| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to natural resources; modifying trespass law to allow purple markings; |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97B.001, subdivisions 4, 5, by adding |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 a subdivision. |
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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, is amended by adding a subdivision |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7to read: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subd. 1b.Forest land definition.For the purposes of this section, "forest land" means |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9land: |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 (1) with at least ten percent cover by trees that will be at least 13 feet tall at maturity; |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11and |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (2) that shows evidence of natural tree regeneration. |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97B.001, subdivision 4, is amended to read: |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 Subd. 4.Entering posted or marked land prohibited; signs.(a) Except as provided |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15in subdivision 6, a person may not: |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 (1) enter, for outdoor recreation purposes, any land that is posted or marked under this |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17subdivision without first obtaining permission of the owner, occupant, or lessee; or |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 (2) knowingly enter, for outdoor recreation purposes, any land that is posted or marked |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19under this subdivision without first obtaining permission of the owner, occupant, or lessee. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20A person who violates this clause is subject to the penalty provided in section 97A.315, |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21subdivision 1, paragraph (b). |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Sec. 2. |
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| 36 | 32 | | 2.2land may prohibit outdoor recreation on the land by: |
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| 37 | 33 | | 2.3 (1) posting signs once each year that: |
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| 38 | 34 | | 2.4 (1) (i) state "no trespassing" or similar terms; |
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| 39 | 35 | | 2.5 (2) (ii) display letters at least two inches high; |
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| 40 | 36 | | 2.6 (3) (iii) either: |
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| 41 | 37 | | 2.7 (i) (A) are signed by the owner, occupant, lessee, or authorized manager; or |
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| 42 | 38 | | 2.8 (ii) (B) include the legible name and telephone number of the owner, occupant, lessee, |
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| 43 | 39 | | 2.9or authorized manager; and |
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| 44 | 40 | | 2.10 (4) (iv) either: |
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| 45 | 41 | | 2.11 (i) (A) are at intervals of 1,000 feet or less along the boundary of the area, or in a wooded |
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| 46 | 42 | | 2.12area where boundary lines are not clear, at intervals of 500 feet or less; or |
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| 47 | 43 | | 2.13 (ii) (B) mark the primary corners of each parcel of land and access roads and trails at |
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| 48 | 44 | | 2.14the point of entrance to each parcel of land except that corners only accessible through |
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| 49 | 45 | | 2.15agricultural land need not be posted.; or |
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| 50 | | - | 2.16 (2) posting signs that meet the requirements under clause (1), items (i) to (iii), once each |
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| 51 | | - | 2.17year at access roads and trails at the point of entrance to the area to which the person wants |
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| 52 | | - | 2.18to prohibit entrance, and placing identifying purple paint marks on trees, posts, or other |
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| 53 | | - | 2.19immovable, permanent objects on the property, provided that the marks are: |
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| 54 | | - | 2.20 (i) vertical lines of not less than eight inches in length and not less than one inch in |
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| 55 | | - | 2.21width; |
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| 56 | | - | 2.22 (ii) placed so that the bottom of the mark is not less than three feet from the ground or |
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| 57 | | - | 2.23more than five feet from the ground; and |
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| 58 | | - | 2.24 (iii) placed at locations that are readily visible to any person approaching the property |
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| 59 | | - | 2.25and no more than: |
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| 60 | | - | 2.26 (A) 100 feet apart on forest land; or |
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| 61 | | - | 2.27 (B) 1,000 feet apart on land other than forest land. |
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| 62 | | - | 2.28 (c) A person may not erect a sign or place marks that prohibits prohibit outdoor recreation |
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| 63 | | - | 2.29or trespassing where the person does not have a property right, title, or interest to use the |
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| 64 | | - | 2.30land. |
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| 46 | + | 2.16 (2) placing identifying purple paint marks on trees, posts, or other immovable, permanent |
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| 47 | + | 2.17objects on the property, provided that the marks are: |
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| 48 | + | 2.18 (i) vertical lines of not less than eight inches in length and not less than one inch in |
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| 49 | + | 2.19width; |
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| 50 | + | 2.20 (ii) placed so that the bottom of the mark is not less than three feet from the ground or |
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| 51 | + | 2.21more than five feet from the ground; and |
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| 52 | + | 2.22 (iii) placed at locations that are readily visible to any person approaching the property |
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| 53 | + | 2.23and no more than: |
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| 54 | + | 2.24 (A) 100 feet apart on forest land; or |
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| 55 | + | 2.25 (B) 1,000 feet apart on land other than forest land. |
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| 56 | + | 2.26 (c) A person may not erect a sign or place marks that prohibits prohibit outdoor recreation |
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| 57 | + | 2.27or trespassing where the person does not have a property right, title, or interest to use the |
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| 58 | + | 2.28land. |
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| 67 | 61 | | 3.2 Subd. 5.Retrieving wounded game.Except as provided in subdivision 3, a person on |
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| 68 | 62 | | 3.3foot may, without permission of the owner, occupant, or lessee, enter land that is not posted |
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| 69 | 63 | | 3.4or marked under subdivision 4, to retrieve a wounded animal that was lawfully shot. The |
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| 70 | 64 | | 3.5hunter must leave the land immediately after retrieving the wounded game. |
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| 71 | 65 | | 3.6 Sec. 4. REVISOR INSTRUCTION. |
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| 72 | 66 | | 3.7 The revisor of statutes must renumber Minnesota Statutes, section 97B.001, subdivision |
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| 73 | 67 | | 3.81a, as Minnesota Statutes, section 97B.001, subdivision 1c. |
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| 74 | 68 | | 3Sec. 4. |
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