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MN Stat § 325E.026 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.026 — Unauthorized Use Of Utility Meters.

325E.026 UNAUTHORIZED USE OF UTILITY METERS. Subdivision 1. Definitions. When used in this section, the terms defined in section 216B.02 have the same meanings. Other terms used in this section have the following meanings: (a) "Bypassing" means the act of attaching, connecting, or otherwise affixing a wire, cord, socket, pipe, hose, motor, or other instrument or device to utility or customer-owned facilities or equipment so that service provided by the utility is transmitted, supplied, or used without passing through a meter authorized by the utility for measuring or registering the amount of service provided. (b) "Tampering" means damaging, altering, adjusting, or obstructing the operation of a meter or submeter provided by a utility for measuring or registering the amount of electricity, natural gas, or other utility service passing through the meter. (c) "Unauthorized connection" means the physical connection or physical reconnection of utility service by a person without the authorization or consent of the utility. (d) "Unauthorized metering" means removing, installing, connecting, reconnecting, or disconnecting a meter, submeter, or metering device for service by a utility, by a person other than an authorized employee or agent of the utility. (e) "Utility" means a public utility defined in section 216B.02, subdivision 4; a municipal utility; or a cooperative electric association organized under chapter 308A. Subd. 2. Civil actions; remedies. A utility may bring a civil action for damages against a person who: (1) deliberately commits, authorizes, attempts, solicits, aids, or abets bypassing, tampering, unauthorized connection, or unauthorized metering that results in damages to the utility; or (2) knowingly receives service provided as a result of bypassing, tampering, unauthorized connection, or unauthorized metering. The utility may recover double the costs of the service provided; the costs and expenses for investigation, disconnection, reconnection, service calls, equipment, and employees; and the trial costs and witness fees. Subd. 3. Damages to benefit ratepayers. Damages recovered under this section in excess of the actual damages sustained by a public utility regulated by the commission must be taken into account by the commission and applied for the benefit of the public utility's ratepayers in establishing utility rates. Subd. 4. Additional remedies. The remedies provided in this section are supplemental and additional to other remedies or powers conferred by law and not in limitation of other civil or criminal statutory or common law remedies. History:  1987 c 272 s 1; 1989 c 356 s 16
MN Stat § 325E.027 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.027 — Discrimination Prohibition.

325E.027 DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITION. (a) No dealer or distributor of liquid propane gas or number 1 or number 2 fuel oil who has signed a low-income home energy assistance program vendor agreement with the Department of Commerce may refuse to deliver liquid propane gas or number 1 or number 2 fuel oil to any person located within the dealer's or distributor's normal delivery area who receives direct grants under the low-income home energy assistance program if: (1) the person has requested delivery; (2) the dealer or distributor has product available; (3) the person requesting delivery is capable of making full payment at the time of delivery; and (4) the person is not in arrears regarding any previous fuel purchase from that dealer or distributor. (b) A dealer or distributor making delivery to a person receiving direct grants under the low-income home energy assistance program may not charge that person any additional costs or fees that would not be charged to any other customer and must make available to that person any discount program on the same basis as the dealer or distributor makes available to any other customer. (c) The commissioner of commerce may enforce this section using any of the authority granted to the commissioner under section 45.027. History:  2007 c 57 art 3 s 41; 2014 c 254 s 22
MN Stat § 325E.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.03 — Sale Of Beverage Containers Having Detachable Parts.

325E.03 SALE OF BEVERAGE CONTAINERS HAVING DETACHABLE PARTS. Subdivision 1. Restriction. No person shall sell or offer for sale in this state a carbonated soft drink, beer, other malt beverage, or tea in liquid form and intended for human consumption contained in an individual sealed metal container designed and constructed so that a part of the container is detached in the process of opening the container. Subd. 2. Criminal penalty. A violation of subdivision 1 is a misdemeanor and each day of violation is a separate offense. History:  1975 c 308 s 1,2; 1977 c 226 s 1
MN Stat § 325E.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.04 — Free Samples; Distribution.

325E.04 FREE SAMPLES; DISTRIBUTION. Subdivision 1. Restrictions. It shall be unlawful to cause to be delivered indiscriminately door to door to residences, other than through the United States mail, any advertising, sample of merchandise, or promotional material which is contained in a plastic film outer bag any dimension of which exceeds seven inches and which contains less than one hole, one-half inch in diameter, for each 25 square inch area, or any samples of drugs, medicines, razor blades, or aerosol cans regardless of how packaged. This subdivision shall not apply to plastic bags with an average thickness of more than .0015 of an inch. Subd. 2. Criminal penalty. Any person who is found to have violated this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History:  1971 c 832 s 1,2; 1974 c 85 s 1
MN Stat § 325E.041 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.041 — Sensory Testing Research.

325E.041 SENSORY TESTING RESEARCH. Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given: (1) "sensory testing firm" means a business that tests consumer reaction to physical aspects of products for a third-party client; (2) "trained sensory assessors" means members of the public at least 21 years of age selected by sensory testing firms and trained for a minimum of one hour to test products; (3) "sensory testing facility" means a facility specifically designed as a controlled environment for testing; and (4) "department" means the Department of Public Safety. Subd. 2. Allowed activities. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a sensory testing firm may possess and may purchase alcohol at retail or wholesale, and may allow consumption of that alcohol, by trained sensory assessors for testing purposes at their facility, provided that: (1) the firm must comply with section 340A.409 and all other state laws that do not conflict with this section; (2) firms choosing to serve alcohol must be licensed by the department, which may assess a fee sufficient to cover costs; and (3) records of testing protocols must be retained by the firm for at least one year. History:   2016 c 189 art 4 s 12
MN Stat § 325E.042 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.042 — Prohibiting Sale Of Certain Plastics.

325E.042 PROHIBITING SALE OF CERTAIN PLASTICS. Subdivision 1. Plastic can. (a) A person may not sell, offer for sale, or give to consumers in this state a beverage packaged in a plastic can. (b) A plastic can subject to this subdivision is a single serving beverage container composed of plastic and metal excluding the closure mechanism. Subd. 2. Nondegradable plastic. A person may not sell, offer for sale, or give to consumers beverages or motor oil containers held together by connected rings made of nondegradable plastic material. Subd. 3. Penalty. A person who violates subdivision 1 or 2 is guilty of a misdemeanor. History:  1988 c 685 s 26; 1991 c 337 s 57
MN Stat § 325E.044 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.044 — Plastic Container Labeling.

325E.044 PLASTIC CONTAINER LABELING. Subdivision 1. Definitions. The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section. (a) "Distributor" means a person engaged in business that ships or transports products to retailers in this state to be sold by those retailers. (b) "Labeling" means attaching information to or embossing or printing information on a plastic container. (c) "Manufacturer" means any manufacturer offering for sale and distribution a product packaged in a container. (d) "Plastic container" means an individual, separate, plastic bottle, can, or jar with a capacity of 16 ounces or more. Subd. 2. Labeling rules required. By March 31, 1989, the board shall adopt rules requiring labeling of plastic containers. The rules adopted under this subdivision must allow a manufacturer of plastic containers, a person who places products in plastic containers, and a person who sells products in plastic containers to choose an appropriate method of labeling plastic containers. The board shall adopt rules as consistent as practicable with national industrywide plastic container coding systems. The rules may exempt plastic containers of a capacity of less than a specified minimum size from the labeling requirements. Subd. 3. Prohibition. A person may not manufacture or bring into the state for sale in this state a plastic container that does not comply with the labeling rules adopted under subdivision 2. Subd. 4. Enforcement; civil penalty; injunctive relief. (a) After being notified that a plastic container does not comply with the rules under subdivision 2, any manufacturer or distributor who violates subdivision 3 is subject to a civil penalty of $50 for each violation up to a maximum of $500 and may be enjoined from such violations. (b) The attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state in a court of competent jurisdiction for recovery of civil penalties or for injunctive relief as provided in this subdivision. The attorney general may accept an assurance of discontinuance of acts in violation of subdivision 3 in the manner provided in section 8.31, subdivision 2b. History:   1988 c 685 s 27
MN Stat § 325E.046 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.046 — Standards For Labeling Plastic Bags.

325E.046 STANDARDS FOR LABELING PLASTIC BAGS. Subdivision 1. "Biodegradable" label. A manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler may not offer for sale in this state a plastic bag labeled "biodegradable," "degradable," or any form of those terms, or in any way imply that the bag will chemically decompose into innocuous elements in a reasonably short period of time in a landfill, composting, or other terrestrial environment unless a scientifically based standard for biodegradability is developed and the bags are certified as meeting the standard. Subd. 2. "Compostable" label. A manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler may not offer for sale in this state a plastic bag labeled "compostable" unless, at the time of sale, the bag meets the ASTM Standard Specification for Compostable Plastics (D6400). Each bag must be labeled to reflect that it meets the standard. For purposes of this subdivision, "ASTM" has the meaning given in section 296A.01, subdivision 6. Subd. 3. Enforcement; civil penalty; injunctive relief. (a) A manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler who violates subdivision 1 or 2 is subject to a civil penalty of $100 for each prepackaged saleable unit offered for sale up to a maximum of $5,000 and may be enjoined from those violations. (b) The attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state in a court of competent jurisdiction for recovery of civil penalties or for injunctive relief as provided in this subdivision. The attorney general may accept an assurance of discontinuance of acts in violation of subdivision 1 or 2 in the manner provided in section 8.31, subdivision 2b. History:   2009 c 37 art 1 s 57
MN Stat § 325E.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.05 — Agricultural Implement Dealerships; Return Of Stock.

325E.05 AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT DEALERSHIPS; RETURN OF STOCK. If a franchised agricultural machinery or implement dealership is discontinued for economic reasons, the firm, company, person, or successor in interest issuing the franchise to the dealer shall purchase all listed parts in the dealer's stock purchased originally from firm, company, or person issuing franchise at a price agreeable to the franchised dealer and such firm, company, person, or successor in interest. History:  1959 c 398 s 1; 1988 c 502 s 1
MN Stat § 325E.061 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.061 — Definitions.

325E.061 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 325E.061 to 325E.065, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Farm equipment. "Farm equipment" means equipment and parts for equipment including, but not limited to, tractors, trailers, combines, tillage implements, balers, skid steer loaders, attachments and repair parts for them, and other equipment, including attachments and repair parts, used in the planting, cultivating, irrigation, harvesting, and marketing of agricultural products, excluding self-propelled machines designed primarily for the transportation of persons or property on a street or highway. Subd. 3. Farm equipment manufacturer. "Farm equipment manufacturer" means a person, partnership, corporation, association, or other form of business enterprise engaged in the manufacturing, assembly, or wholesale distribution of farm equipment. The term also includes any successor in interest of the farm equipment manufacturer, including any purchaser of assets or stock, any surviving corporation resulting from a merger or liquidation, any receiver or assignee, or any trustee of the original farm equipment manufacturer. Subd. 4. Farm equipment dealer or dealership. "Farm equipment dealer" or "farm equipment dealership" means a person, partnership, corporation, association, or other form of business enterprise engaged in acquiring farm equipment from a manufacturer and reselling the farm equipment at wholesale or retail. Subd. 5. Dealership agreement. "Dealership agreement" means an oral or written agreement of definite or indefinite duration between a farm equipment manufacturer and a farm equipment dealer which enables the dealer to purchase equipment from the manufacturer and provides for the rights and obligations of the parties with respect to the purchase or sale of farm equipment. History:  1988 c 511 s 1; 1991 c 70 s 1-3
MN Stat § 325E.063 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.063 — Violations.

325E.063 VIOLATIONS. (a) It is a violation of sections 325E.061 to 325E.065 for a farm equipment manufacturer to coerce a farm equipment dealer to accept delivery of farm equipment which the farm equipment dealer has not voluntarily ordered. (b) It is a violation of sections 325E.061 to 325E.065 for a farm equipment manufacturer to: (1) condition or attempt to condition the sale of farm equipment on a requirement that the farm equipment dealer also purchase other goods or services; except that a farm equipment manufacturer may require the dealer to purchase all parts reasonably necessary to maintain the quality of operation in the field of any farm equipment used in the trade area and telecommunication necessary to communicate with the farm equipment manufacturer; (2) coerce a farm equipment dealer into a refusal to purchase the farm equipment manufactured by another farm equipment manufacturer; (3) discriminate in the prices charged for farm equipment of like grade and quality sold by the farm equipment manufacturer to similarly situated farm equipment dealers. The clause does not prevent the use of differentials which make only due allowance for difference in the cost of manufacture, sale, or delivery or for the differing methods or quantities in which the farm equipment is sold or delivered, by the farm equipment manufacturer; or (4) attempt or threaten to terminate, cancel, fail to renew, or substantially change the competitive circumstances of the dealership agreement if the attempt or threat is based on the results of a natural disaster, including a sustained drought in the dealership market area, a labor dispute, or other circumstance beyond the dealer's control. History:  1988 c 511 s 3; 1991 c 70 s 4
MN Stat § 325E.064 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.064 — Status Of Inconsistent Agreements.

325E.064 STATUS OF INCONSISTENT AGREEMENTS. A term of a dealership agreement either expressed or implied, including a choice of law provision, which is inconsistent with the terms of sections 325E.061 to 325E.065 or that purports to waive a farm equipment manufacturer's compliance with sections 325E.061 to 325E.065 is void and unenforceable and does not waive any rights which are provided to a person by sections 325E.061 to 325E.065. History:  1988 c 511 s 4; 1991 c 70 s 5
MN Stat § 325E.065 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.065 — Remedies.

325E.065 REMEDIES. If a farm equipment manufacturer violates sections 325E.061 to 325E.065, a farm equipment dealer may bring an action against the manufacturer in a court of competent jurisdiction for damages sustained by the dealer as a consequence of the manufacturer's violation, together with the actual costs of the action, including reasonable attorney's fees, and the dealer also may be granted injunctive relief against unlawful termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or substantial change of competitive circumstances. The remedies in this section are in addition to any other remedies permitted by law. History:   1988 c 511 s 5
MN Stat § 325E.066 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.066 — Citation.

325E.066 CITATION. Sections 325E.061 to 325E.065 may be cited as the "Minnesota Agricultural Equipment Dealership Act." History:   1988 c 511 s 6
MN Stat § 325E.067 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.067 — Applicability.

325E.067 APPLICABILITY. The provisions of sections 325E.061 to 325E.065 are effective April 14, 1988, and apply to all dealership agreements now in effect which have no expiration date and which are continuing contracts, and all other contracts entered into, amended, or renewed after April 14, 1988. Any contract in force and effect on April 14, 1988, which by its terms will terminate on a date subsequent thereto and which is not renewed is governed by the law as it existed before April 14, 1988. History:   1988 c 511 s 7
MN Stat § 325E.068 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.068 — Definitions.

325E.068 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 325E.068 to 325E.0684, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Heavy and utility equipment. "Heavy and utility equipment," "heavy equipment," or "equipment" means equipment and parts for equipment including but not limited to: (1) excavators, crawler tractors, wheel loaders, compactors, pavers, backhoes, hydraulic hammers, cranes, fork lifts, compressors, generators, attachments and repair parts for them, and other equipment, including attachments and repair parts, used in all types of construction of buildings, highways, airports, dams, or other earthen structures or in moving, stock piling, or distribution of materials used in such construction; (2) trucks and truck parts; or (3) equipment used for, or adapted for use in, mining or forestry applications. Subd. 3. Heavy and utility equipment manufacturer. "Heavy and utility equipment manufacturer," "heavy equipment manufacturer," or "equipment manufacturer" means a person, partnership, corporation, association, or other form of business enterprise engaged in the manufacturing, assembly, or wholesale distribution of heavy and utility equipment as defined in subdivision 2. The term also includes a successor in interest of the heavy and utility equipment manufacturer, including a purchaser of assets or stock, a surviving corporation resulting from a merger or liquidation, a receiver or assignee, or a trustee of the original equipment manufacturer. Subd. 4. Heavy and utility equipment dealer or dealership. "Heavy and utility equipment dealer" or "heavy and utility equipment dealership" means a person, partnership, corporation, association, or other form of business enterprise engaged in the business of acquiring heavy and utility equipment from a manufacturer and reselling the heavy and utility equipment at wholesale or retail. Subd. 5. Dealership agreement. "Dealership agreement" means an oral or written agreement of definite or indefinite duration between an equipment manufacturer and an equipment dealer that enables the dealer to purchase heavy and utility equipment from the manufacturer and provides for the rights and obligations of the parties with respect to the purchase or sale of heavy and utility equipment. Subd. 6. Truck. "Truck" means a motor vehicle designed and used for carrying things other than passengers, a truck-tractor as defined in section 168.002, subdivision 38, and a semitrailer as defined in section 168.002, subdivision 30. "Truck" does not include a pickup truck or van with a manufacturer's nominal rated carrying capacity of three-fourths ton or less. Subd. 7. Truck parts. "Truck parts" means all parts of a truck, including body parts. History:  1989 c 267 s 1; 1991 c 70 s 6-8; 1993 c 199 s 1-3; 1996 c 291 s 1; 2003 c 78 s 2