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609.712.3

Statute ID: 10747

Statute Function ID: 22112

Prohibited Substances-Manuf., Acquires, Poss., Makes Accessible

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Statute Number:

609.712.3

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Jul 1, 2002

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Prohibited Substances-Manuf., Acquires, Poss., Makes Accessible

Statute ID:

10747

Created:

Jan 11, 2007 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jan 11, 2007 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

System

Legal Analyst Comment:

Summary Text:

Prohibited Substances-Manuf., Acquires, Poss., Makes Accessible

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/609/712.html

Legislative Session:

0 - NA

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jan 11, 2007

(a) Whoever knowingly manufactures, acquires, possesses, or makes readily accessible to another the following, or substances that are substantially similar in chemical makeup to the following, in levels dangerous to human life, is guilty of a crime:
(1) variola major (smallpox);
(2) bacillus anthracis (anthrax);
(3) yersinia pestis (plague);
(4) botulinum toxin (botulism);
(5) francisella tularensis (tularemia);
(6) viral hemorrhagic fevers;
(7) a mustard agent;
(8) lewisite;
(9) hydrogen cyanide;
(10) GA (Tabun);
(11) GB (Sarin);
(12) GD (Soman);
(13) GF (cyclohexymethyl phosphonofluoridate);
(14) VX (0-ethyl, supdiisopropylaminomethyl methylphosphonothiolate);
(15) radioactive materials; or
(16) any combination of the above.
(b) A person who violates this subdivision may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 20 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $100,000, or both.
(c) This subdivision does not apply to conduct:
(1) specifically authorized under state or federal law and conducted in accordance with that law;
(2) that is part of a legitimate scientific or medical research project; or
(3) that constitutes legitimate medical treatment.