1.1.................... moves to amend S. F. No. 970, the third engrossment, as amended, as
1.2follows:
1.3Page 306, after line 22, insert:
1.4 "Sec. ....
[299C.26] ACTIVE SHOOTER FIREARM TRAINING; SCHOOL
1.5TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEES.
1.6(a) The superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, in consultation with
1.7security and law enforcement experts with appropriate qualifications and experience
in
1.8responding to active shooter situations, must establish a school and postsecondary
institution
1.9teacher and employee firearm training program that includes at a minimum training
in active
1.10shooter situations. The bureau must offer the training to teachers and other school
and
1.11postsecondary institution employees at least once a year. The bureau may contract
with a
1.12private organization to provide the training under this paragraph.
1.13(b) The training must be provided at no cost to teachers and other employees of public
1.14elementary, middle, and secondary schools; charter schools under chapter 124E; and
1.15postsecondary institutions under chapter 136F or 137. The training program must admit
1.16only school and postsecondary institution teachers and employees who have completed
1.17training for a permit to carry under section 624.714 within one year of the date of
attending
1.18the training under this section or have a permit to carry under section 624.714.
1.19(c) For the purposes of this section:
1.20(1) "teacher" has the meaning given in section 122A.06, subdivision 2; and
1.21(2) "employee" has the meaning given in section 181.931, subdivision 2.
1.22EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
1.23Page 310, after line 29, insert:
2.1 "Sec. .... Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 609.66, subdivision 1d, is amended to read:
2.2 Subd. 1d.
Possession on school property; penalty. (a) Except as provided under
2.3paragraphs (d) and (f), whoever possesses, stores, or keeps a dangerous weapon while
2.4knowingly on school property is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment
2.5for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or
both.
2.6(b) Whoever uses or brandishes a replica firearm or a BB gun while knowingly on school
2.7property is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
2.8(c) Whoever possesses, stores, or keeps a replica firearm or a BB gun while knowingly
2.9on school property is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2.10(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), (b), or (c), it is a misdemeanor for a person authorized
2.11to carry a firearm under the provisions of a permit or otherwise to carry a firearm
on or
2.12about the person's clothes or person in a location the person knows is school property.
2.13Notwithstanding section
609.531, a firearm carried in violation of this paragraph is not
2.14subject to forfeiture.
2.15(e) As used in this subdivision:
2.16(1) "BB gun" means a device that fires or ejects a shot measuring .18 of an inch or
less
2.17in diameter;
2.18(2) "dangerous weapon" has the meaning given it in section
609.02, subdivision 6;
2.19(3) "replica firearm" has the meaning given it in section
609.713; and
2.20(4) "school property" means:
2.21(i) a public or private elementary, middle, or secondary school building and its improved
2.22grounds, whether leased or owned by the school;
2.23(ii) a child care center licensed under chapter 245A during the period children are
present
2.24and participating in a child care program;
2.25(iii) the area within a school bus when that bus is being used by a school to transport
2.26one or more elementary, middle, or secondary school students to and from school-related
2.27activities, including curricular, cocurricular, noncurricular, extracurricular, and
supplementary
2.28activities; and
2.29(iv) that portion of a building or facility under the temporary, exclusive control
of a
2.30public or private school, a school district, or an association of such entities where
conspicuous
2.31signs are prominently posted at each entrance that give actual notice to persons of
the
2.32school-related use.
3.1(f) This subdivision does not apply to:
3.2(1) active licensed peace officers;
3.3(2) military personnel or students participating in military training, who are on-duty,
3.4performing official duties;
3.5(3) persons authorized to carry a pistol under section
624.714 while in a motor vehicle
3.6or outside of a motor vehicle to directly place a firearm in, or retrieve it from,
the trunk or
3.7rear area of the vehicle;
3.8(4) persons who keep or store in a motor vehicle pistols in accordance with section
3.9624.714 or
624.715 or other firearms in accordance with section
97B.045;
3.10(5) firearm safety or marksmanship courses or activities conducted on school property;
3.11(6) possession of dangerous weapons, BB guns, or replica firearms by a ceremonial
3.12color guard;
3.13(7) a gun or knife show held on school property;
3.14(8) possession of dangerous weapons, BB guns, or replica firearms with written
3.15permission of the principal or other person having general control and supervision
of the
3.16school or the director of a child care center;
or
3.17(9) persons who are on unimproved property owned or leased by a child care center,
3.18school, or school district unless the person knows that a student is currently present
on the
3.19land for a school-related activity
.; or
3.20(10) teachers and employees of public elementary, middle, and secondary schools; charter
3.21schools under chapter 124E; and postsecondary institutions under chapter 136F or 137
who
3.22have a school permit to carry under section 624.714, subdivision 8b.
3.23(g) Notwithstanding section
471.634, a school district or other entity composed
3.24exclusively of school districts may not regulate firearms, ammunition, or their respective
3.25components, when possessed or carried by nonstudents or nonemployees, in a manner
that
3.26is inconsistent with this subdivision.
3.27EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
3.28 Sec. .... Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 624.714, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.29to read:
3.30 Subd. 8b. School permit to carry. (a) A teacher or other employee of a public
3.31elementary, middle, or secondary school; charter school under chapter 124E; or postsecondary
4.1institution under chapter 136F or 137 may apply to the sheriff of the county where
the
4.2teacher or employee resides for a school permit to carry. A nonresident as defined
in section
4.3171.01, subdivision 42, who is a teacher or other employee of a public elementary,
middle,
4.4or secondary school; charter school under chapter 124E; or postsecondary institution
under
4.5chapter 136F or 137, may apply to any sheriff.
4.6(b) Unless a sheriff denies a permit under the exception in subdivision 6, paragraph
(a),
4.7clause (3), a sheriff must issue a school permit to carry to an applicant if, at the
time of
4.8submitting an application to the sheriff, the applicant:
4.9(1) is employed as a teacher or other employee of a public elementary, middle, or
4.10secondary school; charter school under chapter 124E; or postsecondary institution
under
4.11chapter 136F or 137;
4.12(2) either has a permit to carry or is applying for the permit to carry simultaneously
with
4.13the school permit to carry;
4.14(3) has successfully completed the training program under section 299C.26 within one
4.15year of the date of the application for the school permit to carry;
4.16(4) completes an application for a school permit to carry; and
4.17(5) is not prohibited from carrying under subdivision 2, paragraph (b), clauses (4)
and
4.18(5).
4.19(c) The commissioner shall adopt statewide standards governing the form and contents
4.20of the application for a school permit to carry. The requirements, form, and contents
of the
4.21application and application process must include, at a minimum, the requirements,
form,
4.22and contents of the application and application process required under subdivision
3 for a
4.23permit to carry.
4.24(d) The sheriff may charge a processing fee for a permit application under this subdivision
4.25in an amount not to exceed the actual and reasonable direct cost of processing the
application
4.26or $100, whichever is less. Of this amount, $10 must be submitted to the commissioner
and
4.27deposited into the general fund.
4.28(e) The application content and process for a school permit to carry may be combined
4.29with the content and process for an applicant applying for a permit to carry under
subdivision
4.303.
4.31(f) An investigation and background check of the applicant must be conducted according
4.32to subdivision 4.
5.1(g) A school permit to carry must be on an official, standardized permit card adopted
5.2by the commissioner, containing only the name, residence, and driver's license number
or
5.3state identification card number of the permit holder, if any, and that the card is
a school
5.4permit to carry. The permit card must also identify the issuing sheriff and state
the expiration
5.5date of the permit. The permit card must clearly display a notice that a permit, if
granted,
5.6is void and must be immediately returned to the sheriff if the permit holder becomes
5.7prohibited by law from possessing a firearm.
5.8(h) A school permit to carry issued under this subdivision expires one year after
the date
5.9of issue. It may be renewed in the same manner and under the same criteria which the
5.10original permit was obtained.
5.11(i) Unless stated otherwise in this subdivision, the other provisions in this section
that
5.12apply to an applicant for a permit to carry also apply to an applicant for a school
permit to
5.13carry.
5.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
5.15 Sec. .... Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 624.714, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
5.16 Subd. 18.
Employers; public colleges and universities. (a) An employer, whether
5.17public or private, may establish policies that restrict the carry or possession of
firearms by
5.18its employees while acting in the course and scope of employment. Employment related
5.19civil sanctions may be invoked for a violation.
5.20(b) A public postsecondary institution regulated under chapter 136F or 137 may establish
5.21policies that restrict the carry or possession of firearms by its students while on
the
5.22institution's property. Academic sanctions may be invoked for a violation.
5.23(c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b), an employer or a postsecondary institution
5.24may not prohibit the lawful carry or possession of firearms in a parking facility
or parking
5.25area.
5.26(d) This subdivision does not apply to teachers and employees authorized to carry
firearms
5.27under section 609.66, subdivision 1d, paragraph (f).
5.28EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
5.29Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
5.30Amend the title accordingly