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HF 585

as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 02/14/2013 01:57pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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Introduction Posted on 02/14/2013

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A bill for an act
 relating to game and fish; requiring ground blinds to display blaze orange during
the firearms deer season; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97B.071.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97B.071, is amended to read:


97B.071 BLAZE ORANGE REQUIREMENTS.

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Clothing requirements. new text end

(a) Except as provided in rules adopted
under paragraph (c), a person may not hunt or trap during the open season where deer may
be taken by firearms under applicable laws and ordinances, unless the visible portion of
the person's cap and outer clothing above the waist, excluding sleeves and gloves, is blaze
orange. Blaze orange includes a camouflage pattern of at least 50 percent blaze orange
within each foot square. This section does not apply to migratory waterfowl hunters on
waters of this state or in a stationary shooting location or to trappers on waters of this state.

(b) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph (c), and in addition to
the requirement in paragraph (a), a person may not take small game other than turkey,
migratory birds, raccoons, and predators, except while trapping, unless a visible portion of
at least one article of the person's clothing above the waist is blaze orange. This paragraph
does not apply to a person when in a stationary location while hunting deer by archery
or when hunting small game by falconry.

(c) The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe an alternative color in cases where
paragraph (a) or (b) would violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Public
Law 103-141.

(d) A violation of paragraph (b) shall not result in a penalty, but is punishable only
by a safety warning.

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new text begin Ground blinds. new text end

new text begin A person may not hunt deer from a ground blind during
the open season where deer may be taken by firearms unless the outside of the blind
displays a minimum of 144 square inches of blaze orange material that is visible from
all directions around the blind.
 new text end