1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to game and fish; modifying legal firearm 
  1.3             requirements for taking big game; amending Minnesota 
  1.4             Statutes 1998, section 97B.031, subdivision 1. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97B.031, 
  1.7   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.8      Subdivision 1.  [FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION THAT MAY BE USED 
  1.9   TO TAKE BIG GAME.] (a) A person may take big game with a firearm 
  1.10  only if:  
  1.11     (1) the rifle, shotgun, and handgun used is a caliber of at 
  1.12  least .23 inches; 
  1.13     (2) the firearm is loaded only with single projectile 
  1.14  ammunition; 
  1.15     (3) a projectile used is a caliber of at least .23 inches 
  1.16  and has a soft point or is an expanding bullet type; 
  1.17     (4) the ammunition has a case length of at least 1.285 
  1.18  inches; 
  1.19     (5) the muzzle-loader used is incapable of being loaded at 
  1.20  the breech; 
  1.21     (6) the smooth-bore muzzle-loader used is a caliber of at 
  1.22  least .45 inches; and 
  1.23     (7) the rifled muzzle-loader used is a caliber of at least 
  1.24  .40 inches. 
  1.25     (b) A person may not take big game with a .30 caliber M-1 
  2.1   carbine cartridge.  
  2.2      (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clause (4), a person may 
  2.3   take big game with a ten millimeter cartridge that is at least 
  2.4   0.95 inches in length or a .45 caliber that is at least 1.188 
  2.5   inches in length.