| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to game and fish; eliminating shotgun zone for taking deer; requiring a |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97B.031, by adding a |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97B.318. |
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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.031, is amended by adding a subdivision |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7to read: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subd. 7.Regular firearms deer season.During the regular firearms deer season, all |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9legal firearms may be used statewide. |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 Sec. 2. REPORT. |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 By December 1, 2028, the commissioner of natural resources must report to the chairs |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13environment and natural resources on the effect of eliminating the shotgun zone on deer |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14hunting and deer populations. The report may include any recommendations for additional |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15statutory or policy changes that the commissioner deems advisable. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 Sec. 3. REPEALER. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97B.318, is repealed. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1Sec. 3. |
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| 19 | 19 | | REVISOR CKM/LJ 25-0278501/27/25 |
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| 20 | 20 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 22 | 22 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 23 | 23 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 24 | 24 | | H. F. No. 625 |
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| 25 | 25 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 26 | 26 | | Authored by Swedzinski02/13/2025 |
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| 27 | 27 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy 97B.318 ARMS USE AREAS AND RESTRICTIONS; REGULAR FIREARMS SEASON. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Subdivision 1.Shotgun use area.During the regular firearms season in the shotgun use area, |
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| 29 | 29 | | only legal shotguns loaded with single-slug shotgun shells, legal muzzle-loading long guns, and |
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| 30 | 30 | | legal handguns may be used for taking deer. Legal shotguns include those with rifled barrels. The |
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| 31 | 31 | | shotgun use area is that portion of the state lying within the following described boundary: Beginning |
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| 32 | 32 | | on the west boundary of the state at the northern boundary of Clay County; thence along the northern |
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| 33 | 33 | | boundary of Clay County to State Trunk Highway (STH) 32; thence along STH 32 to STH 34; |
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| 34 | 34 | | thence along STH 34 to Interstate Highway 94 (I-94); thence along I-94 to County State-Aid |
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| 35 | 35 | | Highway (CSAH) 40, Douglas County; thence along CSAH 40 to CSAH 82, Douglas County; |
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| 36 | 36 | | thence along CSAH 82 to CSAH 22, Douglas County; thence along CSAH 22 to CSAH 6, Douglas |
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| 37 | 37 | | County; thence along CSAH 6 to CSAH 14, Douglas County; thence along CSAH 14 to STH 29; |
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| 38 | 38 | | thence along STH 29 to CSAH 46, Otter Tail County; thence along CSAH 46, Otter Tail County, |
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| 39 | 39 | | to CSAH 22, Todd County; thence along CSAH 22 to U.S. Highway 71; thence along U.S. Highway |
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| 40 | 40 | | 71 to STH 27; thence along STH 27 to the Mississippi River; thence along the east bank of the |
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| 41 | 41 | | Mississippi River to STH 23; thence along STH 23 to STH 95; thence along STH 95 to U.S. Highway |
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| 42 | 42 | | 8; thence along U.S. Highway 8 to the eastern boundary of the state; thence along the east, south, |
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| 43 | 43 | | and west boundaries of the state to the point of beginning. |
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| 44 | 44 | | Subd. 2.All legal firearms use area.The all legal firearms use area is that part of the state |
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| 45 | 45 | | lying outside of the shotgun use area. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 1R |
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| 47 | 47 | | APPENDIX |
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| 48 | 48 | | Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 25-02785 |
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