1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to game and fish; clarifying restrictions on taking farm-raised cervidae;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 17.452, subdivision 4; Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 35.155, subdivision 10; proposing coding for 
1.5 	new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97B.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 17.452, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 4.Farmed cervidae are livestock. Farmed cervidae are livestock and, 
1.9 	except as provided in sections 35.155, subdivision 10, paragraph (b), and 97B.215, are 
1.10 	not wild animals for purposes of game farm, hunting, or wildlife laws. Farmed cervidae 
1.11 	and their products are farm products and livestock for purposes of financial transactions 
1.12 	and collateral.

1.13 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 35.155, subdivision 10, is 
1.14 	amended to read:
1.15 		Subd. 10.Mandatory registration; prohibition on raising cervidae for taking by 
1.16 	firearm or archery within Minnesota. (a) A person may not possess live cervidae in 
1.17 	Minnesota unless the person is registered with the Board of Animal Health and meets all 
1.18 	the requirements for farmed cervidae under this section. Cervidae possessed in violation 
1.19 	of this subdivision may be seized and destroyed by the commissioner of natural resources.
1.20 	(b) A person may not raise cervidae or sell cervidae to another for the purpose 
1.21 	of charging customers to take the cervidae by firearm or archery within Minnesota. In 
1.22 	addition to other penalties prescribed by law, the board shall revoke the registration of 
1.23 	a person found in violation of this paragraph and prohibit farmed cervidae registration 
1.24 	under this section for two years.

2.1 	Sec. 3. [97B.215] SHOOTING FARMED CERVIDAE; PROHIBITION.
2.2 	A person who is not the owner or an employee of a registered cervidae farm may 
2.3 	not take farmed cervidae by firearm or archery. In addition to other penalties prescribed 
2.4 	by law, a person convicted under this section shall not be issued a license to take game 
2.5 	for two years after the conviction.