1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to game and fish; modifying critical habitat private sector matching 
1.3 	account provisions; providing definitions; providing for and modifying 
1.4 	disposition of certain revenue; modifying restrictions on motorized watercraft 
1.5 	and recreational vehicles in wildlife management areas; providing for inspection 
1.6 	of equipment used to take wild animals; modifying certain penalty and fee 
1.7 	amounts; modifying certain game and fish license provisions; modifying firearms 
1.8 	possession provisions for persons under 16; providing for collecting antler sheds; 
1.9 	modifying firearms safety course requirements; modifying certain provisions 
1.10 	for taking and possessing game and fish; modifying restrictions on using lights 
1.11 	to locate animals; modifying provisions for fishing contests; providing for a 
1.12 	moratorium on use of public waters for aquaculture; modifying regulation 
1.13 	of all-terrain vehicles; creating two classes of all-terrain vehicles; requiring 
1.14 	rulemaking;amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 84.92, subdivision 8, 
1.15 	by adding subdivisions; 84.928, by adding a subdivision; 84.943, subdivision 3; 
1.16 	97A.015, by adding subdivisions; 97A.055, subdivision 2; 97A.065, subdivision 
1.17 	2; 97A.075, subdivision 1; 97A.101, subdivision 4; 97A.251, subdivision 1; 
1.18 	97A.321; 97A.475, subdivision 2; 97A.535, subdivision 1; 97B.015, by adding 
1.19 	a subdivision; 97B.021, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 97B.081, 
1.20 	subdivision 1; 97B.301, subdivision 7; 97B.311; 97C.025; 97C.081, subdivisions 
1.21 	4, 6, 8, 9; 97C.205; 97C.315, subdivision 2; 97C.355, subdivision 7; 97C.371, 
1.22 	subdivisions 3, 4; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, sections 84.9256, 
1.23 	subdivision 1; 84.9257; 84.926, subdivision 4; 84.928, subdivision 1; 97A.405, 
1.24 	subdivision 4; 97A.475, subdivision 3; 97A.551, subdivision 6; 197.65; 
1.25 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97B; repealing 
1.26 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97C.355, subdivision 6.
1.27 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.28 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 84.92, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
1.29 		Subd. 8.All-terrain vehicle or vehicle.  "All-terrain vehicle" or "vehicle" means a 
1.30 	motorized flotation-tired vehicle of not less than three low pressure tires, but not more 
1.31 	than six tires, that is limited in engine displacement of less than 800 cubic centimeters 
1.32 	and total dry weight less than 900 pounds includes a class 1 all-terrain vehicle and class 2 
1.33 	all-terrain vehicle.

2.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 84.92, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
2.2 	read:
2.3 		Subd. 9.Class 1 all-terrain vehicle. "Class 1 all-terrain vehicle" means an 
2.4 	all-terrain vehicle that has a total dry weight of less than 900 pounds.

2.5 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 84.92, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
2.6 	read:
2.7 		Subd. 10.Class 2 all-terrain vehicle. "Class 2 all-terrain vehicle" means an 
2.8 	all-terrain vehicle that has a total dry weight of 900 to 1,500 pounds.

2.9 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 84.9256, subdivision 1, is 
2.10 	amended to read:
2.11 		Subdivision 1.Prohibitions on youthful operators. (a) Except for operation on 
2.12 	public road rights-of-way that is permitted under section 84.928, a driver's license issued 
2.13 	by the state or another state is required to operate an all-terrain vehicle along or on a 
2.14 	public road right-of-way.
2.15 	(b) A person under 12 years of age shall not:
2.16 	(1) make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way;
2.17 	(2) operate an all-terrain vehicle on a public road right-of-way in the state; or
2.18 	(3) operate an all-terrain vehicle on public lands or waters, except as provided in 
2.19 	paragraph (e).
2.20 	(c) Except for public road rights-of-way of interstate highways, a person 12 years 
2.21 	of age but less than 16 years may make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way 
2.22 	of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway or operate on public lands and waters, 
2.23 	only if that person possesses a valid all-terrain vehicle safety certificate issued by the 
2.24 	commissioner and is accompanied on another all-terrain vehicle by a person 18 years of 
2.25 	age or older who holds a valid driver's license.
2.26 	(d) To be issued an all-terrain vehicle safety certificate, a person at least 12 years 
2.27 	old, but less than 16 years old, must:
2.28 	(1) successfully complete the safety education and training program under section 
2.29 	84.925, subdivision 1, including a riding component; and
2.30 	(2) be able to properly reach and control the handle bars and reach the foot pegs 
2.31 	while sitting upright on the seat of the all-terrain vehicle.
2.32 	(e) A person at least ten years of age but under 12 years of age may operate an 
2.33 	all-terrain vehicle with an engine capacity up to 90cc on public lands or waters if 
2.34 	accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
3.1 	(f) A person under 15 years of age shall not operate a class 2 all-terrain vehicle.

3.2 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 84.9257, is amended to read:
3.3 	84.9257 PASSENGERS.
3.4 	(a) A parent or guardian may operate an a class 1 all-terrain vehicle carrying one 
3.5 	passenger who is under 16 years of age and who wears a safety helmet approved by the 
3.6 	commissioner of public safety.
3.7 	(b) For the purpose of this section, "guardian" means a legal guardian of a person 
3.8 	under age 16, or a person 18 or older who has been authorized by the parent or legal 
3.9 	guardian to supervise the person under age 16.
3.10 	(c) A person 18 years of age or older may operate an all-terrain vehicle carrying 
3.11 	one passenger who is 16 or 17 years of age and wears a safety helmet approved by the 
3.12 	commissioner of public safety.
3.13 	(d) A person 18 years of age or older may operate an all-terrain vehicle carrying one 
3.14 	passenger who is 18 years of age or older.
3.15 	(e) An operator of a class 2 all-terrain vehicle may carry two passengers.

3.16 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 84.926, subdivision 4, is 
3.17 	amended to read:
3.18 		Subd. 4.Off-road and all-terrain vehicles; limited or managed forests; trails.
 3.19 	Notwithstanding section 84.777, but subject to the commissioner's authority under 
3.20 	subdivision 5, on state forest lands classified as limited or managed, other than the Richard 
3.21 	J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood Forest, a person may use vehicles registered under chapter 
3.22 	168 or section 84.798 or 84.922, including class 2 all-terrain vehicles,  on forest trails that 
3.23 	are not designated for a specific use when:
3.24 	(1) hunting big game or transporting or installing hunting stands during October, 
3.25 	November, and December, when in possession of a valid big game hunting license;
3.26 	(2) retrieving big game in September, when in possession of a valid big game 
3.27 	hunting license;
3.28 	(3) tending traps during an open trapping season for protected furbearers, when in 
3.29 	possession of a valid trapping license; or
3.30 	(4) trapping minnows, when in possession of a valid minnow dealer, private fish 
3.31 	hatchery, or aquatic farm license.

3.32 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 84.928, subdivision 1, is 
3.33 	amended to read:
4.1 		Subdivision 1.Operation on roads and rights-of-way; class 1 vehicles. (a) Unless 
4.2 	otherwise allowed in sections 84.92 to 84.929, a person shall not operate an a class 1 
4.3 	 all-terrain vehicle in this state along or on the roadway, shoulder, or inside bank or slope 
4.4 	of a public road right-of-way of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway other than 
4.5 	in the ditch or the outside bank or slope of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway 
4.6 	unless prohibited under paragraph (b).
4.7 	(b) A road authority as defined under section 160.02, subdivision 25, may after a 
4.8 	public hearing restrict the use of class 1 all-terrain vehicles in the ditch or outside bank or 
4.9 	slope of a public road right-of-way under its jurisdiction.
4.10 	(c) The restrictions in paragraphs (a), (b), (g), (h), and (i) do not apply to the 
4.11 	operation of an a class 1 all-terrain vehicle on the shoulder, inside bank or slope, ditch, 
4.12 	or outside bank or slope of a trunk, interstate, county state-aid, or county highway when 
4.13 	the class 1 all-terrain vehicle is:
4.14 	(1) owned by or operated under contract with a publicly or privately owned utility 
4.15 	or pipeline company; and
4.16 	(2) used for work on utilities or pipelines.
4.17 	(d) The commissioner may limit the use of a right-of-way for a period of time if the 
4.18 	commissioner determines that use of the right-of-way causes:
4.19 	(1) degradation of vegetation on adjacent public property;
4.20 	(2) siltation of waters of the state;
4.21 	(3) impairment or enhancement to the act of taking game; or
4.22 	(4) a threat to safety of the right-of-way users or to individuals on adjacent public 
4.23 	property.
4.24 	(e) The commissioner must notify the road authority as soon as it is known that a 
4.25 	closure will be ordered. The notice must state the reasons and duration of the closure.
4.26 	(f) A person may operate an a class 1 all-terrain vehicle registered for private use and 
4.27 	used for agricultural purposes or a class 2 all-terrain vehicle on a public road right-of-way 
4.28 	of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway in this state if the class 1 or class 2
4.29 	all-terrain vehicle is operated on the extreme right-hand side of the road, and left turns 
4.30 	may be made from any part of the road if it is safe to do so under the prevailing conditions.
4.31 	(g) A person shall not operate an a class 1 all-terrain vehicle within the public road 
4.32 	right-of-way of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway from April 1 to August 1 in 
4.33 	the agricultural zone unless the vehicle is being used exclusively as transportation to and 
4.34 	from work on agricultural lands. This paragraph does not apply to an agent or employee 
4.35 	of a road authority, as defined in section 160.02, subdivision 25, or the Department of 
4.36 	Natural Resources when performing or exercising official duties or powers.
5.1 	(h) A person shall not operate an a class 1 all-terrain vehicle within the public 
5.2 	road right-of-way of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway between the hours of 
5.3 	one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, except on the right-hand side 
5.4 	of the right-of-way and in the same direction as the highway traffic on the nearest lane 
5.5 	of the adjacent roadway.
5.6 	(i) A person shall not operate an a class 1 all-terrain vehicle at any time within the 
5.7 	right-of-way of an interstate highway or freeway within this state.

5.8 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 84.928, is amended by adding a subdivision 
5.9 	to read:
5.10 		Subd. 8.Operation; class 2 vehicles. Except as provided in section 84.926, 
5.11 	subdivision 4, operation of class 2 all-terrain vehicles on public lands is limited to forest 
5.12 	roads, minimum maintenance roads, and trails designated or signed for class 2 all-terrain 
5.13 	vehicles.

5.14 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 84.943, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
5.15 		Subd. 3.Appropriations must be matched by private funds. Appropriations 
5.16 	transferred to the critical habitat private sector matching account and money credited to 
5.17 	the account under section  168.1296, subdivision 5, may be expended only to the extent 
5.18 	that they are matched equally with contributions to the account from private sources 
5.19 	or by funds contributed to the nongame wildlife management account. The private 
5.20 	contributions may be made in cash or in contributions of, property, land or interests in 
5.21 	land that are designated by the commissioner of natural resources as program acquisitions. 
5.22 	Appropriations transferred to the account that are not matched within three years from the 
5.23 	date of the appropriation shall cancel to the source of the appropriation. For the purposes 
5.24 	of this section, the private contributions of property, land, or interests in land that are 
5.25 	retained by the commissioner shall be valued in accordance with their appraised value. 

5.26 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.015, is amended by adding a 
5.27 	subdivision to read:
5.28 		Subd. 3a.Bonus permit. "Bonus permit" means a license to take and tag deer by 
5.29 	archery or firearms, in addition to deer authorized to be taken under regular firearms 
5.30 	or archery licenses.

5.31 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.015, is amended by adding a 
5.32 	subdivision to read:
6.1 		Subd. 14a.Deer. "Deer" means white-tailed or mule deer.

6.2 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.015, is amended by adding a 
6.3 	subdivision to read:
6.4 		Subd. 26b.Intensive deer area. "Intensive deer area" means an area of the state 
6.5 	where taking a deer of either sex is allowed and where multiple bonus permits are 
6.6 	authorized.

6.7 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.015, is amended by adding a 
6.8 	subdivision to read:
6.9 		Subd. 27b.Lottery deer area. "Lottery deer area" means an area of the state where 
6.10 	taking antlerless deer is allowed only by either-sex permit and where no bonus permits 
6.11 	are authorized.

6.12 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.015, is amended by adding a 
6.13 	subdivision to read:
6.14 		Subd. 27c.Managed deer area. "Managed deer area" means an area of the state 
6.15 	where taking a deer of either sex is allowed and where one bonus permit is authorized.

6.16 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.015, is amended by adding a 
6.17 	subdivision to read:
6.18 		Subd. 32a.Muzzle-loader season. "Muzzle-loader season" means the firearms 
6.19 	deer season option open only for legal muzzle-loading firearms, as prescribed by the 
6.20 	commissioner.

6.21 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.015, is amended by adding a 
6.22 	subdivision to read:
6.23 		Subd. 41a.Regular firearms season. "Regular firearms season" means any of the 
6.24 	firearms deer season options prescribed by the commissioner that begin in November, 
6.25 	exclusive of the muzzle-loader season.

6.26 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.055, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
6.27 		Subd. 2.Receipts. The commissioner of finance shall credit to the game and fish 
6.28 	fund all money received under the game and fish laws and all income from lands acquired 
6.29 	by the state for game or fish purposes by purchase or gift, including receipts from:
6.30 	(1) licenses and permits issued;
7.1 	(2) fines and forfeited bail;
7.2 	(3) sales of contraband, wild animals, and other property under the control of the 
7.3 	division;
7.4 	(4) fees from advanced education courses for hunters and trappers;
7.5 	(5) reimbursements of expenditures by the division;
7.6 	(6) contributions to the division; and
7.7 	(7) revenue credited to the game and fish fund under section  297A.94, paragraph 
7.8 	(e), clause (1). 

7.9 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.065, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
7.10 		Subd. 2.Fines and forfeited bail. (a) Fines and forfeited bail collected from 
7.11 	prosecutions of violations of: the game and fish laws or rules adopted thereunder; sections  
7.12 	84.091 to  84.15 or rules adopted thereunder; sections  84.81 to  84.91 or rules adopted 
7.13 	thereunder; section  169A.20, when the violation involved an off-road recreational vehicle 
7.14 	as defined in section  169A.03, subdivision 16; chapter 348; and any other law relating 
7.15 	to wild animals or aquatic vegetation, must be paid to the treasurer of the county where 
7.16 	the violation is prosecuted. The county treasurer shall submit one-half of the receipts to 
7.17 	the commissioner and credit the balance to the county general revenue fund except as 
7.18 	provided in paragraphs (b), and (c), and (d). In a county in a judicial district under section  
7.19 	480.181, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), the share that would otherwise go to the county 
7.20 	under this paragraph must be submitted to the commissioner of finance for deposit in the 
7.21 	state treasury and credited to the general fund. 
7.22 	(b) The commissioner may reimburse a county, from the game and fish fund, for the 
7.23 	cost of keeping prisoners prosecuted for violations of the game and fish laws under this 
7.24 	section if the county board, by resolution, directs: (1) the county treasurer to submit all 
7.25 	game and fish fines and forfeited bail to the commissioner; and (2) the county auditor to 
7.26 	certify and submit monthly itemized statements to the commissioner.
7.27 	(c)(b) The county treasurer shall submit one-half of the receipts collected under 
7.28 	paragraph (a) from prosecutions of violations of sections  84.81 to  84.91 or rules adopted 
7.29 	thereunder, and  169A.20, except receipts that are surcharges imposed under section  
7.30 	357.021, subdivision 6, to the commissioner and credit the balance to the county 
7.31 	general fund. The commissioner shall credit these receipts to the snowmobile trails and 
7.32 	enforcement account in the natural resources fund. 
7.33 	(d) (c) The county treasurer shall indicate the amount of the receipts that are 
7.34 	surcharges imposed under section  357.021, subdivision 6, and shall submit all of those 
7.35 	receipts to the commissioner of finance. 

8.1 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.075, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
8.2 		Subdivision 1.Deer, bear, and lifetime licenses. (a) For purposes of this 
8.3 	subdivision, "deer license" means a license issued under section  97A.475, subdivisions 
8.4 	2, clauses (4), (5), (9), (11), (13), and (14), and 3, clauses (2), (3), and (7), and licenses 
8.5 	issued under section  97B.301, subdivision 4. 
8.6 	(b) At least $2 from each annual deer license and $2 annually from the lifetime fish 
8.7 	and wildlife trust fund, established in section  97A.4742, for each license issued under 
8.8 	section  97A.473, subdivision 4,  shall be credited to the deer management account and 
8.9 	shall be used for deer habitat improvement or deer management programs. 
8.10 	(c) At least $1 from each annual deer license and each bear license and $1 annually 
8.11 	from the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund, established in section  97A.4742, for each 
8.12 	license issued under section  97A.473, subdivision 4, shall be credited to the deer and bear 
8.13 	management account and shall be used for deer and bear management programs, including 
8.14 	a computerized licensing system. 
8.15 	(d) Fifty cents from each deer license is credited to the emergency deer feeding 
8.16 	and wild cervidae health management account and is appropriated for emergency deer 
8.17 	feeding and wild cervidae health management. Money appropriated for emergency 
8.18 	deer feeding and wild cervidae health management is available until expended. When 
8.19 	the unencumbered balance in the appropriation for emergency deer feeding and wild 
8.20 	cervidae health management at the end of a fiscal year exceeds $2,500,000 for the first 
8.21 	time, $750,000 is canceled to the unappropriated balance of the game and fish fund. 
8.22 	The commissioner must inform the legislative chairs of the natural resources finance 
8.23 	committees every two years on how the money for emergency deer feeding and wild 
8.24 	cervidae health management has been spent. 
8.25 	Thereafter, when the unencumbered balance in the appropriation for emergency deer 
8.26 	feeding and wild cervidae health management exceeds $2,500,000 at the end of a fiscal 
8.27 	year, the unencumbered balance in excess of $2,500,000 is canceled and available for deer 
8.28 	and bear management programs and computerized licensing.

8.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.

8.30 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.101, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
8.31 		Subd. 4.Restrictions on airboats, watercraft, and recreational vehicles. (a) The 
8.32 	use of airboats is prohibited at all times on lakes designated for wildlife management 
8.33 	purposes under this section unless otherwise authorized by the commissioner.
8.34 	(b) The commissioner may restrict the use of motorized watercraft and recreational 
8.35 	vehicles on lakes designated for wildlife management purposes by posting all public access 
9.1 	points on the designated lake. Restrictions may include prohibitions or limitations on the 
9.2 	type of allowable motorized watercraft or recreational vehicle, horsepower or thrust of 
9.3 	motor, speed of operation, season or area of use, or other restrictions that the commissioner 
9.4 	determines are necessary to minimize disturbances to wildlife or to protect wildlife habitat. 
9.5 	When the commissioner intends to permanently prohibit the use of motorized watercraft, 
9.6 	the commissioner must give notice and hold a public hearing. The hearing must be held in 
9.7 	the county where the major portion of the lake is located. Notice of the hearing must be 
9.8 	published in a legal newspaper within the county where the lake is located at least thirty 
9.9 	days before the hearing. Designation of areas, times, and types of restrictions to be posted 
9.10 	shall be by written order published in the State Register. Posting of the restrictions is not 
9.11 	subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.

9.12 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.251, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
9.13 		Subdivision 1.Unlawful conduct. A person may not:
9.14 	(1) intentionally hinder, resist, or obstruct an enforcement officer, agent, or employee 
9.15 	of the division in the performance of official duties;
9.16 	(2) refuse to submit to inspection of firearms  equipment used to take wild animals
9.17 	while in the field, licenses, or wild animals; or
9.18 	(3) refuse to allow inspection of a motor vehicle, boat, or other conveyance used 
9.19 	while taking or transporting wild animals.

9.20 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.321, is amended to read:
9.21 	97A.321 DOGS PURSUING OR KILLING BIG GAME.
9.22 	The owner of a dog that kills or pursues a big game animal is guilty of a petty 
9.23 	misdemeanor and is subject to a civil penalty of up to $500 for each violation, if the 
9.24 	animal is killed by the dog, and $100 if a dog continuously pursues the animal.

9.25 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 97A.405, subdivision 4, is 
9.26 	amended to read:
9.27 		Subd. 4.Replacement licenses. (a) The commissioner may permit licensed deer 
9.28 	hunters to change zone, license, or season options. The commissioner may issue a 
9.29 	replacement license if the applicant submits the original deer license and unused tags that 
9.30 	are being replaced and the applicant pays any increase in cost between the original and 
9.31 	the replacement license. When a person submits both an archery and a firearms license 
9.32 	for replacement, the commissioner may apply the value of both licenses towards the 
9.33 	replacement license fee.
10.1 	(b) A replacement license may be issued only if the applicant has not used any tag 
10.2 	from the original license and meets the conditions of paragraph (c). The original license 
10.3 	and all unused tags for that license must be submitted to the issuing agent at the time 
10.4 	the replacement license is issued.
10.5 	(c) A replacement license may be issued under the following conditions, or as 
10.6 	otherwise prescribed by rule of the commissioner:
10.7 	(1) when the season for the license being surrendered has not yet opened; or
10.8 	(2) when the person is upgrading from a regular firearms or archery deer license to a 
10.9 	multizone or all season deer license that is valid in multiple zones.
10.10 	(d) Notwithstanding section 97A.411, subdivision 3, a replacement license is valid 
10.11 	immediately upon issuance if the license being surrendered is valid at that time.

10.12 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.475, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
10.13 		Subd. 2.Resident hunting. Fees for the following licenses, to be issued to residents 
10.14 	only, are:
10.15 	(1) for persons age 18 or over and under age 65 to take small game, $12.50;
10.16 	(2) for persons ages 16 and 17 and age 65 or over, $6 to take small game;
10.17 	(3) to take turkey, $18;
10.18 	(4) for persons age 18 or over to take deer with firearms, $26;
10.19 	(5) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by archery, $26;
10.20 	(6) to take moose, for a party of not more than six persons, $310;
10.21 	(7) to take bear, $38;
10.22 	(8) to take elk, for a party of not more than two persons, $250;
10.23 	(9) multizone license to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $52;
10.24 	(10) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4;
10.25 	(11) all season license to take two deer throughout the state in any open deer season, 
10.26 	except as restricted under section  97B.305, $78; 
10.27 	(12) to take prairie chickens, $20;
10.28 	(13) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer with firearms during 
10.29 	the regular firearms season in any open zone or time period, $13; and
10.30 	(14) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer by archery, $13.

10.31 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 3, is 
10.32 	amended to read:
10.33 		Subd. 3.Nonresident hunting. Fees for the following licenses, to be issued 
10.34 	to nonresidents, are:
11.1 	(1) to take small game, $73;
11.2 	(2) to take deer with firearms, $135;
11.3 	(3) to take deer by archery, the greater of:
11.4 	(i) an amount equal to the total amount of license fees and surcharges charged to a 
11.5 	Minnesota resident to take deer by archery in the person's state or province of residence; or
11.6 	(ii) $135;
11.7 	(4) to take bear, $195;
11.8 	(5) to take turkey, $73;
11.9 	(6) to take raccoon, bobcat, fox, or coyote, $155;
11.10 	(7) multizone license to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $270; and
11.11 	(8) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4.

11.12 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.535, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
11.13 		Subdivision 1.Tags required. (a) A person may not possess or transport deer, 
11.14 	bear, elk, or moose taken in the state unless a tag is attached to the carcass in a manner 
11.15 	prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner must prescribe the type of tag that has 
11.16 	the license number of the owner, the year of its issue, and other information prescribed by 
11.17 	the commissioner.
11.18 	(b) The tag and the license must be validated at the site of the kill as prescribed by 
11.19 	the commissioner.
11.20 	(c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the tag must be attached to the deer, 
11.21 	bear, elk, or moose at the site of the kill before the animal is removed from the site of the 
11.22 	kill, and. A person may not leave the animal unattended once it has been field dressed 
11.23 	unless the validated tag has been attached to it as prescribed by the commissioner.
11.24 	(d) The tag must remain attached to the animal until the animal is processed for 
11.25 	storage.
11.26 	(e) A person may move a lawfully taken deer, bear, elk, or moose from the site of the 
11.27 	kill without attaching the validated tag to the animal only while in the act of manually 
11.28 	or mechanically dragging, carrying, or carting the animal across the ground and while 
11.29 	possessing the validated tag on their person. A motor vehicle may be used to drag the 
11.30 	animal across the ground. At all other times, the validated tag must be attached to the deer, 
11.31 	bear, elk, or moose as otherwise provided under this section and prior to the animal being 
11.32 	placed onto and transported on a motor vehicle, being hung from a tree or other structure 
11.33 	or device, or being brought into a camp or yard or other place of habitation.

12.1 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 97A.551, subdivision 6, is 
12.2 	amended to read:
12.3 		Subd. 6.Tagging and registration. The commissioner may, by rule, require 
12.4 	persons taking, possessing, and transporting certain species of fish to tag the fish with 
12.5 	a special fish management tag and may require registration of tagged fish. A person 
12.6 	may not possess or transport a fish species taken in the state for which a special fish 
12.7 	management tag is required unless a tag is attached to the fish in a manner prescribed by 
12.8 	the commissioner. The commissioner shall prescribe the manner of issuance and the 
12.9 	type of tag as authorized under section 97C.087. The tag must be attached to the fish as 
12.10 	prescribed by the commissioner immediately upon reducing the fish to possession and 
12.11 	must remain attached to the fish until the fish is processed or consumed. Species for 
12.12 	which a special fish management tag is required must be transported undressed, except as 
12.13 	otherwise prescribed by the commissioner.

12.14 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97B.015, is amended by adding a 
12.15 	subdivision to read:
12.16 		Subd. 5a.Exemption; range and shooting exercise instruction. Notwithstanding 
12.17 	subdivision 5, a person who is a licensed police officer as defined in section 626.84, or who 
12.18 	has completed basic training in the United Stated armed forces, is exempt from the range 
12.19 	and shooting exercise portion of the required course of instruction for the firearms safety 
12.20 	certificate. The commissioner may require any written proof of the person's police officer 
12.21 	licensure or military training that the commissioner deems appropriate for implementing 
12.22 	this subdivision. The police officer or current or former service member is not exempt 
12.23 	from any other requirement of this section for obtaining the firearms safety certificate. 
12.24 	The commissioner shall publicly announce this exemption and the availability of the 
12.25 	department's online, remote-study option for adults seeking firearms safety certification.

12.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2006.

12.27 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97B.021, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
12.28 		Subdivision 1.Restrictions. (a) Except as provided in this subdivision, a person 
12.29 	under the age of 16 may not possess a firearm, unless accompanied by a parent or guardian.
12.30 	(b) A person under age 16 may possess a firearm without being accompanied by a 
12.31 	parent or guardian:
12.32 	(1) on land owned by, or occupied as the principal residence of, the person or the 
12.33 	person's parent or guardian;
13.1 	(2) while participating in an organized target shooting program with adult 
13.2 	supervision;
13.3 	(3) while the person is participating in a firearms safety program or traveling to 
13.4 	and from class; or
13.5 	(4) if the person is age 14 or 15 and has a firearms safety certificate.
13.6 	(c) For purposes of this section, accompanied means that the parent or guardian has 
13.7 	physical or verbal control over the actions of the person under age 16.

13.8 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97B.021, is amended by adding a 
13.9 	subdivision to read:
13.10 		Subd. 1a.Parent or guardian duties. A parent or guardian may not knowingly 
13.11 	direct, allow, or permit a person under the age of 16 to possess a firearm in violation 
13.12 	of this section.

13.13 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97B.081, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
13.14 		Subdivision 1.With firearms and bows. (a) A person may not cast the rays of a 
13.15 	spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light on a highway, or in a field, woodland, or forest, 
13.16 	to spot, locate, or take a wild animal, except while taking raccoons in accordance with 
13.17 	section  97B.621, subdivision 3, or tending traps in accordance with section  97B.931, 
13.18 	while having in possession, either individually or as one of a group of persons, a firearm, 
13.19 	bow, or other implement that could be used to kill big game. 
13.20 	(b) This subdivision does not apply to a firearm that is:
13.21 	(1) unloaded;
13.22 	(2) in a gun case expressly made to contain a firearm that fully encloses the firearm 
13.23 	by being zipped, snapped, buckled, tied, or otherwise fastened without any portion of 
13.24 	the firearm exposed; and
13.25 	(3) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.
13.26 	(c) This subdivision does not apply to a bow that is:
13.27 	(1) completely encased or unstrung; and
13.28 	(2) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.
13.29 	(d) If the motor vehicle under paragraph (b) or (c) does not have a trunk, the firearm 
13.30 	or bow must be placed in the rearmost location of the vehicle.
13.31 	(e) This subdivision does not apply to persons taking raccoons under section  
13.32 	97B.621, subdivision 3. 
13.33 	(f) This subdivision does not apply to a person hunting fox or coyote from January 1 
13.34 	to March 15 while using a hand-held artificial light, provided that the person:
14.1 	(1) is on foot;
14.2 	(2) is using a shotgun;
14.3 	(3) is not within a public road right-of-way;
14.4 	(4) is using a hand-held or electronic calling device; and
14.5 	(5) is not within 200 feet of a motor vehicle.

14.6 	Sec. 32. [97B.22] COLLECTING ANTLER SHEDS.
14.7 	(a) A person may take and possess naturally shed antlers without a license.
14.8 	(b) A person may not use equipment intended to artificially pull, sever, or otherwise 
14.9 	cause antlers of live deer, moose, elk, or caribou to be shed or removed.

14.10 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97B.301, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
14.11 		Subd. 7.All season deer license. (a) A resident may obtain an all season deer 
14.12 	license. This license that authorizes the resident to take one buck by firearm or archery
14.13 	hunt during any season statewide. In addition, a resident obtaining this license may take 
14.14 	one antlerless deer: the archery, regular firearms, and muzzle-loader seasons. The all 
14.15 	season license is valid for taking two deer, no more than one of which may be a legal buck.
14.16 	(1) by firearms in the regular firearms season if the resident first obtains an antlerless 
14.17 	deer permit or if the resident takes the antlerless deer in an area where the commissioner 
14.18 	has authorized taking a deer of either sex without an antlerless permit;
14.19 	(2) by archery in the archery season; or
14.20 	(3) by muzzleloader in the muzzleloader season.
14.21 	(b) The all season deer license is valid for taking antlerless deer as follows:
14.22 	(1) up to two antlerless deer may be taken during the archery or muzzle-loader 
14.23 	seasons in any open area or during the regular firearms season in managed or intensive 
14.24 	deer areas; and
14.25 	(2) one antlerless deer may be taken during the regular firearms season in a lottery 
14.26 	deer area, only with an either-sex permit or statutory exemption from an either-sex permit.
14.27 	(c) The commissioner shall issue one tag for a buck and one tag for an antlerless 
14.28 	deer two tags when issuing a license under this subdivision.

14.29 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97B.311, is amended to read:
14.30 	97B.311 DEER SEASONS AND RESTRICTIONS.
14.31 	(a) The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe restrictions and designate areas where 
14.32 	deer may be taken, including hunter selection criteria for special hunts established under 
15.1 	section  97A.401, subdivision 4. The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe the open 
15.2 	seasons for deer within the following periods: 
15.3 	(1) taking with firearms, other than muzzle-loading firearms, between November 1 
15.4 	and December 15;
15.5 	(2) taking with muzzle-loading firearms between September 1 and December 31; and
15.6 	(3) taking by archery between September 1 and December 31.
15.7 	A muzzle-loading firearm used in the muzzle-loader season established under clause 
15.8 	(2) is a firearm equipped only with a flint, percussion cap, or musket cap.
15.9 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the commissioner may establish special seasons 
15.10 	within designated areas at any time of year.
15.11 	(c) Smokeless gunpowder may not be used in a muzzle-loader during the 
15.12 	muzzle-loader season.

15.13 	Sec. 35. [97B.327] REPORT; DEER OTHER THAN WHITE-TAILED OR 
15.14 	MULE.
15.15 	A hunter legally taking a deer that is not a white-tailed or mule deer must report the 
15.16 	type of deer taken to the commissioner of natural resources within seven days of taking.

15.17 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97C.025, is amended to read:
15.18 	97C.025 FISHING AND MOTORBOATS RESTRICTED IN CERTAIN 
15.19 	AREAS.
15.20 	(a) The commissioner may prohibit or restrict the taking of fish or the operation of 
15.21 	motorboats by posting waters that:
15.22 	(1) are designated as spawning beds or fish preserves;
15.23 	(2) are being used by the commissioner for fisheries research or management 
15.24 	activities; or
15.25 	(3) are licensed by the commissioner as a private fish hatchery or aquatic farm under 
15.26 	section  17.4984, subdivision 1, or  97C.211, subdivision 1. 
15.27 	An area may be posted under this paragraph if necessary to prevent excessive depletion 
15.28 	of fish or interference with fisheries research or management activities or private fish 
15.29 	hatchery or aquatic farm operations.
15.30 	(b) The commissioner will consider the following criteria in determining if waters 
15.31 	licensed under a private fish hatchery or aquatic farm should be posted under paragraph (a):
15.32 	(1) the waters contain game fish brood stock that are vital to the private fish hatchery 
15.33 	or aquatic farm operation;
16.1 	(2) game fish are present in the licensed waters only as a result of aquaculture 
16.2 	activities by the licensee; and
16.3 	(3) no public access to the waters existed when the waters were first licensed.
16.4 	(c) A private fish hatchery or aquatic farm licensee may not take fish or authorize 
16.5 	others to take fish in licensed waters that are posted under paragraph (a), except as 
16.6 	provided in section  17.4983, subdivision 3, and except that if waters are posted to allow 
16.7 	the taking of fish under special restrictions, licensees and others who can legally access 
16.8 	the waters may take fish under those special restrictions. 
16.9 	(d) Before March 1, 2003, riparian landowners adjacent to licensed waters on 
16.10 	April 30, 2002, and riparian landowners who own land adjacent to waters licensed after 
16.11 	April 30, 2002, on the date the waters become licensed waters, plus their children and 
16.12 	grandchildren, may take two daily limits of fish per month under an angling license subject 
16.13 	to the other limits and conditions in the game and fish laws.
16.14 	(e) Except as provided in paragraphs (c), (d), and (f), a person may not take fish or 
16.15 	operate a motorboat if prohibited by posting under paragraph (a).
16.16 	(f) An owner of riparian land adjacent to an area posted under paragraph (a) may 
16.17 	operate a motorboat through the area by the shortest direct route at a speed of not more 
16.18 	than five miles per hour.
16.19 	(g) Postings for water bodies designated under paragraph (a), clause (1), or being 
16.20 	used for fisheries research or management under paragraph (a), clause (2), are not subject 
16.21 	to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.

16.22 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97C.081, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
16.23 		Subd. 4.Restrictions. The commissioner may by rule establish restrictions on 
16.24 	fishing contests to protect fish and fish habitat, to minimize user conflicts, and for the 
16.25 	safety of contest participants.

16.26 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97C.081, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
16.27 		Subd. 6.Permit application process. (a) Beginning September August 1 each 
16.28 	year, the commissioner shall accept permit applications for fishing contests to be held in 
16.29 	the following year.
16.30 	(b)  If the number of permit applications received by the commissioner from 
16.31 	September August 1 through the last Friday in October September exceeds the limits 
16.32 	specified in subdivisions 7 and 8, the commissioner shall notify the affected applicants 
16.33 	that their requested locations and time period are subject to a drawing. After notification, 
16.34 	the commissioner shall allow the affected applicants a minimum of seven days to change 
17.1 	the location or time period requested on their applications, provided that the change is 
17.2 	not to a location or time period for which applications are already at or above the limits 
17.3 	specified in subdivisions 7 and 8.
17.4 	(c) After the applicants have been given at least seven days to change their 
17.5 	applications, the commissioner shall conduct a drawing for all locations and time periods 
17.6 	for which applications exceed limits. First preference in the drawings shall be given 
17.7 	to applicants for established or traditional fishing contests, and second preference to 
17.8 	applicants for contests that are not established as traditional fishing contests based on the 
17.9 	number of times they have been unsuccessful in previous drawings. Except for applicants 
17.10 	of established or traditional fishing contests, an applicant who is successful in a drawing 
17.11 	loses all accumulated preference. "Established or traditional fishing contest" means a 
17.12 	fishing contest that was issued permits in 1999 and 2000 or was issued permits four out of 
17.13 	five years from 1996 to 2000 for the same lake and time period. Beginning with 2001, 
17.14 	established or traditional fishing contests must continue to be conducted at least four out 
17.15 	of five years for the same lake and time period to remain established or traditional.
17.16 	(d)  The commissioner has until December November 7 to approve or deny permit 
17.17 	applications that are submitted by 4:30 p.m. on the last Friday in October September. The 
17.18 	commissioner may approve a permit application that is received after 4:30 p.m. on the last 
17.19 	Friday in October September if approving the application would not result in exceeding 
17.20 	the limits in subdivisions 7 and 8.

17.21 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97C.081, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
17.22 		Subd. 8.Limits on number of fishing contests. (a) The number of permitted 
17.23 	fishing contests allowed each month on a water body shall not exceed the following limits:
17.24 	(1) Lakes:

17.25
17.26
17.27		Maximum number 
of permitted fishing 
contests
	Maximum number 
of large permitted 
fishing contests
	Maximum number 
of permitted fishing 
contest days
	
17.28	Size/acres
				
17.29	less than 2,000
	2
	0
	4
	
17.30	2,000-4,999
	3
	1
	6
	
17.31	5,000-14,999
	4
	2
	8
	
17.32	15,000-55,000
	5
	3
	10
	
17.33	more than 55,000
	no limit
	no limit
	no limit
	
18.1 	(b) For boundary waters water lakes, the limits on the number of permitted fishing 
18.2 	contests shall be determined based on the Minnesota acreage.
18.3 	(2) Rivers:

18.4
18.5
18.6		Maximum number 
of permitted fishing 
contests
	Maximum number 
of large permitted 
fishing contests
	Maximum number 
of permitted fishing 
contest days
	
18.7
18.8
18.9	Mississippi River: 
Pool 1, 2, 3, 5, 5A, 
6, 7, 8, 9
	4 (each pool)
	2 (each pool)
	8 (each pool)
	
18.10	Pool 4
	5
	3
	10

18.11	St. Croix River
	2
	1
	4
	
18.12	Lake St. Croix
	4
	2
	8
	
18.13 	Contest waters identified in the permit for Mississippi River pools are limited to 
18.14 	no more than one lockage upstream and one lockage downstream from the pool where 
18.15 	the contest access and weigh-in is located.
18.16 	Contest waters for Lake St. Croix are bounded by the U.S. Highway 10 bridge at 
18.17 	Prescott upstream to the Arcola Bar. Contest waters for the St. Croix River are bounded 
18.18 	by the Arcola Bar upstream to the Wisconsin state line.
18.19 	For all other rivers, no more than two contest permits, not to exceed four days 
18.20 	combined, may be issued for any continuous segment of a river per month. Of the two 
18.21 	contests permitted, only one shall be a large permitted fishing contest. Permits issued by 
18.22 	the commissioner shall not exceed 60 continuous river miles.

18.23 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97C.081, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
18.24 		Subd. 9.Permit restrictions. (a) The commissioner may require fishing contest 
18.25 	permittees to limit prefishing to week days only as a condition of a fishing contest permit. 
18.26 	The commissioner may require proof from permittees that prefishing restrictions on the 
18.27 	permit are communicated to fishing contest participants and enforced.
18.28 	(b) The commissioner may require permit restrictions on the hours that a permitted 
18.29 	fishing contest is conducted, including, but not limited to, starting and ending times.
18.30 	(c) The commissioner may require permit restrictions on the number of parking 
18.31 	spaces that may be used on a state-owned public water access site. The commissioner may 
18.32 	require proof from permittees that parking restrictions on the permit are communicated to 
18.33 	fishing contest participants and enforced.
19.1 	(d) To prevent undue loss mortality of released fish, the commissioner may require 
19.2 	restrictions for off-site weigh-ins and live releases on a fishing contest permit or may deny 
19.3 	permits requesting an off-site weigh-in or live release.
19.4 	(e) A person may not transfer a fishing contest permit to another person.
19.5 	(f) Failure to comply with fishing contest permit restrictions may be considered 
19.6 	grounds for denial of future permit applications.

19.7 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97C.205, is amended to read:
19.8 	97C.205 RULES FOR TRANSPORTING AND STOCKING FISH.
19.9 	(a) Except on the water body where taken, a person may not transport a live fish in a 
19.10 	quantity of water sufficient to keep the fish alive, unless the fish:
19.11 	(1) is being transported under an aquaculture license as authorized under sections 
19.12 	17.4985 and 17.4986;
19.13 	(2) is being transported for a fishing contest weigh-in under section 97C.081;
19.14 	(3) is a minnow being transported under section 97C.505 or 97C.515;
19.15 	(4) is being transported by a commercial fishing license holder under section 
19.16 	97C.821; or
19.17 	(5) is being transported as otherwise authorized in this section.
19.18 	(b) The commissioner may adopt rules to allow and regulate:
19.19 	(1) the transportation of fish and fish eggs from one body of water to another; and
19.20 	(2) the stocking of waters with fish or fish eggs.
19.21 	(b) (c) The commissioner shall prescribe rules designed to encourage local sporting 
19.22 	organizations to propagate game fish by using rearing ponds. The rules must:
19.23 	(1) prescribe methods to acquire brood stock for the ponds by seining public waters;
19.24 	(2) allow the sporting organizations to own and use seines and other necessary 
19.25 	equipment; and
19.26 	(3) prescribe methods for stocking the fish in public waters that give priority to the 
19.27 	needs of the community where the fish are reared and the desires of the organization 
19.28 	operating the rearing pond.
19.29 	(c) (d) A person age 16 or under may, for purposes of display in a home aquarium, 
19.30 	transport largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass, black crappie, 
19.31 	white crappie, bluegill pumpkinseed, green sunfish, orange spotted sunfish, and black, 
19.32 	yellow, and brown bullheads taken by angling. No more than four of each species may 
19.33 	be transported at any one time, and any individual fish can be no longer than ten inches 
19.34 	in total length.

20.1 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97C.315, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
20.2 		Subd. 2.Hooks. An angler may not have more than one hook on a line, except:
20.3 	(1) three artificial flies may be on a line used to take largemouth bass, smallmouth 
20.4 	bass, trout, crappies, sunfish, and rock bass; and
20.5 	(2) a single artificial bait may contain more than one hook.; and
20.6 	(3) as otherwise prescribed by the commissioner.

20.7 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97C.355, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
20.8 		Subd. 7.Dates and times houses may remain on ice. (a) Except as provided 
20.9 	in paragraph (d), a shelter, including a fish house or dark house, may not be on the ice 
20.10 	between 12:00 a.m. and one hour before sunrise after the following dates:
20.11 	(1) the last day of February, for state waters south of a line starting at the 
20.12 	Minnesota-North Dakota border and formed by rights-of-way of U.S. Route No. 10, then 
20.13 	east along U.S. Route No. 10 to Trunk Highway No. 34, then east along Trunk Highway 
20.14 	No. 34 to Trunk Highway No. 200, then east along Trunk Highway No. 200 to U.S. Route 
20.15 	No. 2, then east along U.S. Route No. 2 to the Minnesota-Wisconsin border; and
20.16 	(2) March 15, for other state waters.
20.17 	A shelter, including a fish house or dark house, on the ice in violation of this 
20.18 	subdivision is subject to the enforcement provisions of paragraph (b). The commissioner 
20.19 	may, by rule, change the dates in this paragraph for any part of state waters. Copies of 
20.20 	the rule must be conspicuously posted on the shores of the waters as prescribed by the 
20.21 	commissioner.
20.22 	(b) A conservation officer must confiscate a fish house or, dark house, or shelter in 
20.23 	violation of paragraph (a). The officer may remove, burn, or destroy the house or shelter. 
20.24 	The officer shall seize the contents of the house or shelter and hold them for 60 days. If the 
20.25 	seized articles have not been claimed by the owner, they may be retained for the use of the 
20.26 	division or sold at the highest price obtainable in a manner prescribed by the commissioner.
20.27 	(c) When the last day of February, under paragraph (a), clause (1), or March 15, 
20.28 	under paragraph (a), clause (2), falls on a Saturday, a shelter, including a fish house or 
20.29 	dark house, may be on the ice between 12:00 a.m. and one hour before sunrise until 
20.30 	12:00 a.m. the following Monday.
20.31 	(d) A person may have a shelter, including a fish house or dark house, on the ice 
20.32 	between 12:00 a.m. and one hour before sunrise on waters within the area prescribed in 
20.33 	paragraph (a), clause (2), but the house or shelter may not be unattended during those 
20.34 	hours.

21.1 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97C.371, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
21.2 		Subd. 3.Restrictions while spearing from dark house. A person may not take fish 
21.3 	by angling or the use of tip-ups while spearing fish in a dark house, except that a person 
21.4 	may take fish by angling if only one angling line is in use and any fish caught by angling 
21.5 	is immediately released to the water or placed on the ice.

21.6 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97C.371, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
21.7 		Subd. 4.Open season. The open season for spearing through the ice is December 1 
21.8 	to the thirdlast Sunday in February.

21.9 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 197.65, is amended to read:
21.10 	197.65 RENEWAL OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSE, MOTOR VEHICLE 
21.11 	REGISTRATION AND DRIVER'S LICENSE LICENSES; REGISTRATION; 
21.12 	CERTIFICATE; GOVERNING STATUTES.
21.13 	(a) The renewal of a license or certificate of registration for a person who is serving 
21.14 	in or has recently been separated or discharged from active military service and who 
21.15 	is required by law to be licensed or registered in order to carry on or practice a trade, 
21.16 	employment, occupation, or profession in the state is governed under sections 326.55
21.17 	and 326.56.
21.18 	(b) The renewal of a driver's license for a person who is serving in or has recently 
21.19 	been separated or discharged from active military service is governed under section 171.27.
21.20 	(c) The renewal and payment of the motor vehicle registration tax for a vehicle of a 
21.21 	person who is serving in or has recently been separated or discharged from active military 
21.22 	service is governed under section 168.031.
21.23 	(d) A veteran's exemption from the range and shooting exercise portion of the 
21.24 	natural resources firearms safety training course, as a prerequisite for obtaining a hunting 
21.25 	license or for any other purpose, is governed by section 97B.015, subdivision 5a.

21.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2006.

21.27 	Sec. 47. MORATORIUM ON LICENSING OR USE OF NEW PUBLIC WATERS 
21.28 	FOR AQUACULTURE.
 21.29 	(a) The commissioner of natural resources may not license or use public waters, as 
21.30 	defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.005, subdivision 15, for aquaculture or the 
21.31 	raising of fish that were not licensed by the commissioner of natural resources or used for 
22.1 	that purpose by the commissioner of natural resources during the five-year period prior to 
22.2 	April 1, 2006, except as provided in paragraph (b).
22.3 	(b) The commissioner of natural resources may annually authorize fish rearing in 
22.4 	new public waters prior to December 31, 2007, if the fish rearing is conducted as part of a 
22.5 	wetland improvement plan approved by the commissioner.
22.6 	(c) This section expires December 31, 2007.

22.7 	Sec. 48. REQUIRED RULEMAKING; ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE OR 
22.8 	SNOWMOBILE USE ON PRIVATE LANDS DURING DEER SEASON.
 22.9 	(a) The commissioner of natural resources shall amend Minnesota Rules, part 
22.10 	6232.0300, subpart 7, to permit an individual to operate an all-terrain vehicle or 
22.11 	snowmobile on privately owned land in an area open to taking deer by firearms during the 
22.12 	legal shooting hours of the deer season, if the individual is:
22.13 	(1) the owner of the land on which the all-terrain vehicle or snowmobile is operated; 
22.14 	or
22.15 	(2) a person with the landowner's permission to operate the all-terrain vehicle or 
22.16 	snowmobile on the land.
22.17 	(b) The commissioner may use the good cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes, 
22.18 	section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), in amending the rule under paragraph (a). 
22.19 	Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply, except to the extent provided under 
22.20 	Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.

22.21 	Sec. 49. SPRING TURKEY SEASON.
 22.22 	The commissioner of natural resources must amend Minnesota Rules so that the 
22.23 	taking of turkey in the spring season ends at sunset each day. The commissioner of natural 
22.24 	resources may use the good cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, 
22.25 	subdivision 1, clause (3), to amend rules to conform to this section. Minnesota Statutes, 
22.26 	section 14.386, does not apply to the rulemaking under this section except to the extent 
22.27 	provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.

22.28 	Sec. 50. CONFORMING CHANGES; RULES.
 22.29 	The commissioner of natural resources may use the good cause exemption under 
22.30 	Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to amend rules to conform 
22.31 	to section 45. Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply to the rulemaking under 
22.32 	this section except to the extent provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.

23.1 	Sec. 51. TRANSITION.
 23.2 	The commissioner of natural resources shall distinguish between class 1 registration 
23.3 	and class 2 registration for all-terrain vehicles under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.922. A 
23.4 	class 2 all-terrain vehicle that is not registered as a class 2 all-terrain vehicle on December 
23.5 	12, 2006, shall be registered as a class 2 vehicle when the registration next expires or when 
23.6 	the registrant requests a duplicate registration.

23.7 	Sec. 52.  REPEALER.
 23.8 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97C.355, subdivision 6, is repealed.

23.9 	Sec. 53. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 23.10 	Sections 1 to 8 are effective December 12, 2006.