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SF 2216 Senate Long Description

E Modifying certain department of natural resources (DNR) + provisions; modifying certain electronic licensing provisions relating to the +collection of fees and eliminating references to the pilot project; clarifying the prohibition on acquisition and destruction of wild rice or aquatic +vegetation; requiring the retention fees for snowmobile state trail stickers +issued by the commissioner for operation of the electronic licensing system; +eliminating the requirement to credit proceeds from the sale of snowmobiles forfeited+ for impaired driving (DWI) to the snowmobile trails and enforcement +account; modifying certain snowmobile training requirements and certain +restrictions on operation by youth; providing for commissioner appointment of agents +to issue cross country ski passes and game and fish licenses in lieu of county+ auditors, requiring commissioner retention of fees except issuing fees; +authorizing the commissioner to issue ski passes, requiring retention of a commission+ to fund the electronic licensing system; modifying certain noise limits for +marine engines or motorboats, providing for testing; modifying certain +exhaust muffling system requirements; expanding the prohibition on the sale +of motors exceeding noise limits; delaying the annual deadline for certain +commissioner reports to the legislature; authorizing the commissioner to issue +refunds for game and fish licenses under certain conditions; clarifying the +application of minnow license fees to both residents and nonresidents; authorizing +the commissioner to issue multiple one day angling licenses to fishing +guides operating charter boats, requiring copies of sold and unsold licenses+ to be returned to the commissioner and the commissioner to refund charter +boat captains for unsold licenses; providing for the funding of the +electronic licensing system; modifying certain minnow dealer and hauler +regulations; requiring the commissioner to establish a fee schedule for permits to+ control or harvest aquatic plants by rule and prohibiting the charging of a +fee for purple loosestrife control permits; abolishing the cross country ski +account in the special revenue fund, transferring amounts remaining in the +account to the cross country ski account in the natural resources fund; requiring +the commissioner to report to the legislature by a certain date on the +amounts appropriated for the electronic licensing system, specifying certain +report content requirements; requiring the commissioner to amend certain +rules for conformity purposes; repealing the reinvest in Minnesota (RIM) +resources fund annual work plan requirement of the commissioner and certain +provisions providing for county auditor authority to issue licenses (ra, ja) ;