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MN Stat § 12.301 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.301 — Community Disaster Loans; Governor's Authority.

12.301 COMMUNITY DISASTER LOANS; GOVERNOR'S AUTHORITY. Whenever, at the request of the governor, the president has declared a major disaster to exist in this state, the governor is authorized to take the following actions: (a) Upon the governor's determination that a political subdivision of the state will suffer a substantial loss of tax and other revenues from a major disaster and has demonstrated a need for financial assistance to perform its governmental functions, the governor may apply to the federal government, on behalf of the political subdivision, for a loan, and receive and disburse the proceeds of the approved loan to the applicant political subdivision. (b) The governor may determine the amount needed by an applicant political subdivision to restore or resume its governmental functions, and certify that amount to the federal government. No application amount may exceed 25 percent of the annual operating budget of the applicant for the fiscal year in which the major disaster occurs. (c) The governor may recommend to the federal government, based upon the governor's review, the cancellation of all or any part of repayment when, in the first three full fiscal year period following the major disaster, the revenues of the political subdivision are insufficient to meet its operating expenses, including additional disaster-related expenses of a municipal operation character. History:  1976 c 266 s 3; 1986 c 444; 1996 c 344 s 19
MN Stat § 12.32 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.32 — Governor's Orders And Rules, Effect.

12.32 GOVERNOR'S ORDERS AND RULES, EFFECT. Orders and rules promulgated by the governor under authority of section 12.21, subdivision 3, clause (1), when approved by the Executive Council and filed in the Office of the Secretary of State, have, during a national security emergency, peacetime emergency, or energy supply emergency, the full force and effect of law. Rules and ordinances of any agency or political subdivision of the state inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter or with any order or rule having the force and effect of law issued under the authority of this chapter, is suspended during the period of time and to the extent that the emergency exists. History:  1951 c 694 s 302; Ex1979 c 2 s 8; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1996 c 344 s 21; 2002 c 402 s 12,21; 2004 c 279 art 11 s 7; 2005 c 149 s 7; 2005 c 150 s 7,14
MN Stat § 12.33 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.33 — Assistance Between Political Subdivisions.

12.33 ASSISTANCE BETWEEN POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. Subdivision 1. Authority of governor. When the public interest requires it because of an imminent emergency, the governor may authorize and direct the police, firefighting, health, or other force of a political subdivision, called the sending political subdivision, to go to the assistance of another political subdivision, called the receiving political subdivision, and to take and use the personnel, equipment, and supplies of the sending political subdivision as the governor may direct. Subd. 2. Effect. While engaged in the activities described in subdivision 1, the officers and members of those forces have the same powers, duties, rights, privileges, and immunities as if they were performing like service in the sending political subdivision and are considered to be acting within the scope of and in the course of their regular employment, as employees of the sending political subdivision. Subd. 3. Reimbursement by local government receiving assistance. The receiving political subdivision shall reimburse the sending political subdivision for the supplies used and the compensation paid to the officers and members of the forces furnished, during such time as the rendition of aid prevents them from performing their duties in the sending political subdivision, for the actual traveling and maintenance expenses of the officers and members while so engaged. A claim for loss, damage, or expense in using equipment or supplies or for additional expenses incurred in operating or maintaining them must not be allowed unless within 90 days after the loss, damage, or expense is sustained or incurred an itemized notice of it, verified by an officer or employee of the municipality having knowledge of the facts, is filed with the clerk of the receiving political subdivision. Subd. 4. Reimbursement by state. It is the policy of the state to reimburse the sending political subdivision for loss or damage to equipment used outside of the corporate limits of the sending political subdivision and to reimburse the sending political subdivision for additional expenses incurred in operating and maintaining the equipment outside of its corporate limits. A claim for loss, damage, or expense in using equipment or for additional expenses incurred in operating or maintaining the equipment must not be allowed unless within 90 days after it is sustained or incurred an itemized notice of the claim, verified by an officer or employee of the sending political subdivision having knowledge of the facts, is filed with the state director. History:  1951 c 694 s 303; 1986 c 444; 1996 c 344 s 22; 1999 c 86 art 1 s 5
MN Stat § 12.331 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.331 — Local Assistance Between Political Subdivisions.

12.331 LOCAL ASSISTANCE BETWEEN POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. Subdivision 1. Authority between political subdivisions. When the public interest requires it because of an emergency, a political subdivision may request the assistance of another political subdivision. Upon receiving such a request, a political subdivision, called the "sending political subdivision," may go to the assistance of the requesting political subdivision, called the "receiving political subdivision." The receiving political subdivision may accept and use the personnel, equipment, and supplies of the sending political subdivision as agreed upon by both political subdivisions. Subd. 2. Responsibility for use of personnel, equipment, supplies. (a) Unless there is a written agreement between the political subdivisions establishing the rules for conducting these activities, the provisions of paragraphs (b) to (e) shall apply while the political subdivisions are engaged in the activities described in subdivision 1. (b) For the purposes of worker's compensation insurance, the employees, officers, and members of the sending political subdivision have the same powers, duties, rights, privileges, and immunities as if they were performing similar services in the sending political subdivision and are considered to be acting within the scope of and in the course of their regular employment, as employees of the sending political subdivision. (c) For the purposes of chapter 466, the employees and officers of the sending political subdivision are deemed to be employees, as defined in section 466.01, subdivision 6, of the receiving political subdivision. (d) The sending political subdivision shall be responsible for any damages to its equipment. (e) The receiving political subdivision shall reimburse the sending political subdivision for the supplies used and the compensation paid to the officers and members of the forces furnished, during the time when the rendition of aid prevents them from performing their duties in the sending political subdivision, and for the actual travel and maintenance expenses of the officers and members while so engaged. A claim for loss, damage, or expense in using equipment or supplies or for additional expenses incurred in operating or maintaining them must not be allowed unless within 90 days after the loss, damage, or expense is sustained or incurred, an itemized notice of it, verified by an officer or employee of the municipality having knowledge of the facts, is filed with the clerk of the receiving political subdivision. Subd. 3. Retroactive effect. Notwithstanding other laws this section is effective retroactive to March 29, 1998. History:   1998 c 383 s 19
MN Stat § 12.34 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.34 — Assistance Required; Compensation For Property Taken; Penalty.

12.34 ASSISTANCE REQUIRED; COMPENSATION FOR PROPERTY TAKEN; PENALTY. Subdivision 1. Emergency powers. When necessary to save life, property, or the environment during a national security emergency or during a peacetime emergency, the governor, the state director, or a member of a class of members of a state or local emergency management organization designated by the governor, may: (1) require any person, except members of the federal or state military forces and officers of the state or a political subdivision, to perform services for emergency management purposes as directed by any of the persons described above; and (2) commandeer, for emergency management purposes as directed by any of the persons described above, any motor vehicles, tools, appliances, medical supplies, or other personal property and any facilities. Subd. 2. Compensation. The owner of commandeered property must be promptly paid just compensation for its use and all damages done to the property while so used for emergency management purposes. The governor or the governing body of the political subdivision concerned, respectively, according to the use of the property, shall make a formal order determining the amount of compensation. The owner may appeal to the district court of the county in which the property was commandeered if, within 30 days from the date of the order, the owner serves upon the governor or the political subdivision concerned and files with the court administrator of the district court a written notice of appeal setting forth the order appealed from and, in detail, the amount claimed as compensation. Upon appeal, the issue is the amount of damages to which the appellant is entitled. It may be noticed for trial as in the case of a civil action and the court may require other parties to be joined and to plead when necessary to a proper determination of the questions involved. The cause must be tried without a jury de novo and the court shall determine the damages and the person or persons entitled to them. Except as herein otherwise provided, the trial must be conducted and the cause disposed of according to the rules applicable to civil actions in the district court. The court in its discretion may award to the prevailing party the costs and disbursements of the appeal. Subd. 3. Penalty. An able-bodied person required to perform services for emergency management who refuses, neglects, or otherwise fails to perform the services required under subdivision 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor and must be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ten days or more than 90 days. History:  1951 c 694 s 304; 1963 c 660 s 4; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1996 c 344 s 23; 2002 c 402 s 13,21; 2004 c 279 art 11 s 7; 2005 c 149 s 7; 2005 c 150 s 8,14
MN Stat § 12.35 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.35 — Activating Emergency Response Personnel.

12.35 ACTIVATING EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed by amendment, 1996 c 344 s 24] Subd. 2. Personnel rights, duties, privileges. Emergency response personnel, while activated by the state, are considered state employees and have the powers, duties, rights, privileges, and immunities provided by law for the employees of this state. Subd. 3. Local government reimbursement; emergency response. The state shall reimburse a political subdivision for the compensation paid and actual and necessary travel, subsistence, and maintenance expenses of employees of the political subdivision while they are activated by the state director as emergency response personnel. Reimbursement must also be provided for all payments for death, disability, or injury in the course of duty, and for all losses of or damage to supplies and equipment of the political subdivision resulting from the operations of the emergency response personnel. Subd. 3a. Local government reimbursement; training. The state shall also reimburse a political subdivision for the compensation paid and actual and necessary travel, subsistence, and maintenance expenses of employees of the political subdivision while they are activated by the state director in order to participate in specifically authorized training and exercises. Subd. 4. Reimbursement of other state. When emergency management personnel of another state render aid in Minnesota pursuant to the orders of the governor of its home state, and upon the request of the governor of Minnesota, this state shall reimburse the other state for (1) the compensation paid and actual and necessary travel, subsistence, and maintenance expenses of the personnel of the other state while rendering aid as emergency management personnel, (2) all payments for death, disability, or injury of those personnel incurred in the course of rendering that aid, and (3) all losses of or damage to supplies and equipment of the other state, or a governmental subdivision of the other state, resulting from the rendering of aid; provided, that the laws of the other state contain provisions substantially similar to this section. Subd. 5.  [Repealed by amendment, 1996 c 344 s 24] History:  1951 c 694 s 305; 1996 c 344 s 24
MN Stat § 12.351 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.351 — Specialized Emergency Response Team.

12.351 SPECIALIZED EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM. The state director of the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management shall determine if, in response to an emergency or disaster, activation of a specialized emergency response team for deployment to any political subdivision is in the public interest. If so, the state director may activate a team. When activated by the state director, team members not employed by any political subdivision struck by the emergency or disaster are deemed employees of the state for purposes of workers' compensation and tort claim defense and indemnification. The provisions of chapter 176 and other applicable statutes must be followed for purposes of calculating workers' compensation benefits. History:   2009 c 59 art 5 s 2
MN Stat § 12.36 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.36 — Governor's Powers To Fast Provide Emergency Aid.

12.36 GOVERNOR'S POWERS TO FAST PROVIDE EMERGENCY AID. (a) The governor, during an emergency or disaster and notwithstanding any other law, may: (1) enter into contracts and incur obligations necessary to combat the disaster by protecting the health and safety of persons and the safety of property and by providing emergency assistance to the victims of the disaster; and (2) exercise the powers vested by this subdivision in the light of the exigencies of the disaster without compliance with time-consuming procedures and formalities prescribed by law pertaining to: (i) the performance of public work; (ii) entering into contract; (iii) incurring of obligations; (iv) employment of temporary workers; (v) rental of equipment; (vi) purchase of supplies and materials, for example, but not limited to, publication of calls for bids; (vii) provisions of the Civil Service Act and rules; (viii) provisions relating to low bids; and (ix) requirements for the budgeting and allotment of funds. (b) All contracts must be in writing, executed on behalf of the state by the governor or a person delegated by the governor in writing so to do, and must be promptly filed with the commissioner of management and budget, who shall forthwith encumber funds appropriated for the purposes of the contract for the full contract liability and certify thereon that the encumbrance has been made. History:  1951 c 694 s 306; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1986 c 444; 1996 c 344 s 25; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 12.37 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.37 — Political Subdivision's Powers To Fast Provide Emergency Aid.

12.37 POLITICAL SUBDIVISION'S POWERS TO FAST PROVIDE EMERGENCY AID. During an emergency or disaster, each political subdivision, notwithstanding any statutory or charter provision to the contrary, and through its governing body acting within or without the corporate limits of the political subdivision, may: (1) enter into contracts and incur obligations necessary to combat the disaster by protecting the health and safety of persons and property and by providing emergency assistance to the victims of the disaster; and (2) exercise the powers vested by this subdivision in the light of the exigencies of the disaster without compliance with time-consuming procedures and formalities prescribed by law pertaining to: (i) the performance of public work; (ii) entering into contracts; (iii) incurring of obligations; (iv) employment of temporary workers; (v) rental of equipment; (vi) purchase of supplies and materials; (vii) limitations upon tax levies; and (viii) the appropriation and expenditure of public funds, for example, but not limited to, publication of ordinances and resolutions, publication of calls for bids, provisions of civil service laws and rules, provisions relating to low bids, and requirements for budgets. History:  1951 c 694 s 307; 1957 c 171 s 1; 1996 c 344 s 26; 1999 c 250 art 2 s 2; 2003 c 2 art 1 s 2
MN Stat § 12.38 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.38 — State Agencies; Temporary Waiver Of Fees.

12.38 STATE AGENCIES; TEMPORARY WAIVER OF FEES. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a state agency as defined in section 16B.01, subdivision 2, with the approval of the governor, may waive fees that would otherwise be charged for agency services. The waiver of fees must be confined to geographic areas within a presidentially declared disaster area, and to the minimum periods of time necessary to deal with the emergency situation. The requirements of sections 14.055 and 14.056 do not apply to a waiver made under this section. The agency must promptly report the reasons for and the impact of any suspended fees to the chairs of the legislative committees that oversee the policy and budgetary affairs of the agency. History:  1Sp2001 c 5 art 20 s 1; 2016 c 158 art 1 s 5
MN Stat § 12.381 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.381 — Safe Disposition Of Dead Human Bodies.

12.381 SAFE DISPOSITION OF DEAD HUMAN BODIES. Subdivision 1. Powers for safe disposition. Notwithstanding chapter 149A and Minnesota Rules, chapter 4610, in connection with deaths related to a declared emergency, the governor may: (1) direct measures to provide for the safe disposition of dead human bodies as may be reasonable and necessary for emergency response. Measures may include, but are not limited to, transportation, preparation, temporary mass burial and other interment, disinterment, and cremation of dead human bodies. Insofar as the emergency circumstances allow, the governor shall respect the religious rites, cultural customs, family wishes, and predeath directives of a decedent concerning final disposition. The governor may limit visitations or funeral ceremonies based on public health risks; (2) consult with coroners and medical examiners, take possession or control of any dead human body, and order an autopsy of the body; and (3) request any business or facility authorized to embalm, bury, cremate, inter, disinter, transport, or otherwise provide for disposition of a dead human body under the laws of this state to accept any dead human body or provide the use of its business or facility if the actions are reasonable and necessary for emergency management purposes and are within the safety precaution capabilities of the business or facility. Subd. 2. Identification of bodies; data classification. (a) A person in charge of the body of a person believed to have died due to a declared emergency shall maintain a written record of the body and all available information to identify the decedent, the circumstances of death, and disposition of the body. If a body cannot be identified, a qualified person shall, prior to disposition and to the extent possible, take fingerprints and one or more photographs of the remains and collect a DNA specimen from the body. (b) All information gathered under this subdivision, other than data required for a death certificate under Minnesota Rules, part 4601.2550, shall be death investigation data and shall be classified as nonpublic data according to section 13.02, subdivision 9, or as private data on decedents according to section 13.10, subdivision 1. Death investigation data are not medical examiner data as defined in section 13.83. Data gathered under this subdivision shall be promptly forwarded to the commissioner of health. The commissioner may only disclose death investigation data to the extent necessary to assist relatives in identifying decedents or for public health or public safety investigations. History:  2002 c 402 s 14,21; 2004 c 279 art 11 s 7; 2005 c 149 s 7; 2005 c 150 s 9,14
MN Stat § 12.39 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.39 — Individual Treatment; Notice, Refusal, Consequence.

12.39 INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT; NOTICE, REFUSAL, CONSEQUENCE. Subdivision 1. Refusal of treatment. Notwithstanding laws, rules, or orders made or promulgated in response to a national security emergency or peacetime emergency, individuals have a fundamental right to refuse medical treatment, testing, physical or mental examination, vaccination, participation in experimental procedures and protocols, collection of specimens, and preventive treatment programs. An individual who has been directed by the commissioner of health to submit to medical procedures and protocols because the individual is infected with or reasonably believed by the commissioner of health to be infected with or exposed to a toxic agent that can be transferred to another individual or a communicable disease, and the agent or communicable disease is the basis for which the national security emergency or peacetime emergency was declared, and who refuses to submit to them may be ordered by the commissioner to be placed in isolation or quarantine according to parameters set forth in sections 144.419 and 144.4195. Subd. 2. Information given. Before performing examinations, testing, treatment, or vaccination of an individual under subdivision 1, a health care provider shall notify the individual of the right to refuse the examination, testing, treatment, or vaccination, and the consequences, including isolation or quarantine, upon refusal. History:  2002 c 402 s 15,21; 2004 c 279 art 11 s 7; 2005 c 149 s 7; 2005 c 150 s 10,14
MN Stat § 12.42 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.42 — Out-of-state License Holders; Powers, Duties.

12.42 OUT-OF-STATE LICENSE HOLDERS; POWERS, DUTIES. During a declared emergency, a person who holds a license, certificate, or other permit issued by a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, or a province of Canada evidencing the meeting of qualifications for professional, mechanical, or other skills, may render aid involving those skills in this state when such aid is requested by the governor to meet the needs of the emergency. The license, certificate, or other permit of the person, while rendering aid, has the same force and effect as if issued in this state, subject to such limitations and conditions as the governor may prescribe. History:  1951 c 694 s 402; 1996 c 344 s 27; 2005 c 150 s 11