1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to natural resources, game, and fish; making 
  1.3             the experimental two-deer license in certain counties 
  1.4             permanent; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 
  1.5             97B.301, subdivision 4. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97B.301, 
  1.8   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 4.  [TAKING MORE THAN ONE DEER.] (a) The commissioner 
  1.10  may, by rule, allow a person to take more than one deer.  The 
  1.11  commissioner shall prescribe the conditions for taking the 
  1.12  additional deer including:  
  1.13     (1) taking by firearm or archery; 
  1.14     (2) obtaining additional licenses; and 
  1.15     (3) payment of a fee not more than the fee for a firearms 
  1.16  deer license; and 
  1.17     (4) the total number of deer that an individual may take. 
  1.18     (b) In Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, 
  1.19  and Roseau counties, a person may obtain one firearms deer 
  1.20  license and one archery deer license in the same license year, 
  1.21  and may take one deer under each license.  The commissioner may 
  1.22  limit the use of this provision in certain years to protect the 
  1.23  deer population in the area. 
  1.24     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.25     Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.