Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF1303 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to natural resources; authorizing the use of purple paint in lieu of signage
3	3	1.3 prohibiting trespassing; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97B.001,
4	4	1.4 subdivision 4.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97B.001, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
7	7	1.7 Subd. 4.Entering posted land prohibited; signs.(a) Except as provided in subdivision
8	8	1.86, a person may not:
9	9	1.9 (1) enter, for outdoor recreation purposes, any land that is posted under this subdivision
10	10	1.10without first obtaining permission of the owner, occupant, or lessee; or
11	11	1.11 (2) knowingly enter, for outdoor recreation purposes, any land that is posted under this
12	12	1.12subdivision without first obtaining permission of the owner, occupant, or lessee. A person
13	13	1.13who violates this clause is subject to the penalty provided in section 97A.315, subdivision
14	14	1.141, paragraph (b).
15	15	1.15 (b) The owner, occupant, or lessee of private land, or an authorized manager of public
16	16	1.16land may prohibit outdoor recreation on the land by posting signs once each year that:
17	17	1.17 (1) state "no trespassing" or similar terms;
18	18	1.18 (2) display letters at least two inches high;
19	19	1.19 (3) either:
20	20	1.20 (i) are signed by the owner, occupant, lessee, or authorized manager; or
21	21	1Section 1.
22	22	REVISOR CKM/ES 25-0226401/17/25
23	23	State of Minnesota
24	24	This Document can be made available
25	25	in alternative formats upon request
26	26	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
27	27	H. F. No. 1303
28	28	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
29	29	Authored by Roach02/20/2025
30	30	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy 2.1 (ii) include the legible name and telephone number of the owner, occupant, lessee, or
31	31	2.2authorized manager; and
32	32	2.3 (4) either:
33	33	2.4 (i) are at intervals of 1,000 feet or less along the boundary of the area, or in a wooded
34	34	2.5area where boundary lines are not clear, at intervals of 500 feet or less; or
35	35	2.6 (ii) mark the primary corners of each parcel of land and access roads and trails at the
36	36	2.7point of entrance to each parcel of land except that corners only accessible through
37	37	2.8agricultural land need not be posted.
38	38	2.9 (c) A person may not erect a sign that prohibits outdoor recreation or trespassing act
39	39	2.10under paragraph (b) or (d) where the person does not have a property right, title, or interest
40	40	2.11to use the land.
41	41	2.12 (d) As an alternative to posting signage under paragraph (b), the owner, occupant, or
42	42	2.13lessee of private land, or an authorized manager of public land, may prohibit outdoor
43	43	2.14recreation on the land by:
44	44	2.15 (1) applying purple paint to trees along the perimeter of the area to which the person
45	45	2.16wants to prohibit entrance. Paint applied under this paragraph must be applied:
46	46	2.17 (i) at least three feet off the ground;
47	47	2.18 (ii) to trees that are at least one inch wide; and
48	48	2.19 (iii) in a strip that is at least eight inches tall; and
49	49	2.20 (2) posting signs once each year that mark the primary corners of the area to which the
50	50	2.21person wants to prohibit entrance.
51	51	2Section 1.
52	52	REVISOR CKM/ES 25-0226401/17/25