1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; allowing owner or occupant of land to take 
1.3 	geese causing damage;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97B.655, 
1.4 	subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97B.655, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Owners and occupants may take certain animals. A person may 
1.8 	take mink, squirrel, rabbit, hare, raccoon, bobcat, fox, opossum, muskrat, geese, or beaver 
1.9 	on land owned or occupied by the person where the animal is causing damage. The person 
1.10 	may take the animal without a license and in any manner except by poison, or artificial 
1.11 	lights in the closed season. Raccoons may be taken under this subdivision with artificial 
1.12 	lights during open season. A person that kills mink, raccoon, bobcat, fox, opossum, 
1.13 	muskrat, geese, or beaver under this subdivision must notify a conservation officer or 
1.14 	employee of the Wildlife Division within 24 hours after the animal is killed.