Subdivision 1.Definitions.

For the purposes of this section, the terms in paragraphs (a) and (b) have the meanings given them.

Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 325E.34

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44

(a) “Newspaper” means a publication issued regularly by the same person or corporation, or a successor, whether the name of the publication is the same or different.

(b) “Place of public accommodation” has the meaning given in section 363A.03, subdivision 34.

Subd. 2.Prohibition.

No contract may provide for an exclusive right to display free newspapers for distribution in any place of public accommodation.