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HF 2470

as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 03/27/2019 01:31pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to game and fish; modifying legal firearms to take turkey; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.722.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.722, is amended to read:


97B.722 POSSESSING FIREARMS; HUNTING TURKEY.

(a) While afield hunting turkeys, licensees may not have in possession or control:

(1) any firearm that is not a legal firearm as defined in paragraph (c); or

(2) any bow and arrow except those defined as legal for taking turkeys in rules adopted
by the commissioner.

(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a person carrying a handgun in compliance with
section 624.714.

(c) For hunting turkeys, "legal firearm" means a shotgun or muzzleloading shotgun 10
gauge or smaller using fine shot size No. 4 or smaller diameter shot.