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  Minnesota Rules, part 7415.0300, vests, sashes, ponchos, and Sam 
  1.11  Browne belts worn by school safety patrol members may be 
  1.12  fluorescent yellow, fluorescent yellow-green, or blaze orange. 
  1.13     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 121A.34, is 
  1.14  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.15     Subd. 6.  [SCHOOL SAFETY PATROL FLAGS.] Notwithstanding any 
  1.16  rule of the commissioner of public safety, school safety patrol 
  1.17  flags may be (1) blaze orange with a yellow octagon bearing the 
  1.18  word "Stop" in black letters, or (2) fluorescent yellow or 
  1.19  fluorescent yellow-green with an octagon of sharply contrasting 
  1.20  color bearing the word "Stop" in black letters.