Bill Text: MN SF627 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Ground blinds blaze orange display during firearms deer season requirement
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-21 - Referred to Environment and Energy [SF627 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF627-Introduced.html
1.2relating to game and fish; requiring ground blinds to display blaze orange during
1.3the firearms deer season;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97B.071.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97B.071, is amended to read:
1.697B.071 BLAZE ORANGE REQUIREMENTS.
1.7 Subdivision 1. Clothing requirements. (a) Except as provided in rules adopted
1.8under paragraph (c), a person may not hunt or trap during the open season where deer may
1.9be taken by firearms under applicable laws and ordinances, unless the visible portion of
1.10the person's cap and outer clothing above the waist, excluding sleeves and gloves, is blaze
1.11orange. Blaze orange includes a camouflage pattern of at least 50 percent blaze orange
1.12within each foot square. This section does not apply to migratory waterfowl hunters on
1.13waters of this state or in a stationary shooting location or to trappers on waters of this state.
1.14 (b) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph (c), and in addition to
1.15the requirement in paragraph (a), a person may not take small game other than turkey,
1.16migratory birds, raccoons, and predators, except while trapping, unless a visible portion of
1.17at least one article of the person's clothing above the waist is blaze orange. This paragraph
1.18does not apply to a person when in a stationary location while hunting deer by archery
1.19or when hunting small game by falconry.
1.20 (c) The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe an alternative color in cases where
1.21paragraph (a) or (b) would violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Public
1.22Law 103-141.
1.23 (d) A violation of paragraph (b) shall not result in a penalty, but is punishable only
1.24by a safety warning.
2.1 Subd. 2. Ground blinds. A person may not hunt deer from a ground blind during
2.2the open season where deer may be taken by firearms unless the outside of the blind
2.3displays a minimum of 144 square inches of blaze orange material that is visible from
2.4all directions around the blind.
1.3the firearms deer season;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97B.071.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97B.071, is amended to read:
1.697B.071 BLAZE ORANGE REQUIREMENTS.
1.7 Subdivision 1. Clothing requirements. (a) Except as provided in rules adopted
1.8under paragraph (c), a person may not hunt or trap during the open season where deer may
1.9be taken by firearms under applicable laws and ordinances, unless the visible portion of
1.10the person's cap and outer clothing above the waist, excluding sleeves and gloves, is blaze
1.11orange. Blaze orange includes a camouflage pattern of at least 50 percent blaze orange
1.12within each foot square. This section does not apply to migratory waterfowl hunters on
1.13waters of this state or in a stationary shooting location or to trappers on waters of this state.
1.14 (b) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph (c), and in addition to
1.15the requirement in paragraph (a), a person may not take small game other than turkey,
1.16migratory birds, raccoons, and predators, except while trapping, unless a visible portion of
1.17at least one article of the person's clothing above the waist is blaze orange. This paragraph
1.18does not apply to a person when in a stationary location while hunting deer by archery
1.19or when hunting small game by falconry.
1.20 (c) The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe an alternative color in cases where
1.21paragraph (a) or (b) would violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Public
1.22Law 103-141.
1.23 (d) A violation of paragraph (b) shall not result in a penalty, but is punishable only
1.24by a safety warning.
2.1 Subd. 2. Ground blinds. A person may not hunt deer from a ground blind during
2.2the open season where deer may be taken by firearms unless the outside of the blind
2.3displays a minimum of 144 square inches of blaze orange material that is visible from
2.4all directions around the blind.
