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Minn. Stat. § 336.4-106 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.4-106
§ 336.4-106 PAYABLE THROUGH OR PAYABLE AT BANK; COLLECTING BANK.
Status: in_force

(a) If an item states that it is "payable through" a bank identified in the item, (i) the item designates the bank as a collecting bank and does not by itself authorize the bank to pay the item, and (ii) the item may be presented for payment only by or through the bank.

(b) If an item states that it is "payable at" a bank identified in the item, (i) the item designates the bank as a collecting bank and does not by itself authorize the bank to pay the item, and (ii) the item may be presented for payment only by or through the bank.

(c) If a draft names a nonbank drawee and it is unclear whether a bank named in the draft is a codrawee or a collecting bank, the bank is a collecting bank.
Minn. Stat. § 256.981 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256 / Section 256.981
§ 256.981 TRAINING OF WELFARE FRAUD PROSECUTORS.
Status: in_force

The commissioners of human services and children, youth, and families shall, to the extent an appropriation is provided for this purpose, contract with the county attorney's council or other public or private entity experienced in providing training for prosecutors to conduct quarterly workshops and seminars focusing on current Minnesota family investment program issues, other income maintenance program changes, recovery issues, alternative sentencing methods, use of technical aids for interviews and interrogations, and other matters affecting prosecution of welfare fraud cases.
Minn. Stat. § 60B.52 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 60B / Section 60B.52
§ 60B.52 CONSERVATION OF PROPERTY OF FOREIGN OR ALIEN INSURERS FOUND IN THIS STATE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Grounds for petition. If a domiciliary liquidator has not been appointed, the commissioner may apply to the District Court for Ramsey County by verified petition for an order directing the commissioner to conserve the property of an alien insurer not domiciled in this state or a foreign insurer on any one or more of the following grounds: (a) any of the grounds in section 60B.15 ; (b) any of the grounds in section 60B.20 ; (c) that any of its property has been sequestered by official action in its domiciliary state, or in any other state; (d) that enough of its property has been sequestered in a foreign country to give reasonable cause to fear that the insurer is or may become insolvent; (e) that its certificate of authority to do business in this state has been revoked or that none was ever issued, and there are residents of this state with outstanding claims or outstanding policies.

§ Subd. 2. Terms of order. The court may issue the order in whatever terms it deems appropriate. The recording of the order with any county recorder in this state imparts the same notice as a deed, bill of sale, or other evidence of title duly recorded with that county recorder.

§ Subd. 3. Transformation to liquidation or ancillary receivership. The conservator may at any time petition for and the court may grant an order under section 60B.53 to liquidate the assets of a foreign or alien insurer under conservation or, if appropriate, for an order under section 60B.55 to be appointed ancillary receiver.

§ Subd. 4. Order to return to company. The conservator may at any time petition the court for an order terminating conservation of an insurer. If the court finds that the conservation is no longer necessary, it shall order that the insurer be restored to possession of its property and the control of its business. The court may also make such finding and issue such order at any time upon its own motion.
Minn. Stat. § 325A.02 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325A / Section 325A.02
§ 325A.02 GENERAL CONTRACT REGULATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Written contract; customer copy. Every contract for invention development services shall be in writing and shall be subject to the provisions of sections 325A.01 to 325A.10 . A copy of each fully executed, written contract shall be given to the customer at the time the customer signs the contract.

§ Subd. 2. Multiple contracts or performance phases; written statement and summary to customer. If one or more contracts are contemplated by the invention developer in connection with an invention or if the invention developer contemplates performance of services in connection with an invention in more than one phase with the performance of each phase covered in one or more contracts, the invention developer shall so state in a written statement and shall supply to the customer the written statement together with a copy of each contract or a written summary of the general terms of each contract, including the total cost or consideration required from the customer, before the customer signs the first contract.
Minn. Stat. § 152.029 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 152 / Section 152.029
§ 152.029 PUBLIC INFORMATION; SCHOOL ZONES, PARK ZONES, PUBLIC HOUSING ZONES, AND DRUG TREATMENT FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

The attorney general shall disseminate information to the public relating to the penalties for committing controlled substance crimes in park zones, school zones, public housing zones, and drug treatment facilities. The attorney general shall draft a plain language version of sections 152.022 and 152.023 and relevant provisions of the Sentencing Guidelines, that describes in a clear and coherent manner using words with common and everyday meanings the content of those provisions. The attorney general shall publicize and disseminate the plain language version as widely as practicable, including distributing the version to school boards, local governments, and administrators and occupants of drug treatment facilities and public housing.
Minn. Stat. § 147A.17 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 147A / Section 147A.17
§ 147A.17 PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT ACCOUNTABILITY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Investigation. (a) The board shall maintain and keep current a file containing the reports and complaints filed against physician assistants in the state. Each complaint filed with the board pursuant to section 214.10, subdivision 1 , shall be investigated according to section 214.10, subdivision 2 . (b) Whenever the files maintained by the board show that a medical malpractice settlement or award to the plaintiff has been made against a physician assistant as reported by insurers pursuant to this chapter, the executive director of the board shall notify the board and the board may authorize a review of the physician assistant's practice.

§ Subd. 2. Attorney general investigation. When the board initiates a review of a physician assistant's practice, it shall notify the attorney general who shall investigate the matter in the same manner as provided in section 214.10 . If an investigation is to be made, the attorney general shall notify the physician assistant, and, if the incident being investigated occurred there, the administrator and chief of staff at the medical care facilities in which the physician assistant serves.

§ Subd. 3. Access to hospital records. The board shall have access to hospital and medical records of a patient treated by the physician assistant under review if the patient signs a written consent form permitting such access. If no consent form has been signed, the hospital or physician assistant shall first delete data in the record which identifies the patient before providing it to the board.
Minn. Stat. § 168B.101 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 168B / Section 168B.101
§ 168B.101 AGENCY RESPONSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

The agency may contract with others or use its own personnel to study programs for the control of motor vehicle waste, junk and abandoned motor vehicles, or other scrap metal, or any combination of these; or to develop public informational material and programs relating to the proper disposal of motor vehicle waste, junk and abandoned motor vehicles, or other scrap metal.
Minn. Stat. § 609.594 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 609 / Section 609.594
§ 609.594 DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OF CRITICAL PUBLIC SERVICE FACILITIES, UTILITIES, AND PIPELINES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. As used in this section: (1) "critical public service facility" includes railroad yards and stations, bus stations, airports, and other mass transit facilities; oil refineries; storage areas or facilities for hazardous materials, hazardous substances, or hazardous wastes; and bridges; (2) "pipeline" has the meaning given in section 609.6055, subdivision 1 ; and (3) "utility" includes: (i) any organization defined as a utility in section 216C.06, subdivision 18 ; (ii) any telecommunications carrier or telephone company regulated under chapter 237; and (iii) any local utility or enterprise formed for the purpose of providing electrical or gas heating and power, telephone, water, sewage, wastewater, or other related utility service, which is owned, controlled, or regulated by a town, a statutory or home rule charter city, a county, a port development authority, the Metropolitan Council, a district heating authority, a regional commission or other regional government unit, or a combination of these governmental units.

§ Subd. 2. Prohibited conduct; penalty. Whoever causes damage to the physical property of a critical public service facility, utility, or pipeline with the intent to significantly disrupt the operation of or the provision of services by the facility, utility, or pipeline and without the consent of one authorized to give consent, is guilty of a felony 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.

§ Subd. 3. Detention authority; immunity. An employee or other person designated by a critical public service facility, utility, or pipeline to ensure the provision of services by the critical public service facility or the safe operation of the equipment or facility of the utility or pipeline who has reasonable cause to believe that a person is violating this section may detain the person as provided in this subdivision. The person detained must be promptly informed of the purpose of the detention and may not be subjected to unnecessary or unreasonable force or interrogation. The employee or other designated person must notify a peace officer promptly of the detention and may only detain the person for a reasonable period of time. No employee or other designated person is criminally or civilly liable for any detention that the employee or person reasonably believed was authorized by and conducted in conformity with this subdivision.
Minn. Stat. § 62J.56 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62J / Section 62J.56
§ 62J.56 IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. General provisions. (a) The legislature finds that there is a need to advance the use of electronic methods of data interchange among all health care participants in the state in order to achieve significant administrative cost savings. The legislature also finds that in order to advance the use of health care electronic data interchange in a cost-effective manner, the state needs to implement electronic data interchange standards that are nationally accepted, widely recognized, and available for immediate use. The legislature intends to set forth a plan for a systematic phase in of uniform health care electronic data interchange standards in all segments of the health care industry. (b) The commissioner of health, with the advice of the Minnesota Administrative Uniformity Committee, shall administer the implementation of and monitor compliance with, electronic data interchange standards of health care participants, according to the plan provided in this section.

§ Subd. 2. Identification of core transaction sets. The commissioner, with the advice of the Minnesota Administrative Uniformity Committee, and in coordination with federal efforts, may approve the use of new ASC X12 standards, or new versions of existing standards, as they become available, or other nationally recognized standards, where appropriate ASC X12 standards are not available for use. These alternative standards may be used during a transition period while ASC X12 standards are developed.

§ Subd. 3. Implementation guides. (a) The commissioner, with the advice of the Minnesota Administrative Uniformity Committee, and the Minnesota Center for Health Care Electronic Data Interchange shall review and recommend the use of guides to implement the core transaction sets. Implementation guides must contain the background and technical information required to allow health care participants to implement the transaction set in the most cost-effective way. (b) The commissioner shall promote the development of implementation guides among health care participants for those business transaction types for which implementation guides are not available, to allow providers and group purchasers to implement electronic data interchange. In promoting the development of these implementation guides, the commissioner shall review the work done by the American Hospital Association through the national Uniform Billing Committee and its state representative organization; the American Medical Association through the National Uniform Claim Committee; the American Dental Association; the National Council of Prescription Drug Programs; and the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange.
Minn. Stat. § 548.57 — MN Code / Part 540_552 / Chapter 548 / Section 548.57
§ 548.57 STANDARDS FOR RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN-COUNTRY JUDGMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), a court of this state shall recognize a foreign-country judgment to which sections 548.54 to 548.63 apply.

(b) A court of this state may not recognize a foreign-country judgment if:

(1) the judgment was rendered under a judicial system that does not provide impartial tribunals or procedures compatible with the requirements of due process of law;

(2) the foreign court did not have personal jurisdiction over the defendant; or

(3) the foreign court did not have jurisdiction over the subject matter.

(c) A court of this state need not recognize a foreign-country judgment if:

(1) the defendant in the proceeding in the foreign court did not receive notice of the proceeding in sufficient time to enable the defendant to defend;

(2) the judgment was obtained by fraud that deprived the losing party of an adequate opportunity to present its case;

(3) the judgment or the cause of action on which the judgment is based is repugnant to the public policy of this state or of the United States;

(4) the judgment conflicts with another final and conclusive judgment;

(5) the proceeding in the foreign court was contrary to an agreement between the parties under which the dispute in question was to be determined otherwise than by proceedings in that foreign court;

(6) in the case of jurisdiction based only on personal service, the foreign court was a seriously inconvenient forum for the trial of the action;

(7) the judgment was rendered in circumstances that raise substantial doubt about the integrity of the rendering court with respect to the judgment; or

(8) the specific proceeding in the foreign court leading to the judgment was not compatible with the requirements of due process of law.

(d) A party resisting recognition of a foreign-country judgment has the burden of establishing that a ground for nonrecognition stated in paragraph (b) or (c) exists.
Minn. Stat. § 66A.26 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 66A / Section 66A.26
§ 66A.26 PROPERTY INSURABLE.
Status: in_force

No such company shall insure any other property than country churches and school houses, farm dwellings, mutual or cooperative creameries, cheese factories, barns, and other buildings, and hay, grain, and other farm products therein, or stored or growing on the premises, bedding, wearing apparel, printed books, pictures and frames, household furniture, family stores and provisions while therein or in the cellar beneath, farm implements, vehicles, and machinery on or off the premises, threshing machines, or livestock thereon or running at large, and any and all property of any kind which may be insured by a township mutual fire insurance company, organized under the provisions of sections 67A.01 and 67A.02 . No company, in its hail department, shall insure more than 3,200 acres in any one township; there shall be at least one-half mile between each risk assumed by the company, except that risks may be assumed which cover the growing crops upon not more than 320 acres of contiguous or immediately adjacent lands.
Minn. Stat. § 609.294 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 609 / Section 609.294
§ 609.294 BESTIALITY.
Status: in_force

Whoever carnally knows a dead body or an animal or bird is guilty of bestiality, which is a misdemeanor. If knowingly done in the presence of another the person may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 364 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000 or both.
Minn. Stat. § 325B.13 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325B / Section 325B.13
§ 325B.13 NO WAIVER.
Status: in_force

No brewer shall require any wholesaler to waive compliance with any provision of sections 325B.01 to 325B.17 . Nothing in sections 325B.01 to 325B.17 shall be construed to limit or prohibit good faith settlements of disputes voluntarily entered into between the parties.
Minn. Stat. § 103E.045 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103E / Section 103E.045
§ 103E.045 FAILURE TO ATTEND HEARINGS; DRAINAGE AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

If an order has been made and notice for a hearing given under this chapter, and the drainage authority does not appear at the time and place specified for any reason, the auditor shall continue the hearing to a date set by the auditor. The auditor shall notify the drainage authority of the continuance and the date of hearing. The jurisdiction is continued until the date set by the auditor.
Minn. Stat. § 354D.06 — MN Code / Part 352_356B / Chapter 354D / Section 354D.06
§ 354D.06 ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The Minnesota State University system or its successor shall administer the individual retirement account plan for eligible employees listed in section 354D.02, subdivision 2 , clauses (1) and (2), in accordance with sections 354B.20 to 354B.30 .

(b) The Minnesota Historical Society or its successor shall administer the individual retirement account plan for eligible employees listed in section 354D.02, subdivision 2 , clause (3), in accordance with section 354D.08 .
Minn. Stat. § 299J.01 — MN Code / Part 299A_299N / Chapter 299J / Section 299J.01
§ 299J.01 AUTHORITY OF OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of public safety shall, to the extent authorized by agreement with the United States Secretary of Transportation, act as agent for the United States Secretary of Transportation to implement the federal Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act, United States Code, title 49, sections 2001 to 2014, the federal Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act, United States Code, title 49, sections 1671 to 1686, and federal pipeline safety regulations with respect to interstate pipelines located within this state. The commissioner shall, to the extent authorized by federal law, regulate pipelines in the state as authorized by sections 299J.01 to 299J.17 and 299F.56 to 299F.641 .
Minn. Stat. § 383B.058 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383B / Section 383B.058
§ 383B.058 LOCAL ORDINANCES AND CHARTERS SUPERSEDED.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in this section, section 383B.041 supersedes the provisions of any ordinance or resolution of a jurisdiction governed by sections 383B.041 or 383B.058 or any existing special law or home rule charter provision requiring disclosure of information related to the financing of election campaigns or requiring disclosure of economic interests by candidates and elected officials of that jurisdiction.

(b) The governing body of Hennepin County, the governing body of any home rule charter city or statutory city located wholly in Hennepin County, and the school board of Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis may adopt or continue in force ordinances or resolutions that:

(1) impose limits on the amount that any individual or association may contribute to any candidate for elected office in that jurisdiction;

(2) require disclosure of economic interests; or

(3) require other public officials of that jurisdiction to make such disclosure.

(c) Any home rule charter city that adopts a charter provision modifying or superseding any provision of section 383B.041 shall file a copy of the charter provision with the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board within 60 days of its adoption.
Minn. Stat. § 31.04 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 31 / Section 31.04
§ 31.04 INSPECTION AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Allowable actions. For purposes of enforcement of the Minnesota Food Law, the commissioner, or any of the commissioner's authorized agents, is authorized upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator or agent in charge: (1) to enter at reasonable times any factory, warehouse, or establishment in which food is manufactured, processed, packed or held for introduction into commerce or after such introduction or to enter any vehicle being used to transport or hold such food in commerce; (2) to inspect at reasonable times and within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner such factory, warehouse, establishment or vehicle and all pertinent equipment, finished and unfinished materials, containers and labeling therein; and to obtain samples necessary to the enforcement of the Minnesota Food Law; and (3) to have access to and to copy all records of carriers in commerce showing the movement in commerce of any food or the holding thereof during or after such movement, and the quantity, shipper and consignee thereof; provided, that evidence obtained under this clause shall not be used in a criminal prosecution of the person from whom obtained; and provided, further, that carriers shall not be subject to the other provisions of the Minnesota Food Law by reason of their receipt, carriage, holding, or delivery of food in the usual course of business as carriers.

§ Subd. 2. Written report. Upon completion of any such inspection of a factory, warehouse, or other establishment and prior to leaving the premises, the authorized agent making the inspection shall give to the owner, operator or agent in charge a report in writing setting forth any conditions or practices observed which in the agent's judgment indicate that any food in such establishment: (1) consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance, or (2) has been prepared, packed or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health. A copy of such report shall be sent promptly to the commissioner.

§ Subd. 3. Receipt for samples. An authorized agent making any such inspection of a factory, warehouse or other establishment who has obtained any sample in the course of the inspection, upon completion of the inspection and prior to leaving the premises, shall give to the owner, operator, or agent in charge a receipt describing the samples obtained.

§ Subd. 4. Copy of analysis result. When in the course of any such inspection of a factory or other establishment where food is manufactured, processed or packed, the officer or employee making the inspection obtains a sample of any such food and an analysis is made of such sample for the purpose of ascertaining whether such food consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid or decomposed substance or is otherwise unfit for food, a copy of the result of such analysis shall be furnished promptly to the owner, operator or agent in charge.