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Subdivision 1.Amendatory laws.
When a section or part of a law is amended, the amendment shall be construed as merging into the original law, becoming a part thereof, and replacing the part amended, and the remainder of the original enactment and the amendment shall be read together and viewed as one act passed at one time; but the portions of the law which were not altered by the amendment shall be construed as effective from the time of their first enactment, and the new provisions shall be construed as effective only from the date when the amendment became effective. When an act has been amended "so as to read as follows," or otherwise, a later reference to that act either by its original title or as it exists in any compilation of the laws of this state includes the act as amended.
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Subd. 2.Adoption of law by reference.
When an act adopts the provisions of another law by reference it also adopts by reference any subsequent amendments of such other law, except where there is clear legislative intention to the contrary.
Notes of Decisions
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1 in the last 5 years), 1950–2025 · leading case:
State v. Robinson, 921 N.W.2d 755 (Minn. 2019).
State v. Robinson, 921 N.W.2d 755 (Minn. 2019).
· cites it 6× “First, Minn. Stat. § 645.31 , subd. 1 (2018), provides that *759 [w]hen a section or part of a law is amended, the amendment shall be construed as merging into the original law, becoming a part thereof, and replacing the part amended, and the remainder of the original enactment…”
Geldert v. Am. Nat'l Bank, 506 N.W.2d 22 (Minn. Ct. App. 1993).
· cites it 6× “Therefore, the amendatory laws provision of Minn.Stat. § 645.31 (1992) applies. Haluptzok v.”
State v. Boecker, 893 N.W.2d 348 (Minn. 2017).
· cites it 2× “” Minn. Stat. § 645.31 , subd. 1 (2016). Here, the 2014 amendment resulted in a renumbering and reorganization of the criminal vehicular operation statute, but the Legislature did not provide a new statement of intent.”
Hymanson v. City of St. Paul, 329 N.W.2d 324 (Minn. 1983).
· cites it 4× “Second, Minn.Stat. § 645.31, subd. 2 (1982), requires that § 340.”
Werlein v. United States, 746 F. Supp. 887 (D. Minnesota 1990).
· cites it 2× “Regarding statutory amendments, Minn.Stat. § 645.31 states: When a section or part of a law is amended .”
Anderson v. Hunter, Keith, Marshall & Co., 401 N.W.2d 75 (Minn. Ct. App. 1987).
· cites it 4× “" Minn.Stat. § 645.31, subd. 1 (1984). Here, the effective date of the amendment was August 1, 1984, and nothing indicates the legislature intended the amendment to apply retroactively.”
Rural Am. Bank of Greenwald v. Herickhoff, 485 N.W.2d 702 (Minn. 1992).
· cites it 2× “*707 § 645.31 (1990). While the 1991 amendment does not explicitly state that it is to be applied retroactively, it does say that its purpose is to clarify the intent of the legislature in enacting section 513.”
State v. Otterstad, 734 N.W.2d 642 (Minn. 2007).
· cites it 8× “"When a section or part of a law is amended, the amendment shall be construed as merging into the original law, becoming a part thereof, and replacing the part amended, and the remainder of the original enactment and the amendment shall be read together and viewed as one act…”
Klimmek v. Indep. Sch. Dist. No. 487, 299 N.W.2d 501 (Minn. 1980).
· cites it 2× “Section 645.31, subd. 1, provides in pertinent part: When a section or part of a law is amended, the amendment shall be construed as merging into the original law, becoming a part thereof, and replacing *503 the part amended, and the remainder of the original enactment and the…”
Comm'r of Revenue v. Richardson, 302 N.W.2d 23 (Minn. 1981).
· cites it 2× “This argument contains no merit because: (1) provisions of an old law which are not altered by a new amendment shall be construed as effective from the date first enacted, Minn.Stat. § 645.31, subd. 1 (1978), and (2) even if repealed and reenacted, section 290.”
Kahn v. State, Univ. of Minnesota, 327 N.W.2d 21 (Minn. 1982).
· cites it 2× “Minn.Stat. § 645.31 (1980) provides that new provisions in a statute shall be construed as effective only from the date when the amendment became effective.”
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