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Minn. Stat. § 458A.28 — MN Code / Part 451_459 / Chapter 458A / Section 458A.28
§ 458A.28 PUBLIC POWERS; APPEALS.
Status: in_force

There shall be transferred to and vested in the authority and the city council all of the powers and functions of the Public Service Commission of the state of Minnesota with respect to any bus transportation system, or part thereof, which shall have been constructed or acquired by and is owned by the city of Duluth and operated under the direction of the Duluth Transit Authority provided for in sections 458A.21 to 458A.37 ; and with respect to any such bus transportation system so constructed, acquired and owned by the city and operated by said authority, the exercise of such powers and functions by the authority and the city council shall be exclusive, and the Public Service Commission shall not have authority to exercise such powers and functions with respect thereto.

An appeal from any order or decision of the authority and the city council may be taken by any party aggrieved thereby in like manner and with like effect as provided by law for appeals in corresponding cases from orders or decisions of the Public Service Commission.
Minn. Stat. § 527.36 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 527 / Section 527.36
§ 527.36 EXEMPTION OF THIRD PERSON FROM LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

A third person in good faith and without court order may act on the instructions of or otherwise deal with any person purporting to make a transfer or purporting to act in the capacity of a custodian and, in the absence of knowledge, is not responsible for determining:

(1) the validity of the purported custodian's designation;

(2) the propriety of, or the authority under this chapter for, any act of the purported custodian;

(3) the validity or propriety under this chapter of any instrument or instructions executed or given either by the person purporting to make a transfer or by the purported custodian; or

(4) the propriety of the application of any property of the minor delivered to the purported custodian.
Minn. Stat. § 136A.1311 — MN Code / Part 135A_137 / Chapter 136A / Section 136A.1311
§ 136A.1311 CASH FLOW.
Status: in_force

The office may ask the commissioner of management and budget to lend general fund money to the grant account to ease cash flow difficulties. The office must first certify to the commissioner that there will be adequate refunds to the account to repay the loan. The commissioner shall use the refunds to make repayment to the general fund of the full amount loaned. Money necessary to meet cash flow difficulties in the state grant program is appropriated to the commissioner of management and budget for loans to the office.
Minn. Stat. § 144.945 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144 / Section 144.945
§ 144.945 ZIKA PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of health shall seek additional federal funds for the following statewide planning, coordination, preparation, and response activities related to the Zika virus:

(1) maintaining state and local public health readiness to address Zika-related public health threats;

(2) conducting diagnostic tests of patients who meet criteria for Zika testing and maintaining enhanced laboratory surveillance activities related to Zika;

(3) engaging in Zika surveillance activities, including evaluating patients for testing based on criteria, advising health care providers on Zika virus research, providing recommendations and interpretations of test results, and conducting Zika-related public awareness and prevention activities; and

(4) conducting mosquito surveillance activities under section 144.95 to enhance monitoring of areas where mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus may be found in Minnesota, notwithstanding section 144.95, subdivision 10 .
Minn. Stat. § 604A.015 — MN Code / Part 604_605 / Chapter 604A / Section 604A.015
§ 604A.015 SCHOOL BUS DRIVER IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

A school bus driver who, while on duty, provides emergency care, advice, or assistance at the scene of an emergency or during transit to a location where professional medical care can be rendered, is not liable in ordinary negligence, for any civil damages as a result of acts or omissions to the person to whom assistance is rendered by the school bus driver in rendering the emergency care, advice, or assistance. For the purposes of this section, the scene of an emergency is an area outside the confines of a hospital or other institution that has hospital facilities, or an office of a person licensed to practice one or more of the healing arts under chapter 147, 148, 150A, or 153.
Minn. Stat. § 504B.221 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 504B / Section 504B.221
§ 504B.221 UNLAWFUL TERMINATION OF UTILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, if a landlord, an agent, or other person acting under the landlord's direction or control, interrupts or causes the interruption of electricity, heat, gas, or water services to the tenant, the tenant may recover from the landlord treble damages or $500, whichever is greater, and reasonable attorney's fees. It is a defense to any action brought under this section that the interruption was the result of the deliberate or negligent act or omission of a tenant or anyone acting under the direction or control of the tenant. The tenant may recover only actual damages under this section if:

(1) the tenant has not given the landlord, an agent, or other person acting under the landlord's direction or control, notice of the interruption; or

(2) the landlord, an agent, or other person acting under the landlord's direction or control, after receiving notice of the interruption from the tenant and within a reasonable period of time after the interruption, taking into account the nature of the service interrupted and the effect of the interrupted service on the health, welfare, and safety of the tenants, has reinstated or made a good faith effort to reinstate the service or has taken other remedial action; or

(3) the interruption was for the purpose of repairing or correcting faulty or defective equipment or protecting the health and safety of the occupants of the premises involved and the service was reinstated or a good faith effort was made to reinstate the service or other remedial action was taken by the landlord, an agent, or other person acting under the landlord's direction or control within a reasonable period of time, taking into account the nature of the defect, the nature of the service interrupted, and the effect of the interrupted service on the health, welfare, and safety of the tenants.

(b) The remedies provided in this section are in addition to and shall not limit other rights or remedies available to landlords and tenants. Any provision, whether oral or written, of any lease or other agreement, whereby any provision of this section is waived by a tenant, is contrary to public policy and void. The provisions of this section also apply to occupants and owners of residential real property which is the subject of a mortgage foreclosure or contract for deed cancellation and as to which the period for redemption or reinstatement of the contract has expired.
Minn. Stat. § 181.536 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 181 / Section 181.536
§ 181.536 POSTING OF VETERANS' BENEFITS AND SERVICES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Poster creation; content. (a) The commissioner shall consult with the commissioner of veterans affairs to create and distribute a veterans' benefits and services poster. (b) The poster must, at a minimum, include information regarding the following benefits and services available to veterans: (1) contact and website information for the Department of Veterans Affairs and the department's veterans' services program; (2) substance use disorder and mental health treatment; (3) educational, workforce, and training resources; (4) tax benefits; (5) Minnesota state veteran drivers' licenses and state identification cards; (6) eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits under state and federal law; (7) legal services; and (8) contact information for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Crisis Line. (c) The commissioner must annually review the poster's content and update the poster to include the most current information available.

§ Subd. 2. Mandatory posting. Every employer in the state with more than 50 full-time equivalent employees shall display the poster created pursuant to this section in a conspicuous place accessible to employees in the workplace.
Minn. Stat. § 245D.01 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 245D / Section 245D.01
§ 245D.01 CITATION.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the "Home and Community-Based Services Standards" or "HCBS Standards."
Minn. Stat. § 507.17 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 507 / Section 507.17
§ 507.17 CONVEYANCE INCLUDES ABUTTING VACATED PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.
Status: in_force

Every conveyance of real estate which abuts upon a vacated street, alley, or other public right-of-way shall be construed to include that part of such right-of-way or street which, either by operation or presumption of law, attaches thereto upon such vacation, unless such conveyance expresses a contrary intention.
Minn. Stat. § 116J.5765 — MN Code / Part 116J_116O / Chapter 116J / Section 116J.5765
§ 116J.5765 NONLIABILITY.
Status: in_force

The state shall have no responsibility or liability relating to or arising out of activities at the site of a project solely by reason of the making of a grant or loan by the commissioner under sections 116J.5761 to 116J.5764 .
Minn. Stat. § 299F.82 — MN Code / Part 299A_299N / Chapter 299F / Section 299F.82
§ 299F.82 ILLEGAL TRANSFER; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Illegal transfer. Except as provided in subdivision 2, whoever illegally transfers an explosive or blasting agent to another may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both.

§ Subd. 2. Illegal transfer for legitimate purposes. Whoever illegally transfers explosives or blasting agents commonly used for agricultural, forestry, conservation, industry, or mining purposes to another, personally known to the transferor, in the belief that the same shall be used for legitimate agricultural, forestry, conservation, industry, or mining purposes, and in only such quantities as are reasonably necessary for such believed use, may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 90 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $1,000, or both.
Minn. Stat. § 171.172 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 171 / Section 171.172
§ 171.172 REVOCATION; CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of public safety shall revoke the license of any person convicted of or any juvenile adjudicated for a controlled substance offense if the court has notified the commissioner of a determination made under section 152.0271 or 260B.198, subdivision 1 . The period of revocation shall be for the applicable time period specified in section 152.0271 . If the person does not have a license or if the person's license is suspended or revoked at the time of the conviction or adjudication, the commissioner shall, upon the person's application for license issuance or reinstatement, delay the issuance or reinstatement of the person's license for the applicable time period specified in section 152.0271 .
Minn. Stat. § 625.08 — MN Code / Part 625_634 / Chapter 625 / Section 625.08
§ 625.08 COSTS.
Status: in_force

When no order respecting the costs is made by the judge, they shall be allowed and paid in the same manner as costs in criminal prosecutions. In all cases where a person is required to give security to keep the peace, or for good behavior, the judge may further order the costs of prosecution, or any part of them, to be paid by the person, who shall stand committed until the costs are paid or the person is otherwise legally discharged.
Minn. Stat. § 325E.24 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325E / Section 325E.24
§ 325E.24 FURNISHING OF SPACE; EXCEPTIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Unlawful discrimination prohibited. It is unlawful for any person engaged in the business of outdoor advertising to directly or indirectly discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed or political affiliation in the furnishing of advertising or advertising service or space for advertisements on advertising devices. This shall not be construed as making mandatory the assignment of space immediately adjacent to previously leased space for the promotion of conflicting services or ideas.

§ Subd. 2. Limits on duty to furnish. The person engaged in the business of outdoor advertising does not have to accept a request for advertising space from any person not willing to pay the prescribed rates or charges and the advertising of any material prohibited by law.
Minn. Stat. § 237.15 — MN Code / Part 237_238 / Chapter 237 / Section 237.15
§ 237.15 INVESTIGATION AND HEARING; AUTHORITY DELEGATED.
Status: in_force

The department shall whenever it deems the same necessary determine the value of all the property of any telephone company devoted to the public use, and in so doing it shall, after notice to the telephone company, hold such public hearing as will give all interested parties a chance to furnish evidence and be heard. For the purpose of this chapter the department is authorized to appoint engineers, examiners, experts, clerks, accountants, and other assistants as it may deem necessary at such rates of compensation as it may prescribe.

In the discharge of their duties such appointees shall have every power, of any inquisitorial nature granted in this chapter to the department. The department may conduct any number of investigations contemporaneously through its individual members or appointees, and may delegate to its individual members and employees the taking of all testimony on any investigation or hearing.
Minn. Stat. § 114E.35 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 114E / Section 114E.35
§ 114E.35 RECORDING.
Status: in_force

(a) An environmental covenant and any amendment or termination of the covenant must be recorded with the county recorder or registrar of titles, as applicable, in every county in which any portion of the real property subject to the covenant is located. For purposes of indexing, a holder shall be treated as a grantee.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in section 114E.40 , paragraph (f), an environmental covenant is subject to the laws of this state governing recording and priority of interests in real property.
Minn. Stat. § 103A.212 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103A / Section 103A.212
§ 103A.212 WATERSHED MANAGEMENT POLICY.
Status: in_force

The quality of life of every Minnesotan depends on water. Minnesota's rivers, lakes, streams, wetlands, and groundwater provide a foundation for drinking water and the state's recreational, municipal, commercial, industrial, agricultural, environmental, aesthetic, and economic well-being. The legislature finds that it is in the public interest to manage groundwater and surface water resources from the perspective of aquifers, watersheds, and river basins to achieve protection, preservation, enhancement, and restoration of the state's valuable groundwater and surface water resources.
Minn. Stat. § 88.065 — MN Code / Part 88_91 / Chapter 88 / Section 88.065
§ 88.065 EQUIPMENT FURNISHED.
Status: in_force

Subject to applicable provisions of state laws respecting purchases, the commissioner of natural resources may purchase for and furnish to any governmental subdivisions of the state authorized to engage in natural disaster relief materials or equipment therefor, and may transport, repair, and renovate natural disaster relief materials and equipment for governmental subdivisions of the state. The commissioner may use any funds available for the purchase of natural disaster relief equipment or for its repair, transportation, and renovation under federal grants, if permitted by the terms thereof, or under state appropriations, unless otherwise expressly provided. Except as otherwise authorized or permitted by federal or state laws or regulations, the governmental subdivision receiving any such materials or services shall reimburse the state for the cost. All moneys received in reimbursement shall be credited to the fund from which the purchase, transportation, repair, or renovation was made, and are hereby reappropriated annually and shall be available for the same purpose as the original appropriation. As used in this section, "natural disaster relief" includes wildfire prevention or suppression, hazardous material discharge control or cleanup, and flood or windstorm relief.
Minn. Stat. § 10.57 — MN Code / Part 10_12B / Chapter 10 / Section 10.57
§ 10.57 MIGHTY EIGHTH AIR FORCE WEEK.
Status: in_force

Beginning in 2000, the week of October 8 to 14 is designated as Mighty Eighth Air Force Week in honor of the Eighth Air Force, the largest military unit to serve in World War II, whose heroic actions during the week of October 8 to 14, 1943, served as a turning point for daytime strategic bombing, despite the loss of 26,000 persons killed in action, over 28,000 prisoners of war, uncounted persons missing in action, and over 100 heavy bombers. Each year thereafter, until 2099, the governor shall issue a proclamation honoring this observance.
Minn. Stat. § 573.13 — MN Code / Part 570_583 / Chapter 573 / Section 573.13
§ 573.13 CONTRIBUTION AMONG HEIRS.
Status: in_force

When any heir, devisee, or legatee pays more than a proportional share of such debt, the other persons liable shall be holden and compelled to contribute their just proportion of the same.
Minn. Stat. § 642.05 — MN Code / Part 636_643 / Chapter 642 / Section 642.05
§ 642.05 LAWFUL CUSTODY OF PERSON.
Status: in_force

The detention or imprisonment of any person lawfully arrested in one city but detained or imprisoned in another under the provisions of this section and section 642.04 shall in no manner jeopardize the lawful custody or detention of such person.
Minn. Stat. § 284.15 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 284 / Section 284.15
§ 284.15 DEFENDANTS; UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS.
Status: in_force

The owners of such lands at the time of forfeiture, all persons in actual possession of such lands, claiming adversely to the plaintiff, and all other persons claiming any interest in or lien thereon adverse to the plaintiff, so far as shown of record or known to the attorney for the plaintiff, shall be made defendants in the action; provided, that failure to join any person as a defendant shall not impair the effect of the action as to those joined. It shall not be necessary to specify in which parcels of land the defendants, respectively, are interested. The plaintiff may also add to the names of the defendants in the summons, complaint, and other papers in the action the following: "also all other persons or parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described in the complaint herein," and all such persons and parties shall thereupon be deemed to be joined as defendants, and, upon being served as herein provided, shall be bound and concluded by the judgment.
Minn. Stat. § 442A.17 — MN Code / Part 440_446A / Chapter 442A / Section 442A.17
§ 442A.17 SPECIFIC PURPOSES AND POWERS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Pollution prevention. A district may construct, install, improve, maintain, and operate any system, works, or facilities within or without the district required to control and prevent pollution of any waters of the state within its territory.

§ Subd. 2. Sewage disposal. A district may construct, install, improve, maintain, and operate any system, works, or facilities within or without the district required to provide for, regulate, and control the disposal of sewage, industrial waste, and other waste originating within its territory. The district may require any person upon whose premises there is any source of sewage, industrial waste, or other waste within the district to connect the premises with the disposal system, works, or facilities of the district whenever reasonable opportunity therefor is provided.

§ Subd. 3. Garbage, refuse disposal. A district may construct, install, improve, maintain, and operate any system, works, or facilities within or without the district required to provide for, regulate, and control the disposal of garbage or refuse originating within the district. The district may require any person upon whose premises any garbage or refuse is produced or accumulated to dispose of the garbage or refuse through the system, works, or facilities of the district whenever reasonable opportunity therefor is provided.

§ Subd. 4. Water supply. A district may procure supplies of water necessary for any purpose under subdivisions 1 to 3 and may construct, install, improve, maintain, and operate any system, works, or facilities required therefor within or without the district.

§ Subd. 5. Roads. (a) To maintain the integrity of and facilitate access to district systems, works, or facilities, the district may maintain and repair a road by agreement with the entity that was responsible for the performance of maintenance and repair immediately prior to the agreement. Maintenance and repair includes but is not limited to providing lighting, snow removal, and grass mowing. (b) A district shall establish a taxing subdistrict of benefited property and shall levy special taxes, pursuant to section 442A.24, subdivision 2 , for the purposes of paying the cost of improvement or maintenance of a road under paragraph (a). (c) For purposes of this subdivision, a district shall not be construed as a road authority under chapter 160. (d) The district and its officers and employees are exempt from liability for any tort claim for injury to person or property arising from travel on a road maintained by the district and related to the road's maintenance or condition.
Minn. Stat. § 523.131 — MN Code / Part 520_523 / Chapter 523 / Section 523.131
§ 523.131 QUALIFICATION OF SUCCESSOR ATTORNEY-IN-FACT IN STATUTORY SHORT FORM POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Status: in_force

If two or more attorneys-in-fact are originally appointed and one dies, resigns, or is unable to serve, a successor attorney-in-fact named in a power of attorney executed in conformity with section 523.23 or a form prepared under section 523.231 replaces the attorney-in-fact who dies, resigns, or is unable to serve. If the original attorneys-in-fact were required to act jointly, the attorneys-in-fact acting at any time must act jointly. If the original attorneys-in-fact were allowed to act individually, the attorneys-in-fact acting at any time may act individually. If attorneys-in-fact acting at any time are required to act jointly, and there is only one remaining attorney-in-fact because of the death, resignation, or inability to serve of all other original and successor attorneys-in-fact, the remaining attorney-in-fact may act alone.
Minn. Stat. § 124D.096 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 124D / Section 124D.096
§ 124D.096 ONLINE LEARNING AID.
Status: in_force

(a) The online learning aid for an online learning provider equals the product of the adjusted online learning average daily membership for students under section 124D.095, subdivision 8, paragraph (d), times the student grade level weighting under section 126C.05, subdivision 1, times the formula allowance.

(b) Notwithstanding section 127A.45, the department must pay each online learning provider the current year aid payment percentage multiplied by the amount in paragraph (a) within 45 days of receiving final enrollment and course completion information each quarter or semester. The final adjustment payment must be the amount of the actual entitlement, after adjustment for actual data, minus the payments made during the fiscal year of the entitlement. This payment must be made on September 30 of the next fiscal year.