2001 Minnesota Statutes

     97B.1055 Hunting by persons with mental retardation or a 
  related condition. 

    Subdivision 1.    Definitions.  For purposes of this 
 section and section 97B.015, subdivision 6, "person with mental 
 retardation or a related condition" means a person who has been 
 diagnosed as having substantial limitations in present 
 functioning, manifested as significantly subaverage intellectual 
 functioning, existing concurrently with demonstrated deficits in 
 adaptive behavior, and who manifests these conditions before the 
 person's 22nd birthday.  A person with a related condition means 
 a person who meets the diagnostic definition under section 
 252.27, subdivision 1a. 

    Subd. 2.    Obtaining a license.  (a) Notwithstanding 
 section 97B.020, a person with mental retardation or a related 
 condition may obtain a firearms hunting license with a 
 provisional firearms safety certificate issued under section 
 97B.015, subdivision 6. 

    (b) Any person accompanying or assisting a person with 
 mental retardation or a related condition under this section 
 must possess a valid firearms safety certificate issued by the 
 commissioner. 

    Subd. 3.    Assistance required.  A person who obtains a 
 firearms hunting license under subdivision 2 must be accompanied 
 and assisted by a parent, guardian, or other adult person 
 designated by a parent or guardian when hunting.  A person who 
 is not hunting but is solely accompanying and assisting a person 
 with mental retardation or a related condition need not obtain a 
 hunting license.  

    Subd. 4.    Prohibited activities.  (a) This section 
 does not entitle a person to possess a firearm if the person is 
 otherwise prohibited from possessing a firearm under state or 
 federal law or a court order. 

    (b) No person shall knowingly authorize or permit a person, 
 who by reason of mental retardation or a related condition is 
 incapable of safely possessing a firearm, to possess a firearm 
 to hunt in the state or on any boundary water of the state. 

    HIST: 2000 c 473 s 10