HF 2954

Introduction - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996)

Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00 a.m.

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to game and fish; modifying penalties for 
  1.3             trespassing while hunting; providing penalties; 
  1.4             amending Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97A.315. 
  1.5     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97A.315, is 
  1.7   amended to read: 
  1.8      97A.315 [TRESPASS.] 
  1.9      Subdivision 1.  [CRIMINAL PENALTIES.] (a) Except as 
  1.10  provided in paragraph (b), a person that violates a provision of 
  1.11  section 97B.001, relating to trespass is guilty of a misdemeanor 
  1.12  except as provided in paragraph (b) and is subject to a fine of 
  1.13  not less that $500 nor more than $700 or imprisonment in the 
  1.14  county jail for not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days, or 
  1.15  both fine and imprisonment. 
  1.16     (b) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and is 
  1.17  subject to a fine of not less than $1,500 nor more than $3,000 
  1.18  or imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 180 days 
  1.19  nor more than a year, or both fine and imprisonment, if the 
  1.20  person: 
  1.21     (1) knowingly disregards signs prohibiting trespass; 
  1.22     (2) trespasses after personally being notified by the 
  1.23  landowner or lessee not to trespass; or 
  1.24     (3) is convicted of violating this section more than once 
  1.25  in a three-year period.  
  2.1      Subd. 2.  [LICENSE REVOCATIONS.] (a) If a person is 
  2.2   convicted of trespassing under subdivision 1 while exercising or 
  2.3   attempting to exercise an activity licensed under the game and 
  2.4   fish laws or requiring snowmobile registration under section 
  2.5   84.82, the applicable license and registration are null and void.
  2.6      (b) A person convicted of a gross misdemeanor under 
  2.7   subdivision 1, paragraph (b), may not be issued a license to 
  2.8   take game for two four years after the conviction.  
  2.9      (c) A person convicted of a misdemeanor under subdivision 
  2.10  1, paragraph (a), may not be issued a license to take game for 
  2.11  one year after the conviction. 
  2.12     Subd. 3.  [ARREST.] A conservation officer or other peace 
  2.13  officer may arrest a person without a warrant if the officer has 
  2.14  probable cause to believe the person violated this section 
  2.15  within the preceding four hours.  The arrest may be made even 
  2.16  though the violation did not occur in the officer's presence.