1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to elections; permitting applicants for a game and fish license to register 
1.3 	to vote simultaneously;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.4 	chapter 201.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [201.1612] VOTER REGISTRATION; GAME AND FISH LICENSE 
1.7 	APPLICATIONS.
1.8 	(a)(1) All applications for a game and fish license issued by the commissioner of 
1.9 	natural resources must also be designed to serve as a voter registration application. The 
1.10 	application must include a space for the applicant to confirm their eligibility and to 
1.11 	indicate a desire to be registered to vote upon submission of the application. Information 
1.12 	on applicants who indicate a desire to be registered to vote must be submitted at least 
1.13 	weekly by electronic means to the secretary of state. An applicant who does not desire to 
1.14 	be registered to vote is not required to provide the additional information relating to voter 
1.15 	registration as provided by this paragraph.
1.16 	(2) The game and fish license application must contain spaces for all information 
1.17 	necessary to verify the eligibility of an applicant to vote, including the requirements as 
1.18 	prescribed in section 201.014, and any other information necessary for the secretary of 
1.19 	state to register the applicant to vote. The application form must also state that it is a 
1.20 	felony for a person to intentionally attempt to register if the person is not eligible to vote.
1.21 	(b) Upon receiving information from the commissioner of natural resources on an 
1.22 	applicant for a game and fish license who desires to be registered to vote, the secretary of 
1.23 	state shall determine whether the applicant meets the eligibility requirements for voting in 
1.24 	Minnesota. For each applicant the secretary of state determines is an eligible voter, the 
2.1 	secretary shall submit the registration by electronic means to the county auditor of the 
2.2 	county where the voter resides. Upon receipt of the registration, the county auditor shall 
2.3 	mail to the voter the notice of registration required by section 201.121, subdivision 2. An 
2.4 	applicant who indicates a desire to be registered to vote during the 20 days immediately 
2.5 	preceding an election must be registered effective the day after the upcoming election.