Legislative Session number- 84

Bill Name: SF0478

1E Revisor's bill; correcting erroneous, ambiguous and omitted text and obsolete
references; eliminating certain redundant, conflicting and superseded provisions


ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL

Making miscellaneous technical corrections to statutes
and other laws relating to the St. Paul landmark authority courts building
reference, to lobbyist principal reports, to the classification of certain
government data, to certain no longer existing state agencies, to certain
expired reporting requirements, to certain obsolete terms, to financial
institutions credit extension rates, to the insurance joint underwriting
association, to small employer health carriers reinsurance association
participation, to real estate brokers or salespersons license renewals, to
snowmobile metal traction devices prohibition, to Forestville mystery cave state
park, to the sale of state forest lands, to the remediation fund, to child care
improvement grants, to school graduation incentives programs, to cosmetology, to
the expiration date of the Mississippi River parkway commission, to service of
motor vehicle deputy registrars, to slow moving vehicles, to motor vehicle
flashing warning lights, to provisional drivers licenses, to driving privileges,
to fair labor standards, to public utility actions to recover penalties, to the
telephone company alternative regulation plan, to cable communications systems,
to oxygenated gasoline sales, to inmates supervised release terms, to the
development of local adult mental health services, to Indian welfare grants, to
certain sex offender program rules, to medical assistance (MA) eligibility and
covered home health services, to seniors agenda for independent living (SAIL)
projects, to the region 10 alternative licensing system under medical
assistance, to nursing facility reimbursement rates, to coverage under the
unitary residence and financial responsibility act, to the MinnesotaCare
program, to children's mental health grants, to juvenile petty offenses, to the
contents of property tax statements, to the franchise tax operating loss
deduction, to the state patrol, to the state fire marshal, to partnerships, to
mortgage foreclosures, to uniform commercial code (UCC) fund transfers, to
animal cruelty, to the western Lake Superior sanitary district, to economic
development authorities, to the metropolitan landfill contingency action trust
account, to livestock liens, to common interest community disclosure statements,
to intestate succession under the uniform probate code and to peace officer
training; correcting certain effective and expiration dates; providing for the
effect of certain amendments; repealing certain obsolete, redundant or
conflicting provisions relating to dry cleaner registration fee adjustments, to
metropolitan council boundaries, to national guard members tuition reimbursement
grants, to pharmacy copayments and to rules of the department of veterans
affairs and the peace officer standards and training board (POST)

ARTICLE 2 -
OBSOLETE CONSTABLE AND MARSHAL PROVISIONS

Replacing obsolete references to
constables and marshals; specifying certain reference change or deletion
instructions to the revisor of statutes; repealing certain obsolete provisions
relating to peace officer powers

ARTICLE 3 - UPDATING AND CONFORMING
FINES

Implementing a certain prior instruction to the revisor of statutes to
correct certain statutory penalty provisions for two tiered penalty consistency
purposes; making conforming amendments to certain provisions relating to
agriculture, to fraternal benefit societies, to prevailing wages, to the
department of education, to the board of regents of the university of Minnesota,
to marijuana possession, to cosmetology, to pedestrian right-of-way, to the
department of transportation (DOT), to canvas sales, to transient merchants, to
the improper use of certain military insignias, to attorneys, to acrobatic
exhibitions, to animal registration certificates, to extradition and to
attendance at criminal trials

ARTCLE 4 - GUARDIANSHIP AND
CONSERVATORSHIP

Removing obsolete concepts from statutes relating to
guardianships and conservatorships and correcting obsolete cross references to
statutory provisions and rules

ARTICLE 5 - RETIREMENT PROVISIONS

Modifying the
definition of public employee to include employees of the Dakota county
agricultural society under the public employees retirement association;
correcting certain references in certain provisions relating to public hospital
employees under PERA and to lump sum postretirement payment conversion;
specifying certain reference replacement instructions to the revisor of
statutes; repealing a certain conflicting provision relating to Dakota county
agricultural society employees
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