HF 3339

2nd Engrossment - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 04/14/2016 04:27pm

A bill for an act
relating to natural resources; authorizing lifetime game and fish license
information to be placed on a driver's license or Minnesota identification card;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 97A.405, subdivision 2; 171.07, by
adding a subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 97A.405, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Personal possession.

(a) A person acting under a license or traveling from
an area where a licensed activity was performed must have in personal possession either:
(1) the proper license, if the license has been issued to and received by the person; new text begin (2) a
driver's license or Minnesota identification card issued under section 171.07, subdivision
19, that has a valid written designation of the proper lifetime license; new text end or deleted text begin (2) deleted text end new text begin (3) new text end the proper
license identification number or stamp validation, if the license has been sold to the person
by electronic means but the actual license has not been issued and received.

(b) If possession of a license or a license identification number is required, a person
must exhibit, as requested by a conservation officer or peace officer, either: (1) the
proper license if the license has been issued to and received by the person; new text begin (2) a driver's
license or Minnesota identification card issued under section 171.07, subdivision 19,
that has a valid written designation of the proper lifetime license; new text end or deleted text begin (2) deleted text end new text begin (3) new text end the proper
license identification number or stamp validation and a valid state driver's license, state
identification card, or other form of identification provided by the commissioner, if the
license has been sold to the person by electronic means but the actual license has not been
issued and received. A person charged with violating the license possession requirement
shall not be convicted if the person produces in court or the office of the arresting officer,
the actual license previously issued to that person, which was valid at the time of arrest,
or satisfactory proof that at the time of the arrest the person was validly licensed. Upon
request of a conservation officer or peace officer, a licensee shall write the licensee's name
in the presence of the officer to determine the identity of the licensee.

(c) new text begin Except as provided in paragraph (a), clause (2), new text end if the actual license has been
issued and received, a receipt for license fees, a copy of a license, or evidence showing the
issuance of a license, including the license identification number or stamp validation, does
not entitle a licensee to exercise the rights or privileges conferred by a license.

(d) A license issued electronically and not immediately provided to the licensee shall
be mailed to the licensee within 30 days of purchase of the license. A pictorial migratory
waterfowl, pheasant, trout and salmon, or walleye stamp shall be provided to the licensee
after purchase of a stamp validation only if the licensee pays an additional fee that covers
the costs of producing and mailing a pictorial stamp. A pictorial turkey stamp may be
purchased for a fee that covers the costs of producing and mailing the pictorial stamp.
Notwithstanding section 16A.1283, the commissioner may, by written order published in
the State Register, establish fees for providing the pictorial stamps. The fees must be set in
an amount that does not recover significantly more or less than the cost of producing and
mailing the stamps. The fees are not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14,
and section 14.386 does not apply.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2018, or when the
MNLARS system is ready, whichever is later.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 171.07, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 19. new text end

new text begin Resident lifetime game and fish license. new text end

new text begin (a) The department shall
maintain in its records information transmitted electronically from the commissioner of
natural resources identifying each person to whom the commissioner has issued a resident
lifetime license under section 97A.473. The records transmitted from the Department of
Natural Resources must contain:
new text end

new text begin (1) the full name and date of birth as required for the driver's license or identification
card;
new text end

new text begin (2) the category of lifetime license issued under section 97A.473; and
new text end

new text begin (3) the Department of Natural Resources lifetime license number.
new text end

new text begin Records that are not matched to a driver's license or identification card record may
be deleted after seven years.
new text end

new text begin (b) After receiving information under paragraph (a) that a person has received
a lifetime license, the department shall include, on all drivers' licenses or Minnesota
identification cards subsequently issued to the person, a written designation that the person
has a lifetime license, the category of the lifetime license issued, and the Department of
Natural Resources lifetime license number.
new text end

new text begin (c) If a person who has received a lifetime license under section 97A.473 applies
for a driver's license or Minnesota identification card before that information has been
transmitted to the department, the department may accept a copy of the license issued
under section 97A.473 as proof of its issuance and shall then follow the procedures in
paragraph (b).
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2018, or when the
MNLARS system is ready, whichever is later.
new text end