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Minn. Stat. § 60E.12 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 60E / Section 60E.12
§ 60E.12 DUTY ON AGENTS OR BROKERS TO OBTAIN LICENSE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Risk retention groups. No person, firm, association, or corporation shall act or aid in any manner in soliciting, negotiating, or procuring liability insurance in this state from a risk retention group unless the person, firm, association, or corporation is licensed as an insurance agent or broker in accordance with chapter 60K.

§ Subd. 2. Purchasing groups. (a) No person, firm, association, or corporation shall act or aid in any manner in soliciting, negotiating, or procuring liability insurance in this state for a purchasing group from an authorized insurer or a risk retention group chartered in a state unless the person, firm, association, or corporation is licensed as an insurance agent or broker in accordance with chapter 60K. (b) No person, firm, association, or corporation shall act or aid in any manner in soliciting, negotiating, or procuring liability insurance coverage in this state for any member of a purchasing group under a purchasing group's policy unless the person, firm, association, or corporation is licensed as an insurance agent or broker in accordance with chapter 60K. (c) No person, firm, association, or corporation shall act or aid in any manner in soliciting, negotiating, or procuring liability insurance from an insurer not authorized to do business in this state on behalf of a purchasing group located in this state unless the person, firm, association, or corporation is licensed as a surplus lines agent or excess line broker in accordance with sections 60A.195 to 60A.209 .

§ Subd. 3. Agent or broker residence requirement. For purposes of acting as an agent or broker for a risk retention group or purchasing group pursuant to subdivisions 1 and 2, the requirement of residence in this state does not apply.

§ Subd. 4. Notice to insureds. Every person, firm, association, or corporation licensed pursuant to chapter 60A, on business placed with risk retention groups or written through a purchasing group, shall inform each prospective insured of the provisions of the notice required by section 60E.04, subdivision 8 , in the case of a risk retention group and section 60E.09 in the case of a purchasing group.
Minn. Stat. § 134A.08 — MN Code / Part 134_135 / Chapter 134A / Section 134A.08
§ 134A.08 LIBRARIAN.
Status: in_force

In Hennepin and Ramsey Counties the board of trustees shall appoint a librarian and necessary assistants and clerical help, and fix their compensation. In all other counties, where a librarian is not employed by the county, the board of trustees may appoint a librarian and necessary assistants and clerical help and, with the approval of the county board, fix their compensation. In all counties where services cannot be provided by the Minnesota State Law Library, the board of trustees may contract with regional library systems for services.
Minn. Stat. § 58A.17 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 58A / Section 58A.17
§ 58A.17 MORTGAGE CALL REPORTS.
Status: in_force

A mortgage licensee shall submit to the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry reports of condition, which must be in the form and contain the information the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry requires.
Minn. Stat. § 151.27 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 151 / Section 151.27
§ 151.27 EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

The expenses of administering sections 151.01 to 151.40 shall be paid from the appropriations made to the State Board of Pharmacy.
Minn. Stat. § 62A.146 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62A / Section 62A.146
§ 62A.146 CONTINUATION OF BENEFITS TO SURVIVORS.
Status: in_force

No policy, contract, or plan of accident and health protection issued by an insurer, nonprofit health service plan corporation, or health maintenance organization, providing coverage of hospital or medical expense on either an expense incurred basis or other than an expense incurred basis which in addition to coverage of the insured, subscriber, or enrollee, also provides coverage to dependents, shall, except upon the written consent of the survivor or survivors of the deceased insured, subscriber, or enrollee, terminate, suspend, or otherwise restrict the participation in or the receipt of benefits otherwise payable under the policy, contract, or plan to the survivor or survivors until the earlier of the following dates:

(a) the date the surviving spouse becomes covered under another group health plan; or

(b) the date coverage would have terminated under the policy, contract, or plan had the insured, subscriber, or enrollee lived.

The survivor or survivors, in order to have the coverage and benefits extended, may be required to pay the entire cost of the protection on a monthly basis. The policy, contract, or plan must require the group policyholder or contract holder to, upon request, provide the insured, subscriber, or enrollee with written verification from the insurer of the cost of this coverage promptly at the time of eligibility for this coverage and at any time during the continuation period. In no event shall the amount of premium or fee contributions charged exceed 102 percent of the cost to the plan for such period of coverage for other similarly situated spouses and dependent children who are not the survivors of a deceased insured, without regard to whether such cost is paid by the employer or employee. Failure of the survivor to make premium or fee payments within 90 days after notice of the requirement to pay the premiums or fees shall be a basis for the termination of the coverage without written consent. In event of termination by reason of the survivor's failure to make required premium or fee contributions, written notice of cancellation must be mailed to the survivor's last known address at least 30 days before the cancellation. If the coverage is provided under a group policy, contract, or plan, any required premium or fee contributions for the coverage shall be paid by the survivor to the group policyholder or contract holder for remittance to the insurer, nonprofit health service plan corporation, or health maintenance organization.
Minn. Stat. § 245A.1444 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 245A / Section 245A.1444
§ 245A.1444 TRAINING BY OTHER PROGRAMS ON RISK OF SUDDEN UNEXPECTED INFANT DEATH AND ABUSIVE HEAD TRAUMA.
Status: in_force

A licensed substance use disorder treatment program that serves clients with infants or children through five years of age, who sleep at the program and a licensed children's residential facility that serves infants or children through five years of age, must document that before program staff persons or volunteers assist in the care of infants or children through five years of age, they are instructed on the standards in section 142B.46 and receive training on reducing the risk of sudden unexpected infant death and abusive head trauma from shaking infants and young children. The training conducted under this section may be used to fulfill training requirements under section 245G.19, subdivision 4 , clause (2), and Minnesota Rules, part 2960.0100 , subpart 3.
Minn. Stat. § 35.75 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 35 / Section 35.75
§ 35.75 LICENSES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Requirement, renewal. No person shall feed garbage to livestock or poultry without first securing a license from the board, and no person shall transport garbage over the public highways of this state for the purpose of feeding it to livestock or poultry unless the person has a license. A license must be renewed on or before the first day of July each year.

§ Subd. 2. Application. A person desiring a license or the renewal of a license to feed garbage to livestock and poultry shall make written application to the board in accordance with its rules.

§ Subd. 3. Revocation; refusal to issue. Upon determination that a person who has or has applied for a license issued under sections 35.73 to 35.80 has violated or failed to comply with sections 35.73 to 35.80 or any rules made under those sections, the board may revoke the license or refuse to issue a license to the applicant.
Minn. Stat. § 120B.126 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 120B / Section 120B.126
§ 120B.126 CONSTRUCTION AND SKILLED TRADES COUNSELING.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of education must collaborate with the commissioner of labor and industry to incorporate construction and skilled trades into career counseling services for middle and high school aged students. Career advisement should identify high-growth, in-demand skilled trades and include information on various career paths and associated jobs, the salary profiles of those jobs, and the credentials and other training desired by employers for those jobs.
Minn. Stat. § 353G.06 — MN Code / Part 352_356B / Chapter 353G / Section 353G.06
§ 353G.06 DISESTABLISHMENT OF PRIOR FIREFIGHTERS RELIEF ASSOCIATION SPECIAL FUND UPON RETIREMENT COVERAGE CHANGE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Special fund disestablishment. On the December 31 immediately prior to the effective date of the coverage change, the special fund of the applicable firefighters relief association, if one exists, ceases to exist as a pension fund of the association and legal title to the assets of the special fund transfers to the State Board of Investment, with the undivided beneficial title to the assets of the special fund remaining in the applicable volunteer firefighters as a group.

§ Subd. 2. Other relief association changes. In addition to the transfer and disestablishment of the special fund under subdivision 1, notwithstanding any provisions of chapter 424A or 424B to the contrary, upon the effective date of the change in coverage, if the relief association membership elects to retain the relief association as a nonprofit organization after the coverage election, the following changes must be implemented with respect to the relief association: (1) the relief association is not authorized to receive any state aid or any municipal funds; and (2) the relief association may not pay any service pension or benefit that was not authorized as a general fund disbursement under the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the relief association in effect immediately prior to the plan coverage election process.

§ Subd. 3. Successor in interest. Upon the disestablishment of the special fund of the relief association under this section, the plan is the successor in interest of the special fund of the relief association for all claims against the special fund other than a claim against the special fund, the relief association, the municipality, the fire department, or any person connected with the relief association in a fiduciary capacity under chapter 356A or common law that was based on any act or acts which were not performed in good faith and which constituted a breach of a fiduciary obligation. As the successor in interest of the special fund of the relief association, the plan may assert any applicable defense in any judicial proceeding which the board of trustees of the relief association or the municipality would have been entitled to assert.
Minn. Stat. § 273.08 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 273 / Section 273.08
§ 273.08 ASSESSOR'S DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The assessor shall actually view, and determine the market value of each tract or lot of real property listed for taxation, including the value of all improvements and structures thereon, at maximum intervals of five years and shall enter the value opposite each description. When directed by the county assessor, local assessors must enter construction and valuation data into the records in the manner prescribed by the county assessor.
Minn. Stat. § 222.88 — MN Code / Part 218_222 / Chapter 222 / Section 222.88
§ 222.88 PRIORITY IN HIRING.
Status: in_force

An acquiring carrier under sections 222.85 to 222.87 shall give priority in hiring, based upon length of service on the affected rail line, to employees of the divesting carrier performing service in connection with the affected rail line. To assert priority, the employee must be qualified by experience and training to perform the available job.
Minn. Stat. § 72A.203 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 72A / Section 72A.203
§ 72A.203 EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise specifically included, sections 72A.203 to 72A.2036 do not apply to annuity transactions involving:

(1) direct response marketing of group insurance as provided for in section 72A.20 , subdivision 34;

(2) contracts used to fund group plans under:

(i) an employee pension or welfare benefit plan that is covered by the Employee Retirement and Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), United States Code, title 29, sections 1001 to 1461;

(ii) a plan described by section 401(a), 401(k), 403(b), 408(k), or 408(p) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, if established or maintained by an employer;

(iii) a government or church plan defined in section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, a government or church welfare benefit plan, or a deferred compensation plan of a state or local government or tax-exempt organization under section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; or

(iv) a nonqualified deferred compensation arrangement established or maintained by an employer or plan sponsor; and

(3) contracts used to fund:

(i) settlements of or assumptions of liabilities associated with personal injury litigation or a dispute or claim resolution process; or

(ii) formal prepaid funeral contracts.
Minn. Stat. § 471.93 — MN Code / Part 471_472B / Chapter 471 / Section 471.93
§ 471.93 APPROPRIATIONS FOR HISTORICAL WORK BY MUNICIPALITIES.
Status: in_force

In cities of the second, third or fourth class, and statutory cities at any regular or properly called special meeting of the council, it may appropriate money for the purpose of collecting, preserving, storing, housing, printing, publishing, distributing and exhibiting data and material pertaining to the history of the city, for the purpose of commemorating the anniversary of any important and outstanding event in such history, and to preserve such history data and material for future generations.
Minn. Stat. § 120B.23 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 120B / Section 120B.23
§ 120B.23 VIOLENCE PREVENTION EDUCATION GRANTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Grant program established. The commissioner of education, after consulting with the assistant commissioner of the Office of Drug Policy and Violence Prevention, shall establish a violence prevention education grant program to enable a school district, an education district, or a group of districts that cooperate for a particular purpose to develop and implement or to continue a violence prevention program for students in kindergarten through grade 12 that can be integrated into existing curriculum. A district or group of districts that elects to develop and implement or to continue a violence prevention program under section 120B.22 is eligible to apply for a grant under this section.

§ Subd. 2. Grant application. To be eligible to receive a grant, a school district, an education district, a service cooperative, or a group of districts that cooperate for a particular purpose must submit an application to the commissioner in the form and manner and according to the timeline established by the commissioner. The application must describe how the applicant will: (1) continue or integrate into its existing K-12 curriculum a program for violence prevention that contains the program components listed in section 120B.22 ; (2) collaborate with local organizations involved in violence prevention and intervention; and (3) structure the program to reflect the characteristics of the children, their families and the community involved in the program. The commissioner may require additional information from the applicant. When reviewing the applications, the commissioner shall determine whether the applicant has met the requirements of this subdivision.

§ Subd. 3. Grant awards. (a) The commissioner may award grants for a violence prevention education program to eligible applicants as defined in subdivision 2. Grant amounts may not exceed $3 per resident pupil unit in the district or group of districts in the prior school year. Grant recipients should be geographically distributed throughout the state. (b) School districts and charter schools may accept funds from private and other public sources for child sexual abuse prevention programs developed and implemented under sections 120B.021, subdivision 1 , paragraph (c), and 120B.234 , including federal funding under the Every Student Succeeds Act.

§ Subd. 4. Grant proceeds. A successful applicant must use the grant money to develop and implement or to continue a violence prevention program according to the terms of the grant application.
Minn. Stat. § 103I.231 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103I / Section 103I.231
§ 103I.231 COMMISSIONER MAY ORDER REPAIRS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may order a property owner to take remedial measures, including making repairs, reconstructing, or sealing a well or boring according to provisions of this chapter. The order may be issued if the commissioner determines, based on inspection of the water or the well or boring site or an analysis of water from the well or boring, that the well or boring:

(1) is contaminated or may contribute to the spread of contamination;

(2) is required to be sealed under this chapter and has not been sealed according to provisions of this chapter;

(3) is in a state of disrepair so that its continued existence endangers the quality of the groundwater;

(4) is a health or safety hazard; or

(5) is located in a place or constructed in a manner that its continued use or existence endangers the quality of the groundwater.

(b) The order of the commissioner may be enforced in an action to seek compliance brought by the commissioner in the district court of the county where the well or boring is located.
Minn. Stat. § 383B.389 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383B / Section 383B.389
§ 383B.389 DISASTER VOLUNTEER LEAVE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Leave authorized. A county employee who is a certified disaster services volunteer of the American Red Cross or emergency disaster services volunteer of the Salvation Army or similar volunteer of a disaster services organization approved by the Hennepin County board may be granted leave from work with 50 percent of pay, not to exceed 15 working days in each year, to participate in specialized disaster relief services for the American Red Cross or another approved disaster services organization. The employee must be released from work for this function upon the request of the approved disaster services organization for the services of that employee, and upon the approval of that employee's appointing authority. The appointing authority must compensate the employee granted leave under this section at 50 percent of the employee's regular rate of pay for those regular hours during which the employee is absent from work. This leave, if granted by the appointing authority, does not affect the employee's vacation leave, pension, compensatory time, personal vacation days, sick leave, earned overtime accumulation, or cause a loss of seniority.

§ Subd. 2. Liability. The county is not liable for workers' compensation claims arising from accident or injury while a county employee is on an approved assignment with an approved disaster services organization. Duties performed while on disaster leave are not considered to be a work assignment by the county. The employee is granted leave based on the need for expertise in the employee's certified area. Job functions, although similar or related to the employee's county job functions, are performed on behalf of and for the benefit of the disaster services organization.
Minn. Stat. § 559.09 — MN Code / Part 553_566 / Chapter 559 / Section 559.09
§ 559.09 REMOVAL OF BUILDING ERECTED IN GOOD FAITH.
Status: in_force

When any person, in good faith and under color of title, and with good reason to believe that the legal title to land is vested in the person, has erected any building or other structure thereon, when the legal and equitable title thereto was vested in another, such person may remove the same, doing no unnecessary damage, and in so doing shall be liable only for the actual damage to the land. Such removal shall be made within 60 days after the determination adversely to that person of any action or proceeding respecting the title, or within 60 days after notice from the holder of the legal title to remove the same; provided, if, within 60 days after receiving such notice, such person brings action to try such title, that person may make such removal within 60 days after the determination thereof.
Minn. Stat. § 181.58 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 181 / Section 181.58
§ 181.58 SURVIVING SPOUSE PAID WAGES DUE.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this section the word "employer" includes every person, firm, partnership, corporation, the state of Minnesota, all political subdivisions, and all municipal corporations.

If, at the time of the death of any person, an employer is indebted to the person for work, labor, or services performed, and no personal representative of the person's estate has been appointed, such employer shall, upon the request of the surviving spouse, forthwith pay this indebtedness, in such an amount as may be due, not exceeding the sum of $10,000, to the surviving spouse. The employer may in the same manner provide for payment to the surviving spouse of accumulated credits under the vacation or overtime plan or system maintained by the employer. The employer shall require proof of claimant's relationship to decedent by affidavit, and require claimant to acknowledge receipt of such payment in writing. Any payments made by the employer pursuant to the provisions of this section shall operate as a full and complete discharge of the employer's indebtedness to the extent of the payment, and no employer shall thereafter be liable therefor to the decedent's estate or the decedent's personal representative thereafter appointed. Any amounts so received by a spouse shall be considered in diminution of the allowance to the spouse under section 524.2-403 .
Minn. Stat. § 45.024 — MN Code / Part 44A_45A / Chapter 45 / Section 45.024
§ 45.024 HEARINGS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. General. In any case in which the commissioner of commerce is required by law to conduct a hearing, the hearing must be conducted in accordance with chapter 14 and other applicable laws.

§ Subd. 2. Delegation. The commissioner of commerce may delegate to a deputy commissioner, assistant commissioner, or director the exercise of the commissioner's statutory powers and duties, including the authority to decide and issue final orders in contested cases, rulemaking proceedings, and other hearings held under chapter 14. This delegation is in addition to, and does not in any way limit, the commissioner's authority to delegate pursuant to section 15.06, subdivision 6 , or any other law.
Minn. Stat. § 103G.211 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103G / Section 103G.211
§ 103G.211 DRAINING PUBLIC WATERS PROHIBITED WITHOUT REPLACEMENT.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in sections 103G.221 to 103G.235 , public waters may not be drained, and a permit authorizing drainage of public waters may not be issued, unless the public waters to be drained are replaced by public waters that will have equal or greater public value.