Bill Text: MN HF1330 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Research bear notification to hunters required.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-29 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Policy and Finance [HF1330 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF1330-Introduced.html
1.2relating to natural resources; requiring notification of hunters on research bears;
1.3proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97B.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. [97B.435] RESEARCH BEARS.
1.6(a) The commissioner of natural resources shall annually notify, in writing, all
1.7persons with a license to take bear in a permit area with research bears subject to a request
1.8for protection under paragraph (b) of:
1.9(1) the location and nature of the research being conducted in the area;
1.10(2) how to identify a research bear;
1.11(3) a request to avoid shooting a research bear; and
1.12(4) procedures to follow if a research bear is taken.
1.13A person receiving notification under this paragraph shall, in a manner specified by
1.14the commissioner, acknowledge the receipt of the notification and indicate that the person
1.15understands that shooting research bears is to be avoided.
1.16(b) A person conducting research on bears under an agreement with the
1.17commissioner of natural resources may request protection of the bears subject to the
1.18research under this section. The bears must be tagged with a visible fluorescent ribbon.
1.19(c) A request for protection under paragraph (b) shall be considered made in the bear
1.20permit area or areas that include any portion of the area east of Highway 53, in Townships
1.2160 to 64 North, in central St. Louis County, until bear research, under agreement with the
1.22commissioner, is no longer conducted in the area.
1.3proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97B.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. [97B.435] RESEARCH BEARS.
1.6(a) The commissioner of natural resources shall annually notify, in writing, all
1.7persons with a license to take bear in a permit area with research bears subject to a request
1.8for protection under paragraph (b) of:
1.9(1) the location and nature of the research being conducted in the area;
1.10(2) how to identify a research bear;
1.11(3) a request to avoid shooting a research bear; and
1.12(4) procedures to follow if a research bear is taken.
1.13A person receiving notification under this paragraph shall, in a manner specified by
1.14the commissioner, acknowledge the receipt of the notification and indicate that the person
1.15understands that shooting research bears is to be avoided.
1.16(b) A person conducting research on bears under an agreement with the
1.17commissioner of natural resources may request protection of the bears subject to the
1.18research under this section. The bears must be tagged with a visible fluorescent ribbon.
1.19(c) A request for protection under paragraph (b) shall be considered made in the bear
1.20permit area or areas that include any portion of the area east of Highway 53, in Townships
1.2160 to 64 North, in central St. Louis County, until bear research, under agreement with the
1.22commissioner, is no longer conducted in the area.
