2007 Minnesota Statutes

240.27 EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN PERSONS.
    Subdivision 1. Persons excluded. The commission may exclude from any and all licensed
racetracks in the state a person who:
(a) has been convicted of a felony under the laws of any state or the United States;
(b) has had a license suspended, revoked, or denied by the commission or by the racing
authority of any other jurisdiction; or
(c) is determined by the commission, on the basis of evidence presented to it, to be a threat to
the integrity of racing in Minnesota.
    Subd. 2. Hearing; appeal. An order to exclude a person from any or all licensed racetracks
in the state must be made by the commission at a public hearing of which the person to be
excluded must have at least five days' notice. If present at the hearing, the person must be
permitted to show cause why the exclusion should not be ordered. An appeal of the order may be
made in the same manner as other appeals under section 240.20.
    Subd. 3. Notice to racetracks. Upon issuing an order excluding a person from any or all
licensed racetracks, the commission shall send a copy of the order to the excluded person and
to all racetracks or teleracing facilities named in it, along with other information as it deems
necessary to permit compliance with the order.
    Subd. 4. Prohibitions. It is a gross misdemeanor for a person named in an exclusion order
to enter, attempt to enter, or be on the premises of a racetrack named in the order while it is in
effect, and for a person licensed to conduct racing or operate a racetrack knowingly to permit an
excluded person to enter or be on the premises.
    Subd. 5. Exclusions by racetrack. The holder of a license to conduct racing may eject and
exclude from its premises any licensee or any other person who is in violation of any state law
or commission rule or order or who is a threat to racing integrity or the public safety. A person
so excluded from racetrack premises may appeal the exclusion to the commission and must be
given a public hearing on the appeal upon request. At the hearing the person must be given the
opportunity to show cause why the exclusion should not have been ordered. If the commission
after the hearing finds that the integrity of racing and the public safety do not justify the exclusion,
it shall order the racetrack making the exclusion to reinstate or readmit the person. An appeal of a
commission order upholding the exclusion is governed by section 240.20.
History: 1983 c 214 s 27; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 336 art 1 s 29; 1994 c 633 art 1 s 15; 1995 c
261 s 6-9