Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

299F.30 FIRE DRILL IN SCHOOL; DOORS AND EXITS. § Subdivision 1.Duties of fire marshal. Consistent with sections 121A.035, 121A.037, and this section, it shall be the duty of the state fire marshal, deputies and assistants, to require public and private schools and educational ins…

299F.31 PENALTIES PAID INTO STATE TREASURY. All penalties, fees, or forfeitures collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid into the state treasury. History: (5979) 1913 c 564 s 29; 1981 c 106 s 12

299F.32 STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION. It is hereby declared that this chapter is necessary for the public safety, health, peace, and welfare, is remedial in nature, and shall be construed liberally and this chapter shall not be declared unconstitutional and void for the reason that any…

299F.35 STATEMENT OF INSURED, USE IN CIVIL ACTION. No statement or admission of assured in any fire insurance policy given to the fire marshal's office in any investigation or proceeding had by that office shall be used in any civil action based upon such policy of insurance. His…

299F.3605 PETROLEUM REFINERIES. (a) As used in this section, "petroleum refinery" has the meaning given in section 115C.02, subdivision 10a. (b) By January 1, 2022, each petroleum refinery operating in the state shall maintain or contract for a full-time paid on-site fire departm…

299F.362 SMOKE ALARM; INSTALLATION; RULES; PENALTY. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (a) "Apartment house" is any building, or portion thereof, which is designed, built, rented, leased, let, or hired out to be o…

299F.391 HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION, OR LODGING FACILITY. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section the following definitions shall apply: (a) "Lodging house" means any building or portion thereof containing not more than five guest rooms which are used or intended to…

299F.40 LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM OR INDUSTRIAL GAS CONTAINER. § Subdivision 1.Public policy. It is the intent of the Minnesota legislature to protect the public welfare and promote safety in the filling and use of pressure vessels containing liquefied petroleum or industrial gases thr…

299F.46 HOTEL INSPECTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Hotel inspection. (a) It shall be the duty of the commissioner of public safety to inspect, or cause to be inspected, at least once every three years, every hotel in this state; and, for that purpose, the commissioner, or the commissione…

299F.47 SCHOOL INSPECTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Public school inspections; fees. The state fire marshal shall develop a plan to inspect once every three years every public school facility used for educational purposes. The state fire marshal shall charge school districts $0.014 per s…

299F.48 AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEMS IN EXISTING PUBLIC HOUSING BUILDINGS. § Subdivision 1.Requirements. (a) An automatic sprinkler system must be installed in those portions of an entire existing public housing building in which an automatic sprinkler system would be required if …

299F.50 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. As used in sections 299F.50 and 299F.51, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2. MS 2006 [Renumbered subd 8] § Subd. 3. MS 2006 [Renumbered subd 10] § Subd. 4. MS 2006 [Renumbered subd 7] § Subd. 5.App…

299F.51 REQUIREMENTS FOR CARBON MONOXIDE ALARMS. § Subdivision 1.Generally. (a) Every single-family dwelling and every dwelling unit in a multifamily dwelling must have an approved and operational carbon monoxide alarm installed within ten feet of each room lawfully used for slee…

299F.56 DEFINITIONS; NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SAFETY. § Subdivision 1.Scope. As used in sections 299F.56 to 299F.641, the terms defined in this section shall have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2. [Renumbered subd 9] § Subd. 2a. [Renumbered subd 8] § Subd. 3. [Renumbered subd 15] §…

299F.57 SAFETY STANDARDS; GAS PIPELINE. § Subdivision 1.Rules. (a) The commissioner may by rule establish additional or more stringent safety standards for the transportation of gas and gas pipeline facilities. Such standards may apply to the design, installation, inspection, tes…

299F.58 CERTIFICATION AND REPORT TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. The commissioner is authorized to make certifications and reports to the United States Secretary of Transportation as may be required from time to time under the federal Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act. History: 1969 c 988 s…

299F.59 COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS. § Subdivision 1.Duty to comply. Each person who engages in the transportation of gas or hazardous liquids or who owns or operates gas or hazardous liquid pipeline facilities shall: (1) at all times after the date any applicable safety standard e…

299F.60 PIPELINE VIOLATION; RULES, CIVIL PENALTIES. § Subdivision 1.Money penalty. Any person who violates any provision of sections 299F.56 to 299F.641, or any rule issued thereunder, is subject to a civil penalty to be imposed by the commissioner not to exceed the maximum penal…

299F.61 PIPELINE VIOLATION; INJUNCTIVE RELIEF, JUDICIAL PROCEDURE. § Subdivision 1.Authority. The district courts of the state of Minnesota shall have jurisdiction, subject to the provisions of the statutes and the rules of practice and procedure of the state of Minnesota relativ…

299F.62 PLAN TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN GAS PIPELINE. (a) Each person who engages in the transportation of gas or who owns or operates gas pipeline facilities subject to sections 299F.56 to 299F.641 shall prepare, maintain, carry out, and file with the commissioner a plan for operat…

299F.63 RECORDS, REPORTS, INSPECTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Commissioner's duties and powers. (a) The commissioner may, to the extent necessary to carry out the enforcement responsibilities of sections 299F.56 to 299F.641, conduct investigations, make reports, issue subpoenas, require…

299F.631 INSPECTION FEE; ASSESSMENT, RULES. § Subdivision 1.Assessment and deposit of fee. From each pipeline operator subject to the intrastate pipeline inspection authority under sections 299F.56 to 299F.641, the commissioner shall assess and collect an inspection fee in an amo…

299F.64 FEDERAL MONEY. The commissioner may accept any and all money provided for or made available to this state by the United States of America or any department or agency thereof with respect to prescribing, setting, and enforcing rules and safety standards for the transportat…

299F.641 INTRASTATE HAZARDOUS LIQUID PIPELINE. § Subdivision 1.Jurisdiction. The commissioner has regulatory jurisdiction over the safety standards and practices of intrastate hazardous liquid pipeline facilities and the transportation of hazardous liquids associated with those f…

299F.72 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purposes of sections 299F.72 to 299F.831; 609.48, subdivision 4; 609.52, subdivision 3; 609.561; 609.562; 609.563; and 609.713, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 1a.Blasting agent. "Blasting…

299F.73 LICENSE REQUIRED. § Subdivision 1.Manufacture, assembly, or storage. No person shall manufacture, assemble, warehouse or store explosives or blasting agents for purposes of wholesale or retail sale, or for any other purpose other than for ultimate consumption without bein…

299F.74 PERMIT REQUIRED FOR POSSESSION OR USE. No person shall possess explosives or blasting agents, unless said person shall have obtained a valid license as provided in section 299F.73, or unless said person shall have obtained a valid permit for the use of explosives or blast…

299F.75 PERMIT APPLICATION. § Subdivision 1.Requirement. Any person desiring to possess explosives or blasting agents, other than a person licensed as provided in section 299F.73, shall make application for a permit for the use of explosives or blasting agents to the appropriate …

299F.76 AFFIRMATION AND IDENTIFICATION; EFFECTIVE PERIOD. § Subdivision 1.Affirmation that information is true. A license or an explosives use permit shall have printed thereon a statement underlined that the applicant affirms under penalty of perjury that the information provide…

299F.77 ISSUANCE TO CERTAIN PERSONS PROHIBITED. § Subdivision 1.Disqualifiers. The following persons shall not be entitled to receive an explosives license or permit: (1) a person under the age of 18 years; (2) a person who has been convicted in this state or elsewhere of a crime…

299F.78 TRANSFER. § Subdivision 1.Transferring explosive or blasting agent. No person shall transfer explosives or blasting agents to another unless the transferee shall display to the transferor a copy of a valid license or use permit and proper identification, and unless said t…

299F.785 BLACK POWDER. No person shall manufacture, assemble, warehouse, or store black powder for purposes of wholesale or retail sale without being licensed to do so by the commissioner of public safety. The license shall be as prescribed by section 299F.73, subdivision 2. Pers…

299F.79 UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF COMPONENT; PENALTY. Whoever possesses one or more of the components necessary to manufacture or assemble explosives or blasting agents, with the intent to manufacture or assemble explosives or blasting agents, unless said person shall have a valid l…

299F.80 UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF EXPLOSIVE; PENALTIES. § Subdivision 1.Possession without license or permit. Except as provided in subdivision 2, whoever possesses explosives or blasting agents without a valid license or permit may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than fiv…

299F.82 ILLEGAL TRANSFER; PENALTY. § Subdivision 1.Illegal transfer. Except as provided in subdivision 2, whoever illegally transfers an explosive or blasting agent to another may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or payment of a fine of not more than $10,…

299F.83 NEGLIGENT DISCHARGE. Whoever, acting with gross disregard for human life or property, negligently causes an explosive or blasting agent to be discharged may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten years or payment of a fine of not more than $20,000, or both. Hi…

299F.831 HANDLING WHILE INFLUENCED BY ALCOHOL OR DRUG. § Subdivision 1.Prohibition. A person shall not handle or use explosives or blasting agents while under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances as defined by section 169A.20. § Subd. 2.Misdemeanor. Whoever handles o…

299F.850 CIGARETTE FIRE SAFETY DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. The terms used in sections 299F.850 to 299F.859 have the meanings given them in this section. § Subd. 2.Agent. "Agent" means any person licensed by the commissioner of revenue to purchase and affix adhesive or met…

299F.851 TEST METHOD AND PERFORMANCE STANDARD. § Subdivision 1.Requirements. (a) Except as provided in this subdivision, no cigarettes may be sold or offered for sale in this state or offered for sale or sold to persons located in this state unless (1) the cigarettes have been te…

299F.852 CERTIFICATION AND PRODUCT CHANGE. § Subdivision 1.Attestation. Each manufacturer shall submit to the state fire marshal a written certification attesting that each cigarette listed in the certification: (1) has been tested in accordance with section 299F.851; and (2) mee…

299F.853 MARKING AND CIGARETTE PACKAGING. (a) Cigarettes that are certified by a manufacturer in accordance with section 299F.852 must be marked to indicate compliance with the requirements of section 299F.851. The marking must be in eight-point type or larger and consist of: (1)…

299F.854 PENALTIES AND REMEDIES. § Subdivision 1.Wholesale. (a) A manufacturer, wholesale dealer, agent, or any other person or entity who knowingly sells or offers to sell cigarettes, other than through retail sale, in violation of section 299F.851 is liable to a civil penalty: …

299F.855 IMPLEMENTATION. § Subdivision 1.Rules. The commissioner of public safety, in consultation with the state fire marshal, may adopt rules, pursuant to chapter 14, necessary to effectuate the purposes of sections 299F.850 to 299F.859. § Subd. 2.Commissioner of revenue. The c…

299F.856 INSPECTION. To enforce sections 299F.850 to 299F.859, the attorney general and the state fire marshal may examine the books, papers, invoices, and other records of any person in possession, control, or occupancy of any premises where cigarettes are placed, stored, sold, …

299F.857 REDUCED CIGARETTE IGNITION PROPENSITY ACCOUNT. The reduced cigarette ignition propensity account is established in the state treasury. The account consists of all money recovered as penalties under section 299F.854 and fees collected under section 299F.852, subdivision 5…

299F.858 SALE OUTSIDE OF MINNESOTA. Sections 299F.850 to 299F.859 do not prohibit any person or entity from manufacturing or selling cigarettes that do not meet the requirements of section 299F.851 if the cigarettes are or will be stamped for sale in another state or are packaged…