1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to legislative enactments; making miscellaneous technical corrections to 
1.3 	laws and statutes; correcting erroneous, obsolete, and omitted text and references; 
1.4 	removing redundant, conflicting, and superseded provisions;amending Minnesota 
1.5 	Statutes 2020, sections 12.27, subdivision 3; 12.381, subdivision 1; 12.61, 
1.6 	subdivision 1; 12A.07, subdivision 2; 13.3805, subdivision 3; 13.3806, subdivision 
1.7 	6; 13.381, by adding a subdivision; 13.46, subdivision 2; 13.461, by adding a 
1.8 	subdivision; 13.4963, subdivision 14; 13.7191, subdivision 14b, by adding a 
1.9 	subdivision; 13.785, by adding a subdivision; 13.7905, by adding a subdivision; 
1.10 	13.7908, subdivision 2; 13.82, subdivision 8; 13.851, by adding a subdivision; 
1.11 	13.871, subdivisions 5, 6; 28A.06; 43A.15, subdivision 14; 62U.06, subdivision 
1.12 	2; 62W.09, subdivision 1; 84.0285; 84.87, subdivision 1; 88.16, subdivision 2; 
1.13 	103F.211, subdivision 2; 116B.11, subdivision 1; 121A.031, subdivisions 2, 3, 5; 
1.14 	122A.09, subdivision 7; 122A.40, subdivision 13; 122A.41, subdivision 6; 123B.61; 
1.15 	123B.62; 123B.88, subdivision 1; 124D.454, subdivision 12; 126C.65, subdivision 
1.16 	4; 129D.02, subdivision 5; 147A.01, subdivision 23; 147B.02, subdivision 7; 
1.17 	148.56, subdivision 1; 148.6443, subdivision 3; 148E.105, subdivision 3; 148E.120, 
1.18 	subdivision 1; 151.37, subdivision 12; 151.74, subdivision 6; 161.242, subdivision 
1.19 	2; 161.3203, subdivision 4; 162.06, subdivision 5; 162.08, subdivision 4; 163.051, 
1.20 	subdivision 1; 168.101, subdivision 1; 168.27, subdivisions 11, 12; 168.63, 
1.21 	subdivision 5; 168A.07, subdivision 3; 168B.055; 168D.01, subdivision 4; 168D.02, 
1.22 	subdivision 1; 169.06, subdivisions 1, 4a; 169.09, subdivision 5; 169.20, subdivision 
1.23 	5b; 169.305, subdivision 3; 169.34, subdivision 2; 169.42, subdivision 5; 169.468, 
1.24 	subdivision 4; 169.541, subdivision 2; 169.57, subdivision 2; 169.792, subdivisions 
1.25 	7, 11; 169.801, subdivision 2; 169.824, subdivision 1; 169.851, subdivision 3; 
1.26 	169.86, subdivisions 1, 5; 169.871, subdivision 1b; 169.965, subdivision 2; 169.966, 
1.27 	subdivision 2; 171.01, subdivisions 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 39, 42, 43, 45, 48, 50; 
1.28 	171.168, subdivisions 1, 3; 171.177, subdivision 8; 171.2405, subdivision 2; 171.26, 
1.29 	subdivision 1; 171.30, subdivisions 2a, 5; 171.306, subdivision 5; 174.185, 
1.30 	subdivision 2; 174.186, subdivision 2; 174.257, subdivisions 1, 4; 174.30, 
1.31 	subdivision 3; 174.82; 176.101, subdivision 4; 179A.03, subdivisions 2, 5; 179A.04, 
1.32 	subdivision 1; 219.074, subdivisions 2, 3; 219.50; 221.031, subdivision 8; 221.0314, 
1.33 	subdivision 10; 221.033, subdivision 1; 221.0341; 221.132; 221.141, subdivisions 
1.34 	1b, 1c; 221.605, subdivisions 1, 3; 222.50, subdivision 7; 222.56, subdivision 4; 
1.35 	222.58, subdivision 5; 245C.04, subdivision 1; 252.291, subdivision 1; 256B.0625, 
1.36 	subdivision 18e; 256B.0947, subdivision 7a; 256B.4912, subdivisions 1a, 11; 
1.37 	256B.69, subdivision 21; 256R.02, subdivision 19; 275.70, subdivision 5; 290.0122, 
1.38 	subdivision 9; 297A.75, subdivision 5; 297A.94; 297B.035, subdivision 3; 297B.12; 
2.1 	298.294; 299F.05, subdivision 2; 299F.19, subdivision 2; 299F.40, subdivision 2; 
2.2 	299F.72, subdivision 1a; 299N.02, subdivision 1; 304A.102, subdivision 3; 
2.3 	327C.01, subdivisions 1c, 13; 352F.04, subdivision 2; 353G.08, subdivision 1; 
2.4 	354.35, subdivision 1; 357.18, subdivision 5; 360.065, subdivision 1; 360.075, 
2.5 	subdivision 1; 360.305, subdivisions 2, 4; 360.511, subdivision 1; 360.531, 
2.6 	subdivisions 1, 8; 360.54; 360.55, subdivisions 1, 3; 360.60, subdivision 1; 360.61, 
2.7 	subdivision 2; 360.62; 360.83, subdivisions 3, 5; 360.84; 383B.063; 403.02, 
2.8 	subdivision 20a; 403.05, subdivision 2; 403.07, subdivision 3; 403.32, subdivision 
2.9 	2; 403.39, subdivision 3; 444.075, subdivision 1; 462A.03, subdivision 13; 462A.07, 
2.10 	subdivisions 9, 10, 14; 462A.21, subdivision 4a; 477A.017, subdivision 3; 
2.11 	524.5-118, subdivision 1; 546.10; Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, sections 
2.12 	16B.86; 60A.985, subdivision 13; 116.07, subdivision 7; 136A.91, subdivision 2; 
2.13 	144.0724, subdivision 12; 144F.01, subdivision 2; 169.8665, subdivision 3; 171.20, 
2.14 	subdivision 4; 174.30, subdivision 1; 256B.0371, subdivision 4; 256B.0625, 
2.15 	subdivision 17; 256B.0943, subdivision 5a; 256B.25, subdivision 3; 256B.69, 
2.16 	subdivision 6g; 340A.504, subdivision 7; 383B.041, subdivision 3; 504B.206, 
2.17 	subdivision 6; Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 13, article 3, section 8, 
2.18 	subdivision 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 13.381, subdivision 7; 
2.19 	13.411, subdivisions 4, 5; 13.712, subdivision 5; 93.58; 97A.056, subdivision 7; 
2.20 	116J.9661; 161.203; 173.18; 174.03, subdivision 6a; 245.4662, subdivision 4; 
2.21 	256B.0625, subdivisions 18c, 18d; 256R.49; 297A.71, subdivision 49; 473.5955; 
2.22 	Minnesota Rules, part 4764.0020, subpart 36.
2.23 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.24 	ARTICLE 1
2.25 	MISCELLANEOUS

2.26 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 12.27, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.27 		Subd. 3.Local delegation of authority. (a) No later than 90 days after August 1, 1996,
2.28 	The governing body of a political subdivision shall designate a city administrator or manager, 
2.29 	public safety director, police chief, fire chief, public works director, or other officer who, 
2.30 	exercising discretion and considering the needs of the political subdivision and its inhabitants, 
2.31 	may dispatch equipment and personnel as considered necessary if a danger of fire, hazard, 
2.32 	casualty, or another similar occurrence exists outside the political subdivision and by its 
2.33 	suddenness it would be impractical for the governing body itself to authorize the dispatch 
2.34 	of equipment and personnel to combat that emergency or disaster.
2.35 	(b) Action under this subdivision is an act of the political subdivision. All provisions 
2.36 	for compensation of personnel, rental of equipment, liability insurance coverage, workers' 
2.37 	compensation insurance, and other matters pertaining to the political subdivision, its 
2.38 	equipment, and personnel, apply in each case as if specifically authorized and directed.
2.39 	(c) The officer shall end the use of equipment and personnel when the need no longer 
2.40 	exists or earlier at the officer's discretion if it appears to be in the best interest of the political 
2.41 	subdivision.

3.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 12.381, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
3.2 		Subdivision 1.Powers for safe disposition. Notwithstanding chapter 149A and 
3.3 	Minnesota Rules, chapter 4610, in connection with deaths related to a declared emergency, 
3.4 	the governor may:
3.5 	(1) direct measures to provide for the safe disposition of dead human bodies as may be 
3.6 	reasonable and necessary for emergency response. Measures may include, but are not limited 
3.7 	to, transportation, preparation, temporary mass burial and other interment, disinterment, 
3.8 	and cremation of dead human bodies. Insofar as the emergency circumstances allow, the 
3.9 	governor shall respect the religious rites, cultural customs, family wishes, and predeath 
3.10 	directives of a decedent concerning final disposition. The governor may limit visitations or 
3.11 	funeral ceremonies based on public health risks;
3.12 	(2) consult with coroners and medical examiners, take possession or control of any dead 
3.13 	human body, and order an autopsy of the body; and
3.14 	(3) request any business or facility authorized to embalm, bury, cremate, inter, disinter, 
3.15 	transport, or otherwise provide for disposition of a dead human body under the laws of this 
3.16 	state to accept any dead human body or provide the use of its business or facility if the 
3.17 	actions are reasonable and necessary for emergency management purposes and are within 
3.18 	the safety precaution capabilities of the business or facility.

3.19 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 12.61, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
3.20 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section:
3.21 	(a) "Emergency plan" includes:
3.22 	(i) any plan for managing an emergency threatening public health developed by the 
3.23 	commissioner of health or a local public health agency;
3.24 	(ii) any plan for managing an emergency threatening public health developed by one or 
3.25 	more hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, or other health care facilities or providers and 
3.26 	approved by the commissioner of health or local public health agency in consultation with 
3.27 	emergency management officials; or
3.28 	(iii) any provision for assistance by out-of-state responders under interstate or 
3.29 	international compacts, including but not limited to the Emergency Management Assistance 
3.30 	Compact.
3.31 	(b) "Regional hospital system" means all hospitals in one of the hospital bioterrorism 
3.32 	preparedness program geographic regions of the state set forth in the most recent hospital 
4.1 	preparedness plan available on the Department of Health website at 
4.2 	www.health.state.mn.us/oep.
4.3 	(c) "Responder" means any person or organization whether paid or volunteer that provides 
4.4 	health care or other health-related services in an emergency including, but not limited to, 
4.5 	physicians, physician assistants, registered and other nurses, certified nursing assistants, or 
4.6 	other staff within a health care provider organization, pharmacists, chiropractors, dentists, 
4.7 	emergency medical technicians, members of a specialized medical response unit, laboratory 
4.8 	technicians, morticians, registered first responders, mental health professionals, hospitals, 
4.9 	nursing and boarding care facilities, home health care agencies, other long-term care 
4.10 	providers, medical and dental clinics, medical laboratories, and ambulance service personnel, 
4.11 	dispatch services, and persons not registered as first responders but affiliated with a medical 
4.12 	response unit and dispatched to the scene of an emergency by a public safety answering 
4.13 	point or licensed ambulance service.

4.14 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 12A.07, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
4.15 		Subd. 2.Assistance. Criteria and requirements must be locally established with the 
4.16 	approval of the commissioner. Local plans must specify the type of assistance to be provided 
4.17 	to eligible organizations. Within the limits of the available grant amounts, assistance may 
4.18 	be provided as loans with or without interest and as forgivable loans. The criteria must, at 
4.19 	a minimum, specify that an organization receiving a forgivable loan must remain in the 
4.20 	local community a minimum of five years after the date of the loan, after which the amount 
4.21 	of loan forgiveness must follow a schedule provided by the commissioner for an additional 
4.22 	five years. Loans made under this section must not be used to refinance debt that existed 
4.23 	on the date of the disaster. Repayment of loan amounts is made to the local community 
4.24 	consistent with subdivision 6. All assistance awards under this section must meet the 
4.25 	requirements of section 116J.8731, subdivision 8 9.

4.26 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13.3805, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
4.27 		Subd. 3.Office of Health Facility Complaints; investigative data. Except for 
4.28 	investigative data under chapter 260E, all investigative data maintained by the Department 
4.29 	of Health's Office of Health Facility Complaints are subject to provisions of and classified 
4.30 	pursuant to section 626.557, subdivision 12b, paragraphs (b) to (d). Notwithstanding sections 
4.31 	260E.21, subdivision 4 1; 260E.35; and 626.557, subdivision 12b, paragraph (b), data 
4.32 	identifying an individual substantiated as the perpetrator are public data. For purposes of 
4.33 	this subdivision, an individual is substantiated as the perpetrator if the commissioner of 
5.1 	health determines that the individual is the perpetrator and the determination of the 
5.2 	commissioner is upheld after the individual either exercises applicable administrative appeal 
5.3 	rights or fails to exercise these rights within the time allowed by law.

5.4 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13.46, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
5.5 		Subd. 2.General. (a) Data on individuals collected, maintained, used, or disseminated 
5.6 	by the welfare system are private data on individuals, and shall not be disclosed except:
5.7 	(1) according to section 13.05;
5.8 	(2) according to court order;
5.9 	(3) according to a statute specifically authorizing access to the private data;
5.10 	(4) to an agent of the welfare system and an investigator acting on behalf of a county, 
5.11 	the state, or the federal government, including a law enforcement person or attorney in the 
5.12 	investigation or prosecution of a criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding relating to the 
5.13 	administration of a program;
5.14 	(5) to personnel of the welfare system who require the data to verify an individual's 
5.15 	identity; determine eligibility, amount of assistance, and the need to provide services to an 
5.16 	individual or family across programs; coordinate services for an individual or family; 
5.17 	evaluate the effectiveness of programs; assess parental contribution amounts; and investigate 
5.18 	suspected fraud;
5.19 	(6) to administer federal funds or programs;
5.20 	(7) between personnel of the welfare system working in the same program;
5.21 	(8) to the Department of Revenue to assess parental contribution amounts for purposes 
5.22 	of section 252.27, subdivision 2a, administer and evaluate tax refund or tax credit programs 
5.23 	and to identify individuals who may benefit from these programs. The following information 
5.24 	may be disclosed under this paragraph: an individual's and their dependent's names, dates 
5.25 	of birth, Social Security numbers, income, addresses, and other data as required, upon 
5.26 	request by the Department of Revenue. Disclosures by the commissioner of revenue to the 
5.27 	commissioner of human services for the purposes described in this clause are governed by 
5.28 	section 270B.14, subdivision 1. Tax refund or tax credit programs include, but are not limited 
5.29 	to, the dependent care credit under section 290.067, the Minnesota working family credit 
5.30 	under section 290.0671, the property tax refund and rental credit under section 290A.04, 
5.31 	and the Minnesota education credit under section 290.0674;
6.1 	(9) between the Department of Human Services, the Department of Employment and 
6.2 	Economic Development, and when applicable, the Department of Education, for the following 
6.3 	purposes:
6.4 	(i) to monitor the eligibility of the data subject for unemployment benefits, for any 
6.5 	employment or training program administered, supervised, or certified by that agency;
6.6 	(ii) to administer any rehabilitation program or child care assistance program, whether 
6.7 	alone or in conjunction with the welfare system;
6.8 	(iii) to monitor and evaluate the Minnesota family investment program or the child care 
6.9 	assistance program by exchanging data on recipients and former recipients of Supplemental 
6.10 	Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, cash assistance under chapter 256, 256D, 
6.11 	256J, or 256K, child care assistance under chapter 119B, medical programs under chapter 
6.12 	256B or 256L, or a medical program formerly codified under chapter 256D; and
6.13 	(iv) to analyze public assistance employment services and program utilization, cost, 
6.14 	effectiveness, and outcomes as implemented under the authority established in Title II, 
6.15 	Sections 201-204 of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999. 
6.16 	Health records governed by sections 144.291 to 144.298 and "protected health information" 
6.17 	as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, section 160.103, and governed by Code 
6.18 	of Federal Regulations, title 45, parts 160-164, including health care claims utilization 
6.19 	information, must not be exchanged under this clause;
6.20 	(10) to appropriate parties in connection with an emergency if knowledge of the 
6.21 	information is necessary to protect the health or safety of the individual or other individuals 
6.22 	or persons;
6.23 	(11) data maintained by residential programs as defined in section 245A.02 may be 
6.24 	disclosed to the protection and advocacy system established in this state according to Part 
6.25 	C of Public Law 98-527 to protect the legal and human rights of persons with developmental 
6.26 	disabilities or other related conditions who live in residential facilities for these persons if 
6.27 	the protection and advocacy system receives a complaint by or on behalf of that person and 
6.28 	the person does not have a legal guardian or the state or a designee of the state is the legal 
6.29 	guardian of the person;
6.30 	(12) to the county medical examiner or the county coroner for identifying or locating 
6.31 	relatives or friends of a deceased person;
7.1 	(13) data on a child support obligor who makes payments to the public agency may be 
7.2 	disclosed to the Minnesota Office of Higher Education to the extent necessary to determine 
7.3 	eligibility under section 136A.121, subdivision 2, clause (5);
7.4 	(14) participant Social Security numbers and names collected by the telephone assistance 
7.5 	program may be disclosed to the Department of Revenue to conduct an electronic data 
7.6 	match with the property tax refund database to determine eligibility under section 237.70, 
7.7 	subdivision 4a;
7.8 	(15) the current address of a Minnesota family investment program participant may be 
7.9 	disclosed to law enforcement officers who provide the name of the participant and notify 
7.10 	the agency that:
7.11 	(i) the participant:
7.12 	(A) is a fugitive felon fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement after 
7.13 	conviction, for a crime or attempt to commit a crime that is a felony under the laws of the 
7.14 	jurisdiction from which the individual is fleeing; or
7.15 	(B) is violating a condition of probation or parole imposed under state or federal law;
7.16 	(ii) the location or apprehension of the felon is within the law enforcement officer's 
7.17 	official duties; and
7.18 	(iii) the request is made in writing and in the proper exercise of those duties;
7.19 	(16) the current address of a recipient of general assistance may be disclosed to probation 
7.20 	officers and corrections agents who are supervising the recipient and to law enforcement 
7.21 	officers who are investigating the recipient in connection with a felony level offense;
7.22 	(17) information obtained from a SNAP applicant or recipient households may be 
7.23 	disclosed to local, state, or federal law enforcement officials, upon their written request, for 
7.24 	the purpose of investigating an alleged violation of the Food and Nutrition Act, according 
7.25 	to Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, section 272.1(c);
7.26 	(18) the address, Social Security number, and, if available, photograph of any member 
7.27 	of a household receiving SNAP benefits shall be made available, on request, to a local, state, 
7.28 	or federal law enforcement officer if the officer furnishes the agency with the name of the 
7.29 	member and notifies the agency that:
7.30 	(i) the member:
7.31 	(A) is fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement after conviction, for a 
7.32 	crime or attempt to commit a crime that is a felony in the jurisdiction the member is fleeing;
8.1 	(B) is violating a condition of probation or parole imposed under state or federal law; 
8.2 	or
8.3 	(C) has information that is necessary for the officer to conduct an official duty related 
8.4 	to conduct described in subitem (A) or (B);
8.5 	(ii) locating or apprehending the member is within the officer's official duties; and
8.6 	(iii) the request is made in writing and in the proper exercise of the officer's official duty;
8.7 	(19) the current address of a recipient of Minnesota family investment program, general 
8.8 	assistance, or SNAP benefits may be disclosed to law enforcement officers who, in writing, 
8.9 	provide the name of the recipient and notify the agency that the recipient is a person required 
8.10 	to register under section 243.166, but is not residing at the address at which the recipient is 
8.11 	registered under section 243.166;
8.12 	(20) certain information regarding child support obligors who are in arrears may be 
8.13 	made public according to section 518A.74;
8.14 	(21) data on child support payments made by a child support obligor and data on the 
8.15 	distribution of those payments excluding identifying information on obligees may be 
8.16 	disclosed to all obligees to whom the obligor owes support, and data on the enforcement 
8.17 	actions undertaken by the public authority, the status of those actions, and data on the income 
8.18 	of the obligor or obligee may be disclosed to the other party;
8.19 	(22) data in the work reporting system may be disclosed under section 256.998, 
8.20 	subdivision 7;
8.21 	(23) to the Department of Education for the purpose of matching Department of Education 
8.22 	student data with public assistance data to determine students eligible for free and 
8.23 	reduced-price meals, meal supplements, and free milk according to United States Code, 
8.24 	title 42, sections 1758, 1761, 1766, 1766a, 1772, and 1773; to allocate federal and state 
8.25 	funds that are distributed based on income of the student's family; and to verify receipt of 
8.26 	energy assistance for the telephone assistance plan;
8.27 	(24) the current address and telephone number of program recipients and emergency 
8.28 	contacts may be released to the commissioner of health or a community health board as 
8.29 	defined in section 145A.02, subdivision 5, when the commissioner or community health 
8.30 	board has reason to believe that a program recipient is a disease case, carrier, suspect case, 
8.31 	or at risk of illness, and the data are necessary to locate the person;
8.32 	(25) to other state agencies, statewide systems, and political subdivisions of this state, 
8.33 	including the attorney general, and agencies of other states, interstate information networks, 
9.1 	federal agencies, and other entities as required by federal regulation or law for the 
9.2 	administration of the child support enforcement program;
9.3 	(26) to personnel of public assistance programs as defined in section 256.741, for access 
9.4 	to the child support system database for the purpose of administration, including monitoring 
9.5 	and evaluation of those public assistance programs;
9.6 	(27) to monitor and evaluate the Minnesota family investment program by exchanging 
9.7 	data between the Departments of Human Services and Education, on recipients and former 
9.8 	recipients of SNAP benefits, cash assistance under chapter 256, 256D, 256J, or 256K, child 
9.9 	care assistance under chapter 119B, medical programs under chapter 256B or 256L, or a 
9.10 	medical program formerly codified under chapter 256D;
9.11 	(28) to evaluate child support program performance and to identify and prevent fraud 
9.12 	in the child support program by exchanging data between the Department of Human Services, 
9.13 	Department of Revenue under section 270B.14, subdivision 1, paragraphs (a) and (b), 
9.14 	without regard to the limitation of use in paragraph (c), Department of Health, Department 
9.15 	of Employment and Economic Development, and other state agencies as is reasonably 
9.16 	necessary to perform these functions;
9.17 	(29) counties and the Department of Human Services operating child care assistance 
9.18 	programs under chapter 119B may disseminate data on program participants, applicants, 
9.19 	and providers to the commissioner of education;
9.20 	(30) child support data on the child, the parents, and relatives of the child may be 
9.21 	disclosed to agencies administering programs under titles IV-B and IV-E of the Social 
9.22 	Security Act, as authorized by federal law;
9.23 	(31) to a health care provider governed by sections 144.291 to 144.298, to the extent 
9.24 	necessary to coordinate services;
9.25 	(32) to the chief administrative officer of a school to coordinate services for a student 
9.26 	and family; data that may be disclosed under this clause are limited to name, date of birth, 
9.27 	gender, and address;
9.28 	(33) to county correctional agencies to the extent necessary to coordinate services and 
9.29 	diversion programs; data that may be disclosed under this clause are limited to name, client 
9.30 	demographics, program, case status, and county worker information; or
9.31 	(34) between the Department of Human Services and the Metropolitan Council for the 
9.32 	following purposes:
10.1 	(i) to coordinate special transportation service provided under section 473.386 with 
10.2 	services for people with disabilities and elderly individuals funded by or through the 
10.3 	Department of Human Services; and
10.4 	(ii) to provide for reimbursement of special transportation service provided under section 
10.5 	473.386.
10.6 	The data that may be shared under this clause are limited to the individual's first, last, and 
10.7 	middle names; date of birth; residential address; and program eligibility status with expiration 
10.8 	date for the purposes of informing the other party of program eligibility.
10.9 	(b) Information on persons who have been treated for drug or alcohol abuse may only 
10.10 	be disclosed according to the requirements of Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, sections 
10.11 	2.1 to 2.67.
10.12 	(c) Data provided to law enforcement agencies under paragraph (a), clause (15), (16), 
10.13 	(17), or (18), or paragraph (b), are investigative data and are confidential or protected 
10.14 	nonpublic while the investigation is active. The data are private after the investigation 
10.15 	becomes inactive under section 13.82, subdivision 5 7, paragraph clause (a) or (b).
10.16 	(d) Mental health data shall be treated as provided in subdivisions 7, 8, and 9, but are 
10.17 	not subject to the access provisions of subdivision 10, paragraph (b).
10.18 	For the purposes of this subdivision, a request will be deemed to be made in writing if 
10.19 	made through a computer interface system.

10.20 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13.7191, subdivision 14b, is amended to read:
10.21 		Subd. 14b.Minnesota Health Plan Market Rules. The classification of certain 
10.22 	information disclosures to the commissioner of commerce by a health carrier is governed 
10.23 	by section 62K.07, subdivision 1, paragraph (c).

10.24 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13.7908, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
10.25 		Subd. 2.Mediation data. Data received or maintained by the staff or commissioner of 
10.26 	the Bureau of Mediation Services during the course of providing mediation services to the 
10.27 	parties to a labor dispute under chapter 179 or 179A are classified as protected nonpublic 
10.28 	data or confidential data on individuals, except to the extent the commissioner of the Bureau 
10.29 	of Mediation Services determines access to data is necessary to fulfill the requirements of 
10.30 	section 179A.16 or to identify the general nature of or parties to a labor dispute.

11.1 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13.82, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
11.2 		Subd. 8.Child abuse identity data. Active or inactive investigative data that identify 
11.3 	a victim of child abuse or neglect reported under chapter 260E are private data on individuals. 
11.4 	Active or inactive investigative data that identify a reporter of child abuse or neglect under 
11.5 	chapter 260E are confidential data on individuals, unless the subject of the report compels 
11.6 	disclosure under section 260E.21, subdivision 4 1, or 260E.35.

11.7 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13.871, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
11.8 		Subd. 6.Training; investigation; apprehension; reports. (a) Reports of gunshot 
11.9 	wounds. Disclosure of the name of a person making a report under section 626.52, 
11.10 	subdivision 2, is governed by section 626.53.
11.11 	(b) Child abuse report records. Data contained in child abuse report records are 
11.12 	classified under chapter 260E.
11.13 	(c) Interstate data exchange. Disclosure of child abuse reports to agencies of another 
11.14 	state is classified under section 260E.35, subdivision 3, paragraphs (b) and (c).
11.15 	(d) Release to family court services. Release of child abuse data to a court services 
11.16 	agency is authorized under section 260E.35, subdivision 3, paragraphs (d) and (e).
11.17 	(e) Release of data to mandated reporters. Release of child abuse data to mandated 
11.18 	reporters who have an ongoing responsibility for the health, education, or welfare of a child 
11.19 	affected by the data is authorized under section 260E.35, subdivision 4.
11.20 	(f) Release of child abuse assessment or investigative records to other counties. 
11.21 	Release of child abuse investigative records to local welfare agencies is authorized under 
11.22 	section 260E.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (f).
11.23 	(g) Classifying and sharing records and reports of child abuse. The classification of 
11.24 	child abuse data and the sharing of records and reports of child abuse by and between local 
11.25 	welfare agencies and law enforcement agencies are governed under sections 260E.21, 
11.26 	subdivision 4 1, and 260E.35.
11.27 	(h) Disclosure of information not required in certain cases. Disclosure of certain data 
11.28 	obtained from interviewing a minor is governed by section 260E.35, subdivision 8.
11.29 	(i) Data received from law enforcement. Classifying child abuse data received by 
11.30 	certain agencies from law enforcement agencies is governed under section 260E.35, 
11.31 	subdivision 3, paragraph (p).
12.1 	(j) Disclosure in child fatality cases. Disclosure of information relating to a child fatality 
12.2 	is governed under section 260E.35, subdivision 7.
12.3 	(k) Reports of prenatal exposure to controlled substances. Data on persons making 
12.4 	reports under section 260E.31 are classified under section 260E.35, subdivision 3.
12.5 	(l) Vulnerable adult report records. Data contained in vulnerable adult report records 
12.6 	are classified under section 626.557, subdivision 12b.
12.7 	(m) Adult protection team information sharing. Sharing of local welfare agency 
12.8 	vulnerable adult data with a protection team is governed by section 626.5571, subdivision 
12.9 	3.
12.10 	(n) Child protection team. Data acquired by a case consultation committee or 
12.11 	subcommittee of a child protection team are classified by section 260E.02, subdivision 4.
12.12 	(o) Peace officer discipline procedures. Access by an officer under investigation to 
12.13 	the investigating agency's investigative report on the officer is governed by section 626.89, 
12.14 	subdivision 6.
12.15 	(p) Racial profiling study data. Racial profiling study data is governed by Minnesota 
12.16 	Statutes 2006, section 626.951.

12.17 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 16B.86, is amended to read:
12.18 	16B.86 STATE BUILDING ENERGY CONSERVATION IMPROVEMENT 
12.19 	REVOLVING LOAN ACCOUNT.
12.20 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section and section 16B.87, the 
12.21 	following terms have the meanings given.
12.22 	(b) "Energy conservation" has the meaning given in section 216B.241, subdivision 1, 
12.23 	paragraph (d) 216B.2402, subdivision 5.
12.24 	(c) "Energy conservation improvement" has the meaning given in section 216B.241, 
12.25 	subdivision 1, paragraph (e) 216B.2402, subdivision 6.
12.26 	(d) "Energy efficiency" has the meaning given in section 216B.241, subdivision 1, 
12.27 	paragraph (f) 216B.2402, subdivision 7.
12.28 	(e) "Project" means the energy conservation improvements financed by a loan made 
12.29 	under this section.
12.30 	(f) "State building" means an existing building owned by the state of Minnesota.
13.1 		Subd. 2.Account established. The state building energy conservation improvement 
13.2 	revolving loan account is established as a separate account in the state treasury. The 
13.3 	commissioner shall manage the account and shall credit to the account investment income, 
13.4 	repayments of principal and interest, and any other earnings arising from assets of the 
13.5 	account. Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of administration to 
13.6 	make loans to state agencies to implement energy conservation and energy efficiency 
13.7 	improvements in state buildings under section 16B.87.

13.8 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 28A.06, is amended to read:
13.9 	28A.06 EXTENT OF LICENSE.
13.10 	No person, except as described in sections section27.03and 27.04, shall be required to 
13.11 	hold more than one license in order to engage in any aspect of food handling described in 
13.12 	section 28A.05 provided, that each issued license shall be valid for no more than one place 
13.13 	of business, except that a license for a mobile unit or a retail food vehicle, portable structure, 
13.14 	or cart is valid statewide and is required to be issued only once each year unless the licensee 
13.15 	fails to display the license as required by section 28A.07 or it is a seasonal permanent food 
13.16 	stand, seasonal temporary food stand, food cart, or special event food stand as defined in 
13.17 	section 157.15, in which case the duration of the license is restricted by the limitations found 
13.18 	in the definitions in section 157.15.

13.19 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 43A.15, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
13.20 		Subd. 14.On-the-job demonstration process and appointment. (a) The commissioner 
13.21 	shall establish qualifying procedures for applicants whose disabilities are of such a significant 
13.22 	nature that the applicants are unable to demonstrate their abilities in the selection process. 
13.23 	The qualifying procedures must consist of up to 700 hours of on-the-job trial work 
13.24 	experience. Up to three persons with significant disabilities and their job coach may be 
13.25 	allowed to demonstrate their job competence as a unit through the on-the-job trial work 
13.26 	experience selection procedure. This on-the-job demonstration process must be limited to 
13.27 	applicants for whom there is no reasonable accommodation in the selection process.
13.28 	(b) The commissioner may authorize the probationary appointment of an applicant based 
13.29 	on the request of the appointing authority that documents that the applicant has successfully 
13.30 	demonstrated qualifications for the position through completion of an on-the-job trial work 
13.31 	experience. The implementation of this subdivision may not be deemed a violation of chapter 
13.32 	43A or 363A.

14.1 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 60A.985, subdivision 13, is amended 
14.2 	to read:
14.3 		Subd. 13.Risk assessment. "Risk assessment" means the risk assessment that each 
14.4 	licensee is required to conduct under section 60A.9853 60A.9851, subdivision 3.

14.5 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 62U.06, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
14.6 		Subd. 2.Legislative oversight. Beginning January 15, 2009, the commissioner of health 
14.7 	shall submit to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with 
14.8 	jurisdiction over health care policy and finance periodic progress reports on the 
14.9 	implementation of this chapter and sections 62U.03 and 256B.0752 256B.0753 to 256B.0754.

14.10 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 62W.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
14.11 		Subdivision 1.Procedure and process for conducting and reporting an audit. (a) 
14.12 	Unless otherwise prohibited by federal requirements or regulations, any entity conducting 
14.13 	a pharmacy audit must follow the following procedures:
14.14 	(1) a pharmacy must be given notice 14 days before an initial on-site audit is conducted;
14.15 	(2) an audit that involves clinical or professional judgment must be conducted by or in 
14.16 	consultation with a licensed pharmacist; and
14.17 	(3) each pharmacy shall be audited under the same standards and parameters as other 
14.18 	similarly situated pharmacies.
14.19 	(b) Unless otherwise prohibited by federal requirements or regulations, for any entity 
14.20 	conducting a pharmacy audit the following items apply:
14.21 	(1) the period covered by the audit may not exceed 24 months from the date that the 
14.22 	claim was submitted to or adjudicated by the entity, unless a longer period is required under 
14.23 	state or federal law;
14.24 	(2) if an entity uses random sampling as a method for selecting a set of claims for 
14.25 	examination, the sample size must be appropriate for a statistically reliable sample. 
14.26 	Notwithstanding section 151.69, The auditing entity shall provide the pharmacy a masked 
14.27 	list that provides a prescription number or date range that the auditing entity is seeking to 
14.28 	audit;
14.29 	(3) an on-site audit may not take place during the first five business days of the month 
14.30 	unless consented to by the pharmacy;
15.1 	(4) auditors may not enter the pharmacy area unless escorted where patient-specific 
15.2 	information is available and to the extent possible must be out of sight and hearing range 
15.3 	of the pharmacy customers;
15.4 	(5) any recoupment will not be deducted against future remittances until after the appeals 
15.5 	process and both parties have received the results of the final audit;
15.6 	(6) a pharmacy benefit manager may not require information to be written on a 
15.7 	prescription unless the information is required to be written on the prescription by state or 
15.8 	federal law. Recoupment may be assessed for items not written on the prescription if:
15.9 	(i) additional information is required in the provider manual; or
15.10 	(ii) the information is required by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); or
15.11 	(iii) the information is required by the drug manufacturer's product safety program; and
15.12 	(iv) the information in item (i), (ii), or (iii) is not readily available for the auditor at the 
15.13 	time of the audit; and
15.14 	(7) the auditing company or agent may not receive payment based on a percentage of 
15.15 	the amount recovered. This section does not prevent the entity conducting the audit from 
15.16 	charging or assessing the responsible party, directly or indirectly, based on amounts recouped 
15.17 	if both of the following conditions are met:
15.18 	(i) the plan sponsor and the entity conducting the audit have a contract that explicitly 
15.19 	states the percentage charge or assessment to the plan sponsor; and
15.20 	(ii) a commission to an agent or employee of the entity conducting the audit is not based, 
15.21 	directly or indirectly, on amounts recouped.
15.22 	(c) An amendment to pharmacy audit terms in a contract between a pharmacy benefit 
15.23 	manager and a pharmacy must be disclosed to the pharmacy at least 60 days prior to the 
15.24 	effective date of the proposed change.

15.25 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 84.0285, is amended to read:
15.26 	84.0285 GAME AND FISH CITATION QUOTAS PROHIBITED.
15.27 	The commissioner of natural resources, or the director of the Division of Enforcement 
15.28 	and Field Service, may not order, mandate, require, or in any manner suggest, directly or 
15.29 	indirectly, to a conservation officer that the conservation officer issue a certain number of 
15.30 	game and fish law violations on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly quota basis.

16.1 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 84.87, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
16.2 		Subdivision 1.Operation on streets and highways. (a) No person shall operate a 
16.3 	snowmobile upon the roadway, shoulder, or inside bank or slope of any trunk, county 
16.4 	state-aid, or county highway in this state and, in the case of a divided trunk or county 
16.5 	highway, on the right-of-way between the opposing lanes of traffic, except as provided in 
16.6 	sections 84.81 to 84.90. No person shall operate a snowmobile within the right-of-way of 
16.7 	any trunk, county state-aid, or county highway between the hours of one-half hour after 
16.8 	sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, except on the right-hand side of such right-of-way 
16.9 	and in the same direction as the highway traffic on the nearest lane of the roadway adjacent 
16.10 	thereto. No snowmobile shall be operated at any time within the right-of-way of any interstate 
16.11 	highway or freeway within this state.
16.12 	(b) Notwithstanding any provision of paragraph (a) to the contrary:
16.13 	(1) under conditions prescribed by the commissioner of transportation, the commissioner 
16.14 	of transportation may allow two-way operation of snowmobiles on either side of the trunk 
16.15 	highway right-of-way where the commissioner of transportation determines that two-way 
16.16 	operation will not endanger users of the trunk highway or riders of the snowmobiles using 
16.17 	the trail;
16.18 	(2) under conditions prescribed by a local road authority as defined in section 160.02, 
16.19 	subdivision 25, the road authority may allow two-way operation of snowmobiles on either 
16.20 	side of the right-of-way of a street or highway under the road authority's jurisdiction, where 
16.21 	the road authority determines that two-way operation will not endanger users of the street 
16.22 	or highway or riders of the snowmobiles using the trail;
16.23 	(3) the commissioner of transportation under clause (1) and the local road authority 
16.24 	under clause (2) shall notify the commissioner of natural resources and the local law 
16.25 	enforcement agencies responsible for the streets or highways of the locations of two-way 
16.26 	snowmobile trails authorized under this paragraph; and
16.27 	(4) two-way snowmobile trails authorized under this paragraph shall be posted for 
16.28 	two-way operation at the authorized locations.
16.29 	(c) A snowmobile may make a direct crossing of a street or highway at any hour of the 
16.30 	day provided:
16.31 	(1) the crossing is made at an angle of approximately 90 degrees to the direction of the 
16.32 	highway and at a place where no obstruction prevents a quick and safe crossing; and
17.1 	(2) the snowmobile is brought to a complete stop before crossing the shoulder or main 
17.2 	traveled way of the highway; and
17.3 	(3) the driver yields the right-of-way to all oncoming traffic which constitutes an 
17.4 	immediate hazard; and
17.5 	(4) in crossing a divided highway, the crossing is made only at an intersection of such 
17.6 	highway with another public street or highway; and
17.7 	(5) if the crossing is made between the hours of one-half hour after sunset to one-half 
17.8 	hour before sunrise or in conditions of reduced visibility, only if both front and rear lights 
17.9 	are on; and
17.10 	(6) a snowmobile may be operated upon a bridge, other than a bridge that is part of the 
17.11 	main traveled lanes of an interstate highway, when required for the purpose of avoiding 
17.12 	obstructions to travel when no other method of avoidance is possible; provided the 
17.13 	snowmobile is operated in the extreme right-hand lane, the entrance to the roadway is made 
17.14 	within 100 feet of the bridge and the crossing is made without undue delay.
17.15 	(d) No snowmobile shall be operated upon a public street or highway unless it is equipped 
17.16 	with at least one headlamp, one tail lamp, each of minimum candlepower as prescribed by 
17.17 	rules of the commissioner, reflector material of a minimum area of 16 square inches mounted 
17.18 	on each side forward of the handle bars, and with brakes each of which shall conform to 
17.19 	standards prescribed by rule of the commissioner pursuant to the authority vested in the 
17.20 	commissioner by section 84.86, and each of which shall be subject to approval of the 
17.21 	commissioner of public safety.
17.22 	(e) A snowmobile may be operated upon a public street or highway other than as provided 
17.23 	by paragraph (c) in an emergency during the period of time when and at locations where 
17.24 	snow upon the roadway renders travel by automobile impractical.
17.25 	(f) All provisions of chapters 169 and 169A shall apply to the operation of snowmobiles 
17.26 	upon streets and highways, except for those relating to required equipment, and except those 
17.27 	which by their nature have no application. Section 169.09 applies to the operation of 
17.28 	snowmobiles anywhere in the state or on the ice of any boundary water of the state.
17.29 	(g) Any sled, trailer, or other device being towed by a snowmobile must be equipped 
17.30 	with reflective materials as required by rule of the commissioner.

17.31 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 88.16, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
17.32 		Subd. 2.Exceptions. No permit is required for the following fires:
18.1 	(a)(1) a fire started when the ground is snow-covered. snow covered;
18.2 	(b)(2) a campfire.;
18.3 	(c)(3) a fire contained in a charcoal grill, camp stove, or other device designed for the 
18.4 	purpose of cooking or heating.; or
18.5 	(d)(4) a fire to burn dried vegetative materials and other materials allowed by Minnesota 
18.6 	statutes or official state rules and regulations in a burner of a design which has been approved 
18.7 	by the commissioner and with which there is no combustible material within five feet of 
18.8 	the base of the burner and is in use only between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. of 
18.9 	the following day, when the ground is not snow-covered snow covered.

18.10 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 103F.211, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
18.11 		Subd. 2.Intergovernmental advice. The state Departments of Administration, 
18.12 	Agriculture, Health, and Employment and Economic Development; the State Planning and
18.13 	Pollution Control Agencies Agency; the Board of Water and Soil Resources; and the 
18.14 	Minnesota Historical Society shall provide information and advice necessary to prepare or 
18.15 	amend the standards and criteria.

18.16 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 116.07, subdivision 7, is amended 
18.17 	to read:
18.18 		Subd. 7.Counties; processing applications for animal lot permits. (a) Any Minnesota 
18.19 	county board may, by resolution, with approval of the Pollution Control Agency, assume 
18.20 	responsibility for processing applications for permits required by the Pollution Control 
18.21 	Agency under this section for livestock feedlots, poultry lots or other animal lots. The 
18.22 	responsibility for permit application processing, if assumed by a county, may be delegated 
18.23 	by the county board to any appropriate county officer or employee.
18.24 	(b) For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "processing" includes:
18.25 	(1) the distribution to applicants of forms provided by the Pollution Control Agency;
18.26 	(2) the receipt and examination of completed application forms, and the certification, 
18.27 	in writing, to the Pollution Control Agency either that the animal lot facility for which a 
18.28 	permit is sought by an applicant will comply with applicable rules and standards, or, if the 
18.29 	facility will not comply, the respects in which a variance would be required for the issuance 
18.30 	of a permit; and
19.1 	(3) rendering to applicants, upon request, assistance necessary for the proper completion 
19.2 	of an application.
19.3 	(c) For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "processing" may include, at the option 
19.4 	of the county board, issuing, denying, modifying, imposing conditions upon, or revoking 
19.5 	permits pursuant to the provisions of this section or rules promulgated pursuant to it, subject 
19.6 	to review, suspension, and reversal by the Pollution Control Agency. The Pollution Control 
19.7 	Agency shall, after written notification, have 15 days to review, suspend, modify, or reverse 
19.8 	the issuance of the permit. After this period, the action of the county board is final, subject 
19.9 	to appeal as provided in chapter 14. For permit applications filed after October 1, 2001, 
19.10 	section 15.99 applies to feedlot permits issued by the agency or a county pursuant to this 
19.11 	subdivision.
19.12 	(d) For the purpose of administration of rules adopted under this subdivision, the 
19.13 	commissioner and the agency may provide exceptions for cases where the owner of a feedlot 
19.14 	has specific written plans to close the feedlot within five years. These exceptions include 
19.15 	waiving requirements for major capital improvements.
19.16 	(e) For purposes of this subdivision, a discharge caused by an extraordinary natural event 
19.17 	such as a precipitation event of greater magnitude than the 25-year, 24-hour event, tornado, 
19.18 	or flood in excess of the 100-year flood is not a "direct discharge of pollutants."
19.19 	(f) In adopting and enforcing rules under this subdivision, the commissioner shall 
19.20 	cooperate closely with other governmental agencies.
19.21 	(g) The Pollution Control Agency shall work with the Minnesota Extension Service, the 
19.22 	Department of Agriculture, the Board of Water and Soil Resources, producer groups, local 
19.23 	units of government, as well as with appropriate federal agencies such as the Natural 
19.24 	Resources Conservation Service and the Farm Service Agency, to notify and educate 
19.25 	producers of rules under this subdivision at the time the rules are being developed and 
19.26 	adopted and at least every two years thereafter.
19.27 	(h) The Pollution Control Agency shall adopt rules governing the issuance and denial 
19.28 	of permits for livestock feedlots, poultry lots or other animal lots pursuant to this section. 
19.29 	Pastures are exempt from the rules authorized under this paragraph. No feedlot permit shall 
19.30 	include any terms or conditions that impose any requirements related to any pastures owned 
19.31 	or utilized by the feedlot operator other than restrictions under a manure management plan. 
19.32 	A feedlot permit is not required for livestock feedlots with more than ten but less than 50 
19.33 	animal units; provided they are not in shoreland areas. A livestock feedlot permit does not 
19.34 	become required solely because of a change in the ownership of the buildings, grounds, or 
20.1 	feedlot. These rules apply both to permits issued by counties and to permits issued by the 
20.2 	Pollution Control Agency directly. No feedlot permit issued by the Pollution Control Agency 
20.3 	shall include terms or conditions that:
20.4 	(1) impose requirements related to pastures owned or used by the feedlot operator other 
20.5 	than restrictions under a manure management plan; or
20.6 	(2) require implementing nitrogen best management practices as a condition of allowing 
20.7 	application of manure in October.
20.8 	(i) The Pollution Control Agency shall exercise supervising authority with respect to 
20.9 	the processing of animal lot permit applications by a county.
20.10 	(j) Any new rules or amendments to existing rules proposed under the authority granted 
20.11 	in this subdivision, or to implement new fees on animal feedlots, must be submitted to the 
20.12 	members of legislative policy and finance committees with jurisdiction over agriculture and 
20.13 	the environment prior to final adoption. The rules must not become effective until 90 days 
20.14 	after the proposed rules are submitted to the members.
20.15 	(k) Until new rules are adopted that provide for plans for manure storage structures, any 
20.16 	plans for a liquid manure storage structure must be prepared or approved by a registered 
20.17 	professional engineer or a United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources 
20.18 	Conservation Service employee.
20.19 	(l) A county may adopt by ordinance standards for animal feedlots that are more stringent 
20.20 	than standards in Pollution Control Agency rules.
20.21 	(m) After January 1, 2001, a county that has not accepted delegation of the feedlot permit 
20.22 	program must hold a public meeting prior to the agency issuing a feedlot permit for a feedlot 
20.23 	facility with 300 or more animal units, unless another public meeting has been held with 
20.24 	regard to the feedlot facility to be permitted.
20.25 	(n) After the proposed rules published in the State Register, volume 24, number 25, are 
20.26 	finally adopted, the agency may not impose additional conditions as a part of a feedlot 
20.27 	permit, unless specifically required by law or agreed to by the feedlot operator.
20.28 	(o) For the purposes of feedlot permitting, a discharge from land-applied manure or a 
20.29 	manure stockpile that is managed according to agency rule must not be subject to a fine for 
20.30 	a discharge violation.
20.31 	(p) For the purposes of feedlot permitting, manure that is land applied, or a manure 
20.32 	stockpile that is managed according to agency rule, must not be considered a discharge into 
20.33 	waters of the state, unless the discharge is to waters of the state, as defined by section 
21.1 	103G.005, subdivision 17, except type 1 or type 2 wetlands, as defined in section 103G.005, 
21.2 	subdivision 17b, and does not meet discharge standards established for feedlots under agency 
21.3 	rule.
21.4 	(q) Unless the upgrade is needed to correct an immediate public health threat under 
21.5 	section 145A.04, subdivision 8, or the facility is determined to be a concentrated animal 
21.6 	feeding operation under Code of Federal Regulations, title 40, section 122.23, in effect on 
21.7 	April 15, 2003, the agency may not require a feedlot operator:
21.8 	(1) to spend more than $3,000 to upgrade an existing feedlot with less than 300 animal 
21.9 	units unless cost-share money is available to the feedlot operator for 75 percent of the cost 
21.10 	of the upgrade; or
21.11 	(2) to spend more than $10,000 to upgrade an existing feedlot with between 300 and 
21.12 	500 animal units, unless cost-share money is available to the feedlot operator for 75 percent 
21.13 	of the cost of the upgrade or $50,000, whichever is less.
21.14 	(r) A feedlot operator who stores and applies up to 100,000 gallons per calendar year of 
21.15 	private truck wash wastewater resulting from trucks that transport animals or supplies to 
21.16 	and from the feedlot does not require a permit to land-apply industrial by-products if the 
21.17 	feedlot operator stores and applies the wastewater in accordance with Pollution Control 
21.18 	Agency requirements for land applications of industrial by-product that do not require a 
21.19 	permit.
21.20 	(s) A feedlot operator who holds a permit from the Pollution Control Agency to 
21.21 	land-apply industrial by-products from a private truck wash is not required to have a certified 
21.22 	land applicator apply the private truck wash wastewater if the wastewater is applied by the 
21.23 	feedlot operator to cropland owned or leased by the feedlot operator or by a commercial 
21.24 	animal waste technician licensed by the commissioner of agriculture under chapter 18C. 
21.25 	For purposes of this paragraph and paragraph (r), "private truck wash" means a truck washing 
21.26 	facility owned or leased, operated, and used only by a feedlot operator to wash trucks owned 
21.27 	or leased by the feedlot operator and used to transport animals or supplies to and from the 
21.28 	feedlot.

21.29 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116B.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
21.30 		Subdivision 1.Personal jurisdiction. As to any cause of action arising under sections 
21.31 	116B.01 to 116B.13, the district court may exercise personal jurisdiction over any foreign 
21.32 	corporation or any nonresident individual in the same manner as if it were a domestic 
22.1 	corporation or the individual were a resident of this state. This section applies if, in person 
22.2 	or through an agent, the foreign corporation or nonresident individual:
22.3 	(a)(1) commits or threatens to commit any act in the state which that would impair, 
22.4 	pollute, or destroy the air, water, land, or other natural resources located within the state, 
22.5 	or;
22.6 	(b)(2) commits or threatens to commit any act outside the state which that would impair, 
22.7 	pollute, or destroy the air, water, land, or other natural resources located within the state,;
22.8 	or
22.9 	(c)(3) engages in any other of the activities specified in section 543.19.

22.10 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 121A.031, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
22.11 		Subd. 2.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the 
22.12 	meanings given them.
22.13 	(b) "District" means a district under section 120A.05, subdivision 8.
22.14 	(c) "Public school" or "school" means a public school under section 120A.05, subdivisions 
22.15 	9, 11, 13, and 17, and a charter school under chapter 124E.
22.16 	(d) "Student" means a student enrolled in a school under paragraph (c).
22.17 	(e) "Bullying" means intimidating, threatening, abusive, or harming conduct that is 
22.18 	objectively offensive and:
22.19 	(1) there is an actual or perceived imbalance of power between the student engaging in 
22.20 	prohibited conduct and the target of the behavior and the conduct is repeated or forms a 
22.21 	pattern; or
22.22 	(2) materially and substantially interferes with a student's educational opportunities or 
22.23 	performance or ability to participate in school functions or activities or receive school 
22.24 	benefits, services, or privileges.
22.25 	(f) "Cyberbullying" means bullying using technology or other electronic communication, 
22.26 	including but not limited to a transfer of a sign, signal, writing, image, sound, or data, 
22.27 	including a post on a social network Internet website or forum, transmitted through a 
22.28 	computer, cell phone, or other electronic device.
22.29 	(g) Intimidating, threatening, abusive, or harming conduct may involve, but is not limited 
22.30 	to, conduct that causes physical harm to a student or a student's property or causes a student 
22.31 	to be in reasonable fear of harm to person or property; under Minnesota common law, 
23.1 	violates a student's reasonable expectation of privacy, defames a student, or constitutes 
23.2 	intentional infliction of emotional distress against a student; is directed at any student or 
23.3 	students, including those based on a person's actual or perceived race, ethnicity, color, creed, 
23.4 	religion, national origin, immigration status, sex, marital status, familial status, socioeconomic 
23.5 	status, physical appearance, sexual orientation, including gender identity and expression, 
23.6 	academic status related to student performance, disability, or status with regard to public 
23.7 	assistance, age, or any additional characteristic defined in chapter 363A. However, prohibited 
23.8 	conduct need not be based on any particular characteristic defined in this paragraph or 
23.9 	chapter 363A.
23.10 	(h) "Prohibited conduct" means bullying or cyberbullying as defined under this 
23.11 	subdivision or retaliation for asserting, alleging, reporting, or providing information about 
23.12 	such conduct or knowingly making a false report about bullying.
23.13 	(i) "Remedial response" means a measure to stop and correct prohibited conduct, prevent 
23.14 	prohibited conduct from recurring, and protect, support, and intervene on behalf of the 
23.15 	student who is the target of the prohibited conduct. Districts and schools may seek the 
23.16 	assistance of the school safety technical assistance center under section 127A.052 to develop 
23.17 	and implement remedial responses on behalf of a student who is the target of prohibited 
23.18 	conduct, to stop and correct a student engaging in prohibited conduct, and for use with 
23.19 	students and adults in the school community.

23.20 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 121A.031, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
23.21 		Subd. 3.Local district and school policy. (a) Districts and schools, in consultation with 
23.22 	students, parents, and community organizations, to the extent practicable, shall adopt, 
23.23 	implement, and, on a cycle consistent with other district policies, review, and revise where 
23.24 	appropriate, a written policy to prevent and prohibit student bullying consistent with this 
23.25 	section. The policy must conform with sections 121A.41 to 121A.56. A district or school 
23.26 	must adopt and implement a local policy under subdivisions 3 to 5 or comply with the 
23.27 	provisions of the state model policy in subdivision 6.
23.28 	(b) Each local district and school policy must establish research-based, developmentally 
23.29 	appropriate best practices that include preventive and remedial measures and effective 
23.30 	discipline for deterring policy violations; apply throughout the school or district; and foster 
23.31 	active student, parent, and community participation. A district or school may request 
23.32 	assistance from the school safety technical assistance center under section 127A.052 in 
23.33 	complying with local policy requirements. The policy shall:
24.1 	(1) define the roles and responsibilities of students, school personnel, and volunteers 
24.2 	under the policy;
24.3 	(2) specifically list the characteristics contained in subdivision 2, paragraph (g);
24.4 	(3) emphasize remedial responses;
24.5 	(4) be conspicuously posted in the administrative offices of the school and school district 
24.6 	in summary form;
24.7 	(5) be given to each school employee and independent contractor, if a contractor regularly 
24.8 	interacts with students, at the time of employment with the district or school;
24.9 	(6) be included in the student handbook on school policies; and
24.10 	(7) be available to all parents and other school community members in an electronic 
24.11 	format in the languages appearing on the district or school website, consistent with the 
24.12 	district policies and practices.
24.13 	(c) Consistent with its applicable policies and practices, each district and school under 
24.14 	this subdivision must discuss its policy with students, school personnel, and volunteers and 
24.15 	provide appropriate training for all school personnel to prevent, identify, and respond to 
24.16 	prohibited conduct. Districts and schools must establish a training cycle, not to exceed a 
24.17 	period of three school years, for school personnel under this paragraph. Newly employed 
24.18 	school personnel must receive the training within the first year of their employment with 
24.19 	the district or school. A district or school administrator may accelerate the training cycle 
24.20 	or provide additional training based on a particular need or circumstance.
24.21 	(d) Each district and school under this subdivision must submit an electronic copy of its 
24.22 	prohibited conduct policy to the commissioner.

24.23 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 121A.031, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
24.24 		Subd. 5.Safe and supportive schools programming. (a) Districts and schools are 
24.25 	encouraged to provide developmentally appropriate programmatic instruction to help students 
24.26 	identify, prevent, and reduce prohibited conduct; value diversity in school and society; 
24.27 	develop and improve students' knowledge and skills for solving problems, managing conflict, 
24.28 	engaging in civil discourse, and recognizing, responding to, and reporting prohibited conduct; 
24.29 	and make effective prevention and intervention programs available to students. Upon request, 
24.30 	the school safety technical assistance center under section 127A.052 must assist a district 
24.31 	or school in helping students understand social media and cyberbullying. Districts and 
25.1 	schools must establish strategies for creating a positive school climate and use evidence-based 
25.2 	social-emotional learning to prevent and reduce discrimination and other improper conduct.
25.3 	(b) Districts and schools are encouraged to:
25.4 	(1) engage all students in creating a safe and supportive school environment;
25.5 	(2) partner with parents and other community members to develop and implement 
25.6 	prevention and intervention programs;
25.7 	(3) engage all students and adults in integrating education, intervention, and other 
25.8 	remedial responses into the school environment;
25.9 	(4) train student bystanders to intervene in and report incidents of prohibited conduct to 
25.10 	the school's primary contact person;
25.11 	(5) teach students to advocate for themselves and others;
25.12 	(6) prevent inappropriate referrals to special education of students who may engage in 
25.13 	prohibited conduct; and
25.14 	(7) foster student collaborations that foster a safe and supportive school climate.

25.15 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 122A.09, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
25.16 		Subd. 7.Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board money.  All money 
25.17 	received by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board shall be paid into the 
25.18 	state treasury as provided by law. The expenses of administering sections 120B.363, 122A.01, 
25.19 	122A.05 to 122A.09, 122A.15, 122A.16, 122A.17, 122A.18, 122A.181, 122A.182, 122A.183, 
25.20 	122A.184, 122A.185, 122A.187, 122A.188, 122A.20, 122A.21, 122A.22, 122A.23, 
25.21 	122A.2451, 122A.26, 122A.30,122A.40, 122A.41, 122A.42, 122A.45, 122A.49, 122A.54, 
25.22 	122A.55, 122A.56, 122A.57, and 122A.58 that are incurred by the Professional Educator 
25.23 	Licensing and Standards Board shall be paid for from appropriations made to the Professional 
25.24 	Educator Licensing and Standards Board.

25.25 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 122A.40, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
25.26 		Subd. 13.Immediate discharge. (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), a 
25.27 	board may discharge a continuing-contract teacher, effective immediately, upon any of the 
25.28 	following grounds:
25.29 	(1) immoral conduct, insubordination, or conviction of a felony;
26.1 	(2) conduct unbecoming a teacher which requires the immediate removal of the teacher 
26.2 	from classroom or other duties;
26.3 	(3) failure without justifiable cause to teach without first securing the written release of 
26.4 	the school board;
26.5 	(4) gross inefficiency which the teacher has failed to correct after reasonable written 
26.6 	notice;
26.7 	(5) willful neglect of duty; or
26.8 	(6) continuing physical or mental disability subsequent to a 12 months leave of absence 
26.9 	and inability to qualify for reinstatement in accordance with subdivision 12.
26.10 	For purposes of this paragraph, conduct unbecoming a teacher includes an unfair 
26.11 	discriminatory practice described in section 363A.13.
26.12 	Prior to discharging a teacher under this paragraph, the board must notify the teacher in 
26.13 	writing and state its ground for the proposed discharge in reasonable detail. Within ten days 
26.14 	after receipt of this notification the teacher may make a written request for a hearing before 
26.15 	the board and it shall be granted before final action is taken. The board may suspend a 
26.16 	teacher with pay pending the conclusion of the hearing and determination of the issues 
26.17 	raised in the hearing after charges have been filed which constitute ground for discharge. 
26.18 	If a teacher has been charged with a felony and the underlying conduct that is the subject 
26.19 	of the felony charge is a ground for a proposed immediate discharge, the suspension pending 
26.20 	the conclusion of the hearing and determination of the issues may be without pay. If a 
26.21 	hearing under this paragraph is held, the board must reimburse the teacher for any salary 
26.22 	or compensation withheld if the final decision of the board or the arbitrator does not result 
26.23 	in a penalty to or suspension, termination, or discharge of the teacher.
26.24 	(b) A board must discharge a continuing-contract teacher, effective immediately, upon 
26.25 	receipt of notice under section 122A.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), that the teacher's 
26.26 	license has been revoked due to a conviction for child abuse, as defined in section 609.185; 
26.27 	sex trafficking in the first degree under section 609.322, subdivision 1; sex trafficking in 
26.28 	the second degree under section 609.322, subdivision 1a; engaging in hiring or agreeing to 
26.29 	hire a minor to engage in prostitution under section 609.324, subdivision 1; sexual abuse 
26.30 	under section 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, 609.345, 609.3451, subdivision 3, or 617.23, 
26.31 	subdivision 3; solicitation of children to engage in sexual conduct or communication of 
26.32 	sexually explicit materials to children under section 609.352; interference with privacy 
26.33 	under section 609.746 or harassment or stalking under section 609.749 and the victim was 
26.34 	a minor; using minors in a sexual performance under section 617.246; possessing 
27.1 	pornographic works involving a minor under section 617.247; or any other offense not listed 
27.2 	in this paragraph that requires the person to register as a predatory offender under section 
27.3 	243.166, or a crime under a similar law of another state or the United States.
27.4 	(c) When a teacher is discharged under paragraph (b) or when the commissioner makes 
27.5 	a final determination of child maltreatment involving a teacher under section 260E.21, 
27.6 	subdivision 4, or260E.35, subdivision 5, the school principal or other person having 
27.7 	administrative control of the school must include in the teacher's employment record the 
27.8 	information contained in the record of the disciplinary action or the final maltreatment 
27.9 	determination, consistent with the definition of public data under section 13.41, subdivision 
27.10 	5, and must provide the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board and the 
27.11 	licensing division at the department with the necessary and relevant information to enable 
27.12 	the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board and the department's licensing 
27.13 	division to fulfill their statutory and administrative duties related to issuing, renewing, 
27.14 	suspending, or revoking a teacher's license. Information received by the Professional Educator 
27.15 	Licensing and Standards Board or the licensing division at the department under this 
27.16 	paragraph is governed by section 13.41 or other applicable law governing data of the 
27.17 	receiving entity. In addition to the background check required under section 123B.03, a 
27.18 	school board or other school hiring authority must contact the Professional Educator 
27.19 	Licensing and Standards Board and the department to determine whether the teacher's license 
27.20 	has been suspended or revoked, consistent with the discharge and final maltreatment 
27.21 	determinations identified in this paragraph. Unless restricted by federal or state data practices 
27.22 	law or by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, the responsible authority for a 
27.23 	school district must disseminate to another school district private personnel data on a current 
27.24 	or former teacher employee or contractor of the district, including the results of background 
27.25 	investigations, if the requesting school district seeks the information because the subject of 
27.26 	the data has applied for employment with the requesting school district.

27.27 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 122A.41, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
27.28 		Subd. 6.Grounds for discharge or demotion. (a) Except as otherwise provided in 
27.29 	paragraph (b), causes for the discharge or demotion of a teacher either during or after the 
27.30 	probationary period must be:
27.31 	(1) immoral character, conduct unbecoming a teacher, or insubordination;
27.32 	(2) failure without justifiable cause to teach without first securing the written release of 
27.33 	the school board having the care, management, or control of the school in which the teacher 
27.34 	is employed;
28.1 	(3) inefficiency in teaching or in the management of a school, consistent with subdivision 
28.2 	5, paragraph (b);
28.3 	(4) affliction with a communicable disease must be considered as cause for removal or 
28.4 	suspension while the teacher is suffering from such disability; or
28.5 	(5) discontinuance of position or lack of pupils.
28.6 	For purposes of this paragraph, conduct unbecoming a teacher includes an unfair 
28.7 	discriminatory practice described in section 363A.13.
28.8 	(b) A probationary or continuing-contract teacher must be discharged immediately upon 
28.9 	receipt of notice under section 122A.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), that the teacher's 
28.10 	license has been revoked due to a conviction for child abuse, as defined in section 609.185; 
28.11 	sex trafficking in the first degree under section 609.322, subdivision 1; sex trafficking in 
28.12 	the second degree under section 609.322, subdivision 1a; engaging in hiring or agreeing to 
28.13 	hire a minor to engage in prostitution under section 609.324, subdivision 1; sexual abuse 
28.14 	under section 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, 609.345, 609.3451, subdivision 3, or 617.23, 
28.15 	subdivision 3; solicitation of children to engage in sexual conduct or communication of 
28.16 	sexually explicit materials to children under section 609.352; interference with privacy 
28.17 	under section 609.746 or harassment or stalking under section 609.749 and the victim was 
28.18 	a minor; using minors in a sexual performance under section 617.246; possessing 
28.19 	pornographic works involving a minor under section 617.247; or any other offense not listed 
28.20 	in this paragraph that requires the person to register as a predatory offender under section 
28.21 	243.166, or a crime under a similar law of another state or the United States.
28.22 	(c) When a teacher is discharged under paragraph (b) or when the commissioner makes 
28.23 	a final determination of child maltreatment involving a teacher under section 260E.21, 
28.24 	subdivision 4, or260E.35, subdivision 5, the school principal or other person having 
28.25 	administrative control of the school must include in the teacher's employment record the 
28.26 	information contained in the record of the disciplinary action or the final maltreatment 
28.27 	determination, consistent with the definition of public data under section 13.41, subdivision 
28.28 	5, and must provide the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board and the 
28.29 	licensing division at the department with the necessary and relevant information to enable 
28.30 	the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board and the department's licensing 
28.31 	division to fulfill their statutory and administrative duties related to issuing, renewing, 
28.32 	suspending, or revoking a teacher's license. Information received by the Professional Educator 
28.33 	Licensing and Standards Board or the licensing division at the department under this 
28.34 	paragraph is governed by section 13.41 or other applicable law governing data of the 
29.1 	receiving entity. In addition to the background check required under section 123B.03, a 
29.2 	school board or other school hiring authority must contact the Professional Educator 
29.3 	Licensing and Standards Board and the department to determine whether the teacher's license 
29.4 	has been suspended or revoked, consistent with the discharge and final maltreatment 
29.5 	determinations identified in this paragraph. Unless restricted by federal or state data practices 
29.6 	law or by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, the responsible authority for a 
29.7 	school district must disseminate to another school district private personnel data on a current 
29.8 	or former teacher employee or contractor of the district, including the results of background 
29.9 	investigations, if the requesting school district seeks the information because the subject of 
29.10 	the data has applied for employment with the requesting school district.

29.11 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 123B.61, is amended to read:
29.12 	123B.61 PURCHASE OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT.
29.13 	The board of a district may issue general obligation certificates of indebtedness or capital 
29.14 	notes subject to the district debt limits to: (a) purchase vehicles, computers, telephone 
29.15 	systems, cable equipment, photocopy and office equipment, technological equipment for 
29.16 	instruction, and other capital equipment having an expected useful life at least as long as 
29.17 	the terms of the certificates or notes; (b) purchase computer hardware and software, without 
29.18 	regard to its expected useful life, whether bundled with machinery or equipment or 
29.19 	unbundled, together with application development services and training related to the use 
29.20 	of the computer; and (c) prepay special assessments. The certificates or notes must be 
29.21 	payable in not more than ten years and must be issued on the terms and in the manner 
29.22 	determined by the board, except that certificates or notes issued to prepay special assessments 
29.23 	must be payable in not more than 20 years. The certificates or notes may be issued by 
29.24 	resolution and without the requirement for an election. The certificates or notes are general 
29.25 	obligation bonds for purposes of section 126C.55. A tax levy must be made for the payment 
29.26 	of the principal and interest on the certificates or notes, in accordance with section 475.61, 
29.27 	as in the case of bonds. The sum of the tax levies under this section and section 123B.62
29.28 	for each year must not exceed the lesser of the amount of the district's total operating capital 
29.29 	revenue or the sum of the district's levy in the general and community service funds excluding 
29.30 	the adjustments under this section for the year preceding the year the initial debt service 
29.31 	levies are certified. The district's general fund levy for each year must be reduced by the 
29.32 	sum of (1) the amount of the tax levies for debt service certified for each year for payment 
29.33 	of the principal and interest on the certificates or notes issued under this section as required 
29.34 	by section 475.61, (2) the amount of the tax levies for debt service certified for each year 
29.35 	for payment of the principal and interest on bonds issued under section 123B.62, and (3) 
30.1 	any excess amount in the debt redemption fund used to retire bonds, certificates, or notes 
30.2 	issued under this section or section 123B.62 after April 1, 1997, other than amounts used 
30.3 	to pay capitalized interest. If the district's general fund levy is less than the amount of the 
30.4 	reduction, the balance shall be deducted first from the district's community service fund 
30.5 	levy, and next from the district's general fund or community service fund levies for the 
30.6 	following year. A district using an excess amount in the debt redemption fund to retire the 
30.7 	certificates or notes shall report the amount used for this purpose to the commissioner by 
30.8 	July 15 of the following fiscal year. A district having an outstanding capital loan under 
30.9 	section 126C.69 or an outstanding debt service loan under section 126C.68 must not use an 
30.10 	excess amount in the debt redemption fund to retire the certificates or notes.

30.11 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 123B.62, is amended to read:
30.12 	123B.62 BONDS FOR CERTAIN CAPITAL FACILITIES.
30.13 	(a) In addition to other bonding authority, with approval of the commissioner, a district 
30.14 	may issue general obligation bonds for certain capital projects under this section. The bonds 
30.15 	must be used only to make capital improvements including:
30.16 	(1) under section 126C.10, subdivision 14, total operating capital revenue uses specified 
30.17 	in clauses (4), (6), (7), (8), (9), and (10);
30.18 	(2) the cost of energy modifications;
30.19 	(3) improving disability accessibility to school buildings;
30.20 	(4) bringing school buildings into compliance with life and safety codes and fire codes; 
30.21 	and
30.22 	(5) modifying buildings and equipment for security.
30.23 	(b) Before a district issues bonds under this subdivision, it must publish notice of the 
30.24 	intended projects, the amount of the bond issue, and the total amount of district indebtedness.
30.25 	(c) A bond issue tentatively authorized by the board under this subdivision becomes 
30.26 	finally authorized unless a petition signed by more than 15 percent of the registered voters 
30.27 	of the district is filed with the school board within 30 days of the board's adoption of a 
30.28 	resolution stating the board's intention to issue bonds. The percentage is to be determined 
30.29 	with reference to the number of registered voters in the district on the last day before the 
30.30 	petition is filed with the board. The petition must call for a referendum on the question of 
30.31 	whether to issue the bonds for the projects under this section. The approval of 50 percent 
31.1 	plus one of those voting on the question is required to pass a referendum authorized by this 
31.2 	section.
31.3 	(d) The bonds must be paid off within 15 years of issuance. The bonds must be issued 
31.4 	in compliance with chapter 475, except as otherwise provided in this section. A tax levy 
31.5 	must be made for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds in accordance with 
31.6 	section 475.61. The sum of the tax levies under this section and section 123B.61 for each 
31.7 	year must not exceed the limit specified in section 123B.61. The levy for each year must 
31.8 	be reduced as provided in section 123B.61. A district using an excess amount in the debt 
31.9 	redemption fund to retire the bonds shall report the amount used for this purpose to the 
31.10 	commissioner by July 15 of the following fiscal year. A district having an outstanding capital 
31.11 	loan under section 126C.69or an outstanding debt service loan under section 126C.68 must 
31.12 	not use an excess amount in the debt redemption fund to retire the bonds.
31.13 	(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (d), bonds issued by a district within the first five years 
31.14 	following voter approval of a combination according to section 123A.37, subdivision 2, 
31.15 	must be paid off within 20 years of issuance. All the other provisions and limitation of 
31.16 	paragraph (d) apply.

31.17 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 123B.88, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
31.18 		Subdivision 1.Providing transportation. The board may provide for the transportation 
31.19 	of pupils to and from school and for any other purpose. The board may also provide for the 
31.20 	transportation of pupils to schools in other districts for grades and departments not maintained 
31.21 	in the district, including high school, at the expense of the district, when funds are available 
31.22 	therefor and if agreeable to the district to which it is proposed to transport the pupils, for 
31.23 	the whole or a part of the school year, as it may deem advisable, and subject to its rules. In 
31.24 	any district, the board must arrange for the attendance of all pupils living two miles or more 
31.25 	from the school, except pupils whose transportation privileges have been voluntarily 
31.26 	surrendered under subdivision 2, or whose privileges have been revoked under section 
31.27 	123B.91, subdivision 1, clause (6), or 123B.90, subdivision 2 (5). The district may provide 
31.28 	for the transportation of or the boarding and rooming of the pupils who may be more 
31.29 	economically and conveniently provided for by that means. Arrangements for attendance 
31.30 	may include a requirement that parents or guardians request transportation before it is 
31.31 	provided. The board must provide necessary transportation consistent with section 123B.92, 
31.32 	subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (4), for a child with a disability not yet enrolled in 
31.33 	kindergarten for the provision of special instruction and services under sections 125A.03
31.34 	to 125A.24, 125A.26 to 125A.48, and 125A.65. Special instruction and services for a child 
32.1 	with a disability not yet enrolled in kindergarten include an individualized education program 
32.2 	team placement in an early childhood program when that placement is necessary to address 
32.3 	the child's level of functioning and needs. When transportation is provided, scheduling of 
32.4 	routes, establishment of the location of bus stops, manner and method of transportation, 
32.5 	control and discipline of school children, the determination of fees, and any other matter 
32.6 	relating thereto must be within the sole discretion, control, and management of the board. 
32.7 	The district may provide for the transportation of pupils or expend a reasonable amount for 
32.8 	room and board of pupils whose attendance at school can more economically and 
32.9 	conveniently be provided for by that means or who attend school in a building rented or 
32.10 	leased by a district within the confines of an adjacent district.

32.11 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 124D.454, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
32.12 		Subd. 12.Compliance with rules. Aid must be paid under this section only for services 
32.13 	rendered or for costs incurred in career and technical education programs approved by the 
32.14 	commissioner and operated in accordance with rules promulgated by the commissioner. 
32.15 	This aid shall be paid only for services rendered and for costs incurred by essential, licensed 
32.16 	personnel who meet the requirements for licensure pursuant to the rules of the Professional 
32.17 	Educator Licensing and Standards Board. Licensed personnel means persons holding a valid 
32.18 	career and technical license issued by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards 
32.19 	Board under section 122A.30 sections 122A.15 to 122A.33. If an average of five or fewer 
32.20 	secondary full-time equivalent students are enrolled per teacher in an approved postsecondary 
32.21 	program at Intermediate District No. 287, 916, or 917, licensed personnel means persons 
32.22 	holding a valid vocational license issued by the commissioner or the Board of Trustees of 
32.23 	the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. Notwithstanding section 127A.42, the 
32.24 	commissioner may modify or withdraw the program or aid approval and withhold aid under 
32.25 	this section without proceeding under section 127A.42 at any time. To do so, the 
32.26 	commissioner must determine that the program does not comply with rules of the Department 
32.27 	of Education or that any facts concerning the program or its budget differ from the facts in 
32.28 	the district's approved application.

32.29 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 126C.65, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
32.30 		Subd. 4.Loan repayment account. A loan repayment account must be maintained. All 
32.31 	principal and interest paid by districts on debt service loans and capital loans made under 
32.32 	section 126C.68 or126C.69 must be paid into the account. The state's cost of administering 
32.33 	the Maximum Effort School Aid Law must be paid out of this account, to an amount not 
32.34 	exceeding $10,000 in any year. As soon as possible in each year after the committee has 
33.1 	determined the ratio existing between the correct market value of all taxable property in 
33.2 	each school district in the state and the "market value in money" of such property as recorded 
33.3 	in accordance with section 270C.91, the commissioner of revenue shall prepare a list of all 
33.4 	such ratios. The clerical costs of preparing the list must be paid as a cost of administration 
33.5 	of the Maximum Effort School Aid Law. The Documents Division of the Department of 
33.6 	Administration may publish and sell copies of the list. The sums required to pay the principal 
33.7 	of and interest on all school loan bonds as provided in section 126C.72 must be transferred 
33.8 	out of the loan repayment account to the state bond fund.

33.9 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 129D.02, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
33.10 		Subd. 5.Reports. By November 15 of each year, the board shall prepare and deliver to 
33.11 	the legislature and the governor a report which shall includethat includes the following:
33.12 	(a)(1) a financial statement showing receipts and disbursements for the year ending the 
33.13 	preceding June 30, including a listing of the donors and amounts of gifts to the board or its 
33.14 	advisory committees valued in excess of $1,000;
33.15 	(b)(2) a brief description of the activities of the board for the preceding year;
33.16 	(c)(3) the number of meetings and approximate hours spent by board members in 
33.17 	meetings and on other board activities;
33.18 	(d)(4) the names of board members and their addresses, occupations, and dates of 
33.19 	appointment and reappointment to the board;
33.20 	(e)(5) the names and job classifications of board employees;
33.21 	(f)(6) a brief summary of board rules proposed or adopted during the period with 
33.22 	appropriate citations to the State Register and published rules;
33.23 	(g)(7) the number of requests for assistance received by the board and the number of 
33.24 	written and oral complaints received from residents of the state relating to the activities of 
33.25 	the board or the performance of the duties of the board as provided in this chapter;
33.26 	(h)(8) a summary by category of the substance of the complaints and requests referred 
33.27 	to in (g) aboveclause (7) and the responses of the board thereto; and
33.28 	(i)(9) a listing of all grants, loans, or other forms of assistance given by the board. This 
33.29 	listing shall must indicate (1) (i) the recipients of board assistance who are members of the 
33.30 	board or its advisory committees, and (2) (ii) each recipient sponsoring organization having 
33.31 	a member of the board or its advisory committees as a director, officer, or employee. The 
33.32 	indication required in clause (2) shallitem (ii) must also specify the name of the member 
34.1 	who is the officer, director, or employee. The listing shall must also include the amount of 
34.2 	money, number of grants, and the basis for the allocations made to major arts organizations, 
34.3 	to individuals, for statewide distribution, for regional distribution, for sponsor assistance to 
34.4 	community organizations, and for sponsor assistance to educational organizations.

34.5 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 136A.91, subdivision 2, is amended 
34.6 	to read:
34.7 		Subd. 2.Application. (a) The commissioner shall develop a grant application process. 
34.8 	A grant applicant must:
34.9 	(1) specify the purpose under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), for which the institution is 
34.10 	applying;
34.11 	(2) specify both program and student outcome goals;
34.12 	(3) include student feedback in the development of new programs or the expansion of 
34.13 	existing programs; and
34.14 	(4) demonstrate a commitment to equitable access to concurrent enrollment coursework 
34.15 	for all eligible high school students.
34.16 	(b) A postsecondary institution applying for a grant under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), 
34.17 	clause (3), must provide a 50 percent match for the grant funds.

34.18 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 144.0724, subdivision 12, is amended 
34.19 	to read:
34.20 		Subd. 12.Appeal of nursing facility level of care determination. (a) A resident or 
34.21 	prospective resident whose level of care determination results in a denial of long-term care 
34.22 	services can appeal the determination as outlined in section 256B.0911, subdivision 3a, 
34.23 	paragraph (h) (j), clause (9).
34.24 	(b) The commissioner of human services shall ensure that notice of changes in eligibility 
34.25 	due to a nursing facility level of care determination is provided to each affected recipient 
34.26 	or the recipient's guardian at least 30 days before the effective date of the change. The notice 
34.27 	shall include the following information:
34.28 	(1) how to obtain further information on the changes;
34.29 	(2) how to receive assistance in obtaining other services;
34.30 	(3) a list of community resources; and
35.1 	(4) appeal rights.

35.2 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 144F.01, subdivision 2, is amended 
35.3 	to read:
35.4 		Subd. 2.Authority to establish. (a) Two or more political subdivisions may establish, 
35.5 	by resolution of their governing bodies, a special taxing district to provide fire protection 
35.6 	or emergency medical services, or both, in the area of the district, comprising the jurisdiction 
35.7 	of each of the political subdivisions forming the district. For a county that participates in 
35.8 	establishing a district, the county's jurisdiction comprises the unorganized territory of the 
35.9 	county that it designated in its resolution for inclusion in the district. The area of the special 
35.10 	taxing district need not be contiguous or its boundaries continuous.
35.11 	(b) Before establishing a district under this section, the participating political subdivisions 
35.12 	must enter into an agreement that specifies how any liabilities, other than debt issued under 
35.13 	subdivision 6, and assets of the district will be distributed if the district is dissolved. The 
35.14 	agreement may also include other terms, including a method for apportioning the levy of 
35.15 	the district among participating political subdivisions under subdivision 4, paragraph (b), 
35.16 	as the political subdivisions determine appropriate. The agreement must be adopted no later 
35.17 	than upon passage of the resolution establishing the district under paragraph (a), but may 
35.18 	be later amended by agreement of each of the political subdivisions participating in the 
35.19 	district.
35.20 	(c) If two or more political subdivisions that currently operate separate fire departments 
35.21 	seek to merge fire departments into one fire department, or if a political subdivision with 
35.22 	an existing fire department requests to join a special taxing district with an established fire 
35.23 	department, the resolution under paragraph (a) or agreement under paragraph (b) must 
35.24 	specify which, if any, volunteer firefighter pension plan is associated with the district. A 
35.25 	special taxing district that operates a fire department under this section may be associated 
35.26 	with only one volunteer firefighting firefighters relief association or one account in the 
35.27 	voluntary statewide volunteer firefighting retirement firefighter plan at one time.
35.28 	(d) If the special taxing district includes the operation of a fire department, it must file 
35.29 	its resolution establishing the fire protection special taxing district, and any agreements 
35.30 	required for the establishment of the special taxing district, with the commissioner of revenue, 
35.31 	including any subsequent amendments. If the resolution or agreement does not include 
35.32 	sufficient information defining the fire department service area of the fire protection special 
35.33 	taxing district, the secretary of the district board must file a written statement with the 
35.34 	commissioner defining the fire department service area.

36.1 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 147A.01, subdivision 23, is amended to read:
36.2 		Subd. 23.Supervising physician. "Supervising physician" means a Minnesota licensed 
36.3 	physician who accepts full medical responsibility for the performance, practice, and activities 
36.4 	of a physician assistant under an agreement as described in section 147A.20.

36.5 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 147B.02, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
36.6 		Subd. 7.Licensure requirements. (a) After June 30, 1997, an applicant for licensure 
36.7 	must:
36.8 	(1) submit a completed application for licensure on forms provided by the board, which 
36.9 	must include the applicant's name and address of record, which shall be public;
36.10 	(2) unless licensed under subdivision 5 or 6, submit a notarized copy of a current 
36.11 	NCCAOM certification;
36.12 	(3) sign a statement that the information in the application is true and correct to the best 
36.13 	of the applicant's knowledge and belief;
36.14 	(4) submit with the application all fees required; and
36.15 	(5) sign a waiver authorizing the board to obtain access to the applicant's records in this 
36.16 	state or any state in which the applicant has engaged in the practice of acupuncture.
36.17 	(b) The board may ask the applicant to provide any additional information necessary to 
36.18 	ensure that the applicant is able to practice with reasonable skill and safety to the public.
36.19 	(c) The board may investigate information provided by an applicant to determine whether 
36.20 	the information is accurate and complete. The board shall notify an applicant of action taken 
36.21 	on the application and the reasons for denying licensure if licensure is denied.

36.22 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 148.56, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
36.23 		Subdivision 1.Optometry defined. (a) Any person shall be deemed to be practicing 
36.24 	optometry within the meaning of sections 148.52 to 148.62 who shall in any way:
36.25 	(1) advertise as an optometrist; or
36.26 	(2) employ any means, including the use of autorefractors or other automated testing 
36.27 	devices, for the measurement of the powers of vision or the adaptation of lenses or prisms 
36.28 	for the aid thereof; or
36.29 	(3) possess testing appliances for the purpose of the measurement of the powers of vision; 
36.30 	or
37.1 	(4) diagnose any disease, optical deficiency or deformity, or visual or muscular anomaly 
37.2 	of the visual system consisting of the human eye and its accessory or subordinate anatomical 
37.3 	parts; or
37.4 	(5) prescribe lenses, including plano or cosmetic contact lenses, or prisms for the 
37.5 	correction or the relief of same; or
37.6 	(6) employ or prescribe ocular exercises, orthoptics, or habilitative and rehabilitative 
37.7 	therapeutic vision care; or
37.8 	(7) prescribe or administer legend drugs to aid in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, 
37.9 	prevention, treatment, or management of disease, deficiency, deformity, or abnormality of 
37.10 	the human eye and adnexa included in the curricula of accredited schools or colleges of 
37.11 	optometry, and as limited by Minnesota statute and adopted rules by the Board of Optometry, 
37.12 	or who holds oneself out as being able to do so.
37.13 	(b) In the course of treatment, nothing in this section shall allow:
37.14 	(1) legend drugs to be administered intravenously, intramuscularly, or by injection, 
37.15 	except for treatment of anaphylaxis;
37.16 	(2) invasive surgery including, but not limited to, surgery using lasers;
37.17 	(3) Schedule II and III oral legend drugs and oral steroids to be administered or 
37.18 	prescribed;
37.19 	(4) oral antivirals to be prescribed or administered for more than ten days; or
37.20 	(5) oral carbonic anhydrase inhibitors to be prescribed or administered for more than 
37.21 	seven days.

37.22 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 148.6443, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
37.23 		Subd. 3.Activities qualifying for continuing education contact hours. (a) The activities 
37.24 	in this subdivision qualify for continuing education contact hours if they meet all other 
37.25 	requirements of this section.
37.26 	(b) A minimum of one-half of the required contact hours must be directly related to 
37.27 	occupational therapy practice. The remaining contact hours may be related to occupational 
37.28 	therapy practice, the delivery of occupational therapy services, or to the practitioner's current 
37.29 	professional role.
37.30 	(c) A licensee may obtain an unlimited number of contact hours in any two-year 
37.31 	continuing education period through participation in the following:
38.1 	(1) attendance at educational programs of annual conferences, lectures, panel discussions, 
38.2 	workshops, in-service training, seminars, and symposiums;
38.3 	(2) successful completion of college or university courses. The licensee must obtain a 
38.4 	grade of at least a "C" or a pass in a pass/fail course in order to receive credit. One college 
38.5 	credit equals six continuing education contact hours; or
38.6 	(3) successful completion of home study courses that require the participant to 
38.7 	demonstrate the participant's knowledge following completion of the course.
38.8 	(d) A licensee may obtain a maximum of one-half of the required contact hours in any 
38.9 	two-year continuing education period for:
38.10 	(1) teaching continuing education or occupational therapy related courses that meet the 
38.11 	requirements of this section. A licensee is entitled to earn a maximum of two contact hours 
38.12 	as preparation time for each contact hour of presentation time. Contact hours may be claimed 
38.13 	only once for teaching the same course in any two-year continuing education period. A 
38.14 	course schedule or brochure must be maintained for audit;
38.15 	(2) supervising occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant students. A 
38.16 	licensee may earn one contact hour for every eight hours of student supervision. Licensees 
38.17 	must ensure they receive documentation regarding each student supervised and the dates 
38.18 	and hours each student was supervised. Contact hours obtained by student supervision must 
38.19 	be obtained by supervising students from an occupational therapy education program 
38.20 	accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education;
38.21 	(3) teaching or participating in courses related to leisure activities, recreational activities, 
38.22 	or hobbies if the practitioner uses these interventions within the practitioner's current practice 
38.23 	or employment; and
38.24 	(4) engaging in research activities or outcome studies that are related to the practice of 
38.25 	occupational therapy and associated with grants, postgraduate studies, or publications in 
38.26 	professional journals or books.
38.27 	(e) A licensee may obtain a maximum of two contact hours in any two-year continuing 
38.28 	education period for continuing education activities in the following areas:
38.29 	(1) personal skill topics: career burnout, communication skills, human relations, and 
38.30 	similar topics;
38.31 	(2) training that is obtained in conjunction with a licensee's employment, occurs during 
38.32 	a licensee's normal workday, and does not include subject matter specific to the fundamentals 
38.33 	of occupational therapy; and
39.1 	(3) participation for a minimum of one year on a professional committee or board.

39.2 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 148E.105, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
39.3 		Subd. 3.Types of supervision. Of the 100 hours of supervision required under 
39.4 	subdivision 1:
39.5 	(1) 50 hours must be provided though through one-on-one supervision, including: (i) a 
39.6 	minimum of 25 hours of in-person supervision, and (ii) no more than 25 hours of supervision 
39.7 	via eye-to-eye electronic media, while maintaining visual contact; and
39.8 	(2) 50 hours must be provided through: (i) one-on-one supervision, or (ii) group 
39.9 	supervision. The supervision may be in person, by telephone, or via eye-to-eye electronic 
39.10 	media, while maintaining visual contact. The supervision must not be provided by e-mail. 
39.11 	Group supervision is limited to six supervisees.

39.12 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 148E.120, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
39.13 		Subdivision 1.Supervisors licensed as social workers. (a) Except as provided in 
39.14 	subdivision 2, to be eligible to provide supervision under this section, a social worker must:
39.15 	(1) have completed 30 hours of training in supervision through coursework from an 
39.16 	accredited college or university, or through continuing education in compliance with sections 
39.17 	148E.130to 148E.170 and 148E.145;
39.18 	(2) be competent in the activities being supervised; and
39.19 	(3) attest, on a form provided by the board, that the social worker has met the applicable 
39.20 	requirements specified in this section and sections 148E.100 to 148E.115. The board may 
39.21 	audit the information provided to determine compliance with the requirements of this section.
39.22 	(b) A licensed independent clinical social worker providing clinical licensing supervision 
39.23 	to a licensed graduate social worker or a licensed independent social worker must have at 
39.24 	least 2,000 hours of experience in authorized social work practice, including 1,000 hours 
39.25 	of experience in clinical practice after obtaining a licensed independent clinical social worker 
39.26 	license.
39.27 	(c) A licensed social worker, licensed graduate social worker, licensed independent 
39.28 	social worker, or licensed independent clinical social worker providing nonclinical licensing 
39.29 	supervision must have completed the supervised practice requirements specified in section 
39.30 	148E.100, 148E.105, 148E.106, 148E.110, or 148E.115, as applicable.

40.1 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 151.37, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
40.2 		Subd. 12.Administration of opiate antagonists for drug overdose. (a) A licensed 
40.3 	physician, a licensed advanced practice registered nurse authorized to prescribe drugs 
40.4 	pursuant to section 148.235, or a licensed physician assistant authorized to prescribe drugs 
40.5 	pursuant to section 147A.18 147A.185 may authorize the following individuals to administer 
40.6 	opiate antagonists, as defined in section 604A.04, subdivision 1:
40.7 	(1) an emergency medical responder registered pursuant to section 144E.27;
40.8 	(2) a peace officer as defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraphs (c) and (d);
40.9 	(3) correctional employees of a state or local political subdivision;
40.10 	(4) staff of community-based health disease prevention or social service programs;
40.11 	(5) a volunteer firefighter; and
40.12 	(6) a licensed school nurse or certified public health nurse employed by, or under contract 
40.13 	with, a school board under section 121A.21.
40.14 	(b) For the purposes of this subdivision, opiate antagonists may be administered by one 
40.15 	of these individuals only if:
40.16 	(1) the licensed physician, licensed physician assistant, or licensed advanced practice 
40.17 	registered nurse has issued a standing order to, or entered into a protocol with, the individual; 
40.18 	and
40.19 	(2) the individual has training in the recognition of signs of opiate overdose and the use 
40.20 	of opiate antagonists as part of the emergency response to opiate overdose.
40.21 	(c) Nothing in this section prohibits the possession and administration of naloxone 
40.22 	pursuant to section 604A.04.

40.23 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 151.74, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
40.24 		Subd. 6.Continuing safety net program; process. (a) The individual shall submit to 
40.25 	a pharmacy the statement of eligibility provided by the manufacturer under subdivision 5, 
40.26 	paragraph (b). Upon receipt of an individual's eligibility status, the pharmacy shall submit 
40.27 	an order containing the name of the insulin product and the daily dosage amount as contained 
40.28 	in a valid prescription to the product's manufacturer.
40.29 	(b) The pharmacy must include with the order to the manufacturer the following 
40.30 	information:
40.31 	(1) the pharmacy's name and shipping address;
41.1 	(2) the pharmacy's office telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, and contact 
41.2 	name; and
41.3 	(3) any specific days or times when deliveries are not accepted by the pharmacy.
41.4 	(c) Upon receipt of an order from a pharmacy and the information described in paragraph 
41.5 	(b), the manufacturer shall send to the pharmacy a 90-day supply of insulin as ordered, 
41.6 	unless a lesser amount is requested in the order, at no charge to the individual or pharmacy.
41.7 	(d) Except as authorized under paragraph (e), the pharmacy shall provide the insulin to 
41.8 	the individual at no charge to the individual. The pharmacy shall not provide insulin received 
41.9 	from the manufacturer to any individual other than the individual associated with the specific 
41.10 	order. The pharmacy shall not seek reimbursement for the insulin received from the 
41.11 	manufacturer or from any third-party payer.
41.12 	(e) The pharmacy may collect a co-payment from the individual to cover the pharmacy's 
41.13 	costs for processing and dispensing in an amount not to exceed $50 for each 90-day supply 
41.14 	if the insulin is sent to the pharmacy.
41.15 	(f) The pharmacy may submit to a manufacturer a reorder for an individual if the 
41.16 	individual's eligibility statement has not expired. Upon receipt of a reorder from a pharmacy, 
41.17 	the manufacturer must send to the pharmacy an additional 90-day supply of the product, 
41.18 	unless a lesser amount is requested, at no charge to the individual or pharmacy if the 
41.19 	individual's eligibility statement has not expired.
41.20 	(g) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), a manufacturer may send the insulin as ordered 
41.21 	directly to the individual if the manufacturer provides a mail order service option.

41.22 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 161.242, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
41.23 		Subd. 2.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the terms defined in this 
41.24 	subdivision have the meanings given them.
41.25 	(b) "Automobile graveyard" means any establishment or place of business which is 
41.26 	maintained, used, or operated for storing, keeping, buying, or selling wrecked, scrapped, 
41.27 	ruined, or dismantled motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts.
41.28 	(c) "Dealer" means any person, partnership, or corporation engaged in the operation of 
41.29 	a junk yard.
41.30 	(d) "Hazard signs" means signs listed in the Minnesota drivers' manual published by the 
41.31 	Department of Public Safety, signs required by the State Fire Code, and other signs related 
41.32 	to road or fire hazards and approved for use by the state or a political subdivision.
42.1 	(e) "Industrial activities" means those activities permitted only in industrial zones, or in 
42.2 	less restrictive zones by the nearest zoning authority within the state, or prohibited by said 
42.3 	authority but generally recognized as industrial by other zoning authorities within the state, 
42.4 	except that none of the following shall be considered industrial activities:
42.5 	(1) outdoor advertising devices as defined in Minnesota Statutes 1969, section 173.02, 
42.6 	subdivision 16;
42.7 	(2) agricultural, forestry, ranching, grazing, farming and related activities, including, 
42.8 	but not limited to, wayside fresh produce stands;
42.9 	(3) activities normally and regularly in operation less than three months of the year;
42.10 	(4) activities not visible from the traffic lanes of the main-traveled way;
42.11 	(5) activities conducted in a building principally used as a residence;
42.12 	(6) railroad tracks, minor sidings, and passenger depots; or
42.13 	(7) junk yards, as defined in paragraph (g).
42.14 	(f) "Junk" means old or scrap hazard signs, copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, 
42.15 	synthetic or organic, trash, rubber debris, waste, or junked, dismantled, or wrecked 
42.16 	automobiles or farm or construction machinery or parts thereof, iron, steel, and other old 
42.17 	or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material.
42.18 	(g) "Junk yard" means an establishment, place of business, or place of storage or deposit, 
42.19 	which is maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping, buying, or selling junk, or for 
42.20 	the maintenance or operation of an automobile graveyard, and shall include garbage dumps 
42.21 	and sanitary fills not regulated by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, any of which 
42.22 	are wholly or partly within one-half mile of any right-of-way of any state trunk highway, 
42.23 	including the interstate highways, whether maintained in connection with another business 
42.24 	or not, where the waste, body, or discarded material stored is equal in bulk to five or more 
42.25 	motor vehicles and which are to be resold for used parts or old iron, metal, glass, or other 
42.26 	discarded material.
42.27 	(h) "Unzoned industrial area" means the land occupied by the regularly used building, 
42.28 	parking lot, storage or processing area of an industrial activity, and the land within 1,000 
42.29 	feet thereof which is located on the same side of the highway as the principal part of said 
42.30 	activity, and not predominantly used for residential or commercial purposes, and not zoned 
42.31 	by state or local law, regulation or ordinance.

43.1 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 161.3203, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
43.2 		Subd. 4.Reports. Beginning in 2009, The commissioner shall provide, no later than 
43.3 	September 1, an annual written report to the legislature, in compliance with sections 3.195
43.4 	and 3.197, and shall submit the report to the chairs of the senate and house of representatives 
43.5 	committees having jurisdiction over transportation. The report must list all privatization 
43.6 	transportation contracts within the meaning of this section that were executed or performed, 
43.7 	whether wholly or in part, in the previous fiscal year. The report must identify, with respect 
43.8 	to each contract: the contractor; contract amount; duration; work, provided or to be provided; 
43.9 	the comprehensive estimate derived under subdivision 3, paragraph (a); the comprehensive 
43.10 	estimate derived under subdivision 3, paragraph (b); the actual cost to the agency of the 
43.11 	contractor's performance of the contract; and for contracts of at least $250,000, a statement 
43.12 	containing the commissioner's determinations under subdivision 3, paragraph (c).

43.13 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 162.06, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
43.14 		Subd. 5.State park road account. After deducting for administrative costs and for the 
43.15 	disaster account and research account from the amount available as provided in this section, 
43.16 	the commissioner shall deduct a sum equal to the three-quarters of one percent of the 
43.17 	remainder. The sum so deducted shall be set aside in a separate account and shall be used 
43.18 	for (1) the establishment, location, relocation, construction, reconstruction, and improvement 
43.19 	of those roads included in the county state-aid highway system under Minnesota Statutes 
43.20 	1961, section 162.02, subdivision 6, which border and provide substantial access to an 
43.21 	outdoor recreation unit as defined in section 86A.04 or which provide access to the 
43.22 	headquarters of or the principal parking lot located within such a unit, and (2) the 
43.23 	reconstruction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of county roads, city streets, and 
43.24 	town roads that provide access to public lakes, rivers, state parks, and state campgrounds. 
43.25 	Roads described in clause (2) are not required to meet county state-aid highway standards. 
43.26 	At the request of the commissioner of natural resources the counties wherein such roads 
43.27 	are located shall do such work as requested in the same manner as on any county state-aid 
43.28 	highway and shall be reimbursed for such construction, reconstruction, or improvements 
43.29 	from the amount set aside by this subdivision. Before requesting a county to do work on a 
43.30 	county state-aid highway as provided in this subdivision, the commissioner of natural 
43.31 	resources must obtain approval for the project from the County State-Aid Screening Board. 
43.32 	The screening board, before giving its approval, must obtain a written comment on the 
43.33 	project from the county engineer of the county requested to undertake the project. Before 
43.34 	requesting a county to do work on a county road, city street, or a town road that provides 
43.35 	access to a public lake, a river, a state park, or a state campground, the commissioner of 
44.1 	natural resources shall obtain a written comment on the project from the county engineer 
44.2 	of the county requested to undertake the project. Any balance of the amount so set aside, 
44.3 	at the end of each year must be transferred to the county state-aid highway fund.

44.4 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 162.08, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
44.5 		Subd. 4.Purposes; other uses of municipal account allocation. (a) Except as provided 
44.6 	in subdivision 3, Money so apportioned and allocated to each county shall be used for aid 
44.7 	in the establishment, location, construction, reconstruction, improvement, and maintenance 
44.8 	of the county state-aid highway system within each county, including the expense of 
44.9 	sidewalks, commissioner-approved signals and safety devices on county state-aid highways, 
44.10 	and systems that permit an emergency vehicle operator to activate a green traffic signal for 
44.11 	the emergency vehicle; provided, that in the event of hardship, or in the event that the county 
44.12 	state-aid highway system of any county is improved to the standards set forth in the 
44.13 	commissioner's rules, a portion of the money apportioned other than the money allocated 
44.14 	for expenditures within cities having a population of less than 5,000, may be used on other 
44.15 	roads within the county with the consent and in accordance with the commissioner's rules.
44.16 	(b) If the portion of the county state-aid highway system lying within cities having a 
44.17 	population of less than 5,000 is improved to the standard set forth in the commissioner's 
44.18 	rules, a portion of the money credited to the municipal account may be used on other county 
44.19 	highways or other streets lying within such cities. Upon the authorization of the 
44.20 	commissioner, a county may expend accumulated municipal account funds on county 
44.21 	state-aid highways within the county outside of cities having a population of less than 5,000. 
44.22 	The commissioner shall authorize the expenditure if:
44.23 	(1) the county submits a written request to the commissioner and holds a hearing within 
44.24 	30 days of the request to receive and consider any objections by the governing bodies of 
44.25 	cities within the county having a population of less than 5,000; and
44.26 	(2) no written objection is filed with the commissioner by any such city within 14 days 
44.27 	of that hearing as provided in this subdivision.
44.28 	The county shall notify all of the cities of the public hearing by certified mail and shall 
44.29 	notify the commissioner in writing of the results of the hearing and any objections to the 
44.30 	use of the funds as requested by the county.
44.31 	(c) If, within 14 days of the hearing under paragraph (b), a city having a population of 
44.32 	less than 5,000 files a written objection with the commissioner identifying a specific county 
44.33 	state-aid highway within the city which is requested for improvement, the commissioner 
45.1 	shall investigate the nature of the requested improvement. Notwithstanding paragraph (b), 
45.2 	clause (2), the commissioner may authorize the expenditure requested by the county if:
45.3 	(1) the identified highway is not deficient in meeting minimum state-aid street standards;
45.4 	(2) the county shows evidence that the identified highway has been programmed for 
45.5 	construction in the county's five-year capital improvement budget in a manner consistent 
45.6 	with the county's transportation plan; or
45.7 	(3) there are conditions created by or within the city and beyond the control of the county 
45.8 	that prohibit programming or constructing the identified highway.
45.9 	(d) Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of paragraph (b) or (c), accumulated balances 
45.10 	in excess of two years of municipal account apportionments may be spent on projects located 
45.11 	outside of municipalities under 5,000 population when approved solely by resolution of the 
45.12 	county board.
45.13 	(e) Authorization for use of municipal account funds on county state-aid highways 
45.14 	outside of cities having a population of less than 5,000 shall be applicable only to the county's 
45.15 	accumulated and current year allocation. Future municipal account allocations shall be used 
45.16 	as directed by law unless subsequent requests are made by the county and approved by the 
45.17 	commissioner, or approved by resolution of the county board, as applicable, in accordance 
45.18 	with the applicable provisions of this section.

45.19 	Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 163.051, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
45.20 		Subdivision 1.Tax authorized. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c), the board of 
45.21 	commissioners of each county is authorized to levy by resolution a wheelage tax at the rate 
45.22 	specified in paragraph (b), on each motor vehicle that is kept in such county when not in 
45.23 	operation and that is subject to annual registration and taxation under chapter 168. The 
45.24 	board may provide by resolution for collection of the wheelage tax by county officials or 
45.25 	it may request that the tax be collected by the state registrar of motor vehicles. The state 
45.26 	registrar of motor vehicles shall collect such tax on behalf of the county if requested, as 
45.27 	provided in subdivision 2.
45.28 	(b) The wheelage tax under this section is at the rate of:
45.29 	(1) from January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2017, $10 per year for each county 
45.30 	that authorizes the tax; and
45.31 	(2) on and after January 1, 2018, up to $20 per year, in any increment of a whole dollar, 
45.32 	as specified by each county that authorizes the tax.
46.1 	(c) The following vehicles are exempt from the wheelage tax:
46.2 	(1) motorcycles, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 44;
46.3 	(2) motorized bicycles, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 45; and
46.4 	(3) motorized foot scooters, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 46.
46.5 	(d) For any county that authorized the tax prior to May 24, 2013, the wheelage tax 
46.6 	continues at the rate provided under paragraph (b).

46.7 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 168.101, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
46.8 		Subdivision 1.Ownership by minor unlawful; exceptions. Except as provided in this 
46.9 	subdivision it is unlawful for a person under the age of 18 to own a passenger automobile 
46.10 	or truck. A person who is under the age of 18 may own a passenger automobile or truck 
46.11 	only if any of the following conditions exist:
46.12 	(1) the person has completed a driver training course approved by the commissioner of 
46.13 	public safety and has attained the age of 17;
46.14 	(2) the person is a high school graduate and has attained the age of 17;
46.15 	(3) the person is an employed, emancipated minor who holds a Minnesota driver's license;
46.16 	or
46.17 	(4) the person, before January 1, 1964, owns a passenger automobile or truck which is 
46.18 	registered in the person's name with the registrar of motor vehicles;
46.19 	(5) (4) the person became the owner of the passenger automobile or truck which the 
46.20 	person seeks to register in Minnesota while a resident of a foreign state, district, territory, 
46.21 	or country, and which passenger automobile or truck is duly registered in the person's name 
46.22 	in such foreign state, district, territory, or country.

46.23 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 168.27, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
46.24 		Subd. 11.Dealers' licenses; location change notice; fee. (a) Application for a dealer's 
46.25 	license or notification of a change of location of the place of business on a dealer's license 
46.26 	must include a street address, not a post office box, and is subject to the commissioner's 
46.27 	approval.
46.28 	(b) Upon the filing of an application for a dealer's license and the proper fee, unless the 
46.29 	application on its face appears to be invalid, the commissioner shall grant a 90-day temporary 
46.30 	license. During the 90-day period following issuance of the temporary license, the 
47.1 	commissioner shall inspect the place of business site and insure compliance with this section 
47.2 	and rules adopted under this section.
47.3 	(c) The commissioner may extend the temporary license 30 days to allow the temporarily 
47.4 	licensed dealer to come into full compliance with this section and rules adopted under this 
47.5 	section.
47.6 	(d) In no more than 120 days following issuance of the temporary license, the dealer 
47.7 	license must either be granted or denied.
47.8 	(e) A license must be denied under the following conditions:
47.9 	(1) The license must be denied if within the previous ten years the applicant was enjoined 
47.10 	due to a violation of section 325F.69 or convicted of violating section 325E.14, 325E.15, 
47.11 	325E.16, or 325F.69, or convicted under section 609.53 of receiving or selling stolen 
47.12 	vehicles, or convicted of violating United States Code, title 15, sections 1981 to 1991 49, 
47.13 	sections 32701 to 32711 or pleaded guilty, entered a plea of nolo contendere or no contest, 
47.14 	or has been found guilty in a court of competent jurisdiction of any charge of failure to pay 
47.15 	state or federal income or sales taxes or felony charge of forgery, embezzlement, obtaining 
47.16 	money under false pretenses, theft by swindle, extortion, conspiracy to defraud, or bribery.
47.17 	(2) A license must be denied if the applicant has had a dealer license revoked within the 
47.18 	previous ten years.
47.19 	(f) If the application is approved, the commissioner shall license the applicant as a dealer 
47.20 	for one year from the date the temporary license is granted and issue a certificate of license 
47.21 	that must include a distinguishing number of identification of the dealer. The license must 
47.22 	be displayed in a prominent place in the dealer's licensed place of business.
47.23 	(g) Each initial application for a license must be accompanied by a fee of $100 in addition 
47.24 	to the annual fee. The annual fee is $150. The initial fees and annual fees must be paid into 
47.25 	the state treasury and credited to the general fund except that $50 of each initial and annual 
47.26 	fee must be paid into the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue fund 
47.27 	under section 299A.705.

47.28 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 168.27, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
47.29 		Subd. 12.Grounds for suspension and revocation. (a) A license may be suspended 
47.30 	or revoked by the registrar of motor vehicles upon proof satisfactory to the registrar of any 
47.31 	of the following:
48.1 	(1) violations of any of the provisions of this chapter or chapter 168A, 297B, 325E, or 
48.2 	325F;
48.3 	(2) violation of or refusal to comply with the requests and order of the registrar;
48.4 	(3) failure to make or provide to the registrar all listings, notices, and reports required 
48.5 	by the registrar;
48.6 	(4) failure to pay to the registrar all taxes, fees, and arrears due from and by such dealer;
48.7 	(5) failure to duly apply for renewal of license provided for in this section;
48.8 	(6) revocation of previous license, of which the records of the registrar relating to the 
48.9 	revocation are prima facie evidence of the previous revocation;
48.10 	(7) failure of continued occupancy of an established place of business;
48.11 	(8) sale of a new and unused current model motor vehicle other than the make of motor 
48.12 	vehicle described in the franchise or contract filed with the original application or renewal 
48.13 	thereof, without permission from the registrar;
48.14 	(9) sale of a new and unused current model motor vehicle to anyone except for consumer 
48.15 	use, or to a dealer duly licensed to sell the same make of motor vehicle;
48.16 	(10) material misstatement or misrepresentation in application for license or renewal;
48.17 	(11) having advertised, printed, displayed, published, distributed, broadcast, or televised 
48.18 	or caused or permitted to be advertised, printed, displayed, published, distributed, broadcast, 
48.19 	or televised in any manner whatsoever, or having made orally any statement or representation 
48.20 	with regard to the sale, lease, or financing of motor vehicles that is false, deceptive, or 
48.21 	misleading;
48.22 	(12) having been convicted of violating section 325F.69, or having been enjoined due 
48.23 	to a violation of section 325F.69;
48.24 	(13) having been convicted of violating the Minnesota Odometer Law, section 325E.14, 
48.25 	325E.15, or 325E.16, or the federal odometer law, United States Code, title 15, sections 
48.26 	1981 to 1991 49, sections 32701 to 32711;
48.27 	(14) having been convicted of violating the sale of motor vehicles on Sunday law, section 
48.28 	168.275;
48.29 	(15) having been convicted under section 609.53 of receiving or selling stolen vehicles; 
48.30 	or
49.1 	(16) having pleaded guilty, entered a plea of nolo contendere or no contest, or having 
49.2 	been found guilty in a court of competent jurisdiction of any charge of failure to pay state 
49.3 	or federal income or sales taxes or felony charge of forgery, embezzlement, obtaining money 
49.4 	under false pretenses, theft by swindle, extortion, conspiracy to defraud, or bribery.
49.5 	(b) With respect to paragraph (a), clauses (12), (13), (15), and (16), the registrar may 
49.6 	suspend or revoke a license immediately upon receiving certification of conviction or 
49.7 	permanent injunction. A hearing is required under subdivision 13 within 30 days following 
49.8 	a summary suspension or revocation under this paragraph, if a hearing is requested by the 
49.9 	licensee.

49.10 	Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 168.63, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
49.11 		Subd. 5.Annual recomputation and tax adjustment. At the close of each calendar 
49.12 	year and not later than February 15th of the next succeeding year, beginning with 1959, the 
49.13 	registrar of motor vehicles shall recompute and redetermine the number of intercity buses 
49.14 	required to have been registered in Minnesota for the prior year and the actual amount of 
49.15 	tax liability for such previous year shall likewise be redetermined. Any additional tax which 
49.16 	may be due by any owner or operator of intercity buses shall be paid forthwith. If it is 
49.17 	determined as a result of such recomputation that there has been an overpayment of tax, the 
49.18 	amount of such overpayment shall be credited to the amount of tax which may be due by 
49.19 	the owner or operator of intercity buses in any subsequent year. In the event any owner or 
49.20 	operator of intercity buses discontinues operations in Minnesota and has a tax credit due as 
49.21 	a result of overpayment of motor vehicle taxes for any year, the amount of such overpayment 
49.22 	shall be refunded. Such sums as are necessary to make the refunds herein are hereby 
49.23 	appropriated annually from the highway user tax distribution fund.

49.24 	Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 168A.07, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
49.25 		Subd. 3.Fees. The filing fee to create a conditional registration shall conform with the 
49.26 	fee provided in section 168.33, subdivision 7, paragraph (a), clause (3) (2). A subsequent 
49.27 	removal and clearing of a conditional registration is considered a separate transaction and 
49.28 	requires payment of an additional filing fee of the same amount, provided the removal and 
49.29 	clearing was initiated by a motor vehicle dealer licensed under section 168.27.

50.1 	Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 168B.055, is amended to read:
50.2 	168B.055 NOTICE FOR REMOVAL FROM VEHICLE SERVICE FACILITY.
50.3 	An owner or agent of an owner of private, nonresidential property described in section 
50.4 	168B.04, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), clause (2), item (iv), is authorized to remove or cause 
50.5 	the removal of an unauthorized vehicle from that property after providing five-day notice 
50.6 	to the vehicle owner by certified mail, return receipt requested, that the vehicle will be 
50.7 	removed from the property. Notification must include identification of the registration plate 
50.8 	number, the vehicle identification number, and the make, model, and color of the vehicle. 
50.9 	The owner or agent of an owner of property upon which a motor vehicle is unauthorized 
50.10 	may cause the vehicle to be removed by a towing service under this section without incurring 
50.11 	any civil liability to the owner of the unauthorized vehicle. Vehicles removed pursuant to 
50.12 	a complaint of the owner or agent of the owner of private property must be disposed of as 
50.13 	provided in sections 168B.051 to 168B.10.

50.14 	Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 168D.01, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
50.15 		Subd. 4.Jurisdiction. "Jurisdiction" means a state of the United States, the District of 
50.16 	Columbia, a province or territory of Canada, and any other member jurisdiction of the 
50.17 	International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) compact as approved by Congress in the Intermodal 
50.18 	Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), Public Law 102-40 102-240.

50.19 	Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 168D.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
50.20 		Subdivision 1.Authority. (a) The commissioner of public safety may enter into an 
50.21 	agreement or arrangement with the duly authorized representative of another jurisdiction 
50.22 	or make an independent declaration granting to motor carriers of qualified motor vehicles 
50.23 	properly registered or licensed in another member jurisdiction benefits, privileges, and 
50.24 	exemptions from paying, wholly or partially, fuel taxes, fees, or other charges imposed for 
50.25 	operating the vehicles under the laws of Minnesota. The agreement, arrangement, or 
50.26 	declaration may impose terms and conditions consistent with federal and state laws and 
50.27 	regulations.
50.28 	(b) The commissioner of public safety may ratify and effectuate an international fuel 
50.29 	tax agreement or other fuel tax agreement in accordance with state and federal authorities. 
50.30 	The commissioner's authority includes collecting fuel taxes due, issuing fuel licenses, issuing 
50.31 	refunds, conducting audits, assessing penalties and interest, issuing fuel trip permits, issuing 
50.32 	decals, and suspending or denying licensing.
51.1 	(c) Based on these powers, the commissioner and the state of Minnesota have entered 
51.2 	into a formal agreement with other states of the United States, the District of Columbia, 
51.3 	provinces and territories of Canada, and any other member jurisdiction of the International 
51.4 	Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) compact as approved by Congress in the Intermodal Surface 
51.5 	Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), Public Law 102-40 102-240, to assess and collect 
51.6 	fuel tax in a uniform and consistent manner across jurisdictions.

51.7 	Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
51.8 		Subdivision 1.Uniform system. The commissioner shall adopt a manual and 
51.9 	specifications for a uniform system of traffic-control devices consistent with the provisions 
51.10 	of this chapter for use upon highways within this state. Such uniform system shall correlate 
51.11 	with and so far as possible conform to the system then current as approved by the American 
51.12 	Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. The manual and specifications 
51.13 	must include the design and wording of minimum-maintenance road signs. The adoption 
51.14 	of the manual and specifications by the commissioner as herein provided is specifically 
51.15 	exempted from chapter 14, including section 14.386.

51.16 	Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.06, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
51.17 		Subd. 4a.Obedience to work zone flagger; violation, penalty. (a) A flagger in a work 
51.18 	zone may stop vehicles, hold vehicles in place, and direct vehicles to proceed when it is 
51.19 	safe.
51.20 	(b) A person convicted of operating a motor vehicle in violation of a speed limit in a 
51.21 	work zone, or any other provision of this section while in a work zone, shall be required to 
51.22 	pay a fine of $300. This fine is in addition to the surcharge under section 357.021, subdivision 
51.23 	6.
51.24 	(c) If a motor vehicle is operated in violation of paragraph (a), the owner of the vehicle, 
51.25 	or for a leased motor vehicle the lessee of the vehicle, is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and 
51.26 	is subject to a fine as provided in paragraph (b). The owner or lessee may not be fined under 
51.27 	this paragraph if (1) another person is convicted for that violation, or (2) the motor vehicle 
51.28 	was stolen at the time of the violation. This paragraph does not apply to a lessor of a motor 
51.29 	vehicle if the lessor keeps a record of the name and address of the lessee.
51.30 	(d) Paragraph (c) does not prohibit or limit the prosecution of a motor vehicle operator 
51.31 	for violating who violates paragraph (a).
52.1 	(e) A violation under paragraph (c) does not constitute grounds for revocation or 
52.2 	suspension of a driver's license.
52.3 	(f) A peace officer may issue a citation to the operator of a motor vehicle if the peace 
52.4 	officer has probable cause to believe that the person has operated the vehicle in violation 
52.5 	of paragraph (a). A citation may be issued even though the violation did not occur in the 
52.6 	officer's presence. In addition to other evidentiary elements or factors, a peace officer has 
52.7 	probable cause under this subdivision if:
52.8 	(1) a qualified work zone flagger has provided a report of a violation of paragraph (a) 
52.9 	that includes a description and the license plate number of the vehicle used to commit the 
52.10 	offense, and the time of the incident;
52.11 	(2) the person is operating the vehicle described in the report; and
52.12 	(3) it is within the four-hour period following the time of the incident, as specified in 
52.13 	the report.
52.14 	(g) A work zone flagger is qualified to provide a report under paragraph (f) if each 
52.15 	flagger involved in the reporting has completed training that includes information on flagging 
52.16 	operations, equipment, traffic laws, observation and accurate identification of motor vehicles, 
52.17 	and delegation of duties involving a report under paragraph (f).

52.18 	Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.09, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
52.19 		Subd. 5.Notify owner of damaged property. If the driver of any vehicle involved in 
52.20 	a collision knows or has reason to know the collision resulted only in damage to fixtures 
52.21 	legally upon or adjacent to a highway, the driver shall take reasonable steps to locate and 
52.22 	notify the owner or person in charge of the property of that fact, of the driver's name and 
52.23 	address, and of the registration plate number of the vehicle being driven and shall, upon 
52.24 	request and if available, exhibit the driver's license, and make an accident report in every 
52.25 	case. The report must be made in the same manner as a report made pursuant to subdivision 
52.26 	7.

52.27 	Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.20, subdivision 5b, is amended to read:
52.28 		Subd. 5b.Violation; penalty for owner or lessee. (a) If a motor vehicle is operated in 
52.29 	violation of subdivision 5, the owner of the vehicle, or for a leased motor vehicle the lessee 
52.30 	of the vehicle, is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
52.31 	(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply if (1) a person other than the owner or lessee was 
52.32 	operating the vehicle at the time the violation occurred, or (2) the owner presents written 
53.1 	evidence that the motor vehicle had been reported to a law enforcement agency as stolen 
53.2 	at the time of the violation.
53.3 	(c) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a lessor of a motor vehicle if the lessor keeps a record 
53.4 	of the name and address of the lessee.
53.5 	(d) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit or limit the prosecution of a motor vehicle operator 
53.6 	for violating who violates subdivision 5.
53.7 	(e) A violation under paragraph (a) does not constitute grounds for revocation or 
53.8 	suspension of the owner's or lessee's driver's license.

53.9 	Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.305, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
53.10 		Subd. 3.Petty misdemeanor. Any person violating who violates the provisions of this 
53.11 	section or any order or ordinance promulgated or enacted by the commissioner of 
53.12 	transportation or a public authority pursuant thereto is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.

53.13 	Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.34, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
53.14 		Subd. 2.Violation; penalty for owner or lessee. (a) If a motor vehicle is stopped, 
53.15 	standing, or parked in violation of subdivision 1, the owner of the vehicle, or for a leased 
53.16 	motor vehicle the lessee of the vehicle, is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
53.17 	(b) The owner or lessee may not be fined under paragraph (a) if (1) another person is 
53.18 	convicted for, or pleads guilty to, that violation, or (2) the motor vehicle was stolen at the 
53.19 	time of the violation.
53.20 	(c) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a lessor of a motor vehicle if the lessor keeps a record 
53.21 	of the name and address of the lessee.
53.22 	(d) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit or limit the prosecution of a motor vehicle operator 
53.23 	for violating who violates subdivision 1.
53.24 	(e) A violation under paragraph (a) does not constitute grounds for revocation or 
53.25 	suspension of the owner's or lessee's driver's license.

53.26 	Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.42, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
53.27 		Subd. 5.Misdemeanor. Any person violating who violates the provisions of this section 
53.28 	is guilty of a misdemeanor. The record of any conviction of or plea of guilty under this 
53.29 	section of a person operating a motor vehicle shall be immediately forwarded to the 
53.30 	Department of Public Safety for inclusion upon that offender's driving record. Any second 
54.1 	or subsequent offense under this section shall require a minimum fine in the amount of 
54.2 	$400. Any judge may, for any violation of this section, order the offender to pick up litter 
54.3 	along any public highway or road for four to eight hours under the direction of the 
54.4 	Department of Transportation, with the option of a jail sentence being imposed.

54.5 	Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.468, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
54.6 		Subd. 4.Misdemeanor. Any person violating who violates the provisions of this section 
54.7 	is guilty of a misdemeanor.

54.8 	Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.541, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
54.9 		Subd. 2.POST Board standards. The Peace Officer Standards and Training Board 
54.10 	shall adopt standards governing situations in which licensed peace officers as defined in 
54.11 	section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), may operate a vehicle or watercraft without 
54.12 	lights as provided in subdivision 1. The board shall report to the legislature on the standards 
54.13 	by January 1, 1991.

54.14 	Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.57, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
54.15 		Subd. 2.Turn signal. (a) Any vehicle may be equipped, and when required under this 
54.16 	chapter shall be equipped, with a lamp or lamps or mechanical signal device of such color 
54.17 	as may be approved by the commissioner of public safety and capable of clearly indicating 
54.18 	any intention to turn either to the right or to the left and shall be visible and understandable 
54.19 	during both daytime and nighttime from a distance of 100 feet both to the front and rear.
54.20 	(b) On or after July 1, 1949, it shall be It is unlawful for any person to sell or offer for 
54.21 	sale any new motor vehicle, excepting motorcycles, motor scooters, and bicycles with motor 
54.22 	attached, unless it is equipped with turn signals meeting the requirements of this chapter.

54.23 	Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.792, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
54.24 		Subd. 7.License revocation. Upon receiving the notification under subdivision 6 or 
54.25 	notification of a conviction for violation of section 169.791, the commissioner shall revoke 
54.26 	the person's driver's license or permit to drive. The revocation shall be effective beginning 
54.27 	14 days after the date of notification by the district court administrator or officer to the 
54.28 	Department of Public Safety. In order to be revoked, notice must have been mailed to the 
54.29 	person by the commissioner at least ten days before the effective date of the revocation. If 
54.30 	the person, before the effective date of the revocation, provides the commissioner with the 
54.31 	proof of insurance or other verifiable insurance information as determined by the 
55.1 	commissioner, establishing that the required insurance covered the vehicle at the time of 
55.2 	the original demand, the revocation must not become effective. Revocation based upon 
55.3 	receipt of a notification under subdivision 6 must be carried out regardless of the status or 
55.4 	disposition of any related criminal charge. The person's driver's license or permit to drive 
55.5 	shall be revoked for the longer of: (i) the period provided in section 169.797, subdivision 
55.6 	4, paragraph (c) (f), including any rules adopted under that paragraph, or (ii) until the driver 
55.7 	or owner files proof of insurance with the Department of Public Safety satisfactory to the 
55.8 	commissioner of public safety. A license must not be revoked more than once based upon 
55.9 	the same demand for proof of insurance.

55.10 	Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.792, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
55.11 		Subd. 11.Exemptions. Buses or other commercial vehicles operated by the Metropolitan 
55.12 	Council, commercial vehicles required to file proof of insurance pursuant to chapter 221, 
55.13 	and school buses as defined in section 171.01, subdivision 45 46, are exempt from this 
55.14 	section.

55.15 	Sec. 71. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.801, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
55.16 		Subd. 2.Weight restrictions. (a) An implement of husbandry that is not self-propelled 
55.17 	and is equipped with pneumatic tires may not be operated on a public highway with a 
55.18 	maximum wheel load that exceeds 500 pounds per inch of tire width.
55.19 	(b) After December 31, 2009, A person operating or towing an implement of husbandry 
55.20 	on a bridge must comply with the gross weight limitations provided in section 169.824.

55.21 	Sec. 72. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.824, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
55.22 		Subdivision 1.Table of axle weight limits. (a) No vehicle or combination of vehicles 
55.23 	equipped with pneumatic tires shall be operated upon the highways of this state where the 
55.24 	total gross weight on any group of two or more consecutive axles of any vehicle or 
55.25 	combination of vehicles exceeds that given in the following axle weight limits table for the 
55.26 	distance between the centers of the first and last axles of any group of two or more 
55.27 	consecutive axles under consideration. Unless otherwise noted, the distance between axles 
55.28 	must be measured longitudinally to the nearest even foot, and when the measurement is a 
55.29 	fraction of exactly one-half foot the next largest whole number in feet shall be used, except 
55.30 	that when the distance between axles is more than three feet four inches and less than three 
55.31 	feet six inches the distance of four feet shall be used.

56.1		Axle Weight Limits
	
56.2		Maximum gross weight in pounds on a group of
	
56.3		2
	3
	4
	
56.4
56.5
56.6
56.756.856.956.10
56.11
56.12
	Distances in feet
between centers of 
foremost and rearmost 
axles of a group
	consecutive axles of
a 2-axle vehicle or any 
combination of vehicles 
having a total of 2 or
more axles
	consecutive axles of a 
3-axle vehicle or any 
combination of
vehicles having a total
of 3 or more axles
	consecutive 
axles of a 
4-axle vehicle 
or any 
combination of 
vehicles 
having a total 
of 4 or more 
axles

56.13	4
	34,000
			
56.14	5
	34,000
			
56.15	6
	34,000
			
56.16	7
	34,000
	34,000
		
56.17	8
	34,000
	34,000
		
56.18	8 plus
	34,000
	42,000
		
56.19		(38,000)
			
56.20	9
	35,000
	43,000
		
56.21		(39,000)
			
56.22	10
	36,000
	43,500
	49,000
	
56.23		(40,000)
			
56.24	11
	36,000
	44,500
	49,500
	
56.25	12
		45,000
	50,000
	
56.26	13
		46,000
	51,000
	
56.27	14
		46,500
	51,500
	
56.28	15
		47,500
	52,000
	
56.29	16
		48,000
	53,000
	
56.30	17
		49,000
	53,500
	
56.31	18
		49,500
	54,000
	
56.32	19
		50,500
	55,000
	
56.33	20
		51,000
	55,500
	
56.34	21
		52,000
	56,000
	
56.35	22
		52,500
	57,000
	
56.36	23
		53,500
	57,500
	
56.37	24
		54,000
	58,000
	
56.38	25
		(55,000)
	59,000
	
56.39	26
		(55,500)
	59,500
	
56.40	27
		(56,500)
	60,000
	
57.1	28
		(57,000)
	61,000
	
57.2	29
		(58,000)
	61,500
	
57.3	30
		(58,500)
	62,000
	
57.4	31
		(59,500)
	63,000
	
57.5	32
		(60,000)
	63,500
	
57.6	33
			64,000
	
57.7	34
			65,000
	
57.8	35
			65,500
	
57.9	36
			66,000
	
57.10	37
			67,000
	
57.11	38
			67,500
	
57.12	39
			68,000
	
57.13	40
			69,000
	
57.14	41
			69,500
	
57.15	42
			70,000
	
57.16	43
			71,000
	
57.17	44
			71,500
	
57.18	45
			72,000
	
57.19	46
			72,500
	
57.20	47
			(73,500)
	
57.21	48
			(74,000)
	
57.22	49
			(74,500)
	
57.23	50
			(75,500)
	
57.24	51
			(76,000)
	
57.25	52
			(76,500)
	
57.26	53
			(77,500)
	
57.27	54
			(78,000)
	
57.28	55
			(78,500)
	
57.29	56
			(79,500)
	
57.30	57
			(80,000)
	
57.31 	(b) The maximum gross weight on a group of three consecutive axles, where the distance 
57.32 	between centers of foremost and rearmost axles of any axle group is seven feet or eight feet, 
57.33 	is 34,000 pounds, except for vehicles manufactured before August 1, 1991. Notwithstanding 
57.34 	any lesser weight shown in the axle weight limits table, for vehicles manufactured before 
57.35 	August 1, 1991:
58.1 	(1) the maximum gross weight on a group of three consecutive axles, where the distance 
58.2 	between centers of foremost and rearmost axles of any axle group is seven feet, is 37,000 
58.3 	pounds; and
58.4 	(2) the maximum gross weight on a group of three consecutive axles, where the distance 
58.5 	between centers of foremost and rearmost axles of any axle group is eight feet, is 38,500 
58.6 	pounds.
58.7 	(c) "8 plus" refers to any distance greater than eight feet but less than nine feet.

58.8		Axle Weight Limits (continued)
	
58.9		Maximum gross weight in pounds on a group of
	
58.10		5
	6
	7
	8
	
58.11
58.12
58.13
58.14
58.15
58.1658.17	Distances in 
feet between 
centers of 
foremost and 
rearmost axles 
of a group
	consecutive 
axles of a 5-axle 
vehicle or any 
combination of 
vehicles having 
a total of 5 or 
more axles
	consecutive 
axles of a 6-axle 
vehicle or any 
combination of 
vehicles having 
a total of 6 or 
more axles
	consecutive 
axles of a 7-axle 
vehicle or any 
combination of 
vehicles having 
a total of 7 or 
more axles
	consecutive axles of 
an 8-axle vehicle or 
any combination of 
vehicles having a 
total of 8 or more 
axles

58.18	14
	57,000
				
58.19	15
	57,500
				
58.20	16
	58,000
				
58.21	17
	59,000
				
58.22	18
	59,500
				
58.23	19
	60,000
				
58.24	20
	60,500
	66,000
	72,000
		
58.25	21
	61,500
	67,000
	72,500
		
58.26	22
	62,000
	67,500
	73,000
		
58.27	23
	62,500
	68,000
	73,500
		
58.28	24
	63,000
	68,500
	74,000
		
58.29	25
	64,000
	69,000
	75,000
		
58.30	26
	64,500
	70,000
	75,500
		
58.31	27
	65,000
	70,500
	76,000
		
58.32	28
	65,500
	71,000
	76,500
		
58.33	29
	66,500
	71,500
	77,000
		
58.34	30
	67,000
	72,000
	77,500
		
58.35	31
	67,500
	73,000
	78,500
		
58.36	32
	68,000
	73,500
	79,000
		
58.37	33
	69,000
	74,000
	79,500
		
58.38	34
	69,500
	74,500
	80,000
		
59.1	35
	70,000
	75,000
	(80,500)
	(86,000)
	
59.2	36
	70,500
	76,000
	(81,000)
	(86,500)
	
59.3	37
	71,500
	76,500
	(81,500)
	(87,000)
	
59.4	38
	72,000
	77,000
	(82,000)
	(87,500)
	
59.5	39
	72,500
	77,500
	(82,500)
	(88,500)
	
59.6	40
	73,000
	78,000
	(83,500)
	(89,000)
	
59.7	41
	74,000
	79,000
	(84,000)
	(89,500)
	
59.8	42
	74,500
	79,500
	(84,500)
	(90,000)
	
59.9	43
	75,000
	80,000
	(85,000)
	(90,500)
	
59.10	44
	75,500
	(80,500)
	(85,500)
	(91,000)
	
59.11	45
	76,500
	(81,000)
	(86,000)
	(91,500)
	
59.12	46
	77,000
	(81,500)
	(87,000)
	(92,500)
	
59.13	47
	77,500
	(82,000)
	(87,500)
	(93,000)
	
59.14	48
	78,000
	(83,000)
	(88,000)
	(93,500)
	
59.15	49
	79,000
	(83,500)
	(88,500)
	(94,000)
	
59.16	50
	79,500
	(84,000)
	(89,000)
	(94,500)
	
59.17	51
	80,000
	(84,500)
	(89,500)
	(95,000)
	
59.18	52
	(80,500)
	(85,000)
	(90,500)
	(95,500)
	
59.19	53
	(81,000)
	(86,000)
	(91,000)
	(96,500)
	
59.20	54
	(81,500)
	(86,500)
	(91,500)
	(97,000)
	
59.21	55
	(82,500)
	(87,000)
	(92,000)
	(97,500)
	
59.22	56
	(83,000)
	(87,500)
	(92,500)
	(98,000)
	
59.23	57
	(83,500)
	(88,000)
	(93,000)
	(98,500)
	
59.24	58
	(84,000)
	(89,000)
	(94,000)
	(99,000)
	
59.25	59
	(85,000)
	(89,500)
	(94,500)
	(99,500)
	
59.26	60
	(85,500)
	(90,000)
	(95,000)
	(100,500)
	
59.27	61
			(95,500)
	(101,000)
	
59.28	62
			(96,000)
	(101,500)
	
59.29	63
			(96,500)
	(102,000)
	
59.30	64
			(97,000)
	(102,500)
	
59.31	65
				(103,000)
	
59.32	66
				(103,500)
	
59.33	67
				(104,500)
	
59.34	68
				(105,000)
	
59.35	69
				(105,500)
	
59.36	70
				(106,000)
	
59.37	71
				(106,500)
	
59.38	72
				(107,000)
	
60.1	73
				(107,500)
	
60.2	74
				(108,000)
	
60.3 	(d) The gross weights shown without parentheses in the axle weight limits table are 
60.4 	allowed on unpaved streets and highways, unless posted to a lesser weight under section 
60.5 	169.87, subdivision 1. The gross weights shown in this table, whether within or without 
60.6 	parentheses, are allowed on paved streets and highways, unless posted to a lesser weight 
60.7 	under section 169.87, subdivision 1. Gross weights in excess of 80,000 pounds require an 
60.8 	overweight permit under this chapter, unless otherwise allowed under section 169.826.
60.9 	(e) Notwithstanding any lesser weight shown in the axle weight limits table, but subject 
60.10 	to the restrictions on gross vehicle weights in subdivision 2, paragraph (a) clauses (1) and 
60.11 	(2), two consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a gross load of 34,000 pounds each 
60.12 	and a combined gross load of 68,000 pounds provided the overall distance between the first 
60.13 	and last axles of the consecutive sets of tandem axles is 36 feet or more.

60.14 	Sec. 73. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.851, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
60.15 		Subd. 3.First haul. "First haul" has the meaning given it in section 168.013, subdivision 
60.16 	3, paragraph (d), clause (3).

60.17 	Sec. 74. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.86, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
60.18 		Subdivision 1.Permit authorities; restrictions. (a) The commissioner, with respect to 
60.19 	highways under the commissioner's jurisdiction, and local authorities, with respect to 
60.20 	highways under their jurisdiction, may, in their discretion, upon application in writing and 
60.21 	good cause being shown therefor, issue a special permit, in writing, authorizing the applicant 
60.22 	to move a vehicle or combination of vehicles of a size or weight of vehicle or load exceeding 
60.23 	the maximum specified in this chapter, exceeding the gross weight for which the vehicle is 
60.24 	registered under chapter 168, or otherwise not in conformity with the provisions of this 
60.25 	chapter, upon any highway under the jurisdiction of the party granting such permit and for 
60.26 	the maintenance of which such party is responsible.
60.27 	(b) Permits relating to over-width, over-length manufactured homes shall not be issued 
60.28 	to persons other than manufactured home dealers or manufacturers for movement of new 
60.29 	units owned by the manufactured home dealer or manufacturer, until the person has presented 
60.30 	a statement from the county auditor and treasurer where the unit is presently located, stating 
60.31 	that all personal and real property taxes have been paid. Upon payment of the most recent 
60.32 	single year delinquent personal property or current year taxes only, the county auditor or 
60.33 	treasurer must issue a taxes paid statement to a manufactured home dealer or a financial 
61.1 	institution desiring to relocate a manufactured home that has been repossessed. This statement 
61.2 	must be dated within 30 days of the contemplated move. The statement from the county 
61.3 	auditor and treasurer where the unit is presently located, stating that all personal and real 
61.4 	property taxes have been paid, may be made by telephone. If the statement is obtained by 
61.5 	telephone, the permit shall contain the date and time of the telephone call and the names of 
61.6 	the persons in the auditor's office and treasurer's office who verified that all personal and 
61.7 	real property taxes had been paid.
61.8 	(c) The commissioner may not grant a permit authorizing the movement, in a three-vehicle 
61.9 	combination, of a semitrailer or trailer that exceeds 28-1/2 feet, except that the commissioner 
61.10 	(1) may renew a permit that was granted before April 16, 1984, for the movement of a 
61.11 	semitrailer or trailer that exceeds the length limitation in section 169.81, subdivision 2, or 
61.12 	(2) may grant a permit authorizing the transportation of empty trailers that exceed 28-1/2 
61.13 	feet when using a B-train hitching mechanism as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, 
61.14 	title 23, section 658.5, paragraph (o), from a point of manufacture in the state to the state 
61.15 	border.
61.16 	(d) The state as to state trunk highways, a statutory or home rule charter city as to streets 
61.17 	in the city, or a town as to roads in the town, may issue permits authorizing the transportation 
61.18 	of combinations of vehicles exceeding the limitations in section 169.81, subdivisions 2a 
61.19 	and 3, over highways, streets, or roads within its boundaries. Combinations of vehicles 
61.20 	authorized by this paragraph may be restricted as to the use of state trunk highways by the 
61.21 	commissioner, to the use of streets by the city road authority, and to the use of roads by the 
61.22 	town road authority. Nothing in this paragraph or section 169.81, subdivisions 2a and 3, 
61.23 	alters or changes the authority vested in local authorities under section 169.04.

61.24 	Sec. 75. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.86, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
61.25 		Subd. 5.Fees; proceeds deposited; appropriation. The commissioner, with respect to 
61.26 	highways under the commissioner's jurisdiction, may charge a fee for each permit issued. 
61.27 	The fee for an annual permit that expires by law on the date of the vehicle registration 
61.28 	expiration must be based on the proportion of the year that remains until the expiration date. 
61.29 	All fees for permits issued by the commissioner of transportation must be deposited as 
61.30 	provided in paragraph (i) and in section 174.525. Except for those annual permits for which 
61.31 	the permit fees are specified elsewhere in this chapter, the fees are:
61.32 	(a) $15 for each single trip permit.
62.1 	(b) $36 for each job permit. A job permit may be issued for like loads carried on a specific 
62.2 	route for a period not to exceed two months. "Like loads" means loads of the same product, 
62.3 	weight, and dimension.
62.4 	(c) $60 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 consecutive 
62.5 	months. Annual permits may be issued for:
62.6 	(1) motor vehicles used to alleviate a temporary crisis adversely affecting the safety or 
62.7 	well-being of the public;
62.8 	(2) motor vehicles that travel on interstate highways and carry loads authorized under 
62.9 	subdivision 1a;
62.10 	(3) motor vehicles operating with gross weights authorized under section 169.826, 
62.11 	subdivision 1a;
62.12 	(4) special pulpwood vehicles described in section 169.863;
62.13 	(5) motor vehicles bearing snowplow blades not exceeding ten feet in width;
62.14 	(6) noncommercial transportation of a boat by the owner or user of the boat; and
62.15 	(7) motor vehicles carrying bales of agricultural products authorized under section 
62.16 	169.862.
62.17 	(d) $120 for an oversize annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 
62.18 	consecutive months. Annual permits may be issued for:
62.19 	(1) mobile cranes;
62.20 	(2) construction equipment, machinery, and supplies;
62.21 	(3) manufactured homes and manufactured storage buildings;
62.22 	(4) implements of husbandry;
62.23 	(5) double-deck buses;
62.24 	(6) commercial boat hauling and transporting waterfront structures, including, but not 
62.25 	limited to, portable boat docks and boat lifts; and
62.26 	(7) three-vehicle combinations consisting of two empty, newly manufactured trailers 
62.27 	for cargo, horses, or livestock, not to exceed 28-1/2 feet per trailer; provided, however, the 
62.28 	permit allows the vehicles to be moved from a trailer manufacturer to a trailer dealer only 
62.29 	while operating on twin-trailer routes designated under section 169.81, subdivision 3, 
62.30 	paragraph (c).
63.1 	(e) For vehicles that have axle weights exceeding the weight limitations of sections 
63.2 	169.823 to 169.829, an additional cost added to the fees listed above. However, this paragraph 
63.3 	applies to any vehicle described in section 168.013, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), but only 
63.4 	when the vehicle exceeds its gross weight allowance set forth in that paragraph, and then 
63.5 	the additional cost is for all weight, including the allowance weight, in excess of the permitted 
63.6 	maximum axle weight. The additional cost is equal to the product of the distance traveled 
63.7 	times the sum of the overweight axle group cost factors shown in the following chart:

63.8		Overweight Axle Group Cost Factors
		
63.9	Weight (pounds)
		Cost Per Mile For Each Group Of:
	
63.10
63.1163.12
63.13
63.14	exceeding weight 
limitations on axles
		Two 
consecutive 
axles spaced 
within 8 feet 
or less
		Three 
consecutive 
axles spaced 
within 9 feet 
or less
		Four consecutive 
axles spaced within 
14 feet or less
	
63.15	0-2,000
		.12
		.05
		.04
	
63.16	2,001-4,000
		.14
		.06
		.05
	
63.17	4,001-6,000
		.18
		.07
		.06
	
63.18	6,001-8,000
		.21
		.09
		.07
	
63.19	8,001-10,000
		.26
		.10
		.08
	
63.20	10,001-12,000
		.30
		.12
		.09
	
63.2263.21
	12,001-14,000
		Not 
permitted
		.14
		.11
	
63.2463.23
	14,001-16,000
		Not 
permitted
		.17
		.12
	
63.2663.25
	16,001-18,000
		Not 
permitted
		.19
		.15
	
63.2863.27
	18,001-20,000
		Not 
permitted
		Not 
permitted
		.16
	
63.3063.29
	20,001-22,000
		Not 
permitted
		Not 
permitted
		.20
	
63.31 	The amounts added are rounded to the nearest cent for each axle or axle group. The additional 
63.32 	cost does not apply to paragraph (c), clauses (1) and (3).
63.33 	For a vehicle found to exceed the appropriate maximum permitted weight, a cost-per-mile 
63.34 	fee of 22 cents per ton, or fraction of a ton, over the permitted maximum weight is imposed 
63.35 	in addition to the normal permit fee. Miles must be calculated based on the distance already 
63.36 	traveled in the state plus the distance from the point of detection to a transportation loading 
63.37 	site or unloading site within the state or to the point of exit from the state.
63.38 	(f) As an alternative to paragraph (e), an annual permit may be issued for overweight, 
63.39 	or oversize and overweight, mobile cranes; construction equipment, machinery, and supplies; 
64.1 	implements of husbandry; and commercial boat hauling. The fees for the permit are as 
64.2 	follows:

64.3	Gross Weight (pounds) of Vehicle
	Annual Permit Fee
	
64.4	90,000
	or less
	$200
	
64.5	90,001
	- 100,000
	$300
	
64.6	100,001
	- 110,000
	$400
	
64.7	110,001
	- 120,000
	$500
	
64.8	120,001
	- 130,000
	$600
	
64.9	130,001
	- 140,000
	$700
	
64.10	140,001
	- 145,000
	$800
	
64.11	145,001
	- 155,000
	$900
	
64.12 	If the gross weight of the vehicle is more than 155,000 pounds the permit fee is determined 
64.13 	under paragraph (e).
64.14 	(g) For vehicles which exceed the width limitations set forth in section 169.80 by more 
64.15 	than 72 inches, an additional cost equal to $120 added to the amount in paragraph (a) when 
64.16 	the permit is issued while seasonal load restrictions pursuant to section 169.87 are in effect.
64.17 	(h) $85 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 months, for 
64.18 	refuse-compactor vehicles that carry a gross weight of not more than: 22,000 pounds on a 
64.19 	single rear axle; 38,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle; or, subject to section 169.828, 
64.20 	subdivision 2, 46,000 pounds on a tridem rear axle. A permit issued for up to 46,000 pounds 
64.21 	on a tridem rear axle must limit the gross vehicle weight to not more than 62,000 pounds.
64.22 	(i) $300 for a motor vehicle described in section 169.8261. The fee under this paragraph 
64.23 	must be deposited as follows:
64.24 	(1) the first $50,000 in each fiscal year must be deposited in the trunk highway fund for 
64.25 	costs related to administering the permit program and inspecting and posting bridges; and
64.26 	(2) all remaining money in each fiscal year must be deposited in the bridge inspection 
64.27 	and signing account as provided under subdivision 5b.
64.28 	(j) Beginning August 1, 2006, $200 for an annual permit for a vehicle operating under 
64.29 	authority of section 169.824, subdivision 2, clause (2).

64.30 	Sec. 76. Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 169.8665, subdivision 3, is amended 
64.31 	to read:
64.32 		Subd. 3.Restrictions. (a) A vehicle issued a permit under subdivision 1 or 2:
65.1 	(1) is subject to the axle weight limits in section 169.824;
65.2 	(2) is subject to bridge load limits posted pursuant to section 169.84;
65.3 	(3) is subject to seasonal load restrictions under section 169.87;
65.4 	(4) may not be operated with a load that exceeds the tire manufacturer's recommended 
65.5 	load under section 169.823, the manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating as affixed to the 
65.6 	vehicle, or other certification of gross weight rating under Code of Federal Regulations, 
65.7 	title 49, sections 567.4 to 567.7;
65.8 	(5) may not be operated on the interstate highway system; and
65.9 	(6) may be operated on streets or highways under the control of a local authority only 
65.10 	upon the approval of the local authority. However, vehicles may have reasonable access to 
65.11 	terminals and facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and rest, and for continuity of route within 
65.12 	one mile of the national network as provided by section 169.81, subdivision 3, and Code 
65.13 	of Federal Regulations, title 23, section 658.19.
65.14 	(b) The seasonal weight increases authorized under section 169.829 169.826 do not 
65.15 	apply to permits issued under this section.

65.16 	Sec. 77. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.871, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
65.17 		Subd. 1b.Civil penalty for first two violations. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, 
65.18 	paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (5), a civil penalty under subdivision 1 for a violation in a motor 
65.19 	vehicle in the course of a first haul as defined in section 168.013, subdivision 3, paragraph 
65.20 	(d), clause (3), of a weight limit imposed under sections 169.823 to 169.829, 169.84 to 
65.21 	169.851, and 169.87 that is not preceded by two or more violations of the gross weight 
65.22 	limits in those sections in that motor vehicle within the previous 12 months, may not exceed 
65.23 	$150.

65.24 	Sec. 78. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.965, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
65.25 		Subd. 2.Petty misdemeanor. Any person violating who violates such rule, regulation, 
65.26 	or ordinance shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor and subject to the provisions of sections 
65.27 	169.891 and 169.90, subdivision 1.

65.28 	Sec. 79. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.966, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
65.29 		Subd. 2.Petty misdemeanor. Any person violating who violates such rule or ordinance 
65.30 	shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor and subject to the provisions of sections 169.891
65.31 	and 169.90, subdivision 1.

66.1 	Sec. 80. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.01, subdivision 28, is amended to read:
66.2 		Subd. 28.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of public safety 
66.3 	of the state of Minnesota, acting directly or through duly authorized agents.

66.4 	Sec. 81. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.01, subdivision 29, is amended to read:
66.5 		Subd. 29.Conviction. The term "Conviction" means a final conviction either after trial 
66.6 	or upon a plea of guilty. Conviction also, includes: a forfeiture of cash or collateral deposited 
66.7 	to guarantee a defendant's appearance in court, which forfeiture has not been vacated; the 
66.8 	failure to comply with a written notice to appear in court; or a breach of a condition of 
66.9 	release without bail, is equivalent to a conviction.

66.10 	Sec. 82. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.01, subdivision 30, is amended to read:
66.11 		Subd. 30.Department. "Department" means the Department of Public Safety of the 
66.12 	state, acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents.

66.13 	Sec. 83. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.01, subdivision 31, is amended to read:
66.14 		Subd. 31.Driver. "Driver" means every person, who drives or is in actual physical 
66.15 	control of a motor vehicle.

66.16 	Sec. 84. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.01, subdivision 32, is amended to read:
66.17 		Subd. 32.Farm tractor. "Farm tractor" means every motor vehicle designed and used 
66.18 	primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows, mowing machines and other implements 
66.19 	of husbandry.

66.20 	Sec. 85. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.01, subdivision 39, is amended to read:
66.21 		Subd. 39.Motor vehicle. "Motor vehicle" means every vehicle that is self-propelled, 
66.22 	other than an electric personal assistive mobility device as defined in section 169.011, 
66.23 	subdivision 26, and any vehicle propelled or drawn by a self-propelled vehicle, and not 
66.24 	deriving its power from overhead wires except snowmobiles.

66.25 	Sec. 86. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.01, subdivision 42, is amended to read:
66.26 		Subd. 42.Nonresident. "Nonresident" means every person who is not a resident of this 
66.27 	state.

67.1 	Sec. 87. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.01, subdivision 43, is amended to read:
67.2 		Subd. 43.Owner. "Owner" means any person, firm, copartnership, association, or 
67.3 	corporation who holds the legal title to a vehicle, or in the event a vehicle is the subject of 
67.4 	an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the right of purchase upon 
67.5 	performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of 
67.6 	possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or in the event a mortgagor of a vehicle 
67.7 	is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed 
67.8 	the owner for the purposes of this chapter.

67.9 	Sec. 88. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.01, subdivision 45, is amended to read:
67.10 		Subd. 45.Person. "Person" means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association, 
67.11 	or corporation.

67.12 	Sec. 89. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.01, subdivision 48, is amended to read:
67.13 		Subd. 48.Street or highway. "Street" or "highway" means the entire width between 
67.14 	property lines of every way or place of whatever nature when any part thereof is open to 
67.15 	the use of the public, as a matter of right, for purpose of vehicular traffic.

67.16 	Sec. 90. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.01, subdivision 50, is amended to read:
67.17 		Subd. 50.Vehicle. "Vehicle" means every device in, upon, or by which any person or 
67.18 	property is or may be transported or drawn upon any highway, excepting devices moved 
67.19 	by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

67.20 	Sec. 91. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.168, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
67.21 		Subdivision 1.Department notice. Each person who operates a commercial motor 
67.22 	vehicle, who has a commercial driver's license issued by this state, and who is convicted of 
67.23 	a criminal offense; of a serious traffic violation, as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, 
67.24 	title 49, section 383.5 part 383; or of violating any other state or local law relating to motor 
67.25 	vehicle traffic control, other than a parking violation, in any type of motor vehicle in another 
67.26 	state or jurisdiction, shall notify the department's Division of Driver and Vehicle Services 
67.27 	of the conviction. The person shall notify the division within 30 days after the date that the 
67.28 	person was convicted.

68.1 	Sec. 92. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.168, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
68.2 		Subd. 3.Department notice information. Notification to the division must be made in 
68.3 	writing and contain the following information:
68.4 	(1) the driver's full name;
68.5 	(2) the driver's license number;
68.6 	(3) the date of conviction;
68.7 	(4) the specific criminal or other offense; serious traffic violation, as defined in Code 
68.8 	of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 383.5 part 383; and any other violation of state or 
68.9 	local law relating to motor vehicle traffic control, for which the person was convicted and 
68.10 	any suspension, revocation, or cancellation of certain driving privileges that resulted from 
68.11 	the conviction;
68.12 	(5) an indication whether the violation was in a commercial motor vehicle;
68.13 	(6) the location of the offense; and
68.14 	(7) the driver's signature.

68.15 	Sec. 93. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.177, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
68.16 		Subd. 8.Test refusal; driving privilege lost. (a) On behalf of the commissioner, a peace 
68.17 	officer requiring a test or directing the administration of a chemical test pursuant to a search 
68.18 	warrant under sections 626.04 to 626.18 shall serve immediate notice of intention to revoke 
68.19 	and of revocation on a person who refuses to permit a test or on a person who submits to a 
68.20 	test, the results of which indicate an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more.
68.21 	(b) On behalf of the commissioner, a peace officer requiring a test or directing the 
68.22 	administration of a chemical test of a person driving, operating, or in physical control of a 
68.23 	commercial motor vehicle pursuant to a search warrant under sections 626.04 to 626.18 
68.24 	shall serve immediate notice of intention to disqualify and of disqualification on a person 
68.25 	who refuses to permit a test or on a person who submits to a test, the results of which indicate 
68.26 	an alcohol concentration of 0.04 or more.
68.27 	(c) The officer shall:
68.28 	(1) invalidate the person's driver's license or permit card by clipping the upper corner 
68.29 	of the card in such a way that no identifying information including the photo is destroyed, 
68.30 	and immediately return the card to the person;
68.31 	(2) issue the person a temporary license effective for only seven days; and
69.1 	(3) send the notification of this action to the commissioner along with the certificate 
69.2 	required by subdivision 4 or 5 or 6.

69.3 	Sec. 94. Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 171.20, subdivision 4, is amended 
69.4 	to read:
69.5 		Subd. 4.Reinstatement fee. (a) Before the license is reinstated, a single $20 reinstatement 
69.6 	fee is imposed for:
69.7 	(1) an individual whose driver's license has been suspended under section 171.16, 
69.8 	subdivision 2; 171.175; 171.18; or 171.182, or who has been disqualified from holding a 
69.9 	commercial driver's license under section 171.165;
69.10 	(2) an individual whose driver's license has been suspended under section 171.186 and 
69.11 	who is not exempt from such a fee; and
69.12 	(3) an individual whose license has been suspended under sections 169.791 to 169.798.
69.13 	(b) An individual whose driver's license is subject to more than one suspension and who 
69.14 	is otherwise eligible for reinstatement must pay a single reinstatement fee and a single filing 
69.15 	fee. An individual whose driver's license has been suspended and revoked and who is 
69.16 	otherwise eligible for reinstatement must pay a reinstatement fee as provided in section 
69.17 	171.29.
69.18 	(c) When fees are collected by a driver's license agent appointed under section 171.061, 
69.19 	a filing fee is imposed in the amount specified under section 171.061, subdivision 4. The 
69.20 	reinstatement fee and filing fee must be deposited in an approved state depository as directed 
69.21 	under section 171.061, subdivision 4.
69.22 	(d) Reinstatement fees collected under paragraph (a) for suspensions under section 
69.23 	171.18, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (10), must be deposited in the general fund.
69.24 	(e) A suspension may be rescinded without fee for good cause.

69.25 	Sec. 95. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.2405, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
69.26 		Subd. 2.Diversion of an individual. (a) A prosecutor for a participating city or county 
69.27 	may determine whether to accept an individual for diversion. When making the determination, 
69.28 	the prosecutor must consider:
69.29 	(1) whether the individual has a record of driving without a valid license or other criminal 
69.30 	record, or has previously participated in a diversion program;
70.1 	(2) the strength of the evidence against the individual, along with any mitigating factors; 
70.2 	and
70.3 	(3) the apparent ability and willingness of the individual to participate in the diversion 
70.4 	program and comply with program requirements.
70.5 	(b) A city or county attorney may request that an individual be reviewed for a diversion 
70.6 	program without a formal city or county diversion program being established. The city or 
70.7 	county attorney must follow the requirements of subdivisions 1 and 2 this subdivision and 
70.8 	subdivision 1 and may submit the individual's application to an administrator for processing 
70.9 	in collaboration with DVS to determine if an individual is eligible for approval into the 
70.10 	diversion program. The participant must meet the requirements in subdivision 4.
70.11 	(c) A judge may submit a request for an individual to apply for entry into a diversion 
70.12 	program under subdivisions 1 and 2 this subdivision and subdivision 1. The participant 
70.13 	must meet the requirements in subdivision 4.

70.14 	Sec. 96. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.26, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
70.15 		Subdivision 1.Driver services operating account. All money received under this 
70.16 	chapter must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the driver services operating 
70.17 	account in the special revenue fund specified under sections 299A.705, except as provided 
70.18 	in subdivision 2 of that section; 171.06, subdivision 2a; 171.07, subdivision 11, paragraph 
70.19 	(g); 171.20, subdivision 4, paragraph (d); and 171.29, subdivision 2, paragraph (b).

70.20 	Sec. 97. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.30, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
70.21 		Subd. 2a.Other waiting periods. Notwithstanding subdivision 2, a limited license shall 
70.22 	not be issued for a period of:
70.23 	(1) 15 days, to a person whose license or privilege has been revoked or suspended for 
70.24 	a first violation of section 169A.20, sections 169A.50 to 169A.53, section 171.177, or a 
70.25 	statute or ordinance from another state in conformity with either of those sections; or
70.26 	(2) one year, to a person whose license or privilege has been revoked or suspended for 
70.27 	committing manslaughter resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle, committing 
70.28 	criminal vehicular homicide or injury under section 609.21 609.2112, subdivision 1, clause 
70.29 	(1), (2), item (ii), (5), (6), (7), or (8), committing criminal vehicular homicide under section 
70.30 	609.21 609.2112, subdivision 1, clause (2), item (i) or (iii), (3), or (4), or violating a statute 
70.31 	or ordinance from another state in conformity with either of those offenses.

71.1 	Sec. 98. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.30, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
71.2 		Subd. 5.Exception; criminal vehicular operation. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, the 
71.3 	commissioner may not issue a limited license to a person whose driver's license has been 
71.4 	suspended or revoked due to a violation of section 609.21 609.2112, subdivision 1, clause 
71.5 	(2), item (i) or (iii), (3), or (4), resulting in bodily harm, substantial bodily harm, or great 
71.6 	bodily harm.

71.7 	Sec. 99. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.306, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
71.8 		Subd. 5.Penalties; program violations. (a) If a program participant tampers with, 
71.9 	circumvents, or bypasses a device; drives, operates, or exercises physical control over a 
71.10 	motor vehicle not equipped with a device certified by the commissioner; violates a condition 
71.11 	of a limited license issued conditionally reinstated under subdivision 4 and section 171.30; 
71.12 	or violates the program guidelines of subdivision 3, the commissioner shall extend the 
71.13 	person's revocation period under section 169A.52, 169A.54, or 171.177 by:
71.14 	(1) 180 days for a first violation;
71.15 	(2) one year for a second violation; or
71.16 	(3) 545 days for a third and each subsequent violation.
71.17 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the commissioner may terminate participation in the 
71.18 	program by any person when, in the commissioner's judgment, termination is necessary to 
71.19 	the interests of public safety and welfare. In the event of termination, the commissioner 
71.20 	shall not reduce the applicable revocation period under section 169A.52, 169A.54, or 171.177
71.21 	by the amount of time during which the person possessed a limited or restricted driver's 
71.22 	license issued under the authority of subdivision 4.

71.23 	Sec. 100. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 174.185, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
71.24 		Subd. 2.Required analysis. For each project in the reconditioning, resurfacing, and 
71.25 	road repair funding categories, the commissioner shall perform a life-cycle cost analysis 
71.26 	and shall document the lowest life-cycle costs and all alternatives considered. The 
71.27 	commissioner shall document the chosen pavement strategy and, if the lowest life cycle is 
71.28 	not selected, document the justification for the chosen strategy. A life-cycle cost analysis 
71.29 	is required for projects to be constructed after July 1, 2011. For projects to be constructed 
71.30 	prior to July 1, 2011, when feasible, the department will use its best efforts to perform 
71.31 	life-cycle cost analyses.

72.1 	Sec. 101. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 174.186, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
72.2 		Subd. 2.Powers and duties; report. (a) The collaborative shall develop 
72.3 	recommendations to the commissioner and to the legislature as provided in paragraph (b)
72.4 	designed to implement fully the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program in this 
72.5 	state and to improve the effectiveness of the program. These recommendations, including 
72.6 	any draft legislation if the collaborative decides to recommend legislation, may include, but 
72.7 	are not limited to, strategies, policies, and actions focused on:
72.8 	(1) requiring bid proposals to include information on disadvantaged business enterprise 
72.9 	participation;
72.10 	(2) defining and implementing appropriate accountability measures when disadvantaged 
72.11 	business enterprise contract goals are not met in accordance with Code of Federal 
72.12 	Regulations, title 49;
72.13 	(3) sponsoring disadvantaged business enterprise training and development workshops; 
72.14 	and
72.15 	(4) strengthening the content and frequency of department reporting requirements relating 
72.16 	to the disadvantaged business enterprise program.
72.17 	(b) The collaborative shall report its findings and legislative recommendations, including 
72.18 	draft legislation if the collaborative decides to recommend legislation, to the chairs and 
72.19 	ranking minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction over 
72.20 	transportation policy and finance by February 1, 2011. The report must be made available 
72.21 	electronically and available in print upon request.

72.22 	Sec. 102. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 174.257, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
72.23 		Subdivision 1.Requirements. (a) The commissioner of transportation shall establish a 
72.24 	ride-sharing program in order to advise citizens of the available alternatives to travel by 
72.25 	low-occupancy vehicles and the benefits derived from sharing rides. The program must 
72.26 	provide citizens with necessary information and opportunities for sharing rides, encourage 
72.27 	citizens to share rides, and assist citizens in obtaining access to shared rides. The program 
72.28 	must make use of existing services and agencies whenever possible. The program must give 
72.29 	priority to assisting employers who will implement employee ride-sharing programs.
72.30 	(b) The services provided by the program must include:
72.31 	(1) providing general information to potential ride-sharing users;
73.1 	(2) establishing procedures for the implementation of ride-sharing programs by 
73.2 	individuals, groups, corporations, or local agencies;
73.3 	(3) offering assistance to local governments and other political subdivisions in 
73.4 	implementing ride-sharing programs;
73.5 	(4) providing technical assistance to those individuals, groups, corporations, or local 
73.6 	agencies;
73.7 	(5) providing advice to individuals requesting assistance in finding ride-sharing 
73.8 	opportunities and programs; and
73.9 	(6) providing assistance in obtaining insured leased vans and management assistance to 
73.10 	individuals and persons implementing ride-sharing programs.

73.11 	Sec. 103. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 174.257, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
73.12 		Subd. 4.Vehicle use by state. The state may authorize the use of motor vehicles which 
73.13 	it owns or operates for ride-sharing arrangements for its employees, and shall establish 
73.14 	reasonable reimbursement rates for that use. The commissioner of administration shall by 
73.15 	September 1, 1983, establish a demonstration program for using state-owned vehicles, other 
73.16 	than commuter vans, for use in ride-sharing arrangements for state employees.

73.17 	Sec. 104. Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 174.30, subdivision 1, is amended 
73.18 	to read:
73.19 		Subdivision 1.Applicability. (a) The operating standards for special transportation 
73.20 	service adopted under this section do not apply to special transportation provided by:
73.21 	(1) a public transit provider receiving financial assistance under sections 174.24 or 
73.22 	473.371 to 473.449;
73.23 	(2) a volunteer driver, as defined in section 65B.472, subdivision 1, paragraph (h), using 
73.24 	a private automobile;
73.25 	(3) a school bus as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 71; or
73.26 	(4) an emergency ambulance regulated under chapter 144 144E.
73.27 	(b) The operating standards adopted under this section only apply to providers of special 
73.28 	transportation service who receive grants or other financial assistance from either the state 
73.29 	or the federal government, or both, to provide or assist in providing that service; except that 
73.30 	the operating standards adopted under this section do not apply to any nursing home licensed 
73.31 	under section 144A.02, to any board and care facility licensed under section 144.50, or to 
74.1 	any day training and habilitation services, day care, or group home facility licensed under 
74.2 	sections 245A.01 to 245A.19 unless the facility or program provides transportation to 
74.3 	nonresidents on a regular basis and the facility receives reimbursement, other than per diem 
74.4 	payments, for that service under rules promulgated by the commissioner of human services.
74.5 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), the operating standards adopted under this section 
74.6 	do not apply to any vendor of services licensed under chapter 245D that provides 
74.7 	transportation services to consumers or residents of other vendors licensed under chapter 
74.8 	245D and transports 15 or fewer persons, including consumers or residents and the driver.

74.9 	Sec. 105. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 174.30, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
74.10 		Subd. 3.Other standards; wheelchair securement; protected transport. (a) A special 
74.11 	transportation service that transports individuals occupying wheelchairs is subject to the 
74.12 	provisions of sections 299A.11 to 299A.17 concerning wheelchair securement devices. The 
74.13 	commissioners of transportation and public safety shall cooperate in the enforcement of 
74.14 	this section and sections 299A.11 to 299A.17 so that a single inspection is sufficient to 
74.15 	ascertain compliance with sections 299A.11 to 299A.17 and with the standards adopted 
74.16 	under this section. Representatives of the Department of Transportation may inspect 
74.17 	wheelchair securement devices in vehicles operated by special transportation service 
74.18 	providers to determine compliance with sections 299A.11 to 299A.17 and to issue certificates 
74.19 	under section 299A.14, subdivision 4.
74.20 	(b) In place of a certificate issued under section 299A.14, the commissioner may issue 
74.21 	a decal under subdivision 4 for a vehicle equipped with a wheelchair securement device if 
74.22 	the device complies with sections 299A.11 to 299A.17 and the decal displays the information 
74.23 	in section 299A.14, subdivision 4.
74.24 	(c) For vehicles designated as protected transport under section 256B.0625, subdivision 
74.25 	17, paragraph (h) (i), the commissioner of transportation, during the commissioner's 
74.26 	inspection, shall check to ensure the safety provisions contained in that paragraph are in 
74.27 	working order.

74.28 	Sec. 106. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 174.82, is amended to read:
74.29 	174.82 COMMUTER RAIL; COMMISSIONER'S DUTIES; CONTRACTS.
74.30 	The planning, development, construction, operation, and maintenance of commuter rail 
74.31 	track, facilities, and services are governmental functions, serve a public purpose, and are a 
74.32 	matter of public necessity. The commissioner shall be responsible for all aspects of planning, 
75.1 	developing, constructing, operating, and maintaining commuter rail, including system 
75.2 	planning, advanced corridor planning, preliminary engineering, final design, construction, 
75.3 	negotiating with railroads, and developing financial and operating plans. The commissioner 
75.4 	may enter into a memorandum of understanding or agreement with a public or private entity, 
75.5 	including a regional railroad authority, a joint powers board, and a railroad, to carry out 
75.6 	these activities. The commissioner, or public entity contracting with the commissioner, may 
75.7 	contract with a railroad that is a Class I railroad under federal law for the joint or shared 
75.8 	use of the railroad's right-of-way or the construction, operation, or maintenance of rail track, 
75.9 	facilities, or services for commuter rail purposes. Notwithstanding section 3.732, subdivision 
75.10 	1, clause (2), or section 466.01, subdivision 6, sections 466.04 and 466.06 govern the liability 
75.11 	of the Class I railroad and its employees arising from the joint or shared use of the railroad 
75.12 	right-of-way or the provision of commuter rail construction, operation, or maintenance 
75.13 	services pursuant to the contract. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a contract with 
75.14 	the Class I railroad for any commuter rail service, or joint or shared use of the railroad's 
75.15 	right-of-way, may also provide for the allocation of financial responsibility, indemnification, 
75.16 	and the procurement of insurance for the parties for all types of claims or damages. A 
75.17 	contract entered into under this section does not affect rights of employees under the federal 
75.18 	Employers' Liability Act (1908) (Railroads), Statutes at Large, volume 35, chapter 149,
75.19 	United States Code, title 45, section 51 et seq., or the federal Railway Labor Act, Statutes 
75.20 	at Large, volume 44, chapter 347 United States Code, title 45, section 151 et seq.

75.21 	Sec. 107. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 176.101, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
75.22 		Subd. 4.Permanent total disability. For permanent total disability, as defined in 
75.23 	subdivision 5, the compensation shall be 66-2/3 percent of the daily wage at the time of the 
75.24 	injury, subject to a maximum weekly compensation equal to the maximum weekly 
75.25 	compensation for a temporary total disability and a minimum weekly compensation equal 
75.26 	to 65 percent of the statewide average weekly wage. This compensation shall be paid during 
75.27 	the permanent total disability of the injured employee but after a total of $25,000 of weekly 
75.28 	compensation has been paid, the amount of the weekly compensation benefits being paid 
75.29 	by the employer shall be reduced by the amount of any disability benefits being paid by 
75.30 	any government disability benefit program if the disability benefits are occasioned by the 
75.31 	same injury or injuries which give rise to payments under this subdivision. This reduction 
75.32 	shall also apply to any old age and survivor insurance benefits. Payments shall be made at 
75.33 	the intervals when the wage was payable, as nearly as may be. In case an employee who is 
75.34 	permanently and totally disabled becomes an inmate of a public institution, no compensation 
75.35 	shall be payable during the period of confinement in the institution, unless there is wholly 
76.1 	dependent on the employee for support some person named in section 176.111, subdivision 
76.2 	1, 2 or 3, in which case the compensation provided for in section 176.111, during the period 
76.3 	of confinement, shall be paid for the benefit of the dependent person during dependency. 
76.4 	The dependency of this person shall be determined as though the employee were deceased. 
76.5 	Permanent total disability shall cease at age 72, except that if an employee is injured after 
76.6 	age 67, permanent total disability benefits shall cease after five years ofafter those benefits 
76.7 	have been paid.

76.8 	Sec. 108. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 179A.03, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
76.9 		Subd. 2.Appropriate unit or unit. "Appropriate unit" or "unit" means a unit of 
76.10 	employees determined under sections 179A.09 to 179A.11. For school districts, the term
76.11 	unit means all the teachers in the district.

76.12 	Sec. 109. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 179A.03, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
76.13 		Subd. 5.Commissioner. "Commissioner of the Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services" 
76.14 	or "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the bureau of Mediation Services.

76.15 	Sec. 110. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 179A.04, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
76.16 		Subdivision 1.Petitions. The commissioner shall accept and investigate all petitions 
76.17 	for:
76.18 	(1) certification or decertification as the exclusive representative of an appropriate unit;
76.19 	(2) mediation services;
76.20 	(3) any election or other voting procedures provided for in sections 179A.01 to 179A.25;
76.21 	(4) certification to the Board of arbitration; and
76.22 	(5) fair share fee challenges, upon the receipt of a filing fee. The commissioner shall 
76.23 	hear and decide all issues in a fair share fee challenge.

76.24 	Sec. 111. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 219.074, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
76.25 		Subd. 2.Crossing vacation program. On or before July 1, 1992, and on or before July 
76.26 	1 of each of the next four years, and As necessary afterward, the commissioner shall develop 
76.27 	a list of grade crossings proposed to be vacated. The list must be developed by applying the 
76.28 	standards set forth in the rules adopted under section 219.073. Grade crossings that are part 
76.29 	of an abandonment, closing, or removal may not be included in the list. The commissioner 
76.30 	shall notify the public officials having the necessary authority and the railway companies 
77.1 	operating the railroads of the proposed vacations. Either affected party may request a hearing. 
77.2 	If requested, the commissioner shall hold a contested case hearing applying in the 
77.3 	commissioner's determination the rules developed under section 219.073. If after the hearing 
77.4 	the commissioner determines that the vacation is consistent with the standards adopted 
77.5 	under section 219.073, the commissioner may order the crossing vacated. If a request for a 
77.6 	hearing on a particular crossing is not received within 30 days of the publication in the State 
77.7 	Register, the commissioner shall order the crossing vacated.

77.8 	Sec. 112. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 219.074, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
77.9 		Subd. 3.Crossing inventory. By December 31, 1993, The commissioner shall complete 
77.10 	an inventory of all public and private grade crossings in the state and shall annually revise 
77.11 	the inventory to reflect grade crossing changes made under this section.

77.12 	Sec. 113. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 219.50, is amended to read:
77.13 	219.50 OBSTRUCTING SPACE BETWEEN TRACKS.
77.14 	It is unlawful for a common carrier, person, or corporation subject to sections 219.44 to 
77.15 	219.52 219.45 to 219.53 to permit the space between or beside tracks that is ordinarily used 
77.16 	by employees in the discharge of their duties and is within 8-1/2 feet of the centerline of 
77.17 	the track, to become or remain obstructed by a foreign obstacle that will interfere with the 
77.18 	work of the employees or subject the employees to unnecessary hazard. This space between 
77.19 	or beside the tracks and between the rails of the tracks must be kept in a condition as to 
77.20 	permit the employees to pass over or between the tracks or to use the space day or night 
77.21 	and under all weather conditions without unnecessary hazard.

77.22 	Sec. 114. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 221.031, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
77.23 		Subd. 8.Driveaway-towaway exemption. For purposes of regulating commercial motor 
77.24 	vehicles as defined in section 169.781, subdivision 1, the exemption provided in Code of 
77.25 	Federal Regulations, title 49, section 396.11, paragraph (d) (a), clause (5), applies in 
77.26 	Minnesota only to driveaway-towaway operations.

77.27 	Sec. 115. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 221.0314, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
77.28 		Subd. 10.Inspection, repair, and maintenance. Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, 
77.29 	part 396, is incorporated by reference, except that sections 396.9; 396.11, paragraph (d) (a), 
77.30 	clause (5); 396.17; 396.19; 396.21; and 396.23 of that part are not incorporated.

78.1 	Sec. 116. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 221.033, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
78.2 		Subdivision 1.Requirements. Except as provided in subdivisions 2 to 3 2d, no person 
78.3 	may transport or offer or accept for transportation within the state of Minnesota a hazardous 
78.4 	material, hazardous substance, or hazardous waste except in compliance with United States 
78.5 	Code, title 49, sections 5101 to 5126 and the provisions of Code of Federal Regulations, 
78.6 	title 49, parts 171 to 199, which are incorporated by reference. Those provisions apply to 
78.7 	transportation in intrastate commerce to the same extent they apply to transportation in 
78.8 	interstate commerce.

78.9 	Sec. 117. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 221.0341, is amended to read:
78.10 	221.0341 REPORT OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TRANSPORTATION 
78.11 	INCIDENT.
78.12 	A person who is subject to Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 171 through 185, 
78.13 	shall immediately notify by telephone the Minnesota duty officer pursuant to section 115E.09
78.14 	if any of the following events occur in Minnesota during the course of transportation in 
78.15 	commerce:
78.16 	(1) a hazardous materials incident as listed in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, 
78.17 	section 171.15, paragraph (b);
78.18 	(2) an unintentional release of hazardous materials from a package as defined in Code 
78.19 	of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 171.08 171.8; or
78.20 	(3) a discovery of an undeclared hazardous material as defined by Code of Federal 
78.21 	Regulations, title 49, section 171.08 171.8.

78.22 	Sec. 118. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 221.132, is amended to read:
78.23 	221.132 PREPAID TEMPORARY VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION CARD.
78.24 	For special or extraordinary events, the commissioner may issue a prepaid temporary 
78.25 	vehicle identification card to a permit or certificate holder subject to section 221.131, 
78.26 	subdivision 2 or 3, for a fee of $5 per card. The card must be preprinted by the commissioner 
78.27 	with the carrier's name, address, and permit or certificate number. The card may be used 
78.28 	by the motor carrier to whom it is issued to identify a vehicle temporarily added to its fleet, 
78.29 	if the vehicle has evidence of being inspected under section 221.0252, subdivision 3, 
78.30 	paragraph (a), clause (2), or under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 396.17 or 
78.31 	396.23, paragraph (b)(1) (a), clause (1), which are incorporated by reference, within the 
78.32 	previous 12 months, or has a current Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance decal. The card 
79.1 	must be executed by the motor carrier by dating and signing the card and describing the 
79.2 	vehicle in which it will be carried. The identification card is valid for a period of ten days 
79.3 	from the date the motor carrier places on the card when the card is executed. The card must 
79.4 	be used within one year from the date of issuance by the commissioner. The card may not 
79.5 	be used if the permit or certificate is not in full force and effect. The card may not be 
79.6 	transferred. The commissioner may not refund the cost of unused prepaid temporary vehicle 
79.7 	identification cards.

79.8 	Sec. 119. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 221.141, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
79.9 		Subd. 1b.Amount. Except as provided in subdivision 1d, the amount of insurance, bond, 
79.10 	or other security required for motor carriers is the amount prescribed by order of the 
79.11 	commissioner. The amount prescribed may from time to time be reduced or increased by 
79.12 	order of the commissioner. The commissioner may, if desired by the petitioner, prescribe 
79.13 	in lieu of the bond or insurance some other form of security as may be satisfactory. Each 
79.14 	policy of insurance, surety bond, or other evidence of financial responsibility issued to a 
79.15 	motor carrier or to an interstate carrier must be amended by attachment to the policy of the 
79.16 	Uniform Motor Carrier Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability Insurance Endorsement 
79.17 	(Form F) Form MCS-90 prescribed in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 1023
79.18 	section 387.15, or must by its terms provide coverage that conforms to the terms and 
79.19 	conditions of that endorsement.

79.20 	Sec. 120. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 221.141, subdivision 1c, is amended to read:
79.21 		Subd. 1c.Interstate carrier. An interstate carrier must obtain insurance or bond in the 
79.22 	minimum amounts prescribed in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 1043.2
79.23 	387.303, paragraphs (a) and (b).

79.24 	Sec. 121. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 221.605, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
79.25 		Subdivision 1.Federal regulations and state rules. (a) Interstate carriers and private 
79.26 	carriers engaged in interstate commerce shall comply with the federal motor carrier 
79.27 	regulations in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 40, 382, 383, 387, and 390 through 
79.28 	398, which are incorporated by reference, and with the rules of the commissioner concerning 
79.29 	inspections, vehicle and driver out-of-service restrictions and requirements, and vehicle, 
79.30 	driver, and equipment checklists. For purposes of regulating commercial motor vehicles as 
79.31 	defined in section 169.781, subdivision 1, the exemption provided in Code of Federal 
79.32 	Regulations, title 49, section 396.11, paragraph (d) (a), clause (5), applies in Minnesota 
79.33 	only to driveaway-towaway operations.
80.1 	(b) An interstate carrier or private carrier engaged in interstate commerce who complies 
80.2 	with federal regulations governing testing for controlled substances and alcohol is exempt 
80.3 	from the requirements of sections 181.950 to 181.957 unless the carrier's drug testing 
80.4 	program provides for testing for controlled substances in addition to those listed in Code 
80.5 	of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 40.85. Persons subject to this section may test for 
80.6 	drugs, in addition to those listed in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 40.85, 
80.7 	only in accordance with sections 181.950 to 181.957 and rules adopted under those sections.

80.8 	Sec. 122. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 221.605, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
80.9 		Subd. 3.Out-of-service criteria adopted by reference. The North American Uniform 
80.10 	Driver, Vehicle, and Hazardous Materials Standard Out-Of-Service Criteria developed and 
80.11 	adopted by the Federal Highway Administration and the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance 
80.12 	are adopted in Minnesota.

80.13 	Sec. 123. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 222.50, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
80.14 		Subd. 7.Expenditures. (a) The commissioner may expend money from the rail service 
80.15 	improvement account for the following purposes:
80.16 	(1) to make transfers as provided under section 222.57 or to pay interest adjustments on 
80.17 	loans guaranteed under the state rail user and rail carrier loan guarantee program;
80.18 	(2) to pay a portion of the costs of capital improvement projects designed to improve 
80.19 	rail service of a rail user or a rail carrier;
80.20 	(3) to pay a portion of the costs of rehabilitation projects designed to improve rail service 
80.21 	of a rail user or a rail carrier;
80.22 	(4) to acquire, maintain, manage, and dispose of railroad right-of-way pursuant to the 
80.23 	state rail bank program;
80.24 	(5) to provide for aerial photography survey of proposed and abandoned railroad tracks 
80.25 	for the purpose of recording and reestablishing by analytical triangulation the existing 
80.26 	alignment of the inplace track;
80.27 	(6) to pay a portion of the costs of acquiring a rail line by a regional railroad authority 
80.28 	established pursuant to chapter 398A;
80.29 	(7) to pay the state matching portion of federal grants for rail-highway grade crossing 
80.30 	improvement projects;
81.1 	(8) for expenditures made before July 1, 2017, to pay the state matching portion of grants 
81.2 	under the federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) 
81.3 	program of the United States Department of Transportation;
81.4 	(9) (8) to fund rail planning studies; and
81.5 	(10) (9) to pay a portion of the costs of capital improvement projects designed to improve 
81.6 	capacity or safety at rail yards.
81.7 	(b) All money derived by the commissioner from the disposition of railroad right-of-way 
81.8 	or of any other property acquired pursuant to sections 222.46 to 222.62 shall be deposited 
81.9 	in the rail service improvement account.

81.10 	Sec. 124. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 222.56, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
81.11 		Subd. 4.Lender. "Lender" means any state or federally chartered bank, or in the case 
81.12 	of revenue bonds issued under chapter 362A or 474 469, the municipality, county, or rural 
81.13 	development financing authority.

81.14 	Sec. 125. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 222.58, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
81.15 		Subd. 5.Procedures upon default; revenue bond project. If the loan money is obtained 
81.16 	by the lender through the issuance of revenue bonds under chapter 362A or 474 469 the 
81.17 	provisions of this subdivision shall apply upon default. If the borrower fails to make any 
81.18 	payment under or as provided by the loan agreement and remains in default for a period of 
81.19 	15 days, the trustee designated by the lender shall send a notice of the default to the 
81.20 	commissioner and to the borrower. After 90 days from the initial default if the borrower 
81.21 	remains in default under the loan agreement, the trustee shall file a claim with the 
81.22 	commissioner, identifying the loan and the nature of the default. Within ten days of the 
81.23 	assignment, transfer, and delivery to the commissioner of all the lender's rights and interests 
81.24 	arising under the loan and any other security interests securing the loan, the commissioner 
81.25 	shall pay to the trustee from the account an amount equal to the outstanding unpaid principal 
81.26 	indebtedness at the time of the default less ten percent, plus interest at six percent per annum 
81.27 	from the date of default.

81.28 	Sec. 126. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 245C.04, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
81.29 		Subdivision 1.Licensed programs; other child care programs. (a) The commissioner 
81.30 	shall conduct a background study of an individual required to be studied under section 
81.31 	245C.03, subdivision 1, at least upon application for initial license for all license types.
82.1 	(b) The commissioner shall conduct a background study of an individual required to be 
82.2 	studied under section 245C.03, subdivision 1, including a child care background study 
82.3 	subject as defined in section 245C.02, subdivision 6a, in a family child care program, licensed 
82.4 	child care center, certified license-exempt child care center, or legal nonlicensed child care 
82.5 	provider, on a schedule determined by the commissioner. Except as provided in section 
82.6 	245C.05, subdivision 5a, a child care background study must include submission of 
82.7 	fingerprints for a national criminal history record check and a review of the information 
82.8 	under section 245C.08. A background study for a child care program must be repeated 
82.9 	within five years from the most recent study conducted under this paragraph.
82.10 	(c) At reapplication for a family child care license:
82.11 	(1) for a background study affiliated with a licensed family child care center or legal 
82.12 	nonlicensed child care provider, the individual shall provide information required under 
82.13 	section 245C.05, subdivision 1, paragraphs (a), (b), and (d), to the county agency, and be 
82.14 	fingerprinted and photographed under section 245C.05, subdivision 5;
82.15 	(2) the county agency shall verify the information received under clause (1) and forward 
82.16 	the information to the commissioner to complete the background study; and
82.17 	(3) the background study conducted by the commissioner under this paragraph must 
82.18 	include a review of the information required under section 245C.08.
82.19 	(d) The commissioner is not required to conduct a study of an individual at the time of 
82.20 	reapplication for a license if the individual's background study was completed by the 
82.21 	commissioner of human services and the following conditions are met:
82.22 	(1) a study of the individual was conducted either at the time of initial licensure or when 
82.23 	the individual became affiliated with the license holder;
82.24 	(2) the individual has been continuously affiliated with the license holder since the last 
82.25 	study was conducted; and
82.26 	(3) the last study of the individual was conducted on or after October 1, 1995.
82.27 	(e) The commissioner of human services shall conduct a background study of an 
82.28 	individual specified under section 245C.03, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clauses (2) to (6), 
82.29 	who is newly affiliated with a child foster family setting license holder:
82.30 	(1) the county or private agency shall collect and forward to the commissioner the 
82.31 	information required under section 245C.05, subdivisions 1 and 5, when the child foster 
82.32 	family setting applicant or license holder resides in the home where child foster care services 
82.33 	are provided; and
83.1 	(2) the background study conducted by the commissioner of human services under this 
83.2 	paragraph must include a review of the information required under section 245C.08, 
83.3 	subdivisions 1, 3, and 4.
83.4 	(f) The commissioner shall conduct a background study of an individual specified under 
83.5 	section 245C.03, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clauses (2) to (6), who is newly affiliated 
83.6 	with an adult foster care or family adult day services and with a family child care license 
83.7 	holder or a legal nonlicensed child care provider authorized under chapter 119B and:
83.8 	(1) except as provided in section 245C.05, subdivision 5a, the county shall collect and 
83.9 	forward to the commissioner the information required under section 245C.05, subdivision 
83.10 	1, paragraphs (a) and (b), and subdivision 5, paragraphs (a), (b), and (d) paragraph (b), for 
83.11 	background studies conducted by the commissioner for all family adult day services, for 
83.12 	adult foster care when the adult foster care license holder resides in the adult foster care 
83.13 	residence, and for family child care and legal nonlicensed child care authorized under chapter 
83.14 	119B;
83.15 	(2) the license holder shall collect and forward to the commissioner the information 
83.16 	required under section 245C.05, subdivisions 1, paragraphs (a) and (b); and 5, paragraphs 
83.17 	(a) and (b), for background studies conducted by the commissioner for adult foster care 
83.18 	when the license holder does not reside in the adult foster care residence; and
83.19 	(3) the background study conducted by the commissioner under this paragraph must 
83.20 	include a review of the information required under section 245C.08, subdivision 1, paragraph 
83.21 	(a), and subdivisions 3 and 4.
83.22 	(g) Applicants for licensure, license holders, and other entities as provided in this chapter 
83.23 	must submit completed background study requests to the commissioner using the electronic 
83.24 	system known as NETStudy before individuals specified in section 245C.03, subdivision 
83.25 	1, begin positions allowing direct contact in any licensed program.
83.26 	(h) For an individual who is not on the entity's active roster, the entity must initiate a 
83.27 	new background study through NETStudy when:
83.28 	(1) an individual returns to a position requiring a background study following an absence 
83.29 	of 120 or more consecutive days; or
83.30 	(2) a program that discontinued providing licensed direct contact services for 120 or 
83.31 	more consecutive days begins to provide direct contact licensed services again.
83.32 	The license holder shall maintain a copy of the notification provided to the commissioner 
83.33 	under this paragraph in the program's files. If the individual's disqualification was previously 
84.1 	set aside for the license holder's program and the new background study results in no new 
84.2 	information that indicates the individual may pose a risk of harm to persons receiving 
84.3 	services from the license holder, the previous set-aside shall remain in effect.
84.4 	(i) For purposes of this section, a physician licensed under chapter 147 or advanced 
84.5 	practice registered nurse licensed under chapter 148 is considered to be continuously affiliated 
84.6 	upon the license holder's receipt from the commissioner of health or human services of the 
84.7 	physician's or advanced practice registered nurse's background study results.
84.8 	(j) For purposes of family child care, a substitute caregiver must receive repeat 
84.9 	background studies at the time of each license renewal.
84.10 	(k) A repeat background study at the time of license renewal is not required if the family 
84.11 	child care substitute caregiver's background study was completed by the commissioner on 
84.12 	or after October 1, 2017, and the substitute caregiver is on the license holder's active roster 
84.13 	in NETStudy 2.0.
84.14 	(l) Before and after school programs authorized under chapter 119B, are exempt from 
84.15 	the background study requirements under section 123B.03, for an employee for whom a 
84.16 	background study under this chapter has been completed.

84.17 	Sec. 127. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 252.291, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
84.18 		Subdivision 1.Moratorium. Notwithstanding section 252.28, subdivision 1, or any 
84.19 	other law or rule to the contrary, the commissioner of human services shall deny any request 
84.20 	for a determination of need and refuse to grant a license pursuant to section 245A.02 for 
84.21 	any new intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities or for an 
84.22 	increase in the licensed capacity of an existing facility except as provided in this subdivision 
84.23 	and subdivision 2. The total number of certified intermediate care beds for persons with 
84.24 	developmental disabilities in community facilities and state hospitals shall not exceed 7,000 
84.25 	beds except that, to the extent that federal authorities disapprove any applications of the 
84.26 	commissioner for home and community-based waivers under United States Code, title 42, 
84.27 	section 1396n, as amended through December 31, 1987, the commissioner may authorize 
84.28 	new intermediate care beds, as necessary, to serve persons with developmental disabilities 
84.29 	who would otherwise have been served under a proposed waiver. "Certified bed" means an 
84.30 	intermediate care bed for persons with developmental disabilities certified by the 
84.31 	commissioner of health for the purposes of the medical assistance program under United 
84.32 	States Code, title 42, sections 1396 to 1396p, as amended through December 31, 1987.

85.1 	Sec. 128. Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 256B.0371, subdivision 4, is 
85.2 	amended to read:
85.3 		Subd. 4.Dental utilization report. (a) The commissioner shall submit an annual report 
85.4 	beginning March 15, 2022, and ending March 15, 2026, to the chairs and ranking minority 
85.5 	members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over health and human services 
85.6 	policy and finance that includes the percentage for adults and children one through 20 years 
85.7 	of age for the most recent complete calendar year receiving at least one dental visit for both 
85.8 	fee-for-service and the prepaid medical assistance program. The report must include:
85.9 	(1) statewide utilization for both fee-for-service and for the prepaid medical assistance 
85.10 	program;
85.11 	(2) utilization by county;
85.12 	(3) utilization by children receiving dental services through fee-for-service and through 
85.13 	a managed care plan or county-based purchasing plan; and
85.14 	(4) utilization by adults receiving dental services through fee-for-service and through a 
85.15 	managed care plan or county-based purchasing plan.
85.16 	(b) The report must also include a description of any corrective action plans required to 
85.17 	be submitted under subdivision 2.
85.18 	(c) The initial report due on March 15, 2022, must include the utilization metrics described 
85.19 	in paragraph (a) for each of the following calendar years: 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.

85.20 	Sec. 129. Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 256B.0625, subdivision 17, is 
85.21 	amended to read:
85.22 		Subd. 17.Transportation costs. (a) "Nonemergency medical transportation service" 
85.23 	means motor vehicle transportation provided by a public or private person that serves 
85.24 	Minnesota health care program beneficiaries who do not require emergency ambulance 
85.25 	service, as defined in section 144E.001, subdivision 3, to obtain covered medical services.
85.26 	(b) Medical assistance covers medical transportation costs incurred solely for obtaining 
85.27 	emergency medical care or transportation costs incurred by eligible persons in obtaining 
85.28 	emergency or nonemergency medical care when paid directly to an ambulance company, 
85.29 	nonemergency medical transportation company, or other recognized providers of 
85.30 	transportation services. Medical transportation must be provided by:
85.31 	(1) nonemergency medical transportation providers who meet the requirements of this 
85.32 	subdivision;
86.1 	(2) ambulances, as defined in section 144E.001, subdivision 2;
86.2 	(3) taxicabs that meet the requirements of this subdivision;
86.3 	(4) public transit, as defined in section 174.22, subdivision 7; or
86.4 	(5) not-for-hire vehicles, including volunteer drivers, as defined in section 65B.472, 
86.5 	subdivision 1, paragraph (h).
86.6 	(c) Medical assistance covers nonemergency medical transportation provided by 
86.7 	nonemergency medical transportation providers enrolled in the Minnesota health care 
86.8 	programs. All nonemergency medical transportation providers must comply with the 
86.9 	operating standards for special transportation service as defined in sections 174.29 to 174.30 
86.10 	and Minnesota Rules, chapter 8840, and all drivers must be individually enrolled with the 
86.11 	commissioner and reported on the claim as the individual who provided the service. All 
86.12 	nonemergency medical transportation providers shall bill for nonemergency medical 
86.13 	transportation services in accordance with Minnesota health care programs criteria. Publicly 
86.14 	operated transit systems, volunteers, and not-for-hire vehicles are exempt from the 
86.15 	requirements outlined in this paragraph.
86.16 	(d) An organization may be terminated, denied, or suspended from enrollment if:
86.17 	(1) the provider has not initiated background studies on the individuals specified in 
86.18 	section 174.30, subdivision 10, paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (3); or
86.19 	(2) the provider has initiated background studies on the individuals specified in section 
86.20 	174.30, subdivision 10, paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (3), and:
86.21 	(i) the commissioner has sent the provider a notice that the individual has been 
86.22 	disqualified under section 245C.14; and
86.23 	(ii) the individual has not received a disqualification set-aside specific to the special 
86.24 	transportation services provider under sections 245C.22 and 245C.23.
86.25 	(e) The administrative agency of nonemergency medical transportation must:
86.26 	(1) adhere to the policies defined by the commissioner in consultation with the 
86.27 	Nonemergency Medical Transportation Advisory Committee;
86.28 	(2) pay nonemergency medical transportation providers for services provided to 
86.29 	Minnesota health care programs beneficiaries to obtain covered medical services;
86.30 	(3) provide data monthly to the commissioner on appeals, complaints, no-shows, canceled 
86.31 	trips, and number of trips by mode; and
87.1 	(4) by July 1, 2016, in accordance with subdivision 18e, utilize a web-based single 
87.2 	administrative structure assessment tool that meets the technical requirements established 
87.3 	by the commissioner, reconciles trip information with claims being submitted by providers, 
87.4 	and ensures prompt payment for nonemergency medical transportation services.
87.5 	(f) Until the commissioner implements the single administrative structure and delivery 
87.6 	system under subdivision 18e, clients shall obtain their level-of-service certificate from the 
87.7 	commissioner or an entity approved by the commissioner that does not dispatch rides for 
87.8 	clients using modes of transportation under paragraph (i), clauses (4), (5), (6), and (7).
87.9 	(g) The commissioner may use an order by the recipient's attending physician, advanced 
87.10 	practice registered nurse, or a medical or mental health professional to certify that the 
87.11 	recipient requires nonemergency medical transportation services. Nonemergency medical 
87.12 	transportation providers shall perform driver-assisted services for eligible individuals, when 
87.13 	appropriate. Driver-assisted service includes passenger pickup at and return to the individual's 
87.14 	residence or place of business, assistance with admittance of the individual to the medical 
87.15 	facility, and assistance in passenger securement or in securing of wheelchairs, child seats, 
87.16 	or stretchers in the vehicle.
87.17 	Nonemergency medical transportation providers must take clients to the health care 
87.18 	provider using the most direct route, and must not exceed 30 miles for a trip to a primary 
87.19 	care provider or 60 miles for a trip to a specialty care provider, unless the client receives 
87.20 	authorization from the local agency.
87.21 	Nonemergency medical transportation providers may not bill for separate base rates for 
87.22 	the continuation of a trip beyond the original destination. Nonemergency medical 
87.23 	transportation providers must maintain trip logs, which include pickup and drop-off times, 
87.24 	signed by the medical provider or client, whichever is deemed most appropriate, attesting 
87.25 	to mileage traveled to obtain covered medical services. Clients requesting client mileage 
87.26 	reimbursement must sign the trip log attesting mileage traveled to obtain covered medical 
87.27 	services.
87.28 	(h) The administrative agency shall use the level of service process established by the 
87.29 	commissioner in consultation with the Nonemergency Medical Transportation Advisory 
87.30 	Committee to determine the client's most appropriate mode of transportation. If public transit 
87.31 	or a certified transportation provider is not available to provide the appropriate service mode 
87.32 	for the client, the client may receive a onetime service upgrade.
87.33 	(i) The covered modes of transportation are:
88.1 	(1) client reimbursement, which includes client mileage reimbursement provided to 
88.2 	clients who have their own transportation, or to family or an acquaintance who provides 
88.3 	transportation to the client;
88.4 	(2) volunteer transport, which includes transportation by volunteers using their own 
88.5 	vehicle;
88.6 	(3) unassisted transport, which includes transportation provided to a client by a taxicab 
88.7 	or public transit. If a taxicab or public transit is not available, the client can receive 
88.8 	transportation from another nonemergency medical transportation provider;
88.9 	(4) assisted transport, which includes transport provided to clients who require assistance 
88.10 	by a nonemergency medical transportation provider;
88.11 	(5) lift-equipped/ramp transport, which includes transport provided to a client who is 
88.12 	dependent on a device and requires a nonemergency medical transportation provider with 
88.13 	a vehicle containing a lift or ramp;
88.14 	(6) protected transport, which includes transport provided to a client who has received 
88.15 	a prescreening that has deemed other forms of transportation inappropriate and who requires 
88.16 	a provider: (i) with a protected vehicle that is not an ambulance or police car and has safety 
88.17 	locks, a video recorder, and a transparent thermoplastic partition between the passenger and 
88.18 	the vehicle driver; and (ii) who is certified as a protected transport provider; and
88.19 	(7) stretcher transport, which includes transport for a client in a prone or supine position 
88.20 	and requires a nonemergency medical transportation provider with a vehicle that can transport 
88.21 	a client in a prone or supine position.
88.22 	(j) The local agency shall be the single administrative agency and shall administer and 
88.23 	reimburse for modes defined in paragraph (i) according to paragraphs (m) and (n) when the 
88.24 	commissioner has developed, made available, and funded the web-based single administrative 
88.25 	structure, assessment tool, and level of need assessment under subdivision 18e. The local 
88.26 	agency's financial obligation is limited to funds provided by the state or federal government.
88.27 	(k) The commissioner shall:
88.28 	(1) in consultation with the Nonemergency Medical Transportation Advisory Committee,
88.29 	verify that the mode and use of nonemergency medical transportation is appropriate;
88.30 	(2) verify that the client is going to an approved medical appointment; and
88.31 	(3) investigate all complaints and appeals.
89.1 	(l) The administrative agency shall pay for the services provided in this subdivision and 
89.2 	seek reimbursement from the commissioner, if appropriate. As vendors of medical care, 
89.3 	local agencies are subject to the provisions in section 256B.041, the sanctions and monetary 
89.4 	recovery actions in section 256B.064, and Minnesota Rules, parts 9505.2160 to 9505.2245.
89.5 	(m) Payments for nonemergency medical transportation must be paid based on the client's 
89.6 	assessed mode under paragraph (h), not the type of vehicle used to provide the service. The 
89.7 	medical assistance reimbursement rates for nonemergency medical transportation services 
89.8 	that are payable by or on behalf of the commissioner for nonemergency medical 
89.9 	transportation services are:
89.10 	(1) $0.22 per mile for client reimbursement;
89.11 	(2) up to 100 percent of the Internal Revenue Service business deduction rate for volunteer 
89.12 	transport;
89.13 	(3) equivalent to the standard fare for unassisted transport when provided by public 
89.14 	transit, and $11 for the base rate and $1.30 per mile when provided by a nonemergency 
89.15 	medical transportation provider;
89.16 	(4) $13 for the base rate and $1.30 per mile for assisted transport;
89.17 	(5) $18 for the base rate and $1.55 per mile for lift-equipped/ramp transport;
89.18 	(6) $75 for the base rate and $2.40 per mile for protected transport; and
89.19 	(7) $60 for the base rate and $2.40 per mile for stretcher transport, and $9 per trip for 
89.20 	an additional attendant if deemed medically necessary.
89.21 	(n) The base rate for nonemergency medical transportation services in areas defined 
89.22 	under RUCA to be super rural is equal to 111.3 percent of the respective base rate in 
89.23 	paragraph (m), clauses (1) to (7). The mileage rate for nonemergency medical transportation 
89.24 	services in areas defined under RUCA to be rural or super rural areas is:
89.25 	(1) for a trip equal to 17 miles or less, equal to 125 percent of the respective mileage 
89.26 	rate in paragraph (m), clauses (1) to (7); and
89.27 	(2) for a trip between 18 and 50 miles, equal to 112.5 percent of the respective mileage 
89.28 	rate in paragraph (m), clauses (1) to (7).
89.29 	(o) For purposes of reimbursement rates for nonemergency medical transportation 
89.30 	services under paragraphs (m) and (n), the zip code of the recipient's place of residence 
89.31 	shall determine whether the urban, rural, or super rural reimbursement rate applies.
90.1 	(p) For purposes of this subdivision, "rural urban commuting area" or "RUCA" means 
90.2 	a census-tract based classification system under which a geographical area is determined 
90.3 	to be urban, rural, or super rural.
90.4 	(q) The commissioner, when determining reimbursement rates for nonemergency medical 
90.5 	transportation under paragraphs (m) and (n), shall exempt all modes of transportation listed 
90.6 	under paragraph (i) from Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0445, item R, subitem (2).

90.7 	Sec. 130. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 256B.0625, subdivision 18e, is amended to 
90.8 	read:
90.9 		Subd. 18e.Single administrative structure and delivery system.  The commissioner, 
90.10 	in coordination with the commissioner of transportation, shall implement a single 
90.11 	administrative structure and delivery system for nonemergency medical transportation, 
90.12 	beginning the latter of the date the single administrative assessment tool required in this 
90.13 	subdivision is available for use, as determined by the commissioner or by July 1, 2016.
90.14 	In coordination with the Department of Transportation, the commissioner shall develop 
90.15 	and authorize a web-based single administrative structure and assessment tool, which must 
90.16 	operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to facilitate the enrollee assessment process for 
90.17 	nonemergency medical transportation services. The web-based tool shall facilitate the 
90.18 	transportation eligibility determination process initiated by clients and client advocates; 
90.19 	shall include an accessible automated intake and assessment process and real-time 
90.20 	identification of level of service eligibility; and shall authorize an appropriate and auditable 
90.21 	mode of transportation authorization. The tool shall provide a single framework for 
90.22 	reconciling trip information with claiming and collecting complaints regarding inappropriate 
90.23 	level of need determinations, inappropriate transportation modes utilized, and interference 
90.24 	with accessing nonemergency medical transportation. The web-based single administrative 
90.25 	structure shall operate on a trial basis for one year from implementation and, if approved 
90.26 	by the commissioner, shall be permanent thereafter. The commissioner shall seek input 
90.27 	from the Nonemergency Medical Transportation Advisory Committee to ensure the software 
90.28 	is effective and user-friendly and make recommendations regarding funding of the single 
90.29 	administrative system.

90.30 	Sec. 131. Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 256B.0943, subdivision 5a, is 
90.31 	amended to read:
90.32 		Subd. 5a.Background studies. The requirements for background studies under section 
90.33 	245I.011, subdivision 4 5, paragraph (d) (b), may be met by a children's therapeutic services 
91.1 	and supports services agency through the commissioner's NETStudy system as provided 
91.2 	under sections 245C.03, subdivision 7, and 245C.10, subdivision 8.

91.3 	Sec. 132. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 256B.0947, subdivision 7a, is amended to 
91.4 	read:
91.5 		Subd. 7a.Noncovered services. (a) The rate for intensive rehabilitative mental health 
91.6 	services does not include medical assistance payment for services in clauses (1) to (7). 
91.7 	Services not covered under this paragraph may be billed separately:
91.8 	(1) inpatient psychiatric hospital treatment;
91.9 	(2) partial hospitalization;
91.10 	(3) children's mental health day treatment services;
91.11 	(4) physician services outside of care provided by a psychiatrist serving as a member of 
91.12 	the treatment team;
91.13 	(5) room and board costs, as defined in section 256I.03, subdivision 6;
91.14 	(6) home and community-based waiver services; and
91.15 	(7) other mental health services identified in the child's individualized education program.
91.16 	(b) The following services are not covered under this section and are not eligible for 
91.17 	medical assistance payment while youth are receiving intensive rehabilitative mental health 
91.18 	services:
91.19 	(1) mental health residential treatment; and
91.20 	(2) mental health behavioral aide services, as defined in section 256B.0943, subdivision 
91.21 	1, paragraph (m) (l).

91.22 	Sec. 133. Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 256B.25, subdivision 3, is amended 
91.23 	to read:
91.24 		Subd. 3.Payment exceptions. The limitation in subdivision 2 shall not apply to:
91.25 	(1) payment of Minnesota supplemental assistance funds to recipients who reside in 
91.26 	facilities which are involved in litigation contesting their designation as an institution for 
91.27 	treatment of mental disease;
91.28 	(2) payment or grants to a boarding care home or supervised living facility licensed by 
91.29 	the Department of Human Services under Minnesota Rules, parts 2960.0130 to 2960.0220, 
92.1 	2960.0580 to 2960.0700, or 9520.0500 to 9520.0670, or under chapter 245G or 245I, or 
92.2 	payment to recipients who reside in these facilities;
92.3 	(3) payments or grants to a boarding care home or supervised living facility which are 
92.4 	ineligible for certification under United States Code, title 42, sections 1396-1396p; or
92.5 	(4) payments or grants otherwise specifically authorized by statute or rule.

92.6 	Sec. 134. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 256B.4912, subdivision 1a, is amended to 
92.7 	read:
92.8 		Subd. 1a.Annual labor market reporting. (a) As determined by the commissioner, a 
92.9 	provider of home and community-based services for the elderly under chapter 256S and 
92.10 	section 256B.0913, home and community-based services for people with developmental 
92.11 	disabilities under section 256B.092, and home and community-based services for people 
92.12 	with disabilities under section 256B.49 shall submit data to the commissioner on the 
92.13 	following:
92.14 	(1) number of direct-care staff;
92.15 	(2) wages of direct-care staff;
92.16 	(3) hours worked by direct-care staff;
92.17 	(4) overtime wages of direct-care staff;
92.18 	(5) overtime hours worked by direct-care staff;
92.19 	(6) benefits paid and accrued by direct-care staff;
92.20 	(7) direct-care staff retention rates;
92.21 	(8) direct-care staff job vacancies;
92.22 	(9) amount of travel time paid;
92.23 	(10) program vacancy rates; and
92.24 	(11) other related data requested by the commissioner.
92.25 	(b) The commissioner may adjust reporting requirements for a self-employed direct-care 
92.26 	staff.
92.27 	(c) For the purposes of this subdivision, "direct-care staff" means employees, including 
92.28 	self-employed individuals and individuals directly employed by a participant in a 
92.29 	consumer-directed service delivery option, providing direct service provision to people 
93.1 	receiving services under this section. Direct-care staff does not include executive, managerial, 
93.2 	or administrative staff.
93.3 	(d) This subdivision also applies to a provider of personal care assistance services under 
93.4 	section 256B.0625, subdivision 19a; community first services and supports under section 
93.5 	256B.85; nursing services and home health services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 
93.6 	6a; home care nursing services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 7; or day training and 
93.7 	habilitation services for residents of intermediate care facilities for persons with 
93.8 	developmental disabilities under section 256B.501.
93.9 	(e) This subdivision also applies to financial management services providers for 
93.10 	participants who directly employ direct-care staff through consumer support grants under 
93.11 	section 256.476; the personal care assistance choice program under section 256B.0657
93.12 	256B.0659, subdivisions 18 to 20; community first services and supports under section 
93.13 	256B.85; and the consumer-directed community supports option available under the 
93.14 	alternative care program, the brain injury waiver, the community alternative care waiver, 
93.15 	the community access for disability inclusion waiver, the developmental disabilities waiver, 
93.16 	the elderly waiver, and the Minnesota senior health option, except financial management 
93.17 	services providers are not required to submit the data listed in paragraph (a), clauses (7) to 
93.18 	(11).
93.19 	(f) The commissioner shall ensure that data submitted under this subdivision is not 
93.20 	duplicative of data submitted under any other section of this chapter or any other chapter.
93.21 	(g) A provider shall submit the data annually on a date specified by the commissioner. 
93.22 	The commissioner shall give a provider at least 30 calendar days to submit the data. If a 
93.23 	provider fails to submit the requested data by the date specified by the commissioner, the 
93.24 	commissioner may delay medical assistance reimbursement until the requested data is 
93.25 	submitted.
93.26 	(h) Individually identifiable data submitted to the commissioner in this section are 
93.27 	considered private data on an individual, as defined by section 13.02, subdivision 12.
93.28 	(i) The commissioner shall analyze data annually for workforce assessments and how 
93.29 	the data impact service access.

93.30 	Sec. 135. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 256B.4912, subdivision 11, is amended to 
93.31 	read:
93.32 		Subd. 11.Home and community-based service billing requirements. (a) A home and 
93.33 	community-based service is eligible for reimbursement if:
94.1 	(1) the service is provided according to a federally approved waiver plan as authorized 
94.2 	under chapter 256S and sections 256B.0913, 256B.092, and 256B.49;
94.3 	(2) if applicable, the service is provided on days and times during the days and hours of 
94.4 	operation specified on any license required under chapter 245A or 245D, if applicable; and
94.5 	(3) the provider complies with subdivisions 12 to 15, if applicable.
94.6 	(b) The provider must maintain documentation that, upon employment and annually 
94.7 	thereafter, staff providing a service have attested to reviewing and understanding the 
94.8 	following statement: "It is a federal crime to provide materially false information on service 
94.9 	billings for medical assistance or services provided under a federally approved waiver plan 
94.10 	as authorized under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256S, and Minnesota Statutes, sections 
94.11 	256B.0913, 256B.092, and 256B.49."
94.12 	(c) The department may recover payment according to section 256B.064 and Minnesota 
94.13 	Rules, parts 9505.2160 to 9505.2245, for a service that does not satisfy this subdivision.

94.14 	Sec. 136. Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 256B.69, subdivision 6g, is 
94.15 	amended to read:
94.16 		Subd. 6g.Uniform dental credentialing process. (a) By January 1, 2022, the managed 
94.17 	care plans, county-based purchasing plans, and dental benefit administrators that contract 
94.18 	with the commissioner or subcontract with plans to provide dental services to medical 
94.19 	assistance or MinnesotaCare enrollees shall develop a uniform credentialing process for 
94.20 	dental providers.
94.21 	(b) The process developed in this subdivision must include a uniform credentialing 
94.22 	application that must be available in electronic format and accessible on each plan or dental 
94.23 	benefit benefits administrator's website. The process developed under this subdivision must 
94.24 	include an option to electronically submit a completed application. The uniform credentialing 
94.25 	application must be available for free to providers.
94.26 	(c) If applicable, a managed care plan, county-based purchasing plan, dental benefit
94.27 	benefits administrator, contractor, or vendor that reviews and approves a credentialing 
94.28 	application must notify a provider regarding a deficiency on a submitted credentialing 
94.29 	application form no later than 30 business days after receiving the application form from 
94.30 	the provider.
94.31 	(d) For purposes of this subdivision, "dental benefits administrator" means an 
94.32 	organization, including an organization licensed under chapter 62C or 62D, that contracts 
95.1 	with a managed care plan or county-based purchasing plan to provide covered dental care 
95.2 	services to enrollees of the plan.
95.3 	(e) This subdivision must be in compliance with the federal requirements for Medicaid 
95.4 	and Basic Health Program provider enrollment.

95.5 	Sec. 137. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 256B.69, subdivision 21, is amended to read:
95.6 		Subd. 21.Prepayment coordinator. The county board shall designate a prepayment 
95.7 	coordinator to assist the state agency in implementing this section. Assistance must include 
95.8 	educating recipients about available health care options, enrolling recipients under subdivision 
95.9 	5, providing necessary eligibility and enrollment information to health plans and the state 
95.10 	agency, and coordinating complaints and appeals with the ombudsman ombudsperson
95.11 	established in subdivision 18 20.

95.12 	Sec. 138. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 256R.02, subdivision 19, is amended to read:
95.13 		Subd. 19.External fixed costs. "External fixed costs" means costs related to the nursing 
95.14 	home surcharge under section 256.9657, subdivision 1; licensure fees under section 144.122; 
95.15 	family advisory council fee under section 144A.33; scholarships under section 256R.37; 
95.16 	planned closure rate adjustments under section 256R.40; consolidation rate adjustments 
95.17 	under section 144A.071, subdivisions 4c, paragraph (a), clauses (5) and (6), and 4d; 
95.18 	single-bed room incentives under section 256R.41; property taxes, special assessments, and 
95.19 	payments in lieu of taxes; employer health insurance costs; quality improvement incentive 
95.20 	payment rate adjustments under section 256R.39; performance-based incentive payments 
95.21 	under section 256R.38; special dietary needs under section 256R.51; rate adjustments for 
95.22 	compensation-related costs for minimum wage changes under section 256R.49 provided 
95.23 	on or after January 1, 2018; Public Employees Retirement Association employer costs; and 
95.24 	border city rate adjustments under section 256R.481.

95.25 	Sec. 139. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 275.70, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
95.26 		Subd. 5.Special levies. "Special levies" means those portions of ad valorem taxes levied 
95.27 	by a local governmental unit for the following purposes or in the following manner:
95.28 	(1) to pay the costs of the principal and interest on bonded indebtedness or to reimburse 
95.29 	for the amount of liquor store revenues used to pay the principal and interest due on municipal 
95.30 	liquor store bonds in the year preceding the year for which the levy limit is calculated;
95.31 	(2) to pay the costs of principal and interest on certificates of indebtedness issued for 
95.32 	any corporate purpose except for the following:
96.1 	(i) tax anticipation or aid anticipation certificates of indebtedness;
96.2 	(ii) certificates of indebtedness issued under sections 298.28 and 298.282;
96.3 	(iii) certificates of indebtedness used to fund current expenses or to pay the costs of 
96.4 	extraordinary expenditures that result from a public emergency; or
96.5 	(iv) certificates of indebtedness used to fund an insufficiency in tax receipts or an 
96.6 	insufficiency in other revenue sources, provided that nothing in this subdivision limits the 
96.7 	special levy authorized under section 475.755;
96.8 	(3) to provide for the bonded indebtedness portion of payments made to another political 
96.9 	subdivision of the state of Minnesota;
96.10 	(4) to fund payments made to the Minnesota State Armory Building Commission under 
96.11 	section 193.145, subdivision 2, to retire the principal and interest on armory construction 
96.12 	bonds;
96.13 	(5) property taxes approved by voters which are levied against the referendum market 
96.14 	value as provided under section 275.61;
96.15 	(6) to fund matching requirements needed to qualify for federal or state grants or programs 
96.16 	to the extent that either (i) the matching requirement exceeds the matching requirement in 
96.17 	calendar year 2001, or (ii) it is a new matching requirement that did not exist prior to 2002;
96.18 	(7) to pay the expenses reasonably and necessarily incurred in preparing for or repairing 
96.19 	the effects of natural disaster including the occurrence or threat of widespread or severe 
96.20 	damage, injury, or loss of life or property resulting from natural causes, in accordance with 
96.21 	standards formulated by the Emergency Services Division of the state Department of Public 
96.22 	Safety, as allowed by the commissioner of revenue under section 275.74, subdivision 2;
96.23 	(8) pay amounts required to correct an error in the levy certified to the county auditor 
96.24 	by a city or county in a levy year, but only to the extent that when added to the preceding 
96.25 	year's levy it is not in excess of an applicable statutory, special law or charter limitation, or 
96.26 	the limitation imposed on the governmental subdivision by sections 275.70 to 275.74 in the 
96.27 	preceding levy year;
96.28 	(9) to pay an abatement under section 469.1815;
96.29 	(10) to pay any costs attributable to increases in the employer contribution rates under 
96.30 	chapter 353, or locally administered pension plans, that are effective after June 30, 2001;
96.31 	(11) to pay the operating or maintenance costs of a county jail as authorized in section 
96.32 	641.01 or 641.262, or of a correctional facility as defined in section 241.021, subdivision 
97.1 	1, paragraph (f) 1i, to the extent that the county can demonstrate to the commissioner of 
97.2 	revenue that the amount has been included in the county budget as a direct result of a rule, 
97.3 	minimum requirement, minimum standard, or directive of the Department of Corrections, 
97.4 	or to pay the operating or maintenance costs of a regional jail as authorized in section 
97.5 	641.262. For purposes of this clause, a district court order is not a rule, minimum requirement, 
97.6 	minimum standard, or directive of the Department of Corrections. If the county utilizes this 
97.7 	special levy, except to pay operating or maintenance costs of a new regional jail facility 
97.8 	under sections 641.262 to 641.264 which will not replace an existing jail facility, any amount 
97.9 	levied by the county in the previous levy year for the purposes specified under this clause 
97.10 	and included in the county's previous year's levy limitation computed under section 275.71, 
97.11 	shall be deducted from the levy limit base under section 275.71, subdivision 2, when 
97.12 	determining the county's current year levy limitation. The county shall provide the necessary 
97.13 	information to the commissioner of revenue for making this determination;
97.14 	(12) to pay for operation of a lake improvement district, as authorized under section 
97.15 	103B.555. If the county utilizes this special levy, any amount levied by the county in the 
97.16 	previous levy year for the purposes specified under this clause and included in the county's 
97.17 	previous year's levy limitation computed under section 275.71 shall be deducted from the 
97.18 	levy limit base under section 275.71, subdivision 2, when determining the county's current 
97.19 	year levy limitation. The county shall provide the necessary information to the commissioner 
97.20 	of revenue for making this determination;
97.21 	(13) to repay a state or federal loan used to fund the direct or indirect required spending 
97.22 	by the local government due to a state or federal transportation project or other state or 
97.23 	federal capital project. This authority may only be used if the project is not a local 
97.24 	government initiative;
97.25 	(14) to fund a firefighters relief association as required under Laws 2013, chapter 111, 
97.26 	article 5, sections 31 to 42, to the extent that the required amount exceeds the amount levied 
97.27 	for this purpose in 2001;
97.28 	(15) for purposes of a storm sewer improvement district under section 444.20;
97.29 	(16) to pay for the maintenance and support of a city or county society for the prevention 
97.30 	of cruelty to animals under section 343.11, but not to exceed in any year $4,800 or the sum 
97.31 	of $1 per capita based on the county's or city's population as of the most recent federal 
97.32 	census, whichever is greater. If the city or county uses this special levy, any amount levied 
97.33 	by the city or county in the previous levy year for the purposes specified in this clause and 
97.34 	included in the city's or county's previous year's levy limit computed under section 275.71, 
98.1 	must be deducted from the levy limit base under section 275.71, subdivision 2, in determining 
98.2 	the city's or county's current year levy limit;
98.3 	(17) for counties, to pay for the increase in their share of health and human service costs 
98.4 	caused by reductions in federal health and human services grants effective after September 
98.5 	30, 2007;
98.6 	(18) for a city, for the costs reasonably and necessarily incurred for securing, maintaining, 
98.7 	or demolishing foreclosed or abandoned residential properties, as allowed by the 
98.8 	commissioner of revenue under section 275.74, subdivision 2. A city must have either (i) 
98.9 	a foreclosure rate of at least 1.4 percent in 2007, or (ii) a foreclosure rate in 2007 in the city 
98.10 	or in a zip code area of the city that is at least 50 percent higher than the average foreclosure 
98.11 	rate in the metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2, to use this special 
98.12 	levy. For purposes of this paragraph, "foreclosure rate" means the number of foreclosures, 
98.13 	as indicated by sheriff sales records, divided by the number of households in the city in 
98.14 	2007;
98.15 	(19) to pay costs attributable to wages and benefits for sheriff, police, and fire personnel. 
98.16 	If a local governmental unit did not use this special levy in the previous year its levy limit 
98.17 	base under section 275.71 shall be reduced by the amount equal to the amount it levied for 
98.18 	the purposes specified in this clause in the previous year;
98.19 	(20) an amount equal to any reductions in the certified aids or credit reimbursements 
98.20 	payable under sections 477A.011 to 477A.014, and section 273.1384, due to unallotment 
98.21 	under section 16A.152 or reductions under another provision of law. The amount of the 
98.22 	levy allowed under this clause for each year is limited to the amount unallotted or reduced 
98.23 	from the aids and credit reimbursements certified for payment in the year following the 
98.24 	calendar year in which the tax levy is certified unless the unallotment or reduction amount 
98.25 	is not known by September 1 of the levy certification year, and the local government has 
98.26 	not adjusted its levy under section 275.065, subdivision 6, or 275.07, subdivision 6, in which 
98.27 	case that unallotment or reduction amount may be levied in the following year;
98.28 	(21) to pay for the difference between one-half of the costs of confining sex offenders 
98.29 	undergoing the civil commitment process and any state payments for this purpose pursuant 
98.30 	to section 253D.12;
98.31 	(22) for a county to pay the costs of the first year of maintaining and operating a new 
98.32 	facility or new expansion, either of which contains courts, corrections, dispatch, criminal 
98.33 	investigation labs, or other public safety facilities and for which all or a portion of the 
98.34 	funding for the site acquisition, building design, site preparation, construction, and related 
99.1 	equipment was issued or authorized prior to the imposition of levy limits. The levy limit 
99.2 	base shall then be increased by an amount equal to the new facility's first full year's operating 
99.3 	costs as described in this clause; and
99.4 	(23) for the estimated amount of reduction to market value credit reimbursements under 
99.5 	section 273.1384 for credits payable in the year in which the levy is payable.

99.6 	Sec. 140. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 290.0122, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
99.7 		Subd. 9.Miscellaneous deduction. A taxpayer is allowed a miscellaneous deduction. 
99.8 	The deduction equals the sum of the following amounts for the taxable year:
99.9 	(1) impairment-related work expenses allowed under section 67(d) of the Internal Revenue 
99.10 	Code;
99.11 	(2) the deduction for estate tax under section 691(c) of the Internal Revenue Code;
99.12 	(3) any deduction allowable in connection with personal property used in a short sale 
99.13 	as described under section 67(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code;
99.14 	(4) the deduction under section 1341 of the Internal Revenue Code;
99.15 	(5) the deduction under section 72(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;
99.16 	(6) the deduction under section 171 of the Internal Revenue Code; and
99.17 	(7) the deduction under section 216 of the Internal Revenue Code.

99.18 	Sec. 141. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 297A.75, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
99.19 		Subd. 5.Appropriation. (a) The amount required to make the refunds is annually 
99.20 	appropriated to the commissioner.
99.21 	(b) For fiscal years 2018 and 2019 only, revenues dedicated under the Minnesota 
99.22 	Constitution, article XI, section 15, shall not be reduced for any portion of the refunds paid 
99.23 	for the following exemptions:
99.24 	(1) the exemption under section 297A.71, subdivision 44, paragraph (b);
99.25 	(2) the expansion of the exemption under section 297A.68, subdivision 44, due to sections 
99.26 	2 and 3; and
99.27 	(3) the exemptions in section 297A.71, subdivisions 49 and 50.

100.1 	Sec. 142. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 297A.94, is amended to read:
100.2 	297A.94 DEPOSIT OF REVENUES.
100.3 	(a) Except as provided in this section, the commissioner shall deposit the revenues, 
100.4 	including interest and penalties, derived from the taxes imposed by this chapter in the state 
100.5 	treasury and credit them to the general fund.
100.6 	(b) The commissioner shall deposit taxes in the Minnesota agricultural and economic 
100.7 	account in the special revenue fund if:
100.8 	(1) the taxes are derived from sales and use of property and services purchased for the 
100.9 	construction and operation of an agricultural resource project; and
100.10 	(2) the purchase was made on or after the date on which a conditional commitment was 
100.11 	made for a loan guaranty for the project under section 41A.04, subdivision 3.
100.12 	The commissioner of management and budget shall certify to the commissioner the date on 
100.13 	which the project received the conditional commitment. The amount deposited in the loan 
100.14 	guaranty account must be reduced by any refunds and by the costs incurred by the Department 
100.15 	of Revenue to administer and enforce the assessment and collection of the taxes.
100.16 	(c) The commissioner shall deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties, derived 
100.17 	from the taxes imposed on sales and purchases included in section 297A.61, subdivision 3, 
100.18 	paragraph (g), clauses (1) and (4), in the state treasury, and credit them as follows:
100.19 	(1) first to the general obligation special tax bond debt service account in each fiscal 
100.20 	year the amount required by section 16A.661, subdivision 3, paragraph (b); and
100.21 	(2) after the requirements of clause (1) have been met, the balance to the general fund.
100.22 	(d) Beginning with sales taxes remitted after July 1, 2017, the commissioner shall deposit 
100.23 	in the state treasury the revenues collected under section 297A.64, subdivision 1, including 
100.24 	interest and penalties and minus refunds, and credit them to the highway user tax distribution 
100.25 	fund.
100.26 	(e) The commissioner shall deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties, 
100.27 	collected under section 297A.64, subdivision 5, in the state treasury and credit them to the 
100.28 	general fund. By July 15 of each year the commissioner shall transfer to the highway user 
100.29 	tax distribution fund an amount equal to the excess fees collected under section 297A.64, 
100.30 	subdivision 5, for the previous calendar year.
100.31 	(f) Beginning with sales taxes remitted after July 1, 2017, in conjunction with the deposit 
100.32 	of revenues under paragraph (d), the commissioner shall deposit into the state treasury and 
101.1 	credit to the highway user tax distribution fund an amount equal to the estimated revenues 
101.2 	derived from the tax rate imposed under section 297A.62, subdivision 1, on the lease or 
101.3 	rental for not more than 28 days of rental motor vehicles subject to section 297A.64. The 
101.4 	commissioner shall estimate the amount of sales tax revenue deposited under this paragraph 
101.5 	based on the amount of revenue deposited under paragraph (d).
101.6 	(g) Starting after July 1, 2017, The commissioner shall deposit an amount of the 
101.7 	remittances monthly into the state treasury and credit them to the highway user tax 
101.8 	distribution fund as a portion of the estimated amount of taxes collected from the sale and 
101.9 	purchase of motor vehicle repair and replacement parts in that month. For the remittances 
101.10 	between July 1, 2017, and June 30, 2019, the monthly deposit amount is $2,628,000. For 
101.11 	remittances in each subsequent fiscal year, The monthly deposit amount is $12,137,000. 
101.12 	For purposes of this paragraph, "motor vehicle" has the meaning given in section 297B.01, 
101.13 	subdivision 11, and "motor vehicle repair and replacement parts" includes (i) all parts, tires, 
101.14 	accessories, and equipment incorporated into or affixed to the motor vehicle as part of the 
101.15 	motor vehicle maintenance and repair, and (ii) paint, oil, and other fluids that remain on or 
101.16 	in the motor vehicle as part of the motor vehicle maintenance or repair. For purposes of this 
101.17 	paragraph, "tire" means any tire of the type used on highway vehicles, if wholly or partially 
101.18 	made of rubber and if marked according to federal regulations for highway use.
101.19 	(h) 72.43 percent of the revenues, including interest and penalties, transmitted to the 
101.20 	commissioner under section 297A.65, must be deposited by the commissioner in the state 
101.21 	treasury as follows:
101.22 	(1) 50 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the heritage enhancement account in 
101.23 	the game and fish fund, and may be spent only on activities that improve, enhance, or protect 
101.24 	fish and wildlife resources, including conservation, restoration, and enhancement of land, 
101.25 	water, and other natural resources of the state;
101.26 	(2) 22.5 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and may 
101.27 	be spent only for state parks and trails;
101.28 	(3) 22.5 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and may 
101.29 	be spent only on metropolitan park and trail grants;
101.30 	(4) three percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and 
101.31 	may be spent only on local trail grants; and
101.32 	(5) two percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and may 
101.33 	be spent only for the Minnesota Zoological Garden, the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, 
101.34 	and the Duluth Zoo.
102.1 	(i) The revenue dedicated under paragraph (h) may not be used as a substitute for 
102.2 	traditional sources of funding for the purposes specified, but the dedicated revenue shall 
102.3 	supplement traditional sources of funding for those purposes. Land acquired with money 
102.4 	deposited in the game and fish fund under paragraph (h) must be open to public hunting 
102.5 	and fishing during the open season, except that in aquatic management areas or on lands 
102.6 	where angling easements have been acquired, fishing may be prohibited during certain times 
102.7 	of the year and hunting may be prohibited. At least 87 percent of the money deposited in 
102.8 	the game and fish fund for improvement, enhancement, or protection of fish and wildlife 
102.9 	resources under paragraph (h) must be allocated for field operations.
102.10 	(j) The commissioner must deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties minus 
102.11 	any refunds, derived from the sale of items regulated under section 624.20, subdivision 1, 
102.12 	that may be sold to persons 18 years old or older and that are not prohibited from use by 
102.13 	the general public under section 624.21, in the state treasury and credit:
102.14 	(1) 25 percent to the volunteer fire assistance grant account established under section 
102.15 	88.068;
102.16 	(2) 25 percent to the fire safety account established under section 297I.06, subdivision 
102.17 	3; and
102.18 	(3) the remainder to the general fund.
102.19 	For purposes of this paragraph, the percentage of total sales and use tax revenue derived 
102.20 	from the sale of items regulated under section 624.20, subdivision 1, that are allowed to be 
102.21 	sold to persons 18 years old or older and are not prohibited from use by the general public 
102.22 	under section 624.21, is a set percentage of the total sales and use tax revenues collected in 
102.23 	the state, with the percentage determined under Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 
102.24 	1, article 3, section 39.
102.25 	(k) The revenues deposited under paragraphs (a) to (j) do not include the revenues, 
102.26 	including interest and penalties, generated by the sales tax imposed under section 297A.62, 
102.27 	subdivision 1a, which must be deposited as provided under the Minnesota Constitution, 
102.28 	article XI, section 15.

102.29 	Sec. 143. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 297B.035, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
102.30 		Subd. 3.Sale in violation of licensing requirement. Motor vehicles sold in contravention 
102.31 	of section 168.27, subdivision 2, paragraph (a); 3; 6; or 10, paragraph (a), clause (1), item 
102.32 	(ii), shall not be considered to have been acquired or purchased for resale in the ordinary 
102.33 	or regular course of business for the purposes of this chapter, and the seller shall be required 
103.1 	to pay the excise tax due on the purchase of those vehicles. The sale by a lessor of a new 
103.2 	motor vehicle under lease within 120 days of the commencement of the lease is deemed a 
103.3 	sale in contravention of section 168.27, subdivision 10, paragraph (a), clause (1), item (ii), 
103.4 	unless the lessor holds a valid contract or franchise with the manufacturer or distributor of 
103.5 	the vehicle. Notwithstanding section 297B.11, the rights of a dealer to appeal any amounts 
103.6 	owed by the dealer under this subdivision are governed exclusively by the hearing procedure 
103.7 	under section 168.27, subdivision 13.

103.8 	Sec. 144. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 297B.12, is amended to read:
103.9 	297B.12 PRIVATE NATURE OF INFORMATION.
103.10 	It shall be unlawful for the motor vehicle registrar, deputy registrars, or any other public 
103.11 	official or employee to divulge or otherwise make known in any manner any particulars 
103.12 	disclosed in any purchaser's certificate or any information concerning affairs of any person 
103.13 	making such certificate acquired from the purchaser's records, officers, or employees except 
103.14 	in connection with state or federal tax proceedings or upon request of the person named on 
103.15 	the certificate. Nothing herein contained should be construed to prohibit the publishing of 
103.16 	statistics so classified as not to disclose the identity of particular purchasers' certificates and 
103.17 	the contents thereof. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of 
103.18 	a gross misdemeanor.

103.19 	Sec. 145. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 298.294, is amended to read:
103.20 	298.294 INVESTMENT OF FUND.
103.21 	(a) The trust fund established by section 298.292 shall be invested pursuant to law by 
103.22 	the State Board of Investment and the net interest, dividends, and other earnings arising 
103.23 	from the investments shall be transferred, except as provided in paragraph (b), on the first 
103.24 	day of each month to the trust and shall be included and become part of the trust fund. The 
103.25 	amounts transferred are appropriated from the trust fund to the commissioner of Iron Range 
103.26 	resources and rehabilitation for deposit in a separate account for expenditure for the purposes 
103.27 	set forth in section 298.292. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this section shall not cancel 
103.28 	but shall remain available unless expended.
103.29 	(b) To qualify for a grant or loan, a business must be currently operating and have been 
103.30 	operating for one year immediately prior to its application for a loan or grant, and its 
103.31 	corporate headquarters must be located in the taconite assistance area.

104.1 	Sec. 146. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 299F.05, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
104.2 		Subd. 2.Information system. The state fire marshal shall maintain a record of arrests, 
104.3 	charges filed, and final disposition of all fires reported and investigated under sections this 
104.4 	section and section299F.04and 299F.05. For this purpose, the Department of Public Safety 
104.5 	shall implement a single reporting system utilizing the systems operated by the fire marshal. 
104.6 	The system must be operated in such a way as to minimize duplication and discrepancies 
104.7 	in reported figures.

104.8 	Sec. 147. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 299F.19, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
104.9 		Subd. 2.Blasting agent defined; explosives classified. For the purposes of this section 
104.10 	and the rules adopted pursuant to this section:
104.11 	(a) "Blasting agent" means any material or mixture, consisting of a fuel and oxidizer, 
104.12 	intended for blasting, not otherwise classified as an explosive and in which none of the 
104.13 	ingredients is classified as an explosive; providing that, the finished product, as mixed and 
104.14 	packaged for use or shipment, cannot be detonated by means of a number 8 test blasting 
104.15 	cap when unconfined. "Blasting agent" does not include flammable liquids or flammable 
104.16 	gases.
104.17 	(b) "Explosive" means any chemical compound, mixture, or device, the primary or 
104.18 	common purpose of which is to function by explosion. The term includes, but is not limited 
104.19 	to, dynamite, black powder, pellet powder, initiating explosives, detonators, safety fuses, 
104.20 	squibs, detonating cord, igniter cord, igniters, display fireworks, and class 1.3G fireworks 
104.21 	(formerly classified as Class B special fireworks). "Explosive" includes any material 
104.22 	determined to be within the scope of United States Code, title 18, chapter 40, and also 
104.23 	includes any material classified as an explosive other than consumer fireworks, 1.4G (Class 
104.24 	C, Common), by the hazardous materials regulations of the United States Department of 
104.25 	Transportation (DOTn) in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49.
104.26 	(c) Explosives are divided into four categories and are defined as follows:
104.27 	(1) High explosive: explosive material, such as dynamite, that can be caused to detonate 
104.28 	by means of a number eight 8 test blasting cap when unconfined.
104.29 	(2) Low explosive: explosive material that will burn or deflagrate when ignited, 
104.30 	characterized by a rate of reaction that is less than the speed of sound, including, but not 
104.31 	limited to, black powder, safety fuse, igniters, igniter cord, fuse lighters, class 1.3G fireworks 
104.32 	(formerly classified as Class B special fireworks), and class 1.3C propellants.
105.1 	(3) Mass-detonating explosives: division 1.1, 1.2, and 1.5 explosives alone or in 
105.2 	combination, or loaded into various types of ammunition or containers, most of which can 
105.3 	be expected to explode virtually instantaneously when a small portion is subjected to fire, 
105.4 	severe concussion, impact, the impulse of an initiating agent, or the effect of a considerable 
105.5 	discharge of energy from without. Materials that react in this manner represent a mass 
105.6 	explosion hazard. Such an explosive will normally cause severe structural damage to adjacent 
105.7 	objects. Explosive propagation could occur immediately to other items of ammunition and 
105.8 	explosives stored sufficiently close to and not adequately protected from the initially 
105.9 	exploding pile with a time interval short enough so that two or more quantities must be 
105.10 	considered as one for quantity-distance purposes.
105.11 	(4) United Nations/United States Department of Transportation (UN/DOTn) Class 1 
105.12 	explosives: the hazard class of explosives that further defines and categorizes explosives 
105.13 	under the current system applied by DOTn for all explosive materials into further divisions 
105.14 	as follows, with the letter G identifying the material as a pyrotechnic substance or article 
105.15 	containing a pyrotechnic substance and similar materials:
105.16 	(i) Division 1.1 explosives have a mass explosion hazard. A mass explosion is one that 
105.17 	affects almost the entire load instantaneously.
105.18 	(ii) Division 1.2 explosives have a projection hazard but not a mass explosion hazard.
105.19 	(iii) Division 1.3 explosives have a fire hazard and either a minor blast hazard or a minor 
105.20 	projection hazard or both, but not a mass explosion hazard.
105.21 	(iv) Division 1.4 explosives pose a minor explosion hazard. The explosive effects are 
105.22 	largely confined to the package and no projection of fragments of appreciable size or range 
105.23 	is to be expected. An external fire must not cause virtually instantaneous explosion of almost 
105.24 	the entire contents of the package.
105.25 	(v) Division 1.5 explosives are very insensitive and are comprised of substances that 
105.26 	have a mass explosion hazard, but are so insensitive that there is very little probability of 
105.27 	initiation or of transition from burning to detonation under normal conditions of transport.
105.28 	(vi) Division 1.6 explosives are extremely insensitive and do not have a mass explosion 
105.29 	hazard, comprised of articles that contain only extremely insensitive detonating substances 
105.30 	and that demonstrate a negligible probability of accidental initiation or propagation.

105.31 	Sec. 148. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 299F.40, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
105.32 		Subd. 2.Definitions. (a) The term "person" shall mean and include any person, persons, 
105.33 	firm, firms, corporation, or corporations.
106.1 	(b) The term "owner" shall mean and include (1) any person who holds a written bill of 
106.2 	sale or other instrument under which title to the container was transferred to such person, 
106.3 	(2) any person who holds a paid or receipted invoice showing purchase and payment of the 
106.4 	container, (3) any person whose name, initials, mark, or other identifying device has been 
106.5 	plainly and legibly stamped or otherwise shown upon the surface of the container for a 
106.6 	period of not less than one year prior to the final enactment and approval of this section on 
106.7 	or before April 28, 1956, or (4) any manufacturer of a container who has not sold or 
106.8 	transferred ownership thereof by written bill of sale or otherwise.
106.9 	(c) The term "liquefied petroleum gas" as used in this section shall mean and include 
106.10 	any material which is composed predominantly of any of the following hydrocarbons or 
106.11 	mixtures of the same: propane, propylene, butanes (normal butane and iso-butane), and 
106.12 	butylenes.
106.13 	(d) The term "industrial gas" as used in this section shall mean and include any material 
106.14 	which is composed exclusively of any of the following gases or mixtures of them: oxygen, 
106.15 	acetylene, nitrogen, argon, and carbon dioxide.

106.16 	Sec. 149. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 299F.72, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
106.17 		Subd. 1a.Blasting agent. "Blasting agent" means any material or mixture (1) that consists 
106.18 	of a fuel and oxidizer, (2) that is intended for blasting, (3) that is not otherwise classified 
106.19 	as an explosive, (4) in which none of the ingredients is classified as an explosive, and (5) 
106.20 	when a finished product, as mixed and packaged for use or shipment, that cannot be detonated 
106.21 	by means of a number eight 8 test blasting cap when unconfined. The term does not include 
106.22 	flammable liquids or flammable gases.

106.23 	Sec. 150. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 299N.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
106.24 		Subdivision 1.Membership. Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 15 to the contrary, 
106.25 	the Board of Firefighter Training and Education consists of the following members:
106.26 	(1) five members representing the Minnesota State Fire Department Association, four 
106.27 	of whom must be volunteer firefighters and one of whom may be a full-time firefighter, 
106.28 	appointed by the governor;
106.29 	(2) two members representing the Minnesota State Fire Chiefs Association, one of whom 
106.30 	must be a volunteer fire chief, appointed by the governor;
106.31 	(3) two members representing the Minnesota Professional Firefighters Association Fire 
106.32 	Fighters, appointed by the governor;
107.1 	(4) two members representing Minnesota home rule charter and statutory cities, appointed 
107.2 	by the governor;
107.3 	(5) two members representing Minnesota towns, appointed by the governor;
107.4 	(6) the commissioner of public safety or the commissioner's designee; and
107.5 	(7) one public member not affiliated or associated with any member or interest represented 
107.6 	in clauses (1) to (6), appointed by the governor.
107.7 	The Minnesota State Fire Department Association shall recommend five persons to be the 
107.8 	members described in clause (1), the Minnesota State Fire Chiefs Association shall 
107.9 	recommend two persons to be the members described in clause (2), the Minnesota 
107.10 	Professional Firefighters Association Fire Fighters shall recommend two persons to be the 
107.11 	members described in clause (3), the League of Minnesota Cities shall recommend two 
107.12 	persons to be the members described in clause (4), and the Minnesota Association of 
107.13 	Townships shall recommend two persons to be the members described in clause (5). In 
107.14 	making the appointments the governor shall try to achieve representation from all geographic 
107.15 	areas of the state.

107.16 	Sec. 151. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 304A.102, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
107.17 		Subd. 3.Rights of dissenting shareholders. A shareholder of a corporation or the 
107.18 	member of a limited liability company may dissent from, and obtain payment for the fair 
107.19 	value of the shareholder's shares or the member's membership interests pursuant to sections 
107.20 	302A.471 and 302A.473, or section 322B.383 or 322B.386, in the event of an election of 
107.21 	public benefit corporation status pursuant to this section.

107.22 	Sec. 152. Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 340A.504, subdivision 7, is 
107.23 	amended to read:
107.24 		Subd. 7.Sales after 1:00 a.m.; permit fee. (a) No licensee may sell intoxicating liquor 
107.25 	or 3.2 percent malt liquor on-sale between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. unless the 
107.26 	licensee has obtained a permit from the commissioner. Application for the permit must be 
107.27 	on a form the commissioner prescribes. Permits are effective for one year from date of 
107.28 	issuance. For retailers of intoxicating liquor, the fee for the permit is based on the licensee's 
107.29 	gross receipts from on-sales of alcoholic beverages in the 12 months prior to the month in 
107.30 	which the permit is issued, and is at the following rates:
107.31 	(1) up to $100,000 in gross receipts, $300;
107.32 	(2) over $100,000 but not over $500,000 in gross receipts, $750; and
108.1 	(3) over $500,000 in gross receipts, $1,000.
108.2 	For a licensed retailer of intoxicating liquor who did not sell intoxicating liquor at on-sale 
108.3 	for a full 12 months prior to the month in which the permit is issued, the fee is $200. For a 
108.4 	retailer of 3.2 percent malt liquor, the fee is $200.
108.5 	(b) The commissioner shall deposit all permit fees received under this subdivision in 
108.6 	the alcohol enforcement account in the general fund.
108.7 	(c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner of revenue may furnish 
108.8 	to the commissioner the information necessary to administer and enforce this subdivision.

108.9 	Sec. 153. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 352F.04, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
108.10 		Subd. 2.Exceptions. The enhanced augmentation rates specified in subdivision 1 do 
108.11 	not apply if the terminated hospital employee:
108.12 	(1) becomes became covered again by a retirement plan enumerated in section 356.30, 
108.13 	subdivision 3, on or before June 30, 2015; or
108.14 	(2) begins receipt of a retirement annuity under chapter 352 before age 62 while employed 
108.15 	by the employer which assumed operations of the medical facility or other public employing 
108.16 	unit or purchased the medical facility or other public employing unit.

108.17 	Sec. 154. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 353G.08, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
108.18 		Subdivision 1.Annual funding requirements; lump-sum retirement division. (a) 
108.19 	Annually, the executive director shall determine the funding requirements of each account 
108.20 	in the lump-sum retirement division of the statewide volunteer firefighter plan on or before 
108.21 	August 1. The funding requirements computed under this subdivision must be determined 
108.22 	using a mathematical procedure developed and certified as accurate by the approved actuary 
108.23 	retained by the Public Employees Retirement Association and must be based on present 
108.24 	value factors using a six percent interest investment return rate, without any decrement 
108.25 	assumptions. The funding requirements must be certified to the entity or entities associated 
108.26 	with the fire department whose active firefighters are covered by the retirement plan.
108.27 	(b) The overall funding balance of each lump-sum account for the current calendar year 
108.28 	must be determined in the following manner:
108.29 	(1) The total accrued liability for all active and deferred members of the account as of 
108.30 	December 31 of the current year must be calculated based on the good time service credit 
108.31 	of active and deferred members as of that date.
109.1 	(2) The total present assets of the account projected to December 31 of the current year, 
109.2 	including receipts by and disbursements from the account anticipated to occur on or before 
109.3 	December 31, must be calculated. To the extent possible, the market value of assets must 
109.4 	be utilized in making this calculation.
109.5 	(3) The amount of the total present assets calculated under clause (2) must be subtracted 
109.6 	from the amount of the total accrued liability calculated under clause (1). If the amount of 
109.7 	total present assets exceeds the amount of the total accrued liability, then the account is 
109.8 	considered to have a surplus over full funding. If the amount of the total present assets is 
109.9 	less than the amount of the total accrued liability, then the account is considered to have a 
109.10 	deficit from full funding. If the amount of total present assets is equal to the amount of the 
109.11 	total accrued liability, then the special fund is considered to be fully funded.
109.12 	(c) The financial requirements of each lump-sum account for the following calendar 
109.13 	year must be determined in the following manner:
109.14 	(1) The total accrued liability for all active and deferred members of the account as of 
109.15 	December 31 of the calendar year next following the current calendar year must be calculated 
109.16 	based on the good time service used in the calculation under paragraph (b), clause (1), 
109.17 	increased by one year.
109.18 	(2) The increase in the total accrued liability of the account for the following calendar 
109.19 	year over the total accrued liability of the account for the current year must be calculated.
109.20 	(3) The amount of administrative expenses of the account must be calculated by 
109.21 	multiplying the per-person dollar amount of the administrative expenses for the most recent 
109.22 	prior calendar year by the number of active and deferred firefighters reported to PERA on 
109.23 	the most recent good time service credit certification form for each account.
109.24 	(4) If the account is fully funded, the financial requirement of the account for the 
109.25 	following calendar year is the total of the amounts calculated under clauses (2) and (3).
109.26 	(5) If the account has a deficit from full funding, the financial requirement of the account 
109.27 	for the following calendar year is the total of the amounts calculated under clauses (2) and 
109.28 	(3) plus an amount equal to one-tenth of the amount of the deficit from full funding of the 
109.29 	account.
109.30 	(6) If the account has a surplus over full funding, the financial requirement of the account 
109.31 	for the following calendar year is the financial requirement of the account calculated as 
109.32 	though the account was fully funded under clause (4) and, if the account has also had a 
110.1 	surplus over full funding during the prior two years, additionally reduced by an amount 
110.2 	equal to one-tenth of the amount of the surplus over full funding of the account.
110.3 	(d) The required contribution of the entity or entities associated with the fire department 
110.4 	whose active firefighters are covered by the lump-sum retirement division is the annual 
110.5 	financial requirements of the lump-sum account of the retirement plan under paragraph (c) 
110.6 	reduced by the amount of any fire state aid payable under chapter 477B or police and 
110.7 	firefighter retirement supplemental state aid payable under section 423A.022 that is 
110.8 	reasonably anticipated to be received by the retirement plan attributable to the entity or 
110.9 	entities during the following calendar year, and an amount of interest on the assets projected 
110.10 	to be received during the following calendar year calculated at the rate of six percent per 
110.11 	annum. The required contribution must be allocated between the entities if more than one 
110.12 	entity is involved. A reasonable amount of anticipated fire state aid is an amount that does 
110.13 	not exceed the fire state aid actually received in the prior year multiplied by the factor 1.035.
110.14 	(e) The required contribution calculated in paragraph (d) must be paid to the retirement 
110.15 	plan on or before December 31 of the year for which it was calculated. If the contribution 
110.16 	is not received by the retirement plan by December 31, it is payable with interest at an 
110.17 	annual compound rate of six percent from the date due until the date payment is received 
110.18 	by the retirement plan. If the entity does not pay the full amount of the required contribution, 
110.19 	the executive director shall collect the unpaid amount under section 353.28, subdivision 6.

110.20 	Sec. 155. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 354.35, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
110.21 		Subdivision 1.Normal retirement age definition. For purposes of this section, "normal 
110.22 	retirement age" means normal retirement age as defined in United States Code, title 42, 
110.23 	section 416(1) 416(l), as amended.

110.24 	Sec. 156. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 357.18, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
110.25 		Subd. 5.Variance from standards. A document should conform to the standards in 
110.26 	section 507.093, paragraph (a), but should not be rejected unless the document is not legible 
110.27 	or cannot be archived. This subdivision applies only to documents dated after July 31, 1997, 
110.28 	and does not apply to Minnesota uniform conveyancing blanks on file in the office of the 
110.29 	commissioner of commerce provided for under section 507.09, certified copies, or any other 
110.30 	form provided for under Minnesota Statutes.

111.1 	Sec. 157. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 360.065, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
111.2 		Subdivision 1.Notice of proposed zoning regulations, hearing. (a) No airport zoning 
111.3 	regulations shall be adopted, amended, or changed under sections 360.011 to 360.076, 
111.4 	except by action of the governing body of the municipality, county, or joint airport zoning 
111.5 	board under section 360.0655 or 360.0656, or the boards provided for in section 360.063, 
111.6 	subdivisions 3 and 7, or by the commissioner as provided in section 360.063, subdivisions 
111.7 	6 and 8.
111.8 	(b) A public hearing must be held on the airport zoning regulations proposed by a 
111.9 	municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board before they are submitted to the 
111.10 	commissioner for approval. If any changes that alter the regulations placed on a parcel of 
111.11 	land are made to the proposed airport zoning regulations after the initial public hearing, the 
111.12 	municipality, county, or joint airport zoning board must hold a second public hearing before 
111.13 	final adoption of the regulation. The commissioner may require a second hearing as 
111.14 	determined necessary.
111.15 	(c) Notice of a hearing must be published by the municipality, county, or joint airport 
111.16 	zoning board at least three times during the period between 15 days and five days before 
111.17 	the hearing in an official newspaper and in a second newspaper designated by that authority 
111.18 	which has a wide general circulation in the area affected by the proposed regulations and 
111.19 	posted on the municipality's, county's, or joint airport zoning board's website. If there is not 
111.20 	a second newspaper of wide general circulation in the area that the municipality, county, 
111.21 	or joint airport zoning board can designate for the notice, the municipality, county, or joint 
111.22 	airport zoning board is only required to publish the notice once in the official newspaper 
111.23 	of the jurisdiction. The notice shall not be published in the legal notice section of a 
111.24 	newspaper. The notice must specify the time, location, and purpose of the hearing, and must 
111.25 	identify any additional location and time the proposed regulations will be available for 
111.26 	public inspection. A copy of the published notice must be added to the record of the 
111.27 	proceedings.
111.28 	(d) Notice of a hearing must be given by mail at least ten days before each hearing to 
111.29 	persons and landowners where the location or size of a building, or the density of population, 
111.30 	will be regulated. Mailed notice must also be provided at least ten days before each hearing 
111.31 	to persons or municipalities that have previously requested such notice from the municipality, 
111.32 	county, or joint airport zoning board. The notice must specify the time, location, and purpose 
111.33 	of the hearing, and must identify any additional location and time the proposed regulations 
111.34 	will be made available for public inspection. Mailed notice must also identify the property 
111.35 	affected by the regulations. For the purpose of providing mailed notice, the municipality, 
112.1 	county, or joint airport zoning board may use any appropriate records to determine the 
112.2 	names and addresses of owners. A copy of the notice and a list of the owners and addresses 
112.3 	to which the notice was sent must be added to the records of the proceedings. Failure to 
112.4 	provide mailed notice to individual property owners or a defect in the notice does not 
112.5 	invalidate the proceedings if a bona fide attempt to comply with this subdivision was made.

112.6 	Sec. 158. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 360.075, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
112.7 		Subdivision 1.Misdemeanor. Every person who:
112.8 	(1) operates an aircraft either on or over land or water in this state without the consent 
112.9 	of the owner of such aircraft;
112.10 	(2) operates aircraft while in the possession of any federal license, certificate, or permit 
112.11 	or any certificate of registration issued by the Transportation Department of this state, or 
112.12 	displays, or causes or permits to be displayed, such federal license, certificate, or permit or 
112.13 	such state certificate of registration, knowing either to have been canceled, revoked, 
112.14 	suspended, or altered;
112.15 	(3) lends to, or knowingly permits the use of by, one not entitled thereto of any federal 
112.16 	airman's or aircraft license, certificate, or permit, or any state airman's or aircraft certificate 
112.17 	of registration issued to that person;
112.18 	(4) displays or represents as the person's own any federal airman's or aircraft license, 
112.19 	certificate, or permit or any state airman's or aircraft certificate of registration not issued to 
112.20 	that person;
112.21 	(5) tampers with, climbs upon or into, makes use of, or navigates any aircraft without 
112.22 	the knowledge or consent of the owner or person having control thereof, whether while the 
112.23 	same is in motion or at rest, or hurls stones or any other missiles at aircraft, or the occupants 
112.24 	thereof, or otherwise damages or interferes with the same, or places upon any portion of 
112.25 	any airport any object, obstruction, or other device tending to injure aircraft or parts thereof;
112.26 	(6) uses a false or fictitious name, gives a false or fictitious address, knowingly makes 
112.27 	any false statement or report, or knowingly conceals a material fact, or otherwise commits 
112.28 	a fraud in any application or form required under the provisions of sections 360.011 to 
112.29 	360.076, or by any rules or orders of the commissioner;
112.30 	(7) operates any aircraft in such a manner as to indicate either a willful or a wanton 
112.31 	disregard for the safety of persons or property;
113.1 	(8) carries on or over land or water in this state in an aircraft other than a public aircraft 
113.2 	any explosive substance except as permitted by the Federal Explosives Act, being the Act 
113.3 	of October 6, 1917, as amended by Public Law 775, 77th Congress, approved November 
113.4 	24, 1942 77-775;
113.5 	(9) discharges a gun, pistol, or other weapon in or from any aircraft in this state except 
113.6 	as the hunting of certain wild animals from aircraft may be permitted by other laws of this 
113.7 	state, or unless the person is the pilot or officer in command of the aircraft or a peace officer 
113.8 	or a member of the military or naval forces of the United States, engaged in the performance 
113.9 	of duty;
113.10 	(10) carries in any aircraft, other than a public aircraft, any shotgun, rifle, pistol, or small 
113.11 	arms ammunition except in the manner in which such articles may be lawfully carried in 
113.12 	motor vehicles in this state, or is a person excepted from the provisions of clause (9);
113.13 	(11) engages in acrobatic or stunt flying without being equipped with a parachute and 
113.14 	without providing any other occupants of the aircraft with parachutes and requiring that 
113.15 	they be worn;
113.16 	(12) while in flying over a thickly inhabited area or over a public gathering in this state, 
113.17 	engages in trick or acrobatic flying or in any acrobatic feat;
113.18 	(13) except while in landing or taking off, flies at such low levels as to endanger persons 
113.19 	on the surface beneath, or engages in advertising through the playing of music or transcribed 
113.20 	or oral announcements, or makes any noise with any siren, horn, whistle, or other audible 
113.21 	device which is not necessary for the normal operation of the aircraft, except that sound 
113.22 	amplifying devices may be used in aircraft when operated by or under the authority of any 
113.23 	agency of the state or federal government for the purpose of giving warning or instructions 
113.24 	to persons on the ground;
113.25 	(14) drops any object, except loose water, loose fuel, or loose sand ballast, without the 
113.26 	prior written consent of the commissioner of transportation and the prior written consent 
113.27 	of the municipality or property owner where objects may land; drops objects from an aircraft 
113.28 	that endanger person or property on the ground, or drops leaflets for any purpose whatsoever; 
113.29 	or
113.30 	(15) while in flight in an aircraft, whether as a pilot, passenger, or otherwise, endangers, 
113.31 	kills, or attempts to kill any birds or animals or uses any aircraft for the purpose of 
113.32 	concentrating, driving, rallying, or stirring up migratory waterfowl;
113.33 	except as may be permitted by other laws of this state, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

114.1 	Sec. 159. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 360.305, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
114.2 		Subd. 2.Commissioner's order; federal essential air service program. (a) Before 
114.3 	any expenditure of any of the money appropriated pursuant to this section to assist political 
114.4 	subdivisions, municipalities, and public corporations in acquiring, constructing, improving, 
114.5 	maintaining, and operating airports and other air navigation facilities may be authorized, 
114.6 	the commissioner of transportation shall have made, with the approval of the governor, an 
114.7 	order designating the municipalities and airports which are a part of the key airport system, 
114.8 	the intermediate airport system, the landing strip system, and the state system of radio and 
114.9 	navigational aids, in accordance with the definitions and limitations stated in subdivision 
114.10 	3.
114.11 	(b) The commissioner may use state airports fund money to provide the state's matching 
114.12 	portion required to participate in the federal essential air service program under United 
114.13 	States Code, title 49 App., sections 1301 to 1551, as amended by the Airport and Airway 
114.14 	Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1987, Public Law 100-223, section 202 41731 to 
114.15 	41748.

114.16 	Sec. 160. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 360.305, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
114.17 		Subd. 4.Costs allocated; local contribution; hangar construction account. (a) 
114.18 	Annually by June 1, the commissioner of transportation shall establish local contribution 
114.19 	rates which will apply to a political subdivision, municipality, or public corporation when 
114.20 	applying for state or federal funding assistance to construct, improve, maintain, or operate 
114.21 	an airport, or to acquire land for airport facilities or clear zones. If the commissioner does 
114.22 	not establish local contribution rates by June 1, the previous rates apply.
114.23 	(b) The commissioner may pay all costs beyond the local contribution. Local contribution 
114.24 	rates shall not be less than five percent of the total cost of the activity or acquisition, except 
114.25 	that the commissioner may require less than five percent for research projects, radio or 
114.26 	navigational aids, activities, or acquisitions for which federal funds are available to cover 
114.27 	more than 90 percent of the total cost, or as otherwise necessary to respond to an emergency.
114.28 	(c) The commissioner's establishment of local contribution rates is not subject to the 
114.29 	rulemaking requirements of chapter 14.
114.30 	(d) To receive aid under this section, the municipality must enter into an agreement with 
114.31 	the commissioner giving assurance that the airport will be operated and maintained in a 
114.32 	safe, serviceable manner for aeronautical purposes only for the use and benefit of the public:
115.1 	(1) for 20 years after the date the municipality receives any state funds for construction 
115.2 	or improvement costs; and
115.3 	(2) for 99 years after the date the municipality receives any state funds for land acquisition 
115.4 	costs. If any land acquired with state funds ceases to be used for aviation purposes, the 
115.5 	municipality shall repay the state airports fund the same percentage of the appraised value 
115.6 	of the property as that percentage of the costs of acquisition and participation provided by 
115.7 	the state to acquire the land.
115.8 	The agreement may contain other conditions as the commissioner deems reasonable.
115.9 	(e) The commissioner shall establish a hangar construction revolving account, which 
115.10 	shall be used for the purpose of financing the construction of hangar buildings to be 
115.11 	constructed by municipalities owning airports. All municipalities owning airports are 
115.12 	authorized to enter into contracts for the construction of hangars, and contracts with the 
115.13 	commissioner for the financing of hangar construction for an amount and period of time as 
115.14 	may be determined by the commissioner and municipality. All receipts from the financing 
115.15 	contracts shall be deposited in the hangar construction revolving account and are 
115.16 	reappropriated for the purpose of financing construction of hangar buildings. The 
115.17 	commissioner shall transfer up to $4,400,000 from the state airports fund to the hangar 
115.18 	construction revolving account.
115.19 	(f) The commissioner may contribute to costs incurred by any municipality for airport 
115.20 	maintenance and operations, safety equipment, and airport snow removal.
115.21 	(g) This subdivision applies only to project costs or acquisition costs of municipally 
115.22 	owned airports incurred after June 1, 1971.

115.23 	Sec. 161. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 360.511, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
115.24 		Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purposes of sections 360.54 to 360.67, 360.521 to 360.675,
115.25 	the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the meanings herein given, unless 
115.26 	otherwise specifically defined or unless another intention clearly appears or the context 
115.27 	otherwise requires.

115.28 	Sec. 162. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 360.531, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
115.29 		Subdivision 1.In lieu tax. All aircraft using the air space overlying the state of Minnesota 
115.30 	or the airports thereof, except as set forth in section 360.55, shall be taxed in lieu of all other 
115.31 	taxes thereon, on the basis and at the rate for the period January 1, 1966, to June 30, 1967, 
115.32 	and for each fiscal year as follows.

116.1 	Sec. 163. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 360.531, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
116.2 		Subd. 8.Tax, fiscal year. Every aircraft subject to the provisions of sections 360.511
116.3 	to 360.67 which has at any time since April 19, 1945, used the air space overlying the state 
116.4 	of Minnesota or the airports thereof shall be taxed for the period from January 1, 1966, 
116.5 	through June 30, 1967, and for each fiscal year thereafter in which it is so used. Any aircraft 
116.6 	which does not use the air space overlying the state of Minnesota or the airports thereof at 
116.7 	any time during the period of January 1, 1966, to and including June 30, 1967, or at any 
116.8 	time during any fiscal year thereafter shall not be subject to the tax provided by sections 
116.9 	360.511 to 360.67 for such period. Rebuilt aircraft shall be subject to the tax provided by 
116.10 	sections 360.511 to 360.67 for that portion of the aforesaid periods fiscal year remaining 
116.11 	after the aircraft has been rebuilt, prorated on a monthly basis.

116.12 	Sec. 164. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 360.54, is amended to read:
116.13 	360.54 PRESUMPTION THAT AIRCRAFT SUBJECT TO TAX.
116.14 	Every aircraft shall be presumed to be one using the air space overlying the state of 
116.15 	Minnesota or the airports thereof, and thence subject to taxation under sections 360.511 to 
116.16 	360.67, if such aircraft has prior to the effective date of Laws 1945, chapter 411 April 20, 
116.17 	1945, used such air space or airports, or shall actually use them or if it shall come into the 
116.18 	possession of an owner in this state, other than a manufacturer, dealer, warehouse operator, 
116.19 	mortgagee, or pledgee and it shall be the burden of the owner thereof to prove that said 
116.20 	aircraft has not in fact used the air space overlying the state of Minnesota or the airports 
116.21 	thereof in order to avoid the payment of the tax as required herein.

116.22 	Sec. 165. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 360.55, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
116.23 		Subdivision 1.Nonresident, noncommercial operator. Subject to the exceptions set 
116.24 	forth in section 360.532, any aircraft owned by a nonresident of this state and transiently 
116.25 	or temporarily using the air space overlying this state or the airports thereof shall be exempt 
116.26 	from taxation under the provisions of sections 360.511 to 360.67 unless it uses the air space 
116.27 	overlying this state or the airports thereof for more than 60 days in the tax period of January 
116.28 	1, 1966, to and including June 30, 1967, or any fiscal year thereafter. The operation of an 
116.29 	aircraft in the air space overlying this state or the use of airports within this state for any 
116.30 	purpose at any time during one day shall be considered as use for one complete day. Aircraft 
116.31 	owned by nonresidents, on the ground at an airport in this state for major repairs, shall not 
116.32 	be considered as using the airports of this state while being repaired and while awaiting 
117.1 	return to the nonresident owner; provided however, such waiting period shall not exceed 
117.2 	60 days from completion of the repairs.

117.3 	Sec. 166. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 360.55, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
117.4 		Subd. 3.Civil Air Patrol. Any aircraft owned and used solely in the transaction of 
117.5 	official business by any unit of the Civil Air Patrol created by Public Law 476, 79th Congress, 
117.6 	Public Law 557, 80th Congress, or acts amendatory thereto under United States Code, title 
117.7 	36, chapter 403, whether or not the title to the aircraft is retained by the federal government 
117.8 	or vested in such unit unconditionally, is exempt from the provisions of sections 360.54 to 
117.9 	360.57 requiring the payment of tax, but all such aircraft must be registered as required by 
117.10 	sections 360.54 to 360.57.

117.11 	Sec. 167. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 360.60, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
117.12 		Subdivision 1.Registration required; exemption; perjury. Every aircraft not exempted 
117.13 	by sections 360.54 and 360.55 shall be registered as required by this act whether or not said 
117.14 	aircraft is being used in the air space overlying the state of Minnesota or on the airports 
117.15 	thereof. Aircraft which have become damaged, are unairworthy and not in flying condition, 
117.16 	and which have not in fact used the air space overlying the state of Minnesota or the airports 
117.17 	thereof during the period January 1, 1966, to and including June 30, 1967, or during any 
117.18 	fiscal year thereafter, shall not be subject to the tax provided by this act for such tax periods; 
117.19 	provided the owner of such aircraft shall with the application for registration file with the 
117.20 	commissioner a signed statement describing the aircraft, its condition, and the reason for 
117.21 	such aircraft not being in operating condition, and furnish such other information as may 
117.22 	be necessary for the commissioner to determine that the aircraft is not in fact using the air 
117.23 	space overlying the state of Minnesota or the airports thereof. Any false statement willfully 
117.24 	and knowingly made in regard thereto shall be deemed a perjury and punished accordingly. 
117.25 	Upon receipt of such application together with the statement required herein, the 
117.26 	commissioner shall issue to such owner a certificate which shall state thereon that the tax 
117.27 	has not been paid and that the aircraft shall not use the air space overlying the state of 
117.28 	Minnesota or the airports thereof until the tax required by this act has been paid.

117.29 	Sec. 168. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 360.61, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
117.30 		Subd. 2.Renewal registration. The tax for that period January 1, 1966, to and including 
117.31 	June 30, 1967, and for each fiscal year, shall be due and payable July 1, and a penalty shall 
117.32 	be assessed upon the expiration of ten days after July 1 of that fiscal year, unless paid.

118.1 	Sec. 169. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 360.62, is amended to read:
118.2 	360.62 TAX REFUND.
118.3 	(a) Except as provided herein the tax upon any aircraft which has been paid for any year, 
118.4 	shall be refunded only for errors made in computing the tax or fees or for the error on the 
118.5 	part of an owner who may in error have registered an aircraft that was not before, nor at the 
118.6 	time of such registration, nor at any time thereafter during the tax period, subject to such 
118.7 	tax in this state; provided that after more than 24 months after such tax was paid no refund 
118.8 	shall be made for any tax paid on any aircraft. Refunds as provided by sections 360.511 to 
118.9 	360.67 shall be made in the manner provided by Laws 1947, chapter 416. The former owner 
118.10 	of a transferred aircraft by an assignment in writing endorsed upon the former owner's 
118.11 	registration certificate and delivered to the commissioner within the time provided herein 
118.12 	may sell and assign to the new owner thereof the right to have the tax paid by the former 
118.13 	owner accredited to such new owner who duly registers such aircraft. Any owner whose 
118.14 	aircraft shall be destroyed or permanently removed from the state shall be entitled to a 
118.15 	refund for the unused portion of the tax paid upon the aircraft so destroyed or removed from 
118.16 	the state, such refund to be computed pro rata by the month, and to be equal to the monthly 
118.17 	tax rate multiplied by the number of full calendar months remaining in the fiscal year, or 
118.18 	multiplied by the number of full calendar months remaining in that period between January 
118.19 	1, 1966, to and including June 30, 1967, whichever period is applicable.
118.20 	(b) In order to secure such refund, the aircraft owner shall submit a signed statement 
118.21 	that such aircraft has either been sold out of state or destroyed, the date of such sale or 
118.22 	destruction, and such other information as the commissioner may require. Any false statement 
118.23 	willfully and knowingly made in regard thereto shall be deemed a perjury and punished 
118.24 	accordingly. No refund shall be made if application is not made within 12 months after the 
118.25 	date the aircraft was sold out of state or destroyed.

118.26 	Sec. 170. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 360.83, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
118.27 		Subd. 3.Zoning regulations controlling. In territory for which zoning regulations have 
118.28 	been adopted pursuant to sections 360.061 to 360.074, no permit from the commissioner is 
118.29 	required. Regulations effective on the effective date of Laws 1959, chapter 387, or which 
118.30 	become effective subsequent to that date or after April 25, 1959, shall control the erection, 
118.31 	addition to the height of, or replacement of a structure. No person may erect, add to the 
118.32 	height of, or replace any structure except as allowed by those zoning regulations.

119.1 	Sec. 171. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 360.83, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
119.2 		Subd. 5.Exception for structure already in place or federally authorized. No permit 
119.3 	is required for structures existing or authorized by an agency of the federal government 
119.4 	prior to the effective date of Laws 1959, chapter 387 April 25, 1959. No change in the rules 
119.5 	of the commissioner and no relocation or alteration of an airport imposes a new restriction 
119.6 	on any structure existing or authorized by an agency of the federal government at the time 
119.7 	of the change, relocation, or alteration.

119.8 	Sec. 172. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 360.84, is amended to read:
119.9 	360.84 HEIGHT LIMITATIONS; EXCEPTIONS.
119.10 	No permit shall be issued to erect, or add to the height of any structure which will extend 
119.11 	more than 1,000 feet above the highest point of land within a one mile radius from the 
119.12 	location of the structure, except as hereinafter provided, or shall any person erect, or add 
119.13 	to the height of any structure for which a permit is required that exceeds the height allowed 
119.14 	by the permit.
119.15 	The commissioner may issue a permit to erect or add to a structure which will extend 
119.16 	to a height of more than 1,000 feet above the highest point of land within a one mile radius 
119.17 	from the location of the structure proposed to be erected or added to if such proposed 
119.18 	structure will not be higher than 50 feet above the height of the highest structure in existence 
119.19 	on the effective date of Laws 1959, chapter 387 April 25, 1959, which is within a distance 
119.20 	of one mile from the location of the structure proposed to be erected or added to.
119.21 	Sections 360.81 to 360.91 do not apply to a structure for which an erection permit is 
119.22 	required by the federal government.

119.23 	Sec. 173. Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 383B.041, subdivision 3, is 
119.24 	amended to read:
119.25 		Subd. 3.Political committees, political funds, and independent expenditures. (a) 
119.26 	The provisions of chapter 10A apply to political committees as defined in section 10A.01, 
119.27 	subdivision 27; political funds as defined in section 10A.01, subdivision 28; and independent 
119.28 	expenditures as defined in section 10A.01, subdivision 18, related to:
119.29 	(1) a campaign for the nomination or election of a candidate for:
119.30 	(i) a county office in Hennepin County;
120.1 	(ii) a city office in a home rule charter or statutory city located wholly within Hennepin 
120.2 	County with a population of 75,000 or more; or
120.3 	(iii) the school board in Special School District No. 1; and
120.4 	(2) a ballot question or proposition that may be voted on by:
120.5 	(i) all voters in Hennepin County;
120.6 	(ii) all voters of a home rule charter or statutory city located wholly within Hennepin 
120.7 	County and having a population of 75,000 or more; or
120.8 	(iii) all voters in Special School District No. 1.
120.9 	(b) The provisions of chapter 211A apply to a campaign for nomination or election for 
120.10 	an office in the following political subdivisions:
120.11 	(1) a home rule charter or statutory city located wholly within Hennepin County and 
120.12 	having a population of less than 75,000; and
120.13 	(2) a school district located wholly within Hennepin County other than Special School 
120.14 	District No. 1.
120.15 	(c) The provisions of chapter 211A apply to a ballot question or proposition that may 
120.16 	be voted on by:
120.17 	(1) all voters of a home rule charter or statutory city located wholly within Hennepin 
120.18 	County and having a population of less than 75,000; and
120.19 	(2) all voters of a school district located wholly within Hennepin County other than 
120.20 	Special School District No. 1.

120.21 	Sec. 174. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 383B.063, is amended to read:
120.22 	383B.063 FORT SNELLING PRECINCT.
120.23 	That part of Fort Snelling Reservation in the 32nd legislative district of the state of 
120.24 	Minnesota shall constitute one precinct for the electors resident therein. The county board 
120.25 	of Hennepin County shall provide for and designate a polling place for this precinct the area 
120.26 	known as Fort Snelling, which may be within the municipality of Richfield.

120.27 	Sec. 175. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 403.02, subdivision 20a, is amended to read:
120.28 		Subd. 20a.Wireless telecommunications service. "Wireless telecommunications 
120.29 	service" means a commercial mobile radio service, as that term is defined in United States
120.30 	Code of Federal Regulations, title 47, section 332, subsection (d) 20.3, including all 
121.1 	broadband personal communication services, wireless radio telephone services, and 
121.2 	geographic area specialized mobile radio licensees, that offer real-time, two-way voice 
121.3 	service interconnected with the public switched telephone network.

121.4 	Sec. 176. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 403.05, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
121.5 		Subd. 2.Rule requirements for 911 system plans. Each county or any other 
121.6 	governmental agency shall maintain and update its 911 system plans as required under 
121.7 	Minnesota Rules, chapter 1215 7580.

121.8 	Sec. 177. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 403.07, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
121.9 		Subd. 3.Database. In 911 systems that have been approved by the commissioner for a 
121.10 	local location identification database, each wire-line telecommunications service provider 
121.11 	shall provide current customer names, service addresses, and telephone numbers to each 
121.12 	public safety answering point within the 911 system and shall update the information 
121.13 	according to a schedule prescribed by the county 911 plan. Information provided under this 
121.14 	subdivision must be provided in accordance with the transactional record disclosure 
121.15 	requirements of the federal Communications Act of 1932 1934, United States Code, title 
121.16 	47, section 222, subsection (g).

121.17 	Sec. 178. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 403.32, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
121.18 		Subd. 2.Sale, terms, security. The Metropolitan Council shall sell and issue the bonds 
121.19 	in the manner provided in chapter 475 and shall have the same powers and duties as a 
121.20 	municipality issuing bonds under that law chapter, except that the approval of a majority 
121.21 	of the electors shall not be required and the net debt limitations shall not apply. The bonds 
121.22 	shall be secured in accordance with section 475.61, subdivision 1, and any taxes required 
121.23 	for their payment shall be levied by the council, shall not affect the amount or rate of taxes 
121.24 	which may be levied by the council for other purposes, and shall be levied without limitation 
121.25 	of rate or amount upon all taxable property in the transit taxing district and transit area as 
121.26 	provided in section 473.446, subdivision 1.

121.27 	Sec. 179. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 403.39, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
121.28 		Subd. 3.Relationship to local governments. Where a regional radio board has been 
121.29 	established in accordance with this section, local governments and other public entities 
121.30 	eligible under part 90 of the FCC rules Code of Federal Regulations, title 47, part 90, to 
121.31 	operate upon a statewide, shared public safety radio and communication system within the 
122.1 	region covered by the regional radio board must coordinate its implementation through one 
122.2 	of the parties to the joint powers agreement. For purposes of grants made available by the 
122.3 	Department of Public Safety, a regional radio board is entitled to apply for, receive, and 
122.4 	administer grants on behalf of one or more public safety entities operating within the counties 
122.5 	who are a party to the joint powers agreement.

122.6 	Sec. 180. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 444.075, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
122.7 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. The definitions in this subdivision apply in this section.
122.8 	(a) "Municipality" means a home rule charter or statutory city or a town that is not in 
122.9 	an orderly annexation process on October 3, 1989.
122.10 	(b) "Governing body" means the town board with respect to towns.
122.11 	(c) "Waterworks" means waterworks systems, including mains, valves, hydrants, service 
122.12 	connections, wells, pumps, reservoirs, tanks, treatment plants, and other appurtenances of 
122.13 	a waterworks system.
122.14 	(d) "Sanitary sewer" means sanitary sewer systems, including sewage treatment works, 
122.15 	disposal systems, and other facilities for disposing of sewage, industrial waste, or other 
122.16 	wastes.
122.17 	(e) "Storm sewer" means storm sewer systems, including mains, holding areas and ponds, 
122.18 	and other appurtenances and related facilities for the collection and disposal of storm water.
122.19 	(f) "Facilities" means and includes waterworks, sanitary sewer and storm sewer systems, 
122.20 	or any portion or portions thereof.

122.21 	Sec. 181. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 477A.017, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
122.22 		Subd. 3.Conformity. Other law to the contrary notwithstanding, in order to receive 
122.23 	distributions under sections 477A.011 to 477A.03, counties and cities must conform to the 
122.24 	standards set in subdivision 2 in making all financial reports required to be made to the state 
122.25 	auditor after June 30, 1984.

122.26 	Sec. 182. Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 504B.206, subdivision 6, is 
122.27 	amended to read:
122.28 		Subd. 6.Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings 
122.29 	given:
123.1 	(1) "court official" means a judge, referee, court administrator, prosecutor, probation 
123.2 	officer, or victim's advocate, whether employed by or under contract with the court, who 
123.3 	is authorized to act on behalf of the court;
123.4 	(2) "qualified third party" means a person, acting in an official capacity, who has had 
123.5 	in-person contact with the tenant and is:
123.6 	(i) a licensed health care professional operating within the scope of the license;
123.7 	(ii) a domestic abuse advocate, as that term is defined in section 595.02, subdivision 1, 
123.8 	paragraph (l); or
123.9 	(iii) a sexual assault counselor, as that term is defined in section 595.02, subdivision 1, 
123.10 	paragraph (k);
123.11 	(3) "qualifying document" means:
123.12 	(i) a valid order for protection issued under chapter 518B;
123.13 	(ii) a no contact order currently in effect, issued under section 629.75 or chapter 609;
123.14 	(iii) a writing produced and signed by a court official, acting in an official capacity, 
123.15 	documenting that the tenant or authorized occupant is a victim of domestic abuse, as that 
123.16 	term is defined under section 518B.01, subdivision 2, criminal sexual conduct under sections 
123.17 	609.342 to 609.3451, sexual extortion under section 609.3458, or harassment, as that term 
123.18 	is defined under section 609.749, subdivision 1, and naming the perpetrator, if known;
123.19 	(iv) a writing produced and signed by a city, county, state, or tribal law enforcement 
123.20 	official, acting in an official capacity, documenting that the tenant or authorized occupant 
123.21 	is a victim of domestic abuse, as that term is defined under section 518B.01, subdivision 2, 
123.22 	criminal sexual conduct under sections 609.342 to 609.3451, sexual extortion under section 
123.23 	609.3458, or harassment, as that term is defined under section 609.749, subdivision 1, and 
123.24 	naming the perpetrator, if known; or
123.25 	(v) a statement by a qualified third party, in the following form:
123.26 	STATEMENT BY QUALIFIED THIRD PARTY
123.27 	I, .................... (name of qualified third party), do hereby verify as follows:
123.28 	1. I am a licensed health care professional, domestic abuse advocate, as that term is 
123.29 	defined in section 595.02, subdivision 1, paragraph (l), or sexual assault counselor, as that 
123.30 	term is defined in section 595.02, subdivision 1, paragraph (k), who has had in-person 
123.31 	contact with .................... (name of victim(s)).
124.1 	2. I have a reasonable basis to believe .................... (name of victim(s)) is a victim/are 
124.2 	victims of domestic abuse, criminal sexual conduct, sexual extortion, or harassment and 
124.3 	fear(s) imminent violence against the individual or authorized occupant if the individual 
124.4 	remains (the individuals remain) in the leased premises.
124.5 	3. I understand that the person(s) listed above may use this document as a basis for 
124.6 	gaining a release from the lease.
124.7 	I attest that the foregoing is true and correct.
124.8 	(Printed name of qualified third party)
124.9 	(Signature of qualified third party)
124.10 	(Business address and business telephone)
124.11 	(Date)

124.12 	Sec. 183. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 524.5-118, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
124.13 		Subdivision 1.When required; exception. (a) The court shall require a background 
124.14 	study under this section:
124.15 	(1) before the appointment of a guardian or conservator, unless a background study has 
124.16 	been done on the person under this section within the previous five years; and
124.17 	(2) once every five years after the appointment, if the person continues to serve as a 
124.18 	guardian or conservator.
124.19 	(b) The background study must include:
124.20 	(1) criminal history data from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, other criminal 
124.21 	history data held by the commissioner of human services, and data regarding whether the 
124.22 	person has been a perpetrator of substantiated maltreatment of a vulnerable adult or minor;
124.23 	(2) criminal history data from a national criminal history record check as defined in 
124.24 	section 245C.02, subdivision 13c; and
124.25 	(3) state licensing agency data if a search of the database or databases of the agencies 
124.26 	listed in subdivision 2a shows that the proposed guardian or conservator has ever held a 
124.27 	professional license directly related to the responsibilities of a professional fiduciary from 
124.28 	an agency listed in subdivision 2a that was conditioned, suspended, revoked, or canceled.
124.29 	(c) If the guardian or conservator is not an individual, the background study must be 
124.30 	done on all individuals currently employed by the proposed guardian or conservator who 
125.1 	will be responsible for exercising powers and duties under the guardianship or 
125.2 	conservatorship.
125.3 	(d) If the court determines that it would be in the best interests of the person subject to 
125.4 	guardianship or conservatorship to appoint a guardian or conservator before the background 
125.5 	study can be completed, the court may make the appointment pending the results of the 
125.6 	study, however, the background study must then be completed as soon as reasonably possible 
125.7 	after appointment, no later than 30 days after appointment.
125.8 	(e) The fee for background studies conducted under this section is specified in section 
125.9 	245C.10, subdivision 14. The fee for conducting a background study for appointment of a 
125.10 	professional guardian or conservator must be paid by the guardian or conservator. In other 
125.11 	cases, the fee must be paid as follows:
125.12 	(1) if the matter is proceeding in forma pauperis, the fee is an expense for purposes of 
125.13 	section 524.5-502, paragraph (a);
125.14 	(2) if there is an estate of the person subject to guardianship or conservatorship, the fee 
125.15 	must be paid from the estate; or
125.16 	(3) in the case of a guardianship or conservatorship of the person that is not proceeding 
125.17 	in forma pauperis, the court may order that the fee be paid by the guardian or conservator 
125.18 	or by the court.
125.19 	(f) The requirements of this subdivision do not apply if the guardian or conservator is:
125.20 	(1) a state agency or county;
125.21 	(2) a parent or guardian of a person proposed to be subject to guardianship or 
125.22 	conservatorship who has a developmental disability, if the parent or guardian has raised the 
125.23 	person proposed to be subject to guardianship or conservatorship in the family home until 
125.24 	the time the petition is filed, unless counsel appointed for the person proposed to be subject 
125.25 	to guardianship or conservatorship under section 524.5-205, paragraph (d) (e); 524.5-304, 
125.26 	paragraph (b); 524.5-405, paragraph (a); or 524.5-406, paragraph (b), recommends a 
125.27 	background study; or
125.28 	(3) a bank with trust powers, bank and trust company, or trust company, organized under 
125.29 	the laws of any state or of the United States and which is regulated by the commissioner of 
125.30 	commerce or a federal regulator.

126.1 	Sec. 184. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 546.10, is amended to read:
126.2 	546.10 CHALLENGES.
126.3 	In any civil action or proceeding either party may challenge the panel, or individual 
126.4 	jurors thereon, for the same causes and in the same manner as in criminal trials, except that 
126.5 	the number of peremptory challenges to be allowed on either side shall be as provided in 
126.6 	this section. Before challenging a juror, either party may examine the juror in reference to 
126.7 	qualifications to sit as a juror in the cause. A sufficient number of jurors shall be called in 
126.8 	the action so that six shall remain after the exercise of the peremptory challenges as provided 
126.9 	in this section, and to provide alternate jurors when ordered by the court under rule 47.02
126.10 	of the Rules of Civil Procedure. Each party shall be entitled to two peremptory challenges, 
126.11 	which shall be made alternately beginning with the defendant. The parties to the action shall 
126.12 	be deemed two, all plaintiffs being one party, and all defendants being the other party, 
126.13 	except, in case two or more defendants have adverse interests, the court, if satisfied that the 
126.14 	due protection of their interests so requires, may allow the defendant or defendants on each 
126.15 	side of the adverse interests not to exceed two peremptory challenges. When the peremptory 
126.16 	challenges have been exhausted or declined, the first six of the remaining jurors shall 
126.17 	constitute the jury.

126.18 	Sec. 185. Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 13, article 3, section 8, subdivision 3, 
126.19 	is amended to read:
126.20 		Subd. 3.Mentoring, induction, and retention incentive program grants for teachers 
126.21 	of color. (a) For the development and expansion of mentoring, induction, and retention 
126.22 	programs designed for teachers of color or American Indian teachers under Minnesota 
126.23 	Statutes, section 122A.70:

126.24		$
	3,004,000
	.....
	2022
	
126.25		$
	2,996,000
	.....
	2023
	
126.26 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the following fiscal 
126.27 	year.
126.28 	(c) The base appropriation for grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.70, for 
126.29 	fiscal year 2024 and later is $2,996,000, of which at least $2,330,000 each fiscal year must 
126.30 	be granted for the development and expansion of mentoring, induction, and retention 
126.31 	programs designed for teachers of color or American Indian teachers.
126.32 	(d) The board may retain up to three percent of the appropriation amount to monitor and 
126.33 	administer the grant program.

127.1 	Sec. 186. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 127.2 	In chapter 72B of Minnesota Statutes, the revisor shall replace the range reference, 
127.3 	"72B.01 to 72B.14" with "72B.01 to 72B.136."

127.4 	Sec. 187. REPEALER.
 127.5 		Subdivision 1.Obsolete subdivision. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13.381, 
127.6 	subdivision 7, is repealed.
127.7 		Subd. 2.Obsolete subdivisions. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13.411, subdivisions 
127.8 	4 and 5, are repealed.
127.9 		Subd. 3.Obsolete subdivision. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13.712, subdivision 
127.10 	5, is repealed.
127.11 		Subd. 4.Obsolete section. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 93.58, is repealed.
127.12 		Subd. 5.Obsolete subdivision. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97A.056, subdivision 
127.13 	7, is repealed.
127.14 		Subd. 6.Obsolete section. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116J.9661, is repealed.
127.15 		Subd. 7.Obsolete section. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 161.203, is repealed.
127.16 		Subd. 8.Obsolete section. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 173.18, is repealed.
127.17 		Subd. 9.Obsolete subdivision. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 174.03, subdivision 
127.18 	6a, is repealed.
127.19 		Subd. 10.Obsolete subdivision. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 245.4662, subdivision 
127.20 	4, is repealed.
127.21 		Subd. 11.Obsolete subdivision. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 256B.0625, subdivision 
127.22 	18c, is repealed.
127.23 		Subd. 12.Obsolete subdivision. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 256B.0625, subdivision 
127.24 	18d, is repealed.
127.25 		Subd. 13.Obsolete section. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 256R.49, is repealed.
127.26 		Subd. 14.Obsolete subdivision. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 297A.71, subdivision 
127.27 	49, is repealed.
127.28 		Subd. 15.Obsolete section. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 473.5955, is repealed.
127.29 		Subd. 16.Obsolete subpart. Minnesota Rules, part 4764.0020, subpart 36, is repealed.

128.1 	Sec. 188. SUPERSEDING ACTS.
 128.2 	Any amendments or repeals enacted in the 2022 session of the legislature to sections 
128.3 	also amended or repealed in this act supersede the amendments or repeals in this act, 
128.4 	regardless of order of enactment.

128.5 	ARTICLE 2
128.6 	MANUFACTURED HOME PARK DEFINITIONS

128.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 327C.01, subdivision 1c, is amended to read:
128.8 		Subd. 1c.Resident copy; shelter plan attached. Beginning with rental agreements 
128.9 	signed on August 1, 1994, or after, The park owner shall give a copy of the signed rental 
128.10 	agreement to each resident with a copy of the evacuation or shelter plan attached. In addition, 
128.11 	for existing leases, by August 15, 1994, the park owner shall provide each resident with a 
128.12 	copy of the park evacuation or shelter plan.

128.13 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 327C.01, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
128.14 		Subd. 13.Class I manufactured home park. A "Class I manufactured home park" 
128.15 	means a manufactured home park that complies with the provisions of section 327C.16.

128.16 	Sec. 3. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 128.17 	(a) The revisor of statutes shall renumber the provisions of Minnesota Statutes listed in 
128.18 	column A to the references listed in column B. The revisor of statutes may alter the 
128.19 	renumbering to incorporate statutory changes made during the 2022 legislative session. The 
128.20 	revisor shall also make necessary cross-reference changes in Minnesota Statutes consistent 
128.21 	with the renumbering in this instruction.

128.22	Column A
	Column B
	
128.23	327C.01, subdivision 1
	327C.015, subdivision 1
	
128.24	327C.01, subdivision 1a
	327C.015, subdivision 3
	
128.25	327C.01, subdivision 1b
	327C.015, subdivision 4
	
128.26	327C.01, subdivision 1c
	327C.025
	
128.27	327C.01, subdivision 2
	327C.015, subdivision 5
	
128.28	327C.01, subdivision 3
	327C.015, subdivision 6
	
128.29	327C.01, subdivision 4
	327C.015, subdivision 7
	
128.30	327C.01, subdivision 5
	327C.015, subdivision 8
	
128.31	327C.01, subdivision 6
	327C.015, subdivision 9
	
128.32	327C.01, subdivision 7
	327C.015, subdivision 10
	
129.1	327C.01, subdivision 7a
	327C.015, subdivision 11
	
129.2	327C.01, subdivision 8
	327C.015, subdivision 12
	
129.3	327C.01, subdivision 8a
	327C.015, subdivision 13
	
129.4	327C.01, subdivision 9
	327C.015, subdivision 14
	
129.5	327C.01, subdivision 9a
	327C.015, subdivision 15
	
129.6	327C.01, subdivision 10
	327C.015, subdivision 16
	
129.7	327C.01, subdivision 11
	327C.015, subdivision 17
	
129.8	327C.01, subdivision 12
	327C.015, subdivision 18
	
129.9	327C.01, subdivision 13
	327C.015, subdivision 2
	
129.10 	(b) This act is intended to be a reorganization of statutes relating to definitions for 
129.11 	manufactured home park lot rentals in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 327C. The changes that 
129.12 	have been made are not intended to change the meaning or prior interpretation of those 
129.13 	laws.

129.14 	ARTICLE 3
129.15 	HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY CORRECTIONS

129.16 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 462A.03, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
129.17 		Subd. 13.Eligible mortgagor. "Eligible mortgagor" means a nonprofit or cooperative 
129.18 	housing corporation; the Department of Administration for the purpose of developing 
129.19 	community-based programs as defined in section 252.50; a limited profit entity or a builder 
129.20 	as defined by the agency in its rules, which sponsors or constructs residential housing as 
129.21 	defined in subdivision 7; or a natural person of low or moderate income, except that the 
129.22 	return to a limited dividend entity shall not exceed 15 percent of the capital contribution of 
129.23 	the investors or such lesser percentage as the agency shall establish in its rules, provided 
129.24 	that residual receipts funds of a limited dividend entity may be used for agency-approved, 
129.25 	housing-related investments owned by the limited dividend entity without regard to the 
129.26 	limitation on returns. Owners of existing residential housing occupied by renters shall be 
129.27 	eligible for rehabilitation loans, only if, as a condition to the issuance of the loan, the owner 
129.28 	agrees to conditions established by the agency in its rules relating to rental or other matters 
129.29 	that will insure ensure that the housing will be occupied by persons and families of low or 
129.30 	moderate income. The agency shall require by rules that the owner give preference to those 
129.31 	persons of low or moderate income who occupied the residential housing at the time of 
129.32 	application for the loan.

130.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 462A.07, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
130.2 		Subd. 9.Priority where State Building Code is adopted. It may establish such rules 
130.3 	as may be necessary to insure ensure that priority for assistance by the agency will be given 
130.4 	to projects located in municipal jurisdictions or counties, which have adopted the uniform 
130.5 	State Building Code.

130.6 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 462A.07, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
130.7 		Subd. 10.Human rights. It may establish and enforce such rules as may be necessary 
130.8 	to insure ensure compliance with chapter 363A, and to insure ensure that occupancy of 
130.9 	housing assisted under this chapter shall be open to all persons, and that contractors and 
130.10 	subcontractors engaged in the construction of such housing shall provide an equal opportunity 
130.11 	for employment to all persons, without discrimination as to race, color, creed, religion, 
130.12 	national origin, sex, marital status, age, and status with regard to public assistance or 
130.13 	disability.

130.14 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 462A.07, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
130.15 		Subd. 14.American Indians. (a) It may engage in housing programs for low- and 
130.16 	moderate-income American Indians developed and administered separately or in combination 
130.17 	by the Minnesota Chippewa tribe, the Red Lake band of Chippewa Indians, and the Sioux 
130.18 	communities as determined by such tribe, band, or communities. In furtherance of the policy 
130.19 	of economic integration stated in section 462A.02, subdivision 6, it may engage in housing 
130.20 	programs for American Indians who intend to reside on reservations and who are not persons 
130.21 	of low and moderate income, provided that the aggregate dollar amount of the loans for 
130.22 	persons who are not of low- or moderate-income closed in each lender's fiscal year shall 
130.23 	not exceed an amount equal to 25 percent of the total dollar amount of all loans closed by 
130.24 	that lender during the same fiscal year. In developing such housing programs, the tribe, 
130.25 	band, or communities shall take into account the housing needs of all American Indians 
130.26 	residing both on and off reservations within the state. A plan for each such program, which 
130.27 	specifically describes the program content, utilization of funds, administration, operation, 
130.28 	implementation and other matter, as determined by the agency, must be submitted to the 
130.29 	agency for its review and approval prior to the making of eligible loans pursuant to section 
130.30 	462A.21. All such programs must conform to rules promulgated by the agency concerning 
130.31 	program administration, including but not limited to rules concerning costs of administration; 
130.32 	the quality of housing; interest rates, fees, and charges in connection with making eligible 
130.33 	loans; and other matters determined by the agency to be necessary in order to effectuate the 
131.1 	purposes of this subdivision and section 462A.21, subdivisions 4b and 4c. All such programs 
131.2 	must provide for a reasonable balance in the distribution of funds appropriated for the 
131.3 	purpose of this section between American Indians residing on and off reservations within 
131.4 	the state. Nothing in this section shall preclude such tribe, band, or communities from 
131.5 	requesting and receiving cooperation, advice, and assistance from the agency as regards 
131.6 	program development, operation, delivery, financing, or administration. As a condition to 
131.7 	the making of such eligible loans, the Minnesota Chippewa tribe, the Red Lake band of 
131.8 	Chippewa Indians, and the Sioux communities shall:
131.9 	(1) enter into a loan agreement and other contractual arrangements with the agency for 
131.10 	the purpose of transferring the allocated portion of loan funds and to insure ensure compliance 
131.11 	with the provisions of this section and this chapter; and
131.12 	(2) agree that all of their official books and records related to such housing programs 
131.13 	shall be subjected to audit by the legislative auditor in the manner prescribed for agencies 
131.14 	of state government.
131.15 	The agency shall submit a biennial report concerning the various housing programs for 
131.16 	American Indians, and related receipts and expenditures as provided in section 462A.22, 
131.17 	subdivision 9, and such tribe, band, or communities to the extent that they administer such 
131.18 	programs, shall be responsible for any costs and expenses related to such administration 
131.19 	provided, however, they shall be eligible for payment for costs, expenses, and services 
131.20 	pursuant to subdivision 12 and section 462A.21. The agency may provide or cause to be 
131.21 	provided essential general technical services as set forth in subdivision 2, and general 
131.22 	consultative project assistance services, including, but not limited to, management training, 
131.23 	and home ownership counseling as set forth in subdivision 3. Members of boards, 
131.24 	committees, or other governing bodies of the tribe, band, and communities administering 
131.25 	the programs authorized by this subdivision must be compensated for those services as 
131.26 	provided in section 15.0575.
131.27 	(b) The agency may engage in demonstration projects to encourage the participation of 
131.28 	financial institutions or other leveraging sources in providing housing opportunities for 
131.29 	American Indians. The agency shall consult with the Minnesota Chippewa tribe, the Red 
131.30 	Lake band of Chippewa Indians, and the Sioux communities in developing the demonstration 
131.31 	projects. The income limits specified in paragraph (a) do not apply to the demonstration 
131.32 	projects.
131.33 	(c) The agency may make home improvement loans under this subdivision without 
131.34 	regard to household income.

132.1 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 462A.21, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
132.2 		Subd. 4a.Correction of housing defects. It may make rehabilitation grants and 
132.3 	expenditures for correction of residential housing defects as provided in section 462A.05, 
132.4 	subdivisions 15 and 16. In order to insure ensure the preservation of the maximum number 
132.5 	of housing units with the money appropriated by the legislature, grants shall be recovered 
132.6 	by the agency to the extent provided in this section to be used for future grants. Grants made 
132.7 	under the terms of this subdivision shall contain a requirement that the grant be recovered 
132.8 	by the agency in accordance with the following schedule:
132.9 	(1) if the property is sold, transferred, or otherwise conveyed within the first three years 
132.10 	after the date of a grant, the recipient shall repay the full amount of the grant;
132.11 	(2) if the property is sold, transferred, or otherwise conveyed within the fourth year after 
132.12 	the date of a grant, the recipient shall repay 75 percent of the amount of the grant;
132.13 	(3) if the property is sold, transferred, or otherwise conveyed within the fifth year after 
132.14 	the date of a grant, the recipient shall repay 50 percent of the amount of the grant;
132.15 	(4) if the property is sold, transferred, or otherwise conveyed within the sixth year after 
132.16 	the date of a grant, the recipient shall repay 25 percent of the amount of the grant;
132.17 	(5) if the property is sold, transferred, or otherwise conveyed within the seventh year 
132.18 	after the date of the grant, or thereafter, there is no repayment requirement; provided that 
132.19 	no repayment is required to the extent that the grants are made to improve the accessibility 
132.20 	of residential housing to a disabled occupant.

132.21 	ARTICLE 4
132.22 	DATA PRACTICES CROSS-REFERENCES

132.23 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13.3806, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
132.24 		Subd. 6.Health records. Access to health records is governed by sections 144.291 to 
132.25 	144.298 and 299A.85, subdivision 8.

132.26 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13.381, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
132.27 	read:
132.28 		Subd. 20.Insulin safety net. Data collected relating to an individual who seeks to access 
132.29 	urgent-need insulin or participates in a manufacturer's patient assistance program is classified 
132.30 	under section 151.74, subdivision 11.

133.1 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13.461, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
133.2 	read:
133.3 		Subd. 6a.Ombudsperson for family child care providers. Access by the ombudsperson 
133.4 	for family child care providers to private data on individuals is provided under section 
133.5 	245.975, subdivision 4.

133.6 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13.4963, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
133.7 		Subd. 14.Access to data by vendors performing services. (a) Access to classified tax 
133.8 	data for certain vendors performing services for the Department of Revenue is governed 
133.9 	under section 270B.13.
133.10 	(b) Data collected for background checks of individuals with access to federal tax 
133.11 	information is classified under section 299C.76, subdivision 5.

133.12 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13.7191, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
133.13 	read:
133.14 		Subd. 26.Department of Labor and Industry workers' compensation data. Workers' 
133.15 	compensation insurance coverage data reported to or collected by the Department of Labor 
133.16 	and Industry is classified and limited under section 176.185, subdivision 11.

133.17 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13.785, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
133.18 	read:
133.19 		Subd. 5.Veterans stable housing. Data maintained for purposes of the veterans stable 
133.20 	housing initiative is classified under section 196.081.

133.21 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13.7905, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
133.22 	read:
133.23 		Subd. 9.Employment and insurance data. Workers' compensation insurance data 
133.24 	reported to or collected by the department is governed by section 176.185, subdivision 11.

133.25 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13.851, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
133.26 	read:
133.27 		Subd. 14.Data access. Data accessed by the Office for Missing and Murdered Indigenous 
133.28 	Relatives is governed by section 299A.85, subdivision 8.

134.1 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13.871, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
134.2 		Subd. 5.Crime victims. (a) Crime victim notice of release. Data on crime victims who 
134.3 	request notice of an offender's release are classified under section 611A.06.
134.4 	(b) Sex offender HIV tests. Results of HIV tests of sex offenders under section 611A.19, 
134.5 	subdivision 2, are classified under that section.
134.6 	(c) Battered women. Data on battered women maintained by grantees for emergency 
134.7 	shelter and support services for battered women are governed by section 611A.32, subdivision 
134.8 	5.
134.9 	(d) Victims of domestic abuse. Data on battered women and victims of domestic abuse 
134.10 	maintained by grantees and recipients of per diem payments for emergency shelter for 
134.11 	battered women and support services for battered women and victims of domestic abuse 
134.12 	are governed by sections 611A.32, subdivision 5, and 611A.371, subdivision 3.
134.13 	(e) Personal history; internal auditing. Certain personal history and internal auditing 
134.14 	data is classified by section 611A.46.
134.15 	(f) Crime victim claims for reparations. Claims and supporting documents filed by 
134.16 	crime victims seeking reparations are classified under section 611A.57, subdivision 6.
134.17 	(g) Crime Victim Oversight Act. Data maintained by the commissioner of public safety 
134.18 	under the Crime Victim Oversight Act are classified under section 611A.74, subdivision 2.
134.19 	(h) Victim identity data. Data relating to the identity of the victims of certain criminal 
134.20 	sexual conduct is governed by section 609.3471.
134.21 	(i) Victim notification. Data on victims requesting a notice of release of an arrested or 
134.22 	detained person are classified under sections 629.72 and 629.73.
134.23 	(j) Immigration status certification. Disclosure of the immigration status of a crime 
134.24 	victim and the classification of that data is governed by section 611A.95, subdivision 4.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: S3409-1 

13.381 HEALTH REGULATORY DATA CODED ELSEWHERE.Subd. 7.Medical malpractice claims reports. 
Reports of medical malpractice claims submitted by an insurer to the commissioner of health under section 144.693 are classified as provided in section 144.693, subdivisions 1 and 2. 

13.411 LICENSING DATA CODED ELSEWHERE.Subd. 4.Marriage and family therapists. 
Residence addresses and telephone numbers of marriage and family therapist licensees are classified under section 148B.04, subdivision 6. 

Subd. 5.Social workers. 
Residence addresses and telephone numbers of social worker licensees are classified under section 148B.04, subdivision 6. 

13.712 COMMERCE DATA CODED ELSEWHERE.Subd. 5.No transmit list. 
Data maintained as part of creation and maintenance of the list of individuals for whom money transmitters may not make transmissions is governed by section 53B.27, subdivision 3. 

93.58 PUBLICATION OF ACT.
Sections 93.52 to 93.58, as amended or repealed by Laws 1973, chapter 650, article 20, together with the other sections of Laws 1973, chapter 650, article 20, shall be published once during the first week of each month in a legal newspaper in each county in the months of October, November, and December of the year 1973 by the commissioner of natural resources at county expense. Sections 93.52 to 93.58 also shall be published by the commissioner of natural resources at least once in 1973 in two publications related to mining activities which have nationwide circulation. Failure to publish as herein provided shall not affect the validity of sections 93.52 to 93.58 or the other sections of Laws 1973, chapter 650, article 20. 

97A.056 OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND; LESSARD-SAMS OUTDOOR HERITAGE COUNCIL.Subd. 7.Legislative oversight. 
 The senate and house of representatives chairs of the committees with jurisdiction over the environment and natural resources budget shall convene a joint hearing to review the activities and evaluate the effectiveness of the council and to receive reports on the council from the legislative auditor no later than June 30, 2014. 

116J.9661 TRADE POLICY ADVISORY COUNCIL.Subdivision 1.Establishment. 
The Trade Policy Advisory Council is established to advise and assist the governor and the legislature regarding United States trade agreements. 

Subd. 2.Membership. 
(a) The Trade Policy Advisory Council shall have 15 members, as follows: 

(1) the commissioner of employment and economic development or designee; 

(2) the commissioner of agriculture or designee; 

(3) the commissioner of administration or designee; 

(4) two senators, including one appointed by the Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee on Rules and Administration, and one appointed by the minority leader; 

(5) two members of the house of representatives, including one member appointed by the speaker of the house and one member appointed by the minority leader; and 

(6) eight members appointed by the governor. The governor's appointees shall represent specified interests, including organized labor, environmental interests, family farmers, business and industry, and international trade and development. 

(b) The Trade Policy Advisory Council may invite representatives from other state agencies, industries, trade and labor organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and local governments to join the council as nonvoting ex officio members. 

(c) Except for initial appointments, the appointing authorities shall make appointments by the first Monday in January of each odd-numbered year. 

Subd. 3.Term. 
Except for the initial appointees, members of the Trade Policy Advisory Council shall serve for a term of two years and may be reappointed. Members shall serve until their successors have been appointed. 

Subd. 4.Administration. 
The commissioner of employment and economic development or the commissioner's designee shall provide meeting space and administrative services for the council. 

Subd. 5.Initial appointments and first meeting. 
The appointing authorities shall appoint the first members of the council by January 15, 2014. The first appointees shall serve until the first Monday in January 2015. The commissioner of the Department of Employment and Economic Development shall convene the first meeting by February 15, 2014, and shall act as chair until the council elects a chair at its first meeting. 

Subd. 6.Chair. 
The members shall elect a chair from the legislative members of the advisory council. 

Subd. 7.No compensation. 
Public members of the advisory council serve without compensation or payment of expenses. 

Subd. 8.Duties. 
The Trade Policy Advisory Council shall: 

(1) advise the governor and the legislature on matters relating to United States trade agreements; 

(2) assess the potential impact of federal trade agreements on the state's economy; 

(3) advise the governor and the legislature of the group's findings and make recommendations, including any draft legislation necessary to implement the recommendations, to the governor and the legislature; 

(4) determine, on a case-by-case basis, the impact of a specific federal trade agreement by requesting input from state agencies, seeking expert advice, convening public hearings, and taking other reasonable and appropriate actions; 

(5) request information from the Office of the United States Trade Representative necessary to conduct an appropriate review of government procurement agreements or other trade issues; and 

(6) receive information obtained by the United States Trade Representative's single point of contact for Minnesota. 

Subd. 9.Meeting. 
The Trade Policy Advisory Council shall meet at least once per fiscal year. 

Subd. 10.Sunset. 
The council shall sunset January 1, 2020. 

161.203 CERTAIN PARK LANDS LITIGATION RIGHTS PRESERVED.
Nothing in section 161.202 shall be construed to amend, alter, or in any manner modify the rights, duties or obligations of any party to any litigation instituted on or before July 1, 1969 without the party's consent. Such litigation only concerns the proposed acquisition by the department of park lands in areas known as Minnehaha Park, Wilson Park, and North Mississippi Park located in the city of Minneapolis. Laws 1969, chapter 968 becomes effective on July 1, 1969. 

173.18 ADJUSTMENTS BETWEEN OWNERS AS TO SPACING.
If two or more advertising devices erected before May 26, 1965 are in violation of the spacing requirements as herein provided, the commissioner of transportation shall notify the owners of such devices and give such owners full opportunity to be heard. The commissioner shall thereafter make a finding as to the date of erection of each of the devices. The device or devices last erected shall be deemed nonconforming and shall be removed by the owner or owners not later than July 1, 1969. 

174.03 DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER.Subd. 6a.Economic analysis of nonhighway alternatives. 
If the commissioner considers congestion pricing, tolls, mileage pricing, or public-private partnerships in order to meet the transportation needs of commuters in the department's metropolitan district between 2001 and 2020, the commissioner shall, in cooperation with the Metropolitan Council and the regional railroad authorities in the district, compare the economics of these financing methods with the economics of nonhighway alternatives for moving commuters. The commissioner shall analyze the economics as they relate to both individuals and to the transportation system. 

245.4662 MENTAL HEALTH INNOVATION GRANT PROGRAM.Subd. 4.Report to legislature. 
By December 1, 2019, the commissioner of human services shall deliver a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over mental health issues on the outcomes of the projects funded under this section. The report shall, at a minimum, include the amount of funding awarded for each project, a description of the programs and services funded, plans for the long-term sustainability of the projects, and data on outcomes for the programs and services funded. Grantees must provide information and data requested by the commissioner to support the development of this report. 

256B.0625 COVERED SERVICES.Subd. 18c.Nonemergency Medical Transportation Advisory Committee. 
(a) The Nonemergency Medical Transportation Advisory Committee shall advise the commissioner on the administration of nonemergency medical transportation covered under medical assistance. The advisory committee shall meet at least quarterly the first year following January 1, 2015, and at least biannually thereafter and may meet more frequently as required by the commissioner. The advisory committee shall annually elect a chair from among its members, who shall work with the commissioner or the commissioner's designee to establish the agenda for each meeting. The commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, shall attend all advisory committee meetings. 

(b) The Nonemergency Medical Transportation Advisory Committee shall advise and make recommendations to the commissioner on: 

(1) updates to the nonemergency medical transportation policy manual; 

(2) other aspects of the nonemergency medical transportation system, as requested by the commissioner; and 

(3) other aspects of the nonemergency medical transportation system, as requested by: 

(i) a committee member, who may request an item to be placed on the agenda for a future meeting. The request may be considered by the committee and voted upon. If the motion carries, the meeting agenda item may be developed for presentation to the committee; and 

(ii) a member of the public, who may approach the committee by letter or e-mail requesting that an item be placed on a future meeting agenda. The request may be considered by the committee and voted upon. If the motion carries, the agenda item may be developed for presentation to the committee. 

(c) The Nonemergency Medical Transportation Advisory Committee shall coordinate its activities with the Minnesota Council on Transportation Access established under section 174.285. The chair of the advisory committee, or the chair's designee, shall attend all meetings of the Minnesota Council on Transportation Access. 

(d) The Nonemergency Medical Transportation Advisory Committee shall expire December 1, 2019. 

Subd. 18d.Advisory committee members. 
(a) The Nonemergency Medical Transportation Advisory Committee consists of: 

(1) four voting members who represent counties, utilizing the rural urban commuting area classification system. As defined in subdivision 17, these members shall be designated as follows: 

(i) two counties within the 11-county metropolitan area; 

(ii) one county representing the rural area of the state; and 

(iii) one county representing the super rural area of the state. 

The Association of Minnesota Counties shall appoint one county within the 11-county metropolitan area and one county representing the super rural area of the state. The Minnesota Inter-County Association shall appoint one county within the 11-county metropolitan area and one county representing the rural area of the state; 

(2) three voting members who represent medical assistance recipients, including persons with physical and developmental disabilities, persons with mental illness, seniors, children, and low-income individuals; 

(3) five voting members who represent providers that deliver nonemergency medical transportation services to medical assistance enrollees, one of whom is a taxicab owner or operator; 

(4) two voting members of the house of representatives, one from the majority party and one from the minority party, appointed by the speaker of the house, and two voting members from the senate, one from the majority party and one from the minority party, appointed by the Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee on Rules and Administration; 

(5) one voting member who represents demonstration providers as defined in section 256B.69, subdivision 2; 

(6) one voting member who represents an organization that contracts with state or local governments to coordinate transportation services for medical assistance enrollees; 

(7) one voting member who represents the Minnesota State Council on Disability; 

(8) the commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee, who shall serve as a voting member; 

(9) one voting member appointed by the Minnesota Ambulance Association; and 

(10) one voting member appointed by the Minnesota Hospital Association. 

(b) Members of the advisory committee shall not be employed by the Department of Human Services. Members of the advisory committee shall receive no compensation. 

256R.49 RATE ADJUSTMENTS FOR COMPENSATION-RELATED COSTS FOR MINIMUM WAGE CHANGES.Subdivision 1.Rate adjustments for compensation-related costs. 
(a) Rate increases provided under this section before October 1, 2016, expire effective January 1, 2018, and rate increases provided on or after October 1, 2016, expire effective January 1, 2019. 

(b) Nursing facilities that receive approval of the applications in subdivision 2 must receive rate adjustments according to subdivision 4. The rate adjustments must be used to pay compensation costs for nursing facility employees paid less than $14 per hour. 

Subd. 2.Application process. 
To receive a rate adjustment, nursing facilities must submit applications to the commissioner in a form and manner determined by the commissioner. The applications for the rate adjustments shall include specified data, and spending plans that describe how the funds from the rate adjustments will be allocated for compensation to employees paid less than $14 per hour. The applications must be submitted within three months of the effective date of any operating payment rate adjustment under this section. The commissioner may request any additional information needed to determine the rate adjustment within three weeks of receiving a complete application. The nursing facility must provide any additional information requested by the commissioner within six months of the effective date of any operating payment rate adjustment under this section. The commissioner may waive the deadlines in this section under extraordinary circumstances. 

Subd. 3.Additional application requirements for facilities with employees represented by an exclusive bargaining representative. 
For nursing facilities in which employees are represented by an exclusive bargaining representative, the commissioner shall approve the applications submitted under subdivision 2 only upon receipt of a letter or letters of acceptance of the spending plans in regard to members of the bargaining unit, signed by the exclusive bargaining agent and dated after May 31, 2014. Upon receipt of the letter or letters of acceptance, the commissioner shall deem all requirements of this section as having been met in regard to the members of the bargaining unit. 

Subd. 4.Determination of the rate adjustments for compensation-related costs.  
Based on the application in subdivision 2, the commissioner shall calculate the allowable annualized compensation costs by adding the totals of clauses (1), (2), and (3). The result must be divided by the standardized or resident days from the most recently available cost report to determine per day amounts, which must be included in the operating portion of the total payment rate and allocated to direct care or other operating as determined by the commissioner: 

(1) the sum of the difference between $9.50 and any hourly wage rate less than $9.50 for October 1, 2016; and between the indexed value of the minimum wage, as defined in section 177.24, subdivision 1, paragraph (f), and any hourly wage less than that indexed value for rate years beginning on and after October 1, 2017; multiplied by the number of compensated hours at that wage rate; 

(2) using wages and hours in effect during the first three months of calendar year 2014, beginning with the first pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2014; 22.2 percent of the sum of items (i) to (viii) for October 1, 2016; 

(i) for all compensated hours from $8 to $8.49 per hour, the number of compensated hours is multiplied by $0.13; 

(ii) for all compensated hours from $8.50 to $8.99 per hour, the number of compensated hours is multiplied by $0.25; 

(iii) for all compensated hours from $9 to $9.49 per hour, the number of compensated hours is multiplied by $0.38; 

(iv) for all compensated hours from $9.50 to $10.49 per hour, the number of compensated hours is multiplied by $0.50; 

(v) for all compensated hours from $10.50 to $10.99 per hour, the number of compensated hours is multiplied by $0.40; 

(vi) for all compensated hours from $11 to $11.49 per hour, the number of compensated hours is multiplied by $0.30; 

(vii) for all compensated hours from $11.50 to $11.99 per hour, the number of compensated hours is multiplied by $0.20; and 

(viii) for all compensated hours from $12 to $13 per hour, the number of compensated hours is multiplied by $0.10; and 

(3) the sum of the employer's share of FICA taxes, Medicare taxes, state and federal unemployment taxes, workers' compensation, pensions, and contributions to employee retirement accounts attributable to the amounts in clauses (1) and (2). 

297A.71 CONSTRUCTION EXEMPTIONS.Subd. 49.Properties destroyed by fire. 
Building materials and supplies used in, and equipment incorporated into, the construction or replacement of real property that is located in Madelia affected by the fire on February 3, 2016, are exempt. The tax must be imposed and collected as if the rate under section 297A.62, subdivision 1, applied and then refunded in the manner provided in section 297A.75. 

473.5955 TERMINATION OF LEASE.
The lease between the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota and the commission dated May 19, 1982, that requires the University of Minnesota football team to play its home football games at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome until July 1, 2012, may be terminated by the board and the commission effective on or after the date designated by the board as the date of completion of the stadium on the University of Minnesota's east bank campus in the city of Minneapolis. 

4764.0020DEFINITIONS. Subp. 36.State health care program.  
"State health care program" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0751, subdivision 1, paragraph (f).