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Minn. Stat. § 322C.0406 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 322C / Section 322C.0406
§ 322C.0406 LIABILITY FOR IMPROPER DISTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Personal liability for decision makers. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 2, if a member of a member-managed limited liability company, manager of a manager-managed limited liability company, or governor of a board-managed limited liability company consents to a distribution made in violation of section 322C.0405 and in consenting to the distribution fails to comply with section 322C.0409 , the member, manager, or governor is personally liable to the company for the amount of the distribution that exceeds the amount that could have been distributed without the violation of section 322C.0405 .

§ Subd. 2. Liability exception. To the extent the operating agreement of a member-managed limited liability company expressly relieves a member of the authority and responsibility to consent to distributions and imposes that authority and responsibility on one or more other members, the liability stated in subdivision 1 applies to the other members and not the member that the operating agreement relieves of authority and responsibility.

§ Subd. 3. Liability of recipients. A person that receives a distribution knowing that the distribution to that person was made in violation of section 322C.0405 is personally liable to the limited liability company but only to the extent that the distribution received by the person exceeded the amount that could have been properly paid under section 322C.0405 .

§ Subd. 4. Impleading. A person against which an action is commenced because the person is liable under subdivision 1 may: (1) implead any other person that is subject to liability under subdivision 1 and seek to compel pro rata contribution from the person in that action to the extent of the person's liability as provided in subdivision 1; and (2) implead any person that received a distribution in violation of section 322C.0405 and seek to compel contribution from the person in the amount by which the distribution received by the person exceeded the amount that could have been properly paid under section 322C.0405 .

§ Subd. 5. Statute of limitations. An action under this section is barred if not commenced within two years after the distribution.
Minn. Stat. § 181.063 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 181 / Section 181.063
§ 181.063 ASSIGNMENT OF WAGES, PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

Any officer or employee of a county, town, city, school district, or the state, or any department thereof, has the same right to sell, assign, or transfer salary or wages as any officer of or person employed by any corporation, firm, or person.
Minn. Stat. § 88.11 — MN Code / Part 88_91 / Chapter 88 / Section 88.11
§ 88.11 ASSISTANCE FOR FIGHTING FIRES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Firefighting personnel. At any time forest officers, with the approval of the commissioner, may employ suitable persons to prevent and extinguish any fires. Each forest officer so employed shall be supplied with the necessary equipment. The commissioner, or any forest officer, may summon any person of the age of 18 years and upward to assist in stopping any fire burning in the district under the care of such state employee and may incur any other necessary and reasonable expense for this purpose, but shall promptly report the matter to the next superior officer or other state employee over the forest officer.

§ Subd. 2. Failure to assist; penalty; commandeered property. Any able-bodied person so summoned who refuses or neglects or otherwise fails to assist in extinguishing such fire or who fails to make all reasonable efforts to that end, until released by the summoning state employee, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The forest officer shall have power to commandeer, for the time being, equipment, tools, appliances, or other property in the possession of any person either summoned to assist in extinguishing the fire or in the vicinity thereof, and to use, and to require the persons summoned to use, the commandeered property in the fighting and extinguishing of the fire. The owner of any property so commandeered shall be promptly paid just compensation for the use thereof and all damages done to the commandeered property while in this use by the forest officer from any money available for these expenses under sections 88.03 to 88.22 .
Minn. Stat. § 85.017 — MN Code / Part 85_87A / Chapter 85 / Section 85.017
§ 85.017 TRAIL REGISTRY.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of natural resources shall compile and maintain a current registry of cross-country skiing, hiking, horseback riding and snowmobiling trails in the state and shall publish and distribute the information in the manner prescribed in section 86A.11 . The Metropolitan Council, the commissioner of employment and economic development, the Minnesota Historical Society, and local units of government shall cooperate with and assist the commissioner in preparing the registry.
Minn. Stat. § 578.13 — MN Code / Part 570_583 / Chapter 578 / Section 578.13
§ 578.13 REAPPEARANCE OF ABSENTEE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Insurance payments; reduction. If an absentee is declared dead after advance insurance payments have been made pursuant to section 578.12 , the amount payable under the policy shall be reduced by the total amount of payments made under section 578.12 .

§ Subd. 2. Reimbursement of insurer. If an absentee is found to be living after advance insurance payments have been made to a beneficiary pursuant to section 578.12 , the absentee and beneficiary shall reimburse the insurer the amount of the payments made. If the insurer is unable to obtain full reimbursement, the amount payable under the policy shall be reduced to the extent necessary to allow full reimbursement. Failure of the absentee and beneficiary to reimburse the insurer upon demand for payment sent by the insurer by certified mail to the last known address of the absentee and beneficiary shall be sufficient to show the insurer's inability to obtain reimbursement.
Minn. Stat. § 336.7-309 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.7-309
§ 336.7-309 DUTY OF CARE; CONTRACTUAL LIMITATION OF CARRIER'S LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A carrier that issues a bill of lading, whether negotiable or nonnegotiable, shall exercise the degree of care in relation to the goods which a reasonably careful person would exercise under similar circumstances. This subsection does not affect any statute, regulation, or rule of law that imposes liability upon a common carrier for damages not caused by its negligence.

(b) Damages may be limited by a term in the bill of lading or in a transportation agreement that the carrier's liability may not exceed a value stated in the bill or transportation agreement if the carrier's rates are dependent upon value and the consignor is afforded an opportunity to declare a higher value and the consignor is advised of the opportunity. However, such a limitation is not effective with respect to the carrier's liability for conversion to its own use.

(c) Reasonable provisions as to the time and manner of presenting claims and commencing actions based on the shipment may be included in a bill of lading or a transportation agreement.
Minn. Stat. § 83.39 — MN Code / Part 82_83 / Chapter 83 / Section 83.39
§ 83.39 SERVICE OF PROCESS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Procedure. Every applicant for registration under sections 83.20 to 83.42 , 83.43 and 83.44 shall file with the commissioner, in a format as by rule may be prescribed, an irrevocable consent appointing the commissioner or commissioner's successor to be the applicant's attorney to receive service of any lawful process in any noncriminal suit, action, or proceeding against the applicant or a successor, executor, or administrator which arises under sections 83.20 to 83.42 , 83.43 and 83.44 or any rule or order thereunder after the consent has been filed, with the same force and validity as if served personally on the person filing the consent. Service under this section shall be made in compliance with section 45.028, subdivision 2 .

§ Subd. 2. Service on commissioner. When any person, including any nonresident of this state, engages in conduct prohibited or made actionable by sections 83.20 to 83.42 , 83.43 and 83.44 , or any rule or order thereunder, and the person has not filed a consent to service of process under subdivision 1 and personal jurisdiction over this person cannot otherwise be obtained in this state, that conduct shall be considered equivalent to the person's appointment of the commissioner or the commissioner's successor to be the person's attorney to receive service of any lawful process in any noncriminal suit, action, or proceeding against the commissioner or the commissioner's successor, executor, or administrator which grows out of that conduct and which is brought under sections 83.20 to 83.42 , 83.43 and 83.44 or any rule or order thereunder, with the same force and validity as if served on the person personally. Service under this section shall be made in compliance with section 45.028, subdivision 2 .

§ Subd. 3. Continuance. When process is served under this section, the court, or the commissioner in a proceeding before the commissioner, shall order such continuance as may be necessary to afford the defendant or respondent reasonable opportunity to defend.
Minn. Stat. § 115.072 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 115 / Section 115.072
§ 115.072 RECOVERING LITIGATION COSTS AND EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) In any action brought by the attorney general, in the name of the state, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and chapters 114C, 114E, and 116, for civil penalties, injunctive relief, or in an action to compel compliance, if the state shall finally prevail, and if the proven violation was willful, the state, in addition to other penalties provided in this chapter, may be allowed an amount determined by the court to be the reasonable value of all or a part of the litigation expenses incurred by the state. In determining the amount of such litigation expenses to be allowed, the court shall give consideration to the economic circumstances of the defendant.

(b) Amounts recovered under the provisions of this section and section 115.071 , subdivisions 3 to 5, shall be paid into the environmental fund in the state treasury to the extent provided in section 115.073 .
Minn. Stat. § 16A.36 — MN Code / Part 16A_16E / Chapter 16A / Section 16A.36
§ 16A.36 GRANTS FROM AND ADVANCES TO UNITED STATES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Use of grants. Money received by the state from the federal government as federal assistance must be used only for the purpose for which the money is received. If required by the proper federal authorities, interest or income arising from the money received may be credited by the commissioner to the particular account for which the money is received and used only for the purpose of that federal assistance program, or may be repaid to the federal treasury. If not so required, the interest or income shall be credited to the general fund or to another fund authorized to receive the interest or income.

§ Subd. 2. Reciprocal interest policy. The commissioner may, if required by the federal government or by agreement with the proper federal authorities, establish an equitable policy providing for the state to pay interest on undisbursed federal money, and providing for the federal government to pay interest to the state on state funds advanced for a federal assistance program. The amount needed to pay the interest is appropriated from the general fund or another fund earning the interest on undisbursed federal money. The interest received from the federal government shall be deposited in the fund that lost interest on state funds advanced for a federal assistance program.
Minn. Stat. § 634.36 — MN Code / Part 625_634 / Chapter 634 / Section 634.36
§ 634.36 EVIDENCE OF VIDEOTAPES, AUDIOTAPES, OR OTHER RECORDINGS.
Status: in_force

In any hearing or trial of a criminal offense or petty misdemeanor or proceeding pursuant to section 169A.53, subdivision 3 , evidence of a videotape, audiotape, or electronic or digital recording prepared by a peace officer, using recording equipment in a law enforcement vehicle or on the officer's person, while in the performance of official duties shall not be excluded on the ground that a written transcript of the recording was not prepared and available at or prior to trial. As used in this section, "peace officer" has the meaning given in section 169A.03, subdivision 18 .
Minn. Stat. § 103D.001 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103D / Section 103D.001
§ 103D.001 CITATION.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the "Watershed Law."
Minn. Stat. § 387.02 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 387 / Section 387.02
§ 387.02 FAILURE TO QUALIFY.
Status: in_force

If any person elected to the office of sheriff fails to give the bond and take the oath prescribed by law on or before January tenth next succeeding election, it shall be deemed a refusal to serve.
Minn. Stat. § 80C.13 — MN Code / Part 80B_81A / Chapter 80C / Section 80C.13
§ 80C.13 PROHIBITED PRACTICES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Documents; untrue material facts and omitted material changes. No person may make or cause to be made any untrue statement of a material fact in any application, notice, report, or other document filed with the commissioner under sections 80C.01 to 80C.22 , or omit to state in any such application, notice, report or other document any material fact which is required to be stated therein, or fail to notify the commissioner of any material change as required by section 80C.07 .

§ Subd. 2. Communications; untrue or omitted material facts. No person may offer or sell a franchise in this state by means of any written or oral communication which includes an untrue statement of a material fact or which omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

§ Subd. 3. Misrepresentations related to registration and filing. No person may represent or cause to be represented to any prospective purchaser of a franchise that the filing of any document under sections 80C.01 to 80C.22 or the registration or exemption from registration of a franchise constitutes a finding by the commissioner that any document filed under sections 80C.01 to 80C.22 is true, complete, and not misleading, or that the commissioner has passed in any way upon the merits of any franchise, and no person may represent that a franchise is registered or exempted from registration when in fact, such is not the case.
Minn. Stat. § 306.35 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 306 / Section 306.35
§ 306.35 VACANCY IN BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Status: in_force

In case of the death, resignation, disability, or removal of one or more of the trustees of the fund, the trust at once vests in the remaining trustees, who shall promptly fill the vacancies by appointment. A newly appointed trustee, upon qualification, succeeds to an equal share in the rights and duties of the board.
Minn. Stat. § 84.093 — MN Code / Part 83A_84 / Chapter 84 / Section 84.093
§ 84.093 WILD GINSENG.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may establish rules including seasons for harvesting to conserve wild ginseng.
Minn. Stat. § 631.07 — MN Code / Part 625_634 / Chapter 631 / Section 631.07
§ 631.07 ORDER OF FINAL ARGUMENT.
Status: in_force

When the giving of evidence is concluded in a criminal trial, unless the case is submitted on both sides without argument, the prosecution may make a closing argument to the jury. The defense may then make its closing argument to the jury. The prosecution shall then have the right to reply in rebuttal to the closing argument of the defense.
Minn. Stat. § 62J.807 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62J / Section 62J.807
§ 62J.807 DENIAL OF HEALTH TREATMENT OR SERVICES DUE TO OUTSTANDING MEDICAL DEBT.
Status: in_force

(a) A health care provider must not deny medically necessary health treatment or services to a patient or any member of the patient's family or household because of current or previous outstanding medical debt owed by the patient or any member of the patient's family or household to the health care provider, regardless of whether the health treatment or service may be available from another health care provider.

(b) As a condition of providing medically necessary health treatment or services in the circumstances described in paragraph (a), a health care provider may require the patient to enroll in a payment plan for the outstanding medical debt owed to the health care provider. The payment plan must be reasonable and must take into account any information disclosed by the patient regarding the patient's ability to pay. Before entering into the payment plan, a health care provider must notify the patient that if the patient is unable to make all or part of the agreed-upon installment payments, the patient must communicate the patient's situation to the health care provider and must pay an amount the patient can afford.
Minn. Stat. § 169.04 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 169 / Section 169.04
§ 169.04 LOCAL AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to prevent local authorities, with respect to streets and highways under their jurisdiction, and with the consent of the commissioner, with respect to state trunk highways, within the corporate limits of a municipality, or within the limits of a town in a county in this state now having or which may hereafter have, a population of 500,000 or more, and a land area of not more than 600 square miles, and within the reasonable exercise of the police power from:

(1) regulating the standing or parking of vehicles;

(2) regulating traffic by means of police officers or traffic-control signals;

(3) regulating or prohibiting processions or assemblages on the highways;

(4) designating particular highways as one-way roadways and requiring that all vehicles, except emergency vehicles, when on an emergency run, thereon be moved in one specific direction;

(5) designating any highway as a through highway and requiring that all vehicles stop before entering or crossing the same, or designating any intersection as a stop intersection, and requiring all vehicles to stop at one or more entrances to such intersections;

(6) restricting the use of highways as authorized in sections 169.80 to 169.88 ;

(7) regulating speed limits through the use of a speed safety camera system implemented under section 169.147 ; and

(8) regulating traffic control through the use of a red light camera system implemented under section 169.147 .

(b) No ordinance or regulation enacted under paragraph (a), clause (4), (5), or (6), shall be effective until signs giving notice of such local traffic regulations are posted upon and kept posted upon or at the entrance to the highway or part thereof affected as may be most appropriate.

(c) No ordinance or regulation enacted under paragraph (a), clause (3), or any other provision of law shall prohibit:

(1) the use of motorcycles or vehicles utilizing flashing red lights for the purpose of escorting funeral processions, oversize buildings, heavy equipment, parades or similar processions or assemblages on the highways; or

(2) the use of motorcycles or vehicles that are owned by the funeral home and that utilize flashing red lights for the purpose of escorting funeral processions.

(d) Ordinances or regulations enacted under paragraph (a), clauses (7) and (8), are effective after August 1, 2025, and before August 1, 2029.
Minn. Stat. § 322C.0117 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 322C / Section 322C.0117
§ 322C.0117 LEGAL RECOGNITION OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND SIGNATURES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the words, terms, and phrases defined in this subdivision have the meanings given them. (b) "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. (c) "Electronic record" means a record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means. (d) "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record.

§ Subd. 2. Electronic records and signatures. For purposes of this chapter: (1) a record or signature may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form; (2) a contract may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because an electronic record was used in its formation; (3) if a provision requires a record to be in writing, an electronic record satisfies the requirement; and (4) if a provision requires a signature, an electronic signature satisfies the requirement.
Minn. Stat. § 447.47 — MN Code / Part 447_450 / Chapter 447 / Section 447.47
§ 447.47 LEASING OUT HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, RELATED FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The county, city, or hospital district may lease hospital or nursing home facilities to be run by a nonprofit or public corporation as a community hospital or nursing home. The facilities must be open to all residents of the community on equal terms.

(b) The city, county, or district may lease related medical facilities to any person, firm, association, or corporation, at rent and on conditions agreed.

(c) The term of the lease must not exceed 30 years. The lessee may be granted an option to renew the lease for an additional term or to purchase the facilities. The terms of renewal or purchase must be provided for in the lease.

(d) The county, city, or hospital district may by resolution of its governing body agree to pay to the lessee annually, and to include in each annual budget and tax levy for hospital and nursing home purposes, a fixed compensation for services agreed to be performed by the lessee in running the hospital or nursing home as a community facility; for any investment by the lessee of its own funds or funds granted or contributed to it in the construction or equipment of the hospital or nursing home; and for any auxiliary services to be provided or made available by the lessee through other facilities owned or operated by it. Services other than those provided for in the lease agreement may be compensated at rates agreed upon later. The lease agreement must, however, require the lessee to pay a net rental not less than the amount required to pay the principal and interest when due on all revenue bonds issued by the county, city, or hospital district to acquire, improve, and refinance the leased facilities, and to maintain the agreed revenue bond reserve. The lease agreement must not grant the lessee an option to purchase the facilities at a price less than the amount of the bonds issued and interest accrued on them, except bonds and accrued interest paid from the net rentals before the option is exercised.

(e) To the extent that the facilities are leased under this section for use by persons in private medical or dental or similar practice or other private business, a tax on that use must be imposed just as though the user were the owner of the space. It must be collected as provided in section 272.01, subdivision 2 .