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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property › Chapter 348 — Bounties, Rewards › Section 348.01 — For Timber Growing.

348.01 FOR TIMBER GROWING.
Every person who shall plant one acre or more of land with forest trees of any kind other than black locust, and shall keep such trees growing in a thrifty condition, and not more than 12 feet apart either way, replacing yearly such as may die, or who shall maintain and manage an existing stand of timber on one acre or more of land, the owner residing thereon, such stand of timber shall not be less than 600 forest trees per acre, well spaced, shall receive from the state $2.50 per acre therefor for six successive years, not exceeding $25 in any one year. This section shall not apply to any railway company, to any person who has already received such compensation, nor to any person planting trees in compliance with an Act of Congress approved March 3, 1873, relating to the growth of timber on western prairies, or any act amendatory thereof.
History:
(6249) RL s 2391; 1913 c 76 s 1; 1941 c 365
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property › Chapter 348 — Bounties, Rewards › Section 348.02 — Claim And Proof.

348.02 CLAIM AND PROOF.
The claimant shall file with the county auditor a plat giving the government subdivision, and the position of the trees thereon. If the number of trees be increased, supplemental plats shall be filed. The claimant shall show ownership of the land, and make oath to the planting and maintaining of the trees, as prescribed in section 348.01; and the proof shall be supported by the affidavit of at least two landowners residing in the same town, who have personal knowledge of the facts. Such proofs shall be filed with the county auditor between July 1 and July 15, of the year for which compensation is claimed.
History:
(6249 1/2) RL s 2392; 1986 c 444; 2004 c 228 art 2 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property › Chapter 348 — Bounties, Rewards › Section 348.04 — Proofs Sent To Commissioner Of Natural Resources.

348.04 PROOFS SENT TO COMMISSIONER OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
Before August 1 the county auditor shall examine the proofs furnished by the claimant, and, if they appear correct in substance, the county auditor shall immediately forward to the commissioner of natural resources the original proofs of claim and a certified list of all plats filed.
History:
(6251) RL s 2394; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1976 c 231 s 26; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 375 art 3 s 42
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property › Chapter 348 — Bounties, Rewards › Section 348.05 — Commissioner Of Management And Budget To Issue Payment.

348.05 COMMISSIONER OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO ISSUE PAYMENT.
The commissioner of management and budget shall audit all such claims, and, on the first Monday of October, in each year, shall issue a payment to the several claimants for the amount to which each is entitled; but, if the aggregate of compensation due to all such claimants shall exceed the appropriation therefor, the commissioner shall distribute the available amount amongst them pro rata, which distribution shall relieve the state from further obligation to such claimants for the year.
History:
(6252) RL s 2395; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1986 c 444; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 1Sp2019 c 10 art 3 s 40
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property › Chapter 348 — Bounties, Rewards › Section 348.12 — Bounties, Certain Animals.

348.12 BOUNTIES, CERTAIN ANIMALS.
Any county board or board of town supervisors may, by resolution, offer a bounty for the destruction of gophers or ground squirrels. The resolution may be made to cover the whole or any part of the county, and may be annually renewed, but it shall have force and effect only during the calendar year in which it was adopted or renewed. The bounty shall be in such amount or amounts and apply during such months, as may be designated by the county board or board of town supervisors by resolution.
History:
(6259) RL s 2402; 1909 c 48 s 1; 1939 c 40 s 1; 1951 c 372 s 1; 1953 c 247 s 1; 1974 c 342 s 1; 1989 c 101 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property › Chapter 348 — Bounties, Rewards › Section 348.125 — Coyote Conflict Management Option.

348.125 COYOTE CONFLICT MANAGEMENT OPTION.
A county or town board may, by resolution, offer a bounty for the taking of coyotes (Canis latrans) by all legal methods. The resolution may be made applicable to the whole or any part of the county or town. The bounty must apply during the months specified in the resolution and be in an amount determined by the board.
History:
1Sp2011 c 2 art 5 s 64
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property › Chapter 348 — Bounties, Rewards › Section 348.13 — Bounties Paid By Towns, Requirements.

348.13 BOUNTIES PAID BY TOWNS, REQUIREMENTS.
The four feet of striped and gray gophers and woodchucks, and both front feet of pocket gophers shall be produced to the chair of the town board of the town where they were killed, and if the chair shall be satisfied that they were killed within the designated territory and by the person producing them, the chair shall certify to the county auditor the number of each kind so killed. The certificate shall be issued by the chair of the town board at the end of each month and shall show the names of all persons entitled to bounty for the preceding month, the number of each kind of animals killed, and the amount of bounty that each person is entitled to receive. The county auditor shall issue thereon a warrant on the county treasurer payable to the chair of the town board who issued the certificate, for the full amount of the bounty allowed by law according to the certificate, and upon receipt of the warrant the chair shall pay the proper persons the bounty allowed by law for the preceding month.
The chair to whom such feet are produced shall immediately cause such feet to be destroyed.
Any town board may also offer a bounty for the destruction of the animals described in section 348.12 and adopt rules for the payment thereof, which bounty so offered by a town shall be in addition to any bounty which may be offered by the board of county commissioners.
The town board of any town located in any county having over 45,000 and less than 49,000 inhabitants according to the 1950 federal census, may by resolution require that the tail instead of the feet of striped, gray and pocket gophers be produced.
History:
(6260) RL s 2403; 1909 c 48 s 2; 1911 c 220 s 1; 1915 c 357 s 1; 1917 c 290 s 1; 1955 c 545 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 101 s 2; 1992 c 464 art 1 s 38; 1994 c 465 art 1 s 46
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349 — Lawful Gambling And Gambling Devices › Section 349.11 — Purpose.

349.11 PURPOSE.
The purpose of sections 349.11 to 349.22 is to regulate lawful gambling, to ensure integrity of operations, to provide for the use of net profits only for lawful purposes, and to authorize only those games or game features discussed in this chapter.
History:
1976 c 261 s 1; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 162; 1984 c 502 art 12 s 2; 1989 c 334 art 2 s 1; 2009 c 124 s 2; 2023 c 64 art 13 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349 — Lawful Gambling And Gambling Devices › Section 349.13 — Lawful Gambling.

349.13 LAWFUL GAMBLING.
Lawful gambling is not a lottery or gambling within the meaning of sections 609.75 to 609.76 if it is conducted under this chapter. A pull-tab dispensing device, electronic bingo device, and electronic pull-tab device permitted under this chapter and by board rule is not a gambling device within the meaning of sections 609.75 to 609.76 and chapter 299L. An electronic game device allowed under this chapter may not be a slot machine. Electronic game devices, including but not limited to electronic bingo devices, electronic paddlewheels, electronic pull-tab devices, and electronic raffle selection systems authorized under this chapter, may only be used in the conduct of lawful gambling permitted under this chapter and board rule and may not display or simulate any other form of gambling or entertainment, except as otherwise allowed under this chapter.
History:
1976 c 261 s 3; 1984 c 502 art 12 s 4; 1994 c 633 art 5 s 21; 2012 c 299 art 4 s 32; 2016 c 139 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349 — Lawful Gambling And Gambling Devices › Section 349.153 — Conflict Of Interest.

349.153 CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
(a) A person may not serve on the board, be the director, or be an employee of the board who has an interest in any corporation, association, limited liability company, or partnership that is licensed by the board as a distributor, manufacturer, or linked bingo game provider.
(b) A member of the board, the director, or an employee of the board may not accept employment with, receive compensation directly or indirectly from, or enter into a contractual relationship with an organization that conducts lawful gambling, a distributor, a linked bingo game provider, or a manufacturer while employed with or a member of the board or within one year after terminating employment with or leaving the board.
(c) A distributor, manufacturer, linked bingo game provider, or organization licensed to conduct lawful gambling may not hire a former employee, director, or member of the Gambling Control Board for one year after the employee, director, or member has terminated employment with or left the Gambling Control Board.
(d) A member of the board, the director, or an employee of the board may not purchase any chance in a lawful gambling game unless it is part of an investigation.
History:
1989 c 334 art 2 s 19; 1991 c 233 s 109; 1994 c 633 art 5 s 34; 2003 c 110 s 16; 2005 c 166 art 1 s 12; 2006 c 205 s 9; 2006 c 212 art 3 s 32
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349 — Lawful Gambling And Gambling Devices › Section 349.154 — Expenditures; Standards.

349.154 EXPENDITURES; STANDARDS.
Subdivision 1.
Standards for certain organizations.
The board shall by rule prescribe standards that must be met annually by any licensed organization that is a 501(c)(3) or festival organization. The standards must provide:
(1) operating standards for the organization, including a maximum percentage or percentages of the organization's total expenditures that may be expended for the organization's administration and operation; and
(2) standards for any expenditure by the organization of net profits from lawful gambling, including a requirement that the expenditure be related to the primary purpose of the organization.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 2009 c 124 s 60]
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 1991 c 336 art 2 s 53]
Subd. 3a.
Expenditures for recreational, community, and athletic programs.
An organization that makes a greater percentage of its lawful purpose expenditures under section 349.12, subdivision 25, paragraph (a), clause (7), on facilities or activities for one gender rather than another may not deny a reasonable request for funding of a facility or activity for the underrepresented gender if the request is for funding for a facility or activity that is a lawful purpose under that clause. An applicant for funding for a facility or activity for an underrepresented gender who believes that an application for funding was denied in violation of this subdivision may file a complaint with the board. The board shall prescribe a form for the complaint and shall furnish a copy of the form to any requester. The board shall investigate each complaint filed and, if the board finds that the organization against which the complaint was filed has violated this subdivision, shall issue an order directing the organization to take such corrective action as the board deems necessary to bring the organization into compliance with this subdivision.
History:
1989 c 334 art 2 s 51; 1990 c 590 art 1 s 16; 1991 c 336 art 2 s 16; 1994 c 633 art 5 s 35; 1996 c 471 art 13 s 17; 1997 c 231 art 7 s 33; 1998 c 322 s 2; 2009 c 124 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349 — Lawful Gambling And Gambling Devices › Section 349.1641 — Licenses; Summary Suspension.

349.1641 LICENSES; SUMMARY SUSPENSION.
(a) The board may (1) summarily suspend the license of an organization that is more than 45 days late in filing a monthly report required to be submitted to the board under this chapter or board rule or a tax return or in paying a tax required under chapter 297E and may keep the suspension in effect until all required returns are filed and required taxes are paid; (2) summarily suspend for not more than 90 days any license issued by the board or director for what the board determines are actions detrimental to the integrity of lawful gambling in Minnesota; (3) summarily suspend the license of a gambling manager who has failed to receive the training required under section 349.167, subdivision 4, clause (2), and may keep the suspension in effect until the gambling manager passes an examination prepared and administered by the board. The examination does not qualify as continuing education credit for the next calendar year; and (4) summarily suspend the license of an organization that fails to pay the fees required under section 349.16, 349.165, or 349.167, and may keep the suspension in effect until all required fees are paid.
(b) The board must notify the licensee at least 14 days before suspending the license under this section. If a license is summarily suspended under this section, a contested case hearing on the merits must be held within 20 days of the issuance of the order of suspension, unless the parties agree to a later hearing date. The administrative law judge's report must be issued within 20 days after the close of the hearing record. In all cases involving summary suspension, the board must issue its final decision within 30 days after receipt of the report of the administrative law judge and subsequent exceptions and argument under section 14.61. When an organization's license is suspended under this section, the board shall within three days notify all municipalities in which the organization's gambling premises are located and all licensed distributors in the state.
History:
1990 c 590 art 1 s 22; 1994 c 633 art 5 s 56; 2008 c 260 s 7; 2009 c 88 art 12 s 12; 2009 c 124 s 29; 2015 c 52 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349 — Lawful Gambling And Gambling Devices › Section 349.165 — Premises Permits.

349.165 PREMISES PERMITS.
Subdivision 1.
Premises permit required; application.
A licensed organization may not conduct lawful gambling at any site unless it has first obtained from the board a premises permit for the site. The board shall prescribe a form for permit applications, and each application for a permit must be submitted on a separate form. The premises permit issued by the board runs concurrently on a perpetual basis with the license of the organization unless the premises permit is suspended or revoked by the board, or voluntarily terminated by the organization. The board may by rule limit the number of premises permits that may be issued to an organization.
Subd. 2.
Contents of application.
An application for a premises permit must contain:
(1) the name and address of the applying organization;
(2) a description of the site for which the permit is sought, including its address and, where applicable, its placement within another premises or establishment;
(3) if the site is leased, the name and address of the lessor and information about the lease the board requires, including all rents and other charges for the use of the site. The lease term is concurrent with the term of the premises permit. The lease must contain a termination clause. No lease is required for the conduct of a raffle; and
(4) other information the board deems necessary to carry out its purposes.
An organization holding a premises permit must notify the board in writing within ten days whenever any material change is made in the above information.
Subd. 3.
Fees.
The board may issue premises permits to organizations licensed under section 349.16, subdivision 6. The annual fee for each premises permit is $150.
Subd. 4.
Identification of premises.
No organization may seek or accept assistance from a manufacturer or distributor, or a representative, agent, affiliate, or employee of a manufacturer or distributor, in identifying potential locations for gambling conducted by the organization.
Subd. 5.
Off-site permits.
(a) A licensed organization may conduct lawful gambling on a premises other than the organization's permitted premises if it has first submitted to the board an application and a lease on forms provided by the board, obtained authorization required under section 349.213, and received a permit from the board for each event up to 12 events in a calendar year, not to exceed three days per event.
(b) No lease is required for the conduct of a raffle.
(c) No fee may be assessed for an off-site permit by the board or by local authority under section 349.213.
History:
1990 c 590 art 1 s 23; 1991 c 336 art 2 s 19,20; 1Sp2001 c 10 art 2 s 75,76; 2002 c 386 art 1 s 5; 1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 97; 2009 c 124 s 30-33; 2012 c 299 art 4 s 48; 2013 c 79 s 3; 2015 c 52 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349 — Lawful Gambling And Gambling Devices › Section 349.168 — Gambling Employees.

349.168 GAMBLING EMPLOYEES.
Subdivision 1.
Registration of employees.
A person may not receive compensation for participating in the conduct of lawful gambling as an employee of a licensed organization unless the person has first registered with the licensed organization on a United States government-required form documenting the person's identity and employment authorization. The form must require each registrant to provide the person's name, address, and date of birth, and the name, address, and license number of the employing organization.
Subd. 2.
Identification of employees.
Each person receiving compensation for the conduct of lawful gambling must publicly display the person's name at all times while conducting the lawful gambling.
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 1996 c 467 s 9]
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 2009 c 124 s 60]
Subd. 5.
Compensation records.
An organization paying compensation to persons who participate in the conduct of lawful gambling must maintain a compensation record. The record must itemize each payment made to each recipient of compensation and must include the amount and the full name, address, and membership status of each recipient.
Subd. 6.
[Repealed, 2009 c 124 s 60]
Subd. 7.
[Repealed, 2009 c 124 s 60]
Subd. 8.
Compensation paid.
(a) A licensed organization may pay a percentage of the gross profit from raffle ticket sales to a nonprofit organization that sells raffle tickets for the licensed organization.
(b) A licensed organization may compensate an employee of the organization for the sale of gambling equipment at a bar operation if the frequency of the activity is one day or less per week and the games are limited to 32 chances or less per game. For purposes of this paragraph, an employee must not be a lessor, employee of the lessor, or an immediate family member of the lessor.
(c) An organization that leases a premises may not pay compensation to the lessor, a member of the lessor's immediate family, or the lessor's employees, other than as a seller of pull-tabs and tipboards within a booth operation on the premises. An employee of the lessor or a member of the lessor's immediate family may be compensated by an organization for the conduct of gambling at other sites not owned by the lessor.
Subd. 9.
[Repealed, 2003 c 110 s 44]
Subd. 10.
[Repealed, 2009 c 124 s 60]
History:
1990 c 590 art 1 s 26; 1994 c 633 art 5 s 64-66; 1998 c 322 s 3; 2001 c 96 s 10; 2002 c 386 art 1 s 7,8; 2003 c 110 s 26-29; 2005 c 166 art 1 s 25; 2006 c 205 s 18; 2009 c 124 s 36; 2015 c 52 s 11; 2016 c 139 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349 — Lawful Gambling And Gambling Devices › Section 349.169 — Filing Of Inventory And Discounts.

349.169 FILING OF INVENTORY AND DISCOUNTS.
Subdivision 1.
Filing required.
Manufacturers, distributors, and linked bingo game providers must file, by the 20th of each month, with the director a list of all gambling equipment that the manufacturer, distributor, or linked bingo game provider sold or leased in the preceding month. The filing must be in a format the director prescribes.
Subd. 2.
Copies.
The director shall provide copies of filings to any person requesting them and may charge a reasonable fee for the copies. Any person may examine filings in the board office at no cost, and the director shall make the filings available for that purpose.
Subd. 3.
Sales at discount.
When required to report under subdivision 1, all manufacturers, distributors, and linked bingo game providers must notify the board of any volume discounts or other discounts available for gambling equipment sales.
History:
1990 c 590 art 1 s 27; 1991 c 233 s 109; 1994 c 633 art 5 s 67; 2003 c 110 s 30,31; 2009 c 124 s 37,38; 2015 c 45 s 27; 2015 c 52 s 12,23
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349 — Lawful Gambling And Gambling Devices › Section 349.1711 — Conduct Of Tipboards.

349.1711 CONDUCT OF TIPBOARDS.
Subdivision 1.
Sale of tickets.
(a) Tipboard games must be played using only tipboard tickets that are either (1) attached to a placard and arranged in columns or rows, or (2) separate from the placard and contained in a receptacle while the game is in play. The placard serves as the game flare.
(b) Except for a sports-themed tipboard, the placard must contain a seal or seals that conceal the winning numbers or symbols. When a tipboard ticket is purchased and opened from a game containing more than 100 tickets, each player having a tipboard ticket with one or more predesignated numbers or symbols must sign the placard at the line indicated by the number or symbol on the tipboard ticket.
Subd. 2.
Determination of winners.
When the predesignated numbers or symbols have all been purchased, or all of the tipboard tickets for that game have been sold, a seal must be removed to reveal a number or symbol that determines which of the predesignated numbers or symbols is the winning number or symbol. The seal must be opened by an employee or volunteer of the organization, but if there is more than one seal on the placard, the eligible player may select which seal is opened. A tipboard may also contain consolation winners, or winning chances that are determined in whole or in part by the numerical outcome of one or more professional sporting events, that need not be determined by the use of the seal.
Subd. 3.
Prizes.
Cash or merchandise prizes may be awarded in a tipboard game. All prizes available in each game must be stated on the game flare.
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 2004 c 172 s 12]
Subd. 5.
Tipboard rules.
The board shall adopt rules for tipboard games with multiple seals. The board shall also adopt rules for cumulative or carryover tipboard prizes.
History:
1994 c 633 art 5 s 72; 1999 c 206 s 11; 2004 c 172 s 5; 2005 c 166 art 1 s 28; 2012 c 299 art 4 s 53,54; 2015 c 45 s 13,14
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349 — Lawful Gambling And Gambling Devices › Section 349.172 — Pull-tabs; Information Required To Be Posted.

349.172 PULL-TABS; INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE POSTED.
Subdivision 1.
Board may require certain posting.
The board may issue an order requiring an organization selling pull-tabs to post major pull-tab prizes and the names of major prize winners if the board has reasonable grounds to believe that the organization, or a person receiving compensation from the organization for participating in the sale of pull-tabs, has been or is providing information to a player or players that provides an unfair advantage related to the potential winnings from pull-tabs. The board must notify the organization at least 14 days before the order becomes effective. The notice to the organization must describe the organization's right to a hearing under subdivision 3.
Subd. 2.
Posting; requirements.
The information required to be posted under subdivision 1 must be posted prominently at the point of sale of the pull-tabs. An easily legible pull-tab flare that lists prizes in the deal for that flare, and on which prizes are marked off as they are awarded, satisfies the requirements of this section that major prizes be posted, provided that a separate flare is posted for each deal of pull-tabs. An organization must post or mark off each major prize and post the name of the prize winner immediately on awarding the prize.
Subd. 3.
Appeal.
An organization to which the board issues an order under subdivision 1 may request a contested case hearing on the order. The hearing must be held within 20 days of the effective date of the order, and the report by the administrative law judge must be issued within 20 days after the close of the hearing record. The board must issue its final decision within 30 days after receipt of the report of the administrative law judge and subsequent exceptions and arguments under section 14.61.
Subd. 4.
Major prizes.
For purposes of this section, a "major prize" in a deal of pull-tabs is a prize of at least 50 times the face value of any pull-tab in the deal.
Subd. 5.
Compulsive gambling hotline number.
An organization conducting lawful gambling must post at each point of sale a sign containing the toll-free telephone number established by the commissioner of human services in connection with the compulsive gambling program established under section 245.98. The sign must be kept in easily legible form and repair by the owner, lessee, or person having control thereof, and must either:
(1) be approved by the commissioner; or
(2) have lettering at least three-quarters of an inch in height, of block letter design.
Subd. 6.
Voluntary posting.
Nothing in this section limits the right of an organization voluntarily to post the names of winners of lawful gambling prizes.
History:
1990 c 590 art 1 s 29; 1991 c 336 art 2 s 25
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349 — Lawful Gambling And Gambling Devices › Section 349.2113 — Prize Payout Limit.

349.2113 PRIZE PAYOUT LIMIT.
On or after January 1, 2004, a licensed organization may not put into play a pull-tab or tipboard game that provides for a prize payout of greater than 85 percent of the ideal gross of the game.
History:
1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 100; 2008 c 260 s 23
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349 — Lawful Gambling And Gambling Devices › Section 349.2123 — Certified Physical Inventory.

349.2123 CERTIFIED PHYSICAL INVENTORY.
The board may, upon request, require a distributor to furnish a certified physical inventory of all gambling equipment in stock. The inventory must contain the information required by the board.
History:
1987 c 268 art 15 s 12; 1988 c 719 art 9 s 13; 1990 c 590 art 1 s 36; 1994 c 633 art 3 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349 — Lawful Gambling And Gambling Devices › Section 349.2124 — Sales To Indian Tribes.

349.2124 SALES TO INDIAN TRIBES.
A distributor may set aside that part of the distributor's stock necessary for the conduct of business in making sales to the established governing body of any Indian tribe recognized by the United States Department of Interior. A distributor shall, when shipping or delivering any stock to an Indian tribal organization, make a true duplicate invoice showing the complete details of the sale or delivery and shall keep the duplicate.
History:
1987 c 268 art 15 s 13
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349 — Lawful Gambling And Gambling Devices › Section 349.22 — Penalty.

349.22 PENALTY.
Subdivision 1.
Penalty.
(a) A person who violates any provision of sections 349.11 to 349.23 for which another penalty is not provided is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) A person who violates any provision of sections 349.11 to 349.23 for which another penalty is not provided is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the violation occurs within five years after a previous conviction under any provision of sections 349.11 to 349.23.
(c) A person who in any manner hinders or interferes with a seizing authority when a seizure is made as provided by section 349.2125, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
Subd. 2.
Other action.
This section does not preclude civil or criminal actions under other applicable law or preclude any agency of government from investigating or prosecuting violations of the provisions of sections 349.11 to 349.213, and chapter 297E. County attorneys and the attorney general have joint responsibility for prosecuting violations of sections 349.11 to 349.213, and chapter 297E, and the attorney general may prosecute any violation of those sections. If the county attorney fails to initiate the prosecution within 30 days, the attorney general may initiate prosecution.
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 1990 c 590 art 2 s 18]
Subd. 3a.
Aggregation.
When the value of prizes or pull-tabs received within a six-month period is aggregated under this section and two or more offenses were committed by the same person in two or more counties, the accused may be prosecuted in any county in which one of the offenses was committed for all of the offenses aggregated under this section.
Subd. 4.
Sales after revocation.
A person selling pull-tabs or tipboards after the person's license or permit has been revoked is guilty of a felony.
History:
1976 c 261 s 12; 1984 c 502 art 12 s 20; 1988 c 719 art 9 s 16-18; 1989 c 334 art 2 s 47,48; 1990 c 590 art 2 s 11,12; 1990 c 594 art 1 s 70; 1991 c 199 art 2 s 1; 1994 c 633 art 2 s 19; art 3 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349 — Lawful Gambling And Gambling Devices › Section 349.23 — Validity Of Prior Agreements.

349.23 VALIDITY OF PRIOR AGREEMENTS.
Nothing in sections 349.11 to 349.22 shall be construed to affect the validity of any agreement or contract between an organization and any financial or lending institution, entered into prior to August 1, 1976.
History:
1976 c 261 s 13
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349 — Lawful Gambling And Gambling Devices › Section 349.30 — Definitions.

349.30 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Scope.
For the purposes of sections 349.30 to 349.39, unless a different meaning is indicated by the context, the words, terms, and phrases defined in this section shall have the meanings given them.
Subd. 2.
Gambling device.
"Gambling device" has the meaning given it in section 609.75, subdivision 4.
Subd. 3.
Person.
"Person" means an individual, a copartnership, an association, a corporation, or any other entity or organization.
Subd. 4.
Municipality.
"Municipality" means any county, city, or town.
Subd. 5.
License.
"License" includes permits of every kind, nature and description issued pursuant to any statute or ordinance for the carrying on of any business, trade, vocation, commercial enterprise or undertaking.
Subd. 6.
Licensee.
"Licensee" means any person to whom a license of any kind is issued, but does not include a common carrier transporting, or a public warehouse operator storing, any gambling device for hire, or a manufacturer or distributor of such devices keeping the same only for the purpose of sale or distribution to others or repairing of same.
Subd. 7.
Licensed business.
"Licensed business" means any business, trade, vocation, commercial enterprise, or undertaking for which a license is issued.
Subd. 8.
Licensed premises.
"Licensed premises" means the place or building, or the room in a building, designated in the license as the place where the licensed business is to be carried on, and all land adjacent thereto and used in connection with and in the operation of a licensed business, and all adjacent or contiguous rooms or buildings operated or used in connection with the buildings where the licensed business is carried on. If no place is described in any license, then "licensed premises" means the building or place where the licensed business is carried on under such license.
Subd. 9.
Issuing authority.
"Issuing authority" and "authority issuing the license" mean and include the officer, board, bureau, department, commission, or agency of the state, or of any of its municipalities, by whom any license is issued and include the councils and governing bodies of all municipalities.
History:
1947 c 586 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1981 c 204 s 9; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 590 art 1 s 38
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349 — Lawful Gambling And Gambling Devices › Section 349.31 — Gambling Device; Possession Of.

349.31 GAMBLING DEVICE; POSSESSION OF.
Subdivision 1.
Intentional possession; willful keeping.
The intentional possession or willful keeping of a gambling device on a licensed premises is cause for the suspension or revocation of any license under which the licensed business is carried on upon the premises where the gambling device is found, provided that possession of gambling equipment as defined in section 349.12, subdivision 18, which is used for lawful gambling authorized by this chapter, and the manufacture of gambling devices for use in jurisdictions where use of the gambling device is legal as provided for by section 299L.07 shall not be cause for revocation of a license.
Subd. 2.
Suspension and revocation of licenses.
All licenses under which any licensed business is permitted to be carried on upon the licensed premises shall be suspended or revoked if the intentional possession or willful keeping of any such gambling devices upon the licensed premises is established, notwithstanding that it may not be made to appear that such devices have actually been used or operated for the purpose of gambling.
History:
1947 c 586 s 2; 1978 c 507 s 1; 1981 c 126 s 1; 1981 c 204 s 10; 1984 c 502 art 12 s 21; 1986 c 467 s 28; 1989 c 334 art 2 s 51; 1990 c 590 art 1 s 39; 1993 c 13 art 1 s 37; 2009 c 86 art 1 s 63
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349 — Lawful Gambling And Gambling Devices › Section 349.32 — Issuing Authority To Suspend Or Revoke.

349.32 ISSUING AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND OR REVOKE.
The proceedings for suspension or revocation are held before the issuing authority, which has the power to suspend or revoke the license or licenses involved, as hereinafter provided.
History:
1947 c 586 s 3; 1990 c 590 art 1 s 40
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349 — Lawful Gambling And Gambling Devices › Section 349.33 — Peace Officers To Observe And Inspect Premises.

349.33 PEACE OFFICERS TO OBSERVE AND INSPECT PREMISES.
Every sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, and peace officer shall observe and inspect the premises where occupations are carried on under license and ascertain whether gambling devices are present thereon and immediately report the finding thereof to the authority or authorities issuing the license or licenses applicable to the premises in question.
History:
1947 c 586 s 4; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 10 art 2 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349 — Lawful Gambling And Gambling Devices › Section 349.34 — Proceedings Before Issuing Authority; Order To Show Cause.

349.34 PROCEEDINGS BEFORE ISSUING AUTHORITY; ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE.
If an issuing authority, on receipt of information from a peace officer described in section 349.33, is of the opinion that cause exists for the suspension or revocation of a license, the authority shall issue an order to show cause directed to the licensee of the premises, stating the ground upon which the proceeding is based and requiring the licensee to appear and show cause at a time and place, within the county in which the licensed premises are located, not less than ten days after the date of the order, why the license should not be suspended or revoked. That order to show cause shall be served upon the licensee in the manner prescribed by law for the service of summons in a civil action, or by certified mail, not less than eight days before the date fixed for the hearing thereof. A copy of the order shall forthwith be mailed to the owner of the premises, as shown by the records in the office of the county recorder, at the owner's last known post office address. A copy of the order shall at the same time be mailed to any other issuing authority, of which the authority issuing the order to show cause has knowledge, by which other license to that licensee may have been issued, and any such other authority may participate in the suspension or revocation proceedings after notifying the licensee and the officer or authority holding the hearing of its intention so to do on or before the date of hearing, and after the hearing take such action as it could have taken had it instituted the suspension or revocation proceedings in the first instance.
History:
1947 c 586 s 5; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1978 c 674 s 60; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 590 art 1 s 41
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349 — Lawful Gambling And Gambling Devices › Section 349.35 — Revocation Of License.

349.35 REVOCATION OF LICENSE.
Subdivision 1.
Suspension; revocation; stay; appeal.
If, upon the hearing of the order to show cause, it appears that the licensee intentionally possessed or willfully kept upon the licensed premises any gambling device, then the license or licenses under which the licensed business is operated on the licensed premises, shall be suspended or revoked. The order of suspension or revocation shall not be enforced during the period allowed by section 349.39 for taking an appeal.
Subd. 2.
Limitation as to issuance of new license on premises.
No new license or licenses for the same business upon the same premises shall be issued for the period of one year thereafter, except as hereinafter provided.
History:
1947 c 586 s 6; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 590 art 1 s 42
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349 — Lawful Gambling And Gambling Devices › Section 349.36 — Duties Of County Attorney Or Attorney General.

349.36 DUTIES OF COUNTY ATTORNEY OR ATTORNEY GENERAL.
The county attorney of the county in which the hearing is held, the city attorney if the issuing authority is the city, or the attorney general shall attend the hearing, interrogate the witnesses, advise the issuing authority, and appear for the issuing authority on any appeal taken pursuant to the provisions of section 349.39.
History:
1947 c 586 s 7; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 590 art 1 s 43; 1990 c 594 art 1 s 71
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349 — Lawful Gambling And Gambling Devices › Section 349.37 — Witnesses.

349.37 WITNESSES.
The issuing authority may issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses at any hearing. Witnesses duly subpoenaed and attending any such hearing shall be paid fees and mileage by the issuing authority equal to the fees and mileage paid witnesses in the district court.
History:
1947 c 586 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349 — Lawful Gambling And Gambling Devices › Section 349.38 — Property Owners Liability.

349.38 PROPERTY OWNERS LIABILITY.
When a license is suspended or revoked under the provisions of sections 349.30 to 349.39, the owner of the premises upon which any licensed business has been operated shall not be penalized by reason thereof unless it is established that the owner had knowledge of the existence of the gambling devices resulting in license suspension or revocation.
History:
1947 c 586 s 9; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 590 art 1 s 44
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349 — Lawful Gambling And Gambling Devices › Section 349.39 — Appeal To District Court; Stay; Continuance Under Bond; Hearing Upon One Year Limitation On Premises.

349.39 APPEAL TO DISTRICT COURT; STAY; CONTINUANCE UNDER BOND; HEARING UPON ONE YEAR LIMITATION ON PREMISES.
Any licensee, or any owner of licensed premises, aggrieved by an order of an issuing authority suspending or revoking any license may appeal from that order to the district court of the county in which the licensee resides by serving a notice of the appeal upon the issuing authority or the clerk thereof. The notice of appeal shall state that the person appealing takes an appeal to that district court from the order suspending or revoking the license or licenses, describing them and identifying the order appealed from. This notice shall be served within 15 days from the date of service of the order appealed from, and the same, with proof of service thereof, shall be filed with the court administrator of the district court of the proper county. The appeal shall stand for trial at the next term of the district court following the filing of the notice of appeal, without the service of any notice of trial, and shall be tried in the district court de novo. The trial shall be by jury if the appellant shall so demand. The licensee may continue to operate the licensed business or businesses until the final disposition of such appeal. If the district court upon the appeal shall determine that any license involved in the appeal should be suspended or revoked, it may, nevertheless, in its discretion permit the continuance of the licensed business under a bond in the amount and in the form and containing the conditions prescribed by the court. The district court on the appeal, or in a separate proceeding, may permit the issuance of a new license to a different licensee before the expiration of the period of one year specified in section 349.35, subdivision 2, upon such terms and conditions imposed by the court as will insure that no gambling device shall thereafter be maintained upon the licensed premises.
History:
1947 c 586 s 10; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1990 c 590 art 1 s 45
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349 — Lawful Gambling And Gambling Devices › Section 349.61 — Repeal; Termination Of Licenses.

349.61 REPEAL; TERMINATION OF LICENSES.
Subdivision 1.
Repeal.
Section 299L.03, subdivision 9, and sections 349.50; 349.501; 349.502; 349.51; 349.52; 349.53; 349.54; 349.55; 349.56; 349.57; 349.58; 349.59; and 349.60 are repealed January 1, 1992. All licenses issued under sections 349.51 and 349.52 in effect on that date expire on that date. The commissioner of management and budget shall on that date transfer all money in the video gaming license account to the general fund.
Subd. 2.
Not to affect certain compacts.
Nothing in subdivision 1 is intended to affect the validity of any compact entered into before or after August 1, 1990, between the state and the governing body of an Indian tribe that governs the conduct of any form of gambling on Indian lands.
History:
1990 c 590 art 1 s 48; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349A — State Lottery › Section 349A.01 — Definitions.

349A.01 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Terms defined.
For the purposes of this chapter the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1995 c 254 art 1 s 97]
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 1991 c 233 s 110]
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 1991 c 233 s 110]
Subd. 5.
Director.
"Director" is the director of the State Lottery.
Subd. 6.
[Repealed, 1991 c 233 s 110]
Subd. 7.
Gross receipts.
"Gross receipts" means all money received from the sale of lottery tickets less amounts transmitted to the commissioner of revenue under section 297A.65.
Subd. 8.
Gross revenue.
"Gross revenue" means gross receipts from the sale of lottery tickets, fees, or other money received by the director, and interest earned on money in the lottery fund.
Subd. 9.
Lottery.
"Lottery" is the State Lottery.
Subd. 10.
Lottery procurement contract.
"Lottery procurement contract" means a contract to provide lottery products, computer hardware and software used to monitor sales of lottery tickets, and lottery tickets. "Lottery procurement contract" does not include a contract to provide an annuity or prize payment agreement or materials, supplies, equipment, or services common to the ordinary operation of a state agency.
Subd. 11.
Lottery retailer.
"Lottery retailer" means a person with whom the director has contracted to sell lottery tickets to the public.
Subd. 12.
Lottery ticket or ticket.
"Lottery ticket" or "ticket" means any tangible evidence issued by the lottery to prove participation in a lottery game.
Subd. 13.
Lottery vendor or vendor.
"Lottery vendor" or "vendor" means a person who has entered into a contract to provide equipment, supplies, or services for the lottery. A lottery vendor does not include a lottery retailer.
Subd. 14.
Second chance drawing.
"Second chance drawing" means a drawing in which an eligible nonwinning lottery ticket is submitted to the lottery for entry into a drawing for a chance to win a prize.
History:
1989 c 334 art 3 s 1; 1991 c 233 s 102,103,109; 2000 c 418 art 1 s 44; 2021 c 15 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349A — State Lottery › Section 349A.04 — Lottery Game Procedures.

349A.04 LOTTERY GAME PROCEDURES.
The director may adopt game procedures governing the following elements of the lottery:
(1) lottery games;
(2) ticket prices;
(3) number and size of prizes;
(4) methods of selecting winning tickets; and
(5) frequency and method of drawings.
The adoption of lottery game procedures is not subject to chapter 14.
History:
1989 c 334 art 3 s 4; 1995 c 254 art 1 s 81
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 349 - 350 — Gaming › Chapter 349A — State Lottery › Section 349A.05 — Rules.

349A.05 RULES.
The director may adopt rules under chapter 14 governing the following elements of the lottery:
(1) the number and types of lottery retailers' locations;
(2) qualifications of lottery retailers and application procedures for lottery retailer contracts;
(3) investigation of lottery retailer applicants;
(4) appeal procedures for denial, suspension, or cancellation of lottery retailer contracts;
(5) compensation of lottery retailers;
(6) accounting for and deposit of lottery revenues by lottery retailers;
(7) procedures for issuing lottery procurement contracts and for the investigation of bidders on those contracts;
(8) payment of prizes;
(9) procedures needed to ensure the integrity and security of the lottery; and
(10) other rules the director considers necessary for the efficient operation and administration of the lottery.
History:
1989 c 334 art 3 s 5; 1995 c 233 art 2 s 56; 1995 c 254 art 1 s 82