(a) It is an unfair discriminatory practice for an owner, operator, or manager of a hotel, restaurant, public conveyance, or other public place to prohibit a blind or deaf person or a person with a physical or sensory disability from taking a service animal into the public place or conveyance to aid blind or deaf persons or persons with physical or sensory disabilities, and if the service animal is properly harnessed or leashed so that the blind or deaf person or a person with a physical or sensory disability may maintain control of the service animal.
(b) No person shall require a blind, physically disabled, or deaf person to make an extra payment or pay an additional charge when taking a service animal into any of the public places referred to in paragraph (a).
(c) For purposes of this section, "service animal" means a service animal as defined by the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended.
History: 1955 c 516 s 5; 1961 c 428 s 5; 1965 c 585 s 2; 1965 c 586 s 1; 1967 c 897 s 12-16; 1969 c 9 s 80; 1969 c 975 s 3-5; 1973 c 296 s 1; 1973 c 729 s 3,16; 1974 c 354 s 1; 1975 c 206 s 2-5; 1977 c 351 s 5-7; 1977 c 408 s 3; 1980 c 531 s 4; 1980 c 540 s 1,2; 1981 c 330 s 1; 1982 c 517 s 8; 1983 c 216 art 1 s 59; 1983 c 276 s 7-10; 1984 c 533 s 2,3; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 23 s 3; 1987 c 129 s 3; 1987 c 141 s 2; 1987 c 245 s 1; 1988 c 660 s 4; 1989 c 280 s 9-14,21; 1990 c 567 s 3-6; 1992 c 527 s 12-16; 1993 c 22 s 8-15; 1993 c 277 s 5-7; 1994 c 630 art 12 s 1; 1995 c 212 art 2 s 10; 1997 c 171 s 1; 2001 c 186 s 1; 2001 c 194 s 2; 2005 c 56 s 1; 2013 c 14 s 1
NOTE: Any statutory exemptions to this section are covered under section 363A.25.
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 363 - 363A — Human Rights
Section 363A.02 — Public Policy.
Section 363A.03 — Definitions.
Section 363A.04 — Construction And Exclusivity.
Section 363A.05 — Department Of Human Rights.
Section 363A.06 — Powers And Duties Of Commissioner.
Section 363A.07 — Local Commissions.
Section 363A.09 — Unfair Discriminatory Practices Relating To Real Property.
Section 363A.10 — Real Property; Disability Discrimination.
Section 363A.11 — Public Accommodations.
Section 363A.12 — Public Services.
Section 363A.13 — Educational Institution.
Section 363A.14 — Aiding And Abetting And Obstruction.
Section 363A.16 — Credit Discrimination.
Section 363A.17 — Business Discrimination.
Section 363A.20 — Exemption Based On Employment.
Section 363A.21 — Exemption Based On Real Property.
Section 363A.22 — Exemption Based On Familial Status In Housing.
Section 363A.23 — Exemption Based On Education.
Section 363A.24 — Exemption Based On Public Accommodations.
Section 363A.25 — Exemption Based On Disability.
Section 363A.26 — Exemption Based On Religious Association.
Section 363A.27 — Construction Of Law.
Section 363A.30 — District Court, Review Orders Of Panel Or Examiner; Enforcement; Misdemeanor.
Section 363A.31 — Limitations On Waiver.
Section 363A.32 — Department Attorney.
Section 363A.331 — Actions Involving Architectural Barriers That Limit Accessibility.
Section 363A.34 — Notice Of Appeal To Commissioner.
Section 363A.35 — Access To Case Files.
Section 363A.36 — Certificates Of Compliance For Public Contracts.
Section 363A.37 — Certificates Of Compliance.
Section 363A.38 — Manufactured Home Parks.
Section 363A.39 — Affirmative Marketing Regulations.
Section 363A.40 — Rental Housing Priority; Accessible Units.
Section 363A.41 — Criminal Code; Effect.
Section 363A.42 — Public Records; Accessibility.
Section 363A.43 — Continuing Education; Accessibility.
Section 363A.44 — Equal Pay Certificate.
Section 363A.50 — Nondiscrimination In Access To Transplants.