2004 Minnesota Statutes

     97B.935 Use of vehicles for trapping beaver and otter. 

    Subdivision 1.    General prohibition.  Except as 
 provided in this section, a person may not use a snowmobile or 
 an all-terrain vehicle during the open season for beaver or 
 otter, and for two days after the open seasons end, to transport 
 or check beaver or otter traps or to transport beaver or otter 
 carcasses or pelts.  

    Subd. 2.    Allowed in designated counties.  The 
 commissioner may, by rule, designate counties where snowmobiles 
 and all-terrain vehicles may be used to transport and check 
 beaver and otter traps and to transport beaver or otter 
 carcasses or pelts.  

    Subd. 3.    Special permit for disabled.  The 
 commissioner may issue a special permit, in the manner provided 
 in section 97B.055, subdivision 3, to use a snowmobile or 
 all-terrain vehicle to transport or check beaver or otter traps 
 or to transport beaver or otter carcasses or pelts to a licensed 
 trapper physically unable to walk as specified in section 
 97B.055, subdivision 3.  

    HIST: 1986 c 386 art 2 s 74; 1991 c 241 s 9; 1991 c 259 s 23