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Minn. Stat. § 260C.81 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 260C / Section 260C.81
§ 260C.81 ORGANIZATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE FOSTER YOUTH OMBUDSPERSON.
Status: in_force

The foster youth ombudsperson may select, appoint, and compensate out of available funds assistants and employees to perform the ombudsperson's responsibilities, including intake, investigation, administrative support, legal advocacy, and other support necessary to assist foster youth. The foster youth ombudsperson and full-time staff are members of the Minnesota State Retirement Association. The foster youth ombudsperson may delegate to staff members any of the ombudsperson's authority or duties except the duty of formally making recommendations to an agency or reports to the Office of the Governor or to the legislature. The Office of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson shall provide outreach, resources, and assistance to youth in foster care by directly engaging with youth in residential treatment facilities, group homes, and family foster homes. The Office of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson shall receive administrative support from the commissioner of administration under section 16B.371 .
Minn. Stat. § 508.49 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 508 / Section 508.49
§ 508.49 INTEREST LESS THAN FEE; NOTICED BY MEMORIAL.
Status: in_force

No new certificate shall be issued upon any transfer of registered land which does not divest the title in fee simple of the land, or some part of it. All interests in registered land, less than an estate in fee simple, shall be registered by filing with the registrar the instrument which creates, transfers, or claims the interest, and by brief memorandum or memorial of it made and signed by the registrar upon the certificate of title. The cancellation of the interests shall be registered in the same manner.
Minn. Stat. § 504B.465 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 504B / Section 504B.465
§ 504B.465 WAIVER NOT ALLOWED.
Status: in_force

Any provision of a lease or other agreement in which a provision of section 504B.381 or sections 504B.395 to 504B.471 is waived by a residential tenant is contrary to public policy and void.
Minn. Stat. § 142G.77 — MN Code / Part 142A_142G / Chapter 142G / Section 142G.77
§ 142G.77 INDIAN TRIBE MFIP EMPLOYMENT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Authorization to enter into agreements. The commissioner may enter into agreements with federally recognized Indian tribes with a reservation in the state to provide MFIP employment services to members of the Indian tribe and to other caregivers who are a part of the tribal member's MFIP assistance unit. For purposes of this section, "Indian tribe" means a tribe, band, nation, or other federally recognized group or community of Indians. The commissioner may also enter into an agreement with a consortium of Indian tribes providing the governing body of each Indian tribe in the consortium complies with the provisions of this section.

§ Subd. 2. Tribal requirements. The Indian tribe must: (1) agree to fulfill the responsibilities provided under the employment services component of MFIP regarding operation of MFIP employment services, as designated by the commissioner; (2) operate its employment services program within a geographic service area not to exceed the counties within which a border of the reservation falls; (3) operate its program in conformity with section 13.46 and any applicable federal regulations in the use of data about MFIP recipients; (4) coordinate operation of its program with the county agency, Workforce Investment Act programs, and other support services or employment-related programs in the counties in which the tribal unit's program operates; (5) provide financial and program participant activity record keeping and reporting in the manner and using the forms and procedures specified by the commissioner and permit inspection of its program and records by representatives of the state; and (6) have the Indian tribe's employment service provider certified by the commissioner of employment and economic development, or approved by the county.

§ Subd. 3. Funding. If the commissioner and an Indian tribe are parties to an agreement under this subdivision, the agreement shall annually provide to the Indian tribe the funding allocated in section 142G.76 .

§ Subd. 4. County agency requirement. Indian tribal members receiving MFIP benefits and residing in the service area of an Indian tribe operating employment services under an agreement with the commissioner must be referred by county agencies in the service area to the Indian tribe for employment services.
Minn. Stat. § 347.18 — MN Code / Part 343_348 / Chapter 347 / Section 347.18
§ 347.18 TAGS; RESTRICTIONS, PROHIBITIONS.
Status: in_force

No person, except the owner or the owner's authorized agent, shall remove any license tag from a dog collar or remove any collar with a license attached thereto from any dog. No person shall keep or harbor a dog wearing a fictitious, altered, or invalid license tag, or a license tag not issued in connection with the licensing or keeping of the dog wearing the same. No license or license tag issued for one dog shall be transferable to another dog.
Minn. Stat. § 116L.18 — MN Code / Part 116J_116O / Chapter 116L / Section 116L.18
§ 116L.18 SPECIAL INCUMBENT WORKER TRAINING GRANTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Purpose. The purpose of the special incumbent worker training grants is to expand opportunities for businesses and workers to gain new skills that are in demand in the Minnesota economy. The board shall establish criteria for incumbent worker grants under this section and may encourage creative training models, innovative partnerships, and expansion or replication of promising practices.

§ Subd. 2. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them. (b) "Incumbent worker" means an individual employed by a qualifying employer. (c) "Qualifying employer" means a for-profit business or nonprofit organization in Minnesota with at least one full-time paid employee. Public sector organizations are not considered qualifying employers. (d) "Eligible organization" has the meaning given in section 116L.17 .

§ Subd. 3. Amount of grants. A grant to an eligible organization may not exceed $400,000.

§ Subd. 4. Matching funds. The board shall require matching funds from qualifying employers in the form of funding, equipment, or faculty.

§ Subd. 5. Use of funds. Eligible organizations shall use funds granted under this section for direct training services to provide a measurable increase in the job-related skills of participating incumbent workers. Eligible organizations may also provide basic assessment, counseling, and preemployment training services requested by the qualifying employer. No funds may be used for support services as described in section 116L.17, subdivision 4 , clause (2).

§ Subd. 6. Performance outcome measures. The board and the commissioner of employment and economic development shall jointly develop performance outcome measures and standards for this program. The commissioner and board shall consult with eligible organizations in establishing standards. Measures at a minimum must include posttraining retention, promotion, and wage increase. The board and commissioner shall provide a report to the legislature by March 1 of each year on the previous fiscal year's program performance. Eligible organizations must provide performance data in a timely manner for the completion of this report.
Minn. Stat. § 524.3-808 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 524 / Section 524.3-808
§ 524.3-808 INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless otherwise provided in the contract, a personal representative is not individually liable on a contract properly entered into in a fiduciary capacity in the course of administration of the estate unless the personal representative fails to reveal the representative capacity and identify the estate in the contract.

(b) A personal representative is individually liable for obligations arising from ownership or control of the estate or for torts committed in the course of administration of the estate only if the personal representative is personally at fault.

(c) Claims based on contracts entered into by a personal representative in a fiduciary capacity, on obligations arising from ownership or control of the estate or on torts committed in the course of estate administration may be asserted against the estate by proceeding against the personal representative in the fiduciary capacity, whether or not the personal representative is individually liable therefor.

(d) Issues of liability as between the estate and the personal representative individually may be determined in a proceeding for accounting, surcharge or indemnification or other appropriate proceeding.
Minn. Stat. § 231.04 — MN Code / Part 223_236A / Chapter 231 / Section 231.04
§ 231.04 DEPARTMENT TO ENFORCE WAREHOUSE LAW.
Status: in_force

The department shall see that the provisions of the constitution and the statutes of this state affecting warehouse operators or household goods warehouse operators, the enforcement of which is not specifically vested in some other officer or tribunal, are enforced and obeyed, that violations thereof are promptly prosecuted, and that penalties due the state therefor are recovered and collected; and, to this end, it may sue in the name of the state.
Minn. Stat. § 193.23 — MN Code / Part 190_195 / Chapter 193 / Section 193.23
§ 193.23 STATE AID.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Prerequisites. Whenever such joint armory commission shall have deposited with the commissioner of management and budget at least $1,000 as evidence of good faith and shall have caused to be conveyed to the state of Minnesota by warranty deed, free of encumbrances, the title to the site for an armory, which site shall have been first approved by the adjutant general, such joint armory commission shall be entitled to receive the same amount of state aid as is prescribed by law for other armories, which state aid shall be paid to such joint armory commission in the manner prescribed by the Military Code for state armories.

§ Subd. 2. Adjutant general to designate uses. The adjutant general shall designate the place needed for drill hall, office, locker rooms, storage and rifle range, and the immediate control of the portions of the armory so designated shall be vested in the armory board provided for by law, and such portion of such armory shall be subject to the laws of this state relating to armories. The control of the other portions of such armory shall be vested in the municipal authorities.

§ Subd. 3. General control of building. The general control of the building as a whole shall be vested in a committee consisting of two persons, one the commanding officer of the military organization in control of a portion of the armory and the other appointed by the municipality upon such terms as may be agreed upon, provided, any agreement for general control of such armory shall be first approved by the adjutant general. In case such an agreement is made the state shall furnish the regular appropriation provided for armory maintenance and all other expenses of keeping up the building shall be paid by the municipality.
Minn. Stat. § 505.179 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 505 / Section 505.179
§ 505.179 USE OF PLAT.
Status: in_force

A plat so certified pursuant to order of the court shall be entitled to record and may be used for any purpose in like manner as a plat qualified under section 505.177 .
Minn. Stat. § 458A.29 — MN Code / Part 451_459 / Chapter 458A / Section 458A.29
§ 458A.29 EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

If the authority, on behalf of the city of Duluth, acquires an existing bus transportation system, all employees of such system who are necessary for the operation thereof by the authority may be transferred to and appointed as employees of the authority for the purposes of such bus transportation system, subject to all the rights and benefits of sections 458A.21 to 458A.37 . Employees of the authority shall not be within the civil service classifications of the city of Duluth.

The employees of the authority, except executive or administrative employees appointed pursuant to the provisions of sections 458A.21 to 458A.37 , shall in case of any dispute arising under any existing or new collective bargaining agreement relating to the terms and conditions of their employment, have the right, for the purpose of resolving such disputes, to invoke the processes of final and binding arbitration as provided by chapter 572, subject to any applicable provisions of the agreement not inconsistent with law.
Minn. Stat. § 352.028 — MN Code / Part 352_356B / Chapter 352 / Section 352.028
§ 352.028 COVERAGE TERMINATION.
Status: in_force

Coverage of any person under the system ends when the person ceases to be a state employee.
Minn. Stat. § 84A.42 — MN Code / Part 84A_84D / Chapter 84A / Section 84A.42
§ 84A.42 RULES VIOLATION; MISDEMEANOR.
Status: in_force

A person who within the limits of any project established in accordance with section 84A.31 willfully violates a rule of the Department of Natural Resources adopted under sections 84A.31 to 84A.42 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Minn. Stat. § 17.691 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17.691
§ 17.691 CITATION.
Status: in_force

Sections 17.691 to 17.701 shall be known and may be cited as the "Agricultural Marketing and Bargaining Act of 1973."
Minn. Stat. § 336.2A-524 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.2A-524
§ 336.2A-524 LESSOR'S RIGHT TO IDENTIFY GOODS TO LEASE CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

(1) A lessor aggrieved under section 336.2A-523 (1) may:

(a) identify to the lease contract conforming goods not already identified if at the time the lessor learned of the default they were in the lessor's or the supplier's possession or control; and

(b) dispose of goods (section 336.2A-527 (1)) that demonstrably have been intended for the particular lease contract even though those goods are unfinished.

(2) If the goods are unfinished, in the exercise of reasonable commercial judgment for the purposes of avoiding loss and of effective realization, an aggrieved lessor or the supplier may either complete manufacture and wholly identify the goods to the lease contract or cease manufacture and lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of the goods for scrap or salvage value or proceed in any other reasonable manner.
Minn. Stat. § 373.08 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 373 / Section 373.08
§ 373.08 COUNTY, HOW NAMED IN SUITS.
Status: in_force

In all actions and proceedings by or against a county, the name in which it shall sue or be sued shall be "The county of .............." (insert name of the county). This provision shall not prevent county officers, when authorized by law, from suing in their official names for the benefit of the county.
Minn. Stat. § 256B.71 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256B / Section 256B.71
§ 256B.71 SOCIAL HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION DEMONSTRATION.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Purpose. The commissioner of human services may participate in social health maintenance organization demonstration projects to determine if prepayment combined with the delivery of alternative services is an effective method of delivering services while containing costs.

§ Subd. 2. Case management. Each participating provider approved by the commissioner shall serve as case manager for recipients enrolled in its plan. The participating provider shall authorize and arrange for the provision of all needed health services including but not limited to the full range of services listed in sections 256B.02, subdivision 8 , and 256B.0625 in order to ensure that appropriate health care is delivered to enrollees.

§ Subd. 3. Enrollment of medical assistance recipients. Medical assistance recipients may voluntarily enroll in the social health maintenance organization projects. However, once enrolled in a project, the recipient must remain enrolled for a period of six months.

§ Subd. 4. Payment for services. Notwithstanding this chapter, the method of payment utilized for the social health maintenance organization projects shall be the method developed by the commissioner of human services in consultation with local project staff and the federal Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of Demonstrations. This subdivision applies only to the payment method for the social health maintenance organization projects.

§ Subd. 5. [Repealed, 1991 c 292 art 7 s 26 ]
Minn. Stat. § 153B.85 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 153B / Section 153B.85
§ 153B.85 FEES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Fees. (a) The application fee for initial licensure shall not exceed $600. (b) The biennial renewal fee for a license to practice as an orthotist, prosthetist, prosthetist orthotist, or pedorthist shall not exceed $600. (c) The biennial renewal fee for a license to practice as an assistant or a fitter shall not exceed $300. (d) The fee for license restoration shall not exceed $600. (e) The fee for license verification shall not exceed $50. (f) The fee to obtain a list of licensees shall not exceed $50.

§ Subd. 2. Proration of fees. For the first renewal period following initial licensure, the renewal fee is the fee specified in subdivision 1, paragraph (b) or (c), prorated to the nearest dollar that is represented by the ratio of the number of days the license is held in the initial licensure period to 730 days.

§ Subd. 3. Late fee. The fee for late license renewal is the license renewal fee in effect at the time of renewal plus $250.

§ Subd. 4. Nonrefundable fees. All fees are nonrefundable.

§ Subd. 5. Deposit. Fees collected by the board under this section shall be deposited in the state government special revenue fund.
Minn. Stat. § 326.523 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 326 / Section 326.523
§ 326.523 LICENSE PROVISIONS; DISTRIBUTION; CANCELLATION.
Status: in_force

No distributor shall hereafter license feature motion picture films to an exhibitor to be exhibited, shown or performed in this state unless the license provides:

(1) that all the feature motion picture films, which such distributor will license during the exhibition season, or the unexpired portion thereof, shall be included: the term "all the feature motion picture films" applies to each producer for whom the distributor is acting; and

(2) that the exhibitor shall have the right to cancel a minimum of 20 percent of the total number of feature motion pictures included in such license where the exhibitor deems the same injurious and damaging to business or offensive on moral, religious, or racial grounds.

The cancellation shall be made proportionately among the several price brackets, if there be such price brackets in the license agreement. Any number of cancellations to which an exhibitor is entitled, may be made the lowest price bracket at the exhibitor's option.

The right to cancellation shall not be effective, unless the exhibitor exercises such right by giving notice thereof, to the distributor, by certified mail, within 15 days after being notified of the availability of a feature motion picture. In determining the number of feature motion pictures that may be canceled, fractions of one-half or more shall be counted as one and fractions of less than one-half shall not be counted.
Minn. Stat. § 169.48 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 169 / Section 169.48
§ 169.48 VEHICLE LIGHTING.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Lights to be displayed. (a) Every vehicle upon a highway within this state: (1) at any time from sunset to sunrise; (2) at any time when it is raining, snowing, sleeting, or hailing; and (3) at any other time when visibility is impaired by weather, smoke, fog or other conditions or there is not sufficient light to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the highway at a distance of 500 feet ahead; shall display lighted headlamps, lighted tail lamps, and illuminating devices, as hereinafter, respectively, required for different classes of vehicles, subject to exceptions with respect to parked vehicles and law enforcement vehicles, as hereinafter stated. In addition to the other requirements of this paragraph, every school bus transporting children upon a highway within this state, at any time from a half hour before sunrise to a half hour after sunset, shall display lighted headlamps, lighted tail lamps, and illuminating devices as required by this paragraph, except that the operator shall use the lowermost distribution of light specified in section 169.60 unless conditions warrant otherwise. (b) When requirement is hereinafter declared as to the distance from which certain lamps and devices shall render objects visible or within which such lamps or devices shall be visible, these provisions shall apply during the time stated in this section upon a straight level unlighted highway under normal atmospheric conditions unless a different time or condition is expressly stated and unless otherwise specified the location of lamps and devices shall refer to the center of such lamps or devices. Parking lamps shall not be used in lieu of headlamps to satisfy the requirements of this section.

§ Subd. 2. Certain violations; negligence. Notwithstanding section 169.96 , a violation of subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), is not negligence per se or prima facie evidence of negligence.
Minn. Stat. § 617.27 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 617 / Section 617.27
§ 617.27 SEARCH WARRANT; DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

A district court, upon complaint under oath that any person has in possession or under control any of the obscene books, papers, or other matter specified in sections 617.241 to 617.26 , shall issue a warrant directed to the sheriff of the county, directing the sheriff to search for, seize, and take possession of the obscene matter. Upon conviction of the person in whose possession the obscene matter was found, the judge shall cause it to be destroyed, and the fact to be entered upon the records of the court.