Minnesota Session Laws - 1995, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 188-S.F.No. 155 
                  An act relating to wild animals; authorizing poultry 
                  farmers to trap great horned owls; amending Minnesota 
                  Statutes 1994, section 97B.705. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97B.705, is 
        amended to read: 
           97B.705 [RESTRICTIONS ON TRAPPING BIRDS.] 
           (a) Except as provided in this section, a person may not 
        take a bird with a steel jaw leg-hold trap mounted on a pole, 
        post, tree stump, or other perch more than three feet above the 
        ground.  
           (b) A person that has a game farm license and a permit to 
        take great horned owls issued under United States Code, title 
        16, section 704, may trap great horned owls from April 1 to 
        October 15 if the person has a game farm license or is the owner 
        or operator of a poultry farm.  The trap must be a padded jaw 
        trap as prescribed by the commissioner and mounted at a height 
        so that the trapped owl may rest on the ground.  The trap must 
        be tended at least twice daily.  Uninjured birds shall be 
        released alive and injured birds shall receive appropriate 
        veterinary treatment. 
           Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment. 
           Presented to the governor May 16, 1995 
           Became law without the governor's signature May 18, 1995