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325F.078

Statute ID: 20041

Consumer Protection - Sale of "DFE" or 1,1-difluoroethane

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Statute Number:

325F.078

Enactment Date:

May 21, 2024

Effective Date:

Jan 1, 2025

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Consumer Protection - Sale of "DFE" or 1,1-difluoroethane

Statute ID:

20041

Created:

Dec 31, 2024 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Dec 31, 2024 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

New C114 Art3 Sect47

Summary Text:

Consumer Protection - Sale of "DFE" or 1,1-difluoroethane

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/325F/078.html

Legislative Session:

2024 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Dec 31, 2024

Subdivision 1.
(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given.

(b) "Aerosol duster" means a product used to clean electronics and other items by means of an aerosol sprayed from a pressurized container.

(c) "Behind-the-counter" means placement by a retailer of a product to ensure that customers do not have direct access to the product before a sale is made, requiring the seller to deliver the product directly to the buyer.

(d) "DFE" or "1,1-difluoroethane" means a chemical with a Chemicals Abstract Service Registry Number of 75-37-6.

Subd. 2.
A retailer must only sell an aerosol duster that contains DFE:

(1) from behind the counter;

(2) to a purchaser who presents valid evidence that the purchaser is at least 21 years of age; and

(3) in a quantity that complies with the purchasing limit established in subdivision 3.

Subd. 3.
(a) A retailer is prohibited from selling more than three cans of an aerosol duster containing DFE to a customer in a single transaction.

(b) A retailer is prohibited from selling aerosol dusters containing DFE through same day pick up services or same day delivery services.



Subd. 6.
(a) A person who violates subdivision 2 or 3 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under subdivision 2, clause (2), if the defendant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant reasonably and in good faith relied on proof of age as described in section 340A.503, subdivision 6.