1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to game and fish; establishing a special 
  1.3             license for youthful deer hunters; extending authority 
  1.4             to take does; increasing the pelting fee; eliminating 
  1.5             the family hunting license; amending Minnesota 
  1.6             Statutes 1994, sections 97A.475, subdivision 2; 
  1.7             97A.535, subdivision 1; 97B.301, subdivision 6; and 
  1.8             97B.311; and Minnesota Rules, part 6234.2800; 
  1.9             repealing Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97B.301, 
  1.10            subdivision 5. 
  1.11  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.12     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97A.475, 
  1.13  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.14     Subd. 2.  [RESIDENT HUNTING.] Fees for the following 
  1.15  licenses, to be issued to residents only, are: 
  1.16     (1) for persons under age 65 to take small game, $10; 
  1.17     (2) for persons age 65 or over, $5; 
  1.18     (3) to take turkey, $16; 
  1.19     (4) to take deer with firearms, $22; 
  1.20     (4a) to take deer with firearms, licensee under age 16, no 
  1.21  tag included, $5; 
  1.22     (5) to take deer by archery, $22; 
  1.23     (6) to take moose, for a party of not more than six 
  1.24  persons, $275; 
  1.25     (7) to take bear, $33; 
  1.26     (8) to take elk, for a party of not more than two persons, 
  1.27  $220; and 
  1.28     (9) to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $44.  
  2.1      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97A.535, 
  2.2   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  2.3      Subdivision 1.  [TAGS REQUIRED.] A person may not possess 
  2.4   or transport deer, bear, elk, or moose taken in the state unless 
  2.5   a tag is attached to the carcass in a manner prescribed by the 
  2.6   commissioner.  The commissioner must prescribe the type of tag 
  2.7   that has the license number of the owner, the year of its issue, 
  2.8   and other information prescribed by the commissioner.  The tag 
  2.9   must be attached to the deer, bear, elk, or moose at the site of 
  2.10  the kill before the animal is removed from the site of the kill, 
  2.11  and must remain attached to the animal until the animal is 
  2.12  processed for storage.  If a deer is taken by a licensee under 
  2.13  the age of 16 holding a license issued without a tag under 
  2.14  section 97A.475, subdivision 2, clause (4a), the deer must be 
  2.15  promptly tagged by a licensed hunter accompanying the licensee 
  2.16  and possessing a valid tag.  
  2.17     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97B.301, 
  2.18  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  2.19     Subd. 6.  [RESIDENTS UNDER AGE 16 MAY TAKE DEER OF EITHER 
  2.20  SEX.] (a) A resident under the age of 16 possessing a regular 
  2.21  firearms or archery license may take a deer of either sex.  This 
  2.22  subdivision does not authorize the taking of an antlerless deer 
  2.23  by another member of a party under subdivision 3 or by a 
  2.24  licensee holding a license issued without a tag under section 
  2.25  97A.475, subdivision 2, clause (4a). 
  2.26     (b) This subdivision is repealed effective December 31, 
  2.27  1995. 
  2.28     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97B.311, is 
  2.29  amended to read: 
  2.30     97B.311 [DEER SEASONS AND RESTRICTIONS.] 
  2.31     (a) The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe restrictions 
  2.32  and designate areas where deer may be taken.  The commissioner 
  2.33  may, by rule, prescribe the open seasons for deer within the 
  2.34  following periods: 
  2.35     (1) taking with firearms, other than muzzle-loading 
  2.36  firearms, between November 1 and December 15; 
  3.1      (2) taking with muzzle-loading firearms between September 1 
  3.2   and December 31; and 
  3.3      (3) taking by archery between September 1 and December 31. 
  3.4      (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the commissioner may 
  3.5   establish special seasons within designated areas between 
  3.6   September 1 and January 15. 
  3.7      (c) A licensed firearms hunter who fails to take a deer 
  3.8   during the firearms season may take a deer during the 
  3.9   muzzle-loading firearms season. 
  3.10     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Rules, part 6234.2800, is amended to 
  3.11  read: 
  3.12     6234.2800 PAYMENT OF PELTING FEES. 
  3.13     If a person recovers, treats, preserves, or transports the 
  3.14  pelt of any fur-bearing animal that was accidentally killed, or 
  3.15  lawfully killed while causing or threatening injury or damage, 
  3.16  the person may be entitled to a pelting fee equal to 25 50 
  3.17  percent of the average value of a pelt in the lot of fur in 
  3.18  which the pelt was sold or 25 50 percent of the proceeds of the 
  3.19  sale of the pelt if not sold in a lot of fur.  A pelting fee 
  3.20  will not be paid on muskrats. 
  3.21     Sec. 6.  [REPEALER.] 
  3.22     Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97B.301, subdivision 5, is 
  3.23  repealed.