Minnesota Legislature
HF 4294
as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/11/2024 05:00pm
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| Introduction | Posted on 02/26/2024 |
Current Version - as introduced
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A bill for an act
relating to game and fish; restricting use of bows near buildings and livestock
enclosures; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 97B.001, subdivision 7.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 97B.001, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
Subd. 7.
Using firearms new text begin and bows new text end and taking in certain areas.
(a) Unless otherwise
provided by law, a person may not discharge a firearmnew text begin or bownew text end 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, if the land is not a licensed shooting preserve; or
(2) on a public road right-of-way.
(b) No person may discharge a firearmnew text begin or bownew text end within 500 feet of a stockade or corral
confining livestock for the purpose of normal livestock holding or sorting operations without
the permission of the owner, occupant, or lessee. This paragraph does not apply to persons
hunting during an established hunting season on state-owned or local government-owned
land that is not a road right-of-way. For the purposes of this paragraph, a "stockade or corral"
means a fenced enclosure for confining livestock that does not enclose an area greater than
one acre.
(c) A person may not take a wild animal on any land where the person is prohibited from
entering by this section.