Minnesota Session Laws - 1988, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1988 

                        CHAPTER 531-S.F.No. 1561 
           An act relating to game and fish; prohibiting the use 
          of certain meat in baiting bears; amending Minnesota 
          Statutes 1986, section 97B.425. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 97B.425, is 
amended to read:  
    97B.425 [BAITING BEARS.] 
    A person placing bait to take bear must display a tag at 
each site where bait is placed and register the sites.  The 
commissioner shall prescribe the method of tagging and 
registering the sites.  A person may not use solid waste 
containing bottles, cans, plastic, paper, metal, or other 
materials that are not readily biodegradable as a bait to 
attract bear.  To attract bear a person may not use a bait with: 
    (1) meat from mammals, if the meat contains bones; 
    (2) bones of mammals; 
    (3) solid waste containing bottles, cans, plastic, paper, 
or metal; 
    (4) materials that are not readily biodegradable; or 
    (5) any part of a swine. 
    Approved April 14, 1988