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Minn. Stat. § 325B.07 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325B / Section 325B.07
§ 325B.07 REASONABLE COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Requirement. Any brewer which amends, cancels, terminates, or refuses to continue or renew any beer agreement, or causes a wholesaler to resign, unless for good cause shown as defined in section 325B.04 , from an agreement or unreasonably withholds consent to any assignment, transfer or sale of a wholesaler's business, shall pay the wholesaler reasonable compensation for the value of the wholesaler's business with relationship to the terminated brand or brands. The value of the wholesaler's business shall include, but not be limited to, its good will, if any.

§ Subd. 2. Arbitration. In the event that the brewer and the beer wholesaler are unable to mutually agree on the reasonable compensation to be paid for the value of the wholesaler's business, as defined herein, the matter shall be submitted to a neutral arbitrator to be selected by the parties, or if they cannot agree, by the chief judge of the district court. All of the costs of the arbitration shall be paid one-half by the wholesaler and one-half by the brewer. The award of the neutral arbitrator shall be final and binding on the parties.
Minn. Stat. § 144.585 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144 / Section 144.585
§ 144.585 METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS CONTROL PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

In order to improve the prevention of hospital-associated infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), every hospital shall establish an MRSA control program that meets Minnesota Department of Health MRSA recommendations as published January 15, 2008. In developing the MRSA recommendations, the Department of Health shall consider the following infection control practices:

(1) identification of MRSA-colonized patients in all intensive care units, or other at-risk patients identified by the hospital;

(2) isolation of identified MRSA-colonized or MRSA-infected patients in an appropriate manner;

(3) adherence to hand hygiene requirements; and

(4) monitor trends in the incidence of MRSA in the hospital over time and modify interventions if MRSA infection rates do not decrease.

The Department of Health shall review the MRSA recommendations on an annual basis and revise the recommendations as necessary, in accordance with available scientific data.
Minn. Stat. § 62A.24 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62A / Section 62A.24
§ 62A.24 CONTINUATION OF BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

No employer or insurer of that employer may offer or provide a policy of group disability income insurance unless the master policy provides that the termination of the policy shall be without prejudice to any claims originating prior to the time of the termination.

Section 62A.23 and this section may be superseded by a rule promulgated by the commissioner of commerce.
Minn. Stat. § 336.8-402 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.8-402
§ 336.8-402 ASSURANCE THAT ENDORSEMENT OR INSTRUCTION IS EFFECTIVE.
Status: in_force

(a) An issuer may require the following assurance that each necessary endorsement of each instruction is genuine and authorized:

(1) in all cases, a guaranty of the signature of the person making an endorsement or originating an instruction including, in the case of an instruction, reasonable assurance of identity;

(2) if the endorsement is made or the instruction is originated by an agent, appropriate assurance of actual authority to sign;

(3) if the endorsement is made or the instruction is originated by a fiduciary pursuant to section 336.8-107 (a)(4) or (a)(5), appropriate evidence of appointment or incumbency;

(4) if there is more than one fiduciary, reasonable assurance that all who are required to sign have done so; and

(5) if the endorsement is made or the instruction is originated by a person not covered by another provision of this subsection, assurance appropriate to the case corresponding as nearly as may be to the provisions of this subsection.

(b) An issuer may elect to require reasonable assurance beyond that specified in this section.

(c) In this section:

(1) "Guaranty of the signature" means a guaranty signed by or on behalf of a person reasonably believed by the issuer to be responsible. An issuer may adopt standards with respect to responsibility if they are not manifestly unreasonable.

(2) "Appropriate evidence of appointment or incumbency" means:

(i) in the case of a fiduciary appointed or qualified by a court, a certificate issued by or under the direction or supervision of the court or an officer thereof and dated within 60 days before the date of presentation for transfer; or

(ii) in any other case, a copy of a document showing the appointment or a certificate issued by or on behalf of a person reasonably believed by an issuer to be responsible or, in the absence of that document or certificate, other evidence the issuer reasonably considered appropriate.
Minn. Stat. § 469.318 — MN Code / Part 466A_470 / Chapter 469 / Section 469.318
§ 469.318 JOBS CREDIT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Credit allowed. A qualified business is allowed a credit against the taxes imposed under chapter 290. The credit equals seven percent of the: (1) lesser of: (i) zone payroll for the taxable year, less the zone payroll for the base year; or (ii) total Minnesota payroll for the taxable year, less total Minnesota payroll for the base year; minus (2) $30,000 multiplied by (the number of full-time equivalent employees that the qualified business employs in the job opportunity building zone for the taxable year, minus the number of full-time equivalent employees the business employed in the zone in the base year, but not less than zero).

§ Subd. 2. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Base year" means the taxable year beginning during the calendar year prior to the calendar year in which the zone designation took effect. (c) "Full-time equivalent employees" means the equivalent of annualized expected hours of work equal to 2,080 hours. (d) "Minnesota payroll" means the wages or salaries attributed to Minnesota under section 290.191, subdivision 12 , for the qualified business or the unitary business of which the qualified business is a part, whichever is greater. (e) "Zone payroll" means wages or salaries used to determine the zone payroll factor for the qualified business, less the amount of compensation attributable to any employee that exceeds $100,000.

§ Subd. 3. Inflation adjustment. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004, the dollar amounts in subdivision 1, clause (2), and subdivision 2, paragraph (e), are annually adjusted for inflation. The commissioner of revenue shall adjust the amounts by the percentage determined under section 290.06, subdivision 2d , for the taxable year.

§ Subd. 4. Refundable. If the amount of the credit exceeds the liability for tax under chapter 290, the commissioner of revenue shall refund the excess to the qualified business.

§ Subd. 5. Appropriation. An amount sufficient to pay the refunds authorized by this section is appropriated to the commissioner of revenue from the general fund.
Minn. Stat. § 115A.923 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 115A / Section 115A.923
§ 115A.923 GREATER MINNESOTA; LANDFILL CLEANUP FEE.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Amount of fee. (a) The operator of a mixed municipal solid waste disposal facility outside of the metropolitan area shall charge a fee on solid waste accepted and disposed of at the facility as follows: (1) a facility that weighs the waste that it accepts must charge a fee of $2 per cubic yard based on equivalent cubic yards of waste accepted at the entrance of the facility; (2) a facility that does not weigh the waste but that measures the volume of the waste that it accepts must charge a fee of $2 per cubic yard of waste accepted at the entrance of the facility; and (3) waste residue from recycling facilities at which recyclable materials are separated or processed for the purpose of recycling, or from energy and resource recovery facilities at which solid waste is processed for the purpose of extracting, reducing, converting to energy, or otherwise separating and preparing solid waste for reuse is exempt from the fee imposed by this subdivision if there is at least an 85 percent weight reduction in the solid waste processed. (b) To qualify for exemption under paragraph (a), clause (3), waste residue must be brought to a disposal facility separately. The commissioner shall prescribe procedures for determining the amount of waste residue qualifying for exemption.

§ Subd. 1a. Disposition of fee. The operator of a disposal facility in greater Minnesota shall remit the fees collected under subdivision 1 to the county or sanitary district where the facility is located, except that the operator of a facility that is owned by a statutory or home rule city shall remit the fees to the city that owns the facility and the operator of a facility that is owned by a joint powers board shall remit the fees to the board. The county, city, joint powers board, or sanitary district may use the revenue from the fees only for the purposes specified in section 115A.919 .

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1990 c 604 art 10 s 32 ]

§ Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1990 c 604 art 10 s 32 ]

§ Subd. 4. [Repealed, 1990 c 604 art 10 s 32 ]

§ Subd. 5. [Repealed, 1990 c 604 art 10 s 32 ]

§ Subd. 6. [Repealed, 1994 c 416 art 4 s 5 ]
Minn. Stat. § 117.012 — MN Code / Part 117_119 / Chapter 117 / Section 117.012
§ 117.012 PREEMPTION; PUBLIC USE OR PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Preemption. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including any charter provision, ordinance, statute, or special law, all condemning authorities, including home rule charter cities and all other political subdivisions of the state, must exercise the power of eminent domain in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, including all procedures, definitions, remedies, and limitations. Additional procedures, remedies, or limitations that do not deny or diminish the substantive and procedural rights and protections of owners under this chapter may be provided by other law, ordinance, or charter.

§ Subd. 2. Requirement of public use or public purpose. Eminent domain may only be used for a public use or public purpose.

§ Subd. 3. Exceptions. This chapter does not apply to the taking of property under laws relating to drainage or to town roads when those laws themselves expressly provide for the taking and specifically prescribe the procedure. The taking of property for a project undertaken by a watershed district under chapter 103D or for a project undertaken by a drainage authority under chapter 103E may be carried out under the procedure provided by those chapters.
Minn. Stat. § 121A.54 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 121A / Section 121A.54
§ 121A.54 NOTICE OF RIGHT TO BE REINSTATED.
Status: in_force

Whenever a pupil fails to return to school within ten school days of the termination of dismissal, a school administrator shall inform the pupil and the pupil's parents by mail of the pupil's right to attend and to be reinstated in the public school.
Minn. Stat. § 13.792 — MN Code / Part 13_13C / Chapter 13 / Section 13.792
§ 13.792 PRIVATE DONOR GIFT DATA.
Status: in_force

The following data maintained by the Minnesota Zoological Garden, the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the Regional Parks Foundation of the Twin Cities, State Services for the Blind, the Destination Medical Center Corporation established pursuant to section 469.41 , and any related entity subject to chapter 13 are classified as private or nonpublic:

(1) research information about prospects and donors gathered to aid in determining appropriateness of solicitation and level of gift request;

(2) specific data in prospect lists that would identify prospects to be solicited, dollar amounts to be requested, and name of solicitor;

(3) portions of solicitation letters and proposals that identify the prospect being solicited and the dollar amount being requested;

(4) letters, pledge cards, and other responses received from donors regarding prospective gifts in response to solicitations;

(5) portions of thank-you letters and other gift acknowledgment communications that would identify the name of the donor and the specific amount of the gift, pledge, or pledge payment;

(6) donor financial or estate planning information, or portions of memoranda, letters, or other documents commenting on any donor's financial circumstances; and

(7) data detailing dates of gifts, payment schedule of gifts, form of gifts, and specific gift amounts made by donors.

Names of donors and gift ranges are public data.
Minn. Stat. § 168.092 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 168 / Section 168.092
§ 168.092 60-DAY TEMPORARY VEHICLE PERMIT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Resident buyer. The commissioner may issue a permit to a person purchasing a new or used motor vehicle in this state for the purpose of allowing the purchaser a reasonable time to register the vehicle and pay fees and taxes due on the transfer. The permit is valid for a period of 60 days. The permit must be in a format prescribed by the commissioner, affixed to the rear of the vehicle where a license plate would normally be affixed, and plainly visible. Each permit is valid only for the vehicle for which issued.

§ Subd. 2. Dealer. The commissioner may issue permits to licensed dealers. When issuing a permit, the dealer must complete the permit in the manner prescribed by the department.
Minn. Stat. § 458D.145 — MN Code / Part 451_459 / Chapter 458D / Section 458D.145
§ 458D.145 APPLICABLE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE.
Status: in_force

For purposes of section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and any successor provisions requiring public approval for qualified bonds, the applicable elected representative of the board shall be all the state senators representing any part of the geographic area of the district.
Minn. Stat. § 171.10 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 171 / Section 171.10
§ 171.10 DUPLICATE LICENSE; VEHICLE ENDORSEMENT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Duplicate license. In the event that an instruction permit, provisional license, or driver's license issued under the provisions of this chapter is lost or destroyed, or becomes illegible, the person to whom the same was issued shall obtain a duplicate thereof, furnishing proof satisfactory to the department that such permit or license has been lost or destroyed or has become illegible, and make payment of the required fee.

§ Subd. 2. Endorsement added. Any person, after applying for or receiving a driver's license and prior to the expiration year of the license, who wishes to have a motorcycle, school bus, tank vehicle, passenger, double-trailer or triple-trailer, or hazardous materials vehicle endorsement added to the license, shall, after taking the necessary examination, apply for a duplicate license and make payment of the proper fee.
Minn. Stat. § 549.17 — MN Code / Part 540_552 / Chapter 549 / Section 549.17
§ 549.17 ADDITIONAL COSTS ON CHANGE OF VENUE; AMOUNT; PAYMENT OR WAIVER OF; TAXATION.
Status: in_force

When service of summons is made upon a defendant within a county of which the defendant is an actual resident at the time of such service, and the place of trial of such action is thereafter changed to such county in the manner provided by section 542.10 , or when service of summons is made upon a defendant in a county of which the defendant is not a resident, and the place of such trial is in like manner changed to a county of which the defendant has been an actual resident for more than one year immediately preceding such service, which fact shall be set forth in defendant's affidavit for change of venue, the plaintiff shall forthwith in either case, pay to each defendant demanding such change of venue the sum of $10 as additional costs.

No judgment shall be entered by plaintiff in any cause, the venue of which has been changed as aforesaid, until the plaintiff shall have filed with the court administrator a receipt for, or a waiver of, such sum by all of the defendants who demanded such change of venue, or their respective attorneys. Such sums if not paid by plaintiff, or waived by defendant, may be taxed against plaintiff by defendant as other costs if defendant prevails, or deducted from plaintiff's judgment, if plaintiff prevails. The provisions of this section shall not apply to causes where there are several defendants residing in different counties, or an even number of defendants, and the place or trial is determined by joinder of demands or nearness to the county seat and not by actual residence of the defendants as of right.
Minn. Stat. § 84.0267 — MN Code / Part 83A_84 / Chapter 84 / Section 84.0267
§ 84.0267 COORDINATION WITH MINNESOTA BUSINESS FIRST STOP.
Status: in_force

It is the policy of this state that inquiries related to the permitting of a data center are also referred to the Minnesota Business First Stop Program administered by the Department of Employment and Economic Development under section 116J.035, subdivision 8 . The commissioner must take reasonable steps to ensure that agency permitting staff are aware of this policy and have the resources to efficiently refer those inquiries to Minnesota Business First Stop.
Minn. Stat. § 609.2665 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 609 / Section 609.2665
§ 609.2665 MANSLAUGHTER OF UNBORN CHILD IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
Status: in_force

A person who causes the death of an unborn child by any of the following means is guilty of manslaughter of an unborn child in the second degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than $20,000, or both:

(1) by the actor's culpable negligence whereby the actor creates an unreasonable risk and consciously takes chances of causing death or great bodily harm to an unborn child or a person;

(2) by shooting the mother of the unborn child with a firearm or other dangerous weapon as a result of negligently believing her to be a deer or other animal;

(3) by setting a spring gun, pit fall, deadfall, snare, or other like dangerous weapon or device; or

(4) by negligently or intentionally permitting any animal, known by the person to have vicious propensities or to have caused great or substantial bodily harm in the past, to run uncontrolled off the owner's premises, or negligently failing to keep it properly confined.

If proven by a preponderance of the evidence, it shall be an affirmative defense to criminal liability under clause (4) that the mother of the unborn child provoked the animal to cause the unborn child's death.
Minn. Stat. § 32D.06 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 32D / Section 32D.06
§ 32D.06 GRADE A DAIRY FARM INSPECTION; FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) As provided in section 32D.02 , the commissioner shall provide inspection service to any milk producer who wishes to market Grade A milk and is in compliance with the requirement for the production of Grade A milk. Grade A inspections shall be completed at least once every six months.

(b) The fee for inspections must be no more than $50 per farm, paid annually by the processor or by the marketing organization on behalf of its patrons.

(c) For a farm requiring a reinspection in addition to the required biannual inspections, an additional fee must be paid by the processor or by the marketing organization on behalf of its patrons. The fee for reinspection of a farm with fewer than 100 hoofed milk-producing animals is $60 per reinspection. The fee for reinspection of a farm with 100 or more hoofed milk-producing animals is $150 per reinspection.
Minn. Stat. § 275.14 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 275 / Section 275.14
§ 275.14 CENSUS.
Status: in_force

The population of a school district must be as certified by the Department of Education from the most recent federal census. In any year in which no federal census is taken pursuant to law in any school district affected by sections 124D.20 and 124D.531 a population estimate may be made and submitted to the state demographer for approval as hereinafter provided. The school board of a school district, in case it desires a population estimate, shall pass a resolution by July 1 containing a current estimate of the population of the school district and shall submit the resolution to the state demographer. The resolution shall describe the criteria on which the estimate is based and shall be in a form and accompanied by the data prescribed by the state demographer. The state demographer shall determine whether or not the criteria and process described in the resolution provide a reasonable basis for the population estimate and shall inform the school district of that determination within 30 days of receipt of the resolution. If the state demographer determines that the criteria and process described in the resolution do not provide a reasonable basis for the population estimate, the resolution shall be of no effect. If the state demographer determines that the criteria and process do provide a reasonable basis for the population estimate, the estimate shall be treated as the population of the school district for the purposes of sections 124D.20 and 124D.531 until the population of the school district has been established by the next federal census or until a more current population estimate is prepared and approved as provided herein, whichever occurs first. The state demographer shall establish guidelines for acceptable population estimation criteria and processes. The state demographer shall issue advisory opinions upon request in writing to cities or school districts as to proposed criteria and processes prior to their implementation in an estimation. The advisory opinion shall be final and binding upon the demographer unless the demographer can show cause why it should not be final and binding.

In the event that a census tract employed in taking a federal or local census overlaps two or more school districts, the county auditor shall, on the basis of the best information available, allocate the population of said census tract to the school districts involved.
Minn. Stat. § 638.18 — MN Code / Part 636_643 / Chapter 638 / Section 638.18
§ 638.18 FILING COPY OF CLEMENCY; COURT ACTION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Filing with district court. After clemency has been granted, the commission must file a copy of the pardon, commutation, or reprieve with the district court of the county in which the conviction and sentence were imposed.

§ Subd. 2. Court action; pardon. (a) For a pardon, the court must: (1) order the conviction set aside; (2) include a copy of the pardon in the court file; (3) order all records wherever held relating to the arrest, indictment or information, trial, verdict, and pardon sealed and prohibit the disclosure of the existence of the records or the opening of the records except under court order or pursuant to section 609A.03, subdivision 7a, paragraph (b), clause (1), (7), or (8); and (4) send a copy of the order and the pardon to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and all other government entities that hold affected records. (b) Consistent with section 609A.03, subdivision 8 , the court administrator shall send a copy of the expungement order to each government entity whose records are affected by the order, including but not limited to the Department of Corrections, the Department of Public Safety, and law enforcement agencies.

§ Subd. 3. Court action; commutation. For a commutation, the court must: (1) amend the sentence to reflect the specific relief granted by the board; (2) include a copy of the commutation in the court file; and (3) send a copy of the amended sentencing order and commutation to the commissioner of corrections and the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Minn. Stat. § 173.11 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 173 / Section 173.11
§ 173.11 CHAPTER VIOLATIONS, MISDEMEANOR.
Status: in_force

Any person who is convicted of violating any provision of sections 173.01 to 173.11 , or of violating any rule issued or adopted thereunder after receiving notice thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor.