1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to wild animals; authorizing turkey farmers 
  1.3             to trap great horned owls; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.4             1994, section 97B.705. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97B.705, is 
  1.7   amended to read: 
  1.8      97B.705 [RESTRICTIONS ON TRAPPING BIRDS.] 
  1.9      (a) Except as provided in this section, a person may not 
  1.10  take a bird with a steel jaw leg-hold trap mounted on a pole, 
  1.11  post, tree stump, or other perch more than three feet above the 
  1.12  ground.  
  1.13     (b) The owner or operator of a turkey farm or a person that 
  1.14  who has a game farm license and a permit to take great horned 
  1.15  owls issued under United States Code, title 16, section 704, may 
  1.16  trap great horned owls from April 1 to October 15, provided they 
  1.17  have a permit to take great horned owls issued under United 
  1.18  States code, title 16, section 704.  The trap must be a padded 
  1.19  jaw trap as prescribed by the commissioner and mounted at a 
  1.20  height so that the trapped owl may rest on the ground.  
  1.21  Uninjured birds shall be released alive and injured birds 
  1.22  receive appropriate veterinary treatment.