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HF 2552

as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 02/27/2012 01:12pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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Introduction Posted on 02/27/2012

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A bill for an act
 relating to game and fish; modifying trespass law; amending Minnesota Statutes
2010, section 97B.001, subdivision 7.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.001, subdivision 7, is amended to read:


Subd. 7.

Taking with firearms in certain areas.

(a) A person may not take a wild
animal with a firearm within 500 feet of a building occupied by a human or livestock
without the written permission of the owner, occupant, or lessee:

(1) on another person's private land; or

(2) on a public right-of-way.

(b) A person may not take a wild animal with a firearmnew text begin ,new text end without the permission of
the owner, occupant, or lessee, within 500 feet of a stockade or corral containing livestock.new text begin
For the purposes of this paragraph, a "stockade or corral" means a fenced enclosure for
containing livestock that does not enclose an area greater than one acre.
new text end

(c) new text begin A person may not take a wild animal with a firearm, without the permission of
the owner, occupant, or lessee, within 250 feet of a fenced pasture containing livestock
that encloses an area greater than one acre, if the fenced pasture has been posted as
provided under subdivision 4.
new text end

new text begin (d) new text end A person may not take a wild animal on any land where the person is prohibited
from entering by this section.