2000 Minnesota Statutes

     97A.075 Use of license revenues. 

    Subdivision 1.    Deer, bear, and lifetime licenses.  (a)
 For purposes of this subdivision, "deer license" means a license 
 issued under section 97A.475, subdivisions 2, clauses (4), (5), 
 and (9), and 3, clauses (2), (3), and (7), and licenses issued 
 under section 97B.301, subdivision 4.  

    (b) At least $2 from each annual deer license and $2 
 annually from the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund, 
 established in section 97A.4742, for each license issued under 
 section 97A.473, subdivision 4, shall be used for deer habitat 
 improvement or deer management programs.  

    (c) At least $1 from each annual deer license and each bear 
 license and $1 annually from the lifetime fish and wildlife 
 trust fund, established in section 97A.4742, for each license 
 issued under section 97A.473, subdivision 4, shall be used for 
 deer and bear management programs, including a computerized 
 licensing system.  Fifty cents from each deer license is 
 appropriated for emergency deer feeding.  Money appropriated for 
 emergency deer feeding is available until expended.  When the 
 unencumbered balance in the appropriation for emergency deer 
 feeding at the end of a fiscal year exceeds $1,500,000 for the 
 first time, $750,000 is canceled to the unappropriated balance 
 of the game and fish fund. 

    Thereafter, when the unencumbered balance in the 
 appropriation for emergency deer feeding exceeds $1,500,000 at 
 the end of a fiscal year, the unencumbered balance in excess of 
 $1,500,000 is canceled and available for deer and bear 
 management programs and computerized licensing. 

    Subd. 2.    Minnesota migratory waterfowl stamp.  (a) 
 Ninety percent of the revenue from the Minnesota migratory 
 waterfowl stamps must be credited to the waterfowl habitat 
 improvement account.  Money in the account may be used only for: 

    (1) development of wetlands and lakes in the state and 
 designated waterfowl management lakes for maximum migratory 
 waterfowl production including habitat evaluation, the 
 construction of dikes, water control structures and 
 impoundments, nest cover, rough fish barriers, acquisition of 
 sites and facilities necessary for development and management of 
 existing migratory waterfowl habitat and the designation of 
 waters under section 97A.101; 

    (2) management of migratory waterfowl; 

    (3) development, restoration, maintenance, or preservation 
 of migratory waterfowl habitat; and 

    (4) acquisition of and access to structure sites.  

    (b) Money in the account may not be used for costs unless 
 they are directly related to a specific parcel of land or body 
 of water under paragraph (a), clause (1), (3), or (4), or to 
 specific management activities under paragraph (a), clause (2). 

    Subd. 3.    Trout and salmon stamp.  (a) Ninety percent 
 of the revenue from trout and salmon stamps must be credited to 
 the trout and salmon management account.  Money in the account 
 may be used only for: 

    (1) the development, restoration, maintenance, and 
 preservation of trout streams and lakes; 

    (2) rearing of trout and salmon and stocking of trout and 
 salmon in streams and lakes and Lake Superior; 

    (3) acquisition of easements and fee title along trout 
 waters; 

    (4) identifying easement and fee title areas along trout 
 waters; and 

    (5) research and special management projects on Lake 
 Superior and the anadromous portions of its tributaries.  

    (b) Money in the account may not be used for costs unless 
 they are directly related to a specific parcel of land or body 
 of water under paragraph (a) or to specific fish rearing 
 activities under paragraph (a), clause (2). 

    Subd. 4.    Pheasant stamp.  (a) Ninety percent of the 
 revenue from pheasant stamps must be credited to the pheasant 
 habitat improvement account.  Money in the account may be used 
 only for:  

    (1) the development, restoration, and maintenance of 
 suitable habitat for ringnecked pheasants on public and private 
 land including the establishment of nesting cover, winter cover, 
 and reliable food sources; 

    (2) reimbursement of landowners for setting aside lands for 
 pheasant habitat; 

    (3) reimbursement of expenditures to provide pheasant 
 habitat on public and private land; and 

    (4) the promotion of pheasant habitat development and 
 maintenance, including promotion and evaluation of government 
 farm program benefits for pheasant habitat.  

    (b) Money in the account may not be used for: 

    (1) costs unless they are directly related to a specific 
 parcel of land under paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (3), or to 
 specific promotional or evaluative activities under paragraph 
 (a), clause (4); or 

    (2) any personnel costs. 

    Subd. 5.    Turkey stamps.  (a) Ninety percent of the 
 revenue from turkey stamps must be credited to the wild turkey 
 management account.  Money in the account may be used only for: 

    (1) the development, restoration, and maintenance of 
 suitable habitat for wild turkeys on public and private land 
 including forest stand improvement and establishment of nesting 
 cover, winter roost area, and reliable food sources; 

    (2) acquisitions of, or easements on, critical wild turkey 
 habitat; 

    (3) reimbursement of expenditures to provide wild turkey 
 habitat on public and private land; 

    (4) trapping and transplantation of wild turkeys; and 

    (5) the promotion of turkey habitat development and 
 maintenance, population surveys and monitoring, and research. 

    (b) Money in the account may not be used for: 

    (1) costs unless they are directly related to a specific 
 parcel of land under paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (3), a 
 specific trap and transplant project under paragraph (a), clause 
 (4), or to specific promotional or evaluative activities under 
 paragraph (a), clause (5); or 

    (2) any permanent personnel costs. 

    HIST: 1986 c 386 art 1 s 14; 1987 c 149 art 1 s 9; 1991 c 254 
 art 2 s 24; 1993 c 172 s 54; 1994 c 561 s 10-12; 1996 c 294 s 1; 
 1996 c 364 s 3; 1997 c 216 s 80; 1997 c 226 s 16; 1999 c 249 s 
 11; 2000 c 341 s 2