1st Engrossment - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 11/09/2021 02:33pm
A bill for an act
relating to state disasters; restricting the definition of state-declared disasters to
exclude civil disorder; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 12B.15,
subdivision 5.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 12B.15, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
"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 disorder, as defined in
section 609.669, subdivision 2.
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This section is effective retroactively from January 1, 2020.
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