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Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

1,133 chapters · 28,363 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title Minnesota Statutes28,363 Ch 336, UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE642 Ch 524, UNIFORM PROBATE CODE394 Ch 609, CRIMINAL CODE377 Ch 144, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH361 Ch 469, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT257 Ch 473, METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT247 Ch 148, PUBLIC HEALTH OCCUPATIONS206 Ch 169, TRAFFIC REGULATIONS200 Ch 256B, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY PERSONS196 Ch 60A, GENERAL INSURANCE POWERS195 Ch 13, GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES177 Ch 115A, WASTE MANAGEMENT171 Ch 325F, CONSUMER PROTECTION; PRODUCTS AND SALES168 Ch 383B, HENNEPIN COUNTY168

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Minn. Stat. § 216B.42 SERVICE EXTENSION IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.
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216B.42 SERVICE EXTENSION IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Large customer outside municipality. Notwithstanding the establishment of assigned service areas for electric utilities provided for in section 216B.39, customers located outside municipalities and who require elect…
Minn. Stat. § 216B.421 HOMESTEAD; OPTION OF ELECTRIC SERVICE.
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216B.421 HOMESTEAD; OPTION OF ELECTRIC SERVICE. § Subdivision 1.Multiple service areas; customer election. Notwithstanding the establishment of assigned service areas for electric utilities provided for in section 216B.39, when a customer requires electric service for buildings o…
Minn. Stat. § 216B.422 ELECTRICITY SALES FOR CHARGING ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
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216B.422 ELECTRICITY SALES FOR CHARGING ELECTRIC VEHICLES. A retail seller of electricity used to recharge a battery that powers an electric vehicle, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 26a, and that is not otherwise a public utility under this chapter, is not in violation…
Minn. Stat. § 216B.43 HEARING ON COMPLAINT.
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216B.43 HEARING ON COMPLAINT. Upon the filing of an application under section 216B.42 or upon complaint by an affected utility that the provisions of sections 216B.39 to 216B.42 have been violated, the commission shall hold a hearing, upon notice, within 30 days after the filing …

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Minn. Stat. § 216B.44 MUNICIPAL SERVICE TERRITORY EXTENSION.

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216B.44 MUNICIPAL SERVICE TERRITORY EXTENSION. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 216B.38 to 216B.42, whenever a municipality which owns and operates an electric utility (1) extends its corporate boundaries through annexation or consolidation, or (2) determines to ext…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.45 MUNICIPAL PURCHASE OF PUBLIC UTILITY.

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216B.45 MUNICIPAL PURCHASE OF PUBLIC UTILITY. Any public utility operating in a municipality under a license, permit, right, or franchise shall be deemed to have consented to the purchase by the municipality, for just compensation, of its property operated in the municipality und…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.46 MUNICIPAL ACQUISITION PROCEDURES; NOTICE; ELECTION.

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216B.46 MUNICIPAL ACQUISITION PROCEDURES; NOTICE; ELECTION. Any municipality which desires to acquire the property of a public utility as authorized under the provisions of section 216B.45 may determine to do so by resolution of the governing body of the municipality taken after …

Minn. Stat. § 216B.465 VOTER RATIFICATION OF MUNICIPAL PURCHASE; LIMITED APPLICATION.

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216B.465 VOTER RATIFICATION OF MUNICIPAL PURCHASE; LIMITED APPLICATION. The provisions of sections 216B.45 and 216B.46 apply only to the purchase of public utility property by a municipality that, prior to the time of the purchase, did not operate a municipal utility providing th…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.47 ACQUISITION BY EMINENT DOMAIN.

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216B.47 ACQUISITION BY EMINENT DOMAIN. Nothing in this chapter may be construed to preclude a municipality from acquiring the property of a public utility by eminent domain proceedings; provided that damages to be paid in eminent domain proceedings must include the original cost …

Minn. Stat. § 216B.48 RELATIONS WITH AFFILIATED INTEREST.

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216B.48 RELATIONS WITH AFFILIATED INTEREST. § Subdivision 1.Definition of affiliated interests. "Affiliated interests" with a public utility means the following: (1) every corporation and person owning or holding directly or indirectly five percent or more of the voting securitie…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.49 SECURITIES; PUBLIC FINANCING.

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216B.49 SECURITIES; PUBLIC FINANCING. § Subdivision 1.Definition of security. For the purpose of this section, "security" means any note; stock; treasury stock; bond; debenture; evidence of indebtedness; assumption of any obligation or liability as a guarantor, endorser, surety, …

Minn. Stat. § 216B.491 DEFINITIONS.

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216B.491 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purposes of sections 216B.491 to 216B.499, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given. § Subd. 2.Ancillary agreement. "Ancillary agreement" means a bond, insurance policy, letter of credit, reserve account, suret…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.492 FINANCING ORDER.

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216B.492 FINANCING ORDER. § Subdivision 1.Application. (a) A utility may file an application with the commission requesting a financing order to enable the utility to recover extraordinary event costs by issuing extraordinary event bonds under this section. (b) The application mu…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.493 POSTORDER COMMISSION DUTIES.

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216B.493 POSTORDER COMMISSION DUTIES. § Subdivision 1.Financing costs review. Within 120 days after the date extraordinary event bonds are issued, a utility subject to a financing order must file with the commission the actual initial and ongoing financing costs, the final struct…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.494 USE OF OUTSIDE EXPERTS.

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216B.494 USE OF OUTSIDE EXPERTS. (a) To carry out the duties under this section, the commission may: (1) contract with outside consultants and counsel experienced in securitized utility customer-backed bond financing similar to extraordinary event bonds; and (2) hire and compensa…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.495 EXTRAORDINARY EVENT CHARGE; BILLING TREATMENT.

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216B.495 EXTRAORDINARY EVENT CHARGE; BILLING TREATMENT. (a) A utility that obtains a financing order and issues extraordinary event bonds must: (1) include on each customer's monthly natural gas bill: (i) a statement that a portion of the charges represents extraordinary event ch…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.496 EXTRAORDINARY EVENT PROPERTY.

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216B.496 EXTRAORDINARY EVENT PROPERTY. § Subdivision 1.General. (a) Extraordinary event property is an existing present property right or interest in a property right, even though the imposition and collection of extraordinary event charges depend on the utility collecting extrao…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.497 EXTRAORDINARY EVENT BONDS.

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216B.497 EXTRAORDINARY EVENT BONDS. (a) A bank, trust company, savings and loan association, insurance company, executor, administrator, guardian, trustee, or other fiduciary may legally invest any money within the individual's or entity's control in extraordinary event bonds. (b…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.498 ASSIGNEE OR FINANCING PARTY NOT SUBJECT TO COMMISSION REGULATION.

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216B.498 ASSIGNEE OR FINANCING PARTY NOT SUBJECT TO COMMISSION REGULATION. An assignee or financing party that is not already regulated by the commission does not become subject to commission regulation solely as a result of engaging in any transaction authorized by or described …

Minn. Stat. § 216B.499 EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.

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216B.499 EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS. (a) If a provision of sections 216B.491 to 216B.499 conflicts with other law regarding the attachment, assignment, perfection, effect of perfection, or priority of a security interest in or transfer of extraordinary event property, sections 216B.491…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.50 RESTRICTIONS ON PROPERTY TRANSFER AND MERGER.

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216B.50 RESTRICTIONS ON PROPERTY TRANSFER AND MERGER. § Subdivision 1.Commission approval required. No public utility shall sell, acquire, lease, or rent any plant as an operating unit or system in this state for a total consideration in excess of $1,000,000, or merge or consolid…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.51 STOCK PURCHASE.

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216B.51 STOCK PURCHASE. § Subdivision 1.Stock of another utility. No public utility shall purchase voting stock in another public utility doing business in Minnesota without first having made application to and received the consent of the commission in writing or by order. § Subd…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.52 APPEAL.

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216B.52 APPEAL. § Subdivision 1.Appeal under Administrative Procedure Act. Any party to a proceeding before the commission or any other person, aggrieved by a decision and order and directly affected by it, may appeal from the decision and order of the commission in accordance wi…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.53 SUSPENSION OF COMMISSION ORDER.

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216B.53 SUSPENSION OF COMMISSION ORDER. The pendency of proceedings on appeal shall not of itself stay or suspend the operation of the order of the commission unless the commission so orders, but during the pendency of the proceedings the court in its discretion may stay or suspe…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.54 LEGAL ACTION AGAINST VIOLATION.

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216B.54 LEGAL ACTION AGAINST VIOLATION. Whenever the commission or department shall be of the opinion that any person or public utility is failing or omitting or is about to fail or omit to do anything required of it by Laws 1974, chapter 429 or by any order of the commission, or…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.56 BURDEN OF PROOF.

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216B.56 BURDEN OF PROOF. In all proceedings before the commission in which the modification or vacation of any order of the commission is sought, the burden of proof shall be on the person seeking such modification or vacation. History: 1974 c 429 s 56

Minn. Stat. § 216B.57 PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF ACT.

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216B.57 PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF ACT. Any person who knowingly and intentionally violates any provision of Laws 1974, chapter 429, or who knowingly and intentionally fails, omits, or neglects to obey, observe, or comply with any lawful order, or any part or provision thereof, of …

Minn. Stat. § 216B.58 PENALTIES; CONSTRUING ACT, OMISSION, AND FAILURE.

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216B.58 PENALTIES; CONSTRUING ACT, OMISSION, AND FAILURE. In construing and enforcing the provision of Laws 1974, chapter 429 relating to penalties, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or employee of any person acting within the scope of official duties of employ…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.59 CONTINUING VIOLATION.

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216B.59 CONTINUING VIOLATION. Every violation of the provisions of Laws 1974, chapter 429 or of any lawful order of the commission, or any part or portion thereof by any person, is a separate and distinct offense, and in case of a continuing violation after a first conviction the…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.60 PENALTIES CUMULATIVE.

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216B.60 PENALTIES CUMULATIVE. All penalties accruing under Laws 1974, chapter 429 shall be cumulative, and a suit for the recovery of one penalty shall not be a bar to or affect the recovery of any other penalty or forfeiture or be a bar to any criminal prosecution against any pu…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.61 ACTIONS TO RECOVER PENALTIES.

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216B.61 ACTIONS TO RECOVER PENALTIES. Actions to recover penalties under this chapter shall be brought in the name of the state of Minnesota in the district court of Ramsey County. History: 1974 c 429 s 61; 2005 c 10 art 1 s 34

Minn. Stat. § 216B.62 REGULATORY EXPENSES.

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216B.62 REGULATORY EXPENSES. § Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1980 c 614 s 191] § Subd. 2.Assessing specific utility. Whenever the commission or department, in a proceeding upon its own motion, on complaint, or upon an application to it, shall deem it necessary, in order to carry out …

Minn. Stat. § 216B.63 INTEREST ON ASSESSMENT.

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216B.63 INTEREST ON ASSESSMENT. The amounts assessed against any public utility not paid after 30 days after the transmittal of a notice advising the public utility of the amount assessed against it, draw interest at the rate of six percent per annum; and, upon failure to pay the…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.631 COMPENSATION FOR PARTICIPANTS IN PROCEEDINGS.

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216B.631 COMPENSATION FOR PARTICIPANTS IN PROCEEDINGS. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Participant" means a person who files comments or appears in a commission proceeding concerning one or more …

Minn. Stat. § 216B.64 ATTORNEY GENERAL'S RESPONSIBILITIES.

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216B.64 ATTORNEY GENERAL'S RESPONSIBILITIES. The attorney general of the state shall, upon request of the commission or department, represent and appear for the commission or department in all actions and proceedings involving any question under Laws 1974, chapter 429, and shall …

Minn. Stat. § 216B.65 DEPARTMENT TO EMPLOY NECESSARY STAFF.

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216B.65 DEPARTMENT TO EMPLOY NECESSARY STAFF. The department may employ experts, engineers, statisticians, accountants, inspectors, clerks, hearing examiners who may be attorneys and employees it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of Laws 1974, chapter 429. History: 1974…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.66 CONSTRUCTION.

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216B.66 CONSTRUCTION. Laws 1974, chapter 429 is complete in itself and other Minnesota statutes are not to be construed as applicable to the supervision or regulation of public utilities by the commission. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with Laws 1974, chapter 429 are rep…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.67 CITATION.

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216B.67 CITATION. Laws 1974, chapter 429, may be cited as the "Minnesota Public Utilities Act." History: 1974 c 429 s 71

Minn. Stat. § 216B.68 DEFINITIONS; MERCURY EMISSIONS REDUCTION.

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216B.68 DEFINITIONS; MERCURY EMISSIONS REDUCTION. § Subdivision 1.Scope. Terms used in sections 216B.68 to 216B.688 have the meanings given them in this section and section 216B.02. § Subd. 2.Agency. "Agency" means the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. § Subd. 3.Dry scrubbed un…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.681 MONITORING MERCURY EMISSIONS.

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216B.681 MONITORING MERCURY EMISSIONS. By July 1, 2007, a public utility that owns or operates a qualifying facility shall install, maintain, and operate continuous mercury emission-monitoring systems or other method of monitoring approved by the agency on each targeted unit and,…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.682 MERCURY EMISSIONS-REDUCTION PLANS.

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216B.682 MERCURY EMISSIONS-REDUCTION PLANS. § Subdivision 1.Dry scrubbed units. (a) By December 31, 2007, a public utility that owns a dry scrubbed unit at a qualifying facility shall develop and submit to the agency and the commission a plan for mercury emissions reduction at ea…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.683 MERCURY EMISSIONS REDUCTION; COST RECOVERY, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES.

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216B.683 MERCURY EMISSIONS REDUCTION; COST RECOVERY, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES. § Subdivision 1.Emissions-reduction riders. (a) A public utility required to file a mercury emissions-reduction plan under sections 216B.68 to 216B.688 may also file for approval of emissions-reduction rat…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.684 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF MERCURY EMISSIONS-REDUCTION PLAN.

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216B.684 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF MERCURY EMISSIONS-REDUCTION PLAN. The Pollution Control Agency shall evaluate a utility's mercury emissions-reduction plans filed under sections 216B.682 and 216B.6851 and submit its evaluation to the Public Utilities Commission within 180 day…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.685 MERCURY EMISSIONS-REDUCTION PLAN APPROVAL.

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216B.685 MERCURY EMISSIONS-REDUCTION PLAN APPROVAL. § Subdivision 1.Commission review and evaluation. The Public Utilities Commission shall review and evaluate a utility's mercury emissions-reduction plans and associated emissions-reduction riders submitted under section 216B.682…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.6851 UTILITY OPTION.

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216B.6851 UTILITY OPTION. § Subdivision 1.Election. A public utility with less than 200,000 customers subject to sections 216B.68 to 216B.688 that owns two wet scrubbed units at a qualifying facility may opt to be regulated under this section for those units in lieu of section 21…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.686 OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS.

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216B.686 OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS. § Subdivision 1.Utility filing. (a) In order to encourage a utility to address multiple pollutants, a utility required to submit mercury-reduction plans under sections 216B.68 to 216B.688 may also propose plans for investments and r…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.687 MERCURY EMISSIONS REDUCTION IMPLEMENTATION, OPERATION.

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216B.687 MERCURY EMISSIONS REDUCTION IMPLEMENTATION, OPERATION. § Subdivision 1.Permit conditions for mercury reductions. The agency shall establish the mercury emissions reduction for each targeted unit included in a plan approved under section 216B.685, or where applicable, for…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.688 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER STATE FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS.

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216B.688 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER STATE FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS. Except as otherwise provided for equipment optimization as specified in section 216B.687, a public utility implementing an approved mercury emissions-reduction plan is not required to undertake additional investments or…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.72 QUALIFIED LARGE-SCALE DATA CENTER FEE.

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216B.72 QUALIFIED LARGE-SCALE DATA CENTER FEE. (a) The commissioner must collect an annual fee from the qualified large-scale data center, on a schedule prescribed by the commissioner and deposited in the energy and conservation account established in section 216B.241, subdivisio…

Minn. Stat. § 216B.79 PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.

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216B.79 PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE. The commission may order public utilities to make adequate infrastructure investments and undertake sufficient preventative maintenance with regard to generation, transmission, and distribution facilities. The commission's authority under this se…