as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to game and fish; permitting the use of 1.3 silencers for deer management; amending Minnesota 1.4 Statutes 2000, sections 97B.031, subdivision 4; 1.5 609.66, subdivision 1a. 1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97B.031, 1.8 subdivision 4, is amended to read: 1.9 Subd. 4. [SILENCERS PROHIBITED.] A person may not own or 1.10 possess a silencer for a firearm or a firearm equipped to have a 1.11 silencer attached. This subdivision does not apply to the 1.12 possession and use of a silencer by a person who: 1.13 (1) is hired by a local government solely to shoot deer 1.14 according to an approved deer management control plan; and 1.15 (2) has a valid federal permit to possess and use a 1.16 silencer. 1.17 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 609.66, 1.18 subdivision 1a, is amended to read: 1.19 Subd. 1a. [FELONY CRIMES; SILENCERS PROHIBITED; RECKLESS 1.20 DISCHARGE.] (a) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a 1.21 felony and may be sentenced as provided in paragraph (b): 1.22 (1) sells or has in possession any device designed to 1.23 silence or muffle the discharge of a firearm, except as 1.24 authorized under section 97B.031, subdivision 4; 1.25 (2) intentionally discharges a firearm under circumstances 2.1 that endanger the safety of another; or 2.2 (3) recklessly discharges a firearm within a municipality. 2.3 (b) A person convicted under paragraph (a) may be sentenced 2.4 as follows: 2.5 (1) if the act was a violation of paragraph (a), clause 2.6 (2), or if the act was a violation of paragraph (a), clause (1) 2.7 or (3), and was committed in a public housing zone, as defined 2.8 in section 152.01, subdivision 19, a school zone, as defined in 2.9 section 152.01, subdivision 14a, or a park zone, as defined in 2.10 section 152.01, subdivision 12a, to imprisonment for not more 2.11 than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than 2.12 $10,000, or both; or 2.13 (2) otherwise, to imprisonment for not more than two years 2.14 or to payment of a fine of not more than $5,000, or both.