HF 2493

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to game and fish; modifying firearms 
  1.3             ammunition requirement for big game; amending 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97B.031, subdivision 
  1.5             1. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97B.031, 
  1.8   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subdivision 1.  [FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION THAT MAY BE USED 
  1.10  TO TAKE BIG GAME.] (a) A person may take big game with a firearm 
  1.11  only if:  
  1.12     (1) the rifle, shotgun, and handgun used is a caliber of at 
  1.13  least .23 inches; 
  1.14     (2) the firearm is loaded only with single projectile 
  1.15  ammunition; 
  1.16     (3) a projectile used is a caliber of at least .23 inches 
  1.17  and has a soft point or is an expanding bullet type; 
  1.18     (4) the ammunition has a case length of at least 1.285 
  1.19  inches; 
  1.20     (5) the muzzle-loader used is incapable of being loaded at 
  1.21  the breech; 
  1.22     (6) the smooth-bore muzzle-loader used is a caliber of at 
  1.23  least .45 inches; and 
  1.24     (7) the rifled muzzle-loader used is a caliber of at least 
  1.25  .40 inches. 
  2.1      (b) A person may not take big game with a .30 caliber M-1 
  2.2   carbine cartridge.  
  2.3      (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clause (4), a person may 
  2.4   take big game with: 
  2.5      (1) a ten-millimeter cartridge that is at least 0.95 inches 
  2.6   in length and may take big game with; 
  2.7      (2) a .45 Winchester Magnum cartridge; or 
  2.8      (3) a 45Super cartridge.