Minn. Stat. § 238.15: FINANCIAL INTEREST OF MEMBER.

Members of any elected body granting franchises and employees of any franchising body who would be directly involved in the granting or administration of franchises for cable communications and who are employed by or who knowingly have any financial interest in any cable communications system, bidding on such franchise, or the cable communications system granted the franchise, or their subsidiaries, major equipment or program suppliers shall abstain from participation in the franchising of a cable communications system or the administration of such franchise.