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Minn. Stat. § 202A.15 — MN Code / Part 200_212 / Chapter 202A / Section 202A.15
§ 202A.15 TIME AND PLACE OF CAUCUS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Time. Precinct caucuses within a county shall be held on the day established pursuant to section 202A.14, subdivision 1 , and the caucuses shall remain open for at least one hour.

§ Subd. 2. Place. The precinct caucuses shall be held at the regular polling places for each precinct or other suitable places designated in the call, and no caucus may be adjourned to any other place or time. In the event that there is only one suitable meeting place in the precinct polling place and the major political parties cannot agree as to its use, the county auditor shall decide by lot prior to January 15, 1970, the party which is to receive the use of the meeting place in years evenly divisible by four and which party shall receive the use of the meeting place in other years in which a state general election is held. The report of such selections by lot in the county shall be filed by the auditor with the county board which shall publish the same as a part of the minutes of the board meeting at which the report is filed. A precinct caucus must be held at a place that meets the accessibility standards for precinct polling places specified in section 204B.16, subdivision 5 . In addition, the place where a precinct caucus is held must contain restrooms that conform to the standards in the State Building Code for accessibility by disabled persons. If a precinct caucus is held on a floor of a building that is either above or below the entrance level for the building, an elevator must be available. Any elevators used for access to the room where the precinct caucus is held must conform to the standards in the State Building Code for accessibility by disabled persons. If there are not enough places within a precinct that are or can be made accessible as provided by this subdivision and section 204B.16, subdivision 5 , for each major party to hold its precinct caucus, a major party may hold its caucus at a place outside one of the boundaries of the precinct in order to comply with accessibility requirements. If only one place satisfies the accessibility and location requirements of this subdivision, the major parties shall alternate use of the place. Prior to January 1, 1990, the county auditor shall decide by lot which party is to use the accessible place in years evenly divisible by four and which party is to use the place in other years when a state general election is held.
Minn. Stat. § 290.0694 — MN Code / Part 289A_295 / Chapter 290 / Section 290.0694
§ 290.0694 CREDIT FOR SALES OF MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS TO COOPERATIVES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions have the meanings given. (b) "Qualified property" means a manufactured home park in Minnesota classified as 4c(5)(i) or 4c(5)(iii) under section 273.13, subdivision 25 , paragraph (d). (c) "Qualified seller" means a taxpayer, as defined under section 290.01, subdivision 6 , who sells qualified property to: (1) a corporation or association organized under chapter 308A, 308B, or 308C, where each person who owns a share or shares in the corporation or association would be entitled to occupy a lot within the qualified property after the sale; (2) a charitable corporation, organized under the laws of Minnesota with no outstanding stock, and granted a ruling by the Internal Revenue Service for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, whose members hold residential participation warrants entitling the members to occupy the units in the manufactured home park; or (3) a nonprofit or a representative acting on behalf of residents, as defined by section 327C.015, subdivision 13 , who purchases the property on behalf of residents who intend to form a corporation or association as described in clause (1) or (2). [See Note.]

§ Subd. 2. Credit allowed; carryforward. (a) A qualified seller is allowed a credit against the tax imposed under this chapter. The credit equals five percent of the amount of the sale price of the qualified property. (b) If the amount of the credit under this section exceeds the taxpayer's liability for tax under this chapter, the excess is a credit carryover to each of the five succeeding taxable years. The entire amount of the excess unused credit for the taxable year must be carried first to the earliest of the taxable years to which the credit may be carried and then to each successive year to which the credit may be carried. The amount of the unused credit that may be added under this paragraph may not exceed the taxpayer's liability for tax, less any credit for the current taxable year. (c) For residents and part-year residents, the credit must be allocated based on the percentage calculated under section 290.06, subdivision 2c , paragraph (e).

§ Subd. 3. Partnerships; multiple owners. Credits granted to a partnership, a limited liability company taxed as a partnership, an S corporation, or multiple owners of property are passed through to the partners, members, shareholders, or owners, respectively, pro rata to each partner, member, shareholder, or owner based on their share of the entity's assets or as specially allocated in their organizational documents or any other executed document, as of the last day of the taxable year.

§ Subd. 4. Sunset. This section expires January 1, 2031, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2030.
Minn. Stat. § 125A.259 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 125A / Section 125A.259
§ 125A.259 CITATION; INTERAGENCY EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

Sections 125A.26 to 125A.48 may be cited as the "Interagency Early Childhood Intervention System."
Minn. Stat. § 252.44 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 252 / Section 252.44
§ 252.44 LEAD AGENCY BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES.
Status: in_force

When the need for day services in a county or tribe has been determined under section 252.43 , the board of commissioners for that lead agency shall:

(1) authorize the delivery of day services according to the support plans and support plan addendums required as part of the lead agency's provision of case management services under sections 256B.092, subdivision 1b , and 256B.49, subdivision 15 , and Minnesota Rules, parts 9525.0004 to 9525.0036 ;

(2) ensure that transportation is provided or arranged by the vendor in the most efficient and reasonable way possible; and

(3) monitor and evaluate the cost and effectiveness of the services.
Minn. Stat. § 144E.287 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144E / Section 144E.287
§ 144E.287 DIVERSION PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

The director shall either conduct a health professionals services program or contract for a diversion program for professionals regulated under this chapter who are unable to perform their duties with reasonable skill and safety by reason of illness, use of alcohol, drugs, chemicals, or any other materials, or as a result of any mental, physical, or psychological condition.
Minn. Stat. § 257.06 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 257 / Section 257.06
§ 257.06 EXPORTATION.
Status: in_force

No person except a parent or guardian may take or send a child out of the state for purposes of placing the child in foster care without first obtaining the approval of the commissioner of children, youth, and families.
Minn. Stat. § 145.905 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 145 / Section 145.905
§ 145.905 LOCATION FOR BREASTFEEDING.
Status: in_force

A mother may breastfeed in any location, public or private, where the mother and child are otherwise authorized to be, irrespective of whether the nipple of the mother's breast is uncovered during or incidental to the breastfeeding.
Minn. Stat. § 138.054 — MN Code / Part 138_140 / Chapter 138 / Section 138.054
§ 138.054 MINNESOTA HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT LEARNING CENTER.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Public policy. The legislature of the state of Minnesota hereby declares that it is an important purpose and function of state government to preserve the people's appreciation of the heritage of the state and to promote and enrich their knowledge and understanding of the government and political tradition of the state; and that there is an urgent need to further these goals by: supporting research; developing resource materials and workshops for public and nonpublic high school students, university interns, and teachers; and utilizing the unique talents and experience of the members of the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the state government.

§ Subd. 2. Establishment. (a) There is hereby established a Minnesota History and Government Learning Center. (b) The center shall be cosponsored by the Minnesota Historical Society, the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, and the Department of Education. (c) The headquarters of the center shall be the Minnesota Historical Society. (d) The director of the Minnesota Historical Society shall appoint the administrator of the center after consultation with the Executive Council of the Minnesota Historical Society, the chancellor of the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and the commissioner of education. (e) High school and university students selected for workshops sponsored by the center shall be apportioned evenly among the legislative districts of the state.
Minn. Stat. § 173.265 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 173 / Section 173.265
§ 173.265 OUTDOOR ADVERTISING DEVICES; REMOVAL; MAINTENANCE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them. (b) "Destroyed" means that more than 50 percent of a nonconforming outdoor advertising device's upright supports are physically damaged to a degree that normal repair practices would require replacement of broken wooden supports or replacement of broken, bent, or twisted supports for metal sign structures. (c) "Reasonable repair and maintenance" means customary maintenance and change of a sign's copy or message, and includes replacement of existing light fixtures with energy efficient fixtures or installation of other energy efficiency improvements. Reasonable repair and maintenance does not include: (1) the addition of illumination; (2) repair, reinstallation, erection, or maintenance for outdoor advertising devices that are destroyed, as defined under paragraph (b); (3) enlarging the nonconforming device; (4) changing the device from a wood structure to a steel or concrete structure; or (5) any change that would terminate nonconforming status. (d) "Substantial change" means any action that does not constitute reasonable repair and maintenance.

§ Subd. 2. Application. This section applies only to outdoor advertising devices subject to state and federal regulation under United States Code, title 23, section 131, and any regulations adopted under that law.

§ Subd. 3. Removal. The department may remove a destroyed, abandoned, or discontinued outdoor advertising device, subject to the limitations provided under this chapter.

§ Subd. 4. Reasonable repair and maintenance. (a) The owner of an outdoor advertising device may perform reasonable repair and maintenance on any device, provided the device is not destroyed. (b) Any action not constituting reasonable repair and maintenance will subject the outdoor advertising device to immediate removal under subdivision 3.

§ Subd. 5. Substantial change. Substantial changes to outdoor advertising devices are prohibited. A substantial change to a nonconforming outdoor advertising device will subject the sign to immediate removal under subdivision 3.
Minn. Stat. § 192A.625 — MN Code / Part 190_195 / Chapter 192A / Section 192A.625
§ 192A.625 COMPLAINTS OF WRONGS.
Status: in_force

Any member of the state military forces having a belief of being wronged by a commanding officer, and who, upon due application to that commanding officer, is refused redress, may complain to any superior commissioned officer, who shall forward the complaint to the governor or adjutant general.
Minn. Stat. § 308B.975 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 308B / Section 308B.975
§ 308B.975 RIGHT TO SUE OR DEFEND AFTER DISSOLUTION.
Status: in_force

After a cooperative has been dissolved, any of its former officers, directors, or members may assert or defend, in the name of the cooperative, a claim by or against the cooperative.
Minn. Stat. § 599.15 — MN Code / Part 595_603 / Chapter 599 / Section 599.15
§ 599.15 COPIES OF DECISIONS, CERTIFIED BY LIBRARIAN.
Status: in_force

Copies of judicial decisions contained in any of the law or equity reports in the state library, and of any other papers or documents contained in such library, certified by the state librarian, shall be received in evidence in like manner and with like effect as the originals. For making and certifying any such copy, the librarian shall be entitled to charge 15 cents a folio.
Minn. Stat. § 546.11 — MN Code / Part 540_552 / Chapter 546 / Section 546.11
§ 546.11 ORDER OF TRIAL.
Status: in_force

In a civil case when the jury is completed and sworn, the trial shall proceed in the following order, unless for special reasons the court shall otherwise direct:

(1) the plaintiff, after stating the issue, shall produce the plaintiff's evidence;

(2) the defendant may then open the defense, and produce evidence in support thereof;

(3) the parties may then respectively offer rebutting evidence only, unless the court, in furtherance of justice, shall permit either to introduce evidence upon each's original case;

(4) when the evidence is concluded, unless the case be submitted by one side or both without argument, the defendant shall open and the plaintiff close the argument to the jury; provided, that if the defendant have the affirmative of the issue to be tried the foregoing order of trial shall be reversed;

(5) if several defendants, having separate defenses, appear by different counsel, the court shall determine their relative order in respect to both evidence and argument;

(6) when the argument is closed the court may charge the jury.
Minn. Stat. § 336.1-306 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.1-306
§ 336.1-306 WAIVER OR RENUNCIATION OF CLAIM OR RIGHT AFTER BREACH.
Status: in_force

A claim or right arising out of an alleged breach may be discharged in whole or in part without consideration by agreement of the aggrieved party in a signed record.
Minn. Stat. § 13.685 — MN Code / Part 13_13C / Chapter 13 / Section 13.685
§ 13.685 MUNICIPAL UTILITY CUSTOMER DATA.
Status: in_force

Data on customers of municipal electric utilities are private data on individuals or nonpublic data, but may be released to:

(1) a law enforcement agency that requests access to the data in connection with an investigation;

(2) a school for purposes of compiling pupil census data;

(3) the Metropolitan Council for use in studies or analyses required by law;

(4) a public child support authority for purposes of establishing or enforcing child support; or

(5) a person where use of the data directly advances the general welfare, health, or safety of the public; the commissioner of administration may issue advisory opinions construing this clause pursuant to section 13.072 .
Minn. Stat. § 473.181 — MN Code / Part 473_473J / Chapter 473 / Section 473.181
§ 473.181 ADDITIONAL COUNCIL REVIEW.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. MS 2000 [Repealed, 2001 c 191 s 9 ]

§ Subd. 2. Parks. The council shall review local government park master plans pursuant to section 473.313 .

§ Subd. 3. MS 1992 [Repealed, 1994 c 628 art 3 s 209 ]

§ Subd. 4. MS 1994 [Repealed, 1995 c 247 art 2 s 55 ]

§ Subd. 5. Airports. The council shall review Metropolitan Airports Commission capital projects pursuant to section 473.621, subdivision 6 . The plans of the Metropolitan Airports Commission and the development of the metropolitan airports system by the commission shall, as provided in sections 473.611, subdivision 5 , and 473.655 , be consistent with the development guide of the council.
Minn. Stat. § 308C.903 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 308C / Section 308C.903
§ 308C.903 NOTICE OF INTENT TO DISSOLVE.
Status: in_force

Before a cooperative begins dissolution, a notice of intent to dissolve must be filed with the secretary of state. The notice must contain:

(1) the name of the cooperative;

(2) the date and place of the member meeting at which the resolution was approved; and

(3) a statement that the requisite vote of the members approved the proposed dissolution.
Minn. Stat. § 611.265 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 611 / Section 611.265
§ 611.265 TRANSITION.
Status: in_force

(a) District public defenders and their employees, other than in the Second and Fourth Judicial Districts, are state employees in the judicial branch, and are governed by the personnel rules adopted by the State Board of Public Defense.

(b) A district public defender or district public defender employee who becomes a state employee under this section, and who participated in the Public Employee Retirement Association on June 30, 1993, may elect to continue to participate in the Public Employees Retirement Association according to procedures established by the Board of Public Defense and the association. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person who is first employed as a state employee or by a district public defender after July 1, 1993, must participate in the Minnesota State Retirement System.

(c) A person performing district public defender work as an independent contractor is not eligible to be covered under the state group insurance plan or the Public Employee Retirement Association.
Minn. Stat. § 60E.14 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 60E / Section 60E.14
§ 60E.14 RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt rules relating to risk retention groups as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the provisions of sections 60E.01 to 60E.14 .
Minn. Stat. § 65A.24 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 65A / Section 65A.24
§ 65A.24 STOCKHOLDERS TO MAKE UP IMPAIRMENT.
Status: in_force

If, at any time after the special reserve fund shall have been accumulated by any company, the directors of the company shall present evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that the capital of the company has become impaired, the commissioner shall order the directors to call upon the stockholders to make up this impairment, and the board of directors may thereupon require the necessary payment by the stockholders to make good the whole of the impairment, or they may apply for that purpose the whole or any part of the special reserve fund and require of the stockholders payment of such amount as may be necessary to make up the balance of the impairment not made up out of the special reserve fund. The stock of every stockholder shall be pledged and liable for the amount assessed to make up the impairment, either in whole or in part, and in case any stockholder refuses to pay the assessment, the stock standing in that person's name may be sold at public auction, after 30 days' notice, in such manner as the directors may provide. If the board of directors elect to make good the impairment, or any part thereof, out of the special reserve fund, the commissioner shall, upon request of the board, transfer to the company so much of the special reserve fund as is necessary for the purpose. No company doing business under sections 65A.16 to 65A.24 shall insure any larger amount upon any single risk than is permitted by law to a company possessing the same amount of capital, irrespective of the fund provided for in sections 65A.16 to 65A.24 .
Minn. Stat. § 237.83 — MN Code / Part 237_238 / Chapter 237 / Section 237.83
§ 237.83 DISCLOSURE OF CALL LOCATION INFORMATION; EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Written request. Upon receipt of a written request from a law enforcement agency stating that the disclosure of call location information is needed in an emergency situation that involves the risk of death or serious physical harm to a person who possesses a telecommunications device, a wireless telecommunications service provider shall provide the requested call location information concerning that device to the requesting agency.

§ Subd. 2. Protocols. A wireless telecommunications service provider shall establish protocols consistent with this section that govern its response to a request from a law enforcement agency under subdivision 1.

§ Subd. 3. Cause of action limitation. No cause of action shall lie in any court against a wireless telecommunications service provider, its officers, employees, agents, or other specified persons for providing call location information while acting in good faith and according to this section.

§ Subd. 4. MS 2012 [Repealed, 2014 c 212 art 4 s 3 ]
Minn. Stat. § 204B.28 — MN Code / Part 200_212 / Chapter 204B / Section 204B.28
§ 204B.28 CLERKS; ELECTION SUPPLIES; DUTIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Meeting with election officials. At least 12 weeks before each regularly scheduled town general election conducted in March, and at least 18 weeks before all other general elections, each county auditor shall conduct a meeting or otherwise communicate with local election officials to review the procedures for the election. The county auditor may require the head election judges in the county to attend this meeting.

§ Subd. 2. Election supplies; duties of county auditors and clerks. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section and for absentee ballots in section 204B.35, subdivision 4 , the county auditor shall complete the preparation of the election materials for which the auditor is responsible at least four days before every state primary and state general election. At any time after all election materials are available from the county auditor but not later than the day before the election each municipal clerk shall secure from the county auditor: (1) the forms that are required for the conduct of the election; (2) any printed voter instruction materials furnished by the secretary of state; (3) any other instructions for election officers; and (4) a sufficient quantity of the official ballots, registration files, envelopes for ballot returns, and other supplies and materials required for each precinct in order to comply with the provisions of the Minnesota Election Law. The county auditor may furnish the election supplies to the municipal clerks in the same manner as the supplies are furnished to precincts in unorganized territory pursuant to section 204B.29, subdivision 1 . (b) The county auditor must prepare and make available election materials for early voting to municipal clerks designated to administer early voting under section 203B.05 on or before the 19th day before the election. [See Note.]

§ Subd. 3. Certification of number. The county auditor or municipal clerk must certify the number of ballots being provided to each precinct and provide this number to the election judges for inclusion on the summary statement. The auditor or clerk must not open prepackaged ballots, but must count the ballots, presuming that the total count for each package is correct.