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SF 1147

1st Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 11/09/2017 10:48am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to game and fish; modifying blaze orange hunting requirements to allow
blaze pink; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97B.071.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97B.071, is amended to read:


97B.071 deleted text begin BLAZE ORANGEdeleted text end new text begin CLOTHINGnew text end REQUIREMENTSnew text begin ; BLAZE ORANGE
OR BLAZE PINKnew 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 orangenew text begin or blaze pinknew text end . Blaze orange new text begin or blaze pink
new text end includes a camouflage pattern of at least 50 percent blaze orange new text begin or blaze pink new text end 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 orangenew text begin or blaze pinknew text end . 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.