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352F.04 AUGMENTATION RATES FOR TERMINATED PRIVATIZED EMPLOYEES; RETURN TO COVERAGE.
The deferred annuity of a terminated hospital employee is subject to augmentation under Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 352.72, subdivision 2, except that the rate of augmentation to be applied each January 1 is set by this subdivision. For augmentation through December 31, 2018, the rate of augmentation is set under Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 352.04, subdivision 1. For augmentation beginning January 1, 2019, the rate of augmentation is the following:
Augmentation for each year is effective as of January 1 of that year.
The enhanced augmentation rates specified in subdivision 1 do not apply if the terminated hospital employee:
(1) became covered again by a retirement plan enumerated in section 356.30, subdivision 3, on or before June 30, 2015; or
(2) begins receipt of a retirement annuity under chapter 352 before age 62 while employed by the employer which assumed operations of the medical facility or other public employing unit or purchased the medical facility or other public employing unit.
(a) If a terminated hospital employee becomes covered by a retirement plan enumerated in section 356.30, subdivision 3, the employee shall be entitled to whichever of the following annuities produces the highest monthly payment:
(1) the deferred annuity and augmentation to which the employee would have been entitled under subdivision 1 reduced by the dollar amount of any annuity earned under any enumerated retirement plan after the effective date defined in section 352F.02, subdivision 3;
(2) a combined service annuity calculated under section 356.30; or
(3) an annuity calculated under section 352.72 for coverage by more than one retirement system using the augmentation rates in section 352.72, subdivision 2, paragraph (a).
(b) This subdivision applies to any terminated hospital employee who begins to receive a retirement annuity under chapter 352 on or after July 1, 2015.
349.1711 CONDUCT OF TIPBOARDS.
(a) Tipboard games must be played using only tipboard tickets that are either (1) attached to a placard and arranged in columns or rows, or (2) separate from the placard and contained in a receptacle while the game is in play. The placard serves as the game flare.
(b) Except for a sports-themed tipboard, the placard must contain a seal or seals that conceal the winning numbers or symbols. When a tipboard ticket is purchased and opened from a game containing more than 100 tickets, each player having a tipboard ticket with one or more predesignated numbers or symbols must sign the placard at the line indicated by the number or symbol on the tipboard ticket.
When the predesignated numbers or symbols have all been purchased, or all of the tipboard tickets for that game have been sold, a seal must be removed to reveal a number or symbol that determines which of the predesignated numbers or symbols is the winning number or symbol. The seal must be opened by an employee or volunteer of the organization, but if there is more than one seal on the placard, the eligible player may select which seal is opened. A tipboard may also contain consolation winners, or winning chances that are determined in whole or in part by the numerical outcome of one or more professional sporting events, that need not be determined by the use of the seal.
Cash or merchandise prizes may be awarded in a tipboard game. All prizes available in each game must be stated on the game flare.
MS 2002 [Repealed, 2004 c 172 s 12]
The board shall adopt rules for tipboard games with multiple seals. The board shall also adopt rules for cumulative or carryover tipboard prizes.
352D.04 INVESTMENT OPTIONS.
[Repealed, 2014 c 296 art 13 s 28]
As specified in section 356.645, the State Board of Investment shall select investment products to be available to participants in the retirement program provided by this chapter.
(a) A program participant may elect to participate in one or more of the investment products made available under the program by specifying the percentage of the participant's contributions under subdivision 2 to be used to purchase shares in the applicable products.
(b) Before making an allocation election, or if the participant fails to specify an allocation, the executive director shall, on behalf of that participant, purchase shares in a default investment alternative. The investment alternative must be specified by the Minnesota State Retirement System Board from the available investment options authorized under subdivision 1a.
(c) A participant may revise the investment allocation for subsequent purchase of shares, and a participant or former participant may also change the investment options selected for all or a portion of shares previously purchased.
(d) Any investment allocation selection authorized under this subdivision, whether relating to subsequent purchases of new shares or reallocating the existing portfolio, must be conducted at times and under procedures prescribed by the executive director. Any allocation or allocation revisions are effective at the end of the most recent United States investment market day, unless subject to trading restrictions imposed on certain investment options.
(a) The money used to purchase shares under this section is the employee and employer contributions provided in this subdivision.
(b) The employee contribution is an amount equal to the percent of salary specified in section 352.04, subdivision 2.
(c) The employer contribution is an amount equal to the following percentage of salary:
(d) For members of the legislature, the contributions under this subdivision also must be made on per diem payments received during a regular or special legislative session, but may not be made on per diem payments received outside of a regular or special legislative session, on the additional compensation attributable to a leadership position under section 3.099, subdivision 3, living expense payments under section 3.101, or special session living expense payments under section 3.103.
(e) For a judge who is a member of the unclassified plan under section 352D.02, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), clause (15), the employee contribution rate is eight percent of salary, and there is no employer contribution.
(f) These contributions must be made in the manner provided in section 352.04, subdivisions 4, 5, and 6.
357.022 CONCILIATION COURT FEE.
The court administrator in every county shall charge and collect a filing fee of $65 from every plaintiff and from every defendant when the first paper for that party is filed in any conciliation court action. This section does not apply to conciliation court actions filed by the state. The court administrator shall transmit the fees monthly to the commissioner of management and budget for deposit in the state treasury and credit to the general fund.
358.028 LEGISLATORS, OFFICIAL STAMPS.
Every member of the legislature, while in office and residing in the district from which elected, may have an official notarial stamp, in the form provided in section 358.03, with which to authenticate official acts provided for in section 358.15.
352F.05 AUTHORIZATION FOR ADDITIONAL ALLOWABLE SERVICE FOR CERTAIN EARLY RETIREMENT PURPOSES.
For purpose of determining eligibility for early retirement benefits provided under Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 352.116, subdivision 1, paragraphs (a) and (b), and notwithstanding any provision of chapter 352 to the contrary, the years of allowable service for a terminated hospital employee who transfers to employment at Fairview, University of Minnesota Physicians, or University Affiliated Family Physicians on the effective date and does not apply for a refund of contributions under Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 352.22, subdivision 2, or any similar provision in future Minnesota Statutes, includes service with Fairview, University of Minnesota Physicians, or University Affiliated Family Physicians following the effective date. Fairview, University of Minnesota Physicians, or University Affiliated Family Physicians shall provide any reports that the executive director of the Minnesota State Retirement System may reasonably request to permit calculation of benefits.
To be eligible for early retirement benefits under this section, the individual must separate from service with Fairview, University of Minnesota Physicians, or University Affiliated Family Physicians. The terminated eligible individual, or an individual authorized to act on behalf of that individual, may apply for an annuity following application procedures under section 352.115, subdivision 7.
342.30 CANNABIS CULTIVATOR LICENSING AND OPERATIONS.
A cannabis cultivator license entitles the license holder to grow cannabis plants within the approved amount of space from seed or immature plant to mature plant, harvest cannabis flower from a mature plant, package and label immature cannabis plants and seedlings and cannabis flower for sale to other cannabis businesses, transport cannabis flower to a cannabis manufacturer located on the same premises, and perform other actions approved by the office.
(a) A cannabis cultivator that cultivates cannabis at an indoor facility may cultivate up to 30,000 square feet of plant canopy. The office may adjust plant canopy limits upward to meet market demand consistent with the goals identified in section 342.02, subdivision 1.
(b) A cannabis cultivator that cultivates cannabis at an outdoor location may cultivate up to two acres of mature, flowering plants unless the office increases that limit. The office may increase the limit to no more than four acres if the office determines that expansion is consistent with the goals identified in section 342.02, subdivision 1.
In addition to the information required to be submitted under section 342.14, subdivision 1, and rules adopted pursuant to that section, a person, cooperative, or business seeking a cannabis cultivator license must submit the following information in a form approved by the office:
(1) an operating plan demonstrating the proposed size and layout of the cultivation facility; plans for wastewater and waste disposal for the cultivation facility; plans for providing electricity, water, and other utilities necessary for the normal operation of the cultivation facility; and plans for compliance with the applicable building code and federal and state environmental and workplace safety requirements;
(2) a cultivation plan demonstrating the proposed size and layout of the cultivation facility that will be used exclusively for cultivation including the total amount of plant canopy; and
(3) evidence that the business will comply with the applicable operation requirements for the license being sought.
(a) A person, cooperative, or business holding a cannabis cultivator license may also hold a cannabis manufacturing license, license to grow industrial hemp, and cannabis event organizer license.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (a), no person, cooperative, or business holding a cannabis cultivator license may own or operate any other cannabis business or hemp business. This prohibition does not prevent the transportation of cannabis flower from a cannabis cultivator to a cannabis manufacturer licensed to the same person, cooperative, or business and located on the same premises.
(c) The office by rule may limit the number of cannabis cultivator licenses a person, cooperative, or business may hold.
(d) For purposes of this subdivision, a restriction on the number or type of license a business may hold applies to every cooperative member or every director, manager, and general partner of a cannabis business.
A cannabis cultivator must comply with the requirements in section 342.25.
349.172 PULL-TABS; INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE POSTED.
The board may issue an order requiring an organization selling pull-tabs to post major pull-tab prizes and the names of major prize winners if the board has reasonable grounds to believe that the organization, or a person receiving compensation from the organization for participating in the sale of pull-tabs, has been or is providing information to a player or players that provides an unfair advantage related to the potential winnings from pull-tabs. The board must notify the organization at least 14 days before the order becomes effective. The notice to the organization must describe the organization's right to a hearing under subdivision 3.
The information required to be posted under subdivision 1 must be posted prominently at the point of sale of the pull-tabs. An easily legible pull-tab flare that lists prizes in the deal for that flare, and on which prizes are marked off as they are awarded, satisfies the requirements of this section that major prizes be posted, provided that a separate flare is posted for each deal of pull-tabs. An organization must post or mark off each major prize and post the name of the prize winner immediately on awarding the prize.
An organization to which the board issues an order under subdivision 1 may request a contested case hearing on the order. The hearing must be held within 20 days of the effective date of the order, and the report by the administrative law judge must be issued within 20 days after the close of the hearing record. The board must issue its final decision within 30 days after receipt of the report of the administrative law judge and subsequent exceptions and arguments under section 14.61.
For purposes of this section, a "major prize" in a deal of pull-tabs is a prize of at least 50 times the face value of any pull-tab in the deal.
An organization conducting lawful gambling must post at each point of sale a sign containing the toll-free telephone number established by the commissioner of human services in connection with the compulsive gambling program established under section 245.98. The sign must be kept in easily legible form and repair by the owner, lessee, or person having control thereof, and must either:
(1) be approved by the commissioner; or
(2) have lettering at least three-quarters of an inch in height, of block letter design.
Nothing in this section limits the right of an organization voluntarily to post the names of winners of lawful gambling prizes.
352D.05 WITHDRAWAL OPTIONS.
No withdrawal of shares shall be permitted prior to termination of covered employment.
[Repealed, 1975 c 368 s 51]
After termination of covered employment or at any time thereafter, a participant is entitled, upon application, to withdraw the cash value of the participant's total shares or leave such shares on deposit with the supplemental retirement fund. The account is valued at the end of the most recent United States investment market day following receipt of the application for withdrawal. The application for withdrawal must be an original application, not an electronic or facsimile copy, and must be received in an office of the system or by a person authorized by the executive director. Shares not withdrawn remain on deposit with the supplemental retirement fund until the former participant becomes at least 55 years old, and applies for an annuity under section 352D.06, subdivision 1.
(a) A participant in the unclassified program may repay regular refunds taken under section 352.22, as provided in section 352.23.
(b) A participant in the unclassified program or an employee covered by the general employees retirement plan who has withdrawn the value of the total shares may repay the refund taken and thereupon restore the service credit, rights and benefits forfeited by paying into the fund the amount refunded plus interest at the applicable annual rate or rates specified in section 356.59, subdivision 2, compounded annually, from the date that the refund was taken until the date that the refund is repaid. If the participant had withdrawn only the employee shares as permitted under prior laws, repayment must be pro rata.
(c) Repayment must be made as provided in section 352.23, paragraph (d).
[Repealed, 1993 c 307 art 7 s 1]
352B.25 CONTINUING APPROPRIATION; PAYMENT OF PENSION FUNDS.
The State Patrol retirement fund must be disbursed only for the purposes provided in this chapter. The expenses of the system and any benefits or annuities provided in this chapter must be paid from the State Patrol retirement fund. The amounts necessary to make the payments from the State Patrol retirement fund are annually appropriated from those funds for those purposes.
358.03 FORM OF OFFICIAL SEALS.
Upon every seal of a court or officer authorized or required to have a seal there shall be engraved the same device that is engraved on the seal of the state, and the name of the court or office in which it is to be used. The seal of the court, if affixed electronically, must bear the likeness of the seal of the state, and the name of the court in which it is to be used.
352F.051 CONTINUATION OF DISABILITY COVERAGE.
A terminated hospital employee who is totally and permanently disabled under section 352.01, subdivision 17, and who had a medically documented preexisting condition of the disability before January 1, 1997, may apply under Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 352.113, subdivision 1, for a disability benefit.
A person qualifying under subdivision 1 is entitled to receive a disability benefit calculated under Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 352.113, subdivision 3. The disability benefit must be augmented under section 352.72, subdivision 2, from January 1, 1997, to the date on which the disability benefit begins to accrue.
Except as otherwise provided, section 352.113 applies to a person who qualifies for disability under subdivision 1.
357.03 EXTRA FEES OF COURT ADMINISTRATOR OF DISTRICT COURT.
In any county of this state where incumbents of the office of court administrator of the district court prior to the incumbent holding office at the time of the passage of this section have neglected for six years to enter or file papers or other documents or index the same in such office which should have been entered or filed by them, and as a result thereof the county records are incomplete, the board of county commissioners may agree with the court administrator of the district court to properly enter or file all such papers and documents and index the same, and for such work may pay such court administrator, in addition to the salary and court administrator hire provided by law, the fees provided for such work by section 357.021; provided, that no such extra fee shall be paid for the doing of any work which should have been done by such incumbent.
352D.06 ANNUITIES.
(a) When a participant attains at least age 55, terminates from covered service, and applies for a retirement annuity, the cash value of the participant's shares must be transferred to the general state employees retirement fund and be used to provide an annuity for the participant based upon the participant's age when the benefit begins to accrue.
(b) Except for participants described in paragraph (c) or (d), the monthly amount of the annuity must be determined using the actuarial assumptions in effect for the general state employees retirement plan under section 356.215 on the accrual date.
(c) For any participant who terminates employment on or after July 1, 2020, and before July 1, 2021, if the participant was at least age 63 or had at least 26 years of covered service as of June 30, 2020, the monthly amount of the annuity must be determined using the actuarial assumptions in effect for the general state employees retirement plan under section 356.215 on June 30, 2016.
(d) For any participant who (1) terminates employment on or after June 1, 2021, and before July 1, 2022, (2) is an employee of the house of representatives, the senate, or the Legislative Coordinating Commission at the time the employee terminates employment, and (3) on June 30, 2020, was at least age 63 or had at least 26 years of covered service, the monthly amount of the annuity must be determined using the actuarial assumptions in effect for the general state employees retirement plan under section 356.215 on June 30, 2016.
The annuity under subdivision 1 is eligible for postretirement adjustments under section 356.415.
A participant has the option in an application for an annuity to apply for and receive a partial value of the total shares and thereafter receive an annuity, as provided in subdivision 1, based on the remaining value of the total shares.
An annuity under this section accrues the day following receipt of the application or the day following termination, whichever is later. The benefit must be based on the value of the account the day following receipt of the application or the date of termination, whichever is later, plus any contributions and interest received after that date.
352D.065 DISABILITY BENEFITS.
[Repealed, 1975 c 368 s 51]
A participant who becomes totally and permanently disabled has the option, even if on leave of absence without pay, to receive:
(1) the value of the participant's total shares;
(2) the value of a portion of the total shares and an annuity based on the remainder of the total shares; or
(3) an annuity based on the value of the participant's total shares.
The annuity payable under this section begins to accrue the day following receipt of the application or the day after termination, whichever is later, plus any contributions and interest received after that date, and must be based on the participant's age when the annuity begins to accrue. The shares must be valued as of the end of the day on which the benefit accrues.
A disability benefit under this section is eligible for postretirement adjustments under section 356.415.
The benefits payable under this section shall not be reduced by amounts received or receivable under applicable workers' compensation laws.
A participant who returns to covered service after receiving benefits under this section shall not be required or allowed to repay such benefits.
358.04 TEMPORARY SEAL, WHEN USED.
When any court of record is unprovided with a seal, the judge thereof may authorize the use of any temporary seal, or of any device by way of seal, until one is provided.
352F.052 APPLICATION OF SURVIVING SPOUSE, DEPENDENT CHILD PROVISION.
Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, subdivisions within section 352.12 of the edition of Minnesota Statutes published in the year before the year in which a privatization occurred, applicable to the surviving spouse or dependent children of a former member, apply to the survivors of a terminated hospital employee of Fairview, University of Minnesota Physicians, or University Affiliated Family Physicians.
342.32 CANNABIS RETAILER LICENSING AND OPERATIONS.
A cannabis retailer license entitles the license holder to:
(1) purchase immature cannabis plants and seedlings, cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, and hemp-derived consumer products from cannabis microbusinesses, cannabis mezzobusinesses, cannabis cultivators, cannabis manufacturers, and cannabis wholesalers;
(2) purchase lower-potency hemp edibles from a licensed lower-potency hemp edible manufacturer;
(3) sell immature cannabis plants and seedlings, adult-use cannabis flower, adult-use cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, hemp-derived consumer products, and other products authorized by law to customers; and
(4) perform other actions approved by the office.
A cannabis retailer may operate up to five retail locations.
In addition to the information required to be submitted under section 342.14, subdivision 1, and rules adopted pursuant to that section, a person, cooperative, or business seeking a cannabis retail license must submit the following information in a form approved by the office:
(1) a list of every retail license held by the applicant and, if the applicant is a business, every retail license held, either as an individual or as part of another business, by each officer, director, manager, and general partner of the cannabis business;
(2) an operating plan demonstrating the proposed layout of the facility, including a diagram of ventilation and filtration systems; policies to avoid sales to individuals who are under 21 years of age; identification of a restricted area for storage; and plans to prevent the visibility of cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, and hemp-derived consumer products to individuals outside the retail location; and
(3) evidence that the business will comply with the applicable operation requirements for the license being sought.
(a) A person, cooperative, or business holding a cannabis retailer license may also hold a cannabis delivery service license and a cannabis event organizer license.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (a), no person, cooperative, or business holding a cannabis retailer license may own or operate any other cannabis business or hemp business.
(c) No person, cooperative, or business may hold a license to own or operate more than one cannabis retail business in one city and three retail businesses in one county.
(d) The office by rule may limit the number of cannabis retailer licenses a person, cooperative, or business may hold.
(e) For purposes of this subdivision, a restriction on the number or type of license a business may hold applies to every cooperative member or every director, manager, and general partner of a cannabis business.
A city or county may establish, own, and operate a municipal cannabis store subject to the restrictions in this chapter.
352.1155 NO ANNUITY REDUCTION.
Except as indicated in subdivision 4, the annuity reduction provisions of section 352.115, subdivision 10, do not apply to a person who:
(1) retires from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system with at least ten years of combined service credit in a system under the jurisdiction of the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities;
(2) was employed on a full-time basis immediately preceding retirement as a faculty member or as an unclassified administrator in that system;
(3) was not a recipient of an early retirement incentive under section 136F.481;
(4) begins drawing an annuity from the general state employees retirement plan of the Minnesota State Retirement System; and
(5) returns to work on not less than a one-third time basis and not more than a two-thirds time basis in the system from which the person retired under an agreement in which the person may not earn a salary of more than $62,000 in a calendar year through employment after retirement in the system from which the person retired.
Initial participation, the amount of time worked, and the duration of participation under this section must be mutually agreed upon by the president of the institution where the person returns to work and the employee. The president may require up to one-year notice of intent to participate in the program as a condition of participation under this section. The president shall determine the time of year the employee shall work. The employer or the president may not require a person to waive any rights under a collective bargaining agreement as a condition of participation under this section.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person eligible under this section may not, based on employment to which the waiver in this section applies, earn further service credit in a Minnesota public defined benefit plan and is not eligible to participate in a Minnesota public defined contribution plan, other than a firefighter relief association governed by chapter 424A or the statewide volunteer firefighter plan governed by chapter 353G. No employer or employee contribution to any of these plans may be made on behalf of such a person.
For a person eligible under this section who earns more than $62,000 in a calendar year through reemployment in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system following retirement, the annuity reduction provisions of section 352.115, subdivision 10, apply only to income over $62,000.
A person who returns to work under this section is a member of the appropriate bargaining unit and is covered by the appropriate collective bargaining contract. Except as provided in this section, the person's coverage is subject to any part of the contract limiting rights of part-time employees.
352F.07 EFFECT ON REFUND.
Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 352 to the contrary, terminated hospital employees may receive a refund of employee accumulated contributions plus interest in accordance with section 352.22, subdivision 2, at any time after the transfer of employment to Fairview, University of Minnesota Physicians, or University Affiliated Family Physicians. If a terminated hospital employee has received a refund from a pension plan enumerated in section 356.30, subdivision 3, the person may not repay that refund unless the person again becomes a member of one of those enumerated plans and complies with section 356.30, subdivision 2.
342.33 CANNABIS WHOLESALER LICENSING.
A cannabis wholesaler license entitles the license holder to:
(1) purchase immature cannabis plants and seedlings, cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, and hemp-derived consumer products from cannabis microbusinesses, cannabis mezzobusinesses, cannabis cultivators, cannabis manufacturers, and cannabis microbusinesses;
(2) purchase hemp plant parts and propagules from industrial hemp growers licensed under chapter 18K;
(3) purchase hemp concentrate from an industrial hemp processor licensed under chapter 18K;
(4) sell immature cannabis plants and seedlings, cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, and hemp-derived consumer products to cannabis microbusinesses, cannabis mezzobusinesses, cannabis manufacturers, and cannabis retailers;
(5) sell lower-potency hemp edibles to lower-potency hemp edible retailers;
(6) import hemp-derived consumer products and lower-potency hemp edibles that contain hemp concentrate or artificially derived cannabinoids that are derived from hemp plants or hemp plant parts; and
(7) perform other actions approved by the office.
In addition to the information required to be submitted under section 342.14, subdivision 1, and rules adopted pursuant to that section, a person, cooperative, or business seeking a cannabis wholesaler license must submit the following information in a form approved by the office:
(1) an operating plan demonstrating the proposed layout of the facility including a diagram of ventilation and filtration systems and policies to avoid sales to unlicensed cannabis businesses; and
(2) evidence that the business will comply with the applicable operation requirements for the license being sought.
(a) A person, cooperative, or business holding a cannabis wholesaler license may also hold a cannabis transporter license, a cannabis delivery service license, and a cannabis event organizer license.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (a), no person, cooperative, or business holding a cannabis wholesaler license may own or operate any other cannabis business or hemp business.
(c) The office by rule may limit the number of cannabis wholesaler licenses a person or business may hold.
(d) For purposes of this subdivision, a restriction on the number or type of license a business may hold applies to every cooperative member or every director, manager, and general partner of a cannabis business.
358.06 TRUSTEES, REFEREES.
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."
359.02 TERM.
A notary commissioned under section 359.01 holds office until January 31 of the fifth year following the year the commission was issued, unless sooner removed by the governor or the district court, or by action of the commissioner of commerce. Six months before the expiration of the commission, a notary may renew the notary's commission for a new term to commence and to be designated in the new commission as beginning upon the day immediately following the date of the expiration. A notary whose commission expires may apply for reappointment after the expiration date. The reappointment or renewal takes effect and is valid although the appointing governor may not be in the Office of Governor on the effective day.
352D.075 DEATH BENEFITS.
[Repealed, 1975 c 368 s 51]
(a) Notwithstanding any designation of a beneficiary to the contrary, if a participant or a former participant dies before an annuity or a disability benefit becomes payable, the surviving spouse is entitled to receive:
(1) a lump-sum payment of the value of the participant's total shares;
(2) a lump-sum payment of a portion of the value of the total shares and, at any time after the participant's death, an annuity based on the remaining value of the total shares. If the spouse dies before receiving any annuity payments, the remaining value of the shares is payable to the spouse's children in equal shares, and if no children survive, then to the parents of the spouse in equal shares, and if no children or parents survive, then to the estate of the spouse; or
(3) at any time after the participant's death, an annuity based on the value of the total shares. If the spouse dies before receiving any annuity payments, the value of the shares is payable to the spouse's children in equal shares, and if no children survive, then to the parents of the spouse in equal shares, and if no such children or parents survive, then to the estate of the spouse; and if the spouse dies after receiving annuity payments but before receiving payments equal to the value of the employee shares, the value of the employee shares remaining is payable to the spouse's children in equal shares, and if no children survive, then to the parents of the spouse in equal shares, and if no children or parents survive, then to the estate of the spouse.
(b) A participant or a former participant and the person's spouse may make a joint specification, in writing, on a form prescribed by the executive director, that the benefits provided in this section must be paid only to the designated beneficiary.
In lieu of the annuity under subdivision 2, clause (2) or (3), or in lieu of a distribution under subdivision 2, clause (1), the surviving spouse of a deceased participant may elect to receive survivor coverage in the form of a term certain annuity of ten, 15, or 20 years, based on the value of the remaining shares. The monthly term certain annuity must be calculated under section 352D.06, subdivision 1.
A survivor benefit under this section is eligible for postretirement adjustments under section 356.415.
If a participant dies and has no surviving spouse, the value of the total shares is payable to a designated beneficiary, but if the beneficiary dies before receiving payment, or if no beneficiary has been named, the value of the shares is payable to the children of the participant in equal shares, or if no children survive, then in equal shares to the parents of the participant, or if no parents survive, then to the estate of the participant.
352F.08 COUNSELING SERVICES.
The University of Minnesota hospital and clinics or the Academic Health Center, whichever is applicable and the Minnesota State Retirement System shall provide terminated hospital employees with counseling on their benefits available under the general state employees retirement plan of the Minnesota State Retirement System.
359.03 STAMP; REGISTER.
Every notary, including an ex officio notary under section 358.15, shall obtain an official notarial stamp as specified in subdivision 3, with which to authenticate official acts. The official notarial stamp, and the notary's official journal, are the personal property of the notary and are exempt from execution.
(a) All instruments heretofore duly made and executed which have been acknowledged before a notary public as provided by law, but the seal or stamp used thereon has engraved on it "notary public," are hereby validated and legalized, and in case such instruments are recorded, the recording is hereby validated and legalized, and all such instruments are validated to the same extent as though properly sealed at the time of their acknowledgment. This subdivision shall not affect any action now pending in any of the courts of this state.
(b) The official notarial stamp required by this section, whether applied to the record physically or electronically, is deemed to be a "seal" for purposes of the admission of a document in court.
(a) The official notarial stamp consists of the seal of the state of Minnesota, the name of the notary as it appears on the commission or the name of the ex officio notary, the words "Notary Public," or "Notarial Officer" in the case of an ex officio notary, and the words "My commission expires ............... (or where applicable) My term is indeterminate," with the expiration date shown on it and must be able to be reproduced in any legibly reproducible manner. The official notarial stamp shall be a rectangular form of not more than three-fourths of an inch vertically by 2-1/2 inches horizontally, with a serrated or milled edge border, and shall contain the information required by this subdivision.
(b) A notarial stamp that complied with these requirements at the time of issuance may continue to be used during the remainder of the current term of the notary even if changes to any of these requirements subsequently become effective.
The information required by this section may be affixed electronically and shall be logically and securely affixed or associated with the electronic record being notarized.
342.35 CANNABIS TRANSPORTER LICENSING.
A cannabis transporter license entitles the license holder to transport immature cannabis plants and seedlings, cannabis flower, cannabis products, artificially derived cannabinoids, hemp plant parts, hemp concentrate, lower-potency hemp edibles, and hemp-derived consumer products from cannabis microbusinesses, cannabis mezzobusinesses, cannabis cultivators, cannabis manufacturers, cannabis wholesalers, lower-potency hemp edible manufacturers, and industrial hemp growers to cannabis microbusinesses, cannabis mezzobusinesses, cannabis manufacturers, cannabis testing facilities, cannabis wholesalers, cannabis retailers, lower-potency hemp edible retailers, and medical cannabis combination businesses and perform other actions approved by the office.
In addition to the information required to be submitted under section 342.14, subdivision 1, and rules adopted pursuant to that section, a person, cooperative, or business seeking a cannabis transporter license must submit the following information in a form approved by the office:
(1) an appropriate surety bond, certificate of insurance, qualifications as a self-insurer, or other securities or agreements, in the amount of not less than $300,000, for loss of or damage to cargo;
(2) an appropriate surety bond, certificate of insurance, qualifications as a self-insurer, or other securities or agreements, in the amount of not less than $1,000,000, for injury to one or more persons in any one accident and, if an accident has resulted in injury to or destruction of property, of not less than $100,000 because of such injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident;
(3) the number and type of equipment the business will use to transport immature cannabis plants and seedlings, cannabis flower, cannabis products, artificially derived cannabinoids, hemp plant parts, hemp concentrate, lower-potency hemp edibles, and hemp-derived consumer products;
(4) a loading, transporting, and unloading plan;
(5) a description of the applicant's experience in the distribution or security business; and
(6) evidence that the business will comply with the applicable operation requirements for the license being sought.
(a) A person, cooperative, or business holding a cannabis transporter license may also hold a cannabis wholesaler license, a cannabis delivery service license, and a cannabis event organizer license.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (a), no person, cooperative, or business holding a cannabis transporter license may own or operate any other cannabis business.
(c) The office by rule may limit the number of cannabis transporter licenses a person or business may hold.
(d) For purposes of this subdivision, restrictions on the number or type of license a business may hold apply to every cooperative member or every director, manager, and general partner of a cannabis business.
352B.27 SAVINGS CLAUSE.
The rights, privileges, annuities, and benefits, whether presently accrued or to accrue in the future, extended to those persons designated or described in Laws 1967, chapter 244, section 4; Laws 1969, chapter 693, sections 15 and 17; Laws 1971, chapter 278, section 3; and Laws 1971, chapter 543, section 1 continue in effect as provided, notwithstanding any law to the contrary.
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, all persons who on May 8, 1973, are receiving any benefit, annuity, or payment from the Highway Patrol officers' retirement fund shall, after May 8, 1973, receive the same benefit, annuity, or payment from the fund.
353.017 EMPLOYEES OF LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.
Unless specifically exempt under section 353.01, subdivision 2b, a coordinated member of the association who is on an authorized leave of absence, and who is an employee of a labor organization that represents public employees who are association members may elect, under subdivision 2, to continue to be a coordinated member with respect to employment by the labor organization subject to the limitations set forth in subdivisions 4 and 7.
A person described in subdivision 1 is covered by the association if written election to be covered is delivered to the association within six months of employment by the labor organization.
The employee, employer and additional employer contributions are the obligation of the employee who elects coverage herein in accord with this chapter; provided, however, the employer, labor organization may pay the employer and additional employer contributions. The employer shall, in any event, deduct the necessary contributions from the employee's salary, subject to the limitations under subdivision 6, and remit all contributions to the public employees retirement association under section 353.27, subdivisions 4, 7, 10, 11, and 12.
MS 1980 [Repealed, 1982 c 404 s 10]
A retirement annuity is only payable, if the person has met any other applicable requirements, upon the termination by the person who elected coverage under subdivision 1 of employment by the labor organization. The reemployed annuitant earnings limitation set forth in section 353.37, subdivision 1, applies in the event that the person who elected coverage under subdivision 1 retires and is subsequently reemployed while an annuitant by the labor organization or by any other entity employing persons who are covered by the Public Employees Retirement Association by virtue of that employment.
Persons who become association members pursuant to this section shall not be eligible for election to the board of trustees.
The annuity of a person otherwise eligible for an annuity under this chapter is subject to the provisions of section 353.37.
The covered salary for a labor organization employee who qualifies for membership under this section is limited to the lesser of:
(1) the employee's actual salary as defined under section 353.01, subdivision 10; or
(2) 75 percent of the salary of the governor as set under section 15A.082.
The limited covered salary determined under this subdivision must be used in determining employee and employer contributions under section 353.27, subdivisions 2, 3, and 3a, and in determining retirement annuities and other benefits under this chapter and chapter 356.
357.08 PAID BY APPELLANT IN APPEAL.
There shall be paid to the clerk of the appellate courts by the appellant, or moving party or person requiring the service, in all cases of appeal, certiorari, habeas corpus, mandamus, injunction, prohibition, or other original proceeding, when initially filed with the clerk of the appellate courts, the sum of $550 to the clerk of the appellate courts. An additional filing fee of $100 shall be required for a petition for accelerated review by the supreme court. A filing fee of $550 shall be paid to the clerk of the appellate courts upon the filing of a petition for review from a decision of the court of appeals. A filing fee of $550 shall be paid to the clerk of the appellate courts upon the filing of a petition for permission to appeal. A filing fee of $100 shall be paid to the clerk of the appellate courts upon the filing by a respondent of a notice of review. The clerk shall transmit the fees to the commissioner of management and budget for deposit in the state treasury and credit to the general fund.
The clerk shall not file any paper, issue any writ or certificate, or perform any service enumerated herein, until the payment has been made for it. The clerk shall pay the sum into the state treasury as provided for by section 15A.01.
The charges provided for shall not apply to disbarment proceedings, nor to an action or proceeding by the state taken solely in the public interest, where the state is the appellant or moving party, nor to copies of the opinions of the court furnished by the clerk to the parties before judgment, or furnished to the district judge whose decision is under review, or to such law library associations in counties having a population exceeding 50,000, as the court may direct.
359.04 POWERS.
Every notary public so appointed, commissioned, and qualified shall have power throughout this state to administer all oaths required or authorized to be administered in this state; to take and certify all depositions to be used in any of the courts of this state; to take and certify all acknowledgments of deeds, mortgages, liens, powers of attorney, and other instruments in writing or electronic records; to receive, make out, and record notarial protests; and to perform online remote notarial acts in compliance with the requirements of sections 358.645 and 358.646.
358.08 AFFIRMATION IN LIEU OF OATH.
If any person of whom an oath is required shall claim religious scruples against taking the same, the word "swear" and the words "so help you God" may be omitted from the foregoing forms, and the word "affirm" and the words "and this you do under the penalties of perjury" shall be substituted therefor, respectively, and such person shall be considered, for all purposes, as having been duly sworn.
352D.085 COMBINED SERVICE.
Except as provided in section 356.30, 356.302, or 356.303, service under the unclassified program during which the employee contributed to the program under section 352D.04, subdivision 2, may be used for the limited purpose of qualifying for benefits under sections 352.115, 352.113, 354.44, 354.45, 354.48, and 356.311. The service may not be used to qualify for a disability benefit under section 352.113 or 354.48 if a participant was under the unclassified program at the time of the disability. Also, the years of service and salary paid while the participant was in the unclassified program may not be used in determining the amount of benefits.
[Repealed, 1975 c 368 s 51]