1.2relating to game and fish; modifying body-gripping trap restrictions;proposing
1.3coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97B; repealing Minnesota
1.4Statutes 2012, section 97B.903.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. [97B.929] BODY-GRIPPING TRAPS.
1.7A person may not set a body-gripping trap, unless the trap is:
1.8(1) at least five feet above the ground;
1.9(2) placed in a manner that the trap will protect domestic dogs from inadvertent
1.10taking, as provided in rules of the commissioner; or
1.11(3) a water-set trap that is completely submerged in public waters, streams, or
1.12wetlands.

1.13    Sec. 2. REPEALER.
1.14Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97B.903, is repealed.