Minnesota Session Laws - 1990, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1990 

                        CHAPTER 379-H.F.No. 2594 
           An act relating to commerce; regulating trade 
          practices; prohibiting contracts from providing an 
          exclusive right to display free newspapers for 
          distribution in any place of public accommodation; 
          proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
          chapter 325E. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [325E.34] [FREE NEWSPAPERS; EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO 
DISTRIBUTE PROHIBITED.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITIONS.] For the purposes of this 
section, the terms in paragraphs (a) and (b) have the meanings 
given them. 
    (a) "Newspaper" has the meaning given in section 331A.01, 
subdivision 5. 
    (b) "Place of public accommodation" has the meaning given 
in section 363.01, subdivision 18. 
    Subd. 2.  [PROHIBITION.] No contract may provide for an 
exclusive right to display free newspapers for distribution in 
any place of public accommodation. 
    Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.] 
    Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment 
and applies to contracts entered into or renewed on or after 
that date. 
    Presented to the governor March 28, 1990 
    Signed by the governor March 29, 1990, 9:37 p.m.