1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to firearms; authorizing city councils to 
  1.3             prohibit carrying firearms in a city hall or city 
  1.4             meeting; providing penalties; proposing coding for new 
  1.5             law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 624. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [624.7146] [CARRYING PISTOLS UNDER THE 
  1.8   AUTHORITY OF A PERMIT; OFF LIMITS IN CITY HALLS AND CITY 
  1.9   MEETINGS.] 
  1.10     (a) Notwithstanding sections 471.633; 624.714, subdivision 
  1.11  23; and 624.717, a city council may prohibit persons authorized 
  1.12  to carry firearms in a public place under section 624.714 from 
  1.13  doing so in a city hall or any city meeting.  The city council 
  1.14  may exempt security guards from the prohibition. 
  1.15     (b) A person authorized to carry a pistol under section 
  1.16  624.714 is nevertheless not permitted to carry or possess a 
  1.17  firearm at a city hall or city meeting if the city council 
  1.18  orders that firearms are not allowed in the building or at the 
  1.19  meeting. 
  1.20     (c) A person who violates paragraph (b) is guilty of a 
  1.21  gross misdemeanor.  
  1.22     (d) As used in this section, "city hall" means a building 
  1.23  where a city council regularly meets to conduct official city 
  1.24  business and is clearly designated as a city hall. 
  1.25     (e) As used in this section, "meeting" means a meeting 
  2.1   required to be open to the public under chapter 13D.  
  2.2      <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective May 28, 2003.