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Minn. Stat. § 84A.20 — MN Code / Part 84A_84D / Chapter 84A / Section 84A.20
§ 84A.20 COUNTY ACTION TO SET OFF AREAS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Purposes. The powers in this section are granted for the purpose of: (1) vesting and revesting the state with title to lands suitable primarily for the development of forests and the prevention of forest fires, and for experimenting in and practically advancing afforestation and reforestation; (2) impounding, controlling, and regulating the waters of meandered lakes and the flow of natural streams in the state; or (3) other state purposes.

§ Subd. 2. County proposal to state. (a) The board of county commissioners of any county may by resolution propose to the state that one or more areas in the county be taken over by the state for afforestation, reforestation, flood control projects, or other state purposes. The projects are to be managed, controlled, and used for the purposes in subdivision 1 on lands to be acquired by the state within the projects, as set forth in sections 84A.20 to 84A.30 . The county board may propose this if the county contains lands suitable for the purposes in subdivision 1. (b) The area taken over must include lands that have been assessed for all or part of the cost of the establishment and construction of public drainage ditches under state law, and on which the assessments or installments are delinquent. A certified copy of the county board's resolution must be filed with the department and considered and acted upon by the department. If approved by the department, it must then be submitted to, considered, and acted upon by the executive council. If approved by the Executive Council, the proposition must be formally accepted by the governor. Acceptance must be communicated in writing to and filed with the county auditor.

§ Subd. 3. Definitions. State lands that have been sold as provided by law and for which certificates of sale have been issued are taxable lands within the meaning of this section. If the taxes against the lands or the interest of the purchaser in them are delinquent, they are delinquent within the meaning of subdivision 2 until the title of the certificate holder has been terminated by the commissioner in accordance with section 92.16 .
Minn. Stat. § 28A.06 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 28A / Section 28A.06
§ 28A.06 EXTENT OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

No person, except as described in section 27.03 , shall be required to hold more than one license in order to engage in any aspect of food handling except that:

(1) each issued license shall be valid for no more than one place of business;

(2) a license for a mobile unit or a retail food vehicle, portable structure, or cart is valid statewide and is required to be issued only once each year unless the licensee fails to display the license as required by section 28A.07 or it is a seasonal permanent food stand, seasonal temporary food stand, food cart, or special event food stand as defined in section 157.15 , in which case the duration of the license is restricted by the limitations found in the definitions in section 157.15 ; and

(3) the commissioner may authorize a food handler reporting $50,000 or less gross annual food sales to conduct business activities under the food handler's license at up to two additional locations if:

(i) the food handler has reported each location and activity to the commissioner; and

(ii) the commissioner has approved each location and activity before the food handler conducts business activities at each location.
Minn. Stat. § 17.41 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17.41
§ 17.41 GRAIN DEFINED.
Status: in_force

Unless the language or context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended, the term "grain" shall mean whole seeds or entire grains or any broken parts thereof, of field peas, field beans, soybeans or entire legumes, or flax, wheat, rye, barley, oats, corn, sorghum, spelt or emmer, vetch, buckwheat, or any other cereals.
Minn. Stat. § 550.41 — MN Code / Part 540_552 / Chapter 550 / Section 550.41
§ 550.41 LEVY ON PROPERTY IN EXCESS OF EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

When the officer holding an execution is of the opinion that the judgment debtor has more property of the classes specified in section 550.37 than is exempt the officer may levy upon the whole of any one class and make an inventory thereof and cause the same to be appraised on oath by two disinterested persons. If such appraisal exceeds the amount exempt of that class, the debtor may forthwith select of such property an amount not exceeding in appraised value the amount exempt, and the balance shall be applied by the officer as in other cases. If the debtor does not make such selection, the officer may make the same. If one or more indivisible articles of such class is of greater value than the whole amount exempt of that class, the officer shall sell the same and, after paying to the debtor the amount thereof exempt, shall apply the residue in discharge of the process.
Minn. Stat. § 116B.05 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 116B / Section 116B.05
§ 116B.05 APPOINTING REFEREE.
Status: in_force

The court may appoint a referee, who shall be a disinterested person to take testimony and make a report to the court in any such action.
Minn. Stat. § 574.24 — MN Code / Part 570_583 / Chapter 574 / Section 574.24
§ 574.24 OFFICIAL BONDS, SECURITY TO WHOM; ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

The official bond or other security of a public officer, whether with or without sureties, shall be security to all persons severally for the official delinquencies against which it is intended to provide, as well as to the obligee designated therein, and when no other provision is made by law it shall run to the state. When a public officer, by official misconduct or neglect, forfeits the bond or renders the officer's sureties liable thereon, any person injured thereby, or who is by law entitled to the benefit of the security, may bring an action thereon, in the person's own name, against the officer and the sureties, to recover the amount to which the person is entitled by reason of the delinquency; and a judgment in favor of a party for one delinquency does not preclude the same or another party from an action on the same security for another delinquency.
Minn. Stat. § 336.3-205 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.3-205
§ 336.3-205 SPECIAL ENDORSEMENT; BLANK ENDORSEMENT; ANOMALOUS ENDORSEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) If an endorsement is made by the holder of an instrument, whether payable to an identified person or payable to bearer, and the endorsement identifies a person to whom it makes the instrument payable, it is a "special endorsement." When specially endorsed, an instrument becomes payable to the identified person and may be negotiated only by the endorsement of that person. The principles stated in section 336.3-110 apply to special endorsements.

(b) If an endorsement is made by the holder of an instrument and it is not a special endorsement, it is a "blank endorsement." When endorsed in blank, an instrument becomes payable to bearer and may be negotiated by transfer of possession alone until specially endorsed.

(c) The holder may convert a blank endorsement that consists only of a signature into a special endorsement by writing, above the signature of the endorser, words identifying the person to whom the instrument is made payable.

(d) "Anomalous endorsement" means an endorsement made by a person who is not the holder of the instrument. An anomalous endorsement does not affect the manner in which the instrument may be negotiated.
Minn. Stat. § 356A.04 — MN Code / Part 352_356B / Chapter 356A / Section 356A.04
§ 356A.04 GENERAL STANDARD OF FIDUCIARY CONDUCT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Duty. A fiduciary of a covered pension plan owes a fiduciary duty to: (1) the active, deferred, and retired members of the plan, who are its beneficiaries; (2) the taxpayers of the state or political subdivision, who help to finance the plan; and (3) the state of Minnesota, which established the plan.

§ Subd. 2. Prudent person standard. A fiduciary identified in section 356A.02 shall act in good faith and shall exercise that degree of judgment and care, under the circumstances then prevailing, that persons of prudence, discretion, and intelligence would exercise in the management of their own affairs, not for speculation, considering the probable safety of the plan capital as well as the probable investment return to be derived from the assets.
Minn. Stat. § 473.564 — MN Code / Part 473_473J / Chapter 473 / Section 473.564
§ 473.564 METROPOLITAN SPORTS AREA.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. MS 1992 [Repealed, 1994 c 648 art 1 s 19 ]

§ Subd. 2. Assumption of obligations. Nothing herein shall be construed as imposing upon the council or commission an obligation to compensate the cities or the metropolitan sports area commission for all or any part of the metropolitan sports area or to continue to operate and maintain the metropolitan sports area facilities taken over by the commission.

§ Subd. 3. Employees. Upon transfer of ownership all persons then employed by the metropolitan sports area commission shall be transferred to the metropolitan sports facilities commission without loss of right or privilege. Nothing in this section shall be construed to give any such person the right or privilege to continue in the same level or classification of employment previously held. The metropolitan sports facilities commission may assign any such person to an employment level and classification which it deems appropriate and desirable in accordance with its personnel code.
Minn. Stat. § 626A.05 — MN Code / Part 625_634 / Chapter 626A / Section 626A.05
§ 626A.05 AUTHORIZATION FOR INTERCEPTION OF WIRE, ELECTRONIC, OR ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Application for warrant. The attorney general or a county attorney of any county may make application as provided in section 626A.06 , to a judge of the district court, of the court of appeals, or of the supreme court for a warrant authorizing or approving the interception of wire, electronic, or oral communications by investigative or law enforcement officers having responsibility for the investigation of the offense as to which the application is made. No court commissioner shall issue a warrant under this chapter.

§ Subd. 2. Offenses for which interception of wire or oral communication may be authorized. A warrant authorizing interception of wire, electronic, or oral communications by investigative or law enforcement officers may only be issued when the interception may provide evidence of the commission of, or of an attempt or conspiracy to commit, any of the following offenses: (1) a felony offense involving murder, manslaughter, assault in the first, second, and third degrees, aggravated robbery, carjacking in the first or second degree, kidnapping, criminal sexual conduct in the first, second, and third degrees, prostitution, bribery, perjury, escape from custody, theft, receiving stolen property, embezzlement, burglary in the first, second, and third degrees, forgery, aggravated forgery, check forgery, or financial transaction card fraud, as punishable under sections 609.185 , 609.19 , 609.195 , 609.20 , 609.221 , 609.222 , 609.223 , 609.2231 , 609.245 , 609.247, subdivision 2 or 3, 609.25 , 609.321 to 609.324 , 609.342 , 609.343 , 609.344 , 609.42 , 609.48 , 609.485, subdivision 4 , paragraph (a), clause (1), 609.52 , 609.53 , 609.54 , 609.582 , 609.625 , 609.63 , 609.631 , 609.821 , and 609.825 ; (2) an offense relating to gambling or controlled substances, as punishable under section 609.76 or chapter 152; or (3) an offense relating to restraint of trade defined in section 325D.53, subdivision 1 or 2, as punishable under section 325D.56, subdivision 2 .
Minn. Stat. § 136F.701 — MN Code / Part 135A_137 / Chapter 136F / Section 136F.701
§ 136F.701 REFUND OF TUITION.
Status: in_force

(a) Any student who is a resident of the state, has enrolled in the state colleges and universities and paid tuition for the course, and who, prior to the termination of the school year for which the tuition was paid, enlisted or has been inducted into the military service of the United States, either voluntarily or pursuant to the present selective service law, is entitled to the refund of all tuition paid for which credit cannot properly be given.

(b) The administrative officers of the state colleges and universities shall refund to the students any tuition so paid. Any student making application for refund of any paid tuition must furnish to the administrative officers of the state colleges and universities a certificate from the proper officers reciting the fact of the enlistment or the induction of the student into the military service of the United States.
Minn. Stat. § 358.06 — MN Code / Part 357_359 / Chapter 358 / Section 358.06
§ 358.06 TRUSTEES, REFEREES.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise provided by law, every executor, administrator, guardian, trustee, referee, arbitrator, viewer, assessor, appraiser, and other person appointed by or made responsible to the court in any action or proceeding, before entering upon duties as such, shall take and subscribe the following oath:

"I, A.B., do swear that I will faithfully and justly perform all the duties of the office and trust which I now assume as (insert brief description of office), to the best of my ability. So help me God."
Minn. Stat. § 508A.65 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 508A / Section 508A.65
§ 508A.65 PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY; NAME AND ADDRESS ENDORSED; NOTICE.
Status: in_force

The name and address of the attorney for the party giving the notice shall in all cases be endorsed upon the instrument which is registered pursuant to section 508A.64 . The attorney shall be deemed to be the attorney for that party until the party files a written notice as a memorial upon the CPT stating that the designated attorney has ceased to be the party's attorney.
Minn. Stat. § 204D.01 — MN Code / Part 200_212 / Chapter 204D / Section 204D.01
§ 204D.01 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

The definitions in chapter 200 apply to this chapter.
Minn. Stat. § 90.101 — MN Code / Part 88_91 / Chapter 90 / Section 90.101
§ 90.101 TIMBER SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Sale requirements. The commissioner may sell the timber on any tract of state land and may determine the number of sections or fractional sections of land to be included in the permit area covered by any one permit issued to the purchaser of timber on state lands, or in any one contract or other instrument relating thereto. No timber shall be sold, except (1) to the highest responsible bidder at public auction, or (2) if unsold at public auction, the commissioner may offer the timber for private sale for a period of no more than one year after the public auction to any responsible bidder who pays the appraised value for the timber. The minimum price shall be the appraised value as fixed by the report of the state appraiser. Sales may include tracts in more than one contiguous county or forestry administrative area and shall be held either in the county or forestry administrative area in which the tract is located or in an adjacent county or forestry administrative area that is nearest the tract offered for sale or that is most accessible to potential bidders. In adjoining counties or forestry administrative areas, sales may not be held less than two hours apart.

§ Subd. 2. Sale list and notice. At least 30 days before the date of sale, the commissioner shall compile a list containing a description of each tract of land upon which any timber to be offered is situated and a statement of the estimated quantity of timber and of the appraised price of each kind of timber thereon as shown by the report of the state appraiser. No description shall be added after the list is posted and no timber shall be sold from land not described in the list. Copies of the list must be furnished to all interested applicants. At least 30 days before the date of sale, a copy of the list must be posted on the Internet or conspicuously posted in the forest office or other public facility most accessible to potential bidders. The commissioner may give other published or posted notice as the commissioner deems proper to reach prospective bidders.
Minn. Stat. § 604A.06 — MN Code / Part 604_605 / Chapter 604A / Section 604A.06
§ 604A.06 AID TO SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Person seeking assistance; immunity from prosecution. (a) A person acting in good faith who contacts a 911 operator or first responder to report that a sexual assault victim is in need of assistance may not be charged or prosecuted for: (1) the possession, sharing, or use of a controlled substance under section 152.025 , or possession of drug paraphernalia; and (2) if the person is under the age of 21 years, the possession, purchase, or consumption of alcoholic beverages under section 340A.503 . (b) A person qualifies for the immunities provided in this subdivision only if: (1) the evidence for the charge or prosecution was obtained as a result of the person's seeking assistance for a sexual assault victim; and (2) the person seeks assistance for a sexual assault victim who is in need of assistance for an immediate health or safety concern, provided that the person who seeks the assistance is the first person to seek the assistance, provides a name and contact information, and remains on the scene until assistance arrives or is provided. (c) This subdivision applies to one or two persons acting in concert with the person initiating contact provided all the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) are met.

§ Subd. 2. Person experiencing sexual assault; immunity from prosecution. (a) A sexual assault victim who is in need of assistance may not be charged or prosecuted for: (1) the possession, sharing, or use of a controlled substance under section 152.025 , or possession of drug paraphernalia; and (2) if the victim is under the age of 21 years, the possession, purchase, or consumption of alcoholic beverages under section 340A.503 . (b) A victim qualifies for the immunities provided in this subdivision only if the evidence for the charge or prosecution was obtained as a result of the request for assistance related to the sexual assault.

§ Subd. 3. Persons on probation or release. A person's pretrial release, probation, furlough, supervised release, or parole shall not be revoked based on an incident for which the person would be immune from prosecution under subdivision 1 or 2.

§ Subd. 4. Effect on other criminal prosecutions. (a) The act of providing assistance to a sexual assault victim may be used as a mitigating factor in a criminal prosecution for which immunity is not provided. (b) Nothing in this section shall: (1) be construed to bar the admissibility of any evidence obtained in connection with the investigation and prosecution of other crimes or violations committed by a person who otherwise qualifies for limited immunity under this section; (2) preclude prosecution of a person on the basis of evidence obtained from an independent source; (3) be construed to limit, modify, or remove any immunity from liability currently available to public entities, public employees by law, or prosecutors; or (4) prevent probation officers from conducting drug or alcohol testing of persons on pretrial release, probation, furlough, supervised release, or parole.
Minn. Stat. § 435.47 — MN Code / Part 426_435 / Chapter 435 / Section 435.47
§ 435.47 PURCHASING WATER.
Status: in_force

The council of any statutory city lying adjacent to a city of the first class which has not theretofore operated a municipal water system but which has installed water and sewer mains to serve the inhabitants thereof, which sewer and water mains connect with said mains installed by the city, is hereby authorized to furnish water and sewer services by purchasing water from the water department of said city and reselling the same to the inhabitants of the statutory city. The council of any such statutory city may by resolution duly adopted determine to install necessary improvements, additions, and extensions to the existing sewer and water mains for such purposes and may assess the cost of such improvements, additions, and extensions upon property benefited thereby in accordance with the procedure of section 429.061 , and may thereafter issue certificates of indebtedness of the statutory city in anticipation of the collection of said assessments in accordance with the provisions of section 429.091 .
Minn. Stat. § 444.19 — MN Code / Part 440_446A / Chapter 444 / Section 444.19
§ 444.19 BONDS.
Status: in_force

At any time after a contract for the construction of all or part of an improvement has been entered into or the work has been ordered done by day labor, the governing body may issue obligations in an amount it deems necessary to defray in whole or in part the expense incurred and estimated to be incurred in making the improvement, including every item of cost from inception to completion and all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the improvement or the financing thereof. The obligations shall be payable primarily out of the proceeds of the tax levied pursuant to section 444.20 . The governing body may by resolution adopted prior to the sale of obligations pledge the full faith, credit and taxing power of the municipality to assure payment of the principal and interest in the event the proceeds of the tax levy in the district are insufficient to pay the principal and interest. Obligations shall be issued in accordance with chapter 475, except that an election is not required, and the amount of the obligations is not included in determining the net indebtedness of the municipality under the provisions of any law or charter limiting such indebtedness.
Minn. Stat. § 261.035 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 261 / Section 261.035
§ 261.035 CREMATION, BURIAL, AND FUNERALS AT EXPENSE OF COUNTY.
Status: in_force

When a person dies in any county without apparent means to provide for that person's funeral or final disposition, the county board shall first investigate to determine whether that person had contracted for any prepaid funeral arrangements. If prepaid arrangements have been made, the county shall authorize arrangements to be implemented in accord with the instructions of the deceased. If it is determined that the person did not leave sufficient means to defray the necessary expenses of a funeral and final disposition, nor any spouse of sufficient ability to procure the burial, the county board shall pay for cremation of the person's remains and the person's burial or interment if the spouse or next of kin does not want to take possession of the ashes. If it is determined that cremation is not in accordance with the decedent's personal preferences or the known practices of the decedent's faith tradition or the personal preferences of the decedent's spouse or the decedent's next of kin, the county board shall provide for a burial and funeral. Any burial, funeral, and final disposition provided at the expense of the county shall be in accordance with personal preferences or known practices of the decedent's faith tradition or the personal preferences of the decedent's spouse or the decedent's next of kin. If neither the wishes of the decedent nor the practices of the decedent's faith tradition are known, and the county has no information about the existence of or location of any next of kin, the county may provide for cremation of the person's remains and burial or interment.