1st Engrossment - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000)
Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00 a.m.
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to cities; limiting license fees on coin and 1.3 currency activated amusement machines; proposing 1.4 coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 449. 1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.6 Section 1. [449.20] [LIMITED LICENSE FEES ON AMUSEMENT 1.7 MACHINES; LICENSE PROHIBITED FOR VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES.] 1.8 A home rule charter or statutory city may impose by 1.9 ordinance a license fee on amusement machines that reasonably 1.10 relates to the cost of issuing the license and managing the 1.11 activity. 1.12 A home rule charter or statutory city may not license 1.13 amusement machines which display to a person under 18 years of 1.14 age violent video games rated M by the Entertainment Software 1.15 Rating Board.