SF 811

as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 02/10/2025 05:11pm

A bill for an act
relating to natural resources; repealing a prohibition on eating certain beavers;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97B.667, subdivision 3.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97B.667, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Permits and notice; requirements.

(a) Before killing or arranging to kill a
beaver under this section, the road authority or government unit must contact a conservation
officer for a special beaver permit if the beaver will be killed within two weeks before or
after the trapping season for beaver, and the conservation officer must issue the permit for
any beaver subject to this section. A permit is not required:

(1) for a licensed trapper during the open trapping season for beaver; or

(2) when the trapping season for beaver is closed and it is not within two weeks before
or after the trapping season for beaver.

(b) A road authority or government unit that kills or arranges to have killed a beaver
under this section must notify a conservation officer or employee of the Fish and Wildlife
Division within ten days after the animal is killed.

(c) Unless otherwise directed by a conservation officer, the road authority, local
government unit, the landowner, or their agent may dispose of or retain beaver killed under
this section. deleted text begin Human consumption of a retained beaver is prohibited.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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