1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 222 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
1.3 "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 211B.20, is amended to read:
1.4211B.20 DENIAL OF ACCESS BY POLITICAL CANDIDATES TO
1.5MULTIPLE UNIT DWELLINGS.
1.6 Subdivision 1.
Prohibition. (a) It is unlawful for a person, either directly or
1.7indirectly, to deny access to an apartment house, dormitory, nursing home, manufactured
1.8home park, other multiple unit facility used as a residence, or an area in which two or
1.9more single-family dwellings are located on private roadways to
a candidate who has filed
1.10for election to public office or to campaign workers accompanied by the candidate, if the
1.11candidate and workers seeking admittance to the facility do so solely for the purpose of
1.12campaigning. a candidate who has:
1.13(1) organized a campaign committee under applicable federal or state law;
1.14(2) filed a financial report as required by section 211A.02; or
1.15(3) filed an affidavit of candidacy for elected office.
1.16A candidate granted access under this section must be allowed to be accompanied
1.17by campaign volunteers.
1.18(b) Access to a facility or area is only required if it is located within the district or
1.19territory that will be represented by the office to which the candidate seeks election, and
1.20the candidate and any accompanying campaign volunteers seek access exclusively for
1.21the purpose of campaigning for a candidate or registering voters. The candidate must be
1.22seeking election to office at the next general or special election to be held for that office.
1.23(c) A candidate and any accompanying campaign volunteers granted access under
1.24this section must be permitted to leave campaign materials for residents at their doors,
1.25except that the manager of a nursing home may direct that the campaign materials be
1.26left at a central location within the facility. The campaign materials must be left in
1.27an orderly manner.
2.1(d) A violation of this section is a petty misdemeanor.
2.2 Subd. 2.
Exceptions. Subdivision 1 does not prohibit:
2.3(1) denial of admittance into a particular apartment, room, manufactured home, or
2.4personal residential unit;
2.5(2) requiring reasonable and proper identification as a necessary prerequisite to
2.6admission to a multiple unit dwelling;
2.7(3) in the case of a nursing home
or a registered housing with services establishment
2.8providing assisted living services meeting the requirements of section 144G.03,
2.9subdivision 2, denial of permission to visit certain persons for valid health reasons;
2.10(4) limiting visits by candidates or
workers volunteers accompanied by the candidate
2.11to a reasonable number of persons or reasonable hours;
2.12(5) requiring a prior appointment to gain access to the facility; or
2.13(6) denial of admittance to or expulsion from a multiple unit dwelling for good
2.14cause."