Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

299C.75 BACKGROUND CHECKS; INDIAN TRIBES. (a) When requested by a law enforcement agency of an Indian tribe with a reservation in this state, the superintendent shall perform a criminal history background check to determine an individual's eligibility for a license, employment, h…

299C.76 BACKGROUND CHECK; ACCESS TO FEDERAL TAX INFORMATION. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply. (b) "Federal tax information" means federal tax returns and return information or information derived or created from f…

299C.77 FEDERAL BACKGROUND CHECKS BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. § Subdivision 1.Definition. As used in this section, "applicant for licensure" means an individual or if the applicant is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or other legal entity, every officer, dire…

299C.80 INDEPENDENT USE OF FORCE INVESTIGATIONS UNIT. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the meanings provided. (b) "Law enforcement agency" has the meaning given in section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (f). (c) "Officer-involve…

299D.01 DIVISION OF STATE PATROL. § Subdivision 1.Created. A division in the Department of Public Safety to be known as the Division of State Patrol is created, under the supervision and control of the chief supervisor, who shall be appointed by the commissioner and serve at the …

299D.03 STATE PATROL. § Subdivision 1.Members, powers, and duties. (a) The commissioner is hereby authorized to employ and designate a chief supervisor, a chief assistant supervisor, and such assistant supervisors, sergeants and officers as are provided by law, who shall comprise…

299D.06 PATROL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT TROOPERS. (a) Department personnel must be classified employees assigned to the Division of State Patrol if they are employed to enforce: (1) laws relating to motor vehicle equipment; school bus equipment; drivers' licenses; motor vehicle regi…

299D.07 HELICOPTER, FIXED WING AIRCRAFT. The commissioner of public safety is hereby authorized to retain, acquire, maintain and operate helicopters and fixed wing aircraft for the purposes of the State Patrol and the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and for any other law enforcem…

299D.08 TRAFFIC CITATION QUOTA PROHIBITED. The State Patrol or a law enforcement agency shall not order, mandate, require, or suggest to a patrol trooper, commercial vehicle inspector, or law compliance representative that the patrol trooper, inspector, or representative issue a …

299D.085 OVERDIMENSIONAL LOAD ESCORT DRIVER. § Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of this section, "overdimensional load" is a vehicle or combination of vehicles of a size or weight of vehicle or load exceeding the maximum specified in chapter 169, or otherwise not in conform…

299D.09 ESCORT SERVICE; APPROPRIATION; RECEIPTS. (a) Fees charged for escort services provided by the State Patrol are annually appropriated to the commissioner of public safety to administer and provide these services. (b) The fee charged for services provided by the State Patro…

299D.11 VEHICLE CRIMES UNIT ANNUAL REPORT. By January 15 of each year, the commissioner must submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over transportation finance on the vehicle crimes unit…

299E.01 CAPITOL COMPLEX SECURITY DIVISION. § Subdivision 1.Created; director. A division in the Department of Public Safety to be known as the Capitol Complex Security Division is under the supervision and control of the director of Capitol complex security, who must be a member …

299E.04 ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CAPITOL AREA SECURITY. § Subdivision 1.Membership and terms. The advisory committee on Capitol Area Security shall consist of six members, appointed as follows: (1) the lieutenant governor; (2) two senators, including one member from the majority par…

299F.01 FIRE MARSHAL. § Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 2014 c 212 art 3 s 1] § Subd. 2.Division created; state fire marshal. A division in the Department of Public Safety to be known as the Division of Fire Marshal is hereby created, under the supervision and control of the state fire…

299F.011 STATE FIRE CODE; ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT. § Subdivision 1. MS 2006 [Renumbered 326B.02, subd 6] § Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1981 c 106 s 16] § Subd. 3.Rules for code administration and enforcement. The commissioner of public safety shall adopt rules as may be necessary …

299F.0115 EXEMPTION FOR MEMBERS OF FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES. (a) The state fire marshal may issue building-specific waivers from the State Fire Code if there is conflict with a federally recognized Tribe's religious beliefs, traditional building practices, or established teach…

299F.012 FIRE SAFETY ACCOUNT. § Subdivision 1.Authorized programs within department. From the revenues appropriated from the fire safety account, established under section 297I.06, subdivision 3, the commissioner of public safety may expend funds for the activities and programs i…

299F.013 FUEL DISPENSING. (a) Any rule of the commissioner of public safety that adopts provisions of the State Fire Code relating to flammable and combustible liquids must permit the dispensing of class I and class II liquids from a fuel-dispensing system supplied by exterior ab…

299F.014 PETROLEUM STORAGE TANKS; TANK VEHICLE PARKING. (a) Any rule of the commissioner of public safety that adopts provisions of the State Fire Code relating to aboveground tanks for petroleum storage that are not used for dispensing to the public is superseded by Minnesota Ru…

299F.03 SPECIAL ATTORNEY. The attorney general may appoint a special attorney for the division, whose work shall be under the supervision of the attorney general, who shall fix the compensation, such compensation to be paid out of the fund created under this chapter. History: (59…

299F.035 FIRE DEPARTMENT USE OF CRIMINAL HISTORY DATA. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section. (b) "Minnesota criminal history" means adult convictions and juvenile adjudications. (c) "Fire department" has the meaning given in s…

299F.036 FIREFIGHTER; PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT INVESTIGATION. § Subdivision 1.Previous employment investigations authorized. The fire chief or administrative head of a fire department as defined under section 299F.092, subdivision 6, may conduct a previous employment investigation on …

299F.037 REPORTING FIREFIGHTER DEATHS. Whenever an active firefighter dies, whether or not the death is presumed to be in the line of duty, the fire chief of the deceased firefighter must report, without undue delay, the death to the state fire marshal. The notification shall ide…

299F.04 ORIGIN OF FIRE INVESTIGATED; COMPUTERIZED ARSON DATA. § Subdivision 1.Duty. The chief of the fire department of each city in which a fire department is established, and the mayor of each city in which no fire department exists, and the president of the statutory city boar…

299F.05 LAW ENFORCEMENT POWERS; INFORMATION SYSTEM. § Subdivision 1.Investigation, arrest, and prosecution. On determining that reasonable grounds exist to believe that a violation of sections 609.561 to 609.576 has occurred or that some other crime has occurred in connection wit…

299F.051 ARSON TRAINING. § Subdivision 1.Training unit. An arson training unit is established within the Division of Fire Marshal to develop and administer arson training courses throughout the state for law enforcement and fire service personnel and for prosecutors. § Subd. 1a.C…

299F.052 ARSON REPORTING IMMUNITY LAW, CITATION. Sections 299F.052 to 299F.057 shall be known as the Arson Reporting Immunity Law. History: 1979 c 226 s 1

299F.053 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purposes of sections 299F.052 to 299F.057 the terms defined in this section have the meanings given to them. § Subd. 2.Authorized person. "Authorized person" means: (1) the state fire marshal when authorized or charged with the…

299F.054 DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION. § Subdivision 1.Insurance information. An authorized person may, in writing, require an insurance company to release to the requesting person any or all relevant information or evidence the authorized person deems important, which the company m…

299F.055 CONFIDENTIAL DATA; EVIDENCE. Any data received pursuant to sections 299F.052 to 299F.057 by an authorized person or insurance company shall be confidential data pursuant to section 13.02, subdivision 3 until its release is required pursuant to a criminal or civil proceed…

299F.056 ENFORCEMENT. § Subdivision 1.Refusal to release information. No insurance company or employee or officer thereof shall intentionally refuse to release any information requested pursuant to section 299F.054, subdivision 1. § Subd. 2.Refusal to notify authorized person. No…

299F.057 APPLICABILITY OF ORDINANCES; CONCURRENT JURISDICTION. The provisions of sections 299F.052 to 299F.057 shall not be construed to affect or repeal any ordinance of any municipality relating to fire prevention or the control of arson, but the jurisdiction of the state fire …

299F.059 JUVENILE FIRE SETTER INTERVENTION. § Subdivision 1.Intervention network. The state fire marshal shall establish a statewide juvenile fire setter intervention network. The network shall include a clearinghouse of resources and materials to assist fire service personnel, s…

299F.06 TESTIMONIAL POWERS. § Subdivision 1.Summon witnesses; produce documentary evidence. (a) In order to establish if reasonable grounds exist to believe that a violation of sections 609.561 to 609.576 has occurred, or to determine compliance with the State Fire Code or correc…

299F.08 PREMISES, WHEN ENTERED. § Subdivision 1.Immediate entry. In the performance of the duties imposed by the provisions of this chapter, the state fire marshal and subordinates, during and within a reasonable time after a fire has been extinguished, may enter any building or …

299F.09 BUILDING ENTERED WITHIN REASONABLE HOURS. The state fire marshal, chief assistant, deputies, and subordinates, the chief of the fire department of each city where a fire department is established, the mayor of a city where no fire department exists, or the clerk of a town…

299F.091 CITATION. Sections 299F.091 to 299F.099 may be cited as the "Community Emergency Response Hazardous Substances Protection Act." History: 1Sp1986 c 1 art 10 s 10

299F.092 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. The terms used in sections 299F.091 to 299F.099 have the meanings given them in this section. § Subd. 2.Classified information. "Classified information" means information, data, or both that, for security reasons, has been given a spec…

299F.093 POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER. § Subdivision 1.Duties; rules. The commissioner shall: (1) adopt rules no later than July 1, 1987, with the advice of the Hazardous Substance Notification Advisory Committee, establishing the form and content of the hazardous substance …

299F.094 REPORT REQUIRED; CONTENTS. § Subdivision 1.Employer's duty. Except as provided in section 299F.096, subdivision 2, an employer who receives a hazardous substance notification report shall submit to the local fire department a completed hazardous substance notification re…

299F.095 POWERS AND DUTIES OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. (a) To the extent feasible, given the amount of funds and training available, the local fire department shall: (1) mail or otherwise distribute hazardous substance notification report forms to employers within the jurisdiction of the…

299F.096 DUTY TO SAFEGUARD PRIVATE INFORMATION. § Subdivision 1.Nonpublic data. Before a fire department and emergency response personnel may have access to information received under section 299F.094, the department shall establish security procedures to prevent unauthorized use…

299F.098 PENALTIES. (a) An employer who violates a provision of sections 299F.091 to 299F.099 or a rule or order adopted or made under the authority of those sections, that is determined by rule not to be a violation of a serious nature, may be assessed a fine not to exceed $1,00…

299F.099 LOCAL ORDINANCE PREEMPTED. Sections 299F.091 to 299F.099 preempt and supersede any local ordinance or rule concerning the subject matter of those sections. History: 1Sp1986 c 1 art 10 s 18

299F.18 COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL REMOVED. The state fire marshal, the chief assistant fire marshal, or any deputy fire marshal, who finds in any building or upon any premises any combustible or explosive material, rubbish, rags, waste, or inflammable matter of any kind, except liquid…