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Minn. Stat. § 508.02 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 508 / Section 508.02
§ 508.02 REGISTERED LAND; SAME INCIDENTS AS UNREGISTERED; NO ADVERSE POSSESSION.
Status: in_force

Registered land shall be subject to the same burdens and incidents which attach by law to unregistered land. This chapter shall not operate to relieve registered land or the owners thereof from any rights, duties, or obligations incident to or growing out of the marriage relation, or from liability to attachment on mesne process, or levy on execution, or from liability to any lien or charge of any description, created or established by law upon the land or the buildings situated thereon, or the interest of the owner in such land or buildings. It shall not operate to change the laws of descent or the rights of partition between cotenants, or the right to take the land by eminent domain. It shall not operate to relieve such land from liability to be taken or recovered by any assignee or receiver under any provision of law relative thereto, and shall not operate to change or affect any other rights, burdens, liabilities, or obligations created by law and applicable to unregistered land except as otherwise expressly provided herein. No title to registered land in derogation of that of the registered owner shall be acquired by prescription or by adverse possession, but the common law doctrine of practical location of boundaries applies to registered land whenever registered. Section 508.671 shall apply in a proceedings subsequent to establish a boundary by practical location for registered land.
Minn. Stat. § 256Q.01 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256Q / Section 256Q.01
§ 256Q.01 PLAN ESTABLISHED.
Status: in_force

A savings plan known as the Minnesota ABLE plan is established. In establishing this plan, the legislature seeks to encourage and assist individuals and families in saving private funds for the purpose of supporting individuals with disabilities to maintain health, independence, and quality of life, and to provide secure funding for disability-related expenses on behalf of designated beneficiaries with disabilities that will supplement, but not supplant, benefits provided through private insurance, the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act, the Supplemental Security Income program under title XVI of the Social Security Act, the beneficiary's employment, and other sources.
Minn. Stat. § 60A.976 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 60A / Section 60A.976
§ 60A.976 ANNUITY ISSUERS FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

An annuity purchased to finance a structured settlement agreement may be purchased only from an annuity issuer with a financial rating equivalent to A.M. Best Company A+ Class 8 or better; or a Standard & Poor's AA or better.
Minn. Stat. § 12A.16 — MN Code / Part 10_12B / Chapter 12A / Section 12A.16
§ 12A.16 TRANSPORTATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Transportation infrastructure operation and maintenance. The commissioner may use appropriations from the trunk highway fund for transportation infrastructure operation and maintenance related to a disaster.

§ Subd. 1a. Emergency relief account in trunk highway fund. The commissioner may use appropriations from the emergency relief account in the trunk highway fund for infrastructure repair, maintenance, and operation related to a disaster.

§ Subd. 2. State highway and bridge reconstruction and repair. The commissioner is responsible to reconstruct and repair trunk highways and trunk highway bridges located in the disaster area and damaged by the disaster.

§ Subd. 3. Local road and bridge reconstruction and replacement. The commissioner may make grants to local governments for the capital costs of repairing, reconstructing, or replacing local roads and bridges, including necessary demolition and design costs, damaged or destroyed by the disaster. Grants may also be used for reasonable costs to mitigate damage from future disasters when to do so is part of a project to repair, reconstruct, or replace infrastructure damaged in the disaster. Before the commissioner releases grant money, a grantee must submit final plans to the commissioner for each project under this subdivision. The commissioner must determine project priorities, review project plans in light of those priorities, and, if necessary, require changes to the project plans to ensure the most prudent use of limited state resources.

§ Subd. 4. Local guidelines. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of public safety, must develop guidelines for local governments to use to respond to natural disasters in order to maximize the use of federal disaster assistance. The guidelines must address the use of local employees and equipment and contracted employees and equipment in the disaster response and the relative eligibility for federal reimbursement and clarify agency roles and responsibilities for damage estimates used for developing emergency state appropriations.

§ Subd. 5. Waivers authorized. The requirements of section 174.50, subdivisions 5 to 7, are waived for grants under subdivision 3.
Minn. Stat. § 148E.54 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 148E / Section 148E.54
§ 148E.54 CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) This Compact and the Commission's rulemaking authority shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes, and the implementation and administration of the Compact. Provisions of the Compact expressly authorizing or requiring the promulgation of rules shall not be construed to limit the Commission's rulemaking authority solely for those purposes.

(b) The provisions of this Compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this Compact is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to the constitution of any member state, a state seeking participation in the Compact, or of the United States, or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the validity of the remainder of this Compact and the applicability thereof to any other government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.

(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), the Commission may deny a state's participation in the Compact or, in accordance with the requirements of section 148E.52 , paragraph (b), terminate a member state's participation in the Compact, if it determines that a constitutional requirement of a member state is a material departure from the Compact. Otherwise, if this Compact shall be held to be contrary to the constitution of any member state, the Compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining member states and in full force and effect as to the member state affected as to all severable matters.
Minn. Stat. § 80A.84 — MN Code / Part 80_80A / Chapter 80A / Section 80A.84
§ 80A.84 SECTION 607; PUBLIC RECORDS; CONFIDENTIALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Presumption of public records. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), records obtained by the administrator or filed under this chapter, including a record contained in or filed with a registration statement, application, notice filing, or report, are public records and are available for public examination.

(b) Nonpublic records. The following records are not public records and are not available for public examination under subsection (a):

(1) a record obtained by the administrator in connection with an audit or inspection under section 80A.66 (e) or an investigation under section 80A.79;

(2) a part of a record filed in connection with a registration statement under sections 80A.49 and 80A.51 through 80A.53 or a record under section 80A.66(d) that contains trade secrets or confidential information if the person filing the registration statement or report has asserted a claim of confidentiality or privilege that is authorized by law;

(3) a record that is not required to be provided to the administrator or filed under this chapter and is provided to the administrator only on the condition that the record will not be subject to public examination or disclosure;

(4) a nonpublic record received from a person specified in section 80A.85(a);

(5) any social security number, residential address unless used as a business address, and residential telephone number contained in a record that is filed;

(6) a record obtained by the administrator through a designee of the administrator that a rule or order under this chapter determines has been:

(A) expunged from the administrator's records by the designee; or

(B) determined to be nonpublic or nondisclosable by that designee if the administrator finds the determination to be in the public interest and for the protection of investors; and

(7) a record furnished to the administrator by a portal operator under section 80A.461, subdivision 7 , paragraph (e).

(c) Administrator discretion to disclose. If disclosure is for the purpose of a civil, administrative, or criminal investigation, action, or proceeding or to a person specified in section 80A.85(a), the administrator may disclose a record obtained in connection with an audit or inspection under section 80A.66 (e) or a record obtained in connection with an investigation under section 80A.79.
Minn. Stat. § 256B.03 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256B / Section 256B.03
§ 256B.03 PAYMENTS TO VENDORS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. General limit. All payments for medical assistance hereunder must be made to the vendor. The maximum payment for new vendors enrolled in the medical assistance program after the base year shall be determined from the average usual and customary charge of the same vendor type enrolled in the base year.

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 2000 c 449 s 15 ]

§ Subd. 3. Tribal purchasing model. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 1 and section 256B.0625 , the commissioner may make payments to federally recognized Indian tribes with a reservation in the state to provide medical assistance to Indians, as defined under federal law, who reside on or near the reservation. The payments may be made in the form of a block grant or other payment mechanism determined in consultation with the tribe. Any alternative payment mechanism agreed upon by the tribes and the commissioner under this subdivision is not dependent upon county or health plan agreement but is intended to create a direct payment mechanism between the state and the tribe for the administration of the medical assistance program, and for covered services. (b) A tribe that implements a purchasing model under this subdivision shall report to the commissioner at least annually on the operation of the model. The commissioner and the tribe shall cooperatively determine the data elements, format, and timetable for the report. (c) For purposes of this subdivision, "Indian tribe" means a tribe, band, or nation, or other organized group or community of Indians that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians and for which a reservation exists as is consistent with Public Law 100-485, as amended. (d) Payments under this subdivision may not result in an increase in expenditures that would not otherwise occur in the medical assistance program under this chapter. [See Note.]

§ Subd. 4. Prohibition on payments to providers outside of the United States. Payments for medical assistance must not be made: (1) for services delivered or items supplied outside of the United States; or (2) to a provider, financial institution, or entity located outside of the United States.

§ Subd. 5. Ordering or referring providers. Claims for payments for supplies or services that are based on an order or referral of a provider must include the ordering or referring provider's national provider identifier (NPI). Claims for supplies or services ordered or referred by a vendor who is not enrolled in medical assistance are not covered.
Minn. Stat. § 123A.444 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 123A / Section 123A.444
§ 123A.444 LEVY FOR SEVERANCE PAY.
Status: in_force

A joint powers board established under section 123A.443 may make a levy to provide severance pay and early retirement incentives under section 122A.48 , for any teacher as defined under section 122A.40, subdivision 1 , who is placed on unrequested leave as a result of the cooperative secondary facility agreement. A joint powers board making a levy must certify to each participating district tax levies sufficient to raise the amount necessary to provide the district's portion of severance pay and early retirement incentives. The tax levy certified to each district must be expressed as a local tax rate, that, when applied to the adjusted net tax capacity of all of the participating districts raises the amount necessary to provide severance pay and early retirement incentives. Each participating school district must include the levy in the next tax roll which it shall certify to the county auditor, and must remit the collections of the levy to the joint powers board.
Minn. Stat. § 237.28 — MN Code / Part 237_238 / Chapter 237 / Section 237.28
§ 237.28 BURDEN OF PROOF.
Status: in_force

In any investigation, action or proceeding arising under, or growing out of, an action initiated by the commission upon its own motion, the burden of proof shall be upon the telephone company to establish the reasonableness of the existing rates.
Minn. Stat. § 518C.105 — MN Code / Part 517_519A / Chapter 518C / Section 518C.105
§ 518C.105 APPLICATION OF CHAPTER TO RESIDENT OF FOREIGN COUNTRY AND FOREIGN SUPPORT PROCEEDING.
Status: in_force

(a) A tribunal of this state shall apply sections 518C.101 to 518C.616 and, as applicable, sections 518C.701 to 518C.713 , to a support proceeding involving:

(1) a foreign support order;

(2) a foreign tribunal; or

(3) an obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.

(b) A tribunal of this state that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of sections 518C.101 to 518C.616 .

(c) Sections 518C.701 to 518C.713 apply only to a support proceeding under the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of sections 518C.701 to 518C.713 is inconsistent with sections 518C.101 to 518C.616 , sections 518C.701 to 518C.713 control.
Minn. Stat. § 16A.285 — MN Code / Part 16A_16E / Chapter 16A / Section 16A.285
§ 16A.285 ALLOWED APPROPRIATION TRANSFERS.
Status: in_force

An agency in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch may transfer state agency operational money between programs within the same fund if: (1) the agency first notifies the commissioner as to the type and intent of the transfer; and (2) the transfer is consistent with legislative intent. If an amount is specified for an item within an activity, that amount must not be transferred or used for any other purpose.

The commissioner shall report the transfers to the chairs of the senate finance and house of representatives ways and means committees.
Minn. Stat. § 276.03 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 276 / Section 276.03
§ 276.03 TREASURER TO COLLECT LOCAL ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

A county treasurer authorized by law to collect local assessments made or levied by a city shall collect all assessments for local improvements made or levied and certified to the treasurer by the city against any specific tract or parcel of land. The assessment must be collected at the same time as taxes levied against that tract or parcel of land.
Minn. Stat. § 302A.171 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 302A / Section 302A.171
§ 302A.171 ORGANIZATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Role of incorporators. If the first board is not named in the articles, the incorporators may elect the first board or may act as directors with all of the powers, rights, duties, and liabilities of directors, until directors are elected or until shares are issued, whichever occurs first.

§ Subd. 2. Meeting. After the filing of articles of incorporation, the incorporators or the directors named in the articles shall either hold an organizational meeting at the call of a majority of the incorporators or of the directors named in the articles, or take written action, for the purposes of transacting business and taking actions necessary or appropriate to complete the organization of the corporation, including, without limitation, amending the articles, electing directors, adopting bylaws, electing officers, adopting banking resolutions, authorizing or ratifying the purchase, lease, or other acquisition of suitable space, furniture, furnishings, supplies, and materials, approving a corporate seal, approving forms of certificates for shares of the corporation, adopting a fiscal year for the corporation, accepting subscriptions for and issuing shares of the corporation, and making any appropriate tax elections. If a meeting is held, the person or persons calling the meeting shall give at least three days' notice of the meeting to each incorporator or director named, stating the date, time, and place of the meeting. Incorporators and directors may waive notice of an organizational meeting in the same manner that a director may waive notice of meetings of the board pursuant to section 302A.231, subdivision 5 .
Minn. Stat. § 116P.011 — MN Code / Part 116P_116Q / Chapter 116P / Section 116P.011
§ 116P.011 CHAPTER DOES NOT APPLY TO CERTAIN APPROPRIATIONS.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to appropriations from the environment and natural resources trust fund under section 116X.03 or to projects funded with those appropriations.
Minn. Stat. § 29.203 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 29 / Section 29.203
§ 29.203 REGISTER PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE.
Status: in_force

Every register made or kept in compliance with the provisions of sections 29.201 to 29.205 shall be prima facie evidence of the truth and accuracy of the facts therein stated or appearing as required thereby. Every such register shall at all times be open to inspection and examination by any peace officer or any public official charged with the duty of law enforcement, as often as and when required.
Minn. Stat. § 626.8461 — MN Code / Part 625_634 / Chapter 626 / Section 626.8461
§ 626.8461 PART-TIME PEACE OFFICERS; POLICY.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds and declares that it is necessary to establish minimum training requirements for part-time peace officers in certain specified areas to maximize protection of the rights and safety of the public and to minimize liability on the part of Minnesota counties and municipalities. The legislature further finds that part-time peace officers are most effectively utilized as a supplement to regular, fully trained and licensed, peace officers and does not encourage the use of part-time peace officers when needs for service would otherwise justify the use of peace officers.
Minn. Stat. § 168A.101 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 168A / Section 168A.101
§ 168A.101 CANCELLATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE SALE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Required documentation. If the parties cancel a purchase of a motor vehicle after the transfer of interest, they must submit within 90 days of the original purchase date the following items: (1) a written claim for refund; (2) an affidavit correcting ownership signed by the parties; and (3) the outstanding certificate of title, if available, with proper assignment.

§ Subd. 2. Refunds. A party may be eligible for a refund of taxes paid pursuant to chapter 297B only if the items indicated in subdivision 1 are submitted within the 90-day time frame unless otherwise provided by law. No other taxes or fees paid may be refunded due to the cancellation of a motor vehicle sale.
Minn. Stat. § 302A.315 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 302A / Section 302A.315
§ 302A.315 MULTIPLE OFFICES.
Status: in_force

Any number of offices or functions of those offices may be held or exercised by the same person. If a document must be signed by persons holding different offices or functions and a person holds or exercises more than one of those offices or functions, that person may sign the document in more than one capacity, but only if the document indicates each capacity in which the person signs.
Minn. Stat. § 257.54 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 257 / Section 257.54
§ 257.54 HOW PARENT AND CHILD RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED.
Status: in_force

The parent and child relationship between a child and:

(a) the biological mother may be established by proof of her having given birth to the child, or under sections 257.51 to 257.74 or 257.75 ;

(b) the biological father may be established under sections 257.51 to 257.74 or 257.75 ; or

(c) an adoptive parent may be established by proof of adoption.
Minn. Stat. § 256B.043 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256B / Section 256B.043
§ 256B.043 COST-CONTAINMENT EFFORTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Alternative and complementary health care. The commissioner of human services, through the medical director and in consultation with the Health Services Advisory Council established under section 256B.0625 , subdivision 3c, as part of the commissioner's ongoing duties, shall consider the potential for improving quality and obtaining cost savings through greater use of alternative and complementary treatment methods and clinical practice; shall incorporate these methods into the medical assistance and MinnesotaCare programs; and shall make related legislative recommendations as appropriate. The commissioner shall post the recommendations required under this subdivision on agency websites.

§ Subd. 2. Access to care. (a) The commissioners of human services and health, as part of their ongoing duties, shall consider the adequacy of the current system of community health clinics and centers both statewide and in urban areas with significant disparities in health status and access to services across racial and ethnic groups, including: (1) methods to provide 24-hour availability of care through the clinics and centers; (2) methods to expand the availability of care through the clinics and centers; (3) the use of grants to expand the number of clinics and centers, the services provided, and the availability of care; and (4) the extent to which increased use of physician assistants, advanced practice registered nurses, medical residents and interns, and other allied health professionals in clinics and centers would increase the availability of services. (b) The commissioners shall make departmental modifications and legislative recommendations as appropriate on the basis of their considerations under paragraph (a).
Minn. Stat. § 558A.10 — MN Code / Part 553_566 / Chapter 558A / Section 558A.10
§ 558A.10 DUTY AND POWERS OF REFEREE; REPORT; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

When a partition is ordered, the referee or referees shall sell the property by any means to assure the highest and best price, under the most favorable terms. If the court orders partition in kind, the referee or referees shall divide the property, and allot the several portions thereof to the respective parties, quantity and quality relatively considered, according to their respective rights, designating the several portions by proper landmarks, and may employ a surveyor, with necessary assistants, to aid them therein. The referee may also engage appraisers, real estate brokers or agents, legal counsel, cleaning services, contractors, and other professionals that in the referee's opinion are reasonably necessary to assist in the partition in kind. The referee or referees shall make a report of the proceedings, specifying the manner of executing the documents for conveyance, and describing the property and in the case of a partition in kind the share allotted to each party, with a particular description thereof. The expenses and fees of the referee or referees, including those of a surveyor and other professionals engaged by the referee, shall be paid by the parties in proportion to the parties' interests, unless directed otherwise by the court.