1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to game and fish; prohibiting use of snares to take wild animals;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97B.951; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2016, 
1.4 	section 97B.421.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97B.951, is amended to read:
1.7 	97B.951 PROHIBITING USE OF SNARES TO TAKE UNPROTECTED 
1.8 	MAMMALS WILD ANIMALS.
1.9 	A snare set for an unprotected mammal may not be left in place after March 31 set to 
1.10 	take wild animals except as authorized by the commissioner for the predator-control program 
1.11 	under section 97B.671.

1.12 	Sec. 2.  REPEALER.
 1.13 	Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97B.421, is repealed.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 17-2899 

97B.421 PERMIT REQUIRED TO SNARE BEARS.
A person may not use a snare to take a bear except under a permit from the commissioner.