1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to game and fish; placing restrictions on certain traps for furbearers;
1.3 	proposing 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.929] BODY-GRIPPING TRAPS.
1.6 	A person may not set a body-gripping, conibear-type trap, unless the trap is:
1.7 	(1) at least five feet above the ground;
1.8 	(2) placed in a manner that the trap will protect domestic dogs from inadvertent 
1.9 	taking, as provided in rules of the commissioner; or
1.10 	(3) a water-set trap that is completely submerged in public waters, streams, or 
1.11 	wetlands.