SF 688

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to commerce; prohibiting certain business 
  1.3             practices of those who make certain repairs or 
  1.4             improvements to real property; proposing coding for 
  1.5             new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 337. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [337.10] [REPAIRS OR IMPROVEMENTS TO REAL 
  1.8   PROPERTY; PROHIBITED PRACTICES BY CONTRACTORS.] 
  1.9      (a) A contractor shall not engage in the conduct in 
  1.10  paragraph (b) in connection with repairs or improvements that 
  1.11  are covered by that paragraph. 
  1.12     (b) The contractor shall not: 
  1.13     (1) initiate contact with a prospective client between the 
  1.14  hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.; 
  1.15     (2) make a willful or knowing misrepresentation of facts or 
  1.16  advise a person on questions of law; 
  1.17     (3) make a willful or knowing false statement about an 
  1.18  insurance company or its employees, agents, or representatives; 
  1.19  or 
  1.20     (4) solicit employment of a client in connection with a 
  1.21  loss that is the subject of a contract with another contractor. 
  1.22     For purposes of this section, "contractor" means a person 
  1.23  who, in the ordinary course of business, repairs or improves 
  1.24  real property because of loss or damage to the property for 
  1.25  which a public adjuster licensed under chapter 72B is or may be 
  2.1   employed.