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471.895 Certain gifts by interested persons prohibited.
Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The definitions in
this subdivision apply to this section.
(b) "Gift" has the meaning given it in section
subdivision 1.
(c) "Interested person" means a person or a representative
of a person or association that has a direct financial interest
in a decision that a local official is authorized to make.
(d) "Local official" means an elected or appointed official
of a county or city or of an agency, authority, or
instrumentality of a county or city.
Subd. 2. Prohibition. An interested person may not
give a gift or request another to give a gift to a local
official. A local official may not accept a gift from an
interested person.
Subd. 3. Exceptions. (a) The prohibitions in this
section do not apply if the gift is:
(1) a contribution as defined in section 211A.01
subdivision 5;
(2) services to assist an official in the performance of
official duties, including but not limited to providing advice,
consultation, information, and communication in connection with
legislation, and services to constituents;
(3) services of insignificant monetary value;
(4) a plaque or similar memento recognizing individual
services in a field of specialty or to a charitable cause;
(5) a trinket or memento of insignificant value;
(6) informational material of unexceptional value; or
(7) food or a beverage given at a reception, meal, or
meeting away from the recipient's place of work by an
organization before whom the recipient appears to make a speech
or answer questions as part of a program.
(b) The prohibitions in this section do not apply if the
gift is given:
(1) because of the recipient's membership in a group, a
majority of whose members are not local officials, and an
equivalent gift is given to the other members of the group; or
(2) by an interested person who is a member of the family
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of the recipient, unless the gift is given on behalf of someone
who is not a member of that family.
HIST: 1994 c 377 s 6
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