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HF 1070

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 02/23/2015 04:30pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

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Introduction Posted on 02/19/2015

Current Version - as introduced

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A bill for an act
relating to game and fish; restricting use of body-gripping traps near public roads
and trails; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 97B.903.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 97B.903, is amended to read:


97B.903 USE OF BODY-GRIPPING TRAPS.

new text begin (a) new text end A person may not set, place, or operate, except as a waterset, a body-gripping deleted text begin or
conibear-type
deleted text end trap on public lands and waters that has a maximum jaw opening when set
greater than 6-1/2 inches and less than 7-1/2 inches measured from the inside edges of the
body-gripping portions of the jaws, unless:

(1) the trap is in a baited or unbaited enclosure and the trap trigger is recessed seven
inches or more from the top and frontmost portion of the open end of the enclosure;

(2) no bait, lure, or other attractant is placed within 20 feet of the trap; or

(3) the trap is elevated at least three feet above the surface of the ground or snowpack.

new text begin (b) A person may not set, place, or operate a body-gripping trap, except as a
waterset, within 150 feet of the center line of a public road or public trail.
new text end