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211B.06.1

Statute ID: 15501

Statute Function ID: 33194

Fair Campaign Practices - False Political and Campaign Material

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Statute Number:

211B.06.1

Enactment Date:

Oct 8, 2014

Effective Date:

Oct 8, 2014

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Fair Campaign Practices - False Political and Campaign Material

Statute ID:

15501

Created:

Oct 28, 2014 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Oct 28, 2014 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Editorial Change by Revisor; offenses split into (a) and (b); Effective 10/08/2014

Summary Text:

Fair Campaign Practices - False Political and Campaign Material

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/211B/06.html

Legislative Session:

2014 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Oct 28, 2014

(a) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor who intentionally participates in the preparation, dissemination, or broadcast of paid political advertising or campaign material with respect to the personal or political character or acts of a candidate, or with respect to the effect of a ballot question, that is designed or tends to elect, injure, promote, or defeat a candidate for nomination or election to a public office or to promote or defeat a ballot question, that is false, and that the person knows is false or communicates to others with reckless disregard of whether it is false.
 
(b) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor who intentionally participates in the drafting of a letter to the editor with respect to the personal or political character or acts of a candidate, or with respect to the effect of a ballot question, that is designed or tends to elect, injure, promote, or defeat any candidate for nomination or election to a public office or to promote or defeat a ballot question, that is false, and that the person knows is false or communicates to others with reckless disregard of whether it is false