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211B.06.1(a)
Statute ID:
15502
Statute Function ID:
33196
Fair Campaign Practices-False Political and Campaign Material-Designed elect/defeat candidate - GM
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Text
Penalty
Classifications
Offense Level:
Gross Misdemeanor (GM)
General Offense Code:
Other (9)
Offense Summary Code & Rank:
Crimes Against Govt (Y) (Rank 19)
Detailed Offense Code:
Election & Campaign Regulation (923)
Offense Severity Level:
Function Text:
UCR Code
Description
Flags
Crime of Violence:
No
Targeted Misdemeanor:
No
Predatory Offender Registration Review:
No
Enhanceable:
No
Certify to DPS:
No
Report to DNR:
No
DPS Group:
No
Conditional Release:
No
Payable:
No
Petty Misdemeanor Only if Prosecutor Certifies:
No
Third Violation Indicator:
No
Qualified Domestic Violence Related:
No
Nonviolent Controlled Substance Offender Review:
No
Wildlife Restitution:
No
Statute Number:
211B.06.1(a)
Enactment Date:
Oct 8, 2014
Effective Date:
Oct 8, 2014
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Fair Campaign Practices-False Political and Campaign Material-Designed elect/defeat candidate - GM
Statute ID:
15502
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-Designed elect/defeat candidate - GM
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/211B/06.html
Legislative Session:
2014 - Regular
Session Law Text?:
No
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
