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Minn. Stat. § 3.16 — MN Code / Part 3_3E / Chapter 3 / Section 3.16
§ 3.16 MEMBERS, OFFICERS, AND ATTORNEYS EXCUSED FROM COURT DUTY.
Status: in_force

No member or officer of, or attorney employed by, the legislature shall be compelled to attend as a witness in a court of this state during a session of the legislature, or while attending a meeting of a legislative committee or commission when the legislature is not in session unless the court in which the action is pending orders it, upon sufficient showing and with the consent of the presiding officer of the body of which the witness is an employee or the consent of the body of which the witness is a member. No cause or proceeding, civil or criminal, in court or before a commission or an officer or referee of a court or commission or a motion or hearing on the cause or proceeding, in which a member or officer of, or an attorney employed by, the legislature is a party, attorney, or witness shall be tried or heard during a session of the legislature or while the member, officer, or attorney is attending a meeting of a legislative committee or commission when the legislature is not in session. The matter shall be continued until the legislature or the committee or commission meeting has adjourned.

The member, officer, or attorney may, with the consent of the body of the legislature of which the person is a member, officer, or employee, waive this privilege. The cause or proceeding, motion, or hearing may then be tried or heard at a time that will not conflict with legislative duties.
Minn. Stat. § 144A.05 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144A / Section 144A.05
§ 144A.05 LICENSE RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

Unless the license expires in accordance with section 144A.06 or is suspended or revoked in accordance with section 144A.11 , a nursing home license shall remain effective for a period of one year from the date of its issuance. The commissioner of health by rule shall establish forms and procedures for the processing of license renewals. The commissioner of health shall approve a license renewal application if the facility continues to satisfy the requirements, standards and conditions prescribed by sections 144A.01 to 144A.155 and the rules promulgated thereunder. The commissioner shall not approve the renewal of a license for a nursing home bed in a resident room with more than four beds. Except as provided in section 144A.08 , a facility shall not be required to submit with each application for a license renewal additional copies of the architectural and engineering plans and specifications of the facility. Before approving a license renewal, the commissioner of health shall determine that the facility's most recent balance sheet and its most recent statement of revenues and expenses, as audited by the state auditor, by a certified public accountant licensed in accordance with chapter 326A or by a public accountant as defined in section 412.222 , have been received by the Department of Human Services.
Minn. Stat. § 47.53 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 47 / Section 47.53
§ 47.53 FUNCTIONS OF A FACILITY.
Status: in_force

A detached facility may provide any service or perform any function that may be offered or performed at the bank's main banking house.
Minn. Stat. § 287.33 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 287 / Section 287.33
§ 287.33 EXPENSES OF ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

Expenses of administration of this chapter to be paid out of county funds include fees and expenses incurred by the county attorney in connection with this chapter and all other costs and expenses.
Minn. Stat. § 103E.735 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103E / Section 103E.735
§ 103E.735 DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; REPAIR FUND.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Authority and limits of fund. To create a repair fund for a drainage system to be used only for repairs, the drainage authority may apportion and assess an amount against all property and entities assessed for benefits in proceedings for establishment of the drainage system, including property not originally assessed and subsequently found to be benefited according to law. The fund may not exceed 20 percent of the assessed benefits of the drainage system or $100,000, whichever is greater. If the account in a fund for a drainage system exceeds the larger of 20 percent of the assessed benefits of the drainage system or $100,000, assessments for the fund may not be made until the account is less than the larger of 20 percent of the assessed benefits or $100,000. Assessments must be made pro rata according to the determined benefits. Assessments may be made payable, by order, in equal annual installments. The auditor shall file a tabular statement as provided in section 103E.731, subdivision 4 , with the county recorder. Assessments must be collected as provided in section 103E.731 .

§ Subd. 2. Transferring drainage system. If a drainage system within the county has been taken over by a watershed district, or if responsibility for repair and maintenance of the drainage system has been assumed by any other governing body, the board may transfer any remaining surplus of the drainage system repair fund to the repair fund of the watershed district or to the appropriate fund of any existing governing body having responsibility for repair and maintenance of the drainage system.
Minn. Stat. § 192A.371 — MN Code / Part 190_195 / Chapter 192A / Section 192A.371
§ 192A.371 REVIEW BY STATE APPELLATE AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Certiorari. (a) A review of any final order of a special or general court-martial proceeding may be had upon certiorari by the supreme court upon petition of any party to the proceeding. The review may be had on the ground that: (1) the court-martial was without jurisdiction; or (2) the findings of the court-martial and the final order of the convening authority: (i) were not justified by the evidence; (ii) were not in conformity with this code, military law or other law applicable to the proceedings, or the Classified Information Procedures Act; or (iii) were affected by any other error of law. (b) A writ of certiorari for review under this section is a matter of right.

§ Subd. 2. Service of writ. (a) Within 60 days after notice of the final order of a court-martial proceeding, the petitioner for review shall obtain from the supreme court a writ of certiorari, shall serve the same upon all other parties appearing in the court-martial proceeding, and shall file the original writ of certiorari and proof of service with the court administrator of the court-martial. No fee or bond is required for either obtaining a writ of certiorari or the associated filings required under this paragraph. (b) Return upon the writ shall be made to the supreme court and the matter shall be heard and determined by the court in accordance with the rules of civil appellate procedure applicable to decisions reviewable by certiorari directly in the supreme court.
Minn. Stat. § 260C.405 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 260C / Section 260C.405
§ 260C.405 VIOLATION OF AN ORDER FOR PROTECTION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Violation; penalty. Whenever an order for protection is granted pursuant to section 260C.148 or 260C.201, subdivision 3 , restraining the person or excluding the person from the residence, and the respondent or person to be restrained knows of the order, violation of the order for protection is a misdemeanor.

§ Subd. 2. Arrest. A peace officer shall arrest without a warrant and take into custody a person whom the peace officer has probable cause to believe has violated an order granted pursuant to section 260C.148 or 260C.201, subdivision 3 , restraining the person or excluding the person from the residence, if the existence of the order can be verified by the officer.

§ Subd. 3. Contempt. A violation of an order for protection shall also constitute contempt of court and the person violating the order shall be subject to the penalties for contempt.

§ Subd. 4. Order to show cause. Upon the filing of an affidavit by the agency or any peace officer, alleging that the respondent has violated an order for protection granted pursuant to section 260C.148 or 260C.201, subdivision 3 , the court may issue an order to the respondent, requiring the respondent to appear and show cause within 14 days why the respondent should not be found in contempt of court. The hearing may be held by the court in any county in which the child or respondent temporarily or permanently resides at the time of the alleged violation. A peace officer is not liable under section 609.43 , clause (1), for failure to perform a duty required by subdivision 2.
Minn. Stat. § 524.5-201 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 524 / Section 524.5-201
§ 524.5-201 APPOINTMENT AND STATUS OF GUARDIAN.
Status: in_force

A person becomes a guardian of a minor by parental appointment, by designation of a standby guardian pursuant to chapter 257B, or upon appointment by the court. The guardianship continues until terminated, without regard to the location of the guardian or minor person subject to guardianship.
Minn. Stat. § 326B.118 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 326B / Section 326B.118
§ 326B.118 ENERGY CODE.
Status: in_force

The commissioner, in consultation with the Construction Codes Advisory Council, shall explore and review the availability and appropriateness of any model energy codes related to the construction of single one- and two-family residential buildings. In consultation with the council, the commissioner shall take steps to adopt the chosen code with all necessary and appropriate amendments.

The commissioner may not adopt all or part of a model energy code relating to the construction of residential buildings without research and analysis that addresses, at a minimum, air quality, building durability, moisture, enforcement, enforceability cost benefit, and liability. The research and analysis must be completed in cooperation with practitioners in residential construction and building science and an affirmative recommendation by the Construction Codes Advisory Council.
Minn. Stat. § 317A.205 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 317A / Section 317A.205
§ 317A.205 QUALIFICATIONS; ELECTION.
Status: in_force

The qualifications and method of election or appointment of directors may be imposed by or in the manner provided in the articles or bylaws, provided that directors must be natural persons and a majority of the directors must be adults. The articles or bylaws may provide for ex officio directors who are directors because they hold another office or position.
Minn. Stat. § 508A.349 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 508A / Section 508A.349
§ 508A.349 OFFICIAL SIGNATURE OF REGISTRAR OF TITLES.
Status: in_force

When the official signature of the registrar of titles, or that of a deputy, is required under section 508A.35 or 508A.38 , an electronically generated facsimile signature or name may be used.
Minn. Stat. § 128D.10 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 128D / Section 128D.10
§ 128D.10 CONTINUITY ON TENURE, PENSIONS, AND RETIREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The tenure, pension, and retirement provisions of any law applicable to employees of the special school district of Minneapolis before April 24, 1959, shall continue to be applicable in the same manner and to the same extent to employees of the special independent school district after April 24, 1959, except as otherwise provided in law.

(b) The provisions of any general law or laws which are applicable only to independent school districts wholly or partially within cities of the first class shall not be applicable to the special independent school district of Minneapolis.
Minn. Stat. § 90.051 — MN Code / Part 88_91 / Chapter 90 / Section 90.051
§ 90.051 SUPERVISING SALES; BOND.
Status: in_force

The department employee delegated to supervise state timber appraisals and sales shall be bonded in a form to be prescribed by the commissioner and in the sum of not less than $25,000, conditioned upon the faithful and honest performance of duties.
Minn. Stat. § 448.54 — MN Code / Part 447_450 / Chapter 448 / Section 448.54
§ 448.54 REGULATING TRAVEL ON PARKWAYS.
Status: in_force

The board of park commissioners, or other governing body having control of parks and parkways of any city of the first class, shall have power to enact ordinances and to prescribe penalties for the violation thereof for the purpose of regulating, controlling, and limiting the use of, and travel upon and over, all parkways established by the city in or adjacent to the city, whether the parkways were originally established as parkways or were streets or highways before being taken as parkways and, among other things, to exclude from these parkways all vehicles in use for any purpose except carrying passengers. For the purpose of sections 448.54 and 448.55 , the term "parkway" shall include the roadways and carriageways of parks as well as parkways.
Minn. Stat. § 345.60 — MN Code / Part 343_348 / Chapter 345 / Section 345.60
§ 345.60 CITATION.
Status: in_force

Sections 345.31 to 345.60 as enacted and hereafter amended, may be cited as the "Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act."
Minn. Stat. § 524.3-302 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 524 / Section 524.3-302
§ 524.3-302 INFORMAL PROBATE; DUTY OF REGISTRAR; EFFECT OF INFORMAL PROBATE.
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of an application requesting informal probate of a will, the registrar, upon making the findings required by section 524.3-303 shall issue a written statement of informal probate if at least 120 hours have elapsed since the decedent's death. Informal probate is conclusive as to all persons until superseded by an order in a formal testacy proceeding. No defect in the application or procedure relating thereto which leads to informal probate of a will renders the probate void.
Minn. Stat. § 327.28 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 327 / Section 327.28
§ 327.28 UNLAWFUL PARKING OF MANUFACTURED HOMES.
Status: in_force

Where a licensed manufactured home park is reasonably available in the general area it shall be unlawful for any person to occupy any manufactured home located elsewhere than in a licensed manufactured home park unless adequate sanitary and water facilities are provided for occupants' use 24 hours each day. This section shall not apply to manufactured homes parked under section 327.23, subdivision 2 .
Minn. Stat. § 147A.05 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 147A / Section 147A.05
§ 147A.05 INACTIVE LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) Physician assistants who notify the board in writing may elect to place their license on an inactive status. Physician assistants with an inactive license shall be excused from payment of renewal fees and shall not practice as physician assistants. Persons who engage in practice while their license is lapsed or on inactive status shall be considered to be practicing without a license, which shall be grounds for discipline under section 147A.13 . Physician assistants who provide care under the provisions of section 147A.23 shall not be considered practicing without a license or subject to disciplinary action. Physician assistants who notify the board of their intent to resume active practice shall be required to pay the current renewal fees and all unpaid back fees and shall be required to meet the criteria for renewal specified in section 147A.07 .

(b) Notwithstanding section 147A.03, subdivision 1 , a person with an inactive license may continue to use the protected titles specified in section 147A.03, subdivision 1 , so long as the person does not practice as a physician assistant.
Minn. Stat. § 181.812 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 181 / Section 181.812
§ 181.812 RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may promulgate rules which are deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of section 181.81 .
Minn. Stat. § 94.33 — MN Code / Part 92_94 / Chapter 94 / Section 94.33
§ 94.33 FAILURE TO ASSUME AND PAY; WITHHOLDING FUNDS.
Status: in_force

In the event any such county shall fail or neglect to assume that portion of the school district or town bonds as provided in sections 94.31 and 94.32 and any such bonds remain unpaid at maturity, upon demand of the governing body of the school district or town or the holder of any such bonds, the commissioner of management and budget shall withhold from the payments to be made to the county under the provisions of section 84A.23 the sum necessary to pay such portion and pay the same to the treasurer of the school district or town. All money received by any school district or town pursuant to sections 94.31 and 94.32 shall be applied solely to the payment of past due bonds and interest.
Minn. Stat. § 237.51 — MN Code / Part 237_238 / Chapter 237 / Section 237.51
§ 237.51 TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS MINNESOTA PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Creation. (a) The commissioner of commerce shall: (1) administer through interagency agreement with the commissioner of human services a program to distribute telecommunications devices and interconnectivity products to eligible persons who have communication disabilities; and (2) contract with one or more qualified vendors that serve persons who have communication disabilities to provide telecommunications relay services. (b) For purposes of sections 237.51 to 237.56 , the Department of Commerce and any organization with which it contracts pursuant to this section or section 237.54, subdivision 2 , are not telephone companies or telecommunications carriers as defined in section 237.01 .

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1995 c 190 s 17 ]

§ Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1995 c 190 s 17 ]

§ Subd. 4. [Repealed, 1995 c 190 s 17 ]

§ Subd. 5. Commissioner of commerce duties. In addition to any duties specified elsewhere in sections 237.51 to 237.56 , the commissioner of commerce shall: (1) prepare the reports required by section 237.55 ; (2) administer the fund created in section 237.52 ; and (3) adopt rules under chapter 14 to implement the provisions of sections 237.50 to 237.56 .

§ Subd. 5a. Commissioner of human services duties. (a) In addition to any duties specified elsewhere in sections 237.51 to 237.56 , the commissioner of human services shall: (1) define economic hardship, special needs, and household criteria so as to determine the priority of eligible applicants for initial distribution of devices and products and to determine circumstances necessitating provision of more than one telecommunications device per household; (2) establish a method to verify eligibility requirements; (3) establish specifications for telecommunications devices and interconnectivity products to be provided under section 237.53, subdivision 3 ; (4) inform the public and specifically persons who have communication disabilities of the program; (5) provide devices and products based on the assessed need of eligible applicants; and (6) assist a person with completing an application for discounted telecommunications or Internet services. (b) The commissioner may establish an advisory board to advise the department in carrying out the duties specified in this section and to advise the commissioner of commerce in carrying out duties under section 237.54 . If so established, the advisory board must include, at a minimum, the following persons: (1) at least one member who is deaf; (2) at least one member who has a speech disability; (3) at least one member who has a physical disability that makes it difficult or impossible for the person to access telecommunications services; and (4) at least one member who is hard-of-hearing. (c) The membership terms, compensation, and removal of members and the filling of membership vacancies are governed by section 15.059 . Advisory board meetings shall be held at the discretion of the commissioner.

§ Subd. 6. [Repealed, 1995 c 190 s 17 ]
Minn. Stat. § 274.16 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 274 / Section 274.16
§ 274.16 CORRECTED LISTS.
Status: in_force

The county assessor or, in Ramsey County, the official designated by the board of county commissioners shall calculate the changes of the assessment lists determined by the county board of equalization, and make corrections accordingly, in the real or personal lists, or both, and shall make duplicates of them. One must be filed in the assessor's office, and one must be forwarded to the commissioner of revenue as provided in section 270C.89 .
Minn. Stat. § 581.06 — MN Code / Part 570_583 / Chapter 581 / Section 581.06
§ 581.06 SURPLUS.
Status: in_force

When the sale is for cash, if, after satisfying the mortgage debt, with costs and expenses, there is a surplus, it shall be brought into court for the benefit of the mortgagor or the person entitled thereto, subject to the order of the court. If such surplus remains in court for three months without being applied for, the judge may direct it to be put out at interest, subject to the order of the court, for the benefit of the persons entitled thereto, to be paid to them upon order of the court.
Minn. Stat. § 560.01 — MN Code / Part 553_566 / Chapter 560 / Section 560.01
§ 560.01 IN DISTRICT COURT, BY OWNERS OF HALF THE LAND.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. In county where land is. The owner or owners of a half interest or more in mineral land that has more than one owner of record may bring an action for permission to mine the land. The action must be brought in the district court in the county where the land is.

§ Subd. 2. Mineral land defined. In this chapter, "mineral land" or "land" means real property on or in which veins, lodes, deposits of iron, iron ores, minerals or mineral ores of any kind, stone, coal, clay, sand, gravel, or peat are known to or do exist.

§ Subd. 3. Owner of record defined. In this chapter, "owner" or "owner of record" of mineral land means one who has an interest in the land as shown by a properly executed deed or a lease having more than one year to run. The deed or lease must be of record in the county where the mineral land is.
Minn. Stat. § 524.2-805 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 524 / Section 524.2-805
§ 524.2-805 REFORMATION TO CORRECT MISTAKES.
Status: in_force

The court may reform the terms of a governing instrument, even if unambiguous, to conform the terms to the transferor's intention, if it is proved by clear and convincing evidence what the transferor's intention was and that the terms of the governing instrument were affected by a mistake of a fact or law, whether in expression or inducement.
Minn. Stat. § 72A.27 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 72A / Section 72A.27
§ 72A.27 APPEAL.
Status: in_force

Any decree or order of a district court made and entered under section 72A.25 is subject to review by appeal as in other civil cases. The appeal must be taken within the time prescribed by law for taking appeals from orders of the district courts.
Minn. Stat. § 326.031 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 326 / Section 326.031
§ 326.031 SPECIFICATIONS FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES, USE OF BRAND NAMES.
Status: in_force

Any engineer, architect, certified interior designer, or other person preparing specifications with respect to a contract for the construction of any facility for the state, or any agency or department thereof, or for any county, city, town, or school district, shall at the time of submitting such specifications to the governing body of the organization requesting the specifications, submit to such body, in writing, a list showing each item in the specifications which has been specified by brand name, unless such specifications allow for the consideration of an equal.
Minn. Stat. § 299F.859 — MN Code / Part 299A_299N / Chapter 299F / Section 299F.859
§ 299F.859 LOCAL REGULATION.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the local governmental units of this state may neither enact nor enforce any ordinance or other local law or regulation conflicting with, or preempted by, any provision of sections 299F.850 to 299F.858 or with any policy of this state expressed by sections 299F.850 to 299F.858 , whether that policy be expressed by inclusion of a provision in sections 299F.850 to 299F.858 or by exclusion of that subject from sections 299F.850 to 299F.858 .