Minnesota 2023-2024 Regular Session

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1	1		1.1 A bill for an act
2		-	1.2 relating to judiciary; amending policy provisions governing data privacy and access,
3		-	1.3 civil remedies, human rights, civil forfeiture, criminal procedure, marriage, name
4		-	1.4 changes, real property, and multimember agency appointments; amending
5		-	1.5 Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 13.72, subdivision 19, by adding a subdivision;
6		-	1.6 15.0597, subdivisions 1, 4, 5, 6; 168B.07, subdivision 3, by adding subdivisions;
7		-	1.7 169A.63, subdivision 8; 259.11; 259.13, subdivision 1; 325F.70, by adding a
8		-	1.8 subdivision; 336.9-601; 351.01, subdivision 2; 363A.02, subdivision 1; 363A.03,
9		-	1.9 subdivisions 23, 44, by adding a subdivision; 363A.04; 363A.06, subdivision 1;
10		-	1.10 363A.07, subdivision 2; 363A.08, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, by adding a subdivision;
11		-	1.11 363A.09, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 363A.11, subdivision 1; 363A.12, subdivision
12		-	1.12 1; 363A.13, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 363A.16, subdivision 1; 363A.17; 363A.21,
13		-	1.13 subdivision 1; 364.021; 364.06, subdivision 1; 473.387, subdivision 4; 504B.301;
14		-	1.14 507.07; 508.52; 517.04; 517.08, subdivisions 1a, 1b; 518.191, subdivisions 1, 3;
15		-	1.15 541.023, subdivision 6; 550.365, subdivision 2; 559.209, subdivision 2; 573.01;
16		-	1.16 573.02, subdivisions 1, 2; 582.039, subdivision 2; 583.25; 583.26, subdivision 2;
17		-	1.17 590.01, subdivision 4; 600.23; 609.5151; 609.5314, subdivision 3; proposing
18		-	1.18 coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 13; 259; 480; 484; 634;
19		-	1.19 repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 346.02; 363A.20, subdivision 3;
20		-	1.20 363A.27; 504B.305; 582.14.
21		-	1.21BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
22		-	1.22 ARTICLE 1
23		-	1.23 DATA PRIVACY
24		-	1.24 Section 1. [13.204] POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS LICENSING DATA.
25		-	1.25 (a) The following data submitted to a political subdivision by a person seeking to obtain
26		-	1.26a license are classified as private data on individuals or nonpublic data:
27		-	1.27 (1) a tax return, as defined by section 270B.01, subdivision 2; and
28		-	1.28 (2) a bank account statement.
29		-	1Article 1 Section 1.
30		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL
	2	+	1.2 relating to judiciary; eliminating the fee for uncertified copies of instruments from
	3	+	1.3 civil or criminal proceedings; providing expedited attorney entry to district
	4	+	1.4 courthouse buildings; providing attorneys secured access to court records; amending
	5	+	1.5 Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 357.021, subdivision 2; proposing coding for
	6	+	1.6 new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 484.
	7	+	1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
	8	+	1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 357.021, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
	9	+	1.9 Subd. 2.Fee amounts.The fees to be charged and collected by the court administrator
	10	+	1.10shall be as follows:
	11	+	1.11 (1) In every civil action or proceeding in said court, including any case arising under
	12	+	1.12the tax laws of the state that could be transferred or appealed to the Tax Court, the plaintiff,
	13	+	1.13petitioner, or other moving party shall pay, when the first paper is filed for that party in said
	14	+	1.14action, a fee of $285, except in marriage dissolution actions the fee is $315.
	15	+	1.15 The defendant or other adverse or intervening party, or any one or more of several
	16	+	1.16defendants or other adverse or intervening parties appearing separately from the others,
	17	+	1.17shall pay, when the first paper is filed for that party in said action, a fee of $285, except in
	18	+	1.18marriage dissolution actions the fee is $315. This subdivision does not apply to the filing
	19	+	1.19of an Application for Discharge of Judgment. Section 548.181 applies to an Application
	20	+	1.20for Discharge of Judgment.
	21	+	1.21 The party requesting a trial by jury shall pay $100.
	22	+	1.22 The fees above stated shall be the full trial fee chargeable to said parties irrespective of
	23	+	1.23whether trial be to the court alone, to the court and jury, or disposed of without trial, and
	24	+	1Section 1.
	25	+	23-01336 as introduced12/22/22 REVISOR KLL/KA
31	26		SENATE
32	27		STATE OF MINNESOTA
33	28		S.F. No. 200NINETY-THIRD SESSION
34	29		(SENATE AUTHORS: LATZ)
35	30		OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
36		-	Introduction and first reading16601/12/2023
37		-	Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety
38		-	Comm report: To pass as amended5909a04/25/2023
39		-	Joint rule 2.03, referred to Rules and Administration5947
40		-	Comm report: Adopt previous comm report Jt rule 2.03 suspended05/01/2023
41		-	Second reading
42		-	Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders HF44705/02/2023 2.1 (b) Notwithstanding section 138.17, data collected by a political subdivision as part of
43		-	2.2a license application and classified under paragraph (a) must be destroyed no later than 90
44		-	2.3days after a final decision on the license application.
45		-	2.4 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment. Data
46		-	2.5which a political subdivision collected or created before the effective date of this section,
47		-	2.6and which would otherwise be subject to the destruction requirement in paragraph (b), must
48		-	2.7be destroyed no later than 90 days following final enactment.
49		-	2.8 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 13.72, subdivision 19, is amended to read:
50		-	2.9 Subd. 19.Transit customer data.(a) The following data on applicants, users, and
51		-	2.10customers of public transit are private data on individuals: (1) data collected by or through
52		-	2.11a government entity's personalized web services or the Metropolitan Council's regional fare
53		-	2.12collection system are private data on individuals; and (2) data collected by telephone or
54		-	2.13through a third-party software program for the purposes of booking and using public transit
55		-	2.14services. As used in this subdivision, the following terms have the meanings given them:
56		-	2.15 (1) "regional fare collection system" means the fare collection system created and
57		-	2.16administered by the council that is used for collecting fares or providing fare cards or passes
58		-	2.17for transit services which includes:
59		-	2.18 (i) regular route bus service within the metropolitan area and paratransit service, whether
60		-	2.19provided by the council or by other providers of regional transit service;
61		-	2.20 (ii) light rail transit service within the metropolitan area;
62		-	2.21 (iii) rideshare programs administered by the council;
63		-	2.22 (iv) special transportation services provided under section 473.386; and
64		-	2.23 (v) commuter rail service;
65		-	2.24 (2) "personalized web services" means services for which transit service applicants,
66		-	2.25users, and customers must establish a user account; and
67		-	2.26 (3) "metropolitan area" means the area defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2.; and
68		-	2.27 (4) "third-party software program" means a software program that is proprietary to a
69		-	2.28third party, including a third-party software program commonly known as a mobile app,
70		-	2.29that collects and uses a public transit customer's name and other personally identifiable
71		-	2.30information, pick-up and drop-off locations, and other trip data for the purposes of booking
72		-	2.31and using public transit services.
73		-	2Article 1 Sec. 2.
74		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 3.1 (b) A government entity may disseminate data on user and customer transaction history
75		-	3.2and fare card use to government entities, organizations, school districts, educational
76		-	3.3institutions, and employers that subsidize or provide fare cards to their clients, students, or
77		-	3.4employees. "Data on user and customer transaction history and fare card use" means:
78		-	3.5 (1) the date a fare card was used;
79		-	3.6 (2) the time a fare card was used;
80		-	3.7 (3) the mode of travel;
81		-	3.8 (4) the type of fare product used; and
82		-	3.9 (5) information about the date, time, and type of fare product purchased.
83		-	3.10Government entities, organizations, school districts, educational institutions, and employers
84		-	3.11may use customer transaction history and fare card use data only for purposes of measuring
85		-	3.12and promoting fare card use and evaluating the cost-effectiveness of their fare card programs.
86		-	3.13If a user or customer requests in writing that the council limit the disclosure of transaction
87		-	3.14history and fare card use, the council may disclose only the card balance and the date a card
88		-	3.15was last used.
89		-	3.16 (c) A government entity may disseminate transit service applicant, user, and customer
90		-	3.17data to another government entity to prevent unlawful intrusion into government electronic
91		-	3.18systems, or as otherwise provided by law.
92		-	3.19 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
93		-	3.20 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 13.72, is amended by adding a subdivision to
94		-	3.21read:
95		-	3.22 Subd. 20.Transit assistance program data.(a) Data on applicants and users of
96		-	3.23Metropolitan Council programs established under section 473.387, subdivision 4, are
97		-	3.24classified as private data on individuals under section 13.02, subdivision 12.
98		-	3.25 (b) The council may disclose transit assistance program data to public or private agencies
99		-	3.26or organizations for the purposes of administering and coordinating human services programs
100		-	3.27and other support services for the applicants or users.
101		-	3.28 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
102		-	3Article 1 Sec. 3.
103		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 4.1 Sec. 4. [13.991] JUDICIAL OFFICIAL DATA; PERSONAL INFORMATION.
104		-	4.2 Personal information of all judicial officials collected, created, or maintained by a
105		-	4.3government entity is private data on individuals. For purposes of this section, the terms
106		-	4.4"personal information" and "judicial official" have the meanings given in section 480.40,
107		-	4.5subdivision 1.
108		-	4.6 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 473.387, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
109		-	4.7 Subd. 4.Transit disadvantaged.The council shall establish a program and policies to
110		-	4.8reduce transportation costs for persons who are, because of limited incomes, age, disability,
111		-	4.9or other reasons, especially dependent on public transit for common mobility. Data on
112		-	4.10applicants and users of council programs under this subdivision are classified as private
113		-	4.11data on individuals under section 13.72, subdivision 20.
114		-	4.12 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
115		-	4.13 Sec. 6. [480.40] PERSONAL INFORMATION; CONFIDENTIALITY.
116		-	4.14 Subdivision 1.Definitions.(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have
117		-	4.15the meanings given.
118		-	4.16 (b) "Judicial official" includes:
119		-	4.17 (1) every Minnesota district court judge, senior judge, and every judge of the Minnesota
120		-	4.18Court of Appeals and every active, senior, recalled, or retired federal judge who resides in
121		-	4.19Minnesota;
122		-	4.20 (2) each justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court; and
123		-	4.21 (3) all employees of the Minnesota judicial branch.
124		-	4.22 (c) "Personal information" means:
125		-	4.23 (1) the home address of a judicial official;
126		-	4.24 (2) the home address of the spouse, domestic partner, or children of a judicial official;
127		-	4.25 (3) a nonjudicial branch issued telephone number or email address of a judicial official;
128		-	4.26 (4) the name of any child of a judicial official; and
129		-	4.27 (5) the name of any childcare facility or school that is attended by a child of a judicial
130		-	4.28official.
131		-	4Article 1 Sec. 6.
132		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 5.1 Subd. 2.Confidentiality.The personal information of all judicial officials maintained
133		-	5.2by a person, business, or association shall be confidential and no person, business, or
134		-	5.3association shall publicly post, display, or otherwise make publicly available on the Internet
135		-	5.4the personal information of any judicial official. Personal information shall be kept in a
136		-	5.5secure manner to prevent unauthorized access. Personal information may be disseminated
137		-	5.6pursuant to a specific authorization in law or with the written consent of the judicial official.
138		-	5.7 Sec. 7. [484.94] ATTORNEY ACCESS TO COURT RECORDS.
139		-	5.8 An attorney who is admitted and licensed to practice law in the state may apply for a
140		-	5.9Minnesota Government Access account to access electronic court records and documents
141		-	5.10stored in the Minnesota Court Information System for cases in state district courts. An
142		-	5.11attorney shall be able to view and print case documents and information without cost to the
143		-	5.12attorney.
144		-	5.13 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.5151, is amended to read:
145		-	5.14 609.5151 DISSEMINATION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LAW
146		-	5.15ENFORCEMENT OR THE JUDICIARY PROHIBITED; PENALTY.
147		-	5.16 Subdivision 1.Definitions.As used in this section:
148		-	5.17 (1) "family or household member" has the meaning given in section 518B.01, subdivision
149		-	5.182;
150		-	5.19 (2) "judicial official" includes:
151		-	5.20 (i) every Minnesota district court judge, senior judge, and every judge of the Minnesota
152		-	5.21Court of Appeals and every active, senior, recalled, or retired federal judge who resides in
153		-	5.22Minnesota;
154		-	5.23 (ii) each justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court; and
155		-	5.24 (iii) all employees of the Minnesota judicial branch;
156		-	5.25 (3) "law enforcement official" means both peace officers as defined in section 626.84,
157		-	5.26subdivision 1, and persons employed by a law enforcement agency; and
158		-	5.27 (3) (4) "personal information" means a home address, directions to a home, or
159		-	5.28photographs of a home.
160		-	5.29 Subd. 2.Crime described.(a) It is a misdemeanor for a person to knowingly and without
161		-	5.30consent make publicly available, including but not limited to through the Internet, personal
162		-	5Article 1 Sec. 8.
163		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 6.1information about a law enforcement official or judicial official or an official's family or
164		-	6.2household member, if:
165		-	6.3 (1) the dissemination poses an imminent and serious threat to the official's safety or the
166		-	6.4safety of an official's family or household member; and
167		-	6.5 (2) the person making the information publicly available knows or reasonably should
168		-	6.6know of the imminent and serious threat.
169		-	6.7 (b) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the person violates paragraph (a) and
170		-	6.8a law enforcement official or judicial official or an official's family or household member
171		-	6.9suffers great bodily harm or death as a result of the violation.
172		-	6.10 (c) A person who is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this section is guilty
173		-	6.11of a gross misdemeanor.
174		-	6.12 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2023, and applies to crimes
175		-	6.13committed on or after that date.
176		-	6.14 ARTICLE 2
177		-	6.15 CIVIL REMEDIES
178		-	6.16 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 168B.07, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
179		-	6.17 Subd. 3.Retrieval of contents; right to reclaim.(a) For purposes of this subdivision:
180		-	6.18 (1) "contents" does not include any permanently affixed mechanical or nonmechanical
181		-	6.19automobile parts; automobile body parts; or automobile accessories, including audio or
182		-	6.20video players; and
183		-	6.21 (2) "relief based on need" includes, but is not limited to, receipt of MFIP and Diversionary
184		-	6.22Work Program, medical assistance, general assistance, emergency general assistance,
185		-	6.23Minnesota supplemental aid, MSA-emergency assistance, MinnesotaCare, Supplemental
186		-	6.24Security Income, energy assistance, emergency assistance, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
187		-	6.25Program (SNAP) benefits, earned income tax credit, or Minnesota working family tax credit.
188		-	6.26 (b) A unit of government or impound lot operator shall must establish reasonable
189		-	6.27procedures for retrieval of vehicle contents, and may establish reasonable procedures to
190		-	6.28protect the safety and security of the impound lot and its personnel.
191		-	6.29 (c) At any time before the expiration of the waiting periods provided in section 168B.051,
192		-	6.30a registered owner of a vehicle who provides proof of identity that includes photographic
193		-	6.31identification and documentation from a government or nonprofit agency or legal aid office
194		-	6Article 2 Section 1.
195		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 7.1that the registered owner is homeless, receives relief based on need, or is eligible for legal
196		-	7.2aid services, has the unencumbered right to retrieve any and all contents without charge and
197		-	7.3regardless of whether the registered owner pays incurred charges or fees, transfers title, or
198		-	7.4reclaims the vehicle. A refusal by the impound lot operator to allow the registered owner
199		-	7.5to retrieve the vehicle contents after the owner provides valid documentation is a violation
200		-	7.6of this paragraph.
201		-	7.7 (d) An impound lot operator may make copies of the documents presented by the
202		-	7.8registered owner under paragraph (c), and the impound lot operator must return all of the
203		-	7.9original documents to the registered owner immediately after copying them.
204		-	7.10 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 168B.07, is amended by adding a subdivision to
205		-	7.11read:
206		-	7.12 Subd. 3a.Retrieval of contents; identification, medicine, and medical equipment.An
207		-	7.13impound lot operator must allow any registered vehicle owner to retrieve, or must retrieve
208		-	7.14for the vehicle owner, the following from the impounded vehicle: proof of identification;
209		-	7.15prescription medicine; and durable medical equipment, including but not limited to
210		-	7.16wheelchairs, prosthetics, canes, crutches, walkers, and external braces.
211		-	7.17 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 168B.07, is amended by adding a subdivision to
212		-	7.18read:
213		-	7.19 Subd. 3b.Retrieval of contents; notice of denial.(a) This subdivision applies to an
214		-	7.20impound lot operator (1) who operates a nonpublic impound lot, or (2) with which a unit
215		-	7.21of government exclusively contracts to operate an impound lot solely for public use under
216		-	7.22section 168B.09.
217		-	7.23 (b) An impound lot operator who denies a request of a registered vehicle owner to retrieve
218		-	7.24vehicle contents after the registered owner presents documentation pursuant to subdivision
219		-	7.253, paragraph (c), must, at the time of denial, provide the registered owner with a written
220		-	7.26statement that identifies the specific reasons for the denial.
221		-	7.27 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 168B.07, is amended by adding a subdivision to
222		-	7.28read:
223		-	7.29 Subd. 3c.Retrieval of contents; public notice.(a) This subdivision applies to an
224		-	7.30impound lot operator (1) who operates a nonpublic impound lot, or (2) with which a unit
225		-	7.31of government exclusively contracts to operate an impound lot solely for public use under
226		-	7.32section 168B.09.
227		-	7Article 2 Sec. 4.
228		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 8.1 (b) An impound lot operator must post a conspicuous notice at its place of operation in
229		-	8.2the following form:
230		-	8.3"If you receive government benefits, are currently homeless, or are eligible for legal aid
231		-	8.4services, you have the right to get the contents out of your car free of charge IF you provide:
232		-	8.5 (1) a photo ID (such as a driver's license, passport, or employer ID); AND
233		-	8.6 (2) documentation from a government or nonprofit agency or from a legal aid office that
234		-	8.7shows you get benefits from a government program based on your income, you are homeless,
235		-	8.8or you are eligible for legal aid services. Examples of this documentation include BUT ARE
236		-	8.9NOT LIMITED TO:
237		-	8.10 - an EBT card;
238		-	8.11 - a Medical Assistance or MinnesotaCare card;
239		-	8.12 - a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) card; and
240		-	8.13 - a letter, email, or other document from a government agency, nonprofit organization,
241		-	8.14or legal aid organization showing that you get benefits from a government program based
242		-	8.15on your income, you are homeless, or you are eligible for legal aid services."
243		-	8.16 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 168B.07, is amended by adding a subdivision to
244		-	8.17read:
245		-	8.18 Subd. 3d.Retrieval of contents; remedy.(a) This subdivision applies to an impound
246		-	8.19lot operator (1) who operates a nonpublic impound lot, or (2) with which a unit of government
247		-	8.20exclusively contracts to operate an impound lot solely for public use under section 168B.09.
248		-	8.21 (b) If an impound lot operator denies the registered owner the right to retrieve the vehicle
249		-	8.22contents in violation of subdivision 3, paragraph (c), an aggrieved registered vehicle owner
250		-	8.23has a cause of action against the impound lot operator as provided in this subdivision.
251		-	8.24 (c) If the vehicle and its contents remain in the possession of the impound lot operator
252		-	8.25and retrieval of the vehicle contents was denied in violation of subdivision 3, paragraph (c),
253		-	8.26an aggrieved registered vehicle owner is entitled to injunctive relief to retrieve the vehicle
254		-	8.27contents as well as reasonable attorney fees and costs.
255		-	8.28 (d) If an impound lot operator sells or disposes of the vehicle contents after the registered
256		-	8.29owner has provided the documentation required under subdivision 3, paragraph (c), an
257		-	8.30aggrieved registered vehicle owner is entitled to statutory damages in an amount of $1,000
258		-	8.31and reasonable attorney fees and costs. An action brought pursuant to this paragraph must
259		-	8.32be brought within 12 months of when the vehicle was impounded.
260		-	8Article 2 Sec. 5.
261		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 9.1 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 325F.70, is amended by adding a subdivision to
262		-	9.2read:
263		-	9.3 Subd. 3.Private enforcement.(a) In addition to the remedies otherwise provided by
264		-	9.4law, a consumer injured by a violation of sections 325F.68 to 325F.70, in connection with
265		-	9.5a sale of merchandise for personal, family, household, or agricultural purposes, may bring
266		-	9.6a civil action and recover damages, together with costs and disbursements, including costs
267		-	9.7of investigation and reasonable attorney fees, and receive other equitable relief as determined
268		-	9.8by the court. An action brought under this section benefits the public.
269		-	9.9 (b) For the purposes of this subdivision:
270		-	9.10 (1) "consumer" means a natural person or family farmer;
271		-	9.11 (2) "family farmer" means a person or persons operating a family farm; and
272		-	9.12 (3) "family farm" has the meaning given in section 116B.02, subdivision 6.
273		-	9.13 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2023, and applies to causes
274		-	9.14of action commenced on or after that date.
275		-	9.15 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 573.01, is amended to read:
276		-	9.16 573.01 SURVIVAL OF CAUSES.
277		-	9.17 A cause of action arising out of an injury to the person dies with the person of the party
278		-	9.18in whose favor it exists, except as provided in survives the death of any party in accordance
279		-	9.19with section 573.02. All other causes of action by one against another, whether arising on
280		-	9.20contract or not, survive to the personal representatives of the former and against those of
281		-	9.21the latter.
282		-	9.22 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment and
283		-	9.23applies to causes of action pending on or commenced on or after that date.
284		-	9.24 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 573.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
285		-	9.25 Subdivision 1.Death action.When death is caused by the wrongful act or omission of
286		-	9.26any person or corporation, the trustee appointed as provided in subdivision 3 may maintain
287		-	9.27an action therefor if the decedent might have maintained an action, had the decedent lived,
288		-	9.28for an injury caused by the wrongful act or omission. An action to recover damages for a
289		-	9.29death caused by the alleged professional negligence of a physician, surgeon, dentist, hospital
290		-	9.30or sanitarium, or an employee of a physician, surgeon, dentist, hospital or sanitarium shall
291		-	9.31be commenced within three years of the date of death, but in no event shall be commenced
292		-	9Article 2 Sec. 8.
293		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 10.1beyond the time set forth in section 541.076. An action to recover damages for a death
294		-	10.2caused by an intentional act constituting murder may be commenced at any time after the
295		-	10.3death of the decedent. Any other action under this section may be commenced within three
296		-	10.4years after the date of death provided that the action must be commenced within six years
297		-	10.5after the act or omission. The recovery in the action is the amount the jury deems fair and
298		-	10.6just in reference to for all damages suffered by the decedent resulting from the injury prior
299		-	10.7to the decedent's death and the pecuniary loss resulting from the death, and shall be for the
300		-	10.8exclusive benefit of the surviving spouse and next of kin, proportionate to the pecuniary
301		-	10.9loss severally suffered by the death. The court then determines the proportionate pecuniary
302		-	10.10loss of the persons entitled to the recovery and orders distribution accordingly. Funeral
303		-	10.11expenses and any demand for the support of the decedent allowed by the court having
304		-	10.12jurisdiction of the action, are first deducted and paid. Punitive damages may be awarded as
305		-	10.13provided in section 549.20.
306		-	10.14 If an action for the injury was commenced by the decedent and not finally determined
307		-	10.15while living, it may be continued by the trustee for recovery of all damages for the exclusive
308		-	10.16benefit of the surviving spouse and next of kin, proportionate to the pecuniary loss severally
309		-	10.17suffered by the death. The court on motion shall make an order allowing the continuance
310		-	10.18and directing pleadings to be made and issues framed as in actions begun under this section.
311		-	10.19 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment and
312		-	10.20applies to causes of action pending on or commenced on or after that date.
313		-	10.21Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 573.02, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
314		-	10.22 Subd. 2.Injury action.When injury is caused to a person by the wrongful act or omission
315		-	10.23of any person or corporation and the person thereafter dies from a cause unrelated to those
316		-	10.24injuries, the trustee appointed in subdivision 3 may maintain an action for special damages
317		-	10.25all damages arising out of such injury if the decedent might have maintained an action
318		-	10.26therefor had the decedent lived. An action under this subdivision may be commenced within
319		-	10.27three years after the date of death provided that the action must be commenced within six
320		-	10.28years after the act or omission.
321		-	10.29 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment and
322		-	10.30applies to causes of action pending on or commenced on or after that date.
323		-	10Article 2 Sec. 9.
324		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 11.1 ARTICLE 3
325		-	11.2 HUMAN RIGHTS
326		-	11.3 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
327		-	11.4 Subdivision 1.Freedom from discrimination.(a) It is the public policy of this state to
328		-	11.5secure for persons in this state, freedom from discrimination:
329		-	11.6 (1) in employment because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital
330		-	11.7status, disability, status with regard to public assistance, gender identity, sexual orientation,
331		-	11.8familial status, and age;
332		-	11.9 (2) in housing and real property because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin,
333		-	11.10sex, marital status, disability, status with regard to public assistance, gender identity, sexual
334		-	11.11orientation, and familial status;
335		-	11.12 (3) in public accommodations because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin,
336		-	11.13sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, and disability;
337		-	11.14 (4) in public services because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital
338		-	11.15status, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and status with regard to public
339		-	11.16assistance; and
340		-	11.17 (5) in education because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status,
341		-	11.18disability, status with regard to public assistance, gender identity, sexual orientation, and
342		-	11.19age.
343		-	11.20 (b) Such discrimination threatens the rights and privileges of the inhabitants of this state
344		-	11.21and menaces the institutions and foundations of democracy. It is also the public policy of
345		-	11.22this state to protect all persons from wholly unfounded charges of discrimination. Nothing
346		-	11.23in this chapter shall be interpreted as restricting the implementation of positive action
347		-	11.24programs to combat discrimination.
348		-	11.25Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.03, subdivision 23, is amended to read:
349		-	11.26 Subd. 23.Local commission."Local commission" means an agency of a city, county,
350		-	11.27or group of counties created pursuant to law, resolution of a county board, city charter, or
351		-	11.28municipal ordinance for the purpose of dealing with discrimination on the basis of race,
352		-	11.29color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, status with regard
353		-	11.30to public assistance, gender identity, sexual orientation, or familial status.
354		-	11Article 3 Sec. 2.
355		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 12.1 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.03, subdivision 44, is amended to read:
356		-	12.2 Subd. 44.Sexual orientation."Sexual orientation" means having or being perceived as
357		-	12.3having an emotional, physical, or sexual attachment to another person without regard to the
358		-	12.4sex of that person or having or being perceived as having an orientation for such attachment,
359		-	12.5or having or being perceived as having a self-image or identity not traditionally associated
360		-	12.6with one's biological maleness or femaleness. "Sexual orientation" does not include a physical
361		-	12.7or sexual attachment to children by an adult.
362		-	12.8 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.03, is amended by adding a subdivision to
363		-	12.9read:
364		-	12.10 Subd. 50.Gender identity."Gender identity" means a person's inherent sense of being
365		-	12.11a man, woman, both, or neither. A person's gender identity may or may not correspond to
366		-	12.12their assigned sex at birth or to their primary or secondary sex characteristics. A person's
367		-	12.13gender identity is not necessarily visible to others.
368		-	12.14Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.04, is amended to read:
369		-	12.15 363A.04 CONSTRUCTION AND EXCLUSIVITY.
370		-	12.16 The provisions of this chapter shall be construed liberally for the accomplishment of the
371		-	12.17purposes thereof. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to repeal any of the
372		-	12.18provisions of the civil rights law or of any other law of this state relating to discrimination
373		-	12.19because of race, creed, color, religion, sex, age, disability, marital status, status with regard
374		-	12.20to public assistance, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, or familial status;
375		-	12.21but, as to acts declared unfair by sections 363A.08 to 363A.19, and 363A.28, subdivision
376		-	12.2210, the procedure herein provided shall, while pending, be exclusive.
377		-	12.23Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
378		-	12.24 Subdivision 1.Formulation of policies.(a) The commissioner shall formulate policies
379		-	12.25to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and shall do the following:
380		-	12.26 (1) exercise leadership under the direction of the governor in the development of human
381		-	12.27rights policies and programs, and make recommendations to the governor and the legislature
382		-	12.28for their consideration and implementation;
383		-	12.29 (2) establish and maintain a principal office in St. Paul, and any other necessary branch
384		-	12.30offices at any location within the state;
385		-	12.31 (3) meet and function at any place within the state;
386		-	12Article 3 Sec. 6.
387		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 13.1 (4) employ attorneys, clerks, and other employees and agents as the commissioner may
388		-	13.2deem necessary and prescribe their duties;
389		-	13.3 (5) to the extent permitted by federal law and regulation, utilize the records of the
390		-	13.4Department of Employment and Economic Development of the state when necessary to
391		-	13.5effectuate the purposes of this chapter;
392		-	13.6 (6) obtain upon request and utilize the services of all state governmental departments
393		-	13.7and agencies;
394		-	13.8 (7) adopt suitable rules for effectuating the purposes of this chapter;
395		-	13.9 (8) issue complaints, receive and investigate charges alleging unfair discriminatory
396		-	13.10practices, and determine whether or not probable cause exists for hearing;
397		-	13.11 (9) subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, take testimony, and require the production for
398		-	13.12examination of any books or papers relative to any matter under investigation or in question
399		-	13.13as the commissioner deems appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter;
400		-	13.14 (10) attempt, by means of education, conference, conciliation, and persuasion to eliminate
401		-	13.15unfair discriminatory practices as being contrary to the public policy of the state;
402		-	13.16 (11) develop and conduct programs of formal and informal education designed to
403		-	13.17eliminate discrimination and intergroup conflict by use of educational techniques and
404		-	13.18programs the commissioner deems necessary;
405		-	13.19 (12) make a written report of the activities of the commissioner to the governor each
406		-	13.20year;
407		-	13.21 (13) accept gifts, bequests, grants, or other payments public and private to help finance
408		-	13.22the activities of the department;
409		-	13.23 (14) create such local and statewide advisory committees as will in the commissioner's
410		-	13.24judgment aid in effectuating the purposes of the Department of Human Rights;
411		-	13.25 (15) develop such programs as will aid in determining the compliance throughout the
412		-	13.26state with the provisions of this chapter, and in the furtherance of such duties, conduct
413		-	13.27research and study discriminatory practices based upon race, color, creed, religion, national
414		-	13.28origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, familial
415		-	13.29status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or other factors and develop accurate data on the
416		-	13.30nature and extent of discrimination and other matters as they may affect housing,
417		-	13.31employment, public accommodations, schools, and other areas of public life;
418		-	13Article 3 Sec. 6.
419		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 14.1 (16) develop and disseminate technical assistance to persons subject to the provisions
420		-	14.2of this chapter, and to agencies and officers of governmental and private agencies;
421		-	14.3 (17) provide staff services to such advisory committees as may be created in aid of the
422		-	14.4functions of the Department of Human Rights;
423		-	14.5 (18) make grants in aid to the extent that appropriations are made available for that
424		-	14.6purpose in aid of carrying out duties and responsibilities; and
425		-	14.7 (19) cooperate and consult with the commissioner of labor and industry regarding the
426		-	14.8investigation of violations of, and resolution of complaints regarding section 363A.08,
427		-	14.9subdivision 7.
428		-	14.10 In performing these duties, the commissioner shall give priority to those duties in clauses
429		-	14.11(8), (9), and (10) and to the duties in section 363A.36.
430		-	14.12 (b) All gifts, bequests, grants, or other payments, public and private, accepted under
431		-	14.13paragraph (a), clause (13), must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to a special
432		-	14.14account. Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of human rights to help
433		-	14.15finance activities of the department.
434		-	14.16Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.07, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
435		-	14.17 Subd. 2.Referral from commissioner.The commissioner, whether or not a charge has
436		-	14.18been filed under this chapter, may refer a matter involving discrimination because of race,
437		-	14.19color, religion, sex, creed, disability, marital status, status with regard to public assistance,
438		-	14.20national origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, or familial status to a local
439		-	14.21commission for study and report.
440		-	14.22 Upon referral by the commissioner, the local commission shall make a report and make
441		-	14.23recommendations to the commissioner and take other appropriate action within the scope
442		-	14.24of its powers.
443		-	14.25Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.08, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
444		-	14.26 Subdivision 1.Labor organization.Except when based on a bona fide occupational
445		-	14.27qualification, it is an unfair employment practice for a labor organization, because of race,
446		-	14.28color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public
447		-	14.29assistance, familial status, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, or age:
448		-	14.30 (1) to deny full and equal membership rights to a person seeking membership or to a
449		-	14.31member;
450		-	14Article 3 Sec. 8.
451		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 15.1 (2) to expel a member from membership;
452		-	15.2 (3) to discriminate against a person seeking membership or a member with respect to
453		-	15.3hiring, apprenticeship, tenure, compensation, terms, upgrading, conditions, facilities, or
454		-	15.4privileges of employment; or
455		-	15.5 (4) to fail to classify properly, or refer for employment or otherwise to discriminate
456		-	15.6against a person or member.
457		-	15.7 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.08, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
458		-	15.8 Subd. 2.Employer.Except when based on a bona fide occupational qualification, it is
459		-	15.9an unfair employment practice for an employer, because of race, color, creed, religion,
460		-	15.10national origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, familial status,
461		-	15.11membership or activity in a local commission, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation,
462		-	15.12or age to:
463		-	15.13 (1) refuse to hire or to maintain a system of employment which unreasonably excludes
464		-	15.14a person seeking employment; or
465		-	15.15 (2) discharge an employee; or
466		-	15.16 (3) discriminate against a person with respect to hiring, tenure, compensation, terms,
467		-	15.17upgrading, conditions, facilities, or privileges of employment.
468		-	15.18Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.08, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
469		-	15.19 Subd. 3.Employment agency.Except when based on a bona fide occupational
470		-	15.20qualification, it is an unfair employment practice for an employment agency, because of
471		-	15.21race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public
472		-	15.22assistance, familial status, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, or age to:
473		-	15.23 (1) refuse or fail to accept, register, classify properly, or refer for employment or
474		-	15.24otherwise to discriminate against a person; or
475		-	15.25 (2) comply with a request from an employer for referral of applicants for employment
476		-	15.26if the request indicates directly or indirectly that the employer fails to comply with the
477		-	15.27provisions of this chapter.
478		-	15.28Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.08, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
479		-	15.29 Subd. 4.Employer, employment agency, or labor organization.(a) Except when
480		-	15.30based on a bona fide occupational qualification, it is an unfair employment practice for an
481		-	15Article 3 Sec. 11.
482		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 16.1employer, employment agency, or labor organization, before a person is employed by an
483		-	16.2employer or admitted to membership in a labor organization, to:
484		-	16.3 (1) require or request the person to furnish information that pertains to race, color, creed,
485		-	16.4religion, national origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, familial
486		-	16.5status, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, or age; or, subject to section 363A.20,
487		-	16.6to require or request a person to undergo physical examination; unless for the sole and
488		-	16.7exclusive purpose of national security, information pertaining to national origin is required
489		-	16.8by the United States, this state or a political subdivision or agency of the United States or
490		-	16.9this state, or for the sole and exclusive purpose of compliance with the Public Contracts
491		-	16.10Act or any rule, regulation, or laws of the United States or of this state requiring the
492		-	16.11information or examination. A law enforcement agency may, after notifying an applicant
493		-	16.12for a peace officer or part-time peace officer position that the law enforcement agency is
494		-	16.13commencing the background investigation on the applicant, request the applicant's date of
495		-	16.14birth, gender, and race on a separate form for the sole and exclusive purpose of conducting
496		-	16.15a criminal history check, a driver's license check, and fingerprint criminal history inquiry.
497		-	16.16The form shall include a statement indicating why the data is being collected and what its
498		-	16.17limited use will be. No document which has date of birth, gender, or race information will
499		-	16.18be included in the information given to or available to any person who is involved in selecting
500		-	16.19the person or persons employed other than the background investigator. No person may act
501		-	16.20both as background investigator and be involved in the selection of an employee except that
502		-	16.21the background investigator's report about background may be used in that selection as long
503		-	16.22as no direct or indirect references are made to the applicant's race, age, or gender; or
504		-	16.23 (2) seek and obtain for purposes of making a job decision, information from any source
505		-	16.24that pertains to the person's race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status,
506		-	16.25status with regard to public assistance, familial status, disability, gender identity, sexual
507		-	16.26orientation, or age, unless for the sole and exclusive purpose of compliance with the Public
508		-	16.27Contracts Act or any rule, regulation, or laws of the United States or of this state requiring
509		-	16.28the information; or
510		-	16.29 (3) cause to be printed or published a notice or advertisement that relates to employment
511		-	16.30or membership and discloses a preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination based
512		-	16.31on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public
513		-	16.32assistance, familial status, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, or age.
514		-	16.33 (b) Any individual who is required to provide information that is prohibited by this
515		-	16.34subdivision is an aggrieved party under sections 363A.06, subdivision 4, and 363A.28,
516		-	16.35subdivisions 1 to 9.
517		-	16Article 3 Sec. 11.
518		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 17.1 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.08, is amended by adding a subdivision
519		-	17.2to read:
520		-	17.3 Subd. 8.Inquiries into pay history prohibited.(a) "Pay history" as used in this
521		-	17.4subdivision means any prior or current wage, salary, earnings, benefits, or any other
522		-	17.5compensation of an applicant for employment.
523		-	17.6 (b) An employer, employment agency, or labor organization shall not inquire into,
524		-	17.7consider, or require disclosure from any source the pay history of an applicant for
525		-	17.8employment for the purpose of determining wages, salary, earnings, benefits, or other
526		-	17.9compensation for that applicant. The general prohibition against inquiring into the pay
527		-	17.10history of an applicant does not apply if the job applicant's pay history is a matter of public
528		-	17.11record under federal or state law, unless the employer, employment agency, or labor
529		-	17.12organization sought access to those public records with the intent of obtaining pay history
530		-	17.13of the applicant for the purpose of determining wages, salary, earnings, benefits, or other
531		-	17.14compensation for that applicant.
532		-	17.15 (c) Nothing in this subdivision shall prevent an applicant for employment from voluntarily
533		-	17.16and without asking, encouraging, or prompting disclosing pay history for the purposes of
534		-	17.17negotiating wages, salary, benefits, or other compensation. If an applicant for employment
535		-	17.18voluntarily and without asking, encouraging, or prompting discloses pay history to a
536		-	17.19prospective employer, employment agency, or labor organization, nothing in this subdivision
537		-	17.20shall prohibit that employer, employment agency, or labor organization from considering
538		-	17.21or acting on that voluntarily disclosed salary history information to support a wage or salary
539		-	17.22higher than initially offered by the employer, employment agency, or labor organization.
540		-	17.23 (d) Nothing in this subdivision limits, prohibits, or prevents a person from bringing a
541		-	17.24charge, grievance, or any other cause of action alleging wage discrimination because of
542		-	17.25race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, marital status, status with
543		-	17.26regard to public assistance, familial status, membership or activity in a local commission,
544		-	17.27disability, sexual orientation, or age, as otherwise provided in this chapter.
545		-	17.28 (e) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to prevent an employer from:
546		-	17.29 (1) providing information about the wages, benefits, compensation, or salary offered in
547		-	17.30relation to a position; or
548		-	17.31 (2) inquiring about or otherwise engaging in discussions with an applicant about the
549		-	17.32applicant's expectations or requests with respect to wages, salary, benefits, or other
550		-	17.33compensation.
551		-	17Article 3 Sec. 12.
552		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 18.1 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2024. For employment covered
553		-	18.2by collective bargaining agreements, this section is not effective until the date of
554		-	18.3implementation of the applicable collective bargaining agreement that is after January 1,
555		-	18.42024.
556		-	18.5 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
557		-	18.6 Subdivision 1.Real property interest; action by owner, lessee, and others.It is an
558		-	18.7unfair discriminatory practice for an owner, lessee, sublessee, assignee, or managing agent
559		-	18.8of, or other person having the right to sell, rent or lease any real property, or any agent of
560		-	18.9any of these:
561		-	18.10 (1) to refuse to sell, rent, or lease or otherwise deny to or withhold from any person or
562		-	18.11group of persons any real property because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin,
563		-	18.12sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, disability, gender identity, sexual
564		-	18.13orientation, or familial status; or
565		-	18.14 (2) to discriminate against any person or group of persons because of race, color, creed,
566		-	18.15religion, national origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, disability,
567		-	18.16gender identity, sexual orientation, or familial status in the terms, conditions or privileges
568		-	18.17of the sale, rental or lease of any real property or in the furnishing of facilities or services
569		-	18.18in connection therewith, except that nothing in this clause shall be construed to prohibit the
570		-	18.19adoption of reasonable rules intended to protect the safety of minors in their use of the real
571		-	18.20property or any facilities or services furnished in connection therewith; or
572		-	18.21 (3) in any transaction involving real property, to print, circulate or post or cause to be
573		-	18.22printed, circulated, or posted any advertisement or sign, or use any form of application for
574		-	18.23the purchase, rental or lease of real property, or make any record or inquiry in connection
575		-	18.24with the prospective purchase, rental, or lease of real property which expresses, directly or
576		-	18.25indirectly, any limitation, specification, or discrimination as to race, color, creed, religion,
577		-	18.26national origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, disability, gender
578		-	18.27identity, sexual orientation, or familial status, or any intent to make any such limitation,
579		-	18.28specification, or discrimination except that nothing in this clause shall be construed to
580		-	18.29prohibit the advertisement of a dwelling unit as available to adults-only if the person placing
581		-	18.30the advertisement reasonably believes that the provisions of this section prohibiting
582		-	18.31discrimination because of familial status do not apply to the dwelling unit.
583		-	18Article 3 Sec. 13.
584		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 19.1 Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.09, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
585		-	19.2 Subd. 2.Real property interest; action by brokers, agents, and others.It is an unfair
586		-	19.3discriminatory practice for a real estate broker, real estate salesperson, or employee, or agent
587		-	19.4thereof:
588		-	19.5 (1) to refuse to sell, rent, or lease or to offer for sale, rental, or lease any real property
589		-	19.6to any person or group of persons or to negotiate for the sale, rental, or lease of any real
590		-	19.7property to any person or group of persons because of race, color, creed, religion, national
591		-	19.8origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, disability, gender identity,
592		-	19.9sexual orientation, or familial status or represent that real property is not available for
593		-	19.10inspection, sale, rental, or lease when in fact it is so available, or otherwise deny or withhold
594		-	19.11any real property or any facilities of real property to or from any person or group of persons
595		-	19.12because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, status with regard
596		-	19.13to public assistance, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, or familial status; or
597		-	19.14 (2) to discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, national
598		-	19.15origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, disability, gender identity,
599		-	19.16sexual orientation, or familial status in the terms, conditions or privileges of the sale, rental
600		-	19.17or lease of real property or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith;
601		-	19.18or
602		-	19.19 (3) to print, circulate, or post or cause to be printed, circulated, or posted any
603		-	19.20advertisement or sign, or use any form of application for the purchase, rental, or lease of
604		-	19.21any real property or make any record or inquiry in connection with the prospective purchase,
605		-	19.22rental or lease of any real property, which expresses directly or indirectly, any limitation,
606		-	19.23specification or discrimination as to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital
607		-	19.24status, status with regard to public assistance, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation,
608		-	19.25or familial status or any intent to make any such limitation, specification, or discrimination
609		-	19.26except that nothing in this clause shall be construed to prohibit the advertisement of a
610		-	19.27dwelling unit as available to adults-only if the person placing the advertisement reasonably
611		-	19.28believes that the provisions of this section prohibiting discrimination because of familial
612		-	19.29status do not apply to the dwelling unit.
613		-	19.30Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.09, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
614		-	19.31 Subd. 3.Real property interest; action by financial institution.It is an unfair
615		-	19.32discriminatory practice for a person, bank, banking organization, mortgage company,
616		-	19.33insurance company, or other financial institution or lender to whom application is made for
617		-	19Article 3 Sec. 15.
618		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 20.1financial assistance for the purchase, lease, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair
619		-	20.2or maintenance of any real property or any agent or employee thereof:
620		-	20.3 (1) to discriminate against any person or group of persons because of race, color, creed,
621		-	20.4religion, national origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, disability,
622		-	20.5gender identity, sexual orientation, or familial status of the person or group of persons or
623		-	20.6of the prospective occupants or tenants of the real property in the granting, withholding,
624		-	20.7extending, modifying or renewing, or in the rates, terms, conditions, or privileges of the
625		-	20.8financial assistance or in the extension of services in connection therewith; or
626		-	20.9 (2) to use any form of application for the financial assistance or make any record or
627		-	20.10inquiry in connection with applications for the financial assistance which expresses, directly
628		-	20.11or indirectly, any limitation, specification, or discrimination as to race, color, creed, religion,
629		-	20.12national origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, disability, gender
630		-	20.13identity, sexual orientation, or familial status or any intent to make any such limitation,
631		-	20.14specification, or discrimination; or
632		-	20.15 (3) to discriminate against any person or group of persons who desire to purchase, lease,
633		-	20.16acquire, construct, rehabilitate, repair, or maintain real property in a specific urban or rural
634		-	20.17area or any part thereof solely because of the social, economic, or environmental conditions
635		-	20.18of the area in the granting, withholding, extending, modifying, or renewing, or in the rates,
636		-	20.19terms, conditions, or privileges of the financial assistance or in the extension of services in
637		-	20.20connection therewith.
638		-	20.21Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.09, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
639		-	20.22 Subd. 4.Real property transaction.It is an unfair discriminatory practice for any real
640		-	20.23estate broker or real estate salesperson, for the purpose of inducing a real property transaction
641		-	20.24from which the person, the person's firm, or any of its members may benefit financially, to
642		-	20.25represent that a change has occurred or will or may occur in the composition with respect
643		-	20.26to race, creed, color, national origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public
644		-	20.27assistance, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability of the owners or occupants in
645		-	20.28the block, neighborhood, or area in which the real property is located, and to represent,
646		-	20.29directly or indirectly, that this change will or may result in undesirable consequences in the
647		-	20.30block, neighborhood, or area in which the real property is located, including but not limited
648		-	20.31to the lowering of property values, an increase in criminal or antisocial behavior, or a decline
649		-	20.32in the quality of schools or other public facilities.
650		-	20Article 3 Sec. 16.
651		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 21.1 Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
652		-	21.2 Subdivision 1.Full and equal enjoyment of public accommodations.(a) It is an unfair
653		-	21.3discriminatory practice:
654		-	21.4 (1) to deny any person the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities,
655		-	21.5privileges, advantages, and accommodations of a place of public accommodation because
656		-	21.6of race, color, creed, religion, disability, national origin, marital status, gender identity,
657		-	21.7sexual orientation, or sex, or for a taxicab company to discriminate in the access to, full
658		-	21.8utilization of, or benefit from service because of a person's disability; or
659		-	21.9 (2) for a place of public accommodation not to make reasonable accommodation to the
660		-	21.10known physical, sensory, or mental disability of a disabled person. In determining whether
661		-	21.11an accommodation is reasonable, the factors to be considered may include:
662		-	21.12 (i) the frequency and predictability with which members of the public will be served by
663		-	21.13the accommodation at that location;
664		-	21.14 (ii) the size of the business or organization at that location with respect to physical size,
665		-	21.15annual gross revenues, and the number of employees;
666		-	21.16 (iii) the extent to which disabled persons will be further served from the accommodation;
667		-	21.17 (iv) the type of operation;
668		-	21.18 (v) the nature and amount of both direct costs and legitimate indirect costs of making
669		-	21.19the accommodation and the reasonableness for that location to finance the accommodation;
670		-	21.20and
671		-	21.21 (vi) the extent to which any persons may be adversely affected by the accommodation.
672		-	21.22 (b) State or local building codes control where applicable. Violations of state or local
673		-	21.23building codes are not violations of this chapter and must be enforced under normal building
674		-	21.24code procedures.
675		-	21.25Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
676		-	21.26 Subdivision 1.Access to public service.It is an unfair discriminatory practice to
677		-	21.27discriminate against any person in the access to, admission to, full utilization of or benefit
678		-	21.28from any public service because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, disability,
679		-	21.29sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or status with regard to public assistance or to fail
680		-	21.30to ensure physical and program access for disabled persons unless the public service can
681		-	21.31demonstrate that providing the access would impose an undue hardship on its operation. In
682		-	21Article 3 Sec. 18.
683		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 22.1determining whether providing physical and program access would impose an undue
684		-	22.2hardship, factors to be considered include:
685		-	22.3 (1) the type and purpose of the public service's operation;
686		-	22.4 (2) the nature and cost of the needed accommodation;
687		-	22.5 (3) documented good faith efforts to explore less restrictive or less expensive alternatives;
688		-	22.6and
689		-	22.7 (4) the extent of consultation with knowledgeable disabled persons and organizations.
690		-	22.8 Physical and program access must be accomplished within six months of June 7, 1983,
691		-	22.9except for needed architectural modifications, which must be made within two years of June
692		-	22.107, 1983.
693		-	22.11Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
694		-	22.12 Subdivision 1.Utilization; benefit or services.It is an unfair discriminatory practice
695		-	22.13to discriminate in any manner in the full utilization of or benefit from any educational
696		-	22.14institution, or the services rendered thereby to any person because of race, color, creed,
697		-	22.15religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, status with regard to public assistance,
698		-	22.16gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability, or to fail to ensure physical and program
699		-	22.17access for disabled persons. For purposes of this subdivision, program access includes but
700		-	22.18is not limited to providing taped texts, interpreters or other methods of making orally
701		-	22.19delivered materials available, readers in libraries, adapted classroom equipment, and similar
702		-	22.20auxiliary aids or services. Program access does not include providing attendants, individually
703		-	22.21prescribed devices, readers for personal use or study, or other devices or services of a
704		-	22.22personal nature.
705		-	22.23Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.13, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
706		-	22.24 Subd. 2.Exclude, expel, or selection.It is an unfair discriminatory practice to exclude,
707		-	22.25expel, or otherwise discriminate against a person seeking admission as a student, or a person
708		-	22.26enrolled as a student because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital
709		-	22.27status, status with regard to public assistance, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability.
710		-	22.28Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.13, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
711		-	22.29 Subd. 3.Admission form or inquiry.It is an unfair discriminatory practice to make or
712		-	22.30use a written or oral inquiry, or form of application for admission that elicits or attempts to
713		-	22.31elicit information, or to make or keep a record, concerning the creed, religion, gender identity,
714		-	22Article 3 Sec. 21.
715		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 23.1sexual orientation, or disability of a person seeking admission, except as permitted by rules
716		-	23.2of the department.
717		-	23.3 Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.13, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
718		-	23.4 Subd. 4.Purpose for information and record.It is an unfair discriminatory practice
719		-	23.5to make or use a written or oral inquiry or form of application that elicits or attempts to
720		-	23.6elicit information, or to keep a record concerning the race, color, national origin, sex, gender
721		-	23.7identity, sexual orientation, age, or marital status of a person seeking admission, unless the
722		-	23.8information is collected for purposes of evaluating the effectiveness of recruitment,
723		-	23.9admissions, and other educational policies, and is maintained separately from the application.
724		-	23.10Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.16, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
725		-	23.11 Subdivision 1.Personal or commercial credit.It is an unfair discriminatory practice
726		-	23.12to discriminate in the extension of personal or commercial credit to a person, or in the
727		-	23.13requirements for obtaining credit, because of race, color, creed, religion, disability, national
728		-	23.14origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or marital status, or due to the receipt of
729		-	23.15federal, state, or local public assistance including medical assistance.
730		-	23.16Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.17, is amended to read:
731		-	23.17 363A.17 BUSINESS DISCRIMINATION.
732		-	23.18 It is an unfair discriminatory practice for a person engaged in a trade or business or in
733		-	23.19the provision of a service:
734		-	23.20 (1) to refuse to do business with or provide a service to a woman based on her use of
735		-	23.21her current or former surname; or
736		-	23.22 (2) to impose, as a condition of doing business with or providing a service to a woman,
737		-	23.23that a woman use her current surname rather than a former surname; or
738		-	23.24 (3) to intentionally refuse to do business with, to refuse to contract with, or to discriminate
739		-	23.25in the basic terms, conditions, or performance of the contract because of a person's race,
740		-	23.26national origin, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability, unless the alleged
741		-	23.27refusal or discrimination is because of a legitimate business purpose.
742		-	23.28 Nothing in this section shall prohibit positive action plans.
743		-	23.29Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.21, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
744		-	23.30 Subdivision 1.Housing.The provisions of section 363A.09 shall not apply to:
745		-	23Article 3 Sec. 25.
746		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 24.1 (1) rooms in a temporary or permanent residence home run by a nonprofit organization,
747		-	24.2if the discrimination is by sex; or
748		-	24.3 (2) the rental by a resident owner or occupier of a one-family accommodation of a room
749		-	24.4or rooms in the accommodation to another person or persons if the discrimination is by sex,
750		-	24.5marital status, status with regard to public assistance, gender identity, sexual orientation,
751		-	24.6or disability. Except as provided elsewhere in this chapter or other state or federal law, no
752		-	24.7person or group of persons selling, renting, or leasing property is required to modify the
753		-	24.8property in any way, or exercise a higher degree of care for a person having a disability
754		-	24.9than for a person who does not have a disability; nor shall this chapter be construed to relieve
755		-	24.10any person or persons of any obligations generally imposed on all persons regardless of any
756		-	24.11disability in a written lease, rental agreement, or contract of purchase or sale, or to forbid
757		-	24.12distinctions based on the inability to fulfill the terms and conditions, including financial
758		-	24.13obligations of the lease, agreement, or contract; or.
759		-	24.14 (3) the rental by a resident owner of a unit in a dwelling containing not more than two
760		-	24.15units, if the discrimination is on the basis of sexual orientation.
761		-	24.16Sec. 26. REPEALER.
762		-	24.17 Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 363A.20, subdivision 3; and 363A.27, are repealed.
763		-	24.18 ARTICLE 4
764		-	24.19 CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
765		-	24.20Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 169A.63, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
766		-	24.21 Subd. 8.Administrative forfeiture procedure.(a) A motor vehicle used to commit a
767		-	24.22designated offense or used in conduct resulting in a designated license revocation is subject
768		-	24.23to administrative forfeiture under this subdivision.
769		-	24.24 (b) Within 60 days from when a motor vehicle is seized under subdivision 2, or within
770		-	24.25a reasonable time after seizure, the appropriate agency shall serve the driver or operator of
771		-	24.26the vehicle with a notice of the seizure and intent to forfeit the vehicle. Additionally, when
772		-	24.27a motor vehicle is seized under subdivision 2, or within a reasonable time after that, all
773		-	24.28persons known to have an ownership, possessory, or security interest in the vehicle must
774		-	24.29be notified of the seizure and the intent to forfeit the vehicle. For those vehicles required to
775		-	24.30be registered under chapter 168, the notification to a person known to have a security interest
776		-	24.31in the vehicle is required only if the vehicle is registered under chapter 168 and the interest
777		-	24.32is listed on the vehicle's title. Upon motion by the appropriate agency or prosecuting
778		-	24Article 4 Section 1.
779		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 25.1authority, a court may extend the time period for sending notice for a period not to exceed
780		-	25.290 days for good cause shown. Notice mailed by certified mail to the address shown in
781		-	25.3Department of Public Safety records is sufficient notice to the registered owner of the
782		-	25.4vehicle. For motor vehicles not required to be registered under chapter 168, notice mailed
783		-	25.5by certified mail to the address shown in the applicable filing or registration for the vehicle
784		-	25.6is sufficient notice to a person known to have an ownership, possessory, or security interest
785		-	25.7in the vehicle. Otherwise, notice may be given in the manner provided by law for service
786		-	25.8of a summons in a civil action.
787		-	25.9 (c) The notice must be in writing and contain:
788		-	25.10 (1) a description of the vehicle seized;
789		-	25.11 (2) the date of seizure; and
790		-	25.12 (3) notice of the right to obtain judicial review of the forfeiture and of the procedure for
791		-	25.13obtaining that judicial review, printed in English. This requirement does not preclude the
792		-	25.14appropriate agency from printing the notice in other languages in addition to English.
793		-	25.15 Substantially the following language must appear conspicuously in the notice:
794		-	25.16 "WARNING: If you were the person arrested when the property was seized, you will
795		-	25.17automatically lose the above-described property and the right to be heard in court if you do
796		-	25.18not file a lawsuit and serve the prosecuting authority within 60 days. You may file your
797		-	25.19lawsuit in conciliation court if the property is worth $15,000 or less; otherwise, you must
798		-	25.20file in district court. You do not have to pay a filing fee for your lawsuit.
799		-	25.21 WARNING: If you have an ownership interest in the above-described property and were
800		-	25.22not the person arrested when the property was seized, you will automatically lose the
801		-	25.23above-described property and the right to be heard in court if you do not notify the
802		-	25.24prosecuting authority of your interest in writing within 60 days."
803		-	25.25 (d) If notice is not sent in accordance with paragraph (b), and no time extension is granted
804		-	25.26or the extension period has expired, the appropriate agency shall return the vehicle to the
805		-	25.27owner. An agency's return of property due to lack of proper notice does not restrict the
806		-	25.28agency's authority to commence a forfeiture proceeding at a later time.
807		-	25.29 (e) Within 60 days following service of a notice of seizure and forfeiture under this
808		-	25.30subdivision, a claimant may file a demand for a judicial determination of the forfeiture. The
809		-	25.31demand must be in the form of a civil complaint and must be filed with the court
810		-	25.32administrator in the county in which the seizure occurred, together with proof of service of
811		-	25.33a copy of the complaint on the prosecuting authority having jurisdiction over the forfeiture.
812		-	25Article 4 Section 1.
813		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 26.1The claimant may serve the complaint by certified mail or any means permitted by court
814		-	26.2rules. If the value of the seized property is $15,000 or less, the claimant may file an action
815		-	26.3in conciliation court for recovery of the seized vehicle. A copy of the conciliation court
816		-	26.4statement of claim must may be served personally or by mail as permitted by the Rules of
817		-	26.5Conciliation Court Procedure on the prosecuting authority having jurisdiction over the
818		-	26.6forfeiture within 60 days following service of the notice of seizure and forfeiture under this
819		-	26.7subdivision. The claimant does not have to pay the court filing fee.
820		-	26.8 No responsive pleading is required of the prosecuting authority and no court fees may
821		-	26.9be charged for the prosecuting authority's appearance in the matter. The prosecuting authority
822		-	26.10may appear for the appropriate agency. Pleadings, filings, and methods of service are
823		-	26.11governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure and, where applicable, by the Rules of Conciliation
824		-	26.12Court Procedure.
825		-	26.13 (f) The complaint must be captioned in the name of the claimant as plaintiff and the
826		-	26.14seized vehicle as defendant, and must state with specificity the grounds on which the claimant
827		-	26.15alleges the vehicle was improperly seized, the claimant's interest in the vehicle seized, and
828		-	26.16any affirmative defenses the claimant may have. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary,
829		-	26.17an action for the return of a vehicle seized under this section may not be maintained by or
830		-	26.18on behalf of any person who has been served with a notice of seizure and forfeiture unless
831		-	26.19the person has complied with this subdivision.
832		-	26.20 (g) If the claimant makes a timely demand for a judicial determination under this
833		-	26.21subdivision, the forfeiture proceedings must be conducted as provided under subdivision
834		-	26.229.
835		-	26.23 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
836		-	26.24Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 504B.301, is amended to read:
837		-	26.25 504B.301 EVICTION ACTION FOR UNLAWFUL DETENTION.
838		-	26.26 A person may be evicted if the person has unlawfully or forcibly occupied or taken
839		-	26.27possession of real property or unlawfully detains or retains possession of real property.
840		-	26.28 A seizure under section 609.5317, subdivision 1, for which there is not a defense under
841		-	26.29section 609.5317, subdivision 3, constitutes unlawful detention by the tenant.
842		-	26.30 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
843		-	26Article 4 Sec. 2.
844		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 27.1 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 590.01, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
845		-	27.2 Subd. 4.Time limit.(a) No petition for postconviction relief may be filed more than
846		-	27.3two years after the later of:
847		-	27.4 (1) the entry of judgment of conviction or sentence if no direct appeal is filed; or
848		-	27.5 (2) an appellate court's disposition of petitioner's direct appeal.
849		-	27.6 (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a court may hear a petition for postconviction relief
850		-	27.7if:
851		-	27.8 (1) the petitioner establishes that a physical disability or mental disease precluded a
852		-	27.9timely assertion of the claim;
853		-	27.10 (2) the petitioner alleges the existence of newly discovered evidence, including scientific
854		-	27.11evidence, that provides the factual predicate for one or more claims for relief, if such evidence
855		-	27.12could not have been ascertained by the exercise of due diligence by the petitioner or
856		-	27.13petitioner's attorney within the two-year time period for filing a postconviction petition, and
857		-	27.14the evidence is not cumulative to evidence presented at trial, and is not for impeachment
858		-	27.15purposes, and establishes by a clear and convincing standard that the petitioner is innocent
859		-	27.16of the offense or offenses for which the petitioner was convicted;
860		-	27.17 (3) the petitioner asserts a new interpretation of federal or state constitutional or statutory
861		-	27.18law by either the United States Supreme Court or a Minnesota appellate court and the
862		-	27.19petitioner establishes that this interpretation is retroactively applicable to the petitioner's
863		-	27.20case;
864		-	27.21 (4) the petition is brought pursuant to subdivision 3; or
865		-	27.22 (5) the petitioner establishes to the satisfaction of the court that the petition is not frivolous
866		-	27.23and is in the interests of justice.
867		-	27.24 (c) Any petition invoking an exception provided in paragraph (b) must be filed within
868		-	27.25two years of the date the claim arises.
869		-	27.26 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2023.
870		-	27.27Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.5314, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
871		-	27.28 Subd. 3.Judicial determination.(a) Within 60 days following service of a notice of
872		-	27.29seizure and forfeiture under this section, a claimant may file a demand for a judicial
873		-	27.30determination of the forfeiture. The demand must be in the form of a civil complaint and
874		-	27.31must be filed with the court administrator in the county in which the seizure occurred,
875		-	27Article 4 Sec. 4.
876		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 28.1together with proof of service of a copy of the complaint on the prosecuting authority for
877		-	28.2that county. The claimant may serve the complaint on the prosecuting authority by certified
878		-	28.3mail or any means permitted by court rules. If the value of the seized property is $15,000
879		-	28.4or less, the claimant may file an action in conciliation court for recovery of the seized
880		-	28.5property. A copy of the conciliation court statement of claim may be served personally or
881		-	28.6as permitted by the Rules of Conciliation Court Procedure on the prosecuting authority
882		-	28.7having jurisdiction over the forfeiture within 60 days following service of the notice of
883		-	28.8seizure and forfeiture under this subdivision. The claimant does not have to pay the court
884		-	28.9filing fee. No responsive pleading is required of the prosecuting authority and no court fees
885		-	28.10may be charged for the prosecuting authority's appearance in the matter. The district court
886		-	28.11administrator shall schedule the hearing as soon as practicable after, and in any event no
887		-	28.12later than 90 days following, the conclusion of the criminal prosecution. The proceedings
888		-	28.13are governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure and, where applicable, by the Rules of
889		-	28.14Conciliation Court Procedure.
890		-	28.15 (b) The complaint must be captioned in the name of the claimant as plaintiff and the
891		-	28.16seized property as defendant, and must state with specificity the grounds on which the
892		-	28.17claimant alleges the property was improperly seized and the plaintiff's interest in the property
893		-	28.18seized. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, an action for the return of property seized
894		-	28.19under this section may not be maintained by or on behalf of any person who has been served
895		-	28.20with a notice of seizure and forfeiture unless the person has complied with this subdivision.
896		-	28.21 (c) If the claimant makes a timely demand for judicial determination under this
897		-	28.22subdivision, the appropriate agency must conduct the forfeiture under section 609.531,
898		-	28.23subdivision 6a. The limitations and defenses set forth in section 609.5311, subdivision 3,
899		-	28.24apply to the judicial determination.
900		-	28.25 (d) If a demand for judicial determination of an administrative forfeiture is filed under
901		-	28.26this subdivision and the court orders the return of the seized property, the court may order
902		-	28.27sanctions under section 549.211. If the court orders payment of these costs, they must be
903		-	28.28paid from forfeited money or proceeds from the sale of forfeited property from the appropriate
904		-	28.29law enforcement and prosecuting agencies in the same proportion as they would be distributed
905		-	28.30under section 609.5315, subdivision 5.
906		-	28.31 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
907		-	28.32Sec. 5. [634.025] CONFESSION; INADMISSIBLE WHEN DECEPTION IS USED.
908		-	28.33 Any admission, confession, or statement, whether written or oral, made by any person
909		-	28.34during a custodial interrogation by a law enforcement agency official, juvenile court official,
910		-	28Article 4 Sec. 5.
911		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 29.1or their agent, is involuntarily made and inadmissible in any proceeding if, during the
912		-	29.2interrogation, a law enforcement agency official or juvenile court official or their agent
913		-	29.3knowingly:
914		-	29.4 (1) communicated false facts about evidence;
915		-	29.5 (2) misrepresented the accuracy of facts; or
916		-	29.6 (3) communicated unauthorized statements regarding leniency.
917		-	29.7 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2024, and applies to admission,
918		-	29.8confession, or statement, whether written or oral, made on or after that date.
919		-	29.9 Sec. 6. REPEALER.
920		-	29.10 Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 504B.305, is repealed.
921		-	29.11 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
922		-	29.12 ARTICLE 5
923		-	29.13 MARRIAGE AND NAME CHANGE
924		-	29.14Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 259.11, is amended to read:
925		-	29.15 259.11 ORDER; FILING COPIES.
926		-	29.16 (a) Upon meeting the requirements of section 259.10, the court shall grant the application
927		-	29.17unless: (1) it finds that there is an intent to defraud or mislead; (2) section 259.13 prohibits
928		-	29.18granting the name change; or (3) in the case of the change of a minor child's name, the court
929		-	29.19finds that such name change is not in the best interests of the child. The court shall set forth
930		-	29.20in the order the name and age of the applicant's spouse and each child of the applicant, if
931		-	29.21any, and shall state a description of the lands, if any, in which the applicant and the spouse
932		-	29.22and children, if any, claim to have an interest. The court administrator shall file such order,
933		-	29.23and record the same in the judgment book. If lands be described therein, a certified copy of
934		-	29.24the order shall be filed for record, by the applicant, with the county recorder of each county
935		-	29.25wherein any of the same are situated. Before doing so the court administrator shall present
936		-	29.26the same to the county auditor who shall enter the change of name in the auditor's official
937		-	29.27records and note upon the instrument, over an official signature, the words "change of name
938		-	29.28recorded." Any such order shall not be filed, nor any certified copy thereof be issued, until
939		-	29.29the applicant shall have paid to the county recorder and court administrator the fee required
940		-	29.30by law. No application shall be denied on the basis of the marital status of the applicant.
941		-	29Article 5 Section 1.
942		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 30.1 (b) When a person applies for a name change, the court shall determine whether the
943		-	30.2person has a criminal history in this or any other state. The court may conduct a search of
944		-	30.3national records through the Federal Bureau of Investigation by submitting a set of
945		-	30.4fingerprints and the appropriate fee to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. If it is
946		-	30.5determined that the person has a criminal history in this or any other state, the court shall,
947		-	30.6within ten days after the name change application is granted, report the name change to the
948		-	30.7Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. The person whose name is changed shall also report the
949		-	30.8change to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension within ten days. The court granting the
950		-	30.9name change application must explain this reporting duty in its order. Any person required
951		-	30.10to report the person's name change to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension who fails to
952		-	30.11report the name change as required under this paragraph is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
953		-	30.12 (c) Paragraph (b) does not apply to either:
954		-	30.13 (1) a request for a name change as part of an application for a marriage license under
955		-	30.14section 517.08; or
956		-	30.15 (2) a request for a name change in conjunction with a marriage dissolution under section
957		-	30.16518.27; or
958		-	30.17 (3) a request for a name change filed under section 259.14.
959		-	30.18Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 259.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
960		-	30.19 Subdivision 1.Procedure for seeking name change.(a) A person with a felony
961		-	30.20conviction under Minnesota law or the law of another state or federal jurisdiction shall serve
962		-	30.21a notice of application for a name change on the prosecuting authority that obtained the
963		-	30.22conviction against the person when seeking a name change through one of the following
964		-	30.23procedures:
965		-	30.24 (1) an application for a name change under section 259.10;
966		-	30.25 (2) a request for a name change as part of an application for a marriage license under
967		-	30.26section 517.08; or
968		-	30.27 (3) (2) a request for a name change in conjunction with a marriage dissolution under
969		-	30.28section 518.27.; or
970		-	30.29 (3) a request for a name change under section 259.14.
971		-	30.30If the conviction is from another state or federal jurisdiction, notice of application must also
972		-	30.31be served on the attorney general.
973		-	30Article 5 Sec. 2.
974		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 31.1 (b) A person who seeks a name change under section 259.10 or 518.27 shall file proof
975		-	31.2of service with the court as part of the name change request. A person who seeks a name
976		-	31.3change under section 517.08 shall file proof of service with the county as part of the
977		-	31.4application for a marriage license.
978		-	31.5 (c) The name change request may not be granted during the 30-day period provided for
979		-	31.6in subdivision 2 or, if an objection is filed under subdivision 2, until satisfaction of the
980		-	31.7requirements in subdivision 3 or 4. Nothing in this section shall delay the granting of a
981		-	31.8marriage license under section 517.08, which may be granted without the name change.
982		-	31.9 Sec. 3. [259.14] POSTDISSOLUTION NAME CHANGE.
983		-	31.10 (a) Unless section 259.13 applies, a person who has resided in this state for at least six
984		-	31.11months and obtained the person's most recent final marriage dissolution from a district court
985		-	31.12may apply to the district court in the county where the person resides to change the person's
986		-	31.13name to the legal name on the person's birth certificate. A person applying for a name change
987		-	31.14must submit a certified copy of the certificate of dissolution issued pursuant to section
988		-	31.15518.148 and a certified copy of the person's birth certificate. A person applying for a name
989		-	31.16change who obtained a divorce in a state other than Minnesota must submit a certified copy
990		-	31.17of the certificate of dissolution or a certified copy of an equivalent court order ending the
991		-	31.18marriage and a certified copy of the person's birth certificate.
992		-	31.19 (b) A court shall not require a person applying for a name change to pay filing fees for
993		-	31.20an application submitted pursuant to this section. Notwithstanding section 259.10, a court
994		-	31.21shall not require the person applying for a name change pursuant to this section to provide
995		-	31.22proof of the person's identity by two witnesses unless the proof of identity is necessary to
996		-	31.23determine whether the person has an intent to defraud or mislead the court.
997		-	31.24 (c) Upon meeting the requirements of this section, the court shall grant the application
998		-	31.25for a name change unless the court finds that (1) the person has an intent to defraud or
999		-	31.26mislead the court; or (2) the name change is subject to section 259.13. The court shall notify
1000		-	31.27the person applying for a name change that using a different surname without complying
1001		-	31.28with section 259.13, if applicable, is a gross misdemeanor.
1002		-	31.29Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 517.04, is amended to read:
1003		-	31.30 517.04 PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO PERFORM CIVIL MARRIAGES.
1004		-	31.31 Civil marriages may be solemnized throughout the state by an individual who has attained
1005		-	31.32the age of 21 years and is a judge of a court of record, a retired judge of a court of record,
1006		-	31Article 5 Sec. 4.
1007		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 32.1a court administrator, a retired court administrator with the approval of the chief judge of
1008		-	32.2the judicial district, a former court commissioner who is employed by the court system or
1009		-	32.3is acting pursuant to an order of the chief judge of the commissioner's judicial district, the
1010		-	32.4residential school superintendent of the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf and the
1011		-	32.5Minnesota State Academy for the Blind, a licensed or ordained minister of any religious
1012		-	32.6denomination, an individual who registers as a civil marriage officiant with a local registrar
1013		-	32.7in a county of this state, or by any mode recognized in section 517.18. For purposes of this
1014		-	32.8section, a court of record includes the Office of Administrative Hearings under section
1015		-	32.914.48.
1016		-	32.10Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 517.08, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
1017		-	32.11 Subd. 1a.Form.Application for a civil marriage license shall be made by both of the
1018		-	32.12parties upon a form provided for the purpose and shall contain the following information:
1019		-	32.13 (1) the full names of the parties and the sex of each party;
1020		-	32.14 (2) their post office addresses and county and state of residence;
1021		-	32.15 (3) their full ages;
1022		-	32.16 (4) if either party has previously been married, the party's married name, and the date,
1023		-	32.17place and court in which the civil marriage was dissolved or annulled or the date and place
1024		-	32.18of death of the former spouse;
1025		-	32.19 (5) whether the parties are related to each other, and, if so, their relationship;
1026		-	32.20 (6) the address of the parties after the civil marriage is entered into to which the local
1027		-	32.21registrar shall send a certified copy of the civil marriage certificate;
1028		-	32.22 (7) the full names the parties will have after the civil marriage is entered into and the
1029		-	32.23parties' Social Security numbers. The Social Security numbers must be collected for the
1030		-	32.24application but must not appear on the civil marriage license. If a party listed on a civil
1031		-	32.25marriage application does not have a Social Security number, the party must certify on the
1032		-	32.26application, or a supplement to the application, that the party does not have a Social Security
1033		-	32.27number;
1034		-	32.28 (8) if one or both of the parties party to the civil marriage license has a felony conviction
1035		-	32.29under Minnesota law or the law of another state or federal jurisdiction, the parties shall
1036		-	32.30provide to the county proof of service upon the prosecuting authority and, if applicable, the
1037		-	32.31attorney general, as required by party may not change the party's name through the marriage
1038		-	32Article 5 Sec. 5.
1039		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 33.1application process and must follow the process in section 259.13 to change the party's
1040		-	33.2name; and
1041		-	33.3 (9) notice that a party who has a felony conviction under Minnesota law or the law of
1042		-	33.4another state or federal jurisdiction may not use a different name after a civil marriage
1043		-	33.5except as authorized by section 259.13, and that doing so is a gross misdemeanor.
1044		-	33.6 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 517.08, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
1045		-	33.7 Subd. 1b.Term of license; fee; premarital education.(a) The local registrar shall
1046		-	33.8examine upon oath the parties applying for a license relative to the legality of the
1047		-	33.9contemplated civil marriage. Both parties must present proof of age to the local registrar.
1048		-	33.10If one party is unable to appear in person, the party appearing may complete the absent
1049		-	33.11applicant's information. The local registrar shall provide a copy of the civil marriage
1050		-	33.12application to the party who is unable to appear, who must verify the accuracy of the
1051		-	33.13appearing party's information in a notarized statement. The verification statement must be
1052		-	33.14accompanied by a copy of proof of age of the party. The civil marriage license must not be
1053		-	33.15released until the verification statement and proof of age has been received by the local
1054		-	33.16registrar. If the local registrar is satisfied that there is no legal impediment to it, including
1055		-	33.17the restriction contained in section 259.13, the local registrar shall issue the license,
1056		-	33.18containing the full names of the parties before and after the civil marriage, and county and
1057		-	33.19state of residence, with the county seal attached, and make a record of the date of issuance.
1058		-	33.20The license shall be valid for a period of six months. Except as provided in paragraph (b),
1059		-	33.21the local registrar shall collect from the applicant a fee of $115 for administering the oath,
1060		-	33.22issuing, recording, and filing all papers required, and preparing and transmitting to the state
1061		-	33.23registrar of vital records the reports of civil marriage required by this section. If the license
1062		-	33.24should not be used within the period of six months due to illness or other extenuating
1063		-	33.25circumstances, it may be surrendered to the local registrar for cancellation, and in that case
1064		-	33.26a new license shall issue upon request of the parties of the original license without fee. A
1065		-	33.27local registrar who knowingly issues or signs a civil marriage license in any manner other
1066		-	33.28than as provided in this section shall pay to the parties aggrieved an amount not to exceed
1067		-	33.29$1,000.
1068		-	33.30 (b) The civil marriage license fee for parties who have completed at least 12 hours of
1069		-	33.31premarital education is $40. In order to qualify for the reduced license fee, the parties must
1070		-	33.32submit at the time of applying for the civil marriage license a statement that is signed, dated,
1071		-	33.33and notarized or marked with a church seal from the person who provided the premarital
1072		-	33.34education on their letterhead confirming that it was received. The premarital education must
1073		-	33Article 5 Sec. 6.
1074		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 34.1be provided by a licensed or ordained minister or the minister's designee, a person authorized
1075		-	34.2to solemnize civil marriages under section 517.18, or a person authorized to practice marriage
1076		-	34.3and family therapy under section 148B.33. The education must include the use of a premarital
1077		-	34.4inventory and the teaching of communication and conflict management skills.
1078		-	34.5 (c) The statement from the person who provided the premarital education under paragraph
1079		-	34.6(b) must be in the following form:
1080		-	34.7 "I, .......................... (name of educator), confirm that .......................... (names of both
1081		-	34.8parties) received at least 12 hours of premarital education that included the use of a premarital
1082		-	34.9inventory and the teaching of communication and conflict management skills. I am a licensed
1083		-	34.10or ordained minister, a person authorized to solemnize civil marriages under Minnesota
1084		-	34.11Statutes, section 517.18, or a person licensed to practice marriage and family therapy under
1085		-	34.12Minnesota Statutes, section 148B.33."
1086		-	34.13 The names of the parties in the educator's statement must be identical to the legal names
1087		-	34.14of the parties as they appear in the civil marriage license application. Notwithstanding
1088		-	34.15section 138.17, the educator's statement must be retained for seven years, after which time
1089		-	34.16it may be destroyed.
1090		-	34.17 (d) If section 259.13 applies to the request for a civil marriage license, the local registrar
1091		-	34.18shall grant the civil marriage license without the requested name change. Alternatively, the
1092		-	34.19local registrar may delay the granting of the civil marriage license until the party with the
1093		-	34.20conviction:
1094		-	34.21 (1) certifies under oath that 30 days have passed since service of the notice for a name
1095		-	34.22change upon the prosecuting authority and, if applicable, the attorney general and no
1096		-	34.23objection has been filed under section 259.13; or
1097		-	34.24 (2) provides a certified copy of the court order granting it. The parties seeking the civil
1098		-	34.25marriage license shall have the right to choose to have the license granted without the name
1099		-	34.26change or to delay its granting pending further action on the name change request.
1100		-	34Article 5 Sec. 6.
1101		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 35.1 ARTICLE 6
1102		-	35.2 REAL PROPERTY
1103		-	35.3 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 336.9-601, is amended to read:
1104		-	35.4 336.9-601 RIGHTS AFTER DEFAULT; JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT;
1105		-	35.5CONSIGNOR OR BUYER OF ACCOUNTS, CHATTEL PAPER, PAYMENT
1106		-	35.6INTANGIBLES, OR PROMISSORY NOTES.
1107		-	35.7 (a) Rights of secured party after default. After default, a secured party has the rights
1108		-	35.8provided in this part and, except as otherwise provided in section 336.9-602, those provided
1109		-	35.9by agreement of the parties. A secured party:
1110		-	35.10 (1) may reduce a claim to judgment, foreclose, or otherwise enforce the claim, security
1111		-	35.11interest, or agricultural lien by any available judicial procedure; and
1112		-	35.12 (2) if the collateral is documents, may proceed either as to the documents or as to the
1113		-	35.13goods they cover.
1114		-	35.14 (b) Rights and duties of secured party in possession or control. A secured party in
1115		-	35.15possession of collateral or control of collateral under section 336.7-106, 336.9-104,
1116		-	35.16336.9-105, 336.9-106, or 336.9-107 has the rights and duties provided in section 336.9-207.
1117		-	35.17 (c) Rights cumulative; simultaneous exercise. The rights under subsections (a) and
1118		-	35.18(b) are cumulative and may be exercised simultaneously.
1119		-	35.19 (d) Rights of debtor and obligor. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) and
1120		-	35.20section 336.9-605, after default, a debtor and an obligor have the rights provided in this part
1121		-	35.21and by agreement of the parties.
1122		-	35.22 (e) Lien of levy after judgment. If a secured party has reduced its claim to judgment,
1123		-	35.23the lien of any levy that may be made upon the collateral by virtue of an execution based
1124		-	35.24upon the judgment relates back to the earliest of:
1125		-	35.25 (1) the date of perfection of the security interest or agricultural lien in the collateral;
1126		-	35.26 (2) the date of filing a financing statement covering the collateral; or
1127		-	35.27 (3) any date specified in a statute under which the agricultural lien was created.
1128		-	35.28 (f) Execution sale. A sale pursuant to an execution is a foreclosure of the security interest
1129		-	35.29or agricultural lien by judicial procedure within the meaning of this section. A secured party
1130		-	35.30may purchase at the sale and thereafter hold the collateral free of any other requirements
1131		-	35.31of this article.
1132		-	35Article 6 Section 1.
1133		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 36.1 (g) Consignor or buyer of certain rights to payment. Except as otherwise provided
1134		-	36.2in section 336.9-607 (c), this part imposes no duties upon a secured party that is a consignor
1135		-	36.3or is a buyer of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes.
1136		-	36.4 (h) Security interest in collateral that is agricultural property; enforcement. A
1137		-	36.5person may not begin to enforce a security interest in collateral that is agricultural property
1138		-	36.6subject to sections 583.20 to 583.32 that has secured a debt of more than the amount provided
1139		-	36.7in section 583.24, subdivision 5, unless: a mediation notice under subsection (i) is served
1140		-	36.8on the debtor after a condition of default has occurred in the security agreement and a copy
1141		-	36.9served on the director of the agricultural Minnesota extension service; and the debtor and
1142		-	36.10creditor have completed mediation under sections 583.20 to 583.32; or as otherwise allowed
1143		-	36.11under sections 583.20 to 583.32.
1144		-	36.12 (i) Mediation notice. A mediation notice under subsection (h) must contain the following
1145		-	36.13notice with the blanks properly filled in.
1146		-	36.14 "TO: ...(Name of Debtor)...
1147		-	36.15 YOU HAVE DEFAULTED ON THE ...(Debt in Default)... SECURED BY
1148		-	36.16AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS ...(Reasonable Description of Agricultural
1149		-	36.17Property Collateral). THE AMOUNT OF THE OUTSTANDING DEBT IS ...(Amount of
1150		-	36.18Debt)...
1151		-	36.19 AS A SECURED PARTY, ...(Name of Secured Party)... INTENDS TO ENFORCE
1152		-	36.20THE SECURITY AGREEMENT AGAINST THE AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY
1153		-	36.21DESCRIBED ABOVE BY REPOSSESSING, FORECLOSING ON, OR OBTAINING A
1154		-	36.22COURT JUDGMENT AGAINST THE PROPERTY.
1155		-	36.23 YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE THE DEBT REVIEWED FOR MEDIATION.
1156		-	36.24IF YOU REQUEST MEDIATION, A DEBT THAT IS IN DEFAULT WILL BE
1157		-	36.25MEDIATED ONLY ONCE. IF YOU DO NOT REQUEST MEDIATION, THIS DEBT
1158		-	36.26WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO FUTURE MEDIATION IF THE SECURED PARTY
1159		-	36.27ENFORCES THE DEBT.
1160		-	36.28 IF YOU PARTICIPATE IN MEDIATION, THE DIRECTOR OF THE
1161		-	36.29AGRICULTURAL MINNESOTA EXTENSION SERVICE WILL PROVIDE AN
1162		-	36.30ORIENTATION MEETING AND A FINANCIAL ANALYST TO HELP YOU TO
1163		-	36.31PREPARE FINANCIAL INFORMATION. IF YOU DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE IN
1164		-	36.32MEDIATION, IT WILL BE TO YOUR ADVANTAGE TO ASSEMBLE YOUR FARM
1165		-	36.33FINANCE AND OPERATION RECORDS AND TO CONTACT A COUNTY EXTENSION
1166		-	36Article 6 Section 1.
1167		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 37.1OFFICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. MEDIATION WILL ATTEMPT TO ARRIVE AT
1168		-	37.2AN AGREEMENT FOR HANDLING FUTURE FINANCIAL RELATIONS.
1169		-	37.3 TO HAVE THE DEBT REVIEWED FOR MEDIATION YOU MUST FILE A
1170		-	37.4MEDIATION REQUEST WITH THE DIRECTOR WITHIN 14 DAYS AFTER YOU
1171		-	37.5RECEIVE THIS NOTICE. THE MEDIATION REQUEST FORM IS AVAILABLE AT
1172		-	37.6ANY COUNTY RECORDER'S OR COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE FROM THE
1173		-	37.7DIRECTOR OF THE MINNESOTA EXTENSION SERVICE.
1174		-	37.8 FROM: ...(Name and Address of Secured Party)..."
1175		-	37.9 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 507.07, is amended to read:
1176		-	37.10 507.07 WARRANTY AND QUITCLAIM DEEDS; FORMS.
1177		-	37.11 Warranty and quitclaim deeds may be substantially in the following forms:
1178		-	37.12 WARRANTY DEED
1179		-	37.13 A.B., grantor, of (here insert the place of residence), for and in consideration of (here
1180		-	37.14insert the consideration), conveys and warrants to C.D., grantee, of (here insert the place
1181		-	37.15of residence), the following described real estate in the county of .........................., in the
1182		-	37.16state of Minnesota: (here describe the premises).
1183		-	37.17 Dated this ............... day of ................, .......
1184		-	37.18 (Signature) ...................................
1185		-	37.19 Every such instrument, duly executed as required by law, shall be a conveyance in fee
1186		-	37.20simple of the premises described to the grantee, the grantee's heirs and assigns, with
1187		-	37.21covenants on the part of the grantor, the grantor's heirs and personal representatives, that
1188		-	37.22the grantor is lawfully seized of the premises in fee simple and has good right to convey
1189		-	37.23the same; that the premises are free from all encumbrances; that the grantor warrants to the
1190		-	37.24grantee, the grantee's heirs and assigns, the quiet and peaceable possession thereof; and that
1191		-	37.25the grantor will defend the title thereto against all persons who may lawfully claim the same.
1192		-	37.26Such covenants shall be obligatory upon any grantor, the grantor's heirs and personal
1193		-	37.27representatives, as fully and with like effect as if written at length in such deed.
1194		-	37.28 QUITCLAIM DEED
1195		-	37.29 A.B., grantor, of (here insert the place of residence), for the consideration of (here insert
1196		-	37.30the consideration), conveys and quitclaims to C.D., the grantee, of (here insert the place of
1197		-	37.31residence), all interest in the following described real estate in the county of ..........................,
1198		-	37.32in the state of Minnesota: (here describe the premises).
1199		-	37Article 6 Sec. 2.
1200		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 38.1 Dated this ............... day of ................, .......
1201		-	38.2 (Signature) ...................................
1202		-	38.3 Every such instrument, duly executed, shall be a conveyance to the grantee, the grantee's
1203		-	38.4heirs and assigns, of all right, title, and interest of the grantor in the premises described, but
1204		-	38.5shall not extend to after acquired title, unless words expressing such intention be added.
1205		-	38.6 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 508.52, is amended to read:
1206		-	38.7 508.52 CONVEYANCE; CANCELLATION OF OLD AND ISSUANCE OF NEW
1207		-	38.8CERTIFICATE.
1208		-	38.9 An owner of registered land who desires to convey the land, or a portion thereof, in fee,
1209		-	38.10shall execute a deed of conveyance, and record the deed with the registrar. The deed of
1210		-	38.11conveyance shall be recorded and endorsed with the number and place of registration of
1211		-	38.12the certificate of title. Before canceling the outstanding certificate of title the registrar shall
1212		-	38.13show by memorial thereon the registration of the deed on the basis of which it is canceled.
1213		-	38.14The encumbrances, claims, or interests adverse to the title of the registered owner shall be
1214		-	38.15stated upon the new certificate, except so far as they may be simultaneously released or
1215		-	38.16discharged. The registrar shall not carry forward as a memorial on the new certificate of
1216		-	38.17title any memorials of a transfer on death deed if the grantors of the transfer on death deed
1217		-	38.18retain no fee interest in the land covered by the new certificate. The certificate of title shall
1218		-	38.19be marked "Canceled" by the registrar, who shall enter in the register a new certificate of
1219		-	38.20title to the grantee and prepare and deliver to the grantee a copy of the new certificate of
1220		-	38.21title. The registrar, upon request, shall deliver to the grantee a copy of the new certificate
1221		-	38.22of title. If a deed in fee is for a portion of the land described in a certificate of title, the
1222		-	38.23memorial of the deed entered by the registrar shall include the legal description contained
1223		-	38.24in the deed and the registrar shall enter a new certificate of title to the grantee for the portion
1224		-	38.25of the land conveyed and, except as otherwise provided in this section, issue a residue
1225		-	38.26certificate of title to the grantor for the portion of the land not conveyed. The registrar shall
1226		-	38.27prepare and, upon request, deliver to each of the parties a copy of their respective certificates
1227		-	38.28of title. In lieu of canceling the grantor's certificate of title and issuing a residue certificate
1228		-	38.29to the grantor for the portion of the land not conveyed, the registrar may if the grantor's
1229		-	38.30deed does not divide a parcel of unplatted land, and in the absence of a request to the contrary
1230		-	38.31by the registered owner, mark by the land description on the certificate of title "Part of land
1231		-	38.32conveyed, see memorials." The fee for a residue certificate of title shall be paid to the
1232		-	38.33registrar only when the grantor's certificate of title is canceled after the conveyance by the
1233		-	38.34grantor of a portion of the land described in the grantor's certificate of title. When two or
1234		-	38Article 6 Sec. 3.
1235		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 39.1more successive conveyances of the same property are filed for registration on the same
1236		-	39.2day the registrar may enter a certificate in favor of the grantee or grantees in the last of the
1237		-	39.3successive conveyances, and the memorial of the previous deed or deeds entered on the
1238		-	39.4prior certificate of title shall have the same force and effect as though the prior certificate
1239		-	39.5of title had been entered in favor of the grantee or grantees in the earlier deed or deeds in
1240		-	39.6the successive conveyances. The fees for the registration of the earlier deed or deeds shall
1241		-	39.7be the same as the fees prescribed for the entry of memorials. The registrar of titles, with
1242		-	39.8the consent of the transferee, may mark "See memorials for new owner(s)" by the names
1243		-	39.9of the registered owners on the certificate of title and also add to the memorial of the
1244		-	39.10transferring conveyance a statement that the memorial shall serve in lieu of a new certificate
1245		-	39.11of title in favor of the grantee or grantees therein noted and may refrain from canceling the
1246		-	39.12certificate of title until the time it is canceled by a subsequent transfer, and the memorial
1247		-	39.13showing such transfer of title shall have the same effect as the entry of a new certificate of
1248		-	39.14title for the land described in the certificate of title; the fee for the registration of a conveyance
1249		-	39.15without cancellation of the certificate of title shall be the same as the fee prescribed for the
1250		-	39.16entry of a memorial.
1251		-	39.17Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 518.191, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1252		-	39.18 Subdivision 1.Abbreviated judgment and decree.If real estate is described in a
1253		-	39.19judgment and decree of dissolution, the court may shall direct either of the parties or their
1254		-	39.20legal counsel to prepare and submit to the court a proposed summary real estate disposition
1255		-	39.21judgment. Upon approval by the court and filing of the summary real estate disposition
1256		-	39.22judgment with the court administrator, the court administrator shall provide to any party
1257		-	39.23upon request certified copies of the summary real estate disposition judgment.
1258		-	39.24Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 518.191, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1259		-	39.25 Subd. 3.Court order.An order or provision in a judgment and decree that provides
1260		-	39.26that the judgment and decree must be recorded in the office of the county recorder or filed
1261		-	39.27in the office of the registrar of titles means, if a summary real estate disposition judgment
1262		-	39.28has been approved by the court, that the summary real estate disposition judgment, rather
1263		-	39.29than the judgment and decree, must be recorded in the office of the county recorder or filed
1264		-	39.30in the office of the registrar of titles. The recorder or registrar of titles is not responsible for
1265		-	39.31determining if a summary real estate disposition judgment has been approved by the court.
1266		-	39Article 6 Sec. 5.
1267		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 40.1 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 541.023, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1268		-	40.2 Subd. 6.Limitations; certain titles not affected.This section shall not affect any rights
1269		-	40.3of the federal government; nor increase the effect as notice, actual or constructive, of any
1270		-	40.4instrument now of record; nor bar the rights of any person, partnership, state agency or
1271		-	40.5department, or corporation in possession of real estate. This section shall not impair the
1272		-	40.6record title or record interest, or title obtained by or through any congressional or legislative
1273		-	40.7grant, of any railroad corporation or other public service corporation or any trustee or receiver
1274		-	40.8thereof or of any educational or religious corporation in any real estate by reason of any
1275		-	40.9failure to record further evidence of such title or interest even though the record thereof is
1276		-	40.10now or hereafter more than 40 years old; nor shall this section require the recording of any
1277		-	40.11notice as provided for in this section as to any undischarged mortgage or deed of trust
1278		-	40.12executed by any such corporation or any trustee or receiver thereof or to any claim or action
1279		-	40.13founded upon any such undischarged mortgage or deed of trust. The exceptions of this
1280		-	40.14subdivision shall not include (1) reservations or exceptions of land for right-of-way or other
1281		-	40.15railroad purposes contained in deeds of conveyance made by a railroad company or by
1282		-	40.16trustees or receivers thereof, unless said reserved or excepted land shall have been put to
1283		-	40.17railroad use within 40 years after the date of said deeds of conveyance, (2) nor any rights
1284		-	40.18under any conditions subsequent or restrictions contained in any such deeds of conveyance.
1285		-	40.19Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 550.365, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1286		-	40.20 Subd. 2.Contents.A mediation notice must contain the following notice with the blanks
1287		-	40.21properly filled in.
1288		-	40.22 "TO: ....(Name of Judgment Debtor)....
1289		-	40.23 A JUDGMENT WAS ORDERED AGAINST YOU BY ....(Name of Court).... ON
1290		-	40.24....(Date of Judgment).
1291		-	40.25 AS A JUDGMENT CREDITOR, ....(Name of Judgment Creditor).... INTENDS TO
1292		-	40.26TAKE ACTION AGAINST THE AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED
1293		-	40.27AS....(Description of Agricultural Property).... TO SATISFY THE JUDGMENT IN THE
1294		-	40.28AMOUNT OF ....(Amount of Debt)....
1295		-	40.29 YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE THE DEBT REVIEWED FOR MEDIATION.
1296		-	40.30IF YOU REQUEST MEDIATION, A DEBT THAT IS IN DEFAULT WILL BE
1297		-	40.31MEDIATED ONLY ONCE. IF YOU DO NOT REQUEST MEDIATION, THIS DEBT
1298		-	40.32WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO FUTURE MEDIATION IF THE SECURED PARTY
1299		-	40.33ENFORCES THE DEBT.
1300		-	40Article 6 Sec. 7.
1301		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 41.1 IF YOU PARTICIPATE IN MEDIATION, THE DIRECTOR OF THE
1302		-	41.2AGRICULTURAL MINNESOTA EXTENSION SERVICE WILL PROVIDE AN
1303		-	41.3ORIENTATION MEETING AND A FINANCIAL ANALYST TO HELP YOU PREPARE
1304		-	41.4FINANCIAL INFORMATION. IF YOU DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE IN MEDIATION,
1305		-	41.5IT WILL BE TO YOUR ADVANTAGE TO ASSEMBLE YOUR FARM FINANCE AND
1306		-	41.6OPERATION RECORDS AND TO CONTACT A COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE AS
1307		-	41.7SOON AS POSSIBLE. MEDIATION WILL ATTEMPT TO ARRIVE AT AN
1308		-	41.8AGREEMENT FOR HANDLING FUTURE FINANCIAL RELATIONS.
1309		-	41.9 TO HAVE THE DEBT REVIEWED FOR MEDIATION YOU MUST FILE A
1310		-	41.10MEDIATION REQUEST WITH THE DIRECTOR WITHIN 14 DAYS AFTER YOU
1311		-	41.11RECEIVE THIS NOTICE. THE MEDIATION REQUEST FORM IS AVAILABLE AT
1312		-	41.12ANY COUNTY RECORDER'S OR COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE FROM THE
1313		-	41.13DIRECTOR OF THE MINNESOTA EXTENSION SERVICE.
1314		-	41.14 FROM: ....(Name and Address of Judgment Creditor)...."
1315		-	41.15Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 559.209, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1316		-	41.16 Subd. 2.Contents.A mediation notice must contain the following notice with the blanks
1317		-	41.17properly filled in.
1318		-	41.18 "TO: ....(Name of Contract for Deed Purchaser)....
1319		-	41.19 YOU HAVE DEFAULTED ON THE CONTRACT FOR DEED OF THE
1320		-	41.20AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS ....(Size and Reasonable Location of
1321		-	41.21Property, Not Legal Description). THE AMOUNT OF THE OUTSTANDING DEBT IS
1322		-	41.22....(Amount of Debt)....
1323		-	41.23 AS THE CONTRACT FOR DEED VENDOR, ....(Contract for Deed Vendor)....
1324		-	41.24INTENDS TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT AND TAKE BACK THE PROPERTY.
1325		-	41.25 YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE THE CONTRACT FOR DEED DEBT
1326		-	41.26REVIEWED FOR MEDIATION. IF YOU REQUEST MEDIATION, A DEBT THAT IS
1327		-	41.27IN DEFAULT WILL BE MEDIATED ONLY ONCE. IF YOU DO NOT REQUEST
1328		-	41.28MEDIATION, THIS DEBT WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO FUTURE MEDIATION IF
1329		-	41.29THE CONTRACT FOR DEED VENDOR BEGINS REMEDIES TO ENFORCE THE
1330		-	41.30DEBT.
1331		-	41.31 IF YOU PARTICIPATE IN MEDIATION, THE DIRECTOR OF THE
1332		-	41.32AGRICULTURAL MINNESOTA EXTENSION SERVICE WILL PROVIDE AN
1333		-	41.33ORIENTATION MEETING AND A FINANCIAL ANALYST TO HELP YOU PREPARE
1334		-	41Article 6 Sec. 8.
1335		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 42.1FINANCIAL INFORMATION. IF YOU DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE IN MEDIATION,
1336		-	42.2IT WILL BE TO YOUR ADVANTAGE TO ASSEMBLE YOUR FARM FINANCE AND
1337		-	42.3OPERATION RECORDS AND TO CONTACT A COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE AS
1338		-	42.4SOON AS POSSIBLE. MEDIATION WILL ATTEMPT TO ARRIVE AT AN
1339		-	42.5AGREEMENT FOR HANDLING FUTURE FINANCIAL RELATIONS.
1340		-	42.6 TO HAVE THE CONTRACT FOR DEED DEBT REVIEWED FOR MEDIATION
1341		-	42.7YOU MUST FILE A MEDIATION REQUEST WITH THE DIRECTOR WITHIN 14
1342		-	42.8DAYS AFTER YOU RECEIVE THE NOTICE. THE MEDIATION REQUEST FORM
1343		-	42.9IS AVAILABLE AT ANY COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE FROM THE DIRECTOR
1344		-	42.10OF THE MINNESOTA EXTENSION SERVICE.
1345		-	42.11 FROM: ....(Name and Address of Contract for Deed Vendor)...."
1346		-	42.12Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 582.039, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1347		-	42.13 Subd. 2.Contents.A mediation notice must contain the following notice with the blanks
1348		-	42.14properly filled in.
1349		-	42.15 "TO: ....(Name of Record Owner)....
1350		-	42.16 YOU HAVE DEFAULTED ON THE MORTGAGE OF THE AGRICULTURAL
1351		-	42.17PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS ....(Size and Reasonable Location, Not Legal Description).
1352		-	42.18THE AMOUNT OF THE OUTSTANDING DEBT ON THIS PROPERTY IS ....(Amount
1353		-	42.19of Debt)....
1354		-	42.20 AS HOLDER OF THE MORTGAGE, ....(Name of Holder of Mortgage).... INTENDS
1355		-	42.21TO FORECLOSE ON THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED ABOVE.
1356		-	42.22 YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE THE MORTGAGE DEBT REVIEWED FOR
1357		-	42.23MEDIATION. IF YOU REQUEST MEDIATION, A DEBT THAT IS IN DEFAULT WILL
1358		-	42.24BE MEDIATED ONLY ONCE. IF YOU DO NOT REQUEST MEDIATION, THIS DEBT
1359		-	42.25WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO FUTURE MEDIATION IF THE SECURED PARTY
1360		-	42.26ENFORCES THE DEBT.
1361		-	42.27 IF YOU PARTICIPATE IN MEDIATION, THE DIRECTOR OF THE
1362		-	42.28AGRICULTURAL MINNESOTA EXTENSION SERVICE WILL PROVIDE AN
1363		-	42.29ORIENTATION MEETING AND A FINANCIAL ANALYST TO HELP YOU PREPARE
1364		-	42.30FINANCIAL INFORMATION. IF YOU DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE IN MEDIATION,
1365		-	42.31IT WILL BE TO YOUR ADVANTAGE TO ASSEMBLE YOUR FARM FINANCE AND
1366		-	42.32OPERATION RECORDS AND TO CONTACT A COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE AS
1367		-	42Article 6 Sec. 9.
1368		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 43.1SOON AS POSSIBLE. MEDIATION WILL ATTEMPT TO ARRIVE AT AN
1369		-	43.2AGREEMENT FOR HANDLING FUTURE FINANCIAL RELATIONS.
1370		-	43.3 TO HAVE THE MORTGAGE DEBT REVIEWED FOR MEDIATION YOU MUST
1371		-	43.4FILE A MEDIATION REQUEST WITH THE DIRECTOR WITHIN 14 DAYS AFTER
1372		-	43.5YOU RECEIVE THIS NOTICE. THE MEDIATION REQUEST FORM IS AVAILABLE
1373		-	43.6AT ANY COUNTY RECORDER'S OR COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE FROM THE
1374		-	43.7DIRECTOR OF THE MINNESOTA EXTENSION SERVICE.
1375		-	43.8 FROM: ....(Name and Address of Holder of Mortgage)...."
1376		-	43.9 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 583.25, is amended to read:
1377		-	43.10 583.25 VOLUNTARY MEDIATION PROCEEDINGS.
1378		-	43.11 A debtor that owns agricultural property or a creditor of the debtor may request mediation
1379		-	43.12of the indebtedness by a farm mediator by applying to the director. The director shall make
1380		-	43.13provide voluntary mediation application forms available at the county recorder's and county
1381		-	43.14extension office in each county when requested. The director must evaluate each request
1382		-	43.15and may direct a mediator to meet with the debtor and creditor to assist in mediation.
1383		-	43.16Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 583.26, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1384		-	43.17 Subd. 2.Mediation request.(a) A debtor must file a mediation request form with the
1385		-	43.18director by 14 days after receiving a mediation notice. The debtor must state all known
1386		-	43.19creditors with debts secured for agricultural property and must authorize the director to
1387		-	43.20obtain the debtor's credit report from one or more credit reporting agencies. The mediation
1388		-	43.21request form must include an instruction that the debtor must state all known creditors with
1389		-	43.22debts secured by agricultural property and unsecured creditors that are necessary for the
1390		-	43.23farm operation of the debtor. It is the debtor's discretion as to which unsecured creditors
1391		-	43.24are necessary for the farm operation but the mediation request form must notify the debtor
1392		-	43.25that omission of a significant unsecured creditor could result in a bad-faith determination
1393		-	43.26pursuant to section 583.27, subdivisions 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and 2. The mediation
1394		-	43.27request must state the date that the notice was served on the debtor. The director shall make
1395		-	43.28provide mediation request forms available in the county recorder's and county extension
1396		-	43.29office of each county when requested.
1397		-	43.30 (b) Except as provided in section 583.24, subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (3), a
1398		-	43.31debtor who fails to file a timely mediation request waives the right to mediation for that
1399		-	43.32debt under the Farmer-Lender Mediation Act. The director shall notify the creditor who
1400		-	43Article 6 Sec. 11.
1401		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 44.1served the mediation notice stating that the creditor may proceed against the agricultural
1402		-	44.2property because the debtor has failed to file a mediation request.
1403		-	44.3 (c) If a debtor has not received a mediation notice and is subject to a proceeding of a
1404		-	44.4creditor enforcing a debt against agricultural property under chapter 580 or 581 or sections
1405		-	44.5336.9-601 to 336.9-628, terminating a contract for deed to purchase agricultural property
1406		-	44.6under section 559.21, or garnishing, levying on, executing on, seizing, or attaching
1407		-	44.7agricultural property, the debtor may file a mediation request with the director. The mediation
1408		-	44.8request form must indicate that the debtor has not received a mediation notice.
1409		-	44.9 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 600.23, is amended to read:
1410		-	44.10 600.23 RECORDERS AND COURT ADMINISTRATORS.
1411		-	44.11 Subdivision 1.Deposit of papers.Every county recorder, upon being paid the legal fees
1412		-	44.12therefor, shall may receive and deposit in the office any instruments or papers which shall
1413		-	44.13be are offered for that purpose and, if required requested, shall give to the person depositing
1414		-	44.14the same a receipt therefor.
1415		-	44.15 Subd. 2.Endorsed and filed.Any such instruments or papers so received shall be filed
1416		-	44.16by the officer receiving the same, and so endorsed as to indicate their general nature, the
1417		-	44.17names of the parties thereto, and time when received, and shall be deposited and kept by
1418		-	44.18the officer and successors in office in the same manner as the officer's official papers, but
1419		-	44.19in a place separate therefrom.
1420		-	44.20 Subd. 3.Withdrawal.Papers and instruments so deposited shall not be made public or
1421		-	44.21withdrawn from the office except upon the written order of the person depositing the same,
1422		-	44.22or the person's executors or administrators, or on the order of some court for the purpose
1423		-	44.23of being read in the court, and then to be returned to the office.
1424		-	44.24 Subd. 3a.Retention and disposal.Papers and instruments deposited for safekeeping
1425		-	44.25shall be retained, at a minimum, until the earlier of:
1426		-	44.26 (1) the county recorder learns of the depositor's death, at which time the county recorder
1427		-	44.27may deliver the paper or instrument to the appropriate court, or deliver the paper or instrument
1428		-	44.28to the depositor's executors or administrators; or
1429		-	44.29 (2) 20 years following the deposit of the paper or instrument, at which time the county
1430		-	44.30recorder shall dispose of the paper or instrument pursuant to its county's retention policy.
1431		-	44.31 Subd. 4.Certificate that instrument cannot be found.The certificate of any officer
1432		-	44.32to whom the legal custody of any instrument belongs, stating that the officer has made
1433		-	44Article 6 Sec. 12.
1434		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 45.1diligent search for such instrument and that it cannot be found, shall be prima facie evidence
1435		-	45.2of the fact so certified to in all cases, matters, and proceedings.
1436		-	45.3 Sec. 13. REPEALER.
1437		-	45.4 Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 346.02; and 582.14, are repealed.
1438		-	45.5 ARTICLE 7
1439		-	45.6 MULTIMEMBER AGENCY APPOINTMENTS
1440		-	45.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 15.0597, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1441		-	45.8 Subdivision 1.Definitions.(a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have
1442		-	45.9the meanings given them.
1443		-	45.10 (b) "Agency" means (1) a state board, commission, council, committee, authority, task
1444		-	45.11force, including an advisory task force created under section 15.014 or 15.0593, a group
1445		-	45.12created by executive order of the governor, or other similar multimember agency created
1446		-	45.13by law and having statewide jurisdiction; and (2) the Metropolitan Council, metropolitan
1447		-	45.14agency, Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board, and any agency with a regional
1448		-	45.15jurisdiction created in this state pursuant to an interstate compact.
1449		-	45.16 (c) "Vacancy" or "vacant agency position" means (1) a vacancy in an existing agency,
1450		-	45.17or (2) a new, unfilled agency position. Vacancy includes a position that is to be filled through
1451		-	45.18appointment of a nonlegislator by a legislator or group of legislators; Vacancy does not
1452		-	45.19mean (1) a vacant position on an agency composed exclusively of persons employed by a
1453		-	45.20political subdivision or another agency, or (2) a vacancy to be filled by a person required
1454		-	45.21to have a specific title or position, (3) a vacancy that is to be filled through appointment of
1455		-	45.22a legislator by a legislator or group of legislators, or (4) a position appointed by a private
1456		-	45.23entity or individual, in the manner specified in the document creating the agency, unless
1457		-	45.24otherwise provided.
1458		-	45.25 (d) "Secretary" means the secretary of state.
1459		-	45.26 (e) "Appointing authority" means the individual or entity with the specific authority to
1460		-	45.27appoint open or direct appointment positions. This includes, but is not limited to, the
1461		-	45.28governor, state agency commissioners, indigenous Tribal leaders, designated legislative
1462		-	45.29leaders and local agency heads, persons who have been specifically delegated the authority
1463		-	45.30to make those appointments, or private entities or persons as designated by the document
1464		-	45.31creating the agency. Appointments should be evidenced by a document signed by the
1465		-	45Article 7 Section 1.
1466		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 46.1appointing authority's most senior official. Appointments that do not specify an appointing
1467		-	46.2authority shall be made in the manner provided in section 4.04.
1468		-	46.3 (f) "Direct appointments" means: (1) the appointment of members to an agency, pursuant
1469		-	46.4to a process not subject to this section; and (2) those members of an agency appointed
1470		-	46.5through a process not subject to this section. Direct appointments must be provided for
1471		-	46.6specifically in the documents creating the agency, whether enabling law, executive order,
1472		-	46.7commissioner's order, or otherwise.
1473		-	46.8 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 15.0597, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1474		-	46.9 Subd. 4.Notice of vacancies.The chair of an existing agency, shall notify the secretary
1475		-	46.10by electronic means of a vacancy scheduled to occur in the agency as a result of the expiration
1476		-	46.11of membership terms at least 45 days before the vacancy occurs. The chair of an existing
1477		-	46.12agency shall give electronic notification to must notify the secretary of each vacancy
1478		-	46.13occurring as a result of newly created agency positions and of every other vacancy occurring
1479		-	46.14for any reason other than the expiration of membership terms as soon as possible upon
1480		-	46.15learning of the vacancy and in any case within 15 days after the occurrence of the vacancy.
1481		-	46.16The chair may submit vacancy notices by posting seat openings on the secretary of state's
1482		-	46.17boards and commissions website.
1483		-	46.18 (b) If a vacancy is to be appointed by the governor, the chair must first notify the governor
1484		-	46.19and receive permission to post the vacancy. Where a vacancy is created by resignation, the
1485		-	46.20vacancy may not be posted until receipt and acceptance of the resignation of the incumbent
1486		-	46.21as provided by section 351.01, subdivision 1, clause (2), is confirmed by the governor.
1487		-	46.22 (c) The appointing authority for newly created agencies shall give electronic notification
1488		-	46.23to the secretary of all vacancies in the new agency within 15 days after the creation of the
1489		-	46.24agency. The secretary may require the submission of notices required by this subdivision
1490		-	46.25by electronic means.
1491		-	46.26 (d) The secretary shall publish monthly on the website of the secretary of state a list of
1492		-	46.27all vacancies of which the secretary has been so notified. Only one notice of a vacancy shall
1493		-	46.28be so published, unless the appointing authority rejects all applicants and requests the
1494		-	46.29secretary to republish the notice of vacancy. One copy of the listing shall be made available
1495		-	46.30at the office of the secretary to any interested person. The secretary shall distribute by mail
1496		-	46.31or electronic means copies of the listings to requesting persons.
1497		-	46Article 7 Sec. 2.
1498		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 47.1 (e) The listing for all vacancies scheduled to occur in the month of January shall be
1499		-	47.2published on the website of the secretary of state together with the compilation of agency
1500		-	47.3data required to be published pursuant to subdivision 3.
1501		-	47.4 (f) If a vacancy occurs within three months after an appointment is made to fill a regularly
1502		-	47.5scheduled vacancy, the appointing authority may, upon notification by electronic means to
1503		-	47.6the secretary, fill the vacancy by appointment from the list of persons submitting applications
1504		-	47.7to fill the regularly scheduled vacancy.
1505		-	47.8 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 15.0597, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1506		-	47.9 Subd. 5.Nominations for vacancies.Any person may make a self-nomination for
1507		-	47.10appointment to an agency vacancy by completing an application on a form prepared and
1508		-	47.11distributed by the secretary. The secretary may provide for the submission of the application
1509		-	47.12by electronic means. Any person or group of persons may, on the prescribed application
1510		-	47.13form, nominate another person to be appointed to a vacancy so long as the person so
1511		-	47.14nominated consents on the application form to the nomination. The application form shall
1512		-	47.15specify the nominee's name, mailing address, electronic mail address, telephone number,
1513		-	47.16preferred agency position sought, a statement that the nominee satisfies any legally prescribed
1514		-	47.17qualifications, a statement whether the applicant has ever been convicted of a felony, and
1515		-	47.18any other information the nominating person feels would be helpful to the appointing
1516		-	47.19authority. The nominating person has the option of indicating the nominee's sex, political
1517		-	47.20party preference or lack thereof, status with regard to disability, race, veteran status, and
1518		-	47.21national origin on the application form. The application form shall make the option known.
1519		-	47.22If a person submits an application at the suggestion of an appointing authority, the person
1520		-	47.23shall so indicate on the application form. Twenty-one days after publication of a vacancy
1521		-	47.24on the website of the secretary of state pursuant to subdivision 4, the secretary shall submit
1522		-	47.25electronic copies of all applications received for a position to the appointing authority
1523		-	47.26charged with filling the vacancy. If no applications have been received by the secretary for
1524		-	47.27the vacant position by the date when electronic copies must be submitted to the appointing
1525		-	47.28authority, the secretary shall so inform the appointing authority. Applications received by
1526		-	47.29the secretary shall be deemed to have expired one year after receipt of the application. An
1527		-	47.30application for a particular agency position shall be deemed to be an application for all
1528		-	47.31vacancies in that agency occurring prior to the expiration of the application and shall be
1529		-	47.32public information.
1530		-	47Article 7 Sec. 3.
1531		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 48.1 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 15.0597, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1532		-	48.2 Subd. 6.Appointments.(a) In making an appointment to a vacant agency position, the
1533		-	48.3appointing authority shall consider applications for positions in that agency supplied by the
1534		-	48.4secretary. No appointing authority may appoint someone to a vacant agency position until
1535		-	48.5(1) ten five days after receipt of the applications for positions in that agency from the
1536		-	48.6secretary or (2) receipt of notice from the secretary that no applications have been received
1537		-	48.7for vacant positions in that agency as provided for in subdivision 5. At least five days before
1538		-	48.8the date of appointment, the appointing authority shall issue a public announcement and
1539		-	48.9inform the secretary by electronic means of the name of the person the appointing authority
1540		-	48.10intends to appoint has appointed to fill the agency vacancy and the expiration date of that
1541		-	48.11person's term.
1542		-	48.12 (b) No person may serve in a position until the appointing authority has submitted either
1543		-	48.13(1) a signed notice of appointment or (2) the documents required by paragraph (e) to the
1544		-	48.14secretary of state, and the term of the appointee may not commence on a date preceding the
1545		-	48.15date of the signature on the notice of appointment or the paragraph (e) submission.
1546		-	48.16 (c) An oath of office for each appointee to an agency must be submitted to the secretary
1547		-	48.17of state under section 358.05.
1548		-	48.18 (d) If the appointing authority intends to appoint a person other than one for whom an
1549		-	48.19application was submitted pursuant to this section, the appointing authority shall complete
1550		-	48.20an application form on behalf of the appointee and submit it to the secretary indicating on
1551		-	48.21the application that it is submitted by the appointing authority.
1552		-	48.22 (e) An appointing authority making a direct appointment must submit a letter to the
1553		-	48.23secretary of state stating the name of the person appointed, the agency and the specific seat
1554		-	48.24to which they are appointed, contact information, the date on which the term begins, and
1555		-	48.25length of the term.
1556		-	48.26 (f) No person may simultaneously occupy more than one position on the same agency
1557		-	48.27board. Appointment or designation of a member as chair of an agency does not constitute
1558		-	48.28a violation of this paragraph.
1559		-	48.29Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 351.01, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1560		-	48.30 Subd. 2.When effective.Except as provided by subdivision 3 or other express provision
1561		-	48.31of law or charter to the contrary, a resignation is effective when it is received by the officer,
1562		-	48.32body, or board authorized to receive it. In the case of a position appointed by the governor
1563		-	48.33under section 15.0597, the resignation must be submitted to the governor.
1564		-	48Article 7 Sec. 5.
1565		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 49.1 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 364.021, is amended to read:
1566		-	49.2 364.021 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT; CONSIDERATION OF
1567		-	49.3CRIMINAL RECORDS.
1568		-	49.4 (a) A public or private employer may not inquire into or consider or require disclosure
1569		-	49.5of the criminal record or criminal history of an applicant for employment until the applicant
1570		-	49.6has been selected for an interview by the employer or, if there is not an interview, before a
1571		-	49.7conditional offer of employment is made to the applicant.
1572		-	49.8 (b) This section does not apply to the Department of Corrections or to employers who
1573		-	49.9have a statutory duty to conduct a criminal history background check or otherwise take into
1574		-	49.10consideration a potential employee's criminal history during the hiring process.
1575		-	49.11 (c) This section does not prohibit an employer from notifying applicants that law or the
1576		-	49.12employer's policy will disqualify an individual with a particular criminal history background
1577		-	49.13from employment in particular positions.
1578		-	49.14 (d) An appointing authority may not inquire into or consider or require disclosure of the
1579		-	49.15criminal record or criminal history of an applicant for appointment to multimember agencies,
1580		-	49.16including boards, commissions, agencies, committees, councils, authorities, advisory task
1581		-	49.17forces, and advisory councils, on an application form or, until the applicant has been selected
1582		-	49.18for an interview by the appointing authority or is otherwise selected as a final candidate for
1583		-	49.19appointment.
1584		-	49.20Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 364.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1585		-	49.21 Subdivision 1.Public employers.Any complaints or grievances concerning violations
1586		-	49.22of sections 364.01 to 364.10 by public employers or violations of section 364.021 by public
1587		-	49.23appointing authorities shall be processed and adjudicated in accordance with the procedures
1588		-	49.24set forth in chapter 14, the Administrative Procedure Act.
1589		-	49Article 7 Sec. 7.
1590		-	S0200-1 1st EngrossmentSF200 REVISOR KLL 346.02 FINDER TO GIVE NOTICE; PENALTY.
1591		-	A person who finds an estray and knows who owns it shall notify the owner within seven days
1592		-	after finding the estray and request the owner to pay all reasonable charges and take such estray
1593		-	away. A finder who does not know who owns the estray shall within ten days file a notice with the
1594		-	town clerk. The clerk shall transmit a copy thereof to the county recorder, who shall record the
1595		-	same in a book designated "estray book." The finder shall give posted notice of the finding of the
1596		-	estray in said town. The notice shall briefly describe the estray, giving its marks, natural and artificial,
1597		-	as nearly as practicable, naming the residence of the finder, and specifying the town, section, and
1598		-	time when taken up. For failure to give such notice, the finder shall be liable to the owner of the
1599		-	estray in double the amount of damages sustained by the owner thereby.
1600		-	363A.20 EXEMPTION BASED ON EMPLOYMENT .
1601		-	Subd. 3.Nonpublic service organization.The provisions of section 363A.08 shall not apply
1602		-	to a nonpublic service organization whose primary function is providing occasional services to
1603		-	minors, such as youth sports organizations, scouting organizations, boys' or girls' clubs, programs
1604		-	providing friends, counselors, or role models for minors, youth theater, dance, music or artistic
1605		-	organizations, agricultural organizations for minors, including 4-H clubs, and other youth
1606		-	organizations, with respect to qualifications of employees or volunteers based on sexual orientation.
1607		-	363A.27 CONSTRUCTION OF LAW.
1608		-	Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to:
1609		-	(1) mean the state of Minnesota condones homosexuality or bisexuality or any equivalent
1610		-	lifestyle;
1611		-	(2) authorize or permit the promotion of homosexuality or bisexuality in education institutions
1612		-	or require the teaching in education institutions of homosexuality or bisexuality as an acceptable
1613		-	lifestyle;
1614		-	(3) authorize or permit the use of numerical goals or quotas, or other types of affirmative action
1615		-	programs, with respect to homosexuality or bisexuality in the administration or enforcement of the
1616		-	provisions of this chapter; or
1617		-	(4) authorize the recognition of or the right of marriage between persons of the same sex.
1618		-	504B.305 NOTICE OF SEIZURE PROVISION.
1619		-	Landlords shall give written notice to tenants of the provision relating to seizures in section
1620		-	504B.301. Failure to give such notice does not subject the landlord to criminal or civil liability and
1621		-	is not a defense under section 609.5317, subdivision 3.
1622		-	582.14 LIMITATION ON OLD FORECLOSURE ACTIONS.
1623		-	No action or proceeding to foreclose a real estate mortgage executed prior to November 1, 1909,
1624		-	shall be maintained after January 1, 1946, unless prior to said date the owner of said mortgage shall
1625		-	have filed in the office of the county recorder of the county in which is located the real estate covered
1626		-	thereby, a notice setting forth the name of the claimant, a description of said real estate and of said
1627		-	mortgage including the volume and page at which it is of record and a statement of the amount
1628		-	claimed to be due thereon. Such notices may be discharged in the same manner as notices of lis
1629		-	pendens, and, so discharged, shall, together with all information included therein, cease to constitute
1630		-	either actual or constructive notice.
1631		-	1R
1632		-	APPENDIX
1633		-	Repealed Minnesota Statutes: S0200-1
	31	+	Introduction and first reading01/12/2023
	32	+	Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety 2.1shall include the entry of judgment in the action, but does not include copies or certified
	33	+	2.2copies of any papers so filed or proceedings under chapter 103E, except the provisions
	34	+	2.3therein as to appeals.
	35	+	2.4 (2) Certified copy of any instrument from a civil or criminal proceeding, $14, and $8
	36	+	2.5for an uncertified copy.
	37	+	2.6 (3) Issuing a subpoena, $16 for each name.
	38	+	2.7 (4) Filing a motion or response to a motion in civil, family, excluding child support, and
	39	+	2.8guardianship cases, $75.
	40	+	2.9 (5) Issuing an execution and filing the return thereof; issuing a writ of attachment,
	41	+	2.10injunction, habeas corpus, mandamus, quo warranto, certiorari, or other writs not specifically
	42	+	2.11mentioned, $55.
	43	+	2.12 (6) Issuing a transcript of judgment, or for filing and docketing a transcript of judgment
	44	+	2.13from another court, $40.
	45	+	2.14 (7) Filing and entering a satisfaction of judgment, partial satisfaction, or assignment of
	46	+	2.15judgment, $5.
	47	+	2.16 (8) Certificate as to existence or nonexistence of judgments docketed, $5 for each name
	48	+	2.17certified to.
	49	+	2.18 (9) Filing and indexing trade name; or recording basic science certificate; or recording
	50	+	2.19certificate of physicians, osteopathic physicians, chiropractors, veterinarians, or optometrists,
	51	+	2.20$5.
	52	+	2.21 (10) For the filing of each partial, final, or annual account in all trusteeships, $55.
	53	+	2.22 (11) For the deposit of a will, $27.
	54	+	2.23 (12) For recording notary commission, $20.
	55	+	2.24 (13) Filing a motion or response to a motion for modification of child support, a fee of
	56	+	2.25$50.
	57	+	2.26 (14) All other services required by law for which no fee is provided, such fee as compares
	58	+	2.27favorably with those herein provided, or such as may be fixed by rule or order of the court.
	59	+	2.28 (15) In addition to any other filing fees under this chapter, a surcharge in the amount of
	60	+	2.29$75 must be assessed in accordance with section 259.52, subdivision 14, for each adoption
	61	+	2.30petition filed in district court to fund the fathers' adoption registry under section 259.52.
	62	+	2Section 1.
	63	+	23-01336 as introduced12/22/22 REVISOR KLL/KA 3.1 The fees in clauses (3) and (5) need not be paid by a public authority or the party the
	64	+	3.2public authority represents. No fee may be charged for an uncertified copy of an instrument
	65	+	3.3from a civil or criminal proceeding.
	66	+	3.4 Sec. 2. [484.93] COURTHOUSE BUILDING; ATTORNEY ACCESS.
	67	+	3.5 Subdivision 1.Courthouse building access.The district court administrator of each
	68	+	3.6judicial district in consultation with the manager or managers of the courthouse building or
	69	+	3.7buildings and the county board in that district shall provide entry at a secured entrance into
	70	+	3.8the courthouse building to an attorney with a valid private attorney court identification
	71	+	3.9badge without the attorney being subject to an electronic or other physical search of person
	72	+	3.10or belongings. Where feasible, a separate line or entrance must be designated for attorneys
	73	+	3.11with valid private attorney court identification badges. In locations where an attorney must
	74	+	3.12enter with the public, front of the line access must be given to the attorney with a valid
	75	+	3.13badge for entry into the building without being subject to an electronic or other physical
	76	+	3.14search of person or belongings.
	77	+	3.15 Subd. 2.Attorney badge.The district court administrator of each judicial district must
	78	+	3.16provide a private attorney court identification badge to each attorney who is admitted and
	79	+	3.17licensed to practice law in the state, completes an application for a badge, passes a
	80	+	3.18background check, and pays the processing fee. The district court administrator must consult
	81	+	3.19with the State Court Administrator's Office to develop an application form, process, and
	82	+	3.20fee for providing court identification badges to attorneys for entry into courthouse buildings
	83	+	3.21without being subject to electronic or other physical search of person or belongings.
	84	+	3.22 Sec. 3. [484.94] ATTORNEY ACCESS TO COURT RECORDS.
	85	+	3.23 An attorney who is admitted and licensed to practice law in the state may apply for a
	86	+	3.24Minnesota Government Access account to access electronic court records and documents
	87	+	3.25stored in the Minnesota Court Information System for cases in state district courts. An
	88	+	3.26attorney shall be able to view and print case documents and information without cost to the
	89	+	3.27attorney.
	90	+	3Sec. 3.
	91	+	23-01336 as introduced12/22/22 REVISOR KLL/KA