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Minn. Stat. § 473.505 — MN Code / Part 473_473J / Chapter 473 / Section 473.505
§ 473.505 TOTAL WATERSHED MANAGEMENT.
Status: in_force

The Metropolitan Council may enter into agreements with other governmental bodies and agencies and spend funds to implement total watershed management. "Total watershed management" means identifying and quantifying at a watershed level the (1) sources of pollution, both point and nonpoint, (2) causes of conditions that may or may not be a result of pollution, and (3) means of reducing pollution or alleviating adverse conditions. The purpose of total watershed management is to achieve the best water quality for waters of the state receiving the effluent of the metropolitan disposal system for the lowest total costs, without regard to who will incur those costs.
Minn. Stat. § 428A.11 — MN Code / Part 426_435 / Chapter 428A / Section 428A.11
§ 428A.11 HOUSING IMPROVEMENT AREAS; DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Applicability. As used in sections 428A.11 to 428A.20 , the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. City. "City" means a home rule charter or statutory city.

§ Subd. 3. Enabling ordinance. "Enabling ordinance" means the ordinance adopted by the city council establishing the housing improvement area.

§ Subd. 4. Housing improvements. "Housing improvements" has the meaning given in the city's enabling ordinance. Housing improvements may include improvements to common elements of a condominium or other common interest community or to a manufactured home park.

§ Subd. 5. Housing improvement area. "Housing improvement area" means a defined area within the city where housing improvements are made or constructed and the costs of the improvements are paid in whole or in part from fees imposed within the area.

§ Subd. 6. Housing unit. "Housing unit" means real property and improvements thereon consisting of a one-dwelling unit, or an apartment or unit as described in chapter 515, 515A, or 515B, respectively, or a manufactured home in a manufactured home park that is occupied by a person or family for use as a residence.

§ Subd. 7. Authority. "Authority" means an economic development authority or housing and redevelopment authority created pursuant to section 469.003 , 469.004 , or 469.091 or another entity authorized by law to exercise the powers of an authority created pursuant to one of those sections.

§ Subd. 8. Implementing entity. "Implementing entity" means the city or authority designated in the enabling ordinance as responsible for implementing and administering the housing improvement area.
Minn. Stat. § 382.27 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 382 / Section 382.27
§ 382.27 REIMBURSEMENT OF PEACE OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

When any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or other peace officer of this state shall hereafter receive physical injury while in the discharge of an official duty as such peace officer the county board of the county wherein such officer resides may audit and allow bills for physicians' services, nurse, and hospital expenses rendered necessary because of such injury and may appropriate money out of the revenue fund of the county for payment thereof.
Minn. Stat. § 168.128 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 168 / Section 168.128
§ 168.128 LIMOUSINE PLATES.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Limousine registration. A unique vehicle registration category is established for limousines.

§ Subd. 2. Plates. (a) A person who operates a limousine for other than personal use shall register the motor vehicle as provided in this section. A person who operates a limousine for personal use may apply for limousine plates. (b) The commissioner shall issue limousine plates to the registered owner of a limousine who: (1) certifies that an insurance policy or policies under section 65B.135, in the minimum aggregate amount required under that section, is in effect for the entire period of the registration; (2) provides the commissioner with proof that the passenger automobile registration tax and a fee in the amount specified for special plates under section 168.12, subdivision 5, have been paid for each limousine receiving limousine plates; and (3) complies with this chapter and rules governing the registration of motor vehicles and licensing of drivers. (c) The limousine plates must be designed to specifically identify the vehicle as a limousine and must be clearly marked with the letters "LM." Limousine plates may not be transferred upon sale of the limousine, but may be transferred to another limousine owned by the same person upon notifying the commissioner and paying a $5 transfer fee.

§ Subd. 3. Insurance. (a) The application must include a certificate of insurance verifying that a valid commercial insurance policy or policies is in effect and giving the name of the insurance company and the number of the insurance policy. The policy or policies must provide in the aggregate stated limits of liability, exclusive of interest and costs, with respect to each motor vehicle for which coverage is granted, of: (1) not less than $1,500,000 because of bodily injury to one person in any one accident; (2) not less than the minimum aggregate amount required under section 65B.135 per accident; and (3) not less than $100,000 because of injury to or destruction of property. (b) The insurance company must notify the commissioner if the policy is canceled or if the policy no longer provides the coverage required by this subdivision. (c) The commissioner shall immediately notify the commissioner of transportation if the policy of a person required to have a permit under section 221.84 is canceled or no longer provides the coverage required by this subdivision.

§ Subd. 4. MS 2004 [Repealed by amendment, 1Sp2005 c 6 art 2 s 14 ]
Minn. Stat. § 59D.02 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 59D / Section 59D.02
§ 59D.02 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Terms. For purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in subdivisions 2 to 10 have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. Administrator. "Administrator" means a person, other than an insurer or creditor who performs administrative or operational functions pursuant to guaranteed asset protection waiver programs.

§ Subd. 3. Borrower. "Borrower" means a debtor, retail buyer, or lessee under a finance agreement.

§ Subd. 4. Creditor. "Creditor" means: (1) the lender in a loan or credit transaction; (2) the lessor in a lease transaction; (3) a dealer or seller of motor vehicles that provides credit to purchasers of the motor vehicles provided that the entities comply with this section; (4) the seller in commercial retail installment transactions; or (5) the assignees of any of the forgoing to whom the credit obligation is payable.

§ Subd. 5. Finance agreement. "Finance agreement" means a loan, lease, or retail installment sales contract for the purchase or lease of a motor vehicle.

§ Subd. 6. Free-look period. "Free-look period" means the period of time from the effective date of the GAP waiver until the date the borrower may cancel the contract without penalty, fees, or costs to the borrower. This period of time must not be shorter than 30 days.

§ Subd. 7. Guaranteed asset protection waiver. "Guaranteed asset protection waiver" or "GAP waiver" means a contractual agreement wherein a creditor agrees for a separate charge to cancel or waive all or part of amounts due on a borrower's finance agreement in the event of a total physical damage loss or unrecovered theft of the motor vehicle.

§ Subd. 8. Insurer. "Insurer" means an insurance company licensed, registered, or otherwise authorized to do business under Minnesota law.

§ Subd. 9. Motor vehicle. "Motor vehicle" means self-propelled or towed vehicles designed for personal or commercial use, including, but not limited to, automobiles; trucks; motorcycles; recreational vehicles; all-terrain vehicles; snowmobiles; campers; boats; personal watercraft; and motorcycle, boat, camper, and personal watercraft trailers. A creditor is prohibited from selling a GAP waiver in conjunction with the sale or lease of any used motor vehicle that is an automobile or truck that is valued at less than $5,000.

§ Subd. 10. Person. "Person" includes an individual, company, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, and every form of legal entity.
Minn. Stat. § 375.09 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 375 / Section 375.09
§ 375.09 COMMISSIONER'S MALFEASANCE; AFFECTED ACTIONS ARE VOID.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. No county employment or other elected office. No county commissioner shall hold another elected office during tenure as commissioner nor be employed by the county.

§ Subd. 2. No bribery. No commissioner shall receive any money or other valuable thing as a condition of voting or inducement to vote for any contract or other thing under consideration by the board.

§ Subd. 3. Affected elections, contracts, votes to pay are void. Every election and every contract or payment voted for or made contrary to this section is void.

§ Subd. 4. Violation is malfeasance. Any violation of this section is a malfeasance in office.
Minn. Stat. § 117.21 — MN Code / Part 117_119 / Chapter 117 / Section 117.21
§ 117.21 EASEMENT MAY INCLUDE SNOW FENCES.
Status: in_force

When the right to establish a public road is acquired by the state, or by any of its agencies or political subdivisions, there may be included in the easement so acquired the power to erect and maintain temporary snow fences as required upon lands adjoining the highway part of which lands have been taken for road purposes. If included, the right to erect and maintain such fences shall be considered in awarding damages, and any award shall be conclusively presumed to include the damages, if any, caused by the right to erect and maintain such fences.
Minn. Stat. § 383C.081 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383C / Section 383C.081
§ 383C.081 HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

A resolution of the St. Louis County Board under section 469.004 may provide that the board will constitute the county housing and redevelopment authority or it may provide for the appointment of members. If members are appointed, the authority shall be composed of seven persons and individual members of the board may be appointed to be members of the authority.
Minn. Stat. § 28.07 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 28 / Section 28.07
§ 28.07 MARKING ARTICLES OF FOOD.
Status: in_force

No person, firm, or corporation shall place, receive, or keep in any cold storage warehouse in this state, articles of food unless the same shall be plainly marked, stamped, or tagged, either upon the container in which they are packed, or upon the articles of food itself, with a lot number; and no person, firm, or corporation shall remove or allow to be removed such articles of food from any cold storage warehouse unless the same shall be plainly marked, stamped, or tagged, either on the container in which it is enclosed or upon the article of food itself, with the lot number, and such marks, stamps, and tags shall be prima facie evidence by which to trace the receipt, and removal, and of the date thereof. It shall be unlawful to remove, deface, add to, alter, or change any mark, or marks placed upon the container, wrapper, or upon the articles of food itself, or upon the label or tag attached thereto, which marks are required under the provisions of this chapter, or in compliance with rules adopted by the commissioner or under the provisions of the Cold Storage Act of any other state, without permission or under the direction of the commissioner.

If the articles of food are stored by the lessee of a room or rooms in a cold storage warehouse, the lessee shall be responsible for the goods placed by the lessee or the lessee's employees in said leased space, and also for the placing upon them of the required marks. Cold storage products may be removed from one container to another for the purpose of grading or repacking into more convenient commercial form, either during cold storage or at the time of withdrawal therefrom providing that the old container was properly marked; the lot number or numbers, shall be marked also upon the new container.
Minn. Stat. § 444.16 — MN Code / Part 440_446A / Chapter 444 / Section 444.16
§ 444.16 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 444.16 to 444.21 the terms in this section have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. Municipality. "Municipality" means a home rule charter or statutory city or a town that is not in an orderly annexation process on October 3, 1989.

§ Subd. 3. Governing body. "Governing body" means the city council for a city and the town board for a town.
Minn. Stat. § 546.08 — MN Code / Part 540_552 / Chapter 546 / Section 546.08
§ 546.08 CONTINUANCE.
Status: in_force

A motion to postpone a trial for the absence of evidence can only be made upon affidavit, stating the evidence expected to be obtained, the reasons for its absence and for expecting that it can be procured, and showing its materiality and that due diligence has been used to procure it; and if the adverse party thereupon admits that such evidence would be given and that it be considered as actually given on the trial, or offered and rejected as improper, the trial shall not be postponed.
Minn. Stat. § 144.671 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144 / Section 144.671
§ 144.671 CANCER REPORTING SYSTEM; PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of health shall establish a statewide population-based cancer reporting system. The purpose of this system is to:

(1) monitor incidence trends of cancer to detect potential public health problems, predict risks, and assist in investigating cancer clusters;

(2) more accurately target intervention resources for communities and patients and their families;

(3) inform health professionals and citizens about risks, early detection, and treatment of cancers known to be elevated in their communities; and

(4) promote high quality research to provide better information for cancer control and to address public concerns and questions about cancer.
Minn. Stat. § 161.125 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 161 / Section 161.125
§ 161.125 SOUND ABATEMENT ALONG HIGHWAYS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Implementation. The commissioner of transportation shall implement noise abatement measures within or along the perimeter of freeways and expressways contingent on the availability of funding, in accordance with section 116.07, subdivision 2a .

§ Subd. 2. MS 1976 [Repealed, 1977 c 454 s 49 ]

§ Subd. 3. Sound-abatement measures. (a) For the purpose of this section, sound-abatement measures include but are not limited to the following: (1) traffic-management measures, including reduced speed limits or exclusion and rerouting of excessively noisy vehicles; (2) design and construction measures, including use of sound-absorbing road surface materials, landscaping and planning, acquisition of buffer zones or noise insulation of buildings on abutting property; (3) enforcement of the motor vehicle source noise limits of the Pollution Control Agency and of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; and (4) other measures designed for the purpose of reducing motor vehicle source noise or reducing the effects of that noise. (b) The commissioner of public safety shall cooperate with the commissioner of transportation in implementing any sound-abatement measures that include law enforcement activities.
Minn. Stat. § 316.18 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 316 / Section 316.18
§ 316.18 HEARING; EVIDENCE; ORDER FOR ASSESSMENT.
Status: in_force

Upon such hearing, after proof of due service of notice, the court shall receive and consider such evidence, by affidavit or otherwise, as may be presented by the receiver, or by any creditor, officer, or stockholder, appearing in person or by attorney, but such evidence shall be the best available under the circumstances of each case, upon the following points:

(1) the nature and probable extent of the indebtedness of the corporation;

(2) the probable expense of the receivership;

(3) the probable amount of available assets; and

(4) the parties liable as stockholders, the nature and extent of the liability of each, and their probable solvency or responsibility.

If it appears that the available assets, or such amount as may be realized therefrom within a reasonable time, will be insufficient to pay such expenses and indebtedness in full and without delay, the court shall order a ratable assessment upon all parties liable as stockholders, or upon account of any stock of such corporation, for such amount, proportion, or percentage of such liability upon or on account of each share of such stock as it shall deem proper, considering the probable solvency and responsibility of the stockholders and the probable expense of collecting such assessment, and shall direct payment of the amount so assessed against each share of such stock to the assignee or receiver, within the time specified in such order. No assessment shall be made against any stockholder for any liability of any corporation incurred outside of the scope of the powers of such corporation, or of the officers thereof incurring the same, unless such stockholder shall have been found by the court to have consented thereto.
Minn. Stat. § 47.68 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 47 / Section 47.68
§ 47.68 ELECTRONIC FINANCIAL TERMINAL SECURITY.
Status: in_force

Every person establishing and maintaining an electronic financial terminal and every financial institution using an electronic financial terminal shall adopt and maintain safeguards to insure the safety of funds, items, and other information, which safeguards shall include security devices consistent with the appropriate requirements specified under the federal Bank Protection Act of 1968, Public Law 90-389, or such alternative security precautions as are approved by the commissioner.
Minn. Stat. § 308A.155 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 308A / Section 308A.155
§ 308A.155 CORPORATE EXISTENCE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Commencement of corporate existence. The corporate existence of a cooperative begins when the articles are filed with the secretary of state.

§ Subd. 2. Perpetual existence unless limited. Cooperatives have perpetual duration unless the cooperative provides for a limited period of duration of corporate existence in the articles.
Minn. Stat. § 120B.16 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 120B / Section 120B.16
§ 120B.16 SECONDARY CREDIT FOR STUDENTS.
Status: in_force

A student who satisfactorily completes a high school course shall receive secondary course credit and the credit shall count toward the student's graduation requirements.
Minn. Stat. § 41B.039 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 41B / Section 41B.039
§ 41B.039 BEGINNING FARMER PROGRAM.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment. The authority may establish, develop criteria, and implement a beginning farmer program.

§ Subd. 2. State participation. The state may participate in a new real estate loan with an eligible lender to a beginning farmer to the extent of 45 percent of the principal amount of the loan. Individual loans must be no less than $20,000 and no more than $500,000. The interest rates and repayment terms of the authority's participation interest may be different than the interest rates and repayment terms of the lender's retained portion of the loan.

§ Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1989 c 273 s 8 ]

§ Subd. 4. [Repealed, 1989 c 273 s 8 ]

§ Subd. 5. [Repealed, 1989 c 273 s 8 ]
Minn. Stat. § 321.1117 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 321 / Section 321.1117
§ 321.1117 FILINGS REQUIRED FOR DOMESTICATION; EFFECTIVE DATE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Articles of domestication. After a plan of domestication is approved, a domesticating organization shall file with the secretary of state articles of domestication, which articles of domestication must include: (1) a statement, as the case may be, that the organization has been domesticated from or into another jurisdiction; (2) the name of the domesticating organization and the jurisdiction of its governing statute; (3) the name of the domesticated organization and the jurisdiction of its governing statute; (4) the date the domestication is effective under the governing statute of the domesticated organization; (5) if the domesticating organization was a limited partnership, a statement that the domestication was approved as required by this chapter; (6) if the domesticating organization was a foreign limited partnership, a statement that the domestication was approved as required by the governing statute of the other jurisdiction; and (7) if the domesticated organization was a foreign limited partnership not authorized to transact business in this state, the street address of an office that the secretary of state may use for the purposes of section 321.1118, subdivision 2 .

§ Subd. 2. Effective date of domestication. A domestication becomes effective: (1) when the certificate of limited partnership takes effect, if the domesticated company is a limited partnership; and (2) according to the governing statute of the domesticated company, if the domesticated organization is a foreign limited partnership.
Minn. Stat. § 611A.20 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 611A / Section 611A.20
§ 611A.20 NOTICE OF RISK OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Notice required. A hospital shall give a written notice about sexually transmitted diseases to a person receiving medical services in the hospital who reports or evidences a sexual assault or other unwanted sexual contact or sexual penetration. When appropriate, the notice must be given to the parent or guardian of the victim.

§ Subd. 2. Contents of notice. The commissioners of public safety and corrections, in consultation with sexual assault victim advocates and health care professionals, shall develop the notice required by subdivision 1. The notice must inform the victim of: (1) the risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases as a result of a sexual assault; (2) the symptoms of sexually transmitted diseases; (3) recommendations for periodic testing for the diseases, where appropriate; (4) locations where confidential testing is done and the extent of the confidentiality provided; (5) information necessary to make an informed decision whether to request a test of the offender under section 611A.19 ; and (6) other medically relevant information.
Minn. Stat. § 508.07 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 508 / Section 508.07
§ 508.07 NONRESIDENT APPLICANT; AGENT.
Status: in_force

If not a resident of the state, the applicant shall file for record with the county recorder a written agreement, duly executed and acknowledged, appointing an agent residing in the state. The applicant shall state therein the full name and post office address of this agent and therein agree that the service of any legal process in proceedings under or growing out of any application shall be of the same legal effect when made on this agent as if made on the applicant within the state. If the agent so appointed dies or removes from the state, the applicant shall at once appoint another agent in like manner and, on failing so to do, the court may in its discretion dismiss the application. In any subsequent application made, the applicant may refer to such written authority so recorded, provided the same is sufficiently comprehensive to include such subsequent application.