Bill Text: MN SF1736 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Body-gripping traps restrictions establishment
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-15 - Author added McGuire [SF1736 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF1736-Introduced.html
1.2relating to game and fish; placing restrictions on certain traps for furbearers;
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.929] BODY-GRIPPING TRAPS.
1.6A 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
1.9taking, as provided in rules of the commissioner; or
1.10(3) a water-set trap that is completely submerged in public waters, streams, or
1.11wetlands.
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.929] BODY-GRIPPING TRAPS.
1.6A 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
1.9taking, as provided in rules of the commissioner; or
1.10(3) a water-set trap that is completely submerged in public waters, streams, or
1.11wetlands.
