| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to natural resources; repealing a prohibition on eating certain beavers; |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97B.667, subdivision 3. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97B.667, subdivision 3, is amended to read: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Subd. 3.Permits and notice; requirements.(a) Before killing or arranging to kill a |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7beaver under this section, the road authority or government unit must contact a conservation |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8officer for a special beaver permit if the beaver will be killed within two weeks before or |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9after the trapping season for beaver, and the conservation officer must issue the permit for |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10any beaver subject to this section. A permit is not required: |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 (1) for a licensed trapper during the open trapping season for beaver; or |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (2) when the trapping season for beaver is closed and it is not within two weeks before |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13or after the trapping season for beaver. |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 (b) A road authority or government unit that kills or arranges to have killed a beaver |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15under this section must notify a conservation officer or employee of the Fish and Wildlife |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16Division within ten days after the animal is killed. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (c) Unless otherwise directed by a conservation officer, the road authority, local |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18government unit, the landowner, or their agent may dispose of or retain beaver killed under |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19this section. Human consumption of a retained beaver is prohibited. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment. |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 25-02457 as introduced01/22/25 REVISOR CKM/ES |
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| 23 | 23 | | SENATE |
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| 24 | 24 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 25 | 25 | | S.F. No. 811NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 26 | 26 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: HAUSCHILD) |
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| 27 | 27 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 28 | 28 | | Introduction and first reading01/30/2025 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Referred to Environment, Climate, and Legacy |
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