1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 605, the second engrossment, as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.7411, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
1.4    Subd. 8. Pollution Control Agency. (a) Hazardous waste generators.
1.5Information provided by hazardous waste generators under section 473.151 and for which
1.6confidentiality is claimed is governed by section 116.075, subdivision 2.
1.7(b) Tests. Trade secret information made available by applicants for certain projects
1.8of the Pollution Control Agency is classified under section 116.54.
1.9(c) Priority chemicals. Information submitted to the Pollution Control Agency
1.10related to priority chemicals in children's products is classified under section 116.9403.

1.11    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116.9401, is amended to read:
1.12116.9401 DEFINITIONS.
1.13(a) For the purposes of sections 116.9401 to 116.9407 116.9425, the following terms
1.14have the meanings given them.
1.15(b) "Agency" means the Pollution Control Agency.
1.16(c) "Alternative" means a substitute process, product, material, chemical, strategy,
1.17or combination of these that is technically feasible and serves a functionally equivalent
1.18purpose to a chemical in a children's product.
1.19(d) "Chemical" means a substance with a distinct molecular composition or a group
1.20of structurally related substances and includes the breakdown products of the substance or
1.21substances that form through decomposition, degradation, or metabolism.
1.22(e) "Chemical of high concern" means a chemical identified on the basis of credible
1.23scientific evidence by a state, federal, or international agency as being known or suspected
1.24with a high degree of probability to:
2.1(1) harm the normal development of a fetus or child or cause other developmental
2.2toxicity;
2.3(2) cause cancer, genetic damage, or reproductive harm;
2.4(3) disrupt the endocrine or hormone system;
2.5(4) damage the nervous system, immune system, or organs, or cause other systemic
2.6toxicity;
2.7(5) be persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic; or
2.8(6) be very persistent and very bioaccumulative.
2.9(f) "Child" means a person under 12 years of age.
2.10(g) "Children's product" means a consumer product intended for use by children,
2.11such as baby products, toys, car seats, personal care products, and clothing.
2.12(h) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency.
2.13(i) "Contaminant" means a trace amount of a chemical that is incidental to
2.14manufacturing and serves no intended function in the product component. Contaminant
2.15includes, but is not limited to, unintended by-products of chemical reactions that
2.16occur during the manufacture of the product component, trace impurities in feedstock,
2.17incompletely reacted chemical mixtures, and degradation products.
2.18(j) "Department" means the Department of Health.
2.19(j) (k) "Distributor" means a person who sells consumer products to retail
2.20establishments on a wholesale basis.
2.21(k) (l) "Green chemistry" means an approach to designing and manufacturing
2.22products that minimizes the use and generation of toxic substances.
2.23(m) "Intentionally added chemical" means a chemical in a product that serves an
2.24intended function in the product component.
2.25(l) (n) "Manufacturer" means any person who manufactures a final consumer product
2.26sold at retail or whose brand name is affixed to the consumer product. In the case of a
2.27consumer product imported into the United States, manufacturer includes the importer
2.28or domestic distributor of the consumer product if the person who manufactured or
2.29assembled the consumer product or whose brand name is affixed to the consumer product
2.30does not have a presence in the United States.
2.31(o) "Mouthable" means a product that can be placed into and kept in a child's
2.32mouth to be sucked or chewed, including any product or product part smaller than five
2.33centimeters in one dimension. A product that can only be licked is not mouthable.
2.34(p) "Practical quantification limit" means the lowest concentration of a chemical that
2.35can be reliably measured within specified limits of precision, accuracy, representativeness,
3.1completeness, and comparability under routine laboratory operating conditions and the
3.2value of which:
3.3(1) is based on scientifically defensible, standard analytical methods;
3.4(2) may vary depending on the matrix and analytical method used; and
3.5(3) will be determined by the commissioner, taking into consideration practical
3.6quantification limits established by federal or state agencies.
3.7(m) (q) "Priority chemical" means a chemical identified by the Department of Health
3.8as a chemical of high concern that meets the criteria in section 116.9403.
3.9(r) "Product category" means the brick level of the GS1 Global Product Classification
3.10(GPC) standard, which identifies products that serve a common purpose, are of a similar
3.11form and material, and share the same set of category attributes.
3.12(s) "Product code" means the numeric representation of the item level of the
3.13GS1 electronic product code (EPC), the international article number (EAN), or the
3.14universal product code (UPC), whichever is used by a manufacturer to identify a unique
3.15company-specific or brand-specific product.
3.16(t) "Product component" means a uniquely identifiable material or coating including,
3.17but not limited to, an ink or dye that is intended to be included as a part of a finished
3.18children's product.
3.19(n) (u) "Safer alternative" means:
3.20(1) an alternative whose potential to harm human health or the environment is less
3.21than that of the use of a priority chemical that it could replace.;
3.22(2) an alternative chemical that is not a priority chemical identified by the department
3.23under section 116.9403; or
3.24(3) an alternative chemical that is not identified on the basis of credible scientific
3.25evidence by a state, federal, or international agency as being known or suspected with
3.26a high degree of probability to:
3.27(i) harm the normal development of a fetus or child or cause other developmental
3.28toxicity;
3.29(ii) cause cancer, genetic damage, or reproductive harm;
3.30(iii) disrupt the endocrine or hormone system; or
3.31(iv) damage the nervous system, immune system, or organs, or cause other systemic
3.32toxicity.
3.33(v) "Toy" means a product designed or intended by the manufacturer to be used
3.34by a child at play.
3.35(w) "Trade association" means a membership organization of persons engaging
3.36in a similar or related line of commerce, organized to promote and improve business
4.1conditions in that line of commerce and not to engage in a regular business of a kind
4.2ordinarily carried on for profit.

4.3    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116.9402, is amended to read:
4.4116.9402 IDENTIFICATION OF CHEMICALS OF HIGH CONCERN.
4.5(a) By July 1, 2010, the department shall, after consultation with the agency,
4.6generate a list of chemicals of high concern.
4.7(b) The department must periodically review and revise the list of chemicals of
4.8high concern at least every three years. The department may add chemicals to the list if
4.9the chemical meets one or more of the criteria in section 116.9401, paragraph (e). Any
4.10changes to the list of chemicals of high concern must be published on the department's
4.11Web site and in the State Register when a change is made.
4.12(c) The department shall consider chemicals listed as a suspected carcinogen,
4.13reproductive or developmental toxicant, or as being persistent, bioaccumulative, and
4.14toxic, or very persistent and very bioaccumulative by a state, federal, or international
4.15agency. These agencies may include, but are not limited to, the California Environmental
4.16Protection Agency, the Washington Department of Ecology, the United States Department
4.17of Health, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the United Nation's World
4.18Health Organization, and European Parliament Annex XIV concerning the Registration,
4.19Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals.
4.20(d) The department may consider chemicals listed by another state as harmful to
4.21human health or the environment for possible inclusion in the list of chemicals of high
4.22concern.

4.23    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116.9403, is amended to read:
4.24116.9403 IDENTIFICATION OF PRIORITY CHEMICALS.
4.25    Subdivision 1. Designation; publication. (a) The department, after consultation
4.26with the agency, may designate a chemical of high concern as a priority chemical if the
4.27department finds that the chemical:
4.28(1) has been identified as a high-production volume chemical by the United States
4.29Environmental Protection Agency; and
4.30(2) meets any of the following criteria:
4.31(i) the chemical has been found through biomonitoring to be present in human blood,
4.32including umbilical cord blood, breast milk, urine, or other bodily tissues or fluids;
4.33(ii) the chemical has been found through sampling and analysis to be present in
4.34household dust, indoor air, drinking water, or elsewhere in the home environment; or
5.1(iii) the chemical has been found through monitoring to be present in fish, wildlife,
5.2or the natural environment.
5.3(b) By February 1, 2011, the department shall publish a list of priority chemicals in
5.4the State Register and on the department's Internet Web site and shall update the published
5.5list whenever a new priority chemical is designated. Any proposed changes to the list
5.6of priority chemicals must be published on the department's Web site and in the State
5.7Register and will be subject to a minimum 60-day public comment period. In the 60 days
5.8following the date of publication in the State Register, the public may submit comments
5.9to the department on the proposed changes to the priority chemical list. A final list of
5.10changes to the list of priority chemicals must be published on the department's Web site
5.11following the end of the comment period and the department's review and consideration of
5.12all comments received during this period before finalizing changes to the list.
5.13    Subd. 2. Public data. Notwithstanding section 13.37, subdivision 2, the presence
5.14and concentration and total amount of a priority chemical in a specific children's product
5.15reported to the agency under section 116.9409, clauses (1) to (6), are classified as public
5.16data.
5.17    Subd. 3. Not misappropriation of trade secret. Notwithstanding section 325C.01,
5.18subdivision 3, publication of the presence and concentration and total amount of a priority
5.19chemical in a specific children's product under this section is not misappropriation of
5.20a trade secret.

5.21    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116.9405, is amended to read:
5.22116.9405 APPLICABILITY EXEMPTIONS.
5.23The requirements of sections 116.9401 116.9408 to 116.9407 116.9425 do not
5.24apply to:
5.25(1) chemicals in used previously owned children's products;
5.26(2) priority chemicals used in the manufacturing process, but that are not present
5.27in the final product;
5.28(3) priority chemicals used in agricultural production;
5.29(4) motor vehicles as defined in chapter 168 or watercraft as defined in chapter
5.3086B or their component parts, except that the use of priority chemicals in detachable
5.31car seats is not exempt;
5.32(5) priority chemicals generated solely as combustion by-products or that are present
5.33in combustible fuels; in combustible petroleum fuels or in biofuel, as defined in section
5.34239.051, subdivision 5a;
6.1(6) retailers, except if a retailer is also the producer, manufacturer, importer, or
6.2domestic distributor of a children's product containing a priority chemical or the retailer's
6.3brand name is affixed to a children's product containing a priority chemical;
6.4(7) over-the-counter drugs, pharmaceutical products, dietary supplements, or
6.5biologics;
6.6(8) a medical device as defined in the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, United
6.7States Code, title 21, section 321(h);
6.8(9) food and food or beverage packaging, except a container containing baby food
6.9or infant formula;
6.10(10) consumer electronics products and electronic components, including but not
6.11limited to personal computers; audio and video equipment; calculators; digital displays;
6.12wireless phones; cameras; game consoles; printers; and handheld electronic and electrical
6.13devices used to access interactive software or their associated peripherals; or products that
6.14comply with the provisions of directive 2002/95/EC of the European Union, adopted by
6.15the European Parliament and Council of the European Union now or hereafter in effect; or
6.16(10) interactive software, such as computer games, and their storage media, such as
6.17compact discs;
6.18    (11) outdoor sport equipment, including snowmobiles as defined in section 84.81,
6.19subdivision 3; all-terrain vehicles as defined in section 84.92, subdivision 8; personal
6.20watercraft as defined in section 86B.005, subdivision 14a; watercraft as defined in section
6.2186B.005, subdivision 18 ; and off-highway motorcycles, as defined in section 84.787,
6.22subdivision 7, and all attachments and repair parts for all of this equipment.;
6.23(12) batteries; or
6.24    (13) a children's product, manufactured or distributed by an individual manufacturer
6.25or distributor, if fewer than 3,000 units of the children's product are manufactured or
6.26distributed annually in the United States by that manufacturer.

6.27    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116.9406, is amended to read:
6.28116.9406 DONATIONS TO THE STATE.
6.29The commissioner may accept donations, grants, and other funds to carry out the
6.30purposes of sections 116.9401 to 116.9407 116.9425. All donations, grants, and other
6.31funds must be accepted without preconditions regarding the outcomes of the regulatory
6.32oversight processes set forth in sections 116.9401 to 116.9407 116.9425.

6.33    Sec. 7. [116.9408] CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS; INITIAL NOTIFICATION ON
6.34PRIORITY CHEMICALS.
7.1(a) A manufacturer or distributor of a children's product offered for sale in this state
7.2that contains a priority chemical must, unless the children's product is not subject to
7.3regulation under section 116.9405, provide the information required under this section
7.4to the agency:
7.5(1) within one year of the effective date of this act, if both the designation of the
7.6priority chemical under section 116.9403 and the offering for sale in this state of the
7.7children's product containing the priority chemical occurred prior to the effective date
7.8of this act;
7.9(2) within one year of the priority chemical being designated under section 116.9403,
7.10if the children's product is initially offered for sale in this state before the designation and
7.11the designation is made after the effective date of this act; or
7.12(3) within one year of the initial offering of the children's product for sale in this
7.13state, if the initial offering occurs after the priority chemical is designated under section
7.14116.9403 and the designation is made after the effective date of this act.
7.15(b) An initial notification is required for each children's product that is known
7.16or believed likely to include a priority chemical in any amount and must include the
7.17following information submitted to the agency on a form developed by the commissioner:
7.18(1) the name of the priority chemical and its Chemical Abstracts Service Registry
7.19number;
7.20(2) in which of the following tiers the children's product containing a priority
7.21chemical belongs:
7.22    (i) Tier 1: a mouthable children's product intended to be used by children three years
7.23of age or younger or a children's product intended to be placed in a child's mouth or
7.24directly applied to a child's skin;
7.25    (ii) Tier 2: a children's product intended to be in direct contact with a child's skin for
7.26one hour or longer, including but not limited to clothing, jewelry, bedding, or a car seat;
7.27(iii) Tier 3: a children's product intended to be in direct contact with a child's skin
7.28for less than one hour; or
7.29(iv) Tier 4: a children's product in which a priority chemical is contained only in an
7.30internal component that, under normal use, is unlikely to come into direct contact with
7.31a child's skin or mouth;
7.32(3) a description of the product component in which the priority chemical is present;
7.33and
7.34(4) the name and address of the reporting manufacturer or distributor and the name,
7.35address, and telephone number of the contact person for the reporting manufacturer or
7.36distributor.

8.1    Sec. 8. [116.9409] CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS; FULL PRODUCT REPORTING
8.2INFORMATION ON PRIORITY CHEMICALS; TIMING.
8.3A manufacturer or distributor of a children's product offered for sale in this state
8.4that contains a priority chemical must, unless the children's product is not subject to
8.5regulation under section 116.9405, provide the full product information required under
8.6section 116.9410 to the agency. The maximum length of time between the filing of the
8.7information required under section 116.9408, paragraph (a), and the filing of full product
8.8information required under section 116.9410 varies according to the manufacturer's or
8.9distributor's annual aggregate gross sales, both within and outside the state, as reported in
8.10the manufacturer's or distributor's most recently filed federal tax return, as follows:
8.11(1) for a manufacturer or distributor with gross sales exceeding $1,000,000,000, one
8.12year or, for a priority chemical designated under section 116.9403 before January 1, 2014,
8.13by two years after the effective date of this section;
8.14(2) for a manufacturer or distributor with gross sales exceeding $250,000,000 but
8.15less than or equal to $1,000,000,000, 1-1/2 years or, for a priority chemical designated
8.16under section 116.9403 before January 1, 2014, by 2-1/2 years after the effective date
8.17of this section;
8.18(3) for a manufacturer or distributor with gross sales exceeding $100,000,000 but less
8.19than or equal to $250,000,000, two years or, for a priority chemical designated under section
8.20116.9403 before January 1, 2014, by three years after the effective date of this section;
8.21(4) for a manufacturer or distributor with gross sales exceeding $5,000,000 but
8.22less than or equal to $100,000,000, three years or, for a priority chemical designated
8.23under section 116.9403 before January 1, 2014, by four years after the effective date
8.24of this section;
8.25(5) for a manufacturer or distributor with gross sales exceeding $100,000 but less
8.26than or equal to $5,000,000, four years or, for a priority chemical designated under section
8.27116.9403 before January 1, 2014, by five years after the effective date of this section; and
8.28(6) for a manufacturer or distributor with gross sales less than or equal to $100,000,
8.29five years or, for a priority chemical designated under section 116.9403 before January 1,
8.302014, by six years after the effective date of this section.

8.31    Sec. 9. [116.9410] CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS; FULL PRODUCT REPORTING
8.32INFORMATION ON PRIORITY CHEMICALS.
8.33(a) A manufacturer or distributor of a children's product offered for sale in the state
8.34that contains one or more priority chemicals must, except as provided in paragraph (e) or
9.1if the children's product is not subject to regulation under section 116.9405, provide the
9.2following full product information to the agency on a form developed by the commissioner:
9.3(1) the name of each priority chemical and its Chemical Abstracts Service Registry
9.4number;
9.5(2) in which of the following tiers the children's product containing a priority
9.6chemical belongs:
9.7(i) Tier 1: a mouthable children's product intended to be used by children three years
9.8of age or younger or a children's product intended to be placed in a child's mouth or
9.9directly applied to a child's skin;
9.10(ii) Tier 2: a children's product intended to be in direct contact with a child's skin for
9.11one hour or longer, including but not limited to clothing, jewelry, bedding, or a car seat;
9.12(iii) Tier 3: a children's product intended to be in direct contact with a child's skin
9.13for less than one hour; or
9.14(iv) Tier 4: a children's product in which a priority chemical is contained only in an
9.15internal component that, under normal use, is unlikely to come into direct contact with
9.16a child's skin or mouth;
9.17(3) the product components, materials, or coatings that contain one or more priority
9.18chemicals;
9.19(4) the concentration and total amount of each priority chemical contained in a
9.20children's product, a description of how the concentration was determined, and an
9.21evaluation of the accuracy of the determination. Concentrations at or above the practical
9.22quantification limit must be reported, but may be reported in the following ranges:
9.23(i) greater than or equal to the practical quantification limit but less than 100 ppm;
9.24(ii) greater than or equal to 100 ppm but less than 500 ppm;
9.25(iii) greater than or equal to 500 ppm but less than 1,000 ppm;
9.26(iv) greater than or equal to 1,000 ppm but less than 5,000 ppm;
9.27(v) greater than or equal to 5,000 ppm but less than 10,000 ppm; and
9.28(vi) greater than or equal to 10,000 ppm.
9.29For the purposes of this section, "ppm" means parts per million;
9.30    (5) the product category or categories for the children's product;
9.31(6) a description of the function of the priority chemical in the product, including
9.32whether it is present as a contaminant;
9.33    (7) the name and address of the manufacturer, distributor, or trade association filing
9.34the report and the name, address, and telephone number of the contact person for the
9.35reporting manufacturer, distributor, or trade association;
10.1(8) evidence describing the extent to which a child is likely to be exposed to the
10.2priority chemical through normal use of the children's product;
10.3(9) the number of units of the children's product sold or distributed in Minnesota
10.4or nationally;
10.5(10) any other information the manufacturer or distributor deems relevant; and
10.6(11) any other information requested by the commissioner.
10.7(b) Reporting shall include all intentionally added chemicals at or above the
10.8applicable practical quantification limit, and contaminants present in a product component
10.9at a concentration above 100 ppm.
10.10(c) Reporting parties are not required to include any specific formula information
10.11or the specific name and address of the facility that is responsible for introduction of a
10.12priority chemical into a children's product or product component.
10.13(d) If the information required in paragraph (a) is not submitted in a timely fashion
10.14or is incomplete or otherwise unacceptable as determined by the agency, the agency may
10.15contract with an independent third party of the agency's choice to provide the information
10.16and may assess a fee on the manufacturer or distributor to pay the costs as specified
10.17under section 116.9419.
10.18(e) The agency shall determine on a case-by-case basis if reporting the information
10.19in paragraph (a), clauses (3) to (9), is required by a manufacturer or distributor whose
10.20children's product belongs in Tier 4 under paragraph (a), clause (2).
10.21(f) If a manufacturer claims that any of the information provided to the agency under
10.22this section is trade secret information under section 13.37, subdivision 1, the agency shall
10.23make a determination regarding the claim. Information determined to be public data shall
10.24be posted on the agency's Web site. This paragraph does not apply to the presence and
10.25concentration and total amount of a priority chemical in a specific children's product,
10.26which is governed under section 116.9403, subdivisions 2 and 3.
10.27(g) A trade association may file the information required under this section on behalf
10.28of a manufacturer or distributor, provided that the trade association includes in the filing a
10.29list of the manufacturers or distributors on whose behalf the trade association is reporting
10.30and all the information otherwise required of an individual manufacturer or distributor.

10.31    Sec. 10. [116.9411] CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS; FULL PRODUCT REPORTING
10.32INFORMATION ON PRIORITY CHEMICALS; SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT
10.33REPORTS.
10.34(a) Following the initial submission of the information required under section
10.35116.9410, a manufacturer or distributor of a children's product offered for sale in the state
11.1that continues to contain a priority chemical must submit the information required under
11.2section 116.9410 to the agency every two years.
11.3(b) If a reporting party determines that there has been no change in the information
11.4required to be filed under section 116.9410 since the most recent filing, the reporting party
11.5may submit a written statement indicating that the previously filed data is still valid, in
11.6lieu of a new duplicate complete report, and must submit the required fees.
11.7(c) If a manufacturer or distributor is required to file more than one report under
11.8section 116.9410 on the same priority chemical in the same children's product code, each
11.9subsequent report must include the following information in addition to the information
11.10required under section 116.9410:
11.11(1) the product code of the children's product; and
11.12(2) a description of the manufacturer's attempts to remove the priority chemical
11.13from the children's product and any evaluation made of the use of safer alternatives to
11.14substitute for the priority chemical contained in the children's product, including the
11.15Chemical Abstracts Service Registry numbers of safer alternatives considered. If the
11.16manufacturer claims that any information provided to the agency under this clause is
11.17trade secret information under section 13.37, subdivision 1, the agency shall make a
11.18determination regarding the claim.

11.19    Sec. 11. [116.9412] CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS; REMOVING A PRIORITY
11.20CHEMICAL; REPORTING REQUIREMENT.
11.21A manufacturer or distributor who removes a priority chemical from a children's
11.22product for which an initial notification has been filed under section 116.9408 or for which
11.23full product information has been filed under section 116.9410 must notify the agency
11.24of the removal at the earliest date possible. If the priority chemical removed is replaced
11.25by a safer alternative, the manufacturer or distributor must provide, on a form developed
11.26by the commissioner, the information in section 116.9410, paragraph (a), clauses (1) to
11.27(7), and the name of the safer alternative and its Chemical Abstracts Service Registry
11.28number, or, if not replaced by a chemical alternative, a description of the techniques or
11.29design changes implemented. The safer alternative or nonchemical techniques or design
11.30changes are trade secrets.

11.31    Sec. 12. [116.9419] FEES.
11.32(a) The agency shall, if applicable, assess and collect the following fees from
11.33manufacturers and distributors of children's products offered for sale in this state:
12.1(1) a fee of $1,000 for each full product report required under section 116.9410. If
12.2a children's product contains more than one priority chemical, each priority chemical is
12.3subject to this fee;
12.4(2) a fee equal to the costs billed by the independent contractor plus the agency's
12.5actual incurred costs to bid and administer the contract for each contract issued under
12.6section 116.9410, paragraph (d); and
12.7(3) a fee equal to twice the fee in clause (1) for the second full product report
12.8required under section 116.9410 on the same priority chemical in the same children's
12.9product. The fee for each subsequent full product report required under that section is
12.10correspondingly increased by an amount equal to the fee in clause (1).
12.11(b) No fee is required for filing an initial notification under section 116.9408.
12.12(c) The commissioner shall deposit all fees collected under this section in the
12.13environmental fund. All fees collected under this section are exempt from section
12.1416A.1285.

12.15    Sec. 13. [116.9420] STATE AGENCY DUTIES.
12.16(a) The agency shall publish all data that is required to be filed under sections
12.17116.9410 and 116.9411 and that is not trade secret data on the agency's Web site and
12.18through other means determined by the commissioner.
12.19(b) If a priority chemical continues to be used in a specific children's product after
12.20its manufacturer files a report required under section 116.9411, the commissioner may
12.21recommend options to further reduce or eliminate the use of the priority chemical in the
12.22report required under section 116.9425.
12.23(c) The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioners of commerce and
12.24health, may use fee revenue in excess of program implementation costs to offer grants
12.25awarded competitively to manufacturers or other researchers to develop safer alternatives
12.26to priority chemicals in children's products, to establish alternatives as safer alternatives,
12.27or to accelerate the commercialization of safer alternatives.
12.28(d) The commissioners of health and commerce shall develop and implement
12.29an education effort regarding priority chemicals in children's products. Education and
12.30outreach activities include, but are not limited to, consumer product safety advice;
12.31notification of recalls; identification of target audiences for product alerts and methods
12.32of notification; outreach and feedback at county and state fairs; publicity of reporting
12.33requirements of priority chemicals in children's products; and education of retailers about
12.34reporting requirements.

13.1    Sec. 14. [116.9423] ENFORCEMENT.
13.2The agency shall enforce sections 116.9401 to 116.9424 and rules adopted
13.3thereunder in the manner provided by section 115.071, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
13.4Section 115.071, subdivision 2, does not apply to violations of sections 116.9401 to
13.5116.9424 and rules adopted thereunder.

13.6    Sec. 15. [116.9424] RULES.
13.7The commissioner or the commissioner of commerce may adopt rules as necessary
13.8to implement, administer, and enforce sections 116.9401 to 116.9425.

13.9    Sec. 16. [116.9425] REPORT.
13.10By November 15, 2015, and every three years thereafter, the commissioners of the
13.11Pollution Control Agency, health, and commerce shall report to the legislative committees
13.12with jurisdiction over environment and natural resources, commerce, and public health
13.13on the implementation of sections 116.9401 to 116.9424.

13.14    Sec. 17. APPROPRIATION.
13.15$....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2015 from the environmental fund to the
13.16commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency for initial costs incurred under sections 1
13.17to 14 prior to collection of fees.

13.18    Sec. 18. EFFECTIVE DATE.
13.19Sections 1 to 16 are effective the day following final enactment."
13.20Delete the title and insert:
13.22relating to public health; protecting children from exposure to harmful chemicals
13.23in products; amending criteria for identification of priority chemicals; requiring
13.24disclosure by manufacturers of children's products that contain harmful
13.25chemicals; establishing fees; authorizing rulemaking; requiring a report;
13.26appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 13.7411,
13.27subdivision 8; 116.9401; 116.9402; 116.9403; 116.9405; 116.9406; proposing
13.28coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116."