1999 Minnesota Statutes

     240.26 Penalties. 

    Subdivision 1.    Felonies.  A violation of the 
 prohibition against accepting a bet in section 240.25, 
 subdivision 1, a violation of section 240.25, subdivision 2, 
 clause (1), and a violation of section 240.25, subdivisions 3, 
 4, and 7 is a felony. 

    Subd. 2.    Gross misdemeanors.  A violation of the 
 prohibition against placing a bet in section 240.25, subdivision 
 1, a violation of section 240.25, subdivision 2, clause (2), and 
 a violation of section 240.25, subdivisions 5 and 6, is a gross 
 misdemeanor. 

    Subd. 3.    Misdemeanors.  A violation of any other 
 provision of this chapter or of a rule or order of the 
 commission for which another penalty is not provided is a 
 misdemeanor. 

    Subd. 4.    Prosecution by attorney general.  
 Notwithstanding section 388.051, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), 
 the attorney general has primary jurisdiction to prosecute 
 felony violations of section 240.25, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, and 
 7, and felony violations of section 240.25, subdivision 1, when 
 the bet was allegedly accepted on the premises of a licensed 
 racetrack.  

    HIST: 1983 c 214 s 26; 1985 c 211 s 3; 1986 c 467 s 2,3; 1994 
 c 633 art 1 s 14