1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to game and fish; restricting use of body-gripping traps near public roads 
1.3 	and trails;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 97B.903.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 97B.903, is amended to read:
1.6 	97B.903 USE OF BODY-GRIPPING TRAPS.
1.7 	(a) A person may not set, place, or operate, except as a waterset, a body-gripping or 
1.8 	conibear-type trap on public lands and waters that has a maximum jaw opening when set 
1.9 	greater than 6-1/2 inches and less than 7-1/2 inches measured from the inside edges of the 
1.10 	body-gripping portions of the jaws, unless:
1.11 	(1) the trap is in a baited or unbaited enclosure and the trap trigger is recessed seven 
1.12 	inches or more from the top and frontmost portion of the open end of the enclosure;
1.13 	(2) no bait, lure, or other attractant is placed within 20 feet of the trap; or
1.14 	(3) the trap is elevated at least three feet above the surface of the ground or snowpack.
1.15 	(b) A person may not set, place, or operate a body-gripping trap, except as a 
1.16 	waterset, within 150 feet of the center line of a public road or public trail.