HF 444

Introduction - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022)

Posted on 03/25/2021 07:34 p.m.

A bill for an act
relating to state disasters; restricting the definition of state-declared disasters to
exclude civil unrest; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 12B.15,
subdivision 5.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 12B.15, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Disaster.

"Disaster" means any catastrophe, including but not limited to a
tornado, storm, high water, wind-driven water, tidal wave, earthquake, volcanic eruption,
landslide, mudslide, snowstorm, or drought or, regardless of cause, any fire, flood, or
explosion. new text begin A disaster does not include a catastrophe caused by civil unrest.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective retroactively from January 1, 2020.
new text end