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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 474 - 477C — Public Debt; Local Government Aid › Chapter 477A — Local Government Aid › Section 477A.40 — Tribal Nation Aid.

477A.40 TRIBAL NATION AID.
Subdivision 1.
Aid not to be considered reparations.
Aid distributions under this section are not a substitute for reparations to eligible Tribal Nations, their members, or their members' descendants.
Subd. 2.
Definitions.
For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given:
(1) "distribution share" means the number of enrolled members in an eligible Tribal Nation divided by the total number of enrolled members for all eligible Tribal Nations certified under this section; and
(2) "eligible Tribal Nation" means any of the 11 federally recognized Indian Tribes located in Minnesota which submit an application under subdivision 4.
Subd. 3.
Distribution.
An eligible Tribal Nation's annual aid amount is equal to the sum of:
(1) the quotient of:
(i) 0.5 times the amount appropriated under this section; divided by
(ii) the number of eligible Tribal Nations; plus
(2) the product of:
(i) the eligible Tribal Nation's distribution share; multiplied by
(ii) 0.5 times the amount appropriated under this section.
Subd. 4.
Application.
An eligible Tribal Nation may choose to receive an aid distribution under this section by submitting an application under this subdivision. An eligible Tribal Nation which has not received a distribution in a prior aids payable year may elect to begin participation in the program by submitting an application in the manner and form prescribed by the commissioner of revenue by January 15 of the aids payable year. In order to receive a distribution, an eligible Tribal Nation must certify to the commissioner of revenue the most recent estimate of the total number of enrolled members of the eligible Tribal Nation. The information must be annually certified by March 1 in the form prescribed by the commissioner of revenue. The commissioner of revenue must annually calculate and certify the amount of aid payable to each eligible Tribal Nation on or before August 1.
Subd. 5.
Payments.
The commissioner of revenue must pay Tribal Nation aid annually by December 27 of the year the aid is certified.
Subd. 6.
Appropriation.
$35,000,000 is annually appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of revenue to make payments under this section.
History:
2023 c 64 art 4 s 25
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 474 - 477C — Public Debt; Local Government Aid › Chapter 477B — Fire State Aid › Section 477B.05 — Shortfall From General Fund.

477B.05 SHORTFALL FROM GENERAL FUND.
(a) If the annual funding requirements of fire relief associations or consolidation accounts under sections 424A.091 to 424A.095 or Laws 2013, chapter 111, article 5, sections 31 to 42, exceed all applicable revenue sources of a given year, including the insurance premium taxes funding fire state aid under this chapter as set under section 297I.05, subdivisions 2, 3, and 4, the shortfall in the annual funding requirements must be paid from the general fund to the extent appropriated by the legislature.
(b) Nothing in this section relieves any municipality from its obligation to a relief association or consolidation account under law.
History:
1Sp2019 c 6 art 19 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.01 — Justices; Terms; Travel Expenses.

480.01 JUSTICES; TERMS; TRAVEL EXPENSES.
Subdivision 1.
Justices; terms.
The supreme court shall consist of one chief justice and six associate justices, who shall hold one term of court each year, at the seat of government, commencing on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January, with such continuations or adjournments thereof during the year as may be necessary for the dispatch of the business coming before the court. When the chief justice of the court shall be absent from the state, or shall be, for any reason, incapacitated from acting as such, the associate justice present within the state and not incapacitated who shall have served the longest time, or when there are two or more associate justices of equal terms of service, then the associate justice, whom the chief justice shall designate as senior associate justice as such, shall have and exercise all the powers, duties, and functions of the chief justice during the absence or incapacity and shall be, during such absence or incapacity, the presiding justice of the court.
Subd. 2.
Travel expenses.
Travel expenses shall be paid by the state in the same manner and amount as provided for judges of the district court in section 484.54.
History:
(129) RL s 69; 1919 c 96 s 1; 1973 c 726 s 1; 1982 c 501 s 16; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 252
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.011 — Office Of Associate Justice; Continuance In Office.

480.011 OFFICE OF ASSOCIATE JUSTICE; CONTINUANCE IN OFFICE.
The reduction of two offices of associate justice abolished by section 480.01 shall become effective upon the first two vacancies occurring in that office on the supreme court. Each justice of the supreme court serving on August 1, 1983 may continue to serve until the justice is not elected or does not seek reelection. If a justice who was serving on August 1, 1983, is defeated for reelection by another person, that other person shall be deemed to have been in office as of August 1, 1983, for the purposes of this section.
History:
1982 c 501 s 23; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.013 — Terminology Of References To Chief Judge And Associate Judges.

480.013 TERMINOLOGY OF REFERENCES TO CHIEF JUDGE AND ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
In construing and interpreting constitutional provisions, statutes, legal instruments, records, decisions, or legal process applicable or pertaining to, or emanating from the Supreme Court of the state of Minnesota, the terms chief justice and associate justice or associate justices shall be construed as synonymous with, and as equivalent in meaning to, the terms chief judge and associate judge or associate judges as those terms are used in Article VI of the Constitution of the State of Minnesota.
History:
1957 c 41 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.02 — Special Terms.

480.02 SPECIAL TERMS.
Special terms may be held whenever the court shall so direct, but three weeks' published notice of the order appointing the same shall be given at the seat of government. Any term may be continued from time to time by orders announced in court and entered in the minutes. Any three justices may hold the court and exercise its powers. Unless three shall attend at the time for opening court, those present, or, if all be absent, the clerk, shall adjourn the court until the following day; but, if three justices be absent for six consecutive days, the court shall stand adjourned without day.
History:
(130) RL s 70
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.03 — Pending Cases Continued.

480.03 PENDING CASES CONTINUED.
Whenever a term is adjourned, or there is a failure for any reason to hold a term at the appointed time, all causes then on the calendar, and all writs, recognizances, appeals, and proceedings taken or made returnable to the court at such term shall stand over to, and be heard at, the general or special term next ensuing, as if no such adjournment or failure had occurred.
History:
(131) RL s 71
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.04 — Writs; Process.

480.04 WRITS; PROCESS.
The court shall have power to issue to all courts of inferior jurisdiction and to all corporations and individuals, writs of error, certiorari, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto and all other writs and processes, whether especially provided for by statute or not, that are necessary to the execution of the laws and the furtherance of justice. It shall be always open for the issuance and return of such writs and processes and for the hearing and determination of all matters involved therein and for the entry in its minutes of such orders as may from time to time be necessary to carry out the power and authority conferred upon it by law, subject to such rules as it may prescribe. Any justice of the court, either in vacation or in term, may order the writ or process to issue and prescribe as to its service and return.
History:
(132) RL s 72; 1917 c 408 s 1; 1985 c 248 s 70
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.05 — Power; Rules.

480.05 POWER; RULES.
The supreme court shall have all the authority necessary for carrying into execution its judgments and determinations, and for the exercise of its jurisdiction as the supreme judicial tribunal of the state, agreeable to the usages and principles of law. Such court shall prescribe, and from time to time may amend and modify, rules of practice therein and also rules governing the examination and admission to practice of attorneys at law and rules governing their conduct in the practice of their profession, and rules concerning the presentation, hearing, and determination of accusations against attorneys at law not inconsistent with law, and may provide for the publication thereof at the cost of the state.
History:
(133) RL s 73; 1921 c 297 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.051 — Regulate Pleading, Practice And Procedure.

480.051 REGULATE PLEADING, PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE.
The supreme court of this state shall have the power to regulate the pleadings, practice, procedure, and the forms thereof in civil actions in all courts of this state, including the probate courts, by rules promulgated by it from time to time. Such rules shall not abridge, enlarge, or modify the substantive rights of any litigant.
History:
1947 c 498 s 1; 1987 c 377 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.0515 — Papers To Be Submitted On Recycled Paper.

480.0515 PAPERS TO BE SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER.
Subdivision 1.
Definitions.
(a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section.
(b) "Attorney" means an attorney at law admitted to practice law in this state.
(c) "Document" means a document that is required or permitted to be filed with a court concerning an action that is to be commenced or is pending before the court.
Subd. 2.
Requirement.
(a) Except as provided in subdivision 3, a document submitted by an attorney to a court of this state, and all papers appended to the document, must be submitted on paper containing not less than ten percent postconsumer material, as defined in section 115A.03, subdivision 24b.
(b) A court may not refuse a document solely because the document was not submitted on recycled paper.
Subd. 3.
Exceptions.
(a) Subdivision 1 does not apply to:
(1) a photograph;
(2) an original document that was prepared or printed before January 1, 1996;
(3) a document that was not created at the direction or under the control of the submitting attorney;
(4) a facsimile copy otherwise permitted to be filed with the court in lieu of the original document, provided that if the original is also required to be filed, it must be submitted in compliance with this section; or
(5) nonrecycled paper and preprinted forms acquired or printed before January 1, 1996.
(b) This section does not apply if recycled paper is not readily available.
History:
1995 c 247 art 1 s 58
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.052 — Advisory Committee.

480.052 ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Before any rules are adopted the supreme court shall appoint an advisory committee consisting of eight members of the bar of the state, one judge of the court of appeals, and two judges of the district court to assist the court in considering and preparing such rules as it may adopt.
History:
1947 c 498 s 2; 1984 c 379 s 1; 1998 c 254 art 2 s 50
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.054 — Distribution Of Proposed Rules; Hearing.

480.054 DISTRIBUTION OF PROPOSED RULES; HEARING.
Before any rule for the court of appeals or for the district court is adopted, the supreme court shall distribute copies of the proposed rule to the bench and bar of the state for their consideration and suggestions and give due consideration to any suggestions they submit to the court. The court of appeals judges or district court judges association may file with the court a petition specifying their suggestions concerning any existing or proposed rule and requesting a hearing on it. The court shall grant a hearing within six months after the filing of the petition. The court may grant a hearing upon the petition of any other person.
History:
1947 c 498 s 4; 1980 c 387 s 1; 1983 c 247 s 162; 1998 c 254 art 2 s 51; 1999 c 86 art 1 s 72
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.055 — Rules Not In Conflict.

480.055 RULES NOT IN CONFLICT.
Subdivision 1.
Other courts.
Any court, other than the supreme court, may adopt rules of court governing its practice; the judges of the court of appeals, pursuant to section 480A.11, and the judges of district courts, pursuant to sections 484.33 and 484.52, may adopt rules not in conflict with the rules promulgated by the supreme court.
Subd. 2.
Bureaus.
Sections 480.051 to 480.058 shall not affect the power of any other statutory body to make rules governing its practice.
History:
1947 c 498 s 5; 1961 c 560 s 38; 1979 c 41 s 1; 1983 c 247 s 163; 1998 c 254 art 2 s 52
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.056 — Present Laws Effective Until Modified.

480.056 PRESENT LAWS EFFECTIVE UNTIL MODIFIED.
All present laws relating to pleading, practice, and procedure, excepting those applying to the probate courts, shall be effective as rules of court until modified or superseded by subsequent court rule, and upon the adoption of any rule pursuant to sections 480.051 to 480.058 such laws, in so far as they are in conflict therewith, shall thereafter be of no further force and effect.
History:
1947 c 498 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.057 — Promulgation.

480.057 PROMULGATION.
Subdivision 1.
Effective date of rules; publication.
All rules promulgated under sections 480.051 to 480.058 are effective at a time fixed by the court. The rules must be published as part of Minnesota Statutes according to section 3C.08.
Subd. 2.
Printing, publishing, and distributing.
The revisor of statutes shall print, publish, and distribute copies of the rules according to section 3C.12.
History:
1947 c 498 s 7; 1984 c 480 s 18; 1984 c 655 art 2 s 19 subd 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.058 — Right Reserved.

480.058 RIGHT RESERVED.
Subdivision 1.
By legislature.
Sections 480.051 to 480.058 shall not abridge the right of the legislature to enact, modify, or repeal any statute or modify or repeal any rule of the supreme court adopted pursuant thereto.
Subd. 2.
Appellate fees and forfeits.
Appellate court fees collected under Minnesota Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure Numbers 103, 115, 120, 121, or other law or rule and bond amounts or security deposits forfeit under Minnesota Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure Numbers 107 and 108 must be transmitted to the commissioner of management and budget for deposit in the state treasury and credit to the general fund.
History:
1947 c 498 s 8; 1989 c 335 art 3 s 13; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.0591 — Rules Of Evidence.

480.0591 RULES OF EVIDENCE.
Subdivision 1.
Authority to promulgate.
The supreme court may promulgate rules of evidence regulating all evidentiary matters in civil and criminal actions in all courts of the state. Such rules shall not abridge, enlarge or modify the substantive rights of any person.
Subd. 2.
Advisory committee.
Before any such rules are adopted the supreme court shall appoint an advisory committee consisting of eight lawyers licensed to practice law in the state and at least two judges of the district court to assist the court in considering and preparing such rules.
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 1993 c 13 art 1 s 44]
Subd. 4.
Distribution of proposed rules; hearing.
Before any such rule is adopted, the supreme court shall distribute copies of the proposed rule to the judiciary and attorneys of the state for their consideration and suggestions and give due consideration to such suggestions as they may submit to the court. The Minnesota State Bar Association, or a professional judicial organization may file with the court a petition specifying their suggestions concerning any existing or proposed rule and requesting a hearing thereon. The court shall thereupon grant a hearing thereon within six months after the filing of the petition.
Subd. 5.
Promulgation.
(a) All rules promulgated under this section shall be effective at a time fixed by the court and shall be published in the appendix to the official reports of the supreme court and shall be bound therewith.
(b) The commissioner of administration shall print, publish and distribute copies thereof to the judiciary and attorneys as required by law. The commissioner shall make 500 copies available, without cost, to the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for distribution by the superintendent to local law enforcement agencies of the state.
Subd. 6.
Present laws effective until modified; rights reserved.
Present statutes relating to evidence shall be effective until modified or superseded by court rule. If a rule of evidence is promulgated which is in conflict with a statute, the statute shall thereafter be of no force and effect. The supreme court, however, shall not have the power to promulgate rules of evidence which conflict, modify, or supersede the following statutes:
(1) statutes which relate to the competency of witnesses to testify, found in sections 595.02 to 595.025;
(2) statutes which establish the prima facie evidence as proof of a fact;
(3) statutes which establish a presumption or a burden of proof;
(4) statutes which relate to the admissibility of statistical probability evidence based on genetic or blood test results, found in sections 634.25 to 634.30;
(5) statutes which relate to the privacy of communications; and
(6) statutes which relate to the admissibility of certain documents.
The legislature may enact, modify, or repeal any statute or modify or repeal any rule of evidence promulgated under this section.
History:
1974 c 481 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 326 art 7 s 12; 1998 c 254 art 2 s 54
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.0595 — Juvenile Court Rules.

480.0595 JUVENILE COURT RULES.
The supreme court shall promulgate rules to regulate the pleadings, practice, procedure and the forms thereof in juvenile proceedings in all juvenile courts of the state in accordance with the provisions of section 480.059, except with respect to the composition of the advisory committee and the distribution of the proposed rules. Before adoption of the rules, the supreme court shall distribute copies of the proposed rules to such persons who register with the supreme court their desire to receive notice of hearings on the proposed rules. The rules shall be available for distribution to the judiciary and attorneys of the state on or before September 1, 1982.
History:
1980 c 580 s 20; 1981 c 201 s 2; 1981 c 356 s 357
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.06 — Decisions.

480.06 DECISIONS.
In all cases decided by the court, it shall give its decision in writing, and file the same with the clerk, together with headnotes, briefly stating the points decided. A copy of such headnotes shall be furnished by the clerk, without charge, to such proprietors of daily newspapers as may desire them for free publication. Decisions may be rendered and judgments entered thereon in vacation as well as in term.
History:
(134) RL s 74
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.062 — Public Employees Claims Regarding Employment, Costs And Disbursements.

480.062 PUBLIC EMPLOYEES CLAIMS REGARDING EMPLOYMENT, COSTS AND DISBURSEMENTS.
The appellate courts shall allow costs and disbursements in any appeal to any public employee who prevails in an action for wrongfully denied or withheld employment benefits or rights in the same manner as the court allows costs and disbursements to any prevailing party.
History:
1974 c 414 s 1; 1983 c 247 s 165
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.07 — Clerk; Assistants, Records.

480.07 CLERK; ASSISTANTS, RECORDS.
The clerk of the appellate courts may employ necessary clerical office help for whose compensation legislative appropriation has been made. The clerk may appoint a deputy clerk for the discharge of the duties of the office in the clerk's absence or inability to act, and such other duties as shall be assigned to the deputy clerk by the clerk or the court. The deputy shall serve during the pleasure of the clerk.
The clerk shall keep records and perform duties appropriate to the clerk's office as the judges of the appellate courts prescribe. The clerk shall provide, at the cost of the state, all books, stationery, furniture, postage, and supplies necessary for the proper transaction of the business of the courts.
History:
(138, 139) RL s 75,76; 1921 c 46 s 1; 1983 c 247 s 166; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.08 — Marshal.

480.08 MARSHAL.
A marshal of the supreme court may be appointed by the justices thereof to act during their pleasure. The marshal's qualifications, duties, and powers shall be such as the court may prescribe conformably to the laws.
History:
(140) RL s 77; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.09 — State Library.

480.09 STATE LIBRARY.
Subdivision 1.
Supervisory control; supreme court.
The State Library shall be maintained under the supervision of the justices of the supreme court. Notwithstanding chapter 16C or any other act inconsistent herewith or acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, they shall direct the purchases of books, pamphlets, and documents therefor and the sales and exchanges therefrom upon such terms and conditions as they may deem just and proper. They may authorize the transfer of books and documents to the University of Minnesota or any department thereof, or to any state agency. They shall adopt rules for the government of the library and the management of its affairs, and prescribe penalties for the violation thereof.
Subd. 2.
State law librarian.
The justices of the supreme court shall appoint a state law librarian to serve at their pleasure. Subject to the approval of the justices, the librarian may appoint an assistant librarian who shall perform the librarian's duties when the librarian is absent or disabled, and, subject to the approval of the justices, the librarian may employ necessary assistants.
Subd. 3.
Librarian duties.
The librarian shall:
(1) have charge of the library rooms and property,
(2) under the direction of the justices attend to all purchases, exchanges, transfers, and sales,
(3) enforce the rules prescribed for the government of the library and the management of its affairs,
(4) collect all damages from injury to or retention of library property and all fines imposed for violation of the rules,
(5) effect exchanges of any books, documents, journals, maps, pamphlets, and reports delivered to the State Library by any department, agency, or official of the state in accordance with the provisions of section 15.18,
(6) keep a detailed chronological record of all purchases, exchanges, transfers, and sales and of all additions to the library by gift, purchase, or exchange, respectively,
(7) keep an account of all amounts collected as damages or fines or from other sources, and of all expenditures.
Subd. 4.
Open records.
The records and accounts of the library shall be open to public inspection and shall be transferred to the successor of the librarian.
Subd. 5.
Moneys collected; state treasury.
All moneys collected shall be paid into the state treasury and are credited to the general fund.
Subd. 6.
Official publications.
All official publications of the United States and of other states and countries, which are received for the use of this state by any officer thereof, shall be sent to the State Library forthwith.
History:
(141, 142, 143, 144, 145) RL s 78-82; 1947 c 365 s 4; 1951 c 3 s 1; 1955 c 89 s 1; 1965 c 45 s 67; 1982 c 576 s 18; 1983 c 301 s 214; 1984 c 544 s 89; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 335 art 4 s 97; 1991 c 326 s 24; 1998 c 386 art 2 s 96; 1999 c 86 art 1 s 73
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.10 — Janitor.

480.10 JANITOR.
The justices may appoint, and at pleasure remove, a janitor, who shall have care of the courtroom, the rooms of the clerk and justices of the court, and of the State Library, and perform such other duties as the justices may require.
History:
(146) RL s 83
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.11 — Reporter.

480.11 REPORTER.
Subdivision 1.
Files.
The reporter of its decisions, appointed by the supreme court, shall be entitled to the possession, for a reasonable time, of the files of the court in all cases decided.
Subd. 2.
Cases; citations.
The reporter shall accurately report all such cases, noting concisely the points decided, with a statement of the facts as shown by the record, unless the same are fully stated in the opinion; the names of counsel, with the points made and authorities cited, as fully as the reporter deems necessary; and the opinions rendered by the justices. All references in such opinions to former decisions of the court which have been published in the Northwestern Reporter shall also cite the volume and page of such reporter where the same appear; and, if the opinion reported has been published in said reporter, the volume and page of such publication shall be cited.
Subd. 3.
Publication; copyright.
Within 90 days after the filing of a sufficient number of decisions to make an appropriate printed volume, the reporter shall deliver the manuscript of the report of such cases to the contractor for the publication thereof. As soon as the same is put in type, the reporter shall read and correct the printer's proof, and furnish to the contractor an index, a table of cases, and other matter necessary to complete the volume. The reporter shall have no pecuniary interest in such reports, which shall be copyrighted by the secretary of state in trust for the people.
History:
(147, 148, 149) RL s 84-86; 1965 c 722 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 326 s 25
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.12 — Reports Of Decisions; Printing, Sale, And Distribution.

480.12 REPORTS OF DECISIONS; PRINTING, SALE, AND DISTRIBUTION.
The report of such decisions shall be published in form, style, quality, and in such numbers as the court shall direct.
Except as otherwise herein provided the published reports shall be sold by the commissioner of administration at a price not to exceed the maximum price set by the court. The commissioner of administration shall distribute without cost published reports to the institutions and public offices as the court may direct.
The commissioner shall determine the reasonable expense incurred in handling, and distributing the published reports which the commissioner sells or distributes without cost. The unexpended balances of any appropriation to the supreme court for publishing reports of decisions shall be used to reimburse the commissioner for the reasonable expenses, and the amount of such reimbursement shall be credited to the central services revolving fund in the state treasury. If the unexpended balances of such an appropriation is insufficient therefor, the commissioner shall deduct the remainder of these expenses from receipts from the sale of published reports and deposit the deductions to the credit of central services revolving fund. The commissioner shall deposit the balance of the receipts to the credit of the general fund in the state treasury.
History:
(150) RL s 87; 1927 c 379 s 1; 1937 c 81 s 1; 1965 c 722 s 2; Ex1967 c 1 s 6; 1969 c 399 s 49; 1971 c 81 s 2; 1978 c 589 s 1; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.13 — Court Administrator Office Created; Appointment, Term.

480.13 COURT ADMINISTRATOR OFFICE CREATED; APPOINTMENT, TERM.
There is hereby created a state office to be known as the Office of Court Administrator, the holder of which office shall be appointed by the supreme court, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the supreme court.
History:
1963 c 758 s 1; 1971 c 81 s 1; 1978 c 793 s 76
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.14 — Appointment, Compensation Of Employees; Court Administrator, Employees Not To Practice Law.

480.14 APPOINTMENT, COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES; COURT ADMINISTRATOR, EMPLOYEES NOT TO PRACTICE LAW.
The court administrator, with the approval of the chief justice of the supreme court of this state, shall appoint and fix the compensation of such employees as are necessary to enable the administrator to perform the power and duties vested in the administrator. During the administrator's term of office or employment, neither the court administrator nor any employee shall engage directly or indirectly in the practice of law in this state.
History:
1963 c 758 s 2; 1971 c 81 s 2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.16 — Work Of Courts; Chief Justice's Direction.

480.16 WORK OF COURTS; CHIEF JUSTICE'S DIRECTION.
The chief justice shall consider all recommendations of the court administrator for the assignment of judges, and has discretionary authority to direct any judge whose calendar, in the judgment of the chief justice, will permit, to hold court in any county or district where need therefor exists, to the end that the courts of this state shall function with maximum efficiency, and that the work of other courts shall be equitably distributed. The supreme court may provide by rule for the enforcement of this section and section 480.17.
History:
1963 c 758 s 4; 1971 c 81 s 2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.17 — Information And Data Requests; Compliance.

480.17 INFORMATION AND DATA REQUESTS; COMPLIANCE.
Subdivision 1.
Compliance with data requests.
The judges and court administrators of the courts and all other officers, state and local, shall comply with all requests made by the court administrator after approval by the chief justice, for information and statistical data bearing on the state of the dockets of such courts and such other information as may reflect the business transacted by them and the expenditure of public moneys for the maintenance and operation of the judicial system.
Subd. 2.
Compliance failure; removal.
The failure of a judge or state or local officer to comply with requests made by the court administrator pursuant to subdivision 1 is grounds for removal from office by the appointing authority. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to restrict the power of the district court to remove a court administrator from office.
Subd. 3.
Court administrator compliance.
Every court administrator shall also comply with requests for statistical or other information made by the district administrator of the judicial district in which the court administrator serves.
History:
1963 c 758 s 5; 1971 c 81 s 2; 1977 c 432 s 7; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.175 — Qualified Court Interpreters.

480.175 QUALIFIED COURT INTERPRETERS.
Subdivision 1.
Establishment.
The supreme court, through the Office of the State Court Administrator, shall establish a program for training, testing, registering, and certifying qualified court interpreters.
Subd. 2.
Fees.
The supreme court may adopt rules to assess fees for training, testing, registering, and certifying court interpreters. Any fees imposed and collected shall be deposited with the commissioner of management and budget and shall constitute a special fund in the state treasury. The money in this fund shall not cancel back to the general fund and is appropriated annually to the supreme court for the cost of training, testing, certifying, and registering court interpreters.
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 2007 c 54 art 5 s 21]
History:
1999 c 216 art 6 s 15; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.18 — Conference Of Judges; Judge's Expenses.

480.18 CONFERENCE OF JUDGES; JUDGE'S EXPENSES.
At least once each year the chief justice shall call a conference of the judges of the courts of record of this state for the consideration of matters relating to judicial business, the improvement of the judicial system, and the administration of justice. Each judge attending the annual judicial conference shall be entitled to be reimbursed for necessary expenses to be paid from state appropriations made for the purposes of sections 480.13 to 480.20.
History:
1963 c 758 s 6; 1977 c 432 s 8; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.1811 — Postretirement Benefit Costs.

480.1811 POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT COSTS.
Where court administration, guardian ad litem, or interpreter employees elect to retain county insurance benefits under section 480.181 after July 1, 2001, and the county provides those employees postretirement insurance benefits prior to July 1, 2001, the county shall pay the postretirement cost of those benefits.
History:
1Sp2001 c 5 art 5 s 14
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.182 — State Assumption Of Certain Court Costs.

480.182 STATE ASSUMPTION OF CERTAIN COURT COSTS.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the state courts will pay for the following court-related programs and costs:
(1) court interpreter program costs, including the costs of hiring court interpreters;
(2) guardian ad litem program and personnel costs;
(3) examination costs, not including hospitalization or treatment costs, for mental commitments and related proceedings under chapter 253B;
(4) examination costs under chapter 611 or rule 20 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure;
(5) in forma pauperis costs;
(6) costs for transcripts mandated by statute, except in appeal cases and postconviction cases handled by the Board of Public Defense;
(7) jury program costs; and
(8) witness fees and mileage fees specified in sections 253B.23, subdivision 1; 260B.152, subdivision 2; 260B.331, subdivision 3, clause (1); 260C.152, subdivision 2; 260C.331, subdivision 3, clause (1); 357.24; 357.32; and 627.02.
History:
1999 c 139 art 4 s 2; 1999 c 216 art 7 s 27; 1Sp2001 c 8 art 5 s 10; 2006 c 260 art 5 s 15; 2008 c 277 art 1 s 87; 2022 c 99 art 1 s 25
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.183 — Judicial Districts; Scheduled Dates Of State Transfer; Definition Of Services.

480.183 JUDICIAL DISTRICTS; SCHEDULED DATES OF STATE TRANSFER; DEFINITION OF SERVICES.
Subdivision 1.
Date of state transfer.
The court administration expenditures as defined in this section for the remaining judicial districts shall be transferred to the state according to the following schedule:
(1) effective July 1, 2003, the Second and Fourth Judicial Districts;
(2) effective July 1, 2004, the First and Third Judicial Districts; and
(3) effective July 1, 2005, the Sixth and Tenth Judicial Districts.
Subd. 2.
Definition; salary expenditures.
"Salary expenditures" means the salary of court administration employees, including salaries, related fringe benefits, and insurance, granted to court and other county employees in collective bargaining or county pay plans.
Subd. 3.
Definition; court administration expenditures.
"Court administration expenditures" means the total expenditures of (1) salary expenditures as defined under subdivision 2 and (2) other related administrative operating expenditures.
Subd. 4.
Definition; mandated court services.
"Mandated court services" means services for:
(1) guardian ad litem;
(2) interpreter;
(3) Minnesota Rules, parts 9525.0900 to 9525.1020 (rule 20);
(4) civil commitment examination, not including hospitalization or treatment costs, for mental commitments and related proceedings under chapter 253B; and
(5) in forma pauperis costs.
History:
1Sp2001 c 5 art 5 s 15
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.19 — Application To Supreme And Other Courts.

480.19 APPLICATION TO SUPREME AND OTHER COURTS.
Sections 480.13 to 480.20 apply to the following courts: the supreme court, the court of appeals, and the district court.
History:
1963 c 758 s 7; 1983 c 247 s 167; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1; 1998 c 254 art 2 s 55
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.20 — Application To Substitution Of Probate Judges.

480.20 APPLICATION TO SUBSTITUTION OF PROBATE JUDGES.
The provisions of sections 480.13 to 480.20 shall in no way be construed to impair the authority and manner of substitution of probate judges provided in Minnesota Statutes 1961, section 525.051.
History:
1963 c 758 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.21 — Resigned Judges, Appointment As Commissioners.

480.21 RESIGNED JUDGES, APPOINTMENT AS COMMISSIONERS.
Subdivision 1.
Commissioner appointments.
The supreme court may appoint any resigned judge of the supreme court, who is not engaged in the practice of law, as a commissioner of that court to aid and assist in the performance of such of its duties as may be assigned to the commissioner with the commissioner's consent.
Subd. 2.
Per diem payments.
Such a resigned judge who has been appointed and serves as a commissioner shall be paid the sum of $35 and actual expenses for each day spent in the performance of duties as such commissioner, said payment to be made in the same manner as payment of salaries for supreme court judges on certification by the chief judge.
History:
1963 c 760 s 1; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.22 — Location Of Chambers.

480.22 LOCATION OF CHAMBERS.
The supreme court shall designate the location of chambers for judges of all courts in the state after consultation with the judges of the affected judicial district. Chambers locations set forth in section 2.722, subdivision 1, shall remain in effect until changed pursuant to this section.
History:
1977 c 432 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.23 — Computer Acquisition By Courts.

480.23 COMPUTER ACQUISITION BY COURTS.
In order to facilitate the effective management and coordination of the Minnesota courts system, an appropriate official of any court or of a local governmental unit in providing services to any court, if authorized by the state court administrator and with the concurrence of the contracting vendor, may acquire electronic data processing equipment or services through an existing contract originated by the supreme court. The state court administrator shall grant this authority only pursuant to the implementation of justice information systems compatible with systems administered by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in the Department of Public Safety.
History:
1980 c 382 s 1; 2009 c 59 art 6 s 20
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.235 — Trial Court Information System.

480.235 TRIAL COURT INFORMATION SYSTEM.
The cost of operating the trial court information system in a judicial district must be paid by the state.
History:
1Sp1985 c 13 s 360; 1989 c 335 art 3 s 15
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.236 — Software Sales.

480.236 SOFTWARE SALES.
The supreme court may sell or license self-developed or vendor custom-developed computer software products or systems through whatever sales method the supreme court, in its discretion, deems appropriate, in order to offset its software development costs. Prices for the software products or systems may be based on market considerations. Proceeds of the sale or licensing of software products or systems by the supreme court must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the general fund.
History:
1987 c 404 s 179; 1988 c 686 art 5 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.237 — Electronic Payments; Convenience Fees; Records Access.

480.237 ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS; CONVENIENCE FEES; RECORDS ACCESS.
(a) The judicial branch may accept credit cards, charge cards, debit cards, or other methods of electronic funds transfer for government fees and payments ordered by a court.
(b) The judicial branch may impose a convenience fee to be added to each transaction. The total amount of the convenience fee may not exceed the transaction fee charged by a processing contractor for the credit services during the most recent collection period. Each court imposing a convenience fee must notify the person using the credit services of the fee before the transaction is processed. Fees collected under this section are appropriated to the level of court that imposed the fee for the purposes of paying the processing contractor.
(c) Records relating to credit card, charge card, debit card, or other method of electronic funds transfer account numbers collected by the judicial branch in connection with a transaction under this section are not accessible to the general public.
History:
2008 c 299 s 17
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.24 — Definitions.

480.24 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Terms.
As used in sections 480.24 to 480.244, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.
Subd. 2.
Eligible client.
"Eligible client" means an individual that is financially unable to afford legal assistance, as determined by a recipient on the basis of eligibility guidelines established by the supreme court pursuant to section 480.243, subdivision 1.
Subd. 3.
Qualified legal services program.
"Qualified legal services program" means a nonprofit corporation which provides or proposes to provide legal services to eligible clients in civil matters and which is governed by a board of directors composed of attorneys-at-law and consumers of legal services. A qualified legal services program includes farm legal assistance providers that have a proven record of delivery of effective, high-quality legal assistance and have demonstrated experience and expertise in addressing legal issues affecting financially distressed family farmers throughout the state.
Subd. 4.
Recipient.
"Recipient" means a qualified legal services program that receives funds from the supreme court to provide legal services to eligible clients.
Subd. 5.
Nonprofit regional alternative dispute resolution corporation.
"Nonprofit regional alternative dispute resolution corporation" means a nonprofit corporation which trains and makes available to the public individuals who provide fact-finding, conciliation, mediation, or nonbinding or binding arbitration services.
History:
1982 c 489 s 2,11; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 376 subd 2; 1986 c 398 art 17 s 1; 1991 c 345 art 1 s 98
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.243 — Client Eligibility; Receipt Of Other Funds.

480.243 CLIENT ELIGIBILITY; RECEIPT OF OTHER FUNDS.
Subdivision 1.
Committee eligibility guidelines.
The supreme court, with the advice of the advisory committee, shall establish guidelines in the form of court rules to be used by recipients to determine the eligibility of individuals and organizations for legal services provided with funds received pursuant to section 480.242. The guidelines shall be designed solely to assist recipients in determining whether an individual or organization is able to afford or secure legal assistance from private counsel with respect to the particular matter for which assistance is requested.
Subd. 2.
Receipt of other funds by recipients.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a recipient from soliciting and accepting other public or private funds to be used for the provision of legal services in civil matters to persons who are not eligible clients, and the guidelines established pursuant to subdivision 1 shall not apply to the use of other funds.
History:
1982 c 489 s 5,11; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 376 subd 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.244 — Revenue And Expenditure Records; Postaward Audits.

480.244 REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE RECORDS; POSTAWARD AUDITS.
A recipient of funds distributed pursuant to section 480.242 shall maintain revenue and expenditure records regarding those funds in accordance with acceptable general accounting principles for a period of five years following their receipt. The legislative auditor may conduct postaward audits of the funds distributed pursuant to section 480.242 upon the request of the supreme court and the approval of the Legislative Audit Commission.
History:
1982 c 489 s 6,11; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 376 subd 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary › Chapter 480 — Supreme Court › Section 480.30 — Judicial Training.

480.30 JUDICIAL TRAINING.
Subdivision 1.
Child abuse; domestic abuse; harassment.
The supreme court's judicial education program must include ongoing training for district court judges on child and adolescent sexual abuse, domestic abuse, harassment, stalking, and related civil and criminal court issues. The program must include the following:
(1) information about the specific needs of victims;
(2) education on the causes of sexual abuse and family violence;
(3) education on culturally responsive approaches to serving victims;
(4) education on the impacts of domestic abuse and domestic abuse allegations on children and the importance of considering these impacts when making parenting time and child custody decisions under chapter 518; and
(5) information on alleged and substantiated reports of domestic abuse, including, but not limited to, Department of Human Services survey data.
The program also must emphasize the need for the coordination of court and legal victim advocacy services and include education on sexual abuse and domestic abuse programs and policies within law enforcement agencies and prosecuting authorities as well as the court system.
Subd. 2.
Sexual violence.
The supreme court's judicial education program must include ongoing training for judges, judicial officers, court services personnel, and sex offender assessors on the specific sentencing statutes and Sentencing Guidelines applicable to persons convicted of sex offenses and other crimes that are sexually motivated. The training shall focus on the sentencing provisions applicable to repeat sex offenders and patterned sex offenders.
Subd. 3.
Bail evaluations.
The supreme court's judicial education program also must include training for judges, judicial officers, and court services personnel on how to assure that their bail evaluations and decisions are racially and culturally neutral.
History:
1992 c 571 art 6 s 1; 1993 c 326 art 2 s 3; 1994 c 636 art 4 s 28; art 8 s 8; 1995 c 226 art 2 s 6; 1997 c 239 art 7 s 6; 2000 c 444 art 2 s 11