| 2 | | - | 1.2 relating to commerce; requiring the Pollution Control Agency to provide notice |
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| 3 | | - | 1.3 to retailers that selling skin-lightening products that contain mercury is illegal; |
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| 4 | | - | 1.4 requiring businesses who receive notice to self-certify; imposing penalties on |
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| 5 | | - | 1.5 businesses who fail to self-certify; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota |
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| 6 | | - | 1.6 Statutes, chapter 325F. |
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| 7 | | - | 1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 8 | | - | 1.8 Section 1. [325F.998] SKIN-LIGHTENER NOTICE REQUIRED. |
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| 9 | | - | 1.9 Subdivision 1.Notice required.After August 1, 2026, the commissioner of the Pollution |
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| 10 | | - | 1.10Control Agency must send a notice to retailers who sell skin-lightening products which |
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| 11 | | - | 1.11states that selling skin-lightening products that contain mercury is illegal and subject to |
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| 12 | | - | 1.12penalties. |
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| 13 | | - | 1.13 Subd. 2.Certification.Businesses who receive notice from the commissioner must |
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| 14 | | - | 1.14self-certify on a form prescribed by the commissioner that they have received the notice |
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| 15 | | - | 1.15and will comply with the law. |
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| 16 | | - | 1.16 Subd. 3.Penalties.Businesses who fail to self-certify may be subject to a fine not to |
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| 17 | | - | 1.17exceed $........ |
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| 2 | + | 1.2 relating to trade regulations; requiring retailers to display signage warning about |
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| 3 | + | 1.3 the dangers of mercury-containing skin-lightening products; proposing coding for |
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| 4 | + | 1.4 new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F. |
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| 5 | + | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | + | 1.6 Section 1. [325F.998] SKIN-LIGHTENER SIGNAGE REQUIRED. |
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| 7 | + | 1.7 Subdivision 1.Signage required.After August 1, 2026, at each location where |
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| 8 | + | 1.8skin-lightening products are sold at retail, the retailer must display a sign in plain view to |
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| 9 | + | 1.9provide public notice that selling skin-lightening products that contain mercury is illegal |
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| 10 | + | 1.10and subject to penalties, and that using skin-lightening products that contain mercury may |
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| 11 | + | 1.11result in adverse health consequences. The notice must be placed in a conspicuous location |
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| 12 | + | 1.12in the retail establishment and must be readily visible to any person who is purchasing or |
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| 13 | + | 1.13attempting to purchase skin-lightening products. |
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| 14 | + | 1.14 Subd. 2.Signage development.The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency and |
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| 15 | + | 1.15the commissioner of health, in consultation with community-based organizations that have |
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| 16 | + | 1.16worked to raise awareness about mercury in skin-lightening products, must jointly develop |
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| 17 | + | 1.17the signage required by subdivision 1. Words on the signage must be displayed in at least |
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| 18 | + | 1.18the English, Spanish, Hmong, Somali, French, Ethiopian, and Oromo languages. |
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