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; modifying provisions for 1.3 using artificial lights to locate animals; amending 1.4 Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97B.081, subdivision 1.5 2. 1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97B.081, 1.8 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 1.9 Subd. 2. [WITHOUT FIREARMS.]Between the hours of 10:001.10p.m. and 6:00 a.m.From September 1 to December 31, a person may 1.11 not cast the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial 1.12 light in a field, woodland, or forest to spot, locate, or take a 1.13 wild animal except to take raccoons under section 97B.621, 1.14 subdivision 3, or to tend traps under section 97B.931. It is 1.15 not a violation of this subdivision for a person to carry out 1.16 any agricultural, occupational, or recreational practice, 1.17 including snowmobiling that is not related to spotting, 1.18 locating, or taking a wild animal.