Bill Text: MN HF956 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Natural resource enforcement provisions modified.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-18 - Second reading [HF956 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF956-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to natural resources; modifying enforcement provisions;amending
1.3Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 299C.40, subdivision 1; 609.66, subdivision
1.41h.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 299C.40, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this
1.8section.
1.9(b) "CIBRS" means the Comprehensive Incident-Based Reporting System, located
1.10in the Department of Public Safety and managed by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
1.11A reference in this section to "CIBRS" includes the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
1.12(c) "Law enforcement agency" means a Minnesota municipal police department,
1.13the Metropolitan Transit Police, the Metropolitan Airports Police, the University of
1.14Minnesota Police Department, the Department of Corrections Fugitive Apprehension Unit,
1.15a Minnesota county sheriff's department, the Enforcement Division of the Department of
1.16Natural Resources, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, or the Minnesota State Patrol.
1.17 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 609.66, subdivision 1h, is amended to read:
1.18 Subd. 1h. Silencers; authorized for law enforcement and wildlife control
1.19purposes. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 1a, paragraph (a), clause (1), licensed peace
1.20officers may use devices designed to silence or muffle the discharge of a firearm for
1.21tactical emergency response operations. Tactical emergency response operations include
1.22execution of high risk search and arrest warrants, incidents of terrorism, hostage rescue,
1.23and any other tactical deployments involving high risk circumstances. The chief law
2.1enforcement officer of a law enforcement agency that has the need to use silencing devices
2.2must establish and enforce a written policy governing the use of the devices.
2.3(b) Notwithstanding subdivision 1a, paragraph (a), clause (1),until July 1, 2011,
2.4an enforcement officer, as defined in section97A.015, subdivision 18 , a wildlife area
2.5manager, an employee designated under section84.0835 , or a person acting under contract
2.6with the commissioner of natural resources, at specific times and locations that are
2.7authorized by the commissioner of natural resources may use devices designed to silence
2.8or muffle the discharge of a firearm for wildlife control operations that require stealth.
2.9If the commissioner determines that the use of silencing devices is necessary under this
2.10paragraph, the commissioner must:
2.11(1) establish and enforce a written policy governing the use, possession, and
2.12transportation of the devices;.
2.13(2) limit the number of the silencing devices maintained by the Department of
2.14Natural Resources to no more than ten; and
2.15(3) keep direct custody and control of the devices when the devices are not
2.16specifically authorized for use.
2.17EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2011.
1.3Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 299C.40, subdivision 1; 609.66, subdivision
1.41h.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 299C.40, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this
1.8section.
1.9(b) "CIBRS" means the Comprehensive Incident-Based Reporting System, located
1.10in the Department of Public Safety and managed by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
1.11A reference in this section to "CIBRS" includes the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
1.12(c) "Law enforcement agency" means a Minnesota municipal police department,
1.13the Metropolitan Transit Police, the Metropolitan Airports Police, the University of
1.14Minnesota Police Department, the Department of Corrections Fugitive Apprehension Unit,
1.15a Minnesota county sheriff's department, the Enforcement Division of the Department of
1.16Natural Resources, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, or the Minnesota State Patrol.
1.17 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 609.66, subdivision 1h, is amended to read:
1.18 Subd. 1h. Silencers; authorized for law enforcement and wildlife control
1.19purposes. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 1a, paragraph (a), clause (1), licensed peace
1.20officers may use devices designed to silence or muffle the discharge of a firearm for
1.21tactical emergency response operations. Tactical emergency response operations include
1.22execution of high risk search and arrest warrants, incidents of terrorism, hostage rescue,
1.23and any other tactical deployments involving high risk circumstances. The chief law
2.1enforcement officer of a law enforcement agency that has the need to use silencing devices
2.2must establish and enforce a written policy governing the use of the devices.
2.3(b) Notwithstanding subdivision 1a, paragraph (a), clause (1),
2.4an enforcement officer, as defined in section
2.5manager, an employee designated under section
2.6with the commissioner of natural resources, at specific times and locations that are
2.7authorized by the commissioner of natural resources may use devices designed to silence
2.8or muffle the discharge of a firearm for wildlife control operations that require stealth.
2.9If the commissioner determines that the use of silencing devices is necessary under this
2.10paragraph, the commissioner must
2.11
2.12transportation of the devices
2.13
2.14
2.15
2.16
2.17EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2011.
