HF 2887

as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to game and fish; creating a trophy buck 
  1.3             license; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 
  1.4             97A.475, subdivision 2; and 97B.301, by adding a 
  1.5             subdivision. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
  1.8   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 2.  [RESIDENT HUNTING.] Fees for the following 
  1.10  licenses, to be issued to residents only, are: 
  1.11     (1) for persons under age 65 to take small game, $10; 
  1.12     (2) for persons age 65 or over, $5; 
  1.13     (3) to take turkey, $16; 
  1.14     (4) to take deer with firearms, $22; 
  1.15     (5) to take deer by archery, $22; 
  1.16     (6) to take moose, for a party of not more than six 
  1.17  persons, $275; 
  1.18     (7) to take bear, $33; 
  1.19     (8) to take elk, for a party of not more than two persons, 
  1.20  $220; 
  1.21     (9) to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $44; and 
  1.22     (10) to take Canada geese during a special season, $3; and 
  1.23     (11) to take a trophy buck throughout the state, $66. 
  1.24     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97B.301, is 
  1.25  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  2.1      Subd. 7.  [TROPHY BUCK LICENSE.] A resident may obtain a 
  2.2   trophy buck license to take one buck by firearm or archery 
  2.3   during any season statewide.  A person obtaining a trophy buck 
  2.4   license does not qualify for hunting under subdivision 3 or 4.