Bill Text: MN SF2800 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: All terrain vehicle (ATV) trail use in state forests for transporting or installing hunting stands or bait in August authorization
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-19 - Referred to Environment and Energy [SF2800 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2800-Introduced.html
1.2relating to natural resources; allowing certain vehicle use by hunters in
1.3state forests in August;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 84.926,
1.4subdivisions 2, 4.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 84.926, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2. All-terrain vehicles; managed or limited forests; off trail.
1.8Notwithstanding section84.777 , but subject to the commissioner's authority under
1.9subdivision 5, on state forest lands classified as managed or limited, other than the Richard
1.10J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood Forest, a person may use an all-terrain vehicle off forest
1.11trails or forest roads when:
1.12(1) hunting big game or transporting or installing hunting stands during October,
1.13November, and December, when in possession of a valid big game hunting license;
1.14(2) transporting or installing hunting stands or bait in August and retrieving big
1.15game in September, when in possession of a valid big game hunting license;
1.16(3) tending traps during an open trapping season for protected furbearers, when in
1.17possession of a valid trapping license; or
1.18(4) trapping minnows, when in possession of a valid minnow dealer, private fish
1.19hatchery, or aquatic farm license.
1.20 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 84.926, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.21 Subd. 4. Off-road and all-terrain vehicles; limited or managed forests; trails.
1.22Notwithstanding section84.777 , but subject to the commissioner's authority under
1.23subdivision 5, on state forest lands classified as limited or managed, other than the Richard
2.1J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood Forest, a person may use vehicles registered under chapter
2.2168 or section84.798 or
84.922, including class 2 all-terrain vehicles, on forest trails that
2.3are not designated for a specific use when:
2.4(1) hunting big game or transporting or installing hunting stands during October,
2.5November, and December, when in possession of a valid big game hunting license;
2.6(2) transporting or installing hunting stands or bait in August and retrieving big
2.7game in September, when in possession of a valid big game hunting license;
2.8(3) tending traps during an open trapping season for protected furbearers, when in
2.9possession of a valid trapping license; or
2.10(4) trapping minnows, when in possession of a valid minnow dealer, private fish
2.11hatchery, or aquatic farm license.
1.3state forests in August;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 84.926,
1.4subdivisions 2, 4.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 84.926, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2. All-terrain vehicles; managed or limited forests; off trail.
1.8Notwithstanding section
1.9subdivision 5, on state forest lands classified as managed or limited, other than the Richard
1.10J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood Forest, a person may use an all-terrain vehicle off forest
1.11trails or forest roads when:
1.12(1) hunting big game or transporting or installing hunting stands during October,
1.13November, and December, when in possession of a valid big game hunting license;
1.14(2) transporting or installing hunting stands or bait in August and retrieving big
1.15game in September, when in possession of a valid big game hunting license;
1.16(3) tending traps during an open trapping season for protected furbearers, when in
1.17possession of a valid trapping license; or
1.18(4) trapping minnows, when in possession of a valid minnow dealer, private fish
1.19hatchery, or aquatic farm license.
1.20 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 84.926, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.21 Subd. 4. Off-road and all-terrain vehicles; limited or managed forests; trails.
1.22Notwithstanding section
1.23subdivision 5, on state forest lands classified as limited or managed, other than the Richard
2.1J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood Forest, a person may use vehicles registered under chapter
2.2168 or section
2.3are not designated for a specific use when:
2.4(1) hunting big game or transporting or installing hunting stands during October,
2.5November, and December, when in possession of a valid big game hunting license;
2.6(2) transporting or installing hunting stands or bait in August and retrieving big
2.7game in September, when in possession of a valid big game hunting license;
2.8(3) tending traps during an open trapping season for protected furbearers, when in
2.9possession of a valid trapping license; or
2.10(4) trapping minnows, when in possession of a valid minnow dealer, private fish
2.11hatchery, or aquatic farm license.
