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MN Stat § 12.43 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.43 — Subversives; Hiring, Using; Oath.

12.43 SUBVERSIVES; HIRING, USING; OATH. No person may be employed or associated in any capacity in an emergency management organization established under this chapter who advocates or has advocated a change by force or violence in the constitutional form of the Government of the United States or in this state or the overthrow of any government in the United States by force or violence, or who has been convicted of or is under indictment or information charging any subversive act against the United States. Each person who is appointed to serve in an organization for emergency management shall, before entering upon any duties, take an oath, in writing, before a person authorized to administer oaths in this state, which must be substantially as follows: "I, .........., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of ..... against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter. And I do further swear (or affirm) that I do not advocate, nor am I a member of any political party or organization that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States or of this state by force or violence; and that during such time as I am a member of the (name of emergency management organization), I will not advocate nor become a member of any political party or organization that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States, or of this state, by force or violence." History:  1951 c 694 s 403; 1953 c 745 s 1; 1969 c 1129 art 1 s 14; 1974 c 428 s 5; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 71 s 2; 1996 c 344 s 28
MN Stat § 12.44 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.44 — Political Activities.

12.44 POLITICAL ACTIVITIES. No organization for emergency management established under the authority of this chapter shall participate in any form of political activity, nor be employed directly or indirectly for political purposes, nor be employed in a legitimate labor dispute. History:  1951 c 694 s 404; 1996 c 344 s 29
MN Stat § 12.45 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.45 — Violations, Penalties.

12.45 VIOLATIONS, PENALTIES. Unless a different penalty or punishment is specifically prescribed, a person who willfully violates a provision of this chapter or a rule or order having the force and effect of law issued under authority of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction must be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days. History:  1951 c 694 s 405; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1996 c 344 s 30; 2004 c 228 art 1 s 72
MN Stat § 12.46 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.46 — Limitation Of Powers.

12.46 LIMITATION OF POWERS. Nothing in this chapter authorizes the governor or the director: (1) by subpoena or otherwise to require any person to appear before any person or to produce any records for inspection by any person, or to examine any person under oath; and (2) to remove summarily from office any person, other than a person appointed under this chapter, except as now provided by law or as herein specifically authorized. History:  1951 c 694 s 406; 1986 c 444; 1996 c 344 s 31
MN Stat § 12.61 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12 — Emergency Management|Section 12.61 — Temporary Medical Care Facilities; Liability.

12.61 TEMPORARY MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES; LIABILITY. Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section: (a) "Emergency plan" includes: (i) any plan for managing an emergency threatening public health developed by the commissioner of health or a local public health agency; (ii) any plan for managing an emergency threatening public health developed by one or more hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, or other health care facilities or providers and approved by the commissioner of health or local public health agency in consultation with emergency management officials; or (iii) any provision for assistance by out-of-state responders under interstate or international compacts, including but not limited to the Emergency Management Assistance Compact. (b) "Regional hospital system" means all hospitals in one of the hospital bioterrorism preparedness program geographic regions of the state set forth in the most recent hospital preparedness plan available on the Department of Health website at www.health.state.mn.us/oep. (c) "Responder" means any person or organization whether paid or volunteer that provides health care or other health-related services in an emergency including, but not limited to, physicians, physician assistants, registered and other nurses, certified nursing assistants, or other staff within a health care provider organization, pharmacists, chiropractors, dentists, emergency medical technicians, members of a specialized medical response unit, laboratory technicians, morticians, registered first responders, mental health professionals, hospitals, nursing and boarding care facilities, home health care agencies, other long-term care providers, medical and dental clinics, medical laboratories, and ambulance service personnel, dispatch services, and persons not registered as first responders but affiliated with a medical response unit and dispatched to the scene of an emergency by a public safety answering point or licensed ambulance service. Subd. 2. Emergency executive order. (a) During a national security emergency or a peacetime emergency declared under section 12.31, the governor may issue an emergency executive order upon finding that the number of seriously ill or injured persons exceeds the emergency hospital or medical transport capacity of one or more regional hospital systems and that care for those persons has to be given in temporary care facilities. (b) During the effective period of the emergency executive order, a responder in any impacted region acting consistent with emergency plans is not liable for any civil damages or administrative sanctions as a result of good-faith acts or omissions by that responder in rendering emergency care, advice, or assistance. This section does not apply in case of malfeasance in office or willful or wanton actions. History:   2005 c 150 s 12
MN Stat § 12A.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12A — Natural Disaster; State Assistance|Section 12A.01 — State Response To Natural Disaster.

12A.01 STATE RESPONSE TO NATURAL DISASTER. This chapter provides a framework and procedures for state agencies to assist communities to recover from a natural disaster for areas of Minnesota that are included in a presidential declaration of major disaster. History:   2008 c 247 s 1
MN Stat § 12A.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12A — Natural Disaster; State Assistance|Section 12A.02 — Definitions.

12A.02 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Application. The definitions in this section apply to this chapter. Subd. 2. Appropriation. "Appropriation" means an appropriation provided in law specifically to implement this chapter, including but not limited to a statutory appropriation to provide the required cost-share for federal disaster assistance under section 12.221. Subd. 3. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the agency named in the section, unless otherwise specified. Subd. 4. Disaster. "Disaster" means a presidential declaration of major disaster and the event or events cited in the declaration. Subd. 5. Disaster area. "Disaster area" means the area of Minnesota included in a presidential declaration of major disaster whether included in the original declaration or added later by federal government action. Subd. 6. Local government. "Local government" has the meaning given in section 12.03, subdivision 5d. Subd. 7. Nonfederal share. "Nonfederal share" means that portion of total FEMA Public Assistance Program costs that is no more than 25 percent and is not eligible for FEMA reimbursement. History:  2008 c 247 s 2; 2014 c 312 art 7 s 5-7
MN Stat § 12A.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12A — Natural Disaster; State Assistance|Section 12A.03 — State Assistance.

12A.03 STATE ASSISTANCE. Subdivision 1. Appropriations in law. Appropriations for programs and projects under this chapter must be made in law. Appropriations from the bond proceeds fund must be spent to acquire and to better publicly owned land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature. All appropriations must be used to assist communities within the disaster area to recover. Subd. 2. State assistance for disaster costs not eligible for federal assistance. State assistance under this chapter may be made available for relief in a disaster area for costs that are not eligible for assistance through the FEMA Public Assistance Program or the FEMA Individual Assistance Program, and may not duplicate or replace assistance available from other federal government agencies, including the Small Business Administration, private insurance, or flood insurance. Subd. 3. Nonduplication of federal assistance. State assistance may not duplicate or supplement eligible FEMA Public Assistance Program assistance. For eligible Public Assistance Program costs, any state cost-share money made available for that assistance must be disbursed by the Department of Public Safety to a state agency, local government, or other applicant. State assistance distributed by a state agency, other than the Department of Public Safety, to a local government or other applicant for disaster costs that are eligible for FEMA Public Assistance Program assistance constitutes an advance of funds. Such advances must be repaid to the applicable state agency when the applicant has received the FEMA Public Assistance Program assistance, and whatever state cost-share money may be made available for that assistance, from the Department of Public Safety. Subd. 4. Reporting. A commissioner who provides non-FEMA Public Assistance Program grants or other assistance under this chapter to local government units or eligible entities must report to the appropriate finance chairs in the house of representatives and the senate on the criteria and requirements used by local government units or their agencies in the grants, loans, or assistance programs. Subd. 5. Transfers. Unused general fund money appropriated for a project or program in this chapter may be transferred, for assistance in the disaster area, to another program or project funded in this chapter. Appropriation transfers must be used to cover unmet needs in a program or project under this chapter. The commissioner of management and budget must approve all transfers under this section and must report each transfer to the chairs of the senate Finance Committee and house of representatives Ways and Means Committee. History:  2008 c 247 s 3; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2014 c 312 art 7 s 8
MN Stat § 12A.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12A — Natural Disaster; State Assistance|Section 12A.04 — Agriculture.

12A.04 AGRICULTURE. The commissioner of agriculture may use state appropriations for disaster assistance. The commissioner, in consultation with the chairs of the house of representatives and senate committees with responsibility for agriculture finance, must develop eligibility criteria to distribute disaster assistance to affected agricultural producers according to need. Assistance may be provided for, but is not limited to, the following: livestock investment grants, organic certification assistance, forage production loss offsets for livestock producers, no-interest disaster recovery loans, other costs related to the disaster, and mental health counseling support to farm families and business operators through farm business management programs. To be eligible for disaster assistance under this section, a producer must operate an agricultural operation in the disaster area. History:  2008 c 247 s 4; 2012 c 187 art 1 s 2
MN Stat § 12A.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12A — Natural Disaster; State Assistance|Section 12A.05 — Board Of Water And Soil Resources.

12A.05 BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES. Subdivision 1. Reinvest in Minnesota (RIM) conservation easements. The Board of Water and Soil Resources (board) may use appropriations to acquire easements from landowners on marginal or damaged lands in the disaster area to provide flood attenuation, to restore and protect soil and water resources, and to support related fish and wildlife habitat as provided in section 103F.515. The board may use appropriations, as provided in law, to implement the program. Subd. 2. Erosion and sediment control, water quality and watershed protection projects. The board may establish a disaster recovery program and use appropriations to install, repair, or rehabilitate erosion and sediment control and water quality and watershed protection projects in the disaster area. The board may use appropriations, as provided in law, to implement the disaster recovery program and to address critical conservation problems resulting from the disaster that are funded in whole or in part with state sources, to the extent that combined federal and state funding does not exceed 100 percent. Subd. 3. Waivers and extensions authorized. The board may waive the provisions of Minnesota Rules, chapter 8400, in the disaster area on land damaged by the disaster. All existing grant agreements in the disaster area may be extended for up to two years. History:  2008 c 247 s 5; 2010 c 382 s 2; 2011 c 67 s 1; 2012 c 187 art 1 s 3
MN Stat § 12A.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12A — Natural Disaster; State Assistance|Section 12A.06 — Education.

12A.06 EDUCATION. Subdivision 1. Disaster enrollment impact aid. As used in this section, "commissioner" means the commissioner of education. The commissioner may pay disaster enrollment impact aid to a school district in an amount set in law times the number of adjusted pupil units lost as a result of the disaster. An eligible district must provide to the commissioner documentation of the number of pupils in average daily membership lost by grade level as a result of the disaster. Subd. 2. Disaster relief facilities grant. The commissioner may make grants to an eligible district for the costs of facilities cleanup, repair, and replacement that are related to the disaster and are not covered by the district's insurance settlement or through federal agency payments. Before a grant is awarded, the eligible school district must provide the commissioner with information as requested. Subd. 3. Disaster relief operating grant. The commissioner may make grants to an eligible district for additional school operating costs related to the disaster that are not covered by the district's insurance settlement or through Federal Emergency Management Agency payments. Before a grant is awarded, the eligible school district must provide the commissioner with information as requested. Subd. 4. Pupil transportation aid. The commissioner may make grants to eligible districts for the increased costs associated with transporting students as a result of the disaster. History:  2008 c 247 s 6; 2011 c 67 s 2; 2012 c 187 art 1 s 4
MN Stat § 12A.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12A — Natural Disaster; State Assistance|Section 12A.08 — Health.

12A.08 HEALTH. Subdivision 1. Commissioner responsibilities. As used in this section, "commissioner" means the commissioner of health. In disaster-affected communities, the commissioner may provide for necessary assessment and evaluation of the following: access to health care; mental health concerns and needs; infectious disease concerns; indoor environments of public and nonprofit buildings and facilities including nursing homes and mass care facilities; food safety, lodging and shelter; public swimming pools; community and other drinking water systems; and private drinking water supply wells. Subd. 2. Public health. The commissioner may take necessary steps to remediate the effects of a disaster to ensure public health is maintained. Subd. 3. Implementation. To implement the requirements of this section, the commissioner may cooperate with private health care providers and facilities and community health boards as defined in section 145A.02, provide grants to assist community health boards, use volunteer services of individuals qualified to provide public health services, and enter into cooperative or mutual aid agreements to provide public health services. History:  2008 c 247 s 8; 2012 c 187 art 1 s 6; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 109
MN Stat § 12A.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12A — Natural Disaster; State Assistance|Section 12A.09 — Housing Finance.

12A.09 HOUSING FINANCE. Subdivision 1. Economic development and housing challenge. The economic development and housing challenge program under section 462A.33 may provide for housing assistance in the disaster area as provided in this section. Subd. 2. Assistance. Within the limits of state appropriations, assistance is provided to homeowners and rental property owners as forgivable loans up to a maximum set in law. Loans may be used for capital improvements to housing damaged by the disaster, including rehabilitation, replacement on the owner's site, or replacement on a different site within the disaster area. Loans are forgiven for owner-occupied housing if the home remains the borrower's primary residence for a period of time determined by the Housing Finance Agency to encourage continued residence in the community after the date of the loan. Loans are forgiven for rental properties if the rents remain affordable to the local work force for at least ten years after the date of the loan. The Housing Finance Agency may set income limits in excess of the limits established in section 462A.33, subdivision 5. Eligible applicants for assistance under this subdivision must apply for and accept assistance from federal programs. Subd. 3. Capacity building grants. Grants may be made under section 462A.21, subdivision 3b: (1) to local units of government, including regional consortia, in the disaster area; (2) to nonprofit organizations; and (3) to federally recognized American Indian Tribes or subdivisions located in Minnesota, and Tribal housing corporations working in the disaster area to assess housing and related needs, develop and implement community or regional plans to meet those needs, and provide capacity to implement recovery plans. Subd. 4. Waivers authorized. For assistance under subdivision 2, the requirements of section 462A.33, subdivision 3, and Minnesota Rules, parts 4900.3632 and 4900.3634, subpart 4, are waived. Subd. 5. Repayments. Any repayments of loans made under this section must be deposited in the Housing Finance Agency's disaster relief contingency fund established in section 462A.21, subdivision 29. History:  2008 c 247 s 9; 2011 c 67 s 5; 2012 c 187 art 1 s 7; 1Sp2012 c 1 art 1 s 19; 1Sp2021 c 8 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 12A.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12A — Natural Disaster; State Assistance|Section 12A.10 — Human Services.

12A.10 HUMAN SERVICES. Subdivision 1. Costs eligible for payment. As used in this section, "commissioner" means the commissioner of human services. Notwithstanding the limitations of section 12A.01 and the requirement in section 12A.03 that all appropriations must be used to assist with recovery, the commissioner may pay parties under contract, provider agreement, or other arrangement with the commissioner as of the date of a natural disaster, or the date when action was taken in anticipation of a possible natural disaster or other event that threatens the health and safety of individuals served by a program that receives funding from medical assistance for the costs of evacuation, transportation, medical, remedial, or personal care services provided to vulnerable residents. Costs eligible for payment under this section are those necessary to ensure the health and safety of medical assistance recipients during and up to 60 days following the disaster. Only costs that are not already paid for by another source are eligible. The commissioner may make payments for documented incremental costs incurred by a party, may determine an estimate of the costs at the sole discretion of the commissioner, or may use a combination of these two methods. If after receiving payment from the commissioner for a documented cost, the provider is able to acquire payment from another source for that cost, the provider shall reimburse the commissioner in the amount paid. Subd. 2. Payment in residential program. In a residential program, the commissioner shall make payment under this section based on an allocation of costs as determined under subdivision 1 between medical assistance recipients and all other residents. The allocation must not be done in a nursing facility. In a nursing facility the commissioner shall pay all of the costs determined under subdivision 1. Subd. 3. Source of payment. The commissioner shall pay costs under this section using money appropriated for medical assistance and shall seek federal cost sharing to the extent permitted under the Medicaid state plan or under waivers granted by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Subd. 4. Nursing home bed layaway. In consultation with the commissioner of human services, the commissioner of health may waive timelines specified in section 144A.071, subdivision 4b, at any time when a partial or complete evacuation occurs in response to a natural disaster, a possible natural disaster, or another event that threatens the health and safety of residents of a nursing home. For a nursing home placing beds in or removing them from layaway under this subdivision, property payment rates must not be adjusted. History:  2008 c 247 s 10; 2009 c 93 art 2 s 14; 2011 c 22 art 1 s 1; 2011 c 67 s 6; 2012 c 187 art 1 s 8,75
MN Stat § 12A.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 12A — Natural Disaster; State Assistance|Section 12A.11 — Minnesota Historical Society.

12A.11 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The Minnesota Historical Society may use state appropriations for the costs of cleanup, renovation, repair, and replacement of historic structures or other historic resources damaged by the disaster. History:   2008 c 247 s 11