2023 Minnesota Statutes

645.071 STANDARD OF TIME.

Every mention of, or reference to, any hour or time in any law is to be construed with reference to and in accordance with the standard time or advanced standard time provided by federal law. No department of the state government and no county, city or town shall employ any other time or adopt any ordinance or order providing for the use of any other time than the federal standard time or advanced standard time.

History:

Ex1959 c 46 s 1,2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1982 c 384 s 1; 1Sp2021 c 12 art 2 s 20

NOTE: The amendment to this section by Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 12, article 2, section 20, is effective upon the first commencement of advanced standard time, also known as daylight saving time, following enactment of an amendment to United States Code, title 15, section 260a, or another applicable law, which authorizes states to observe advanced standard time year-round. Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 12, article 2, section 20, the effective date. Once enacted, this section will read as follows:

"645.071 STANDARD OF TIME.

Every mention of, or reference to, any hour or time in any law, during any period of the year, is to be construed with reference to and in accordance with the advanced standard time provided by federal law. No department of the state government and no county, city or town shall employ, during any period of the year, any other time, or adopt any ordinance or order providing for the use, during any period of the year, of any other time than the federal advanced standard time."