1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to government operations; prohibiting government from providing 
1.3 	inducements to respond to surveys;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes, chapter 10.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [10.65] NO INDUCEMENTS FOR PUBLIC SURVEY RESPONSES.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For the purposes of this section, "agency" means a county, 
1.8 	statutory or home rule charter city, town, school district or other special district, the 
1.9 	Metropolitan Council, a metropolitan or regional agency, or an entity in the executive, 
1.10 	judicial, or legislative branch of state government.
1.11 		Subd. 2.Prohibition. An agency must not offer or provide to any person a gift of money 
1.12 	or property as an inducement to respond to a public survey. An agency must not allow an 
1.13 	entity conducting a public survey on behalf of the agency to offer or provide a gift of money 
1.14 	or property as an inducement to respond to the survey.