1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to elections; providing an exemption for 
  1.3             noncommercial signs from ordinances that limit the 
  1.4             number of noncommercial signs; amending Minnesota 
  1.5             Statutes 2002, section 211B.045. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 211B.045, is 
  1.8   amended to read: 
  1.9      211B.045 [NONCOMMERCIAL SIGNS EXEMPTION.] 
  1.10     In any municipality with, whether or not the municipality 
  1.11  has an ordinance that regulates the size or number of 
  1.12  noncommercial signs, notwithstanding the provisions of that 
  1.13  ordinance, all noncommercial signs of any size may be posted in 
  1.14  any number from August 1 in a state general election year until 
  1.15  ten days following the state general election.