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HF 2460

1st Engrossment - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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1st Engrossment Posted on 03/29/2006

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A bill for an act
 relating to civil actions; providing punitive damages if news media violates
a promise to protect a confidential source; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 595.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [595.026] DAMAGES FOR BREACH OF PROMISE OF
CONFIDENTIALITY.
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new text begin If a person directly engaged in the gathering, procuring, compiling, editing, or
publishing of information for the purpose of transmission, dissemination, or publication
to the public breaches an oral or written promise of confidentiality made to a source
of information, the source may recover, in addition to any actual damages, punitive
damages under section 549.20. A motion to amend the pleadings under section 549.191 is
not required under this section, but the claim for punitive damages must meet all other
requirements of section 549.191.
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Sec. 2. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
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new text begin Section 1 is effective August 1, 2006, for causes of action arising on or after that date.new text end