Legislation filed today in the Minnesota Senate would allow marijuana to be restricted on land administered by the state’s Commissioner of Natural Resources.
The Minnesota State Capitol.
Senate Bill 4538 was filed today by Senator John Hoffman (D), and assigned to the Senate Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy. The bill states that “By written order published in the State Register, the commissioner of natural resources may establish restrictions on the use or display of cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, or hemp-derived consumer products in a public place on state lands administered by the commissioner of natural resources.”
For purposes of this subdivision, “public place” does not include “a private residence, including the curtilage or yard of a private residence, or a “private property not generally accessible to the public, unless the owner of the property explicitly prohibits consuming cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, or hemp-derived consumer products on the property”
“Public place” would also not include “the premises of an establishment or event licensed to permit on-site consumption.”
Unless “a different penalty is prescribed”, violation of an order established under this subdivision “is a petty misdemeanor and a violator is subject to immediate removal from the state land administered by the commissioner of natural resources.”
The full text of Senate Bill 4538 can be found by clicking here.
