<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>of law by deputy sheriffs and coroners;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>section 387.13.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 387.13, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var><b>387.13 PROHIBITIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>No sheriff or, deputy sheriff, or coroner shall appear or practice as an attorney, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>solicitor, or counselor at law in any court, or draw or fill up any process, pleading, or <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>paper for any party in any action or proceeding, nor, with intent to be employed in the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>collection of any demand or the service of any process, advise or counsel any person to <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>commence an action or proceeding; nor shall any. This prohibition does not apply to a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>deputy sheriff who is acting with the approval of the appointing sheriff and whose law <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>enforcement duties do not have a material nexus with potential legal proceedings for <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>which the deputy sheriff counsels clients. A sheriff be is not eligible to any hold other <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>elective office. A sheriff or, deputy sheriff, or coroner violating any of the provisions of <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>this section is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>