1st Engrossment - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to game and fish; modifying legal firearm 1.3 requirements for taking big game; amending Minnesota 1.4 Statutes 1998, section 97B.031, subdivision 1. 1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97B.031, 1.7 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 1.8 Subdivision 1. [FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION THAT MAY BE USED 1.9 TO TAKE BIG GAME.] (a) A person may take big game with a firearm 1.10 only if: 1.11 (1) the rifle, shotgun, and handgun used is a caliber of at 1.12 least .23 inches; 1.13 (2) the firearm is loaded only with single projectile 1.14 ammunition; 1.15 (3) a projectile used is a caliber of at least .23 inches 1.16 and has a soft point or is an expanding bullet type; 1.17 (4) the ammunition has a case length of at least 1.285 1.18 inches; 1.19 (5) the muzzle-loader used is incapable of being loaded at 1.20 the breech; 1.21 (6) the smooth-bore muzzle-loader used is a caliber of at 1.22 least .45 inches; and 1.23 (7) the rifled muzzle-loader used is a caliber of at least 1.24 .40 inches. 1.25 (b) A person may not take big game with a .30 caliber M-1 2.1 carbine cartridge. 2.2 (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clause (4), a person may 2.3 take big game with a ten millimeter cartridge that is at least 2.4 0.95 inches in length or a .45 caliber that is at least 1.188 2.5 inches in length.