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Minn. Stat. § 446A.073 — MN Code / Part 440_446A / Chapter 446A / Section 446A.073
§ 446A.073 POINT SOURCE IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Program established. When money is appropriated for grants under this program, the authority shall award grants up to a maximum of $12,000,000 to governmental units to cover 80 percent of the cost of water infrastructure projects made necessary by: (1) a wasteload reduction prescribed under a total maximum daily load plan required by section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act, United States Code, title 33, section 1313(d); (2) a phosphorus concentration or mass limit which requires discharging one milligram per liter or less at permitted design flow which is incorporated into a permit issued by the Pollution Control Agency; (3) any other water quality-based effluent limit established under section 115.03 , subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (5), item (viii), and incorporated into a permit issued by the Pollution Control Agency that exceeds secondary treatment limits; or (4) a total nitrogen concentration or mass limit that requires discharging ten milligrams per liter or less at permitted design flow.

§ Subd. 2. Grant application. Application for a grant must be made to the authority on forms prescribed by the authority, including a project schedule and cost estimate for the work necessary to comply with the requirements listed in subdivision 1. The Pollution Control Agency shall review and certify to the authority those projects that have plans and specifications approved under section 115.03, subdivision 1 , paragraph (a), clause (6).

§ Subd. 3. Project priorities. The authority shall accept applications under this program during the month of July. When a project is certified by the Pollution Control Agency the authority shall reserve money for the project in the order listed on the Pollution Control Agency's project priority list and in an amount based on the cost estimate submitted to the authority when the project is certified or the as-bid costs, whichever is less. Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, chapter 7077, the Pollution Control Agency may rank a drinking water infrastructure project on the agency's project priority list if the project is necessary to meet an applicable requirement in subdivision 1.

§ Subd. 4. Grant approval. The authority must make a grant for an eligible project only after: (1) the applicant has submitted the as-bid cost for the water infrastructure project; (2) the Pollution Control Agency has certified the grant eligible portion of the project; and (3) the authority has determined that the additional financing necessary to complete the project has been committed from other sources.

§ Subd. 5. Grant disbursement. Disbursement of a grant must be made for eligible project costs as incurred by the governmental unit and in accordance with a project financing agreement and applicable state and federal laws and rules governing the payments.
Minn. Stat. § 148F.115 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 148F / Section 148F.115
§ 148F.115 FEES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Application fee. The application fee is $295.

§ Subd. 2. Biennial renewal fee. The license renewal fee is $295. If the board establishes a renewal schedule, and the scheduled renewal date is less than two years, the fee may be prorated.

§ Subd. 3. Temporary permit fee. Temporary permit fees are as follows: (1) initial application fee is $100; and (2) annual renewal fee is $150. If the initial term is less or more than one year, the fee may be prorated.

§ Subd. 4. Inactive license renewal fee. The inactive license renewal fee is $150.

§ Subd. 5. Late fees. Late fees are as follows: (1) biennial renewal late fee is $74; (2) inactive license renewal late fee is $37; and (3) annual temporary permit late fee is $37.

§ Subd. 6. Fee to renew after expiration of license. The fee for renewal of a license that has been expired for less than two years is the total of the biennial renewal fee in effect at the time of late renewal and the late fee.

§ Subd. 7. Fee for license verification. The fee for license verification is $25.

§ Subd. 8. Surcharge fee. Notwithstanding section 16A.1285, subdivision 2 , a surcharge of $99 shall be paid at the time of initial application for or renewal of an alcohol and drug counselor license until June 30, 2013.

§ Subd. 9. Sponsor application fee. The fee for a sponsor application for approval of a continuing education course is $60.

§ Subd. 10. Order or stipulation fee. The fee for a copy of a board order or stipulation is $10.

§ Subd. 11. Duplicate certificate fee. The fee for a duplicate certificate is $25.

§ Subd. 12. Supervisor application processing fee. The fee for licensure supervisor application processing is $30.

§ Subd. 13. Nonrefundable fees. All fees in this section are nonrefundable.
Minn. Stat. § 103B.205 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103B / Section 103B.205
§ 103B.205 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 103B.211 to 103B.255 .

§ Subd. 2. Board. "Board" means the Board of Water and Soil Resources unless the context indicates otherwise.

§ Subd. 3. Capital improvement program. "Capital improvement program" means an itemized program for at least a five-year prospective period, and any amendments to it, subject to at least biennial review, setting forth the schedule, timing, and details of specific contemplated capital improvements by year, together with their estimated cost, the need for each improvement, financial sources, and the financial effect that the improvements will have on the local government unit or watershed management organization.

§ Subd. 4. Groundwater plan. "Groundwater plan" means a county plan adopted under section 103B.255 .

§ Subd. 5. Groundwater system. "Groundwater system" means one of the 14 principal aquifers of the state as defined by the United States Geological Survey in the Water-Resources Investigations 81-51, entitled "Designation of Principal Water-Supply Aquifers in Minnesota" (August 1981), and its revisions.

§ Subd. 6. Local comprehensive plan. "Local comprehensive plan" has the meaning given it in section 473.852, subdivision 5 .

§ Subd. 7. Local government unit. "Local government unit" or "local unit" has the meaning given it in section 473.852 .

§ Subd. 8. Metropolitan area. "Metropolitan area" has the meaning given in section 473.121, subdivision 2 .

§ Subd. 9. Minor watershed units. "Minor watershed units" means the drainage areas identified and delineated as such pursuant to Laws 1977, chapter 455, section 33, subdivision 7, paragraph (a).

§ Subd. 10. Official controls. "Official controls" has the meaning given it in section 473.852 .

§ Subd. 10a. State review agencies. "State review agencies" means the commissioners of natural resources, the Pollution Control Agency, agriculture, and health.

§ Subd. 10b. Subwatershed unit. "Subwatershed unit" means a hydrologic area less than the entire area under the jurisdiction of a watershed management organization.

§ Subd. 11. Watershed. "Watershed" means a drainage area having boundaries which are substantially coterminous with those of an aggregation of contiguous minor watershed units possessing similar drainage patterns and which cross the borders of two or more local government units.

§ Subd. 12. Watershed district. "Watershed district" means a district established under chapter 103D.

§ Subd. 13. Watershed management organization. "Watershed management organization" or "organization" means a watershed district wholly within the metropolitan area or a joint powers entity established wholly or partly within the metropolitan area by special law or by agreement that performs some or all of the functions of a watershed district for a watershed and that has the characteristics and the authority specified under section 103B.211 . Lake improvement or conservation districts are not watershed management organizations.
Minn. Stat. § 345.15 — MN Code / Part 343_348 / Chapter 345 / Section 345.15
§ 345.15 COUNTIES, UNCLAIMED PROPERTY; DISPOSITION; DUTY OF SHERIFF.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Sheriff seizure and public sale. The sheriff of any county may seize and retain any personal property abandoned upon any public way, sidewalk, or other public premises or any property or exhibits entered in evidence in any judicial proceeding as are released by order of the court. The sheriff shall, after holding the property for a period of at least three months, sell the same at public auction giving reasonable public notice of the time and place of such sale in a newspaper of general circulation within the county. The notice shall give a brief description of the articles to be sold and the time and place of sale. The sale shall be made by the sheriff or under the sheriff's direction. The owner of any such property upon application and satisfactory proof of ownership may recover the property or, within one month of the sale, the net proceeds of the sale of such property. The sheriff shall transfer the net proceeds from the sale of property to the county treasurer to be credited to the general revenue fund and to be deposited as provided by law. The net proceeds shall be the sale price less any costs of handling, storage, or sale.

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1971 c 734 s 12 ]
Minn. Stat. § 62L.09 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62L / Section 62L.09
§ 62L.09 CESSATION OF SMALL EMPLOYER BUSINESS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Notice to commissioner. A health carrier electing to cease doing business in the small employer market shall notify the commissioner 180 days prior to the effective date of the cessation. The health carrier shall simultaneously provide a copy of the notice to each small employer covered by a health benefit plan issued by the health carrier. For purposes of this section, "cease doing business" means to discontinue issuing new health benefit plans to small employers and to refuse to renew all of the health carrier's existing health benefit plans issued to small employers, the terms of which permit refusal to renew under the circumstances specified in this subdivision. This section does not permit cancellation of a health benefit plan, unless permitted under its terms. Upon making the notification, the health carrier shall not offer or issue new business in the small employer market. The health carrier shall renew its current small employer business due for renewal within 120 days after the date of the notification but shall not renew any small employer business more than 120 days after the date of the notification. The renewal period for business renewed during that 120-day period shall end on the effective date of the cessation. A health carrier that elects to cease doing business in the small employer market shall continue to be governed by this chapter with respect to any continuing small employer business conducted by the health carrier.

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1993 c 345 art 7 s 16 ]

§ Subd. 3. Reentry prohibition. (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), a health carrier that ceases to do business in the small employer market after July 1, 1993, is prohibited from writing new business in the small employer market in this state for a period of five years from the date of notice to the commissioner. This subdivision applies to any health maintenance organization that ceases to do business in the small employer market in one service area with respect to that service area only. Nothing in this subdivision prohibits an affiliated health maintenance organization from continuing to do business in the small employer market in that same service area. (b) The commissioner of commerce or the commissioner of health may permit a health carrier that ceases to do business in the small employer market in this state after July 1, 1993, to begin writing new business in the small employer market if: (1) since the carrier ceased doing business in the small employer market, legislative action has occurred that has significantly changed the effect on the carrier of its decision to cease doing business in the small employer market; and (2) the commissioner deems it appropriate.

§ Subd. 4. Continuing assessment liability. A health carrier that ceases to do business in the small employer market remains liable for assessments levied by the association as provided in section 62L.22 .
Minn. Stat. § 103D.541 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103D / Section 103D.541
§ 103D.541 APPEAL OF COURT ORDER.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Appeal authorized. A party may appeal a court order as in other civil cases if aggrieved by a final order or judgment given on appeal to the district court or by the original order of the court made in proceedings heard and tried before the court.

§ Subd. 2. Appeal of proceeding before managers. In a proceeding before the managers for the repair, improvement, maintenance, consolidation, or abandonment of a project of the watershed district, the right of appeal is the same as in other civil cases.
Minn. Stat. § 169A.37 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 169A / Section 169A.37
§ 169A.37 LICENSE PLATE IMPOUNDMENT VIOLATION CRIMES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Crime described. It is a crime for a person: (1) to fail to comply with an impoundment order under section 169A.60 (administrative plate impoundment); (2) to file a false statement under section 169A.60, subdivision 7 , 8, or 14; (3) to operate a self-propelled motor vehicle on a street or highway when the vehicle is subject to an impoundment order issued under section 169A.60 , unless specially coded plates have been issued for the vehicle pursuant to section 169A.60, subdivision 13 ; (4) to fail to notify the commissioner of the impoundment order when requesting new plates; (5) who is subject to a plate impoundment order under section 169A.60 , to drive, operate, or be in control of any motor vehicle during the impoundment period, unless the vehicle is employer-owned and is not required to be equipped with an ignition interlock device pursuant to section 171.306 , subdivision 4, paragraph (b), or Laws 2013, chapter 127, section 70, or has specially coded plates issued pursuant to section 169A.60, subdivision 13 , and the person is validly licensed to drive; (6) who is the transferee of a motor vehicle and who has signed a sworn statement under section 169A.60, subdivision 14 , to allow the previously registered owner to drive, operate, or be in control of the vehicle during the impoundment period; or (7) to intentionally remove all or a portion of or to otherwise obliterate or damage a permanent sticker affixed on and invalidating a registration plate under section 169A.60 , subdivision 4.

§ Subd. 2. Criminal penalty. A person who violates subdivision 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Minn. Stat. § 142G.58 — MN Code / Part 142A_142G / Chapter 142G / Section 142G.58
§ 142G.58 POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION AS APPROVED WORK ACTIVITY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Length of program. (a) In order for a postsecondary education or training program to be an approved work activity as defined in section 142G.50, subdivision 11 , paragraph (a), clause (6), it must be a program lasting four years or less, and the participant must meet the requirements of subdivisions 2, 3, and 4. (b) Participants with a high school diploma, commissioner of education-selected high school equivalency certification, or an adult high school diploma must be informed of the opportunity to participate in postsecondary education or training while in the Minnesota family investment program.

§ Subd. 2. Postsecondary education or training. (a) Participants who are interested in participating in postsecondary education or training as part of their employment plan must discuss their education plans with their job counselor. Job counselors will work with participants to evaluate the options by: (1) advising whether there are suitable employment opportunities that require the specific education or training in the area in which the participant resides or is willing to reside; (2) assisting the participant in exploring whether the participant can meet the requirements for admission into the program; and (3) discussing the participant's strengths and challenges based on the participant's MFIP assessment, previous education, training, and work history. (b) The requirements of this subdivision do not apply to participants who are in: (1) a recognized career pathway program that leads to stackable credentials; (2) a training program lasting 12 weeks or fewer; or (3) the final year of a multiyear postsecondary education or training program.

§ Subd. 3. Satisfactory progress required. In order for a postsecondary education or training program to be an approved activity in a participant's employment plan, the participant must maintain satisfactory progress in the program. "Satisfactory progress" in an education or training program means (1) the participant remains in good standing while the participant is enrolled in the program, as defined by the education or training institution, or (2) the participant makes satisfactory progress as the term is defined in the participant's employment plan.

§ Subd. 4. Requirements after postsecondary education or training. Upon completion of an approved education or training program, a participant who does not meet the participation requirements in section 142G.51, subdivision 1 , through unsubsidized employment must participate in job search. If, after three months of job search, the participant does not find a full-time job consistent with the employment goal, the participant must accept any offer of full-time suitable employment, or meet with the job counselor to revise the employment plan to include additional work activities necessary to meet hourly requirements.
Minn. Stat. § 214.29 — MN Code / Part 214_215 / Chapter 214 / Section 214.29
§ 214.29 PROGRAM REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

Each health-related licensing board shall either conduct a health professionals service program under sections 214.31 to 214.37 or contract for a diversion program under section 214.28.
Minn. Stat. § 60D.30 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 60D / Section 60D.30
§ 60D.30 ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION.
Status: in_force

Section 302A.521, subdivision 3, applies to a corporation that is a member of an insurance holding company system, except if a determination for advancement is not made under section 302A.521, subdivision 6 , clauses (1) to (4), the corporation that is a member of an insurance holding company system may make the determination that a person is entitled to payment or reimbursement of expenses in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding upon receipt of a written affirmation as provided in section 302A.521, subdivision 3 .
Minn. Stat. § 62K.03 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62K / Section 62K.03
§ 62K.03 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Applicability. For purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given.

§ Subd. 2. Affordable Care Act. "Affordable Care Act" means the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148, as amended, including the federal Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Public Law 111-152, and any amendments, and any federal guidance or regulations issued under these acts.

§ Subd. 3. Dental plan. "Dental plan" means a dental plan as defined in section 62Q.76, subdivision 3 .

§ Subd. 4. Enrollee. "Enrollee" means a natural person covered by a health plan and includes an insured policyholder, subscriber, contract holder, member, covered person, or certificate holder.

§ Subd. 5. Health carrier. "Health carrier" means a health carrier as defined in section 62A.011, subdivision 2 .

§ Subd. 6. Health plan. "Health plan" means a health plan as defined in section 62A.011, subdivision 3 .

§ Subd. 7. Individual health plan. "Individual health plan" means an individual health plan as defined in section 62A.011, subdivision 4 .

§ Subd. 8. Limited-scope pediatric dental plan. "Limited-scope pediatric dental plan" means a dental plan meeting the requirements of section 9832(c)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, that provides only pediatric dental benefits meeting the requirements of the Affordable Care Act and is offered by a health carrier. A limited-scope pediatric dental plan includes a dental plan that is offered separately or in conjunction with an individual or small group health plan to individuals who have not attained the age of 19 years as of the beginning of the policy year or to a family.

§ Subd. 9. MNsure. "MNsure" means MNsure as defined in section 62V.02 .

§ Subd. 10. Preferred provider organization. "Preferred provider organization" means a health plan that provides discounts to enrollees or subscribers for services they receive from certain health care providers.

§ Subd. 11. Qualified health plan. "Qualified health plan" means a health plan that meets the definition in the Affordable Care Act and has been certified by the board of MNsure in accordance with chapter 62V to be offered through MNsure.

§ Subd. 12. Small group health plan. "Small group health plan" means a health plan issued by a health carrier to a small employer as defined in section 62L.02, subdivision 26 .
Minn. Stat. § 583.311 — MN Code / Part 570_583 / Chapter 583 / Section 583.311
§ 583.311 VOLUNTARY ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The administrator shall establish procedures and measures to ensure maximum use of alternative dispute resolution under this chapter for disputes in rural areas. Referrals may be accepted from courts, state agencies, local units of government, or any party to a dispute involving rural land, regulation, rural individuals, businesses, or property, or any matter affecting rural quality of life. The legislature encourages state and federal agencies and governmental subdivisions to use the services provided by the administrator under this chapter and to cooperate fully when matters under this jurisdiction are subjected to alternative dispute resolution methods. The administrator may set fees for participation in voluntary procedures to pay all or part of the costs of providing such services.
Minn. Stat. § 60A.9585 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 60A / Section 60A.9585
§ 60A.9585 UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICE.
Status: in_force

A violation of sections 60A.957 to 60A.9585 , including the commission of a fraudulent viatical settlement act, shall be considered an unfair trade practice under section 72A.20 .
Minn. Stat. § 103B.321 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103B / Section 103B.321
§ 103B.321 DUTIES OF THE BOARD.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. General. The board shall: (1) develop guidelines for the contents of local water management plans that provide for a flexible approach to meeting the different water and related land resources needs of counties and watersheds across the state; (2) coordinate assistance of state agencies to counties and other local units of government involved in preparation of local water management plans, including identification of pertinent data and studies available from the state and federal government; (3) conduct an active program of information and education concerning the requirements and purposes of sections 103B.301 to 103B.355 in conjunction with the Association of Minnesota Counties; (4) determine contested cases under section 103B.345 ; (5) establish a process for review of local water management plans that assures the plans are consistent with state law; and (6) make grants to counties for local water management planning, implementation of priority actions identified in approved plans, and sealing of abandoned wells.

§ Subd. 2. Rulemaking. The board may adopt rules to implement sections 103B.301 to 103B.355 .

§ Subd. 3. [Repealed, 2003 c 128 art 1 s 176 ]