1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; requiring an open season for moose during any year 
1.3 	in which there is an open season for elk;amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, 
1.4 	section 97B.515, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 97B.515, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Season and restrictions. The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe the open 
1.8 	season and the areas and conditions for the taking of elk when the precalving population 
1.9 	exceeds 20 animals, but must not prescribe an open season under this subdivision for any 
1.10 	year in which the commissioner does not prescribe an open season for moose under section 
1.11 	97B.505.