1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to fair campaign practices; requiring written 
  1.3             permission of an organization before campaign material 
  1.4             can state that the organization supports a certain 
  1.5             candidate or ballot question; amending Minnesota 
  1.6             Statutes 1996, section 211B.02. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 211B.02, is 
  1.9   amended to read: 
  1.10     211B.02 [FALSE CLAIM OF SUPPORT.] 
  1.11     A person or candidate may not knowingly make, directly or 
  1.12  indirectly, a false claim stating or implying that a candidate 
  1.13  or ballot question has the support or endorsement of a major 
  1.14  political party or party unit or of an organization.  A person 
  1.15  or candidate may not state in written campaign material that the 
  1.16  candidate or ballot question has the support or endorsement of 
  1.17  an individual or organization without first getting written 
  1.18  permission from the individual or organization to do so. 
  1.19     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.20     Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment 
  1.21  and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.