Minnesota Statutes Local Jail Facilities; Lockups; Workhouse; Juvenile Offender Care. Pardons (Ch. 636-643) § 638.19. Reapplying for clemency

Subdivision 1. Time-barred from reapplying; exception. (a) After the board has considered and denied a clemency application on the merits, an applicant may not file a subsequent application for five years after the date of the most recent denial. This paragraph applies if an application is denied according tosection 638.17, subdivision 1, paragraph (b).

(b) An individual may request permission to reapply before the five-year period expires based only on new and substantial information that was not and could not have been previously considered by the board or commission.

(c) If a waiver request contains new and substantial information, the commission must review the request and recommend to the board whether to waive the time restriction. When considering a waiver request, the commission is exempt from the meeting requirements undersection 638.14and chapter 13D.

(d) The board must grant a waiver request unless the governor or a board majority opposes the waiver.