1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to game and fish; modifying body-gripping trap restrictions;proposing 
1.3 	coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97B; repealing Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2012, section 97B.903.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [97B.929] BODY-GRIPPING TRAPS.
1.7 	A person may not set a body-gripping trap, unless the trap is:
1.8 	(1) at least five feet above the ground;
1.9 	(2) placed in a manner that the trap will protect domestic dogs from inadvertent 
1.10 	taking, as provided in rules of the commissioner; or
1.11 	(3) a water-set trap that is completely submerged in public waters, streams, or 
1.12 	wetlands.

1.13 	Sec. 2.  REPEALER.
 1.14 	Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97B.903, is repealed.