1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to natural resources; making fishing licenses 
  1.3             issued to nonresidents who are domiciled in certain 
  1.4             states invalid for game fish species during the first 
  1.5             14 days of the fishing season; amending Minnesota 
  1.6             Statutes 2002, section 97A.411, subdivision 1. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 97A.411, 
  1.9   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [LICENSE PERIOD.] (a) Except as provided in 
  1.11  paragraphs (b), (c), and (d), and (e), a license is valid during 
  1.12  the lawful time within the license year that the licensed 
  1.13  activity may be performed.  A license year begins on the first 
  1.14  day of March and ends on the last day of February. 
  1.15     (b) A license issued under section 97A.475, subdivision 6, 
  1.16  clause (5), 97A.475, subdivision 7, clause (2), (3), (5), or 
  1.17  (6), or 97A.475, subdivision 12, clause (2), is valid for the 
  1.18  full license period even if this period extends into the next 
  1.19  license year, provided that the license period selected by the 
  1.20  licensee begins at the time of issuance. 
  1.21     (c) When the last day of February falls on a Saturday, an 
  1.22  annual resident or nonresident fish house or dark house license, 
  1.23  including a rental fish house or dark house license, obtained 
  1.24  for the license year covering the last day of February, is valid 
  1.25  through Sunday, March 1 and the angling license of the fish 
  1.26  house licensee is extended through March 1. 
  2.1      (d) A lifetime license issued under section 97A.473 or 
  2.2   97A.474 is valid during the lawful time within the license year 
  2.3   that the licensed activity may be performed for the lifetime of 
  2.4   the licensee. 
  2.5      (e) A license issued under section 97A.474, subdivision 2, 
  2.6   or 97A.475, subdivision 7, to a person who is domiciled in a 
  2.7   state or province that prohibits Minnesota residents from taking 
  2.8   game fish or small game during a part of the season that is open 
  2.9   to residents of that state is not valid for taking game fish 
  2.10  during the first 14 days of the season prescribed under section 
  2.11  97C.395, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1). 
  2.12     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.13     Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.