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144.417.2(a)

Statute ID: 11793

Statute Function ID: 25821

Smoking in Public - Owns or Controls Use of Area where Smoking Prohibited and Fails to Comply

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Penalty

Classifications

Offense Level:

Petty Misdemeanor (PM)

General Offense Code:

Other (9)

Offense Summary Code & Rank:

Crimes Against Govt (Y) (Rank 19)

Detailed Offense Code:

Health Care Regulation (910)

Offense Severity Level:

Function Text:

UCR Code

Description

Flags

Crime of Violence:

Targeted Misdemeanor:

Predatory Offender Registration Review:

Enhanceable:

Certify to DPS:

Report to DNR:

DPS Group:

Conditional Release:

Payable:

Yes

Petty Misdemeanor Only if Prosecutor Certifies:

Third Violation Indicator:

Qualified Domestic Violence Related:

Nonviolent Controlled Substance Offender Review:

Wildlife Restitution:

Statute Number:

144.417.2(a)

Enactment Date:

May 16, 2007

Effective Date:

Oct 1, 2007

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Smoking in Public - Owns or Controls Use of Area where Smoking Prohibited and Fails to Comply

Statute ID:

11793

Created:

Sep 20, 2007 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Sep 20, 2007 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Corrected

Legal Analyst Comment:

Summary Text:

Smoking in Public - Owns or Controls Use of Area where Smoking Prohibited and Fails to Comply

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/144/417.html

Legislative Session:

2007 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Sep 20, 2007

(a) Any proprietor, person, or entity that owns, leases, manages, operates, or otherwise controls the use of an area in which smoking is prohibited under sections 144.414 to 144.417, and that knowingly fails to comply with sections 144.414 to 144.417, is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
(b) Any person who smokes in an area where smoking is prohibited or restricted under sections 144.414 to 144.417 is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
(c) A proprietor, person, or entity in charge of a public place, public meeting, place 
of employment, or public transportation must not retaliate or take adverse action against an employee or anyone else who, in good faith, reports a violation of sections 144.414 to 144.417 to the proprietor or person in charge of the public place, public meeting, place of employment, or public transportation, or to the commissioner of health or other designee responsible for enforcing sections 144.414 to 144.417.
(d) No person or employer shall discharge, refuse to hire, penalize, discriminate against, or in any manner retaliate against any employee, applicant for employment, or customer because the employee, applicant, or customer exercises any right to a smoke-free environment provided by sections 144.414 to 144.417 or other law.