| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to game and fish; modifying restrictions on discharging firearms near |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 livestock corrals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97B.001, subdivision |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 7. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97B.001, subdivision 7, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subd. 7.Using firearms and taking in certain areas.(a) Unless otherwise provided |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8by law, a person may not discharge a firearm within 500 feet of a building occupied by a |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9human or livestock without the written permission of the owner, occupant, or lessee: |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 (1) on another person's private land, if the land is not a licensed shooting preserve; or |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 (2) on a public road right-of-way. |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (b) No person may discharge a firearm within 500 feet of a stockade or corral confining |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13livestock for the purpose of normal livestock holding or sorting operations without the |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14permission of the owner, occupant, or lessee. This paragraph does not apply to persons |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15hunting during an established hunting season on state-owned or local government-owned |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16land that is not a road right-of-way. This paragraph does not apply to a person discharging |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17a firearm on land that is owned by the person or by an immediate family member of the |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18person. For the purposes of this paragraph, a "stockade or corral" means a fenced enclosure |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19for confining livestock that does not enclose an area greater than one acre. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 (c) A person may not take a wild animal on any land where the person is prohibited from |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21entering by this section. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | REVISOR CKM/KR 25-0305501/30/25 |
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| 24 | 24 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 26 | 26 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 27 | 27 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 28 | 28 | | H. F. No. 372 |
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| 29 | 29 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 30 | 30 | | Authored by Murphy02/13/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy |
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