as introduced - 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; prohibiting taking a wild 1.3 animal with a firearm within 500 feet of an occupied 1.4 building on public land without permission; amending 1.5 Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97B.001, subdivision 1.6 7. 1.7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97B.001, 1.9 subdivision 7, is amended to read: 1.10 Subd. 7. [TAKING WITH FIREARMS IN CERTAIN AREAS.] (a) A 1.11 person may not take a wild animal with a firearm within 500 feet 1.12 of a building occupied by a human or livestock without the 1.13 written permission of the owner, occupant, or lessee: 1.14 (1) on another person's private land;or1.15 (2) on public land; or 1.16 (3) on a public right-of-way. 1.17 (b) A person may not take a wild animal with a firearm 1.18 without the permission of the owner, occupant, or lessee, within 1.19 500 feet of a stockade or corral containing livestock. 1.20 (c) A person may not take a wild animal on any land where 1.21 the person is prohibited from entering by this section.