Consumer protection; obsolete dates eliminated.

A bill for an act

relating to commerce; consumer protection; eliminating obsolete dates; amending

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 325F.171, subdivision 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 325F.171, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Unsafe cribs prohibited.

(a) No commercial user may remanufacture, retrofit,

sell, contract to sell or resell, lease, sublet, or otherwise place any unsafe crib in the stream

of commerce
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on or after January 1, 2006
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.

(b)
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On or after January 1, 2006,
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No person operating a hotel, motel, or lodging

establishment shall provide any unsafe crib to any guest, either with or without charge, for

use during the guest's stay. For the purposes of this paragraph, "hotel," "motel," and "lodging

establishment" have the meanings given them in section
157.15
.

(c) A crib is presumed to be unsafe for purposes of this section if it does not conform

to the standards endorsed or established by the United States Consumer Product Safety

Commission, including but not limited to Code of Federal Regulations, title 16, and ASTM

International, as follows:

(1) Code of Federal Regulations, title 16, part 1508, and any regulations adopted to

amend or supplement the regulations;

(2) Code of Federal Regulations, title 16, part 1509, and any regulations adopted to

amend or supplement the regulations;

(3) Code of Federal Regulations, title 16, part 1303, and any regulations adopted to

amend or supplement the regulations;
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and
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(4) the following standards and specifications of ASTM International for corner posts

of baby cribs and structural integrity of baby cribs:

(i) ASTM F 966 (corner post standard);

(ii) ASTM F 1169 (structural integrity of full-size baby cribs);
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and
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(iii) ASTM F 1822 (non-full-size cribs).

(d) A crib is exempt from the provisions of this section if it is not intended for use by

an infant; and at the time of selling, contracting to resell, leasing, subletting, or otherwise

placing the crib in the stream of commerce, the commercial user attaches a written notice

to the crib declaring that it is not intended to be used for an infant and is unsafe for use by

an infant. A commercial user who complies with this paragraph is not liable for use of the

crib contrary to the notice provided.