All Advertising Legislation - Minnesota

Modifying cable communications regulations; requiring cable communications system providers to make efforts to interconnect systems with state authorized video service provider systems; prohibiting cable communications systems logos or marketing materials placement appearing to favor certain cable communications, regulating advertising; prohibiting cable communications systems program content or public programs access limitations, clarifying liability; requiring persons seeking to provide video service to apply and register with the public utilities commission (PUC) after a certain date, providing for certificate issuance, application fee, service area, final determination and termination; requiring public access capacity equal to public, educational and governmental (PEG) access channels as provided by existing cable communications system providers, specifying content format and PEG fees; requiring provider fees, specifying [...]

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Relating to energy; modifying provisions relating to community based energy development projects, modifying the community based energy development tariff to reflect renewable energy technologies, restricting wind energy single ownership, modifying the definition of community based energy development (C-BED) project and the tariff rate, updating C-BED project priorities, placing negotiation conditions on utilities intending to own or contract with independent power producers without C-BED projects; authorizing municipal power agencies and cooperatives to offer members a certain community energy partnership opportunity; authorizing public utilities to construct, own and operate generation facilities to fulfill renewable energy objectives, requiring renewable energy plan filings with the public utilities commission (PUC) and requiring PUC approval; authorizing utilities to petition the PUC to approve rate schedules providing [...]

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Relating to insurance, enacting and modifying the viatical settlement model act of the national association of insurance commissions; regulating viatical (life insurance) settlements; defining stranger originated life insurance (STOLI); requiring a provider or broker license; requiring agent licensing; providing for life insurance providers to meet licensing requirements under certain conditions; specifying application to commerce commissioner for agent licensing; specifying disclosure requirements; providing for commissioner investigation provisions; permitting legal entity licensing; requiring consent to service of process; specifying a duty to supplement information and requiring training; providing for license revocation and denial; providing for approval of viatical settlement contracts and disclosure statements; specifying reporting requirements and privacy provisions; providing for examinations and investigations;[...]

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"Life Settlements Act"; relating to insurance; regulating life settlements, providing enforcement and prescribing penalties and civil remedies; defining certain terms including stranger originated life insurance (STOLI); specifying certain provider or broker licensure qualification and application requirements, exceptions; authorizing the commissioner of commerce to suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a license under certain conditions; regulating life settlement contracts; specifying certain provider reporting requirements for policies settled during a certain period of time, providing for nondisclosure of identity, exceptions; authorizing the commissioner to examine the business and affairs of any licensee or application for a license; regulating advertising by a broker or provider; specifying certain disclosure requirements; specifying certain general rules for life settlement contracts; authorizing the commissioner [...]

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Relating to education ARTICLE 1 - STUDENT FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS Modifying Indian scholarship provisions relating to student eligibility, scholarship use, costs of attendance and award amounts; allowing the ACHIEVE scholarship program to request additional student documentation, modifying student eligibility requirements, application deadline and scholarship disbursement ARTICLE 2 - PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS Specifying nondegree program requirements; limiting use of the terms academy and institute to degree granting schools; permitting conditional approval for degrees or names for new schools; prohibiting certain school advertising or representation; clarifying school fees for programs degree and nondegree programs; requiring surety bonds from certain schools with a private career school license ARTICLE 3 - MINNESOTA GI BILL Modifying the cost of attendance for [...]

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Relating to elections; clarifying the definitions of campaign expenditure and independent expenditure and certain political committee or fund registration form content requirements under campaign finance and public disclosure requirements; prohibiting political committees, political funds, principal campaign committees or party units making independent campaign expenditures from terminating before the end of the election cycle; providing for the formation of a nonpartisan nonprofit council to create a voluntary code to discourage unfair negative attacks while encouraging debate on issues and candidates; requiring the campaign finance and public disclosure board to convene a task force to establish a clean campaign council, specifying task force membership representation options; authorizing the council to establish a clean campaign advertising code, specifying certain content options and providing for enforcement; authorizing [...]

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HF 3172 SECOND ENGROSSMENT Election provisions modified relating to lobbying, preelection reports, affidavits, campaign advertisements, absentee ballots, election judges, mail, school district and special elections, recounts, electronic voting and voter registration. Section 1: Ballot question language modified. Section 2: Noncampaign disbursement language modified. Section 3: Exceptions language modified. Section 4: First registration language modified. Section 5: Preelection reports language modified. Section 6: Agreement by candidate language modified. Section 7: Affidavit of contributions language modified. Section 8: Captioning of campaign advertisements language provided. Section 9: Delivery of ballots language modified. Section 10: Agent delivery of ballots language modified. Section 11: Appointment [...]

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HF 3411 FIRST ENGROSSMENT Petroleum product standards updated and number provided to advertise grade of gasoline. Section 1: Use of number to advertise grade of gasoline language is provided. Section 2: Petroleum product specifications language is modified. Subdivision 1. Applicability. Subdivision 2. Coordination with Departments of Revenue and Agriculture. Subdivision 3. Gasoline. Subdivision 4. Gasoline blended with ethanol. Subdivision 5. Denatured ethanol. Subdivision 6. Gasoline blended with nonethanol oxygenate. Subdivision 7. Heating fuel oil. Subdivision 8. Diesel fuel oil. Subdivision 9. Kerosene. Subdivision 10. Aviation gasoline. Subdivision 11. Aviation turbine fuel, jet fuel. Subdivision 12. Gas turbine fuel oil. Subdivision 13. E85. Subdivision 14. M85. Subdivision 15. Biodiesel blend definition. Subdivision 16. Biodiesel [...]

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