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609.712.1

Statute ID: 10756

Statute Function ID: 22121

Real and Simulated Weapons of Mass Destruction-Definition-Toxin

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Statute Number:

609.712.1

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Jul 1, 2002

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Summary Text:

Real and Simulated Weapons of Mass Destruction-Definition-Toxin

Statute ID:

10756

Created:

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

Updated:

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

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Summary Text:

Real and Simulated Weapons of Mass Destruction-Definition-Toxin

Link to MN Statute Text:

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

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Statute text last updated on:

Jan 11, 2007

(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the meanings given.
(b) "Biological agent" means any microorganism, virus, infectious substance, or biological product that may be engineered as a result of biotechnology, or any naturally occurring or bioengineered component of a microorganism, virus, infectious substance, or biological product, that is capable of causing:
(1) death, disease, or other biological malfunction in a human, an animal, a plant, or another living organism;
(2) deterioration of food, water, equipment, supplies, or material of any kind; or
(3) deleterious alteration of the environment.
(c) "Simulated weapon of mass destruction" means any device, substance, or object that by its design, construction, content, or characteristics, appears to be or to contain, or is represented to be, constitute, or contain, a weapon of mass destruction, but that is, in fact, an inoperative facsimile, imitation, counterfeit, or representation of a weapon of mass destruction that does not meet the definition of a weapon of mass destruction or that does not actually contain or constitute a weapon, biological agent, toxin, vector, or delivery system prohibited by this section.
(d) "Toxin" means the toxic material of plants, animals, microorganisms, viruses, fungi, or infectious substances, or a recombinant molecule, whatever its origin or method of production, including:
(1) any poisonous substance or biological product that may be engineered as a result of biotechnology or produced by a living organism; or
(2) any poisonous isomer or biological product, homolog, or derivative of such a substance.
(e) "Vector" means a living organism or molecule, including a recombinant molecule or biological product that may be engineered as a result of biotechnology, capable of carrying a biological agent or toxin to a host.
(f) "Weapon of mass destruction" includes weapons, substances, devices, vectors, or delivery systems that:
(1) are designed or have the capacity to cause death or great bodily harm to a considerable number of people through the release, dissemination, or impact of toxic or poisonous chemicals, or their precursors, disease organisms, biological agents, or toxins; or
(2) are designed to release radiation or radioactivity at a level dangerous to human life.