1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to elections; allowing certain persons access to multiple unit residences 
1.3 	for certain campaign and election purposes; expanding certain exceptions to 
1.4 	access provided to multiple unit residences for certain campaign purposes;
1.5 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 211B.20, subdivisions 1, 2.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 211B.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Prohibition. (a) It is unlawful for a person, either directly or 
1.9 	indirectly, to deny access to an apartment house, dormitory, nursing home, manufactured 
1.10 	home park, other multiple unit facility used as a residence, or an area in which two or 
1.11 	more single-family dwellings are located on private roadways to a candidate who has 
1.12 	filed for election to public office organized a campaign committee as permitted by state 
1.13 	or federal law, or otherwise notified a public official, for the purpose of seeking election 
1.14 	to a public office at the next general election to be held for that office, or to campaign 
1.15 	workers accompanied by the candidate, if:
1.16 	(1) the candidate and workers seeking admittance to the facility do so solely
1.17 	exclusively for the purpose of campaigning for a candidate or registering voters; and
1.18 	(2) the candidate and any campaign workers accompanying the candidate are within 
1.19 	the territory for which the candidate is currently on file for election.
1.20 	(b) A candidate and campaign workers obtaining access under this section must be 
1.21 	permitted to leave campaign materials for residents at their doors, except that the manager 
1.22 	of a nursing home may direct that the campaign materials be left at a central location. The 
1.23 	materials must be left in an orderly manner.
1.24 	(c) A violation of this section is a petty misdemeanor.

2.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 211B.20, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.2 		Subd. 2.Exceptions. Subdivision 1 does not prohibit:
2.3 	(1) denial of admittance into a particular apartment, room, manufactured home, or 
2.4 	personal residential unit;
2.5 	(2) requiring reasonable and proper identification as a necessary prerequisite to 
2.6 	admission to a multiple unit dwelling;
2.7 	(3) in the case of a nursing home, or a registered housing with services establishment 
2.8 	providing assisted living services meeting the requirements of section 144G.03, 
2.9 	subdivision 2, denial of permission to visit certain persons for valid health reasons;
2.10 	(4) limiting visits by candidates or workers accompanied by the candidate to a 
2.11 	reasonable number of persons or reasonable hours;
2.12 	(5) requiring a prior appointment to gain access to the facility; or
2.13 	(6) denial of admittance to or expulsion from a multiple unit dwelling for good cause.