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3E.05 AUTHENTICATION OF OFFICIAL ELECTRONIC RECORD.
An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official under section 3E.04 shall authenticate the record. To authenticate an electronic record, the publisher shall provide a method for a user to determine that the record received by the user from the publisher is unaltered from the official record published by the publisher.
3E.01 SHORT TITLE.
This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act."
3E.04 LEGAL MATERIAL IN OFFICIAL ELECTRONIC RECORD.
If an official publisher publishes legal material only in an electronic record, the publisher shall:
(1) designate the electronic record as official; and
(2) comply with sections 3E.05, 3E.07, and 3E.08.
An official publisher that publishes legal material in an electronic record and also publishes the material in a record other than an electronic record may designate the electronic record as official if the publisher complies with sections 3E.05, 3E.07, and 3E.08.
3E.06 EFFECT OF AUTHENTICATION.
Legal material in an electronic record that is authenticated under section 3E.05 is presumed to be an accurate copy of the legal material.
If another state has adopted a law substantially similar to this chapter, legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official and authenticated by the official publisher in that state is presumed to be an accurate copy of the legal material.
A party contesting the authentication of legal material in an electronic record authenticated under section 3E.05 has the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the record is not authentic.
3C.01 APPOINTMENT OF REVISOR.
The Legislative Coordinating Commission shall appoint a qualified person to the position of revisor of statutes. The revisor shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The commission shall fix the revisor's salary.
3E.02 DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms in this section have the meanings given them.
"Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.
"Legal material" means, whether or not in effect:
(1) the Minnesota Constitution;
(2) Laws of Minnesota;
(3) Minnesota Statutes; or
(4) Minnesota Rules.
"Official publisher" means:
(1) for the Minnesota Constitution, the revisor of statutes;
(2) for Laws of Minnesota, Minnesota Statutes, and Minnesota Rules, the revisor of statutes.
"Publish" means to display, present, or release to the public or cause to be displayed, presented, or released to the public by the official publisher.
"Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
"State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
3E.07 PRESERVATION AND SECURITY OF LEGAL MATERIAL IN OFFICIAL ELECTRONIC RECORD.
An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is or was designated as official under section 3E.04 shall provide for the preservation and security of the record in an electronic form or a form that is not electronic.
If legal material is preserved under subdivision 1 in an electronic record, the official publisher shall:
(1) ensure the integrity of the record;
(2) provide for backup and disaster recovery of the record; and
(3) ensure the continuing usability of the material.
3E.03 APPLICABILITY.
This chapter applies to all legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official under section 3E.04 and first published electronically on or after January 1, 2015.
3E.08 PUBLIC ACCESS TO LEGAL MATERIAL IN OFFICIAL ELECTRONIC RECORD.
An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is required to be preserved under section 3E.07 shall ensure that the material is reasonably available for use by the public on a permanent basis.
3C.02 REVISOR'S POWERS.
The revisor shall employ and may fix the salaries of drafters and technical, research, and clerical assistants necessary to do the work of the revisor's office.
When full-time employees are not available to do the work of the office, the revisor may contract for drafting, technical, research, or clerical services.
The revisor may purchase necessary office furniture and supplies.
The revisor may enter into contracts to provide necessary services and supplies to the office.
The exercise of the powers set forth in subdivisions 1 to 4 is subject to the control of the Legislative Coordinating Commission.
A contract for professional or technical services that is valued at more than $50,000 may be made only after the revisor has consulted with the Legislative Coordinating Commission. The contract is subject to its recommendation as provided by section 3C.10, subdivision 3, for a printing contract.
3C.03 DRAFTING DUTIES OF REVISOR'S OFFICE.
As far as personnel and available appropriations permit, the revisor's office shall perform the drafting duties described in subdivisions 2 to 4.
The revisor's office shall maintain a drafting department. On request, the office shall draft or help to draft bills, resolutions, and amendments for the governor, members of the legislature, departments or agencies of the state, or special committees or commissions created by the legislature or appointed by the governor to study or revise the laws. The revisor's office also has the rule drafting duties described in chapter 14.
The persons or bodies listed in subdivision 2 may submit to the revisor's office requests for drafting services. A request must state briefly the policy and purpose of the document to be drafted. Documents must be drafted to conform to the instructions given in the request.
The revisor's office shall prepare and issue a bill drafting manual containing styles and forms for drafting bills, resolutions, and amendments.
3E.10 RELATION TO ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN GLOBAL AND NATIONAL COMMERCE ACT.
This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, United States Code, title 15, section 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(c) of that act, United States Code, title 15, section 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of that act, United States Code, title 15, section 7003(b).
3C.035 BILL DRAFTING FOR DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.
A department or agency intending to urge the legislature to adopt a bill shall deliver the drafting request for the bill to the revisor of statutes by November 1 before the regular session of the legislature at which adoption will be urged. A commissioner or agency head, however, may deliver a drafting request later by certifying to the revisor, with supporting facts, that the request is an emergency, relates to a matter that could not reasonably have been foreseen before November 1, or for which there is other reasonable justification for delay. The completed bill draft, in a form ready for introduction, must be delivered by the revisor to a senator or representative as directed by the department or agency. If the draft was requested after November 1, it must be accompanied by a copy of the commissioner's certification to the revisor.
[Repealed, 1991 c 345 art 1 s 117]
A department or agency may not contract with an attorney, consultant, or other person either to provide drafting services to the department or agency or to advise on drafting unless the revisor determines that special expertise is required for the drafting and the expertise is not available from the revisor or the revisor's staff. A department or agency may not request legislative staff, other than the revisor of statutes, to provide drafting services to the department or agency.
3C.04 OTHER OFFICE DUTIES DURING LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
The revisor's office shall give members of the legislature advice concerning the legal effect of bills or proposed bills, but only at the request of the members.
The revisor's office shall gather information about the practical operation and effect of statutes of this and other states.
The revisor's office shall report to the legislature any statutory changes recommended or discussed or statutory deficiencies noted in any opinion of the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals of Minnesota. The report must be made by November 15 of each even-numbered year. It must treat opinions filed during the two-year period immediately preceding September 30 of the year before the year in which the session is held. It must include any comment necessary to outline clearly the legislative problem reported.
The revisor's office shall prepare and submit to the legislature bills clarifying and correcting the statutes and administrative rules.
The revisor's office shall assist in the enrollment and engrossment of bills. Senate bills are to be under the supervision of the secretary of the senate. House of representatives bills are to be under the supervision of the chief clerk of the house of representatives.
In preparing an engrossment or enrollment, the revisor may correct misspelled words and other minor clerical errors. No correction of this kind constitutes an alteration or departure from the text as shown in the journals of the senate and house of representatives.
In preparing an enrollment of a bill passed at a legislative session, the revisor shall assign the bill a chapter number. As far as practical, the numbers shall be assigned in the order of the date of the legislature's last vote on the bills before presentment to the governor. The revisor, as the agent of the legislature, shall present the enrolled bills to the governor and report to the house of origin the date of presentment of the enrollment. The revisor shall show on the enrollment the date the enrollment was presented to the governor.
The revisor's office shall perform other services requested by the legislature or either of its branches.
3C.05 PROHIBITIONS AND LIMITATIONS.
The revisor, employees of the revisor's office, and persons assisting the office as part-time employees or independent contractors are subject to the following prohibitions and limitations:
(a) They may not reveal to any person not employed by the revisor's office the content or nature of a request for drafting services. The content of the request and documents and communications relating to the drafting service supplied is not public and is not subject to subpoena, search warrant, deposition, writ of mandamus, interrogatory, or other disclosure.
(b) They may not urge or oppose legislation on issues susceptible to action in the Minnesota legislature.
(c) They may not use office time to conduct legal business other than the business of the revisor's office.
(d) They may not engage in outside activities that violate the ethical considerations concerning independent professional judgment and interests of multiple clients contained in the Code of Professional Responsibility for Lawyers.
(e) They may not engage in activities of a partisan nature.
The revisor's office must be kept open during the time provided by law for other state offices. When the legislature is in session the office must be kept open at the hours most convenient to the members of the legislature.
3C.06 LAWS OF MINNESOTA.
As soon as possible after a session of the legislature has adjourned each year, the revisor shall publish the laws of the session in a publication called "Laws of Minnesota." It must be identified by the year of the session and have suitable headnotes and indexes as required by subdivision 4. Each law must be shown with the chapter number assigned to its enrollment under section 3C.04, subdivision 5. For each law, the revisor shall show the date when it was presented to the governor as shown on the enrolled bill and the date and time of day it was:
(1) signed by the governor;
(2) enacted finally without the governor's signature; or
(3) approved by the legislature after the governor's veto.
For any bill that was vetoed, the revisor shall show that it was vetoed. If appropriate, the revisor shall show that the bill was reconsidered and not approved by the legislature. If not reconsidered, the revisor shall show whether or not the legislature has subsequently adjourned sine die.
For each special law for which the certificate of local approval required by section 645.021 has been filed with the secretary of state before the printer's copy for Laws of Minnesota is prepared, the published volume must give the date of filing. The published volume containing the special laws must include a table giving the approval date for all special laws adopted during the biennium ending on the previous December 31.
Each edition of Laws of Minnesota must contain a table showing the sections of the Minnesota Statutes and the session laws affected by the acts passed at that session of the legislature.
Each edition of Laws of Minnesota must contain an alphabetical index of the laws contained in the edition.
3C.07 MINNESOTA STATUTES, HISTORICAL STATUS.
The compilation and revision of the general and permanent statutes of Minnesota, prepared by the revisor under the provisions of Laws of Minnesota 1943, chapter 545, and filed with the secretary of state on December 28, 1944, is adopted and enacted as Minnesota Revised Statutes. Minnesota Revised Statutes must not be cited, enumerated, or otherwise treated as a session law. Acts passed at the 1945 biennial session of the legislature are not repealed or modified by the adoption of Minnesota Revised Statutes. The laws contained in Minnesota Revised Statutes are continuations of the acts from which compiled and are not new enactments.
Immediately after the end of the biennial session of the legislature in 1945, the revisor of statutes shall prepare and deliver to the commissioner of administration printer's copy for Minnesota Statutes 1945. This copy must contain all the text embodied in the "Minnesota Revised Statutes" except as provided in this chapter. The revisor shall incorporate with the body of the text of the "Minnesota Revised Statutes" the amendments made to any of its sections at the 1945 biennial session of the legislature and omit any statutes expressly repealed at that session. The laws contained in Minnesota Statutes 1945 are continuations of the acts from which compiled and are not new enactments.
The revisor shall compile and include in Minnesota Statutes 1945, in an appropriate place and classification, all general and permanent laws enacted at the 1945 biennial session. The revisor shall assign these laws appropriate chapter and section identification by the decimal system of numbering.
After each section the revisor shall place a source note indicating the chapter and section of the session law from which the section was derived.
3C.09 MINNESOTA STATUTES; SUPPLEMENTATION.
If the revisor's office does not publish an edition of Minnesota Statutes in a given year, it may publish a supplement to Minnesota Statutes. The supplement must be identified by the year of publication and to the extent possible must otherwise comply with section 3C.08.
3C.08 MINNESOTA STATUTES; CONTENTS.
The revisor's office shall publish editions of Minnesota Statutes. Minnesota Statutes must contain the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of Minnesota, all general and permanent statutes in force, an alphabetical index, a table of permanent local laws, rules of the supreme court, rules of the district court, rules of other courts, rules applicable to the courts generally, and any other information the revisor considers desirable and practicable.
The decimal system of numbering of sections contained in Minnesota Statutes 1945 must be continued in all future editions of Minnesota Statutes, except that alphabetical letters may be used in addition to the decimal numbers. Chapters and sections of Minnesota Statutes retain the numbers and titles given them in Minnesota Revised Statutes until changed by the revisor or by statute.
The headnotes of the sections of any edition of the Minnesota Statutes printed in boldface type are mere catchwords to indicate the contents of the section and are not any part of the statute.
As soon as possible after a session of the legislature has adjourned, the revisor's office shall incorporate into the text of Minnesota Statutes the permanent general laws enacted and the amendments made to the statutes at that session and at any extra session of the legislature. The office shall also omit any sections expressly repealed. The office shall assign appropriate chapter and section numbers to these laws and shall arrange them in proper order. After each section the office shall place a source note indicating the chapter and section of the session law from which the section was derived.
The form and style of Minnesota Statutes may be changed as necessary to improve its quality and to permit the use of electronic data processing equipment, computer compatible media, and other related equipment in connection with its publication.
3E.09 STANDARDS.
In implementing this chapter, an official publisher of legal material in an electronic record shall consider:
(1) standards and practices of other jurisdictions;
(2) the most recent standards regarding authentication of, preservation and security of, and public access to legal material in an electronic record and other electronic records, as promulgated by national standard-setting bodies;
(3) the needs of users of legal material in an electronic record;
(4) the views of governmental officials and entities and other interested persons; and
(5) to the extent practicable, methods and technologies for the authentication of, preservation and security of, and public access to legal material which are compatible with the methods and technologies used by other official publishers in this state and in other states that have adopted a law substantially similar to this chapter.
3C.10 PUBLICATION POWERS.
The revisor's office, in preparing printer's copy for editions of statutes, may not alter the sense, meaning, or effect of any legislative act, but may:
(a) renumber sections or subdivisions and parts of sections or subdivisions;
(b) change the wording of headnotes;
(c) rearrange sections or subdivisions;
(d) combine sections or subdivisions into other sections or other subdivisions, or both;
(e) divide sections or subdivisions into other sections or subdivisions so as to give to distinct subject matters a section or subdivision number;
(f) substitute the proper section, chapter, or subdivision numbers for the terms "this act," "the preceding section," and the like;
(g) substitute figures for written words and vice versa;
(h) substitute the date on which the law becomes effective for the words "the effective date of this act," and the like;
(i) change capitalization for the purpose of uniformity;
(j) correct manifest clerical, typographical, grammatical, or punctuation errors;
(k) correct words misspelled in enrollments;
(l) change reference numbers to agree with renumbered chapters, sections, or subdivisions;
(m) delete the phrases "Minnesota Statutes," "Minnesota Statutes 1980," and phrases identifying other editions of and supplements to Minnesota Statutes if the phrases are used in a reference to a statutory section;
(n) replace gender specific words with gender neutral words and, if necessary, recast the sentences containing gender specific words; and
(o) make similar editorial changes to ensure the accuracy and utility of the publication.
The revisor's office may integrate agency rules into Minnesota Statutes, or publish the rules as an adjunct to Minnesota Statutes, or coordinate publication of the rules with Minnesota Statutes.
The revisor's office may negotiate for all or part of the editing, indexing, compiling, and printing of Minnesota Statutes, supplements to Minnesota Statutes, and Laws of Minnesota and contract with a law book publisher for these services. The provisions of chapter 16C as they relate to competitive bidding do not apply to these contracts. No contract may be made until the revisor of statutes has consulted with the Legislative Coordinating Commission. Failure or refusal of the commission to make a recommendation promptly shall be deemed an affirmative recommendation.
3C.11 GENERAL PUBLICATION DUTIES.
In preparing an edition of Minnesota Statutes, a supplement to Minnesota Statutes, or an edition of Laws of Minnesota, the revisor's office shall compare each section in the edition with the original section of the statutes or with the original section in the enrolled act from which the section was derived, together with all amendments of the original section. In one copy of the edition, the revisor shall attach a certificate certifying that this comparison has been made and that all sections appear to be correctly printed. The copy containing the revisor's certificate must be filed in the office of the secretary of state as a public record. All other copies of the edition must contain a printed copy of the certificate.
The revisor's office shall compose, print, and deliver pamphlets containing parts of Minnesota Statutes, parts of Minnesota Rules, or combinations of parts of the statutes and rules as may be necessary for the use of public officers and departments. The revisor's office shall use a standard form for the pamphlets. The cost of composition, printing, and delivery of the pamphlets, together with a reasonable fee for the revisor's services, is to be borne by the office or department requesting them. The printing must be limited to actual needs as shown by experience or other competent proof. Revenue from the revisor's fee must be deposited in the general fund.
In the time before Laws of Minnesota is published each year, the revisor's office shall furnish, upon request and without charge, a copy of each law or resolution to a member of the legislature, a legislative staff member, a constitutional officer, a justice of the supreme court, or a judge of the court of appeals.
3C.13 LEGAL STATUS OF STATUTES.
Any volume of Minnesota Statutes, supplement to Minnesota Statutes, and Laws of Minnesota certified by the revisor according to section 3C.11, subdivision 1, is prima facie evidence of the statutes contained in it in all courts and proceedings.
Revised Laws of Minnesota 1905, General Statutes of Minnesota 1913, General Statutes of Minnesota 1923, Mason's Minnesota Statutes 1927, and supplements, appendix and addenda, or added volumes to these publications are prima facie evidence of the statutes contained in them in all courts and proceedings.
4.01 CUSTODIAN OF STATE PROPERTY.
In addition to the powers and duties prescribed by the constitution, the governor shall be the custodian of all property of the state not especially entrusted by law to other officers and may take possession thereof without legal process and adopt such measures for its safekeeping as the governor deems proper.
4.03 PROCLAMATIONS.
When the governor convenes the legislature in extra session it shall be done by proclamation, giving to the members such notice as the governor deems necessary of the time of meeting; and when assembled the governor shall inform them of the purposes for which they are convened. The governor shall set apart and proclaim one day in each year as a day of solemn and public thanksgiving to Almighty God for blessings to the people and no business shall be transacted on that day at any of the departments of state. All proclamations of the governor required or authorized by law shall be filed with the secretary of state.
4.034 ENROLLED BILLS.
When the governor signs an enrolled bill to finally enact it into law as provided by the constitution, the governor shall note on the enrolled bill the date and time of day of signing. The governor shall then file the bill with the secretary of state.
When the governor vetoes a bill, the governor shall file a notice with the secretary of state indicating the chapter number of the vetoed bill.
When the governor neither signs nor vetoes a bill and legislative adjournment does not prevent its return, then the governor shall file the bill with the secretary of state with a notice that the governor is allowing the bill to become law without the governor's signature. If legislative adjournment does prevent its return, then the governor shall file a notice with the secretary of state indicating that the bill has been pocket vetoed. The notice must identify the enrolled bill by chapter number. The bill itself must be retained in the records of the governor's office.
4.035 EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
A written statement or order executed by the governor pursuant to constitutional or statutory authority and denominated as an executive order, or a statement or order of the governor required by law to be in the form of an executive order, shall be uniform in format, shall be numbered consecutively, and shall be effective and expire as provided in this section. Executive orders creating agencies shall be consistent with the provisions of this section and section 15.0593.
An executive order issued pursuant to sections 12.31 to 12.32 or any other emergency executive order issued to protect a person from an imminent threat to health and safety shall be effective immediately and shall be filed with the secretary of state and published in the state register as soon as possible after its issuance. Emergency executive orders shall be identified as such in the order. Any other executive order shall be effective upon 15 days after its publication in the state register and filing with the secretary of state. The governor shall submit a copy of the executive order to the commissioner of administration to facilitate publication in the State Register.
Unless an earlier date is specified by statute or by executive order, an executive order shall expire 90 days after the date that the governor who issued the order leaves office.
4.04 POWERS.
The governor shall appoint and when necessary commission all officers and employees of the state whose selection is not otherwise provided for by law and, at pleasure, may remove any such appointee whose term of service is not by law prescribed. The governor shall exercise such powers of appointment, suspension, and removal in respect of other officials as are conferred by law. Whenever the great seal of the state is lost or worn out, the governor shall cause the same to be replaced.
The governor may delegate to the lieutenant governor such powers, duties, responsibilities and functions as are prescribed by law to be performed by the governor, subject to the governor's control, by filing a written order specifying such delegation with the secretary of state; provided, however, that no power, duty, responsibility or function imposed upon the governor by the constitution shall be delegated by such written order or otherwise.
4.045 CHILDREN'S CABINET.
The Children's Cabinet shall consist of the commissioners of education; human services; employment and economic development; public safety; corrections; management and budget; health; administration; Housing Finance Agency; transportation; and children, youth, and families. The governor shall designate one member to serve as cabinet chair. The chair is responsible for ensuring that the duties of the Children's Cabinet are performed.
4.047 HEALTH SUBCABINET.
The Health Subcabinet is established.
The Health Subcabinet shall consist of the commissioners of human services, commerce, management and budget, and health and the executive director of MNsure.
An executive director must be hired to manage the activities of the Health Subcabinet and serve as its chair. The commissioner of management and budget, in coordination with other state agencies and boards, as applicable, must provide staffing and administrative support to the executive director and the subcabinet established in this section.
The Health Subcabinet shall coordinate state agency and, as applicable, private sector efforts to reform the health care delivery and payment systems; foster sustainability in health care spending; ensure the availability of affordable and comprehensive health care coverage and health care; ensure access to high-quality health care services; and reduce disparities and inequities in the experience or outcomes of health care.
4.055 GOVERNOR'S RESIDENCE EMPLOYEES AND GOVERNOR APPOINTEE BACKGROUND CHECKS.
The governor's office may request a check of:
(1) systems accessible through the criminal justice data communications network, including, but not limited to, criminal history, predatory offender registration, warrants, and driver's license record information from the Department of Public Safety;
(2) the statewide supervision system maintained by the Department of Corrections; and
(3) national criminal history information maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
on candidates for positions within the governor's residence or appointment by the governor. The candidate shall provide the governor's office with a written authorization to conduct the check of these systems. For a check of the national criminal history information, the request must also include a set of fingerprints which shall be sent to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. The bureau has the authority to exchange the fingerprints with the FBI to facilitate the national background check. The superintendent may recover fees associated with the background checks from the governor's office.
4.071 OIL OVERCHARGE MONEY.
"Oil overcharge money" means money received by the state as a result of litigation or settlements of alleged violations of federal petroleum pricing regulations. Oil overcharge money may not be spent until it is specifically appropriated by law.
The legislature intends to appropriate one-half of the oil overcharge money for projects that have been reviewed and recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources. A work plan must be prepared for each proposed project for review by the commission. The commission must recommend specific projects to the legislature.
[Repealed, 1998 c 273 s 15]
4.07 GOVERNOR AS STATE AGENCY FOR FEDERAL FUNDS.
Whenever the United States of America, pursuant to federal law or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, makes available to the state of Minnesota or any department, agency, governmental subdivision, or other instrumentality thereof funds for any purpose and no state agency has been otherwise designated by law to apply for, receive, and accept such federal funds, the governor is hereby designated as the state agency for such purpose.
The governor may designate a state agency or agencies to act for the governor in applying for, receiving, and accepting federal funds under the provisions of subdivision 1.
The governor or any state department or agency designated by the governor shall comply with any and all requirements of federal law and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder to enable the application for, the receipt of, and the acceptance of such federal funds. The expenditure of any such funds received shall be governed by the laws of the state except insofar as federal requirements may otherwise provide. All such money received by the governor or any state department or agency designated by the governor for such purpose shall be deposited in the state treasury and, subject to section 3.3005, are hereby appropriated annually in order to enable the governor or the state department or agency designated by the governor for such purpose to carry out the purposes for which the funds are received. None of such federal money so deposited in the state treasury shall cancel and they shall be available for expenditure in accordance with the requirements of federal law.
4.075 ADMINISTRATION OF HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM; FEDERAL FUNDS.
The governor of this state shall be responsible for the administration of the state's highway safety program and, consistent with state law, may contract and cooperate with, and act as agent for state and federal agencies, political subdivisions, and public and private organizations in order to effectuate the purposes of the National Highway Safety Act of 1966 and any amendments or regulations thereto to the end that available federal money and other benefits for such purposes may be obtained. The governor may designate an appropriate agency of this state through which this state's safety program may be administered.
The governor shall provide for the receipt, allocation, and disbursement of federal money received pursuant to this act in accordance with state and federal laws and regulations.
Counties, cities, towns, municipalities, and other political subdivisions are authorized to administer local highway safety programs which have been approved by the governor as part of the state highway safety program and to receive such funds as may be available for such purposes, subject to applicable federal laws and regulations and the approval of the governor.
4.46 WASHINGTON OFFICE.
The governor may appoint employees for the Washington, D.C., office of the state of Minnesota and may prescribe their duties. In the operation of the office, the governor may expend money appropriated by the legislature for promotional purposes in the same manner as private persons, firms, corporations, and associations expend money for promotional purposes. Promotional expenditures for food, lodging, or travel are not governed by the travel rules of the commissioner of management and budget.
4.47 REPORT ON COMPULSIVE GAMBLING.
The governor shall report to the legislature by February 1 of each odd-numbered year on the state's progress in addressing the problem of compulsive gambling. The report must include:
(1) a summary of available data describing the extent of the problem in Minnesota;
(2) a summary of programs, both governmental and private, that
(i) provide diagnosis and treatment for compulsive gambling;
(ii) enhance public awareness of the problem and the availability of compulsive gambling services;
(iii) are designed to prevent compulsive gambling and other problem gambling by elementary and secondary school students and vulnerable adults; and
(iv) offer professional training in the identification, referral, and treatment of compulsive gamblers;
(3) the likely impact on compulsive gambling of each form of gambling; and
(4) budget recommendations for state-level compulsive gambling programs and activities.
4.60 POET LAUREATE.
(a) The position of poet laureate of the state of Minnesota is established. The Minnesota Humanities Center must solicit nominations for the poet laureate appointment and must make recommendations to the governor. After receiving recommendations from the Minnesota Humanities Center, the governor shall appoint a state poet laureate and conduct appropriate ceremonies to honor the person appointed. The person appointed as poet laureate continues to serve in this position until the governor appoints another person.
(b) State agencies and officers are encouraged to use the services of the poet laureate for appropriate ceremonies and celebrations.
4.51 EXPENSES OF GOVERNOR-ELECT.
(a) "Governor-elect" means the person who is not currently governor and is the apparent successful candidate for the office of governor following a general election.
(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Management and Budget.
In the fiscal year of a gubernatorial election and subject to availability of funds, the commissioner shall transfer up to $162,000 from the general contingent account in the general fund to the Department of Management and Budget. This transfer is subject to the review and advice of the Legislative Advisory Commission pursuant to section 3.30. In consultation with the governor-elect, the commissioner shall use the transferred funds to pay expenses of the governor-elect associated with preparing for the assumption of official duties as governor. The commissioner may use the transferred funds for expenses necessary and prudent for establishment of a transition office prior to the election and for dissolution of the office if the incumbent governor is reelected or after the inauguration of a new governor. Expenses of the governor-elect may include suitable office space and equipment, communications and technology support, consulting services, compensation and travel costs, and other reasonable expenses. Compensation rates for temporary employees hired to support the governor-elect and rates paid for consulting services for the governor-elect shall be determined by the governor-elect.
No new obligations shall be incurred for expenses of the governor-elect after the date of the inauguration. By March 31 of the year of the inauguration, the commissioner shall return to the general contingent account any funds transferred under this section that the commissioner determines are not needed to pay expenses of the governor-elect.
4A.03 POPULATION ESTIMATES AND PROJECTIONS; STATE AGENCIES.
Each state agency shall submit to the director for comment all population estimates and projections prepared by it before:
(1) submitting the estimates and projections to the legislature or the federal government to obtain approval of grants;
(2) the issuance of bonds based upon those estimates and projections; or
(3) releasing a plan based upon the estimates and projections.
5.002 EMAIL ADDRESSES.
(a) The secretary of state is authorized to provide a field on each of the forms and on each online entry screen, used to file business entity filings, Uniform Commercial Code records, and central notification system filings, for the collection of an email address to which the secretary of state can forward official notices required by law and other notices to the business entity, assumed name, or the person filing the Uniform Commercial Code or central notification system record. The email address may be updated by or on behalf of the business entity by sending a notification of the change to the secretary of state. No fee shall be charged for an email address update.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), the business entity, holder of assumed name, or other person providing the email address under this section may indicate on the screen that they do not wish the email address provided under this section to be provided as bulk data.
(c) If the email address in paragraph (b) is provided to the requester as a portion of a digitally scanned or digitally created image, as part of a specific request for the records of the entity or of a specific lien debtor, the email address on that image is public.
5.001 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.
"Attempt to provide notice," "attempting to provide notice," or "attempted to provide notice" as used in sections 303.17, subdivisions 2, 3, and 4; 321.0809; 321.0906; and 323A.1004, means that the secretary of state has sent notice by mail or transmitted an email to the email address provided by the business entity.
"Business entity" means an organization that is formed under chapter 300, 301, 302A, 303, 308, 308A, 308B, 315, 317, 317A, 319, 319A, 321, 322A, 322B, 322C, 323, or 323A and that has filed documents with the secretary of state.
"Business entity filings" means any filing from a business entity and also includes filings made under chapter 333.
"Bulk data" means data that has commercial value and is a substantial or discrete portion of or an entire formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, process, database, or system.
5.02 ASSISTANTS.
The secretary of state shall appoint an assistant secretary of state, who shall perform all the duties of the office when the secretary is absent or disabled. The secretary may also employ a chief clerk, a recording clerk, and a stenographer, who, besides the duties indicated by their titles, shall perform such services in connection with the office as the secretary or the assistant may require.
5.01 CUSTODIAN OF RECORDS AND STATE SEAL.
The secretary of state shall be the custodian of the state seal and of all records and documents of the state not expressly required by law to be kept by other state officials.
5.05 DUTIES OF SECRETARY.
The secretary of state shall attend at the beginning of each legislative session, to call the members of the house of representatives to order and to preside until a speaker is elected.
5.06 AMENDMENT TO UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION; RATIFICATION, NOTICE.
When the legislature shall ratify any amendment to the Constitution of the United States which shall be proposed by Congress, as provided by the Constitution of the United States, it shall be the duty of the secretary of state forthwith to transmit to the administrator of general services of the United States government official notice thereof. Such notice shall include the official certificate of the secretary of state of the action of the legislature ratifying any such amendment under the hand of the secretary of state and attested by the great seal of the state.
5.07 OATHS, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
The secretary of state shall have power to administer oaths and take acknowledgments and to certify the same, appending the great seal of the state as the seal of office.
5.071 SECRETARY OF STATE'S DUTIES.
The secretary of state shall secure, file, and retain custodial control over a description, photograph, and reproduction proof of the impression of the seal for viewing by the public. The secretary shall also secure and file all historical information pertaining to the reproduction and use of the seal. The Department of Administration shall respond to any inquiries about duplication of the seal for state agencies.
5A.01 DEFINITIONS.
The definitions in this section apply to this chapter.
"International student exchange visitor placement organization" or "organization" means a person, partnership, corporation, or other entity that regularly arranges the placement of international student exchange visitors for the purpose, in whole or in part, of allowing the student an opportunity to attend school in the United States.
"International student exchange visitor" or "student" means a person 18 years of age or under, or up to age 21 if enrolled or to be enrolled in high school in this state, placed by an international student exchange visitor placement organization, who enters the United States with a nonimmigrant visa.
5.08 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL.
The secretary of state shall prepare, compile, edit, and distribute for use at each regular legislative session, a convenient manual, properly indexed, and containing: The federal and state constitutions; the acts of Congress relating to the organization of the territory and state; the rules of order and joint rules of the two houses, and lists of their members, committees and employees; the names of all state officials, whether elected or appointed, and of all persons holding office from this state under the national government; the places where the said several officials reside, and the annual compensation of each; and statistical and other information of the kind heretofore published in the legislative manuals.
10,000 copies of the legislative manual shall be printed and distributed as follows:
(1) up to 20 copies shall be available to each member of the legislature on request;
(2) 50 copies to the State Historical Society;
(3) 25 copies to the state university;
(4) 60 copies to the state library;
(5) two copies each to the Library of Congress, the Minnesota veterans homes, the universities, the high schools, academies, seminaries, and colleges of the state, and the public libraries of the state;
(6) one copy each to other state institutions, the elective state officials, the appointed heads of departments, the officers and employees of the legislature, the justices of the supreme court, the judges of the court of appeals and the district court, the senators and representatives in Congress from this state, and the county auditors, recorders, and attorneys;
(7) one copy to each school, to be distributed through the superintendent of each school district; and
(8) the remainder may be disposed of as the secretary of state deems best.
5.09 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL, STUDENTS' EDITION.
The secretary of state may prepare, compile, edit, and distribute a brief edition of the legislative manual, as provided in section 5.08, suitable for school pupils.
5B.01 FINDINGS; PURPOSE.
The legislature finds that individuals attempting to escape from actual or threatened domestic violence, sexual assault, or harassment or stalking frequently establish new addresses in order to prevent their assailants or probable assailants from finding them. The purpose of this chapter is to enable state and local agencies to respond to requests for data without disclosing the location of a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or harassment or stalking; to enable interagency cooperation with the secretary of state in providing address confidentiality for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or harassment or stalking; and to enable program participants to use an address designated by the secretary of state as a substitute mailing address for all purposes.
5A.02 ORGANIZATION REGISTRATION.
(a) All international student exchange visitor placement organizations that place students in schools in the state shall register with the secretary of state.
(b) Information provided to the secretary of state under this chapter is a public record.
(c) Registration must not be considered or be represented as an endorsement of the organization by the secretary of state or the state of Minnesota.
5B.02 DEFINITIONS.
(a) For purposes of this chapter and unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section have the meanings given them.
(b) "Address" means an individual's work address, school address, or residential street address, as specified on the individual's application to be a program participant under this chapter.
(c) "Applicant" means an adult, a parent or guardian acting on behalf of an eligible minor, or a guardian acting on behalf of an incapacitated person, as defined in section 524.5-102.
(d) "Domestic violence" means an act as defined in section 518B.01, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), and includes a threat of such acts committed against an individual in a domestic situation, regardless of whether these acts or threats have been reported to law enforcement officers.
(e) "Eligible person" means an adult, a minor, or an incapacitated person, as defined in section 524.5-102 for whom there is good reason to believe (1) that the eligible person is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or harassment or stalking, or (2) that the eligible person fears for the person's safety, the safety of another person who resides in the same household, or the safety of persons on whose behalf the application is made. In order to be an eligible person, an individual must reside in Minnesota or must certify that the individual intends to reside in Minnesota within 60 days. A person registered or required to register as a predatory offender under section 243.166 or 243.167, or the law of another jurisdiction, is not an eligible person.
(f) "Mail" means first class letters and flats delivered via the United States Postal Service, including priority, express, and certified mail, and excluding (1) periodicals and catalogues, and (2) packages and parcels unless they are clearly identifiable as nonrefrigerated pharmaceuticals or clearly indicate that they are sent by the federal government or a state or county government agency of the continental United States, Hawaii, District of Columbia, or United States territories.
(g) "Program participant" means an individual certified as a program participant under section 5B.03.
(h) "Harassment" or "stalking" means acts criminalized under section 609.749 and includes a threat of such acts committed against an individual, regardless of whether these acts or threats have been reported to law enforcement officers.