1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to elections; allowing an elected official access to multiple unit dwellings 
1.3 	unaccompanied by a candidate;amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 
1.4 	211B.20, subdivision 1.
1.5 	 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 211B.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Prohibition. It is unlawful for a person, either directly or indirectly, 
1.8 	to deny access to an apartment house, dormitory, nursing home, manufactured home 
1.9 	park, other multiple unit facility used as a residence, or an area in which two or more 
1.10 	single-family dwellings are located on private roadways to a candidate who has filed for 
1.11 	election to public office under section 204B.06 or to campaign workers accompanied by 
1.12 	the candidate campaigning within the territory from which the candidate has filed for 
1.13 	office, if the candidate and workers seeking admittance to the facility do so solely for the 
1.14 	purpose of campaigning. A violation of this section is a petty misdemeanor.