Minnesota Session Laws - 1998, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 353-S.F.No. 3397 
                  An act relating to commerce; eliminating retroactive 
                  application of air carrier franchise exemption to 
                  pending litigation; amending Laws 1997, chapter 222, 
                  section 61. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Laws 1997, chapter 222, section 61, is amended 
        to read: 
           Sec. 61.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Section 32, paragraph (h), is effective the day following 
        final enactment and shall apply to all agreements or 
        arrangements regardless of the date they were entered into or 
        renewed provided, however, that section 32, paragraph (h), shall 
        not apply to any agreements or arrangements subject to 
        litigation pending on the date of enactment wherein such 
        agreements or arrangements are alleged to constitute a franchise 
        within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes, section 80C.01, 
        subdivision 4.  The nonapplicability of section 32, paragraph 
        (h), to those agreements or arrangements subject to litigation 
        pending on the date of enactment shall not evidence any intent 
        nor be construed to mean that they would or would not otherwise 
        constitute a franchise within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes, 
        section 80C.01, subdivision 4. 
           Sections 4, 6, 7, 42, 43, 46, 48, and 57 are effective the 
        day following final enactment. 
           Sections 53 and 54 are effective the day following final 
        enactment and apply to causes of action arising from incidents 
        occurring on or after that date. 
           Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           This act is effective retroactively to May 31, 1997. 
           Presented to the governor March 31, 1998 
           Signed by the governor April 2, 1998, 11:10 a.m.