1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to military veterans; modifying veterans benefits services disclosure 
1.3 	requirements;amending Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 197.6091, 
1.4 	subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 197.6091, 
1.5 	subdivisions 2, 5.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 197.6091, subdivision 1, is 
1.8 	amended to read:
1.9 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have 
1.10 	the meanings given.
1.11 	(b)(1) "Advertising" or "advertisement" means any of the following:
1.12 	(i) any written or printed communication made for the purpose of soliciting business for 
1.13 	veterans benefits appeal services, including but not limited to a brochure, letter, pamphlet, 
1.14 	newspaper, telephone listing, periodical, or other writing;
1.15 	(ii) any directory listing caused or permitted by a person and made available by that 
1.16 	person indicating that veterans benefits appeal services are being offered; or
1.17 	(iii) any radio, television, computer network, or similar airwave or electronic transmission 
1.18 	that solicits business for or promotes a person offering veterans benefits appeal services.
1.19 	(2) "Advertising" or "advertisement" does not include any of the following:
1.20 	(i) any printing or writing used on buildings, uniforms, or badges, where the purpose of 
1.21 	the writing is for identification; or
2.1 	(ii) any printing or writing in a memorandum or other communication used in the ordinary 
2.2 	course of business where the sole purpose of the writing is other than soliciting business 
2.3 	for veterans benefits appeal services.
2.4 	(c) "Veterans benefits appeal services" means services that a veteran might reasonably 
2.5 	require in order to appeal a denial of federal or state veterans benefits, including but not 
2.6 	limited to denials of disability, limited income, home loan, insurance, education and training, 
2.7 	burial and memorial, and dependent and survivor benefits.
2.8 	(d) (b) "Veterans benefits services" means services that a veteran or a family member 
2.9 	of a veteran might reasonably use in order to obtain federal, state, or county veterans benefits.
2.10 	(e) (c) "Written disclosure statement" means the written disclosure statement developed 
2.11 	by the commissioner of veterans affairs pursuant to section 196.05, subdivision 1.

2.12 	Sec. 2.  REPEALER.
 2.13 	Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 197.6091, subdivisions 2 and 5, are 
2.14 	repealed.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 18-6424 

197.6091 VETERANS BENEFITS SERVICES; DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.Subd. 2.Advertising disclosure requirements. 
A person advertising veterans benefits appeal services must conspicuously disclose in the advertisement, in similar type size or voice-over, that veterans benefits appeal services are also offered at no cost by county veterans service officers under sections 197.603 and 197.604. 

Subd. 5.Nonapplicability. 
This section does not apply to the owner or personnel of any medium in which an advertisement appears or through which an advertisement is disseminated.