1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to consumer protection; prohibiting the possession, manufacture, or sale
1.3 of cellular telephone cases resembling a firearm; providing a civil penalty;
1.4 proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F.
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [325F.812] CELLULAR TELEPHONE CASES.
1.7 Subdivision 1.Certain cellular telephone cases; prohibition. A person is prohibited
1.8 from purchasing, possessing, importing, manufacturing, selling, holding for sale, or
1.9 distributing a cellular telephone case, stand, or cover that is a facsimile of or reasonably
1.10 appears to be a firearm, including but not limited to a pistol or revolver.
1.11 Subd. 2.Enforcement. This section may be enforced by the attorney general under
1.12 section 8.31, but a court may not impose a civil penalty of more than $500 for a violation
1.13 of this section.
