as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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Introduction | Posted on 01/11/2007 |
A bill for an act
relating to game and fish; modifying bear baiting restrictions; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.425.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.425, is amended to read:
new text begin (a) new text end Notwithstanding section 609.68, a person may place bait to take bear and must
display a tag at each site where bait is placed and register the sites. The commissioner
shall prescribe the method of tagging and registering the sites. To attract bear a person
may not use a bait with:
(1) a carcass from a mammal, if the carcass contains more than 25 percent of the
intact carcass;
(2) meat from mammals, if the meat contains bones;
(3) bones of mammals;
(4) solid waste containing bottles, cans, plastic, paper, or metal;
(5) materials that are not readily biodegradable; or
(6) any part of a swine, except cured pork.
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(b) Notwithstanding the restrictions in paragraph (a), a person may place bait within
a reusable metal container to take bear. The metal container must be:
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(1) designed to restrict other scavenging animals from taking the bait at night; and
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(2) removed from the site by the end of the bear season.
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