Minnesota Session Laws - 1989, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1989 

                        CHAPTER 112-S.F.No. 321 
           An act relating to public nuisances; expanding the 
          nuisance law to include prior convictions for certain 
          drug and liquor offenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 
          1988, section 617.81, subdivision 2. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 617.81, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [ACTS CONSTITUTING A NUISANCE.] For purposes of 
sections 617.80 to 617.87 a public nuisance exists upon proof of 
any of the following:  
    (1) three or more misdemeanor convictions or two or more 
convictions, of which at least one is a gross misdemeanor or 
felony, within the previous two years for:  
    (1) acts of prostitution or prostitution-related offenses 
committed within the building; 
    (2) three or more misdemeanor convictions or two or more 
convictions, of which at least one is a gross misdemeanor or 
felony, within the previous two years for acts of gambling or 
gambling-related offenses committed within the building; or 
    (3) two or more convictions within the previous two years 
for keeping or permitting a disorderly house within the 
building.; 
    (4) unlawful sale or possession of controlled substances 
committed within the building; 
    (5) unlicensed sales of alcoholic beverages committed 
within the building in violation of section 340A.401; or 
    (6) unlawful sales or gifts of alcoholic beverages by an 
unlicensed person committed within the building in violation of 
section 340A.503, subdivision 2, clause (1). 
    Presented to the governor May 9, 1989 
    Signed by the governor May 10, 1989, 10:30 a.m.