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617.293.2

Statute ID: 17101

Statute Function ID: 35716

Harmful Materials-Display to Minors

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Statute Number:

617.293.2

Enactment Date:

May 17, 2018

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 2018

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Harmful Materials-Display to Minors

Statute ID:

17101

Created:

Jul 18, 2018 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jul 18, 2018 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Need new statute/reference ids for as a result of 2018 amendment to 609.3241; Subd 2 now incomplete

Summary Text:

Harmful Materials-Display to Minors

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/617/293.html

Legislative Session:

2018 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jul 18, 2018

(a) It is unlawful for any person commercially and knowingly to exhibit or display any material which is harmful to minors in its content in any place of public accommodation where minors are or may be present and where minors are able to view the material unless each item is kept in a sealed wrapper at all times.

(b) It is unlawful for any person commercially and knowingly to exhibit or display any material the cover or packaging of which, standing alone, is harmful to minors in any place of public accommodation where minors are or may be present or allowed to be present and where minors are able to view the material unless each item is blocked from view by an opaque cover. The opaque cover requirement is satisfied if those portions of the cover or packaging containing the material harmful to minors are blocked from view by an opaque cover.

(c) The provisions of this subdivision do not apply to the exhibition or display of materials harmful to minors under circumstances where minors are not present or are not able to view the material or the material's cover or packaging. A person may comply with the requirements of this paragraph by (1) physically segregating the material in a manner that physically prohibits access to and view of the material by minors, (2) prominently posting at the entrance to the restricted area: "Adults only--you must be 18 to enter," and (3) enforcing the restriction.