1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to agriculture; authorizing owners or renters 
  1.3             of agricultural crop land to take one deer per year if 
  1.4             the animal is causing damage; amending Minnesota 
  1.5             Statutes 1998, section 97A.445, by adding a 
  1.6             subdivision. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.445, is 
  1.9   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 6.  [TAKING OF DEER CAUSING DAMAGE ON AGRICULTURAL 
  1.11  CROPLAND.] (a) A person may take no more than one deer per year 
  1.12  on agricultural cropland owned, leased, or rented by the person 
  1.13  if the deer is causing damage to the agricultural crop or to 
  1.14  stored forage crops on the cropland.  For purposes of this 
  1.15  subdivision, "agricultural cropland" includes land used for 
  1.16  rowcrops, small grains, specialty crops, or harvested hay but 
  1.17  does not include wooded, forested, grazing, or pastured land. 
  1.18     (b) A person that takes a deer under this subdivision may 
  1.19  salvage the meat, hide, or other parts of the carcass.  The 
  1.20  person must notify a conservation officer or employee of the 
  1.21  division within 24 hours after the animal is killed, providing 
  1.22  an oral or written report on the damage being done by the 
  1.23  animal, the date and time the animal was killed, and the 
  1.24  disposal of the carcass.