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MN Stat § 3.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.21 — Notice.

3.21 NOTICE. At least four months before the election, the attorney general shall furnish to the secretary of state a statement of the purpose and effect of all amendments proposed, showing clearly the form of the existing sections and how they will read if amended. If a section to which an amendment is proposed exceeds 150 words in length, the statement shall show the part of the section in which a change is proposed, both its existing form and as it will read when amended, together with the portions of the context that the attorney general deems necessary to understand the amendment. History:  (46) RL s 25; 1907 c 152; 1913 c 299 s 1; 1941 c 136 s 1; 1951 c 699 s 1; 1974 c 38 s 1; 1974 c 184 s 1; 1978 c 725 s 1; 1979 c 252 s 2; 1984 c 543 s 1; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 60; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1; 1992 c 513 art 3 s 17
MN Stat § 3.221 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.221 — Committees And Commissions To Consider Science And Technology Policy.

3.221 COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS TO CONSIDER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY. Appropriate committees and commissions of the legislature must consider how proposed legislation that potentially affects scientific and technological development in the state conforms to the state's science and technology policy in section 3.222. History:   1992 c 467 s 1
MN Stat § 3.226 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.226 — Contracts With Vendors Who Discriminate Against Israel Prohibited.

3.226 CONTRACTS WITH VENDORS WHO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ISRAEL PROHIBITED. Subdivision 1. Discrimination by vendor. (a) The legislature may not enter into a contract with a vendor that engages in discrimination against Israel, or against persons or entities doing business in Israel, when making decisions related to the operation of the vendor's business. (b) For purposes of this section, "discrimination" includes but is not limited to engaging in refusals to deal, terminating business activities, or other actions that are intended to limit commercial relations with Israel, or persons or entities doing business in Israel, when such actions are taken in a manner that in any way discriminates on the basis of nationality or national origin and is not based on a valid business reason. Subd. 2. Exemption; legislature may waive. (a) This section does not apply to contracts with a value of less than $50,000. (b) The legislature may waive application of this section on a contract if the legislature determines that compliance is not practicable or in the best interests of the state. Subd. 3. Relation to existing law. This section does not prohibit a vendor from engaging in free speech or expression protected under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution or the Constitution of the state of Minnesota. History:  2017 c 21 s 1; 1Sp2017 c 4 art 2 s 50
MN Stat § 3.227 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.227 — Certification Of Compliance With This Chapter.

3.227 CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH THIS CHAPTER. The legislature shall require that the terms of any contract include a certification of the vendor's compliance with all requirements of this chapter in entering and executing the contract. History:   2017 c 21 s 2
MN Stat § 3.251 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.251 — Commission On Uniform State Laws.

3.251 COMMISSION ON UNIFORM STATE LAWS. The Commission on Uniform State Laws consists of four appointed commissioners and any persons who have served as appointed commissioners for 20 or more years. Before the first day of June, each odd-numbered year, the governor, the attorney general, and the chief justice of the supreme court shall appoint three persons learned in the law to serve as commissioners for a term of two years, and until their successors are appointed. The fourth appointed commissioner is the revisor of statutes or the revisor's designated assistant. If a vacancy occurs in the commission, the appointing officers shall fill the vacancy for the remainder of the term. History:  1943 c 348 s 1; 1969 c 39 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1; 1989 c 68 s 1
MN Stat § 3.252 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.252 — Commissioners To Represent State.

3.252 COMMISSIONERS TO REPRESENT STATE. The commissioners shall: (1) represent this state in the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; (2) examine legal subjects on which uniformity of legislation in the different states is desirable; (3) ascertain the best means to effect uniformity; (4) represent Minnesota in conventions of similar commissioners of other states; (5) cooperate in the consideration and drafting of uniform acts for submission to the legislatures of the several states; and (6) prepare bills adapting the uniform acts to our statutes for introduction in the legislature. The commission shall keep a record of all its transactions. History:  1943 c 348 s 2; 1969 c 540 s 1; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 3.253 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.253 — No Compensation For Commissioners.

3.253 NO COMPENSATION FOR COMMISSIONERS. The commissioners serve without compensation for services as commissioners. History:  1943 c 348 s 3; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 3.302 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.302 — Legislative Reference Library.

3.302 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE LIBRARY. Subdivision 1. Establishment. A Legislative Reference Library is established under the control of the Legislative Coordinating Commission. Subd. 2. Collection; purpose. The library shall collect, index, and make available in suitable form information relative to governmental and legislative subjects which will aid members of the legislature to perform their duties in an efficient and economical manner. It shall maintain an adequate collection of public documents of Minnesota and other states. It may enter into loan agreements with other libraries. Subd. 3. State documents. The library is a depository of all documents published by the state and shall receive them automatically without cost to the legislature or library. As used in this chapter, "document" includes any publication issued by the state, constitutional officers, departments, commissions, councils, bureaus, research centers, societies, task forces, including advisory task forces created under section 15.014 or 15.0593, or other agencies supported by state funds, or any publication prepared for the state by private individuals or organizations considered to be of interest or value to the library. Intraoffice or interoffice memos and forms and information concerning only the internal operation of an agency are not included. Subd. 3a. Identification of documents. For all documents deposited under subdivision 3, the library shall require that the issuing agency supply proper bibliographic identification. The identification shall appear on the title page of each volume and include a complete title, a statement of authorship, the name of the publisher, and the date and place of publication. If possible the document shall be consecutively paged. The issuing agency shall include a statement citing the statute or session law with which the report complies, if there is one. Subd. 4. Studies and reports. The library may use its collection to prepare studies and reports to provide pertinent information about subjects of concern to members of the legislature. It may publish the studies and reports. History:  1969 c 1130 s 2; 1973 c 598 s 3; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1976 c 30 s 2; 1983 c 255 s 2; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 61; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1; 2009 c 32 s 3; 2021 c 31 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 3.3025 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.3025 — Director Of Legislative Reference Library.

3.3025 DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE LIBRARY. Subdivision 1. Appointment. The Legislative Coordinating Commission shall appoint a qualified director of the Legislative Reference Library. It shall fix the director's salary if it is not provided by law. The director shall serve at the pleasure of the commission and be reimbursed for necessary travel expenses. Subd. 2. Employees. Subject to the approval of the commission, the director shall employ and may fix the compensation of technical research, clerical, and stenographic assistants as necessary to efficiently discharge the duties imposed upon the office. The director shall procure the necessary furniture and supplies. Subd. 3. Hours. The library shall be kept open during the time provided by law for other state offices. When the legislature is in session, the library shall be kept open at the hours most convenient to members of the legislature. History:  1975 c 252 s 1; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 3.3056 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.3056 — Committees; Task Forces.

3.3056 COMMITTEES; TASK FORCES. A legislative commission may appoint legislators to a committee, subcommittee, or task force to assist and advise the commission in carrying out its duties. With the consent of the speaker of the house and the Subcommittee on Committees of the senate, a commission may appoint legislators who are not members of the commission to the committee, subcommittee, or task force. The legislative commission must pay for any expenses of the committee, subcommittee, or task force out of funds appropriated to the legislative commission. History:   1996 c 470 s 1
MN Stat § 3.7365 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.7365 — Legal Counsel; Reimbursement.

3.7365 LEGAL COUNSEL; REIMBURSEMENT. If reimbursement is requested by the officer or employee, a state department or agency may reimburse a state officer or employee for any reasonable costs and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the person to defend charges of a criminal nature brought against the person that arose out of the reasonable and lawful performance of duties for the state. History:   1998 c 362 s 8
MN Stat § 3.738 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.738 — Injury Or Death Of Patient Or Inmate.

3.738 INJURY OR DEATH OF PATIENT OR INMATE. Subdivision 1. Legislative authority. Claims and demands arising out of injury to or death of a patient of a state institution under the control of the commissioner of human services or the commissioner of veterans affairs or an inmate of a state correctional facility while performing assigned duties shall be presented to, heard, and determined by the legislature. Subd. 2. Evaluation of claims. Claims that are approved under this section shall be paid pursuant to legislative appropriation following evaluation of each claim by the appropriate committees of the senate and house of representatives. Compensation will not be paid for pain and suffering. Subd. 3. Exclusive remedy. The procedure established by this section is exclusive of all other legal, equitable, and statutory remedies. History:  1977 c 450 s 6; 1979 c 260 s 1; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1; 1993 c 155 s 1; 1999 c 169 s 6; 2008 c 297 art 2 s 29
MN Stat § 3.7381 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.7381 — Loss, Damage, Or Destruction Of Property; State Institutions; Correctional Facilities.

3.7381 LOSS, DAMAGE, OR DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY; STATE INSTITUTIONS; CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. (a) The commissioners of human services, veterans affairs, or corrections, as appropriate, shall determine, adjust, and settle, at any time, claims and demands of $7,000 or less arising from negligent loss, damage, or destruction of property of a patient of a state institution under the control of the commissioner of human services or the commissioner of veterans affairs or an inmate of a state correctional facility. (b) A claim of more than $7,000, or a claim that was not paid by the appropriate department may be presented to, heard, and determined by the appropriate committees of the senate and the house of representatives and, if approved, shall be paid pursuant to legislative claims procedure. (c) The procedure established by this section is exclusive of all other legal, equitable, and statutory remedies. History:   2016 c 148 art 3 s 2
MN Stat § 3.7391 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.7391 — Purpose.

3.7391 PURPOSE. Subdivision 1. Findings; I-35W bridge. The legislature finds that the collapse of the Interstate Highway 35W bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis on August 1, 2007, was a catastrophe of historic proportions. The bridge was the third busiest in the state, carrying over 140,000 cars per day. Its collapse killed 13 people and injured more than 100. No other structure owned by this state has ever fallen with such devastating physical and psychological impact on so many. Subd. 2. Compensation process. The establishment of a compensation process under sections 3.7391 to 3.7395 for survivors of the catastrophe furthers the public interest by providing a remedy for survivors while avoiding the uncertainty and expense of potentially complex and protracted litigation to resolve the issue of the liability of the state, a municipality, or their employees for damages incurred by survivors. Subd. 3. Not an admission of liability. These findings are not an admission of liability of the state, a municipality, or their employees for damages caused by the catastrophe. History:   2008 c 288 s 2
MN Stat § 3.7392 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.7392 — Definitions.

3.7392 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Application. The definitions in this section apply to sections 3.7391 to 3.7395. Subd. 2. Catastrophe. "Catastrophe" means the collapse of the I-35W bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis on August 1, 2007. Subd. 3. Damages. "Damages" means damages that are compensable under state tort law and damages for wrongful death that are compensable under section 573.02. Damages do not include punitive damages or attorney fees or other fees incurred by a survivor in making a claim under this section or other law. Subd. 4. Emergency relief fund. "Emergency relief fund" means the I-35W bridge emergency relief fund created by the state on November 30, 2007. Subd. 5. Municipality. "Municipality" has the meaning given in section 466.01. Subd. 6. Panel. "Panel" means the special master panel created under section 3.7393. Subd. 7. State. "State" has the meaning given in section 3.732. Subd. 8. Survivor. "Survivor" means a natural person who was present on the I-35W bridge at the time of the collapse. Survivor also includes: (1) the parent or legal guardian of a survivor who is under 18 years of age; (2) a legally appointed representative of a survivor; or (3) the surviving spouse or next of kin of a deceased survivor who would be entitled to bring an action under section 573.02. History:   2008 c 288 s 3
MN Stat § 3.7395 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.7395 — Public Assistance.

3.7395 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Subdivision 1. Eligibility. Payments made to survivors under section 3.7393 or from the emergency relief fund shall not be counted as income, assets, or resources for purposes of eligibility for health care and maintenance programs under chapters 256B, 256D, 256J, and 256L. Survivors and their families who would otherwise be eligible for and enrolled in health care programs with federal funding shall be eligible for and enrolled in health care programs paid with state funding until and unless federal approval of this exclusion is granted. The commissioner of human services shall pursue the federal approval necessary to exclude these payments under federally funded health care programs. Subd. 2. Subrogation. For the purpose of medical assistance and MinnesotaCare, the Department of Human Services shall pay the federal financial participation for the portion of any payment that is required to be treated as primary to Medicaid. History:  2008 c 338 s 1; 2008 c 370 s 10
MN Stat § 3.7396 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.7396 — Disposition Of Remnant Steel Of I-35w Bridge.

3.7396 DISPOSITION OF REMNANT STEEL OF I-35W BRIDGE. (a) After completion of the special claims process under section 3.7393 and all litigation relating to the I-35W bridge collapse, and notwithstanding any provisions in sections 16B.2975, 16C.03, and 161.41, the commissioner of transportation is authorized to declare as surplus all structural steel and any other materials salvaged from the I-35W bridge collapse. The commissioner is authorized to distribute, free of charge, pieces of remnant steel from the bridge to the following persons or institutions in order of priority: (1) the Minnesota Historical Society; (2) survivors as defined in section 3.7392, subdivision 8; (3) federal and state agencies with responsibilities for transportation safety; (4) institutions of higher education in the field of engineering; and (5) at the commissioner's discretion, other persons or institutions directly impacted by the bridge collapse. (b) The commissioner shall determine the size of the pieces of remnant steel to be distributed under this section. The commissioner shall complete the process of distributing pieces of remnant steel within a period of six months from May 25, 2013. After that time, the commissioner shall dispose of the remaining steel as surplus property to be melted down and recycled. The first $22,000 of the proceeds from the disposal of the remaining steel shall be deposited in the trunk highway fund, and any additional proceeds shall be deposited in the general fund. (c) The state shall have no liability associated with the condition of the pieces of remnant steel, including but not limited to the presence of lead-based paint on the steel. History:   2013 c 93 s 1
MN Stat § 3.749 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.749 — Legislative Claims; Filing Fee.

3.749 LEGISLATIVE CLAIMS; FILING FEE. A person filing a claim with the joint senate-house of representatives Subcommittee on Claims must pay a filing fee of $8. The money must be deposited by the clerk of the subcommittee in the state treasury and credited to the general fund. A claimant who is successful in obtaining an award from the subcommittee shall be reimbursed for the fee paid. History:  1994 c 620 s 1; 2016 c 148 art 3 s 4
MN Stat § 3.751 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.751 — Contract Claims.

3.751 CONTRACT CLAIMS. Subdivision 1. Waiver of immunity. When a controversy arises out of a contract for work, services, the delivery of goods, debt obligations of the state incurred under article XI of the Minnesota Constitution, or revenue obligations of a retirement fund incurred under section 356B.10 entered into by a state agency through established procedure, in respect to which controversy a party to the contract would be entitled to redress against the state in a court, if the state were suable, and no claim against the state has been made in a bill pending in the legislature for the same redress against it, the state waives immunity from suit in connection with the controversy and confers jurisdiction on the district court to determine it in the manner provided for civil actions in the district court. Only a party to the contract may bring action against the state. Subd. 2. Limitation of action. No action shall be maintained unless it is commenced within 90 days after the plaintiff has been furnished by the state with a final estimate under the contract, or, at the election of the plaintiff, within six months after the work provided for under the contract is completed. Subd. 3. Venue; procedure. The action may be brought in the district court in the county where the cause of action or some part of it arose or in the district court in Ramsey County. The action shall be commenced by filing a complaint with the administrator of court and serving a summons and copy of the complaint upon the attorney general at the State Capitol. The state shall have 40 days from the date of the service to serve an answer upon the plaintiff. The action shall proceed in the district court as other actions at law. Subd. 4. Appeal. An appeal from a final order or judgment in the action may be taken as in other civil cases. Subd. 5. Trunk highways. This section does not apply to controversies arising out of a contract to construct or repair a state trunk highway. History:  1961 c 453 s 4; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1976 c 331 s 34; 1Sp1982 c 3 s 1; 1983 c 247 s 3; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1; 1999 c 222 art 22 s 1; 2002 c 392 art 11 s 52
MN Stat § 3.754 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.754 — Budget Requests; Property Improvement Claims.

3.754 BUDGET REQUESTS; PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT CLAIMS. All state departments and agencies including the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall include in their budget requests the amounts necessary to reimburse counties and municipalities for claims involving assessments for improvements benefiting state-owned property in their communities. Each department and agency shall pay the assessments when due or, if a department or agency feels that it was not fairly assessed, notify the chairs of the Committee on Finance of the senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the house of representatives for a review of the assessment. Assessments on state-owned property under the control of the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities are governed by section 135A.131. All agencies and departments should negotiate assessment costs with counties and municipalities prior to commencement of improvements benefiting state-owned property. History:  1973 c 349 s 2; 1974 c 557 s 14; 1975 c 321 s 2; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1; 1994 c 620 s 2; 1996 c 395 s 18; 1997 c 183 art 3 s 38
MN Stat § 3.755 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.755 — Damage By Escaping Inmates.

3.755 DAMAGE BY ESCAPING INMATES. The Department of Corrections and the Department of Human Services shall pay all claims involving property damage, not covered by insurance, resulting from actions of escaping inmates or runaway patients occurring while making their escape. The departments must verify the reasonableness of the amounts claimed. Upon the approval of the commissioner of human services or the commissioner of corrections as to the institutions under their respective control, the superintendent or chief executive officer of an institution may pay out of the current expense appropriation of the institution to an employee of the institution the amount of any property damage sustained by the employee, not in excess of $500, because of action of a patient or inmate of the institution. History:  1974 c 557 s 12; 1976 c 163 s 1; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1; 2005 c 128 s 2
MN Stat § 3.756 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.756 — Misdemeanor.

3.756 MISDEMEANOR. A person who knowingly and willfully presents, or attempts to present, a false or fraudulent claim; or a state officer who knowingly and willfully participates, or assists, in the preparation or presentation of a false or fraudulent claim is guilty of a misdemeanor. A state officer convicted of such an offense also forfeits office. History:  1957 c 899 s 19; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1