Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

12.24 REGIONAL DISASTER OFFICES. § Subdivision 1.Authorization. The state director may create and establish such number of regional disaster offices as may be necessary to provide both administrative assistance and operational support following a disaster, and with due considerat…

12.25 LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS; DIRECTORS, DUTIES. § Subdivision 1.Political subdivisions; director, responsibilities. Each political subdivision shall establish a local organization for emergency management in accordance with the state emergency management program, but no town shall …

12.26 POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS; TAXATION, APPROPRIATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Appropriation for expenses. Each political subdivision may make appropriations in the manner provided by law for making appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the political subdivision for the payment of…

12.27 MUTUAL AID, ARRANGEMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Authority; organizations in Minnesota. The director of each local organization for emergency management may, in collaboration with other public and private agencies within this state, develop or cause to be developed mutual aid arra…

12.28 GOVERNOR'S ORDERS, RULES; ENFORCEMENT. Every organization for emergency management established pursuant to this chapter and its officers shall execute and enforce orders and rules as may be made by the governor under authority of this chapter or section 216C.15. Each organi…

12.29 DECLARATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY. § Subdivision 1.Authority to declare emergency. A local emergency may be declared only by the mayor of a municipality or the chair of a county board of commissioners or their legal successors. It may not be continued for a period in excess of…

12.301 COMMUNITY DISASTER LOANS; GOVERNOR'S AUTHORITY. Whenever, at the request of the governor, the president has declared a major disaster to exist in this state, the governor is authorized to take the following actions: (a) Upon the governor's determination that a political su…

12.31 NATIONAL SECURITY OR PEACETIME EMERGENCY; DECLARATION. § Subdivision 1.Declaration of national security emergency. When information from the President of the United States, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Defense, or the National Warning System in…

12.32 GOVERNOR'S ORDERS AND RULES, EFFECT. Orders and rules promulgated by the governor under authority of section 12.21, subdivision 3, clause (1), when approved by the Executive Council and filed in the Office of the Secretary of State, have, during a national security emergenc…

12.33 ASSISTANCE BETWEEN POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. § Subdivision 1.Authority of governor. When the public interest requires it because of an imminent emergency, the governor may authorize and direct the police, firefighting, health, or other force of a political subdivision, called…

12.331 LOCAL ASSISTANCE BETWEEN POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. § Subdivision 1.Authority between political subdivisions. When the public interest requires it because of an emergency, a political subdivision may request the assistance of another political subdivision. Upon receiving such…

12.34 ASSISTANCE REQUIRED; COMPENSATION FOR PROPERTY TAKEN; PENALTY. § Subdivision 1.Emergency powers. When necessary to save life, property, or the environment during a national security emergency or during a peacetime emergency, the governor, the state director, or a member of …

12.35 ACTIVATING EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL. § Subdivision 1. MS 1994 [Repealed by amendment, 1996 c 344 s 24] § Subd. 2.Personnel rights, duties, privileges. Emergency response personnel, while activated by the state, are considered state employees and have the powers, duties,…

12.351 SPECIALIZED EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM. The state director of the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management shall determine if, in response to an emergency or disaster, activation of a specialized emergency response team for deployment to any political subdivisio…

12.36 GOVERNOR'S POWERS TO FAST PROVIDE EMERGENCY AID. (a) The governor, during an emergency or disaster and notwithstanding any other law, may: (1) enter into contracts and incur obligations necessary to combat the disaster by protecting the health and safety of persons, the saf…

12.37 POLITICAL SUBDIVISION'S POWERS TO FAST PROVIDE EMERGENCY AID. During an emergency or disaster, each political subdivision, notwithstanding any statutory or charter provision to the contrary, and through its governing body acting within or without the corporate limits of the…

12.38 STATE AGENCIES; TEMPORARY WAIVER OF FEES. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a state agency as defined in section 16B.01, subdivision 2, with the approval of the governor, may waive fees that would otherwise be charged for agency services. The waiver of fees must be c…

12.381 SAFE DISPOSITION OF DEAD HUMAN BODIES. § Subdivision 1.Powers for safe disposition. Notwithstanding chapter 149A, in connection with deaths related to a declared emergency, the governor may: (1) direct measures to provide for the safe disposition of dead human bodies as ma…

12.39 INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT; NOTICE, REFUSAL, CONSEQUENCE. § Subdivision 1.Refusal of treatment. Notwithstanding laws, rules, or orders made or promulgated in response to a national security emergency or peacetime emergency, individuals have a fundamental right to refuse medical t…

12.42 OUT-OF-STATE LICENSE HOLDERS; POWERS, DUTIES. During a declared emergency, a person who holds a license, certificate, or other permit issued by a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, or a province of Canada evidencing the meeting of qualifications for profe…

12.43 SUBVERSIVES; HIRING, USING; OATH. No person may be employed or associated in any capacity in an emergency management organization established under this chapter who advocates or has advocated a change by force or violence in the constitutional form of the Government of the …

12.44 POLITICAL ACTIVITIES. No organization for emergency management established under the authority of this chapter shall participate in any form of political activity, nor be employed directly or indirectly for political purposes, nor be employed in a legitimate labor dispute. …

12.45 VIOLATIONS, PENALTIES. Unless a different penalty or punishment is specifically prescribed, a person who willfully violates a provision of this chapter or a rule or order having the force and effect of law issued under authority of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor an…

12.46 LIMITATION OF POWERS. Nothing in this chapter authorizes the governor or the director: (1) by subpoena or otherwise to require any person to appear before any person or to produce any records for inspection by any person, or to examine any person under oath; and (2) to remo…

12.61 TEMPORARY MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES; LIABILITY. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section: (a) "Emergency plan" includes: (i) any plan for managing an emergency threatening public health developed by the commissioner of health or a local public health agency; …

12A.01 STATE RESPONSE TO NATURAL DISASTER. This chapter provides a framework and procedures for state agencies to assist communities to recover from a natural disaster for areas of Minnesota that are included in a presidential declaration of major disaster. History: 2008 c 247 s …

12A.02 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Application. The definitions in this section apply to this chapter. § Subd. 2.Appropriation. "Appropriation" means an appropriation provided in law specifically to implement this chapter, including but not limited to a statutory appropriation t…

12A.03 STATE ASSISTANCE. § Subdivision 1.Appropriations in law. Appropriations for programs and projects under this chapter must be made in law. Appropriations from the bond proceeds fund must be spent to acquire and to better publicly owned land and buildings and other public im…

12A.04 AGRICULTURE. The commissioner of agriculture may use state appropriations for disaster assistance. The commissioner, in consultation with the chairs of the house of representatives and senate committees with responsibility for agriculture finance, must develop eligibility …

12A.05 BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES. § Subdivision 1.Reinvest in Minnesota (RIM) conservation easements. The Board of Water and Soil Resources (board) may use appropriations to acquire easements from landowners on marginal or damaged lands in the disaster area to provide flo…

12A.06 EDUCATION. § Subdivision 1.Disaster enrollment impact aid. As used in this section, "commissioner" means the commissioner of education. The commissioner may pay disaster enrollment impact aid to a school district in an amount set in law times the number of adjusted pupil u…

12A.07 EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. § Subdivision 1.Minnesota investment fund. As used in this section, "commissioner" means the commissioner of employment and economic development. The commissioner may use state appropriations for grants to local units of government for …

12A.08 HEALTH. § Subdivision 1.Commissioner responsibilities. As used in this section, "commissioner" means the commissioner of health. In disaster-affected communities, the commissioner may provide for necessary assessment and evaluation of the following: access to health care; …

12A.09 HOUSING FINANCE. § Subdivision 1.Economic development and housing challenge. The economic development and housing challenge program under section 462A.33 may provide for housing assistance in the disaster area as provided in this section. § Subd. 2.Assistance. Within the l…

12A.10 HUMAN SERVICES. § Subdivision 1.Costs eligible for payment. As used in this section, "commissioner" means the commissioner of human services. Notwithstanding the limitations of section 12A.01 and the requirement in section 12A.03 that all appropriations must be used to ass…

12A.11 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The Minnesota Historical Society may use state appropriations for the costs of cleanup, renovation, repair, and replacement of historic structures or other historic resources damaged by the disaster. History: 2008 c 247 s 11

12A.12 NATURAL RESOURCES. § Subdivision 1.Facility and natural resource damage. As used in this section, "commissioner" means the commissioner of natural resources. The commissioner may use state appropriations to rehabilitate and replace state facilities damaged by the disaster …

12A.13 POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY. Notwithstanding sections 115C.08, subdivision 4, and 115C.09, subdivision 3i, the commissioner may use an appropriation, as provided in law, from the petroleum tank release cleanup fund to make grants to safely rehabilitate buildings if a portion …

12A.14 PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY. § Subdivision 1.Public infrastructure. The Public Facilities Authority may make grants to local units of government to assist with the cost of rehabilitation and replacement of publicly owned infrastructure, including storm sewers, wastewater s…

12A.15 PUBLIC SAFETY. § Subdivision 1.State cost-share for federal assistance. State appropriations may be used to pay 100 percent of the nonfederal share for state agencies, local governments, and utility cooperatives under section 12.221. An appropriation from the bond proceeds…

12A.16 TRANSPORTATION. § Subdivision 1.Transportation infrastructure operation and maintenance. The commissioner may use appropriations from the trunk highway fund for transportation infrastructure operation and maintenance related to a disaster. § Subd. 1a.Emergency relief accou…

12B.10 PUBLIC DISASTER ASSISTANCE; ABSENT FEDERAL AID. This chapter establishes a state public assistance program to provide cost-share assistance to local governments that sustain significant damage on a per capita basis but are not eligible for federal disaster assistance or co…

12B.15 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Application. The definitions in this section apply to this chapter. § Subd. 2.Applicant. "Applicant" means a local government, state government agency, or utility cooperative that applies for state disaster assistance under this chapter. § Subd…

12B.25 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA; CONSIDERATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Payment required; eligibility criteria. The director, serving as the governor's authorized representative, may enter into grant agreements with eligible applicants to provide state financial assistance made available as…

12B.30 ELIGIBLE COSTS. § Subdivision 1.Eligible costs. Costs eligible for payment under this chapter are those costs that would be eligible for federal financial assistance under FEMA's Public Assistance Program. § Subd. 2.Ineligible costs. Ineligible costs are all costs not incl…

12B.35 APPLICANT'S SHARE. An applicant's share of eligible costs incurred must not be less than 25 percent. The substantiated value of donated materials, equipment, services, and labor may be used as all or part of the applicant's share of eligible costs, subject to the following…