Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

197.987 HONOR AND REMEMBER FLAG. § Subdivision 1.Legislative findings. The legislature of the state of Minnesota finds and determines that: (1) since the Revolutionary War, more than 1,000,000 members of the United States armed forces have paid the ultimate price by sacrificing t…

197.988 PURPLE HEART COUNTY; PURPLE HEART CITY. A county or statutory or home rule charter city may by resolution designate the county or city as a Purple Heart County or Purple Heart City to honor United States military personnel who have received the Purple Heart. A Purple Hear…

197.991 KOREAN WAR ARMISTICE DAY. § Subdivision 1.Purpose. When communist North Korean troops invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950, the United States took immediate action to defend the freedom of a people unjustly attacked. Leading a coalition of 20 other nations, American and S…

197.995 VIETNAM VETERANS DAY. § Subdivision 1.Purpose. 1,072 of the people whose names are listed on the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., were from the state of Minnesota. Many other Minnesotans are surviving Vietnam veterans. This section is enacted as a way for Minnes…

197.996 AMERICAN LEGION DAY. § Subdivision 1.Purpose. The American Legion was chartered by Congress on September 16, 1919. This section is enacted to recognize the millions of American Legion veterans who have dedicated and continue to dedicate themselves to service of community,…

197.9961 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS. § Subdivision 1.Purpose. The Veterans of Foreign Wars was founded in 1899 and was federally chartered by the Congress of the United States of America on May 28, 1936. This section is a way for Minnesotans to recognize and express their appreciat…

198.001 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Resident. "Resident" means a person admitted to any of the Minnesota veterans homes. § Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1975 c 61 s 26] § Sub…

198.003 POWERS AND DUTIES. § Subdivision 1.Policy; rules. The commissioner shall determine policy and, subject to chapter 14, adopt, amend, and repeal rules for the governance of the homes. With respect to residents' administrative appeal time periods that are not established by …

198.005 ADMINISTRATORS. The commissioner shall appoint an administrator for each of the veterans homes. The administrators act as the administrative head for their respective veterans homes. The administrators shall have a current Minnesota nursing home administrator's license an…

198.006 SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAMS. (a) The commissioner must work with federal, state, local, and private agencies to develop alternative institutional and noninstitutional care programs for veterans to supplement the mission of the homes. Veterans shall be afforded the least restric…

198.007 QUALITY ASSURANCE. Each home shall have a utilization review committee comprised of the appropriate professionals employed by or under contract to the home. The committee shall use a patient classification system approved by the commissioner to assess the appropriateness …

198.01 VETERANS HOME; ELIGIBILITY OF VETERANS. The Minnesota veterans homes shall provide nursing care and related health and social services for veterans and their spouses who meet eligibility and admission requirements of the Minnesota veterans homes. The commissioner may not c…

198.022 ELIGIBILITY OF SPOUSES AND SURVIVING SPOUSES. (a) The commissioner is authorized to admit eligible spouses of those veterans who are or if living would be, eligible for admission to the homes. (b) Except as provided in section 198.03, all applicants for admission to one o…

198.03 MAINTENANCE CHARGES. § Subdivision 1.Discretionary admission. Any person otherwise eligible for admission to the Minnesota veterans homes, except that the person has means of support, may, at the discretion of the commissioner, be admitted to one of the Minnesota veterans …

198.045 REMOVAL. If a resident who is ordered discharged from a home refuses to leave the home, the administrator of the home may apply to the district court for an order enforcing the administrative order of discharge. The district court shall order the sheriff of the county in …

198.05 NEW BUILDINGS. The Department of Administration shall have and exercise full authority in the erection and construction of new buildings at the veterans homes. When new buildings are to be erected and constructed by authority of the state or old buildings to be remodeled i…

198.065 CHIROPRACTIC CARE AVAILABILITY. In addition to the other services now provided to residents of the Minnesota veterans homes, the commissioner shall provide chiropractic services. The services shall be provided, as appropriations permit, without charge to residents by a li…

198.066 GERIATRIC RESEARCH AND TEACHING. The commissioner shall develop a geriatric research and teaching mission for the homes in collaboration with the Veterans Administration and other medical education and allied health facilities. History: 1988 c 699 s 17; 2008 c 297 art 2 s…

198.075 MINNESOTA VETERANS HOME EMPLOYEES; EXCLUDED FROM COMMISSARY PRIVILEGES. Except as provided in this section, no commissary privileges including food, laundry service, janitorial service, and household supplies shall be furnished to any employee of the Minnesota veterans ho…

198.16 PLANNED GIVING. The commissioner is authorized to accept on behalf of the state any gift, grant, bequest, or devise made for the purposes of this chapter, and administer the same as directed by the donor. All proceeds therefrom including money derived from the sale of any …

198.23 PERSONAL PROPERTY OF RESIDENTS; WILLS. Upon the decease of any resident of the homes, the commissioner shall cause such of the resident's personal estate as may be left in the resident's possession to be disposed of pursuant to the resident's will, if any. All property of …

198.231 PERSONAL PROPERTY OF DISCHARGED RESIDENTS. Personal property of discharged residents of the veterans homes that remains unclaimed for one year after discharge may be inventoried, appraised, and sold. The proceeds from the sale must be deposited into the state treasury. Pr…

198.261 CANTEEN, COFFEE SHOP, WOOD SHOP, AND OTHER WORK THERAPY PROGRAMS. Any profits derived from the operation of canteens, coffee shops, wood shops, and other work therapy programs at the Minnesota veterans homes shall be used by the commissioner only for the direct benefit of…

198.265 DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS. The commissioner may accept money from residents for safekeeping purposes to be returned to the residents on demand. Sufficient money must be retained at the homes to satisfy normal demand withdrawal requests of the residents and other anticipated needs.…

198.266 IMPREST CASH FUNDS. The commissioner may establish an imprest cash fund in accordance with section 15.191, subdivision 2. The purpose of the fund is to maintain sufficient money to satisfy normal demand withdrawal requests from residents of the veterans homes as provided …

198.267 VETERANS IN STATE-OPERATED FACILITIES. § Subdivision 1.Compensation. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner of veterans affairs is authorized to provide the payment to residents of veterans homes under the commissioner's management and control of such p…

198.31 VETERANS HOME; HASTINGS. Control of the state hospital facilities at Hastings is transferred to the commissioner. This transfer includes the cemetery. The commissioner shall establish a veterans home in these facilities. The veterans home shall be licensed in accordance wi…

198.32 VETERANS HOME; COMPLAINTS; RESIDENT'S RIGHTS. § Subdivision 1.Resident's rights. A resident of a Minnesota veterans home has the right to complain and otherwise exercise freedom of expression and assembly which is guaranteed by amendment I of the United States Constitution…

198.33 PRIVACY OF RESIDENTS; SEARCH AND SEIZURE LIMITED TO CRIMINAL WARRANT. § Subdivision 1.Searches prohibited. Residents of the Minnesota veterans homes have the right to a legitimate expectation of privacy in their persons and property against unreasonable searches and seizur…

198.34 DEPOSIT OF RECEIPTS. Federal money received by the commissioner for the care of veterans in a veterans home must be deposited into a dedicated account in the state treasury and is appropriated to the commissioner for the operational needs of the veterans homes and the comm…

198.35 VETERANS HOME; SILVER BAY. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The commissioner may establish a veterans home in Silver Bay by renovating an existing facility owned by the city of Silver Bay if the city donates the building to the commissioner at no cost. Contracts made by the …

198.36 VETERANS HOME; FERGUS FALLS. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The commissioner shall establish a veterans home in Fergus Falls to provide at least 60 beds for skilled nursing care in conformance with licensing rules of the Department of Health. § Subd. 2.Funding. The home mu…

198.37 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. The commissioner may establish programs to assist homeless or disabled veterans on the campuses of the veterans homes. The commissioner may use federal grant money for the Hastings veterans home to purchase single-family dwellings, make necessary repa…

198.45 REPORT ON VETERANS HOMES. No later than January 15, 2022, and biennially on January 15 thereafter, the commissioner must submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over veterans affairs and state government fi…

200.01 MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 675 art 13 s 1] 200.01 CITATION, MINNESOTA ELECTION LAW. This chapter and chapters 201, 202A, 203B, 204B, 204C, 204D, 205, 205A, 206, 208, 209, 211A, 211B, and 211C shall be known as the "Minnesota Election Law." History: 1959 c 675 art 1 s 1; 198…

200.015 APPLICATION. The Minnesota Election Law applies to all elections held in this state unless otherwise specifically provided by law. History: 1981 c 29 art 1 s 2; 1987 c 266 art 1 s 2

200.02 MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 675 art 13 s 1] 200.02 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Application. The terms defined in this section apply to the Minnesota Election Law. § Subd. 2.General election. "General election" means an election held at regular intervals on a day determined …

200.031 DETERMINATION OF RESIDENCE. Residence shall be determined in accordance with the following principles, so far as they may be applicable to the facts of the case: (1) The residence of an individual is in the precinct where the individual's home is located, from which the i…

200.039 PETITION REQUIREMENTS FOR BALLOT QUESTIONS. If a statute: (1) provides that a ballot question may or must be placed on the ballot when a specified number of individuals have signed a petition; and (2) specifies the number of individuals required under the statute as a per…

200.50 MINNESOTA VOTING RIGHTS ACT. Sections 200.50 to 200.59 may be cited as the "Minnesota Voting Rights Act." History: 2024 c 112 art 3 s 1

200.52 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Application. As used in sections 200.50 to 200.59, the terms as defined in this section have the meanings given. § Subd. 2.Government official. "Government official" means any individual who is elected or appointed to an office in this state or…

200.53 CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF AUTHORITY. A law, rule, local law, charter provision, local ordinance, or local code relating to the right to vote, or which grants authority to prescribe or maintain voting or elections policies and practices, must be construed or applied liberally…

200.54 VOTER SUPPRESSION AND VOTE DILUTION PROHIBITED. § Subdivision 1.Voter suppression. (a) A political subdivision or any other government official or entity responsible for election administration must not adopt or apply a qualification for eligibility to vote or other prereq…

200.55 RELEVANT FACTORS FOR DETERMINING VIOLATION. § Subdivision 1.Factors established. In determining whether, under the totality of the circumstances, a violation of section 200.54 has occurred with respect to a protected class, a court may consider any of the following factors…

200.56 PRESUIT NOTICE. § Subdivision 1.Notice required. (a) Except as provided in this section, before filing an action a prospective plaintiff shall send a notice letter to the political subdivision identifying the potential violation, the affected protected class, and the type …

200.57 RIGHT OF ACTION; VENUE; PRELIMINARY RELIEF. § Subdivision 1.Right of action. (a) The attorney general, a county attorney, any individual aggrieved by a violation of this act, any entity whose membership includes individuals aggrieved by a violation of this act, any entity …