Minnesota Session Laws - 1994, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 469-S.F.No. 2422 
                  An act relating to burial grounds; modifying 
                  provisions for enforcement of certain civil actions; 
                  amending Minnesota Statutes 1993 Supplement, section 
                  307.082. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1993 Supplement, section 
        307.082, is amended to read: 
           307.082 [CIVIL ACTIONS.] 
           Subdivision 1.  [WHO MAY BRING.] An action under this 
        section may be maintained by the attorney general; a state 
        agency or political subdivision; an individual residing within 
        this state; or a partnership, corporation, association, company, 
        or other entity with shareholders, members, partners, or 
        employees residing within this state. 
           Subd. 2.  [ACTION.] The attorney general or the county 
        attorney A person or entity listed in subdivision 1 may maintain 
        a civil action seeking a temporary or permanent injunction, 
        damages, or other appropriate relief against a person who is 
        alleged to have committed a violation of section 307.08, 
        subdivision 2.  The action must be brought within one year two 
        years after the alleged violation is discovered and reported to 
        the state archaeologist or the Indian affairs council.  The 
        action must be filed in either the district court of the county 
        in which the alleged violation occurred subject burial ground is 
        located or in which the alleged violator defendant resides. 
           Presented to the governor April 18, 1994 
           Signed by the governor April 20, 1994, 1:46 p.m.