Skip to main content Skip to office menu Skip to footer
Capital IconMinnesota Legislature

Office of the Revisor of Statutes

204C.03 PUBLIC MEETINGS PROHIBITED ON ELECTION DAY.
    Subdivision 1. School districts; counties; municipalities; special taxing districts. No
special taxing district governing body, school board, county board of commissioners, city council,
or town board of supervisors shall conduct a meeting between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on the
day that an election is held within the boundaries of the special taxing district, school district,
county, city, or town. As used in this subdivision, "special taxing district" has the meaning
given in section 275.066.
    Subd. 2. State colleges and universities. Except for regularly scheduled classes, no
Minnesota state college or university shall schedule an event between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
on the day that an election is held in any political subdivision in which the university or college
is located.
    Subd. 3. Public elementary and secondary schools. Except for regularly scheduled classes,
a public elementary or secondary school may not schedule a school sponsored event between
6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on the day that a regularly scheduled election is held in any political
subdivision in which the school is located.
    Subd. 4. State government. No state agency, board, commission, department, or committee
shall conduct a public meeting on the day of the state primary or general election.
History: 1981 c 29 art 5 s 3; 1983 c 303 s 12; 1991 c 221 s 2; 1996 c 395 s 10; 1Sp2001 c
10 art 18 s 27

Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes