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Minn. Stat. § 336.4-503 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.4-503
§ 336.4-503 RESPONSIBILITY OF PRESENTING BANK FOR DOCUMENTS AND GOODS; REPORT OF REASONS FOR DISHONOR; REFEREE IN CASE OF NEED.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise instructed and except as provided in article 5, a bank presenting a documentary draft:

(1) must deliver the documents to the drawee on acceptance of the draft if it is payable more than three days after presentment; otherwise, only on payment; and

(2) upon dishonor, either in the case of presentment for acceptance or presentment for payment, may seek and follow instructions from any referee in case of need designated in the draft or, if the presenting bank does not choose to utilize the referee's services, it must use diligence and good faith to ascertain the reason for dishonor, must notify its transferor of the dishonor and of the results of its effort to ascertain the reasons therefor, and must request instructions.

However, the presenting bank is under no obligation with respect to goods represented by the documents except to follow any reasonable instructions seasonably received; it has a right to reimbursement for any expense incurred in following instructions and to prepayment of or indemnity for those expenses.
Minn. Stat. § 336.9-306 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.9-306
§ 336.9-306 LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION AND PRIORITY OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN LETTER OF CREDIT RIGHTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Governing law: issuer's or nominated person's jurisdiction. Subject to subsection (c), the local law of the issuer's jurisdiction or a nominated person's jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a security interest in a letter of credit right if the issuer's jurisdiction or nominated person's jurisdiction is a state.

(b) Issuer's or nominated person's jurisdiction. For purposes of this part, an issuer's jurisdiction or nominated person's jurisdiction is the jurisdiction whose law governs the liability of the issuer or nominated person with respect to the letter of credit right as provided in section 336.5-116 .

(c) When section not applicable. This section does not apply to a security interest that is perfected only under section 336.9-308 (d).
Minn. Stat. § 18B.075 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 18B / Section 18B.075
§ 18B.075 PESTICIDE-TREATED SEED.
Status: in_force

A person may not use, store, handle, distribute, or dispose of seed treated with pesticide in a manner that:

(1) endangers humans, food, livestock, fish, or wildlife; or

(2) will cause unreasonable adverse effects on the environment.
Minn. Stat. § 169.49 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 169 / Section 169.49
§ 169.49 HEADLAMPS.
Status: in_force

(a) Every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle must be equipped with at least two headlamps, including at least one on each side of the front of the motor vehicle. Headlamps must comply with the requirements and limitations set forth in sections 169.47 to 169.66 .

(b) Every motorcycle must be equipped with at least one and not more than four headlamps, which must comply with the requirements and limitations of sections 169.47 to 169.66 .
Minn. Stat. § 383C.031 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383C / Section 383C.031
§ 383C.031 COMMISSIONERS; APPOINTMENT; QUALIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

Within 30 days after a majority of the voters of the county voting upon said question elect to come within the provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.056 , the board of county commissioners shall by majority vote, appoint three persons as county civil service commissioners to serve for designated terms of one for two years, one for four years, and one for six years. Each alternate year thereafter the board of county commissioners shall appoint one person as successor for the county civil service commissioner whose term shall expire, to serve six years. Any vacancies shall be filled by the board of county commissioners for the unexpired term. No person shall be appointed or shall act as a member of the county civil service commission at any time while holding any public office or while standing as a candidate for any public office, notary public excepted, or any public employment or position in a political party within the two years immediately preceding appointment. Each member of said commission shall be a resident in the county and on becoming a nonresident, thereby forfeits the office. Within 15 days after appointment, each commissioner shall qualify by subscribing to an oath for the faithful discharge of duties and file said oath with said court administrator of the district court and such oath shall include a statement of belief in and desire to support the principles of the merit system. If an appointee fails to so qualify, another shall be named. Each commissioner shall hold office until a successor has been appointed and qualified, except in case a commissioner shall stand as a candidate for elective public office, whereupon the filing of candidacy thereby automatically results in forfeiture of the office. The county civil service commission shall organize by electing one of its members as presiding officer and the human resources director hereinafter provided shall serve as secretary.
Minn. Stat. § 645.01 — MN Code / Part 645_648 / Chapter 645 / Section 645.01
§ 645.01 WORDS AND PHRASES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. When used in this chapter the following words and phrases have the meanings ascribed to them in this section.

§ Subd. 2. Final enactment or enacted finally. "Final enactment" or "enacted finally" for a bill passed by the legislature and signed by the governor means the date and time of day the governor signed the bill. For a bill passed by the legislature and allowed to become law without signature by the governor, it means the end of the last day on which the governor could have returned the bill with a veto to the legislature. For a bill passed by the legislature but vetoed and reconsidered and approved by the legislature after the veto, it means the date and time of day of the final legislative vote approving the vetoed bill.

§ Subd. 3. Legislature. "Legislature" means the senate and the house of representatives of the state of Minnesota.
Minn. Stat. § 412.691 — MN Code / Part 410_414 / Chapter 412 / Section 412.691
§ 412.691 MANAGER IS PURCHASING AGENT; AUDIT AND APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

The manager shall be the chief purchasing agent of the city. All purchases for the city and all contracts shall be made or let by the manager when the amount of the purchase or contract does not exceed $20,000 unless a lower limit is provided by the city council; but all claims resulting therefrom shall be audited and approved by the council as provided in section 412.271 . All other purchases shall be made and all other contracts let by the council after the recommendation of the manager has first been obtained. All contracts, bonds, and instruments of every kind to which the city is a party shall be signed by the mayor and the manager on behalf of the city and shall be executed in the name of the city.
Minn. Stat. § 356.461 — MN Code / Part 352_356B / Chapter 356 / Section 356.461
§ 356.461 VARIOUS RETIREMENT SYSTEMS; JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY COMPUTATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Joint and survivor annuity computation. Notwithstanding any provision of section 356.215, subdivision 8 , or 356.415 to the contrary, for purposes of computing joint and survivor annuities, the applicable investment return assumption is 6.5 percent.

§ Subd. 2. Covered plans. This section applies to the following retirement plans: (1) the legislators retirement plan, established under chapter 3A, including constitutional officers as specified in that chapter; (2) the correctional state employees retirement plan of the Minnesota State Retirement System, established under chapter 352; (3) the general state employees retirement plan of the Minnesota State Retirement System, established under chapter 352; (4) the State Patrol retirement plan, established under chapter 352B; (5) the unclassified state employees retirement program of the Minnesota State Retirement System, established under chapter 352D; (6) the judges retirement plan, established under chapter 490; (7) the general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association, established under chapter 353; (8) the public employees police and fire retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association, established under chapter 353; (9) the local government correctional service retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association, established under chapter 353E; and (10) the Teachers Retirement Association, established under chapter 354.
Minn. Stat. § 35.153 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 35 / Section 35.153
§ 35.153 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to section 17.452 , this section, and section 35.155 .

§ Subd. 2. Cervidae. "Cervidae" means animals that are members of the family Cervidae and includes, but is not limited to, white-tailed deer, mule deer, red deer, elk, moose, caribou, reindeer, and muntjac.

§ Subd. 3. Farmed Cervidae. "Farmed Cervidae" means Cervidae that are: (1) raised for any purpose; and (2) registered in a manner approved by the Board of Animal Health.

§ Subd. 4. Owner. "Owner" means a person who owns or is responsible for the raising of farmed Cervidae.

§ Subd. 5. Herd. "Herd" means all Cervidae: (1) maintained on common ground for any purpose; or (2) under common ownership or supervision, geographically separated, but that have an interchange or movement of animals without regard to whether the animals are infected with or exposed to diseases.
Minn. Stat. § 192A.353 — MN Code / Part 190_195 / Chapter 192A / Section 192A.353
§ 192A.353 APPEAL BY STATE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Appeal. (a) In a trial by court-martial in which a punitive discharge may be adjudged, the state may appeal the following, other than a finding of not guilty with respect to the charge or specification by the members of the court-martial, or by a judge in a bench trial so long as it is not made in reconsideration: (1) an order or ruling of the military judge that terminates the proceedings with respect to a charge or specification; (2) an order or ruling that excludes evidence that is substantial proof of a fact material in the proceeding; (3) an order or ruling that directs the disclosure of classified information; (4) an order or ruling that imposes sanctions for nondisclosure of classified information; (5) a refusal of the military judge to issue a protective order sought by the state to prevent the disclosure of classified information; and (6) a refusal by the military judge to enforce an order described in clause (5) that has previously been issued by the appropriate authority. (b) An appeal of an order or ruling may not be taken unless the trial counsel provides the military judge with written notice of appeal from the order or ruling within 72 hours of the order or ruling. The notice shall include a certification by the trial counsel that the appeal is not taken for the purpose of delay and, if the order or ruling appealed is one which excludes evidence, that the evidence excluded is substantial proof of a fact material in the proceeding. (c) An appeal under this section shall be diligently prosecuted as provided by law.

§ Subd. 2. Appeal forwarded. An appeal under this section shall proceed as prescribed in section 192A.371 . In ruling on an appeal under this section, that court may act only with respect to matters of law.

§ Subd. 3. Delay of appeal. Any period of delay resulting from an appeal under this section shall be excluded in deciding any issue regarding denial of a speedy trial unless an appropriate authority determines that the appeal was filed solely for the purpose of delay with the knowledge that it was totally frivolous and without merit.
Minn. Stat. § 599.16 — MN Code / Part 595_603 / Chapter 599 / Section 599.16
§ 599.16 LAND OFFICE RECEIPTS, EVIDENCE OF TITLE.
Status: in_force

The receipt or certificate, signed by the register or receiver of any United States land office, of the entry or purchase of any tract of land, or the location of any tract by a land warrant, shall be prima facie evidence of title to the lands described in such receipt or certificate in the person named therein. Such receipt or certificate may be filed for record with the county recorder of the county where the land is located, with like force and effect as a conveyance of real estate.
Minn. Stat. § 273.67 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 273 / Section 273.67
§ 273.67 PROCEDURE WHEN OWNER DOES NOT LIST OR IS NOT SWORN.
Status: in_force

When any person whose duty it is to list shall refuse or neglect to list personal property when called on by the assessor, or to take and subscribe the required oath in regard to the truth of a statement, or any part thereof, the assessor shall enter opposite the name of such person, in an appropriate column, the words "refused to list," or "refused to swear," as the case may be; and when any person whose duty it is to list is absent, or unable from sickness to list, the assessor shall enter opposite the name of such person, in an appropriate column, the word "absent" or "sick." The assessor may administer oaths to all persons who by this chapter are required to swear, or whom the assessor may require to testify, and may examine, upon oath, any person supposed to have knowledge of the amount or value of the personal property of any person refusing to list or to verify a list of personal property.
Minn. Stat. § 282.36 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 282 / Section 282.36
§ 282.36 FEES PAYABLE BY REPURCHASER.
Status: in_force

Any person repurchasing land after forfeiture to the state for nonpayment of taxes under the provisions of a repurchase law shall at the time the certificate of repurchase is issued and recorded by the county auditor or before receiving quitclaim deed pursuant thereto, pay to the county treasurer a fee in an amount equal to the fee provided in section 282.014 . Fees so collected during any calendar year shall be credited to a special fund and, upon a warrant issued by the county auditor on or before March 1 of the year following, shall be remitted to the commissioner of revenue and credited to the general fund. The commissioner of revenue shall, on or before February 1 in each year, certify to the commissioner of management and budget the number of deeds issued during the preceding calendar year to which these fees apply, showing by counties the number of deeds so issued and the total fees due therefor. This section shall not apply to repurchases made under any law enacted prior to January 1, 1945.
Minn. Stat. § 375.39 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 375 / Section 375.39
§ 375.39 CHANGE OF NAME OF COUNTY; ORDER OF COUNTY BOARD.
Status: in_force

A county board may change the name of the county upon a petition signed by a number of the legal voters of the county equal to 55 percent of the votes cast at the last preceding general election, and shall adopt the new name suggested in the petition as the official name of the county. The petition shall be filed with the county auditor who shall then promptly give public notice of the filing of the petition by publishing it in the official newspaper of the county. The petition shall be considered at the next meeting of the board held not less than 30 days after the date of the notice.

The petition being granted, the board shall make a formal order to that effect, which shall be filed with the auditor. After filing, the official name of the county shall be the one adopted.
Minn. Stat. § 136A.031 — MN Code / Part 135A_137 / Chapter 136A / Section 136A.031
§ 136A.031 STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 2005 c 107 art 2 s 61 ]

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 2013 c 99 art 2 s 30 ]

§ Subd. 3. Student Advisory Council. (a) A Student Advisory Council (SAC) to the office is established. The members of SAC shall include: the chair of the University of Minnesota student senate; the state chair of the Minnesota State University Student Association; the president of the Minnesota State College Student Association and an officer of the Minnesota State College Student Association, one in a community college course of study and one in a technical college course of study; a student who is enrolled in a private nonprofit postsecondary institution, to be elected by students enrolled in Minnesota Private College Council institutions; a student who is enrolled in a private career school, to be elected by students enrolled in Minnesota private career schools; and a student who is enrolled in a Minnesota tribal college to be elected by students enrolled in Minnesota tribal colleges. If students from the private career schools or tribal colleges do not elect a representative, the commissioner must appoint a student representative. If students from the Minnesota Private College Council institutions do not elect a representative, the Minnesota Private College Council must appoint the private nonprofit representative. A member may be represented by a student designee who attends an institution from the same system that the absent member represents. The SAC shall select one of its members to serve as chair. (b) The office shall inform the SAC of all matters related to student issues under consideration. The SAC shall report to the office quarterly and at other times that the SAC considers desirable. The SAC shall determine its meeting times, but it shall also meet with the office within 30 days after the commissioner's request for a meeting. (c) The SAC shall: (1) bring to the attention of the office any matter that the SAC believes needs the attention of the office; (2) fulfill the requirements under section 135A.137, subdivision 2 ; (3) make recommendations to the office as it finds appropriate; and (4) approve student appointments by the office for each advisory group as provided in subdivision 4.

§ Subd. 4. Student representation. The commissioner shall invite the council to nominate a student or students to serve on task forces created by the office, when appropriate.

§ Subd. 5. [Repealed, 2014 c 286 art 8 s 40 ]
Minn. Stat. § 144E.30 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144E / Section 144E.30
§ 144E.30 COOPERATION; DIRECTOR POWERS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. MS 1998 [Repealed, 1999 c 245 art 9 s 66 ]

§ Subd. 2. MS 1998 [Repealed, 1999 c 245 art 9 s 66 ]

§ Subd. 3. Cooperation during investigation. A licensee, person credentialed by the director, education program approved by the director, or agent of one who is the subject of an investigation or who is questioned in connection with an investigation by or on behalf of the director shall cooperate fully with the investigation. Cooperation includes responding fully and promptly to any question raised by or on behalf of the director relating to the subject of the investigation, executing all releases requested by the director, providing copies of ambulance service records, as reasonably requested by the director to assist in their investigation, and appearing at conferences or hearings scheduled by the director. The director shall pay reasonable costs for copies requested.

§ Subd. 4. Injunctive relief. In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the director may bring an action for injunctive relief in the district court in Hennepin County or, at the director's discretion, in the district court in the county in which a violation of any statute, rule, or order that the director is empowered to enforce or issue, has occurred, to enjoin the violation.

§ Subd. 5. Subpoena power. The director may, as part of an investigation to determine whether a serious public health threat exists, issue subpoenas to require the attendance and testimony of witnesses and production of books, records, correspondence, and other information relevant to any matter involved in the investigation. The director or the director's designee may administer oaths to witnesses or take their affirmation. The subpoenas may be served upon any person named therein anywhere in the state by any person authorized to serve subpoenas or other processes in civil actions of the district courts. If a person to whom a subpoena is issued does not comply with the subpoena, the director may apply to the district court in any district and the court shall order the person to comply with the subpoena. Failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as contempt of court. No person may be compelled to disclose privileged information as described in section 595.02, subdivision 1 . All information pertaining to individual medical records obtained under this section shall be considered health data under section 13.3805, subdivision 1 . All other information is considered public data unless otherwise protected under the Minnesota Data Practices Act or other specific law. The fees for the service of a subpoena must be paid in the same manner as prescribed by law for service of process used out of a district court. Subpoenaed witnesses must receive the same fees and mileage as in civil actions.

§ Subd. 6. MS 1998 [Repealed, 1999 c 245 art 9 s 66 ]