1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to game and fish; imposing a surcharge on deer hunting licenses to 
1.3 	offset the cost of processing deer donated for charitable purposes; requiring 
1.4 	rulemaking; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 
1.5 	97A.055, subdivision 4; 97A.065, by adding a subdivision; 97A.475, by adding a 
1.6 	subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 97A.485, subdivision 
1.7 	7.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.055, subdivision 4, is amended to 
1.10 	read:
1.11 		Subd. 4.Game and fish annual reports. (a) By December 15 each year, 
1.12 	the commissioner shall submit to the legislative committees having jurisdiction over 
1.13 	appropriations and the environment and natural resources reports on each of the following:
1.14 	(1) the amount of revenue from the following and purposes for which expenditures 
1.15 	were made:
1.16 	(i) the small game license surcharge under section  97A.475, subdivision 4; 
1.17 	(ii) the Minnesota migratory waterfowl stamp under section  97A.475, subdivision 
1.18 	5, clause (1); 
1.19 	(iii) the trout and salmon stamp under section  97A.475, subdivision 10; 
1.20 	(iv) the pheasant stamp under section  97A.475, subdivision 5, clause (2); and
1.21 	(v) the turkey stamp under section  97A.475, subdivision 5, clause (3); and
1.22 	(vi) the deer hunting license surcharge under section 97A.475, subdivision 3a;
1.23 	(2) the amounts available under section  97A.075, subdivision 1, paragraphs (b) and 
1.24 	(c), and the purposes for which these amounts were spent; 
2.1 	(3) money credited to the game and fish fund under this section and purposes for 
2.2 	which expenditures were made from the fund;
2.3 	(4) outcome goals for the expenditures from the game and fish fund; and
2.4 	(5) summary and comments of citizen oversight committee reviews under 
2.5 	subdivision 4b.
2.6 	(b) The report must include the commissioner's recommendations, if any, for 
2.7 	changes in the laws relating to the stamps and surcharge referenced in paragraph (a).

2.8 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.065, is amended by adding a subdivision 
2.9 	to read:
2.10 		Subd. 6.Deer hunting surcharge. The surcharge collected under section 97A.475, 
2.11 	subdivision 3a, shall be deposited in a special revenue account and is appropriated to and 
2.12 	must be used by the commissioner to reimburse processors for the cost of processing deer 
2.13 	that are donated to charitable food assistance programs. A custom processor holding a 
2.14 	permit under chapter 28A may apply to the commissioner for reimbursement of the cost 
2.15 	of processing a donated deer if the processor has a receipt for the donated deer from a 
2.16 	charitable organization that is registered under chapter 309 and operates a food assistance 
2.17 	program. The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this subdivision.

2.18 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.475, is amended by adding a subdivision 
2.19 	to read:
2.20 		Subd. 3a.Deer hunting surcharge. Fees for annual resident and nonresident 
2.21 	licenses to take deer by firearms or archery must be increased by a surcharge of $1. An 
2.22 	additional commission may not be assessed on the surcharge and the following statement 
2.23 	must be included in the annual deer hunting regulations: "This $1 surcharge is being paid 
2.24 	by hunters to offset processing costs of deer donated for charitable purposes."

2.25 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 97A.485, subdivision 7, is 
2.26 	amended to read:
2.27 		Subd. 7.Electronic licensing system commission. The commissioner shall retain 
2.28 	for the operation of the electronic licensing system the commission established under 
2.29 	section 84.027, subdivision 15, and issuing fees collected by the commissioner on all 
2.30 	license fees collected, excluding:
2.31 	(1) the small game surcharge; and
2.32 	(2) the deer hunting surcharge; and
3.1 	(3) $2.50 of the license fee for the licenses in section 97A.475, subdivisions 6, 
3.2 	clauses (1), (2), and (4), 7, 8, 12, and 13.