A Minnesota contractor who bilked an elderly North Dakota homeowner out of at least $40,000 is banned from doing business in the state, according to Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem.
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Stenehjem said his office had tried for about a decade and through a number of legislative changes to gain reciprocity in Minnesota, but Minnesota’s requirement that another state’s laws be “substantially” similar to its own stymied the efforts.
The deal is effective immediately and allows the 4,080 North Dakotans with a Class 1 concealed weapon license to carry in Minnesota, while Minnesotans can do the same in North Dakota.
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) reviewed North Dakota’s gun laws and on Tuesday determined they fit the new criteria, leading to Wednesday’s announcement.
The standard will require extra government licenses and studies, to some extent in light of the fact that the venture’s pipeline goes through North Dakota’s prairie pothole district, and those little waterways would be under elected locale until demonstrated else, he composed.
“By removing one word, the Minnesota legislature at last made reciprocity between our states a possibility”, said Stenehjem. But Minnesota lawmakers removed the word “substantially” from the requirement earlier this year.
Residents of Wisconsin and Iowa are among those whose permits are not valid in Minnesota.
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North Dakota’s lawyer general and the Legislature’s Administrative Rules Committee still must endorse the execution of the new regulations.
