer's retail installment contract has been violated may file with the commissioner a written complaint setting forth the details of such alleged violation and the commissioner, upon receipt of such complaint, may inspect the pertinent books, records, letters and contracts of the licensee, assignee of the licensee or retail seller, and of the retail seller involved, relating to such specific written complaint.