1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to legislative enactments; correcting miscellaneous oversights, 
1.3 	inconsistencies, ambiguities, unintended results, and technical errors;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 14.47, subdivision 5.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 14.47, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 5.Powers of revisor. (a) In preparing a compilation or supplement, the revisor 
1.8 	may:
1.9 	(1) renumber rules, paragraphs, clauses rule parts, subparts, or other parts divisions of 
1.10 	a rule part;
1.11 	(2) combine or divide rules, paragraphs, clauses rule parts, subparts, or other parts
1.12 	divisions of a rule part;
1.13 	(3) rearrange the order of rules, paragraphs, clauses rule parts, subparts, or other parts
1.14 	divisions of a rule part;
1.15 	(4) move paragraphs, clauses, subparts or other parts divisions of a rule part to another 
1.16 	rule part;
1.17 	(5) remove redundant language;
1.18 	(6) make minor punctuation and grammatical changes to facilitate the renumbering, 
1.19 	combining, dividing, and rearranging of rules or parts of rules rule parts, subparts, or other 
1.20 	divisions of a rule part;
1.21 	(7) change reference numbers to agree with renumbered rules, paragraphs, clauses rule 
1.22 	parts, subparts, or other parts divisions of a rule part;
2.1 	(8) change reference numbers to agree with renumbered statutes or parts divisions of 
2.2 	statutes;
2.3 	(9) substitute the proper rule, paragraph, clause, or other part of a rule rule part, subpart, 
2.4 	or other division of a rule part for the term "this rule," "the preceding rule" and the like;
2.5 	(10) substitute numbers for written words and written words for numbers;
2.6 	(11) substitute the term "rule" for the term "regulation" when "regulation" refers to a 
2.7 	Minnesota rule;
2.8 	(12) substitute the date on which the rule becomes effective for the words "the effective 
2.9 	date of this rule," and the like;
2.10 	(13) change capitalization, punctuation, and forms of citation for the purpose of 
2.11 	uniformity;
2.12 	(14) convert citations of Laws of Minnesota to citations of Minnesota Statutes;
2.13 	(15) correct manifest clerical or typographical errors;
2.14 	(16) correct all misspelled words;
2.15 	(17) correct manifest grammatical and punctuation errors;
2.16 	(18) replace gender specific words with gender neutral words and, if necessary, recast 
2.17 	sentences containing gender specific words; and
2.18 	(19) make other editorial changes to ensure the accuracy and utility of the compilation 
2.19 	or supplement.
2.20 	(b) The revisor shall provide headnotes as catch words to rules rule parts and, if 
2.21 	appropriate, to paragraphs, clauses, or other parts of a rule subparts. The headnotes are not 
2.22 	part of the rule even if included with the rule when adopted. The revisor shall may change 
2.23 	a headnotes headnote to clearly indicate the subject matter of the rules a rule part or subpart. 
2.24 	"Headnote" means any text functioning as catch words to the substance of text and not itself 
2.25 	communicating the substantive content of the rule part or subpart.