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SF 2678 Senate Long Description

E Relating to natural resources; clarifying the prohibition on the operation of a motorboat with a person riding on the deck; expanding the definitions of department of natural resources division and director under the game and fish law; clarifying the divisions responsible for certification of game refuge boundary notice postings and for the designation of lakes and rivers with unbalanced fish populations; exempting certain juvenile nonresidents from the firearms safety certificate requirement under the provision authorizing certain juveniles to obtain a small game license at the resident fee; prohibiting persons under the influence of alcohol or controlled substance from possessing a loaded or uncased firearm or an uncased bow afield, authorizing preliminary screening test administration and the admission of test results as evidence in prosecutions; authorizing the taking of unprotected birds; exempting resident disabled veterans with a small game license from pheasant and waterfowl stamp requirements and with an angling license from trout and salmon stamp requirements; expanding the definition of party relating to ice fishing for fishing party limits determination purposes; clarifying the definition of aggravating factor for driving while impaired (DWI) determination purposes; modifying the requirement for annual expenditure reports to the legislature by the undercover operations unit of the enforcement division of the DNR, requiring biennial reporting (ra, ja)