1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to game and fish; prohibiting
1.3 	computer-assisted remote hunting; proposing coding for
1.4 	new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97B.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [97B.115] COMPUTER-ASSISTED REMOTE HUNTING
1.7 	PROHIBITION.
1.8 	No person shall operate, provide, sell, use, or offer to
1.9 	operate, provide, sell, or use any computer software or service
1.10 	that allows a person not physically present at the hunt site to
1.11 	remotely control a weapon that could be used to take a wild
1.12 	animal by remote operation, including, but not limited to,
1.13 	weapons or devices set up to fire through the use of the
1.14 	Internet or through a remote control device.

1.15 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.16 	Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.