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.
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.
1941 c 492 s 31; 1965 c 83 s 1
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction
Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules
Section 645.001 — Applicability To Rules.
Section 645.01 — Words And Phrases.
Section 645.02 — Effective Date And Time Of Laws.
Section 645.021 — Special Laws.
Section 645.023 — Special Laws; Enactment Without Local Approval.
Section 645.024 — Special Laws; Local Approval As Requirement Of Act.
Section 645.071 — Standard Of Time.
Section 645.08 — Canons Of Construction.
Section 645.11 — Published Notice.
Section 645.12 — Posted Notice.
Section 645.13 — Time; Publication For Successive Weeks.
Section 645.14 — Time; Computation Of Months.
Section 645.15 — Computation Of Time.
Section 645.151 — Timely Delivery Or Filing.
Section 645.16 — Legislative Intent Controls.
Section 645.17 — Presumptions In Ascertaining Legislative Intent.
Section 645.18 — Grammar; Syntax; Ellipsis.
Section 645.19 — Construction Of Provisos And Exceptions.
Section 645.20 — Construction Of Severable Provisions.
Section 645.21 — Presumption Against Retroactive Effect.
Section 645.22 — Uniform Laws.
Section 645.24 — Penalties For Each Offense.
Section 645.241 — Punishment For Prohibited Acts.
Section 645.25 — Intent To Defraud.
Section 645.26 — Irreconcilable Provisions.
Section 645.27 — State Bound By Statute; When.
Section 645.28 — Existing Laws; Effect Of Revision Or Code.
Section 645.29 — Manner Of Amendment.
Section 645.30 — Effect Of Separate Amendments On Code Provisions Enacted At Same Session.
Section 645.31 — Construction Of Amendatory And Reference Laws.
Section 645.32 — Merger Of Subsequent Amendments.
Section 645.33 — Two Or More Amendments To Same Section; One Overlooking The Other.
Section 645.34 — Repeal Of Amendatory And Original Laws Subsequently Amended.
Section 645.35 — Effect Of Repeal.
Section 645.36 — Effect Of Repeal Of Repealer.
Section 645.37 — Repeal And Reenactment.
Section 645.38 — Effect Of Reenactment On Intervening Law.
Section 645.39 — Implied Repeal By Later Law.
Section 645.40 — Nonexistence Of Reason For Law Does Not Repeal It.
Section 645.41 — No Implied Repeal By Nonuser.
Section 645.42 — Effect Of Separate Repeals On Code Provisions Enacted At Same Session.
Section 645.43 — Effect Of Repeal On Limitations.
Section 645.44 — Words And Phrases Defined.
Section 645.445 — Small Business; Definitions.
Section 645.446 — Health Plan Companies.
Section 645.45 — Definitions, Continued.
Section 645.451 — Definitions, Continued.
Section 645.452 — Disabilities Of Minority; Termination At Age 18.
Section 645.46 — Reference To Subdivision.
Section 645.47 — Reference To Paragraph.