1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to game and fish; modifying bear baiting restrictions;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.425.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.425, is amended to read:
1.6 	97B.425 BAITING BEARS.
1.7 	(a) Notwithstanding section 609.68, a person may place bait to take bear and must 
1.8 	display a tag at each site where bait is placed and register the sites. The commissioner 
1.9 	shall prescribe the method of tagging and registering the sites. To attract bear a person 
1.10 	may not use a bait with: 
1.11 	(1) a carcass from a mammal, if the carcass contains more than 25 percent of the 
1.12 	intact carcass;
1.13 	(2) meat from mammals, if the meat contains bones;
1.14 	(3) bones of mammals;
1.15 	(4) solid waste containing bottles, cans, plastic, paper, or metal;
1.16 	(5) materials that are not readily biodegradable; or
1.17 	(6) any part of a swine, except cured pork.
1.18 	(b) Notwithstanding the restrictions in paragraph (a), a person may place bait within 
1.19 	a reusable metal container to take bear. The metal container must be:
1.20 	(1) designed to restrict other scavenging animals from taking the bait at night; and
1.21 	(2) removed from the site by the end of the bear season.