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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 636 - 643 — Local Jail Facilities; Lockups; Workhouse; Juvenile Offender Care; Pardons › Chapter 641 — County And Regional Jails › Section 641.265 — Admission; Withdrawal Of Counties.

641.265 ADMISSION; WITHDRAWAL OF COUNTIES.
Subdivision 1.
Admission.
A county which could cooperate in a regional jail system under the provisions of section 641.262, subdivision 1, but has not cooperated in its formation, may acquire an interest in the regional jail if the county board of each of the cooperating counties decides, by majority vote, to admit the county. With the approval of the county board of each cooperating county, the regional jail board shall fix the terms and conditions upon which an additional county may acquire an interest in the regional jail. A county acquiring such an interest has all of the rights, privileges, duties, and obligations provided by sections 641.261 to 641.266, provided that as a condition for admission the county may be required to pay initially or annually a sum sufficient to reimburse to the other cooperating counties part or all of the additional county's proportionate share of amounts theretofore paid by the other counties with respect to capital cost, debt service, or lease rentals, based on the relative populations of the respective counties according to the last federal or state census preceding admission.
Subd. 2.
Withdrawal.
A county board may withdraw from cooperation in a regional jail system in accordance with the terms of a joint powers agreement. With the approval of the county board of each cooperating county, the regional jail board shall fix the sum, if any, to be paid to the county withdrawing, to reimburse it for capital cost, debt service, or lease rental payments made by the county prior to withdrawal, in excess of its proportionate share of benefits from the regional jail prior to withdrawal, and the time and manner of making the payments. The payments shall be deemed additional payments of capital cost, debt service, or lease rentals to be made proportionately by the remaining counties and, when received, shall be deposited in and paid from the regional jail fund; provided that:
(1) payments shall not be made from any amounts in the regional jail fund which are needed for maintenance and operation expenses or lease rentals currently due and payable; and
(2) the withdrawing county shall remain obligated for the payment of its proportionate share of any lease rentals due and payable after its withdrawal, in the event and up to the amount of any lease payment not made when due by one or more of the other cooperating counties.
History:
1963 c 452 s 5; 1980 c 597 s 11; 2007 c 54 art 6 s 18
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 636 - 643 — Local Jail Facilities; Lockups; Workhouse; Juvenile Offender Care; Pardons › Chapter 641 — County And Regional Jails › Section 641.266 — Reports.

641.266 REPORTS.
The regional jail board shall annually, and at such other times as required by the county board of a cooperating county, make a complete report regarding the cost of operation of the jail, its inmate population, and its work, treatment, and rehabilitation programs. The regional jail board shall furnish such other information as the county boards or the commissioner of corrections may require.
History:
1963 c 452 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 636 - 643 — Local Jail Facilities; Lockups; Workhouse; Juvenile Offender Care; Pardons › Chapter 642 — Lockups › Section 642.01 — Lockups; Establishment.

642.01 LOCKUPS; ESTABLISHMENT.
The governing body of any city may purchase, build, or lease, maintain, and regulate, one or more lockups for the detention of persons charged with offenses against its ordinances and bylaws, or for the confinement of persons sentenced to imprisonment for violation of these ordinances and bylaws. Under regulations prescribed by the governing body, the lockup may be used for temporary detention of any prisoner under arrest. No purchase or lease, and no plans for building a lockup, or no plans for repairing a lockup at an expense of more than $5,000 shall be finally adopted until the same has been approved by the commissioner of corrections. No contract for erection or repair shall be valid unless the suggestions and advice of the commissioner have been filed with the clerk of the municipality before its execution.
History:
(10875) RL s 5487; 1955 c 491 s 1; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 299 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 636 - 643 — Local Jail Facilities; Lockups; Workhouse; Juvenile Offender Care; Pardons › Chapter 642 — Lockups › Section 642.02 — Construction, Repair; Presence Of Jailer.

642.02 CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR; PRESENCE OF JAILER.
Subdivision 1.
Approval, standards required.
The commissioner of corrections shall not approve any plan for the construction of a lockup, or repairs to an existing lockup at an estimated cost of more than $5,000, unless the plan meets the standards established by the commissioner's rules.
Subd. 2.
Jailer or custodian.
No prisoner shall be detained without a jailer or custodian present in the lockup, awake and alert at all times, capable of responding to the reasonable needs of the prisoner.
History:
(10876) RL s 5488; 1913 c 438 s 1; 1955 c 491 s 2; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1976 c 299 s 6; 1980 c 602 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 636 - 643 — Local Jail Facilities; Lockups; Workhouse; Juvenile Offender Care; Pardons › Chapter 642 — Lockups › Section 642.03 — Temporary Police Stations And Lockups In Certain Cases In Cities Of First Class.

642.03 TEMPORARY POLICE STATIONS AND LOCKUPS IN CERTAIN CASES IN CITIES OF FIRST CLASS.
When, in the opinion of the board of police commissioners of any city of the first class in the state, or of any board of the city having charge, control, and direction of the administration of the police department of the city, it shall be necessary to remove from and destroy any existing police station or lockup, and to provide and equip new temporary central police stations and lockups, pending the erection by the city, upon the site of the abandoned police station, of a new and permanent central police station and lockup, the city is hereby authorized and empowered, acting by and through its board of police commissioners, or other board having the control and direction of the administration of the police department, of the city, to lease a new site for the temporary central police station and lockup, and to provide and equip the same.
Section 642.02 shall apply to, and be binding upon, the city in the providing of a temporary central police station and lockup, under the circumstances hereinbefore stated.
History:
(10877, 10878) 1911 c 304 s 1,2; 1980 c 602 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 636 - 643 — Local Jail Facilities; Lockups; Workhouse; Juvenile Offender Care; Pardons › Chapter 642 — Lockups › Section 642.04 — Prisoners Sent To Jails Outside City.

642.04 PRISONERS SENT TO JAILS OUTSIDE CITY.
When, in any statutory or home rule charter city, no jail exists, which in the judgment of the city council, or other governing body, is sufficient or suitable for the detention of persons lawfully under arrest in the city, the council, or other governing body, may cause persons lawfully arrested to be detained in any city or county or county regional jail or lockup in the same or in an adjoining county; provided, that that detention shall be with the consent of the city or county or regional jail board operating the jail where the persons are detained, and that there shall be paid to the city or county or regional jail board the necessary cost and expense which may be incident to taking care of persons while they are lawfully detained or imprisoned.
History:
(10879) 1921 c 251 s 1; 1980 c 597 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 636 - 643 — Local Jail Facilities; Lockups; Workhouse; Juvenile Offender Care; Pardons › Chapter 642 — Lockups › Section 642.05 — Lawful Custody Of Person.

642.05 LAWFUL CUSTODY OF PERSON.
The detention or imprisonment of any person lawfully arrested in one city but detained or imprisoned in another under the provisions of this section and section 642.04 shall in no manner jeopardize the lawful custody or detention of such person.
History:
(10880) 1921 c 251 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 636 - 643 — Local Jail Facilities; Lockups; Workhouse; Juvenile Offender Care; Pardons › Chapter 642 — Lockups › Section 642.06 — County Jail; Use By City Of First Class.

642.06 COUNTY JAIL; USE BY CITY OF FIRST CLASS.
Any city of the first class in this state, now or hereafter operating under a home rule charter, and now or hereafter containing a city hall building on land contiguous to the county courthouse and jail grounds, may enter into contract with the county in which such city is located, for the furnishing to such city by such county of jail facilities in the county jail building for the care of persons who are usually confined in the city jail and for the furnishing of heating and lighting service to such city, and for the construction and maintenance of a tunnel connecting the courthouse, county jail, and city hall buildings, for use as a passageway between these buildings and for other public purposes, upon such terms and conditions, for such consideration, and for such period of time not exceeding five years at a time, with right of successive renewals as shall be agreed upon between the county board of such county and the city council of such city, acting for their respective political subdivisions.
The sheriff of any such county shall accept and hold in any such county jail building any person placed under arrest by the city police department and delivered to the sheriff for incarceration in the county jail. The city shall pay the county for the care and detention of each such prisoner such amount as shall be fixed by the county board but not in excess of the actual cost.
History:
(10880-1) 1927 c 176 s 1; 1953 c 325 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 636 - 643 — Local Jail Facilities; Lockups; Workhouse; Juvenile Offender Care; Pardons › Chapter 642 — Lockups › Section 642.07 — Chief Of Police; Duties.

642.07 CHIEF OF POLICE; DUTIES.
The chief of police shall cause every lockup under the chief's care, and the bedding therein, to be kept clean, wholesome, and free from vermin. The lockup shall be kept in good repair and maintained so as to protect the health, comfort, safety, and well-being of inmates and staff. Each chief of police shall keep a permanent record of all persons committed to the lockup, and all persons admitted as lodgers therein, in the form prescribed by the commissioner of corrections. Any peace officer placing a person in the lockup shall report immediately to the officer's superior concerning the fact of the placement.
History:
(10881) RL s 5489; 1955 c 491 s 3; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1980 c 602 s 13; 1985 c 113 s 3; 2005 c 10 art 2 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 636 - 643 — Local Jail Facilities; Lockups; Workhouse; Juvenile Offender Care; Pardons › Chapter 642 — Lockups › Section 642.08 — Jailer For Opposite Sex; Compensation, Duties.

642.08 JAILER FOR OPPOSITE SEX; COMPENSATION, DUTIES.
The chief executive officer of every city having a lockup shall appoint some competent person of good character and of the sex other than that of the chief of police as a jailer, who shall have exclusive charge of all persons of the jailer's sex committed thereto, and see that they are kept in a room separate from prisoners of the other sex. The jailer shall receive such compensation as the governing body shall determine, not less than $5 for each day or fraction thereof during which a prisoner of the jailer's sex is confined therein.
History:
(10882) RL s 5490; 1955 c 491 s 4; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1987 c 49 s 19; 2005 c 10 art 2 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 636 - 643 — Local Jail Facilities; Lockups; Workhouse; Juvenile Offender Care; Pardons › Chapter 642 — Lockups › Section 642.09 — Inspection; Agent Of Community Health Board; Sheriff.

642.09 INSPECTION; AGENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH BOARD; SHERIFF.
The agent of a community health board as authorized under section 145A.04 of every city having a lockup shall inspect the same once a year, with reference to its sanitary condition, make a written report thereof to the commissioner of corrections upon blanks furnished by the commissioner, and deliver a copy of such report to the governing body of such city. Upon filing such report the authorized agent shall receive from the treasurer of such municipality a fee of $5. The sheriff of any county in which a municipality maintains a lockup shall inspect such lockup at least once every biennium with the approval of the commissioner of corrections, with reference to its security and administration, and make a written report thereof to the commissioner of corrections upon blanks furnished by the commissioner, and deliver a copy of such report to the governing body of the municipality maintaining such lockup. The commissioner may grant licensure up to two years.
History:
(10883) RL s 5491; 1955 c 491 s 5; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 309 s 24; 1994 c 636 art 6 s 27; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 636 - 643 — Local Jail Facilities; Lockups; Workhouse; Juvenile Offender Care; Pardons › Chapter 642 — Lockups › Section 642.10 — Condemnation Of Lockup.

642.10 CONDEMNATION OF LOCKUP.
When the commissioner of corrections shall become satisfied, from the report of a local agent of a community health board as authorized under section 145A.04 or sheriff or from the report of any agent the commissioner may appoint and authorize to examine lockups, or from the commissioner's inspection that any lockup does not reasonably conform to essential conditions and details of construction, such as are prescribed by law for plans for lockups, and that such lockup is in a condition or of a construction such as to endanger the well-being, health, security or life of any person confined therein, the commissioner shall condemn such lockup by written order and it shall not be further used while such order is in force.
History:
(10884) RL s 5492; 1913 c 438 s 2; 1955 c 491 s 6; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 309 s 24; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 636 - 643 — Local Jail Facilities; Lockups; Workhouse; Juvenile Offender Care; Pardons › Chapter 642 — Lockups › Section 642.11 — Condemnation; How Enforced.

642.11 CONDEMNATION; HOW ENFORCED.
If any lockup condemned by the commissioner of corrections shall thereafter be used while the order of condemnation is in force, it shall be the duty of the commissioner to bring an action in the district court in the county where the lockup is, for the purpose of enforcing the order of condemnation, and upon the trial of the action a copy of such order, certified in the usual form by the commissioner, shall be conclusive evidence that such lockup has been condemned by the commissioner and shall be prima facie evidence that the lockup does not comply with the requirements of sections 642.02, 642.10 and 642.11 and is unfit for use as a lockup, and that its future use should be enjoined by the court. Evidence to sustain the order of condemnation may be received in rebuttal.
History:
(10885) 1913 c 438 s 3; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 636 - 643 — Local Jail Facilities; Lockups; Workhouse; Juvenile Offender Care; Pardons › Chapter 642 — Lockups › Section 642.12 — Inmates; Liquor And Controlled Substances; Prohibition.

642.12 INMATES; LIQUOR AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; PROHIBITION.
No sheriff, jailer, police officer, or other person in charge of any jail or lockup, under any pretense, shall give, sell, or deliver to any prisoner therein any contraband, as defined in section 641.165, subdivision 1, unless a reputable physician certifies in writing that the health of such prisoner or inmate requires it, in which case the prisoner or inmate may be allowed the prescribed quantity, and no more.
History:
(10886) RL s 5493; 1980 c 602 s 14; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 10 art 2 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 636 - 643 — Local Jail Facilities; Lockups; Workhouse; Juvenile Offender Care; Pardons › Chapter 642 — Lockups › Section 642.13 — Penalties.

642.13 PENALTIES.
Every sheriff, jailer, police officer, or other officer or person in charge of any jail or lockup who shall violate any preceding provision of this chapter shall, for each such violation, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on a second conviction shall be adjudged to be incapable of holding the office of sheriff, jailer, police officer, or keeper of any jail or lockup, as the case may be, for the period of six years.
History:
(10887) RL s 5494; 2005 c 10 art 2 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 636 - 643 — Local Jail Facilities; Lockups; Workhouse; Juvenile Offender Care; Pardons › Chapter 643 — Workhouse; Work Farm › Section 643.01 — Transfer Of Prisoners Between Jail And Workhouse.

643.01 TRANSFER OF PRISONERS BETWEEN JAIL AND WORKHOUSE.
(a) In any county of this state in which there is now or shall be hereafter maintained by any county or by any city and county, a workhouse, correctional or work farm for the confinement of criminal offenders, and a county jail, any district court judge of the judicial district in which the county is situated, shall have the power, either of the judge's own motion, or on the application of the county attorney of the county, in accordance with written county policy approved by the commissioner of corrections, to order:
(1) any prisoner who shall be confined in the county jail under sentence, to be transferred and recommitted to the workhouse, correctional or work farm at hard labor, for the remainder of the term for which sentenced; or
(2) any prisoner who shall be confined in the workhouse, correctional or work farm under sentence, to be transferred and recommitted to the county jail for the remainder of the term for which sentenced; or
(3) any prisoner who shall be confined in the county jail, convicted and awaiting sentence, to be transferred to and confined in the workhouse, correctional or work farm while awaiting sentence.
Transferred prisoners are subject to the rules and discipline of the confining institution. Transportation of prisoners is the responsibility of the sending institution.
(b) Upon agreement by a county sheriff and an administrator of a workhouse on conditions of transference and confinement, including payment of prisoner per diems, any prisoner in the custody of the county sheriff under pretrial status may be transferred to and confined in the workhouse.
History:
(10907) 1917 c 20 s 1; 1980 c 602 s 15; 1986 c 444; 1998 c 254 art 2 s 74; 1999 c 50 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 636 - 643 — Local Jail Facilities; Lockups; Workhouse; Juvenile Offender Care; Pardons › Chapter 643 — Workhouse; Work Farm › Section 643.29 — Diminution Of Sentence.

643.29 DIMINUTION OF SENTENCE.
Subdivision 1.
"Good conduct" allowance.
Any person sentenced for a term to any county jail, workhouse, or correctional work farm, whether the term is part of an executed sentence or is imposed as a condition of probation, shall, when sentenced to serve ten days or more, diminish the term of the sentence one day for each two days served, commencing on the day of arrival, during which the person has not violated any rule or discipline of the place wherein the person is incarcerated and, if required to labor, has labored with diligence and fidelity.
Subd. 2.
Enforcement.
Any jailer, workhouse or correctional work farm superintendent, or person similarly in custody of persons incarcerated as set forth in subdivision 1 may, pursuant to a prisoner discipline plan, take away any or all of the reduction in sentence previously gained by good conduct, and in consideration of mitigating circumstances, may afterwards restore the prisoner in whole or in part, to the standing possessed before the reduction in sentence was taken away.
History:
1947 c 130 s 1; 1980 c 602 s 17; 1982 c 527 s 3; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 292 art 8 s 18
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.001 — Applicability To Rules.

645.001 APPLICABILITY TO RULES.
The provisions of this chapter, unless specifically provided to the contrary by law or rule, govern all rules becoming effective after June 30, 1981.
History:
1981 c 253 s 35
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.01 — Words And Phrases.

645.01 WORDS AND PHRASES.
Subdivision 1.
Scope.
When used in this chapter the following words and phrases have the meanings ascribed to them in this section.
Subd. 2.
Final enactment or enacted finally.
"Final enactment" or "enacted finally" for a bill passed by the legislature and signed by the governor means the date and time of day the governor signed the bill. For a bill passed by the legislature and allowed to become law without signature by the governor, it means the end of the last day on which the governor could have returned the bill with a veto to the legislature. For a bill passed by the legislature but vetoed and reconsidered and approved by the legislature after the veto, it means the date and time of day of the final legislative vote approving the vetoed bill.
Subd. 3.
Legislature.
"Legislature" means the senate and the house of representatives of the state of Minnesota.
History:
1941 c 492 s 1; 1988 c 479 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.02 — Effective Date And Time Of Laws.

645.02 EFFECTIVE DATE AND TIME OF LAWS.
Each act, except one making appropriations, enacted finally at any session of the legislature takes effect on August 1 next following its final enactment, unless a different date is specified in the act. A special law required to be approved by the local government unit affected before it goes into effect becomes effective as to the approving unit the day following the day on which the certificate of approval prescribed by section 645.021 is filed with the secretary of state, unless a later date is specified in the act. When approval of such a special law is required by two or more local government units before it may become effective, the day after the day when the last of the required certificates is filed is the effective date, unless a later date is specified in the act.
An appropriation act or an act having appropriation items enacted finally at any session of the legislature takes effect at the beginning of the first day of July next following its final enactment, unless a different date is specified in the act.
Each act takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day it becomes effective, unless a different time is specified in the act.
History:
1941 c 492 s 2; 1959 c 368 s 4; 1971 c 196 s 1; 1987 c 384 art 1 s 48
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.021 — Special Laws.

645.021 SPECIAL LAWS.
Subdivision 1.
Name required.
A special law as defined in the Minnesota Constitution, article XII, section 2, shall name the local government unit to which it applies. If a special law applies to a group of local government units in a single county or in a number of contiguous counties, it shall be sufficient if the law names the county or counties where the affected units are situated.
Subd. 2.
Local approval required.
A special law shall not be effective without approval of the local government unit or units affected, except as provided in section 645.023. Approval shall be by resolution adopted by a majority vote of all members of the governing body of the unit unless another method of approval is specified by the particular special law.
Subd. 3.
Filing required.
The chief clerical officer of a local government unit shall, as soon as the unit has approved a special law, file with the secretary of state a certificate stating the essential facts necessary to valid approval, including a copy of the resolution of approval or, if submitted to the voters, the number of votes cast for and against approval at the election. The form of the certificate shall be prescribed by the attorney general and copies shall be furnished by the secretary of state. If a local government unit fails to file a certificate of approval before the first day of the next regular session of the legislature, the law is deemed to be disapproved by such unit unless otherwise provided in the special law.
Subd. 4.
Previously enacted law.
Laws 1959, chapter 368, does not apply to any special law heretofore enacted, whether or not it has been approved by the local government unit affected, but such unit shall file with the secretary of state a certificate of approval for such law as required in subdivision 3.
History:
1959 c 368 s 1,2; 1979 c 176 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.023 — Special Laws; Enactment Without Local Approval.

645.023 SPECIAL LAWS; ENACTMENT WITHOUT LOCAL APPROVAL.
Subdivision 1.
Classes of law covered.
A special law enacted pursuant to the provisions of the constitution, article XII, section 2, shall become effective without the approval of any affected local government unit or group of such units in a single county or a number of contiguous counties if the law is in any of the following classes:
(a) A law which enables one or more local government units to exercise authority not granted by general law.
(b) A law which brings a local government unit within the general law by repealing a special law, by removing an exception to the applicability of a general statutory provision, by extending the applicability of a general statutory provision, or by reclassifying local government units.
(c) A law which applies to a single unit or a group of units with a population of more than 1,000,000 people.
Subd. 2.
Effective date.
A special law as to which local approval is not required shall become effective on August 1 next following its final enactment, unless a different date is specified in the special law.
Subd. 3.
Application.
Subdivisions 1 and 2 are applicable to all special laws enacted and to be enacted at the 1967 and all subsequent sessions of the legislature.
History:
1967 c 595 s 1; 1973 c 494 s 16; 1976 c 2 s 172; 1979 c 176 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.024 — Special Laws; Local Approval As Requirement Of Act.

645.024 SPECIAL LAWS; LOCAL APPROVAL AS REQUIREMENT OF ACT.
Section 645.023 does not apply to a special law which by its own terms becomes effective upon the approval of one or more affected local government units, expressed through the voters or the governing body and by such majority as the special law may direct.
History:
1967 c 595 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.071 — Standard Of Time.

645.071 STANDARD OF TIME.
Every mention of, or reference to, any hour or time in any law is to be construed with reference to and in accordance with the standard time or advanced standard time provided by federal law. No department of the state government and no county, city or town shall employ any other time or adopt any ordinance or order providing for the use of any other time than the federal standard time or advanced standard time.
History:
Ex1959 c 46 s 1,2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1982 c 384 s 1; 1Sp2021 c 12 art 2 s 20
NOTE:
The amendment to this section by Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 12, article 2, section 20, is effective upon the first commencement of advanced standard time, also known as daylight saving time, following enactment of an amendment to United States Code, title 15, section 260a, or another applicable law, which authorizes states to observe advanced standard time year-round. Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 12, article 2, section 20, the effective date. Once enacted, this section will read as follows:
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645.071 STANDARD OF TIME.
Every mention of, or reference to, any hour or time in any law, during any period of the year, is to be construed with reference to and in accordance with the advanced standard time provided by federal law. No department of the state government and no county, city or town shall employ, during any period of the year, any other time, or adopt any ordinance or order providing for the use, during any period of the year, of any other time than the federal advanced standard time."
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.08 — Canons Of Construction.

645.08 CANONS OF CONSTRUCTION.
In construing the statutes of this state, the following canons of interpretation are to govern, unless their observance would involve a construction inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature, or repugnant to the context of the statute:
(1) words and phrases are construed according to rules of grammar and according to their common and approved usage; but technical words and phrases and such others as have acquired a special meaning, or are defined in this chapter, are construed according to such special meaning or their definition;
(2) the singular includes the plural; and the plural, the singular; words of one gender include the other genders; words used in the past or present tense include the future;
(3) general words are construed to be restricted in their meaning by preceding particular words;
(4) words in a law conferring a joint authority upon three or more public officers or other persons are construed to confer authority upon a majority of such officers or persons; and
(5) a majority of the qualified members of any board or commission constitutes a quorum.
History:
1941 c 492 s 8; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.10 — Bonds.

645.10 BONDS.
A law requiring a bond or undertaking with sureties to be given by any person is construed to permit in lieu thereof a bond of indemnity or surety bond for the amount of such bond or undertaking, given by an indemnity or surety company authorized to do business in this state, and approved by the proper authority.
History:
1941 c 492 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.11 — Published Notice.

645.11 PUBLISHED NOTICE.
Unless otherwise specifically provided, the words "published notice," when used in reference to the giving of notice in any proceeding or the service of any summons, order, or process in judicial proceedings, mean the publication in full of the notice, or other paper referred to, in the regular issue of a qualified newspaper, once each week for the number of weeks specified. When the publication day of any newspaper falls upon Thanksgiving Day, or upon any legal holiday, the publication of notice in any proceeding or the publication of any summons, order, or process in judicial proceedings, may be made either the day before or the day after Thanksgiving Day, or such legal holiday. When the published notice contains a description of real estate which is located within the legal limits of any city, which city is situated in more than one county, such published notice may be published in any legal newspaper within such city.
History:
1941 c 103; 1941 c 492 s 11; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.12 — Posted Notice.

645.12 POSTED NOTICE.
Subdivision 1.
Definition.
The term "posted notice," when used in reference to the giving of notice in any proceeding or the service of any summons, order, or process in judicial proceedings, means the posting, at the beginning of the prescribed period of notice, of a copy of the notice or document referred to, in a manner likely to attract attention, in each of three of the most public places in the town, city, district, or county to which the subject matter of the notice relates, or in which the thing of which notice is given is to occur or to be performed.
Subd. 2.
Posting; large number of similar notices in same proceeding.
Posting, posting in a conspicuous place, or conspicuously posting shall, when the number of notices of like nature in the same proceeding is so large that it would be impractical to affix the notices separately to a wall, post, or bulletin board, include placing the notices in a loose leaf binder or binders with a statement of the contents on the outside thereof, which shall be kept on a table or counter in the designated place of posting, provided that such notices shall be accessible and subject to inspection by the public at all times.
Subd. 3.
Posting; large number of licenses issued to same person.
Posting, posting in a conspicuous place, or conspicuously posting shall, when the number of licenses issued to the same person, persons, copartnership, or corporation is so large that it would be impractical to affix the licenses separately to a wall, post, or fixture, include placing such licenses in a series of open face envelopes with a statement of the contents on the outside thereof, which shall be prominently displayed, provided that such licenses shall be accessible and subject to inspection at all times.
History:
1941 c 492 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.13 — Time; Publication For Successive Weeks.

645.13 TIME; PUBLICATION FOR SUCCESSIVE WEEKS.
When the term "successive weeks" is used in any law providing for the publishing of notices, the word "weeks" shall be construed as calendar weeks. The publication upon any day of such weeks shall be sufficient publication for that week, but at least five days shall elapse between each publication. At least the number of weeks specified in "successive weeks" shall elapse between the first publication and the day for the happening of the event for which the publication is made.
History:
1941 c 492 s 13
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.14 — Time; Computation Of Months.

645.14 TIME; COMPUTATION OF MONTHS.
When, in any law, the lapse of a number of months before or after a certain day is required, such number of months shall be computed by counting the months from such day, excluding the calendar month in which such day occurs, and including the day of the month in the last months so counted having the same numerical order as the day of the month from which the computation is made, unless there be not so many days in the last month so counted, in which case the period computed shall expire with the last day of the month so counted.
History:
1941 c 492 s 14
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.15 — Computation Of Time.

645.15 COMPUTATION OF TIME.
Where the performance or doing of any act, duty, matter, payment, or thing is ordered or directed, and the period of time or duration for the performance or doing thereof is prescribed and fixed by law, the time, except as otherwise provided in sections 645.13 and 645.14, shall be computed so as to exclude the first and include the last day of the prescribed or fixed period or duration of time. When the last day of the period falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, that day shall be omitted from the computation.
History:
1941 c 492 s 15; 1981 c 117 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.151 — Timely Delivery Or Filing.

645.151 TIMELY DELIVERY OR FILING.
When an application, payment, return, claim, statement, or other document is to be delivered to or filed with a department, agency, or instrumentality of this state or of a political subdivision on or before a prescribed date and the prescribed date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, it is timely delivered or filed if it is delivered or filed on the next succeeding day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
History:
1981 c 117 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.16 — Legislative Intent Controls.

645.16 LEGISLATIVE INTENT CONTROLS.
The object of all interpretation and construction of laws is to ascertain and effectuate the intention of the legislature. Every law shall be construed, if possible, to give effect to all its provisions.
When the words of a law in their application to an existing situation are clear and free from all ambiguity, the letter of the law shall not be disregarded under the pretext of pursuing the spirit.
When the words of a law are not explicit, the intention of the legislature may be ascertained by considering, among other matters:
(1) the occasion and necessity for the law;
(2) the circumstances under which it was enacted;
(3) the mischief to be remedied;
(4) the object to be attained;
(5) the former law, if any, including other laws upon the same or similar subjects;
(6) the consequences of a particular interpretation;
(7) the contemporaneous legislative history; and
(8) legislative and administrative interpretations of the statute.
History:
1941 c 492 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.17 — Presumptions In Ascertaining Legislative Intent.

645.17 PRESUMPTIONS IN ASCERTAINING LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
In ascertaining the intention of the legislature the courts may be guided by the following presumptions:
(1) the legislature does not intend a result that is absurd, impossible of execution, or unreasonable;
(2) the legislature intends the entire statute to be effective and certain;
(3) the legislature does not intend to violate the Constitution of the United States or of this state;
(4) when a court of last resort has construed the language of a law, the legislature in subsequent laws on the same subject matter intends the same construction to be placed upon such language; and
(5) the legislature intends to favor the public interest as against any private interest.
History:
1941 c 492 s 17
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.18 — Grammar; Syntax; Ellipsis.

645.18 GRAMMAR; SYNTAX; ELLIPSIS.
Grammatical errors shall not vitiate a law. A transposition of words and clauses may be resorted to when a sentence is without meaning as it stands. Words and phrases which may be necessary to the proper interpretation of a law and which do not conflict with its obvious purpose and intent nor in any way affect its scope and operation may be added in the construction thereof.
History:
1941 c 492 s 18; 1979 c 8 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.19 — Construction Of Provisos And Exceptions.

645.19 CONSTRUCTION OF PROVISOS AND EXCEPTIONS.
Provisos shall be construed to limit rather than to extend the operation of the clauses to which they refer. Exceptions expressed in a law shall be construed to exclude all others.
History:
1941 c 492 s 19
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.20 — Construction Of Severable Provisions.

645.20 CONSTRUCTION OF SEVERABLE PROVISIONS.
Unless there is a provision in the law that the provisions shall not be severable, the provisions of all laws shall be severable. If any provision of a law is found to be unconstitutional and void, the remaining provisions of the law shall remain valid, unless the court finds the valid provisions of the law are so essentially and inseparably connected with, and so dependent upon, the void provisions that the court cannot presume the legislature would have enacted the remaining valid provisions without the void one; or unless the court finds the remaining valid provisions, standing alone, are incomplete and are incapable of being executed in accordance with the legislative intent.
History:
1941 c 492 s 20
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.21 — Presumption Against Retroactive Effect.

645.21 PRESUMPTION AGAINST RETROACTIVE EFFECT.
No law shall be construed to be retroactive unless clearly and manifestly so intended by the legislature.
History:
1941 c 492 s 21
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.22 — Uniform Laws.

645.22 UNIFORM LAWS.
Laws uniform with those of other states shall be interpreted and construed to effect their general purpose to make uniform the laws of those states which enact them.
History:
1941 c 492 s 22
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.24 — Penalties For Each Offense.

645.24 PENALTIES FOR EACH OFFENSE.
When a penalty or forfeiture is provided for the violation of a law, such penalty or forfeiture shall be construed to be for each such violation.
History:
1941 c 492 s 24
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.241 — Punishment For Prohibited Acts.

645.241 PUNISHMENT FOR PROHIBITED ACTS.
When the performance of any act is prohibited by a statute, and no penalty for the violation of the same shall be imposed in any statute, the doing of such act shall be a petty misdemeanor.
History:
(10047) RL s 4859; 2014 c 312 art 6 s 6; 2015 c 65 art 6 s 22
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.25 — Intent To Defraud.

645.25 INTENT TO DEFRAUD.
When an intent to defraud is required in any law in order to constitute an offense, the law shall be construed to require only an intent to defraud any person or body politic.
History:
1941 c 492 s 25
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.26 — Irreconcilable Provisions.

645.26 IRRECONCILABLE PROVISIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Particular controls general.
When a general provision in a law is in conflict with a special provision in the same or another law, the two shall be construed, if possible, so that effect may be given to both. If the conflict between the two provisions be irreconcilable, the special provision shall prevail and shall be construed as an exception to the general provision, unless the general provision shall be enacted at a later session and it shall be the manifest intention of the legislature that such general provision shall prevail.
Subd. 2.
Clauses in same law.
When, in the same law, several clauses are irreconcilable, the clause last in order of date or position shall prevail.
Subd. 3.
Laws passed at same session.
When the provisions of two or more laws passed during the same session of the legislature are irreconcilable, the law latest in date of final enactment, irrespective of its effective date, shall prevail from the time it becomes effective, except as otherwise provided in section 645.30.
Subd. 4.
Laws passed at different sessions.
When the provisions of two or more laws passed at different sessions of the legislature are irreconcilable, the law latest in date of final enactment shall prevail.
History:
1941 c 492 s 26
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.27 — State Bound By Statute; When.

645.27 STATE BOUND BY STATUTE; WHEN.
The state is not bound by the passage of a law unless named therein, or unless the words of the act are so plain, clear, and unmistakable as to leave no doubt as to the intention of the legislature.
History:
1941 c 492 s 27
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.28 — Existing Laws; Effect Of Revision Or Code.

645.28 EXISTING LAWS; EFFECT OF REVISION OR CODE.
Except as provided in section 645.39, laws in force at the time of the adoption of any revision or code are not repealed by the revision or code unless expressly repealed therein.
History:
1941 c 492 s 28
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.29 — Manner Of Amendment.

645.29 MANNER OF AMENDMENT.
Bills introduced at any legislative session purporting to amend or repeal any part of the laws of this state by reference in the title and body of such bills to any of the recognized published statutes of Minnesota shall be taken and construed to mean and shall have the same force and validity as if the bills referred to the original enactment.
History:
1941 c 492 s 29
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.30 — Effect Of Separate Amendments On Code Provisions Enacted At Same Session.

645.30 EFFECT OF SEPARATE AMENDMENTS ON CODE PROVISIONS ENACTED AT SAME SESSION.
When any existing law incorporated into and repealed by a code or revision is also amended by other legislation enacted at the same session of the legislature, such separate amendment shall be construed to be in force, notwithstanding the repeal by the code of the act it amends, and such amendment shall be construed to prevail over the corresponding provisions of the code.
History:
1941 c 492 s 30
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.31 — Construction Of Amendatory And Reference Laws.

645.31 CONSTRUCTION OF AMENDATORY AND REFERENCE LAWS.
Subdivision 1.
Amendatory laws.
When a section or part of a law is amended, the amendment shall be construed as merging into the original law, becoming a part thereof, and replacing the part amended, and the remainder of the original enactment and the amendment shall be read together and viewed as one act passed at one time; but the portions of the law which were not altered by the amendment shall be construed as effective from the time of their first enactment, and the new provisions shall be construed as effective only from the date when the amendment became effective. When an act has been amended "so as to read as follows," or otherwise, a later reference to that act either by its original title or as it exists in any compilation of the laws of this state includes the act as amended.
Subd. 2.
Adoption of law by reference.
When an act adopts the provisions of another law by reference it also adopts by reference any subsequent amendments of such other law, except where there is clear legislative intention to the contrary.
History:
1941 c 492 s 31; 1965 c 83 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.32 — Merger Of Subsequent Amendments.

645.32 MERGER OF SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS.
When a law has been more than once amended, the latest amendment shall be read into the original law as previously amended and not into such law as originally enacted.
History:
1941 c 492 s 32
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.33 — Two Or More Amendments To Same Section; One Overlooking The Other.

645.33 TWO OR MORE AMENDMENTS TO SAME SECTION; ONE OVERLOOKING THE OTHER.
When two or more amendments to the same provision of law are enacted at the same or different sessions, one amendment overlooking and making no reference to the other or others, the amendments shall be construed together, if possible, and effect be given to each. If the amendments be irreconcilable, the latest in date of final enactment shall prevail.
History:
1941 c 492 s 33