HF 2838

1st Engrossment - 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; requiring a selection of 20 
  1.3             percent of moose licenses each year to be made from 
  1.4             previously unsuccessful applicants; amending Minnesota 
  1.5             Statutes 1998, section 97A.431, subdivision 4. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.431, 
  1.8   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 4.  [SEPARATE SELECTION; ELIGIBILITY.] (a) The 
  1.10  commissioner may conduct a separate selection for up to 20 
  1.11  percent of the moose licenses to be issued for an area.  Only 
  1.12  owners of, and tenants living on, at least 160 acres of 
  1.13  agricultural or grazing land in the area, and their family 
  1.14  members, are eligible for the separate selection under this 
  1.15  paragraph.  Persons that are unsuccessful in a separate 
  1.16  selection must be included in the selection for the remaining 
  1.17  licenses.  
  1.18     (b) The commissioner must conduct a separate selection for 
  1.19  20 percent of the moose licenses to be issued each year.  Only 
  1.20  individuals who have applied at least ten times for a moose 
  1.21  license and who have never received a license are eligible for 
  1.22  this separate selection. 
  1.23     (c) The commissioner may by rule establish criteria for: 
  1.24     (1) determining eligible family members under this 
  1.25  subdivision. paragraph (a); and 
  2.1      (2) verifying that an individual has made at least ten 
  2.2   unsuccessful applications for the purposes of paragraph (b). 
  2.3      (d) A person who is unsuccessful in a separate selection 
  2.4   under this subdivision must be included in the selection for the 
  2.5   remaining licenses.