1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to game and fish; requiring using nontoxic shot in certain areas;proposing 
1.3 	coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97B.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. [97B.607] NONTOXIC SHOT REQUIRED FOR TAKING SMALL GAME 
1.6 	IN CERTAIN AREAS.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Nontoxic shot on wildlife management areas in farmland zone. A 
1.8 	person may not take small game on any wildlife management area in the farmland zone 
1.9 	with shot other than:
1.10 	(1) steel shot;
1.11 	(2) copper-plated, nickel-plated, or zinc-plated steel shot; or
1.12 	(3) shot made of other nontoxic material approved by the director of the United States 
1.13 	Fish and Wildlife Service.
1.14 		Subd. 2.Farmland zone. In this section, "farmland zone" means that portion of the state 
1.15 	that falls south and west of Minnesota Highway 70 westward from the Wisconsin border 
1.16 	to Minnesota Highway 65 to Minnesota Highway 23 to U.S. Highway 169 at Milaca to 
1.17 	Minnesota Highway 18 at Garrison to Minnesota Highway 210 at Brainerd to U.S. Highway 
1.18 	10 at Motley to U.S. Highway 59 at Detroit Lakes northward to the Canadian border.

1.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2021.