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Minn. Stat. § 153B.20 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 153B / Section 153B.20
§ 153B.20 EXCEPTIONS.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit:

(1) a physician, osteopathic physician, or podiatric physician licensed by the state of Minnesota from providing services within the physician's scope of practice;

(2) a health care professional licensed by the state of Minnesota, including, but not limited to, chiropractors, physical therapists, and occupational therapy practitioners from providing services within the professional's scope of practice, or an individual working under the supervision of a licensed physician or podiatric physician;

(3) the practice of orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics by a person who is employed by the federal government or any bureau, division, or agency of the federal government while in the discharge of the employee's official duties;

(4) the practice of orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics by:

(i) a student enrolled in an accredited or approved orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics education program who is performing activities required by the program;

(ii) a resident enrolled in an NCOPE-accredited residency program; or

(iii) a person working in a qualified, supervised work experience or internship who is obtaining the clinical experience necessary for licensure under this chapter; or

(5) an orthotist, prosthetist, prosthetist orthotist, pedorthist, assistant, or fitter who is licensed in another state or territory of the United States or in another country that has equivalent licensure requirements as approved by the board from providing services within the professional's scope of practice subject to this chapter, if the individual is qualified and has applied for licensure under this chapter. The individual shall be allowed to practice for no longer than six months following the filing of the application for licensure, unless the individual withdraws the application for licensure or the board denies the license.
Minn. Stat. § 383B.215 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383B / Section 383B.215
§ 383B.215 ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers and duties enumerated in sections 383B.211 to 383B.229 , the county:

(a) Shall maintain a system for the registration of vital records.

(b) Shall prepare and publish an annual report of the health services provided and available in the preceding year.

(c) Shall enforce all laws and regulations relating to public health within its jurisdiction and authority.

(d) Shall establish fee schedules for services rendered.

(e) May purchase services for health care and related services consistent with Laws 1979, chapter 198.
Minn. Stat. § 80A.85 — MN Code / Part 80_80A / Chapter 80A / Section 80A.85
§ 80A.85 SECTION 608; UNIFORMITY AND COOPERATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Objective of uniformity. The administrator shall, in its discretion, cooperate, coordinate, consult, and, subject to section 80A.84, share records and information with the securities regulator of another state, Canada, a Canadian province or territory, a foreign jurisdiction, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the United States Department of Justice, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, a self-regulatory organization, a national or international organization of securities regulators, a federal or state banking and insurance regulator, and a governmental law enforcement agency to effectuate greater uniformity in securities matters among the federal government, self-regulatory organizations, states, and foreign governments.

(b) Policies to consider. In cooperating, coordinating, consulting, and sharing records and information under this section and in acting by rule, order, or waiver under this chapter, the administrator shall, in its discretion, take into consideration in carrying out the public interest the following general policies:

(1) maximizing effectiveness of regulation for the protection of investors;

(2) maximizing uniformity in federal and state regulatory standards; and

(3) minimizing burdens on the business of capital formation, without adversely effecting essentials of investor protection.

(c) Subjects for cooperation. The cooperation, coordination, consultation, and sharing of records and information authorized by this section includes:

(1) establishing or employing one or more designees as a central depository for registration and notice filings under this chapter and for records required or allowed to be maintained under this chapter;

(2) developing and maintaining uniform forms;

(3) conducting a joint examination or investigation;

(4) holding a joint administrative hearing;

(5) instituting and prosecuting a joint civil or administrative proceeding;

(6) sharing and exchanging personnel;

(7) coordinating registrations under sections 80A.49 and 80A.56 through 80A.58 and exemptions under section 80A.47;

(8) sharing and exchanging records, subject to section 80A.84;

(9) formulating rules, statements of policy, guidelines, forms, and interpretative opinions and releases;

(10) formulating common systems and procedures;

(11) notifying the public of proposed rules, forms, statements of policy, and guidelines;

(12) attending conferences and other meetings among securities regulators, which may include representatives of governmental and private sector organizations involved in capital formation, deemed necessary or appropriate to promote or achieve uniformity; and

(13) developing and maintaining a uniform exemption from registration for small issuers, and taking other steps to reduce the burden of raising investment capital by small businesses.
Minn. Stat. § 336.9-331 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.9-331
§ 336.9-331 PRIORITY OF RIGHTS OF PURCHASERS OF CONTROLLABLE ACCOUNTS, CONTROLLABLE ELECTRONIC RECORDS, CONTROLLABLE PAYMENT INTANGIBLES, DOCUMENTS, INSTRUMENTS, AND SECURITIES UNDER OTHER ARTICLES; PRIORITY OF INTERESTS IN FINANCIAL ASSETS AND SECURITY ENTITLEMENTS AND PROTECTION AGAINST ASSERTION OF CLAIM UNDER ARTICLES 8 AND 12.
Status: in_force

(a) Rights under articles 3, 7, 8, and 12 not limited. This article does not limit the rights of a holder in due course of a negotiable instrument, a holder to which a negotiable document of title has been duly negotiated, a protected purchaser of a security, or a qualifying purchaser of a controllable account, controllable electronic record, or controllable payment intangible. These holders or purchasers take priority over an earlier security interest, even if perfected, to the extent provided in articles 3, 7, 8, and 12.

(b) Protection under articles 8 and 12. This article does not limit the rights of or impose liability on a person to the extent that the person is protected against the assertion of a claim under article 8 or 12.

(c) Filing not notice. Filing under this article does not constitute notice of a claim or defense to the holders, or purchasers, or persons described in subsections (a) and (b).
Minn. Stat. § 65A.40 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 65A / Section 65A.40
§ 65A.40 EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

The plan will undertake a continuing public education program, in cooperation with producers and others, to assure that the Minnesota FAIR Plan Act receives adequate public attention.
Minn. Stat. § 268.192 — MN Code / Part 268_269 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.192
§ 268.192 PROTECTION OF RIGHTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Waiver of rights void. Any agreement by an individual to waive, release, or commute rights to unemployment benefits or any other rights under the Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Law is void. Any agreement by an employee to pay all or any portion of an employer's taxes, is void. No employer may directly or indirectly make or require or accept any deduction from wages to pay the employer's taxes, require or accept any waiver of any right or in any manner obstruct or impede an application or continued request for unemployment benefits. Any employer or officer or agent of any employer who violates any portion of this subdivision is, for each offense, guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ Subd. 1a. Agreements not allowed. An employer may not make an agreement that in exchange for the employer agreeing not to contest the payment of unemployment benefits, including agreeing not to provide information to the department, an employee will: (1) quit the employment; (2) take a leave of absence; (3) leave the employment temporarily or permanently; or (4) withdraw a grievance or appeal of a termination. An agreement that violates this subdivision has no effect under this chapter.

§ Subd. 2. No assignment of unemployment benefits; exemptions. Any assignment, pledge, or encumbrance of unemployment benefits is void. Unemployment benefits are exempt from levy, execution, attachment, or any other remedy provided for the collection of debt. Any waiver of this subdivision is void.
Minn. Stat. § 2.031 — MN Code / Part 1_2A / Chapter 2 / Section 2.031
§ 2.031 APPORTIONMENT.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Legislative districts. The representatives in the senate and house of representatives are apportioned throughout the state in 67 senate districts and 134 house of representatives districts. Each senate district is entitled to elect one senator and each house of representatives district is entitled to elect one representative.

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 2013 c 125 art 1 s 108 ]
Minn. Stat. § 124E.14 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 124E / Section 124E.14
§ 124E.14 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) No member of the board of directors, employee, officer, or agent of a charter school shall participate in selecting, awarding, or administering a contract if a conflict of interest exists. A conflict exists when:

(1) the board member, employee, officer, or agent;

(2) the immediate family member of the board member, employee, officer, or agent;

(3) the partner of the board member, employee, officer, or agent; or

(4) an organization that employs, or is about to employ any individual in clauses (1) to (3),

has a financial or other interest in the entity with which the charter school is contracting. A violation of this prohibition renders the contract void.

(b) The conflict of interest provisions under this section do not apply to compensation paid to a teacher employed as a teacher by the charter school or a teacher who provides instructional services to the charter school through a cooperative formed under chapter 308A when the teacher also serves on the charter school board of directors.

(c) A charter school board member, employee, or officer is a local official for purposes of section 471.895 with regard to receipt of gifts as defined under section 10A.071, subdivision 1 , paragraph (b). A board member, employee, or officer must not receive compensation from a group health insurance provider.

(d) No charter school employee or board member may serve on the board or decision-making committee of the school's authorizer. An employee or school board member must disclose to the school's board of directors any paid compensation they receive from the school's authorizer.
Minn. Stat. § 103I.401 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103I / Section 103I.401
§ 103I.401 ELEVATOR BORINGS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Permit required. (a) A person may not construct an elevator boring until a permit for the hole or excavation is issued by the commissioner. (b) The elevator boring permit preempts local permits except local building permits, and counties and home rule charter or statutory cities may not require a permit for elevator borings.

§ Subd. 2. License required. A person may not construct an elevator boring unless the person possesses a well contractor's license or an elevator boring contractor's license issued by the commissioner.

§ Subd. 3. Sealing. A well contractor or elevator boring contractor must seal a hole or excavation that is no longer used for an elevator boring. The sealing must be done according to rules adopted by the commissioner.

§ Subd. 4. Report. Within 30 days after completion or sealing of an elevator boring, the person doing the work must submit a report to the commissioner on forms provided by the commissioner.
Minn. Stat. § 144.416 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144 / Section 144.416
§ 144.416 RESPONSIBILITIES OF PROPRIETORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The proprietor or other person, firm, limited liability company, corporation, or other entity that owns, leases, manages, operates, or otherwise controls the use of a public place, public transportation, place of employment, or public meeting shall make reasonable efforts to prevent smoking in the public place, public transportation, place of employment, or public meeting by:

(1) posting appropriate signs or by any other means which may be appropriate; and

(2) asking any person who smokes in an area where smoking is prohibited to refrain from smoking and, if the person does not refrain from smoking after being asked to do so, asking the person to leave. If the person refuses to leave, the proprietor, person, or entity in charge shall handle the situation consistent with lawful methods for handling other persons acting in a disorderly manner or as a trespasser.

(b) The proprietor or other person or entity in charge of a public place, public meeting, public transportation, or place of employment must not provide smoking equipment, including ashtrays or matches, in areas where smoking is prohibited. Nothing in this section prohibits the proprietor or other person or entity in charge from taking more stringent measures than those under sections 144.414 to 144.417 to protect individuals from secondhand smoke or from involuntary exposure to aerosol or vapor from electronic delivery devices. The proprietor or other person or entity in charge of a restaurant or bar may not serve an individual who is in violation of sections 144.411 to 144.417 .
Minn. Stat. § 84.03 — MN Code / Part 83A_84 / Chapter 84 / Section 84.03
§ 84.03 ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND POWERS.
Status: reserved

(a) So far as practicable the commissioner shall collect and arrange statistics and other information in reference to the lands and general and special resources of the state.

(b) The commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to take such measures as the commissioner may deem advisable to advertise, both within and without the state, sales of all state lands, and to secure, compile, and issue such valuable statistics of the resources of the state.

(c) The commissioner may adopt and promulgate reasonable rules, not inconsistent with law, governing the use and enjoyment of state land reserved from sale, state parks, state water-access sites, state trails, state monuments, state scientific and natural areas, state wilderness areas, and recreational areas owned by other state, local and federal agencies and operated under agreement by the Department of Natural Resources, which shall have the force and effect of law. A reasonable fee may be fixed, charged, and collected by the commissioner for the privilege of the use of any or all of the foregoing privileges and facilities.

(d) The commissioner, on or before November 15 of each even-numbered year, shall report to the legislature the commissioner's acts and doings, with recommendation for the improvement or conservation of state parks, state water-access sites, state trails, and state monuments, state scientific and natural areas, state forests, state wildlife management areas, public hunting grounds, public shooting grounds, food and cover planting areas, wildlife lands, recreational or public hunting areas, state wild and scenic rivers, state wilderness areas, and all other recreational lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Natural Resources, and for desirable accessions thereto, such report to include an inventory of the tracts and parcels of land, and rights, interests, and easements therein, held by the state or withdrawn from sale for any of these purposes, with the value thereof, and a list of the name, location, size, and description of each state trail, state scientific and natural area, state wildlife management area, state water-access site, and state wild, scenic, or recreational river designated by the commissioner, and each public hunting grounds, public shooting grounds, food and cover planting area, wildlife lands, and recreational or public hunting area acquired by the commissioner since the last report. The commissioner shall maintain a long range plan governing the use of the public domain under the commissioner's jurisdiction.
Minn. Stat. § 325D.66 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325D / Section 325D.66
§ 325D.66 ACTION NOT BARRED AS AFFECTING OR INVOLVING INTERSTATE OR FOREIGN COMMERCE.
Status: in_force

No action under sections 325D.49 to 325D.66 shall be barred on the ground that the activity or conduct complained of in any way affects or involves interstate or foreign commerce.
Minn. Stat. § 473.87 — MN Code / Part 473_473J / Chapter 473 / Section 473.87
§ 473.87 LEVY FOR INCREASED COSTS.
Status: in_force

The increased costs to a municipality of implementing sections 473.175 ; 473.858 , subdivisions 1 to 3; 473.859 to 473.862 ; and 473.866 shall be deemed a levy and the proceeds of any tax levied under this section shall be deposited in the municipal treasury in a separate fund and expended only for the purposes authorized by this section.
Minn. Stat. § 634.09 — MN Code / Part 625_634 / Chapter 634 / Section 634.09
§ 634.09 UNIFORMITY.
Status: in_force

Sections 634.06 to 634.09 shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate their general purpose to make uniform the law of the states which enact them.
Minn. Stat. § 12.11 — MN Code / Part 10_12B / Chapter 12 / Section 12.11
§ 12.11 STATE DIRECTOR; PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Division created in Department of Public Safety. A Division of Emergency Management is established within the Department of Public Safety under the supervision and control of the governor and a state director of emergency management. The commissioner of public safety shall appoint the state director, who shall not hold any other state office.

§ Subd. 2. Personnel. (a) As may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, the state director may: (1) employ technical, clerical, and other personnel; and (2) with the approval of the governor, make expenditures within the appropriation made for that purpose or, with the approval of the Executive Council, from other funds made available to the state director for purposes of emergency management. (b) Division personnel, except the director of emergency management, must be in the classified service of the state civil service.

§ Subd. 3. Facilities and resources provided. The state director and other personnel of the Division of Emergency Management must be provided with appropriate facilities and resources in the same manner as provided for personnel of other state agencies.
Minn. Stat. § 279.091 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 279 / Section 279.091
§ 279.091 MAILING OF NOTICE AND LIST; FAILURE TO MAIL.
Status: in_force

On or before March 20 immediately following the filing of such list with the court administrator of district court, the county auditor shall cause the notice and the pertinent portion of the list of delinquent real property to be mailed to all real property taxpayers and in addition those parties who have filed their addresses pursuant to section 276.041 . Failure to mail the notice and the pertinent portions of the list shall not be deemed to be a material defect to affect the validity of the judgment and sale.
Minn. Stat. § 13D.015 — MN Code / Part 13D / Chapter 13D / Section 13D.015
§ 13D.015 STATE ENTITY MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE OR INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Application. This section applies to: (1) a state agency, board, commission, or department, and a statewide public pension plan defined in section 356A.01, subdivision 24 ; and (2) a committee, subcommittee, board, department, or commission of an entity listed in clause (1).

§ Subd. 2. Conditions. An entity listed in subdivision 1 may conduct a meeting governed by this section and section 13D.01, subdivisions 1 , 2, 4, and 5, by telephone or interactive technology so long as the following conditions are met: (1) all members of the entity participating in the meeting, wherever their physical location, can hear one another and can hear all discussion and testimony; (2) members of the public present at the regular meeting location of the entity can hear all discussion and all votes of members of the entity and participate in testimony; (3) at least one member of the entity is physically present at the regular meeting location; and (4) all votes are conducted by roll call, so each member's vote on each issue can be identified and recorded.

§ Subd. 3. Quorum; participation. Each member of the entity participating in a meeting by telephone or interactive technology is considered present at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and participating in all proceedings.

§ Subd. 4. Monitoring from remote site. If telephone or interactive technology is used to conduct a meeting, the entity, to the extent practical, shall allow a person to monitor the meeting electronically from a remote location.

§ Subd. 5. Notice. If telephone or interactive technology is used to conduct a regular, special, or emergency meeting, the entity shall provide notice of the regular meeting location, of the fact that some members may participate by interactive technology, and of the provisions of subdivision 4. The timing and method of providing notice is governed by section 13D.04 . In addition, the entity must post the notice on its website at least ten days before any regular meeting as defined in section 13D.04, subdivision 1 .