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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to animals; changing provisions prohibiting animal fights and possession <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>of certain items; imposing penalties;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>343.31, subdivision 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 343.31, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Penalty for animal fighting;</b><b> possessing animal fighting devices;</b><b> </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var><b>attending animal fight.</b> A person who (a) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>a felony:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) promotes, engages in, or is employed in the activity of cockfighting, dogfighting, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>or violent pitting of one domestic pet or companion animal as defined in section 346.35, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>subdivision 6, against another of the same or a different kind;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) receives money for the admission of a person to a place used, or about to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>used, for that activity;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) willfully permits a person to enter or use for that activity premises of which the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>permitter is the owner, agent, or occupant; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) uses, trains, or possesses a dog or other animal for the purpose of participating <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>in, engaging in, or promoting that activity.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Whoever possesses any device or substance with intent to use or permit the use <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>of the same to enhance an animal's ability to fight is guilty of a felony. A person who <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (c) Whoever purchases a ticket of admission or otherwise gains admission to that the  <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>activity of cockfighting, dogfighting, or violent pitting of one pet or companion animal as <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>defined in section 346.35, subdivision 6, against another of the same or a different kind is <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>guilty of a gross misdemeanor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>(d) This subdivision shall not apply to the taking of a wild animal by hunting.<br />
         		
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