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MN Stat § 309.556 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 309 — Social And Charitable Organizations|Section 309.556 — Public Disclosure Requirements.

309.556 PUBLIC DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS. Subdivision 1. Identity of organization; percentage of deductibility; description of program. Prior to orally requesting a contribution or contemporaneously with a written request for a contribution, the following information shall be clearly disclosed: (a) the name and location by city and state of each charitable organization on behalf of which the solicitation is made; (b) the tax deductibility of the contribution; and (c) a description of the charitable program for which the solicitation campaign is being carried out; and, if different, a description of the programs and activities of the organization on whose behalf the solicitation campaign is being carried out. If the solicitation is made by direct personal contact, the required information shall also be disclosed prominently on a written document which shall be exhibited to the person solicited. If the solicitation is made by radio, television, letter, telephone, or any other means not involving direct personal contact, the required information shall be clearly disclosed in the solicitation. Subd. 2. Identity of professional fund-raiser. In addition to the disclosures required by subdivision 1, any professional fund-raiser soliciting contributions in this state shall also disclose the name of the professional fund-raiser as on file with the attorney general and that the solicitation is being conducted by a "professional fund-raiser." The disclosures required by this subdivision shall be given in the same manner as the disclosures required by subdivision 1. History:  1973 c 762 s 12; 1984 c 527 s 1; 1987 c 336 s 39; 1989 c 151 s 3; 1995 c 235 s 11
MN Stat § 309.56 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 309 — Social And Charitable Organizations|Section 309.56 — Service Of Process.

309.56 SERVICE OF PROCESS. Subdivision 1. Manner. Any charitable organization or professional fund-raiser which solicits contributions in this state, but does not maintain an office within the state shall be subject to service of process, as follows: (a) By service thereof on its registered agent within the state, or if there be no such registered agent, then upon the person, if any, who has been designated in the registration statement as having custody of books and records within this state; where service is effected upon the person so designated in the registration statement a copy of the process shall, in addition, be mailed to the charitable organization or professional fund-raiser at its last known address; (b) When a charitable organization or professional fund-raiser has solicited contributions in this state, but maintains no office within the state, has no registered agent within the state, and no designated person having custody of its books and records within the state, or when a registered agent or person having custody of its books and records within the state cannot be found as shown by the return of the sheriff of the county in which such registered agent or person having custody of books and records has been represented by the charitable organization or professional fund-raiser as maintaining an office, service may be made as in any other civil suit, or in the manner provided by section 5.25, or in a manner as the court may direct. Subd. 2. Consent to service. The solicitation of any contribution within this state shall be deemed to be the agreement of the charitable organization or professional fund-raiser that any process against it which is so served in accordance with the provisions of this section shall be of the same legal force and effect as if served personally within this state. History:  1961 c 309 s 7; 1969 c 1129 art 4 s 4; 1973 c 762 s 13; 1978 c 601 s 14; 1978 c 674 s 60; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 336 s 40; 1995 c 128 art 1 s 10
MN Stat § 309.57 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 309 — Social And Charitable Organizations|Section 309.57 — District Court Jurisdiction, Penalties, Enforcement.

309.57 DISTRICT COURT JURISDICTION, PENALTIES, ENFORCEMENT. Subdivision 1. General. Upon the application of the attorney general the district court is vested with jurisdiction to restrain, enjoin, and redress violations of sections 309.50 to 309.61. The court may make any necessary order or judgment including, but not limited to, injunctions, restitution, appointment of a receiver for the defendant or the defendant's assets, suspension of the defendant's registration, awards of reasonable attorney fees, and costs of investigation and litigation, and may award to the state civil penalties up to $25,000 for each violation of sections 309.50 to 309.61. In ordering injunctive relief, the attorney general shall not be required to establish irreparable harm but only a violation of statute or that the requested order promotes the public interest. The court may, as appropriate, enter a consent judgment or decree without the finding of illegality. Subd. 2. Assurance of discontinuance. The attorney general may accept an assurance of discontinuance of any method, act, or practice in violation of sections 309.50 to 309.61 from any person alleged to be engaged or to have been engaged in the method, act, or practice. The assurance may, among other terms, include a stipulation for the voluntary payment by the person of the costs of investigation, or of an amount to be held in escrow pending the outcome of an action or as restitution to aggrieved persons, or both. Any assurance of discontinuance shall be in writing and be filed with the district court of the county of the violator's residence or principal place of business or in Ramsey County. An assurance shall not be considered an admission of a violation for any purpose. Failure to comply with the assurance of discontinuance shall be punishable as contempt. History:  1961 c 309 s 8; 1987 c 336 s 41; 1989 c 151 s 4
MN Stat § 309.581 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 309 — Social And Charitable Organizations|Section 309.581 — Violations; Penalties.

309.581 VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES. Any person who willfully and knowingly violates any provision of sections 309.50 to 309.61, or who willfully and knowingly gives false information to the attorney general in statements, reports, or contracts required to be filed by sections 309.50 to 309.61 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History:  1969 c 112 s 14; 1969 c 1129 art 4 s 4; 1976 c 2 s 123; 1987 c 336 s 46
MN Stat § 309.582 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 309 — Social And Charitable Organizations|Section 309.582 — Consultants.

309.582 CONSULTANTS. The attorney general may retain as consultants such accountants or other experts as the administration of this chapter may require. History:   1969 c 112 s 15
MN Stat § 309.59 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 309 — Social And Charitable Organizations|Section 309.59 — Construction; Powers Of Attorney General.

309.59 CONSTRUCTION; POWERS OF ATTORNEY GENERAL. Sections 309.50 to 309.61 shall not be construed to limit or to restrict the exercise of the powers or the performance of the duties of the attorney general which the attorney general otherwise is authorized to exercise or perform under any other provision of law. History:  1961 c 309 s 10; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 309.591 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 309 — Social And Charitable Organizations|Section 309.591 — Rulemaking Power.

309.591 RULEMAKING POWER. The attorney general may promulgate such rules as are reasonably necessary to carry out and make effective the provisions and purposes of this chapter. History:  1973 c 762 s 15; 1980 c 516 s 2; 1983 c 289 s 114 subd 1; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 92; 1987 c 336 s 46
MN Stat § 309.60 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 309 — Social And Charitable Organizations|Section 309.60 — Reciprocal Agreements, Other States.

309.60 RECIPROCAL AGREEMENTS, OTHER STATES. The attorney general may enter into reciprocal agreements with a like authority of any other state or states for the purpose of exchanging information made available to the attorney general or to such other like authority. History:  1961 c 309 s 11; 1969 c 1129 art 4 s 4; 1973 c 762 s 16; 1987 c 336 s 46
MN Stat § 309.61 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 309 — Social And Charitable Organizations|Section 309.61 — Severability.

309.61 SEVERABILITY. If any provision of sections 309.50 to 309.61 or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or application of said sections which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of said sections are severable. History:   1961 c 309 s 12
MN Stat § 309.72 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 309 — Social And Charitable Organizations|Section 309.72 — Acquisition Of Interests In Insurance.

309.72 ACQUISITION OF INTERESTS IN INSURANCE. An organization described in section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended through December 31, 1991, may purchase, accept, or otherwise acquire an interest in a life insurance policy as beneficiary or owner, as provided in section 60A.0783, subdivision 2, paragraph (f). History:  1992 c 483 s 3; 2010 c 382 s 63
MN Stat § 309.73 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 309 — Social And Charitable Organizations|Section 309.73 — Short Title.

309.73 SHORT TITLE. Sections 309.73 to 309.77 may be cited as the "Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act." History:   2008 c 188 s 1
MN Stat § 309.735 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 309 — Social And Charitable Organizations|Section 309.735 — Definitions.

309.735 DEFINITIONS. In sections 309.735 to 309.77: (1) "Charitable purpose" means the relief of poverty, the advancement of education or religion, the promotion of health, or any other eleemosynary purpose. (2) "Endowment fund" means an institutional fund or part thereof that, under the terms of a gift instrument, is not wholly expendable by the institution on a current basis. The term does not include assets that an institution designates as an endowment fund for its own use. (3) "Gift instrument" means a record or records, including an institutional solicitation, under which property is granted to, transferred to, or held by an institution as an institutional fund. (4) "Institution" means: (A) a person, other than an individual, organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes; (B) a government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, to the extent that it holds funds exclusively for a charitable purpose; and (C) a trust that had both charitable and noncharitable interests, after all noncharitable interests have terminated. (5) "Institutional fund" means a fund held by an institution exclusively for charitable purposes. The term does not include: (A) program-related assets; (B) a fund held for an institution by a trustee that is not an institution; or (C) a fund in which a beneficiary that is not an institution has an interest, other than an interest that could arise upon violation or failure of the purposes of the fund. (6) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. (7) "Program-related asset" means an asset held by an institution primarily to accomplish a charitable purpose of the institution and not primarily for investment. (8) "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. History:   2008 c 188 s 2
MN Stat § 309.745 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 309 — Social And Charitable Organizations|Section 309.745 — Appropriation For Expenditure Or Accumulation Of Endowment Fund; Rules Of Construction.

309.745 APPROPRIATION FOR EXPENDITURE OR ACCUMULATION OF ENDOWMENT FUND; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. (a) Subject to the intent of a donor expressed in the gift instrument, an institution may appropriate for expenditure or accumulate so much of an endowment fund as the institution determines is prudent for the uses, benefits, purposes, and duration for which the endowment fund is established. Unless stated otherwise in the gift instrument, the assets in an endowment fund are donor-restricted assets until appropriated for expenditure by the institution. In making a determination to appropriate or accumulate, the institution shall act in good faith, with the care that an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances, and shall consider, if relevant, the following factors: (1) the duration and preservation of the endowment fund; (2) the purposes of the institution and the endowment fund; (3) general economic conditions; (4) the possible effect of inflation or deflation; (5) the expected total return from income and the appreciation of investments; (6) other resources of the institution; and (7) the investment policy of the institution. (b) To limit the authority to appropriate for expenditure or accumulate under paragraph (a), a gift instrument must specifically state the limitation. (c) Terms in a gift instrument designating a gift as an endowment, or a direction or authorization in the gift instrument to use only "income," "interest," "dividends," or "rents, issues, or profits," or "to preserve the principal intact," or words of similar import: (1) create an endowment fund of permanent duration unless other language in the gift instrument limits the duration or purpose of the fund; and (2) do not otherwise limit the authority to appropriate for expenditure or accumulate under paragraph (a). History:  2008 c 188 s 4; 2009 c 86 art 1 s 56
MN Stat § 309.75 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 309 — Social And Charitable Organizations|Section 309.75 — Delegation Of Management And Investment Functions.

309.75 DELEGATION OF MANAGEMENT AND INVESTMENT FUNCTIONS. (a) Subject to any specific limitation set forth in a gift instrument or in law other than sections 309.73 to 309.77, an institution may delegate to an external agent the management and investment of an institutional fund to the extent that institution could prudently delegate under the circumstances. An institution shall act in good faith, with the care that an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances, in: (1) selecting an agent; (2) establishing the scope and terms of the delegation, consistent with the purposes of the institution and the institutional fund; and (3) periodically reviewing the agent's actions in order to monitor the agent's performance and compliance with the scope and terms of the delegation. (b) In performing a delegated function, an agent owes a duty to the institution to exercise reasonable care to comply with the scope and terms of the delegation. (c) An institution that complies with subsection (a) is not liable for the decisions or actions of an agent to which the function was delegated. (d) By accepting delegation of a management or investment function from an institution that is subject to the laws of this state, an agent submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state in all proceedings arising from or related to the delegation or the performance of the delegated function. (e) An institution may delegate management and investment functions to its committees, officers, or employees as authorized by law of this state other than sections 309.73 to 309.77. History:   2008 c 188 s 5
MN Stat § 309.755 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 309 — Social And Charitable Organizations|Section 309.755 — Release Or Modification Of Restrictions On Management, Investment, Or Purpose.

309.755 RELEASE OR MODIFICATION OF RESTRICTIONS ON MANAGEMENT, INVESTMENT, OR PURPOSE. (a) If the donor consents in a record, an institution may release or modify, in whole or in part, a restriction contained in a gift instrument on the management, investment, or purpose of an institutional fund. A release or modification may not allow a fund to be used for a purpose other than a charitable purpose of the institution. (b) The court, upon application of an institution, may modify a restriction contained in the gift instrument of an institutional fund pursuant to the procedure, and in accordance with the standards, set forth in section 501B.31, subdivision 2 or 4, whichever is applicable. (c) If an institution determines that a restriction contained in a gift instrument on the management, investment, or purpose of an institutional fund is unlawful, impracticable, impossible to achieve, or wasteful, the institution, 60 days after notification to the attorney general, may release or modify the restriction, in whole or part, if: (1) the institutional fund subject to the restriction has a total value of less than $50,000; (2) more than 20 years have elapsed since the fund was established; and (3) the institution uses the property in a manner consistent with the charitable purposes expressed in the gift instrument. History:   2008 c 188 s 6
MN Stat § 309.76 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 309 — Social And Charitable Organizations|Section 309.76 — Reviewing Compliance.

309.76 REVIEWING COMPLIANCE. Compliance with sections 309.73 to 309.77 is determined in light of the facts and circumstances existing at the time a decision is made or action is taken, and not by hindsight. History:   2008 c 188 s 7
MN Stat § 309.765 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 309 — Social And Charitable Organizations|Section 309.765 — Application To Existing Institutional Funds.

309.765 APPLICATION TO EXISTING INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS. Sections 309.73 to 309.77 apply to institutional funds existing on or established after August 1, 2008. As applied to institutional funds existing on August 1, 2008, sections 309.73 to 309.77 govern only decisions made or actions taken on or after that date. History:   2008 c 188 s 8
MN Stat § 309.77 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 309 — Social And Charitable Organizations|Section 309.77 — Relation To Electronic Signatures In Global And National Commerce Act.

309.77 RELATION TO ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN GLOBAL AND NATIONAL COMMERCE ACT. Sections 309.73 to 309.77 modify, limit, and supersede the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, United States Code, title 15, section 7001 et seq., but do not modify, limit, or supersede section 101 of that act, United States Code, title 15, section 7001(a), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103 of that act, United States Code, title 15, section 7003(b). History:   2008 c 188 s 9
MN Stat § 315.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 315 — Religious Societies|Section 315.01 — Formation; Trustees.

315.01 FORMATION; TRUSTEES. Subdivision 1. Who may elect. The worshipers with an unincorporated church, congregation, or religious society who are of lawful age and have been considered as belonging to it, may elect trustees and incorporate as provided in this section. Subd. 2. Election. A written notice, signed by at least five worshipers, stating the time, place, and object of the meeting, must be posted at least 15 days before the meeting, at the place of worship of the society. At the time and place fixed, if at least five worshipers are present, they shall, by a plurality vote, elect a chair and secretary. The chair and secretary shall together determine the qualifications of voters and receive and count the votes. The voters shall, by a plurality vote, elect at least three and not more than 15 members of their society as trustees, to take charge of its property and temporal affairs. The voters shall adopt a corporate name for the trustees and their successors. They may also determine the qualifications of the trustees to be chosen afterward and the religious denomination or sect to which the society will belong. Immediately after the meeting the chair and secretary shall sign, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, and acknowledge a certificate stating the names of the trustees elected, the name adopted for the incorporated society, the qualifications, if any, of future trustees, and the name of the religious denomination to which the society belongs, if any. Subd. 3. Appointment. When the constitution, rules, or usages of a church, denomination, congregation, or religious society require that trustees be chosen by a minister, presiding elder, or other officers, or by a body, the person who chose the trustees, or the presiding officer and secretary of the body shall execute, acknowledge, and deliver to the trustees a certificate, stating the names of the trustees, the time when and the person or body by which they were chosen, and their corporate name. When the certificate is recorded as required by law, the trustees and their successors become a corporate body under the name specified in the certificate, and have the rights, powers, and privileges of other religious corporations organized under this chapter. Subd. 4. Designation. When the constitution, rules, and usages of a church or religious denomination declare that the ministers, elders, deacons, or other officers elected by a church or congregation according to the constitution, rules, or usages, are the trustees of the church or congregation, those designated persons may assemble and execute and acknowledge a certificate stating their corporate name. When this certificate is recorded with the county recorder of the proper county, they and their successors are a corporate body under the name in the certificate. History:  (7963, 7972, 7974) RL s 3133, 3141, 3143; 1919 c 122 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1985 c 265 art 5 s 1; 2005 c 4 s 45,46
MN Stat § 315.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 315 — Religious Societies|Section 315.02 — Certificate Of Election Of Trustees.

315.02 CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION OF TRUSTEES. When trustees have been chosen before February 1, 1877 by an assembly of a church or religious society, in accordance with its constitution, rules, or usages, and a certificate of the choice made by its presiding officer and secretary, or either of them, specifying the trustees' corporate name and recorded, with intent to make them a corporate body, they must in all legal proceedings be considered a religious corporation under this chapter from the time of the recording of the certificate. Their later acts as a corporation are valid under this chapter. Conveyances to them as a corporation are confirmed. History:  (7973) RL s 3142; 1985 c 265 art 5 s 1