1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to school safety; allowing certain colors for 
  1.3             school safety patrol accessories and flags; amending 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 121A.34, by adding 
  1.5             subdivisions. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 121A.34, is 
  1.8   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 5.  [BELTS AND OTHER ACCESSORIES.] Notwithstanding 
  1.10  any rule of the commissioner of public safety, vests, sashes, 
  1.11  ponchos, and Sam Browne belts worn by school safety patrol 
  1.12  members may be fluorescent yellow, fluorescent yellow-green, or 
  1.13  blaze orange. 
  1.14     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 121A.34, is 
  1.15  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.16     Subd. 6.  [SCHOOL SAFETY PATROL FLAGS.] Notwithstanding any 
  1.17  rule of the commissioner of public safety, school safety patrol 
  1.18  flags may be (1) blaze orange with a yellow octagon bearing the 
  1.19  word "Stop" in black letters, or (2) fluorescent yellow or 
  1.20  fluorescent yellow-green with an octagon of sharply contrasting 
  1.21  color bearing the word "Stop" in black letters.