A bill for an act
 relating to consumer protection; prohibiting the possession, manufacture, or sale
of cellular telephone cases resembling a firearm; providing a civil penalty;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [325F.812] CELLULAR TELEPHONE CASES.
 new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Certain cellular telephone cases; prohibition. new text end

new text begin A person is prohibited
from purchasing, possessing, importing, manufacturing, selling, holding for sale, or
distributing a cellular telephone case, stand, or cover that is a facsimile of or reasonably
appears to be a firearm, including but not limited to a pistol or revolver.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Enforcement. new text end

new text begin This section may be enforced by the attorney general under
section 8.31, but a court may not impose a civil penalty of more than $500 for a violation
of this section.
 new text end