1E Permitting commissioner of agriculture to determine aquatic farm (aquaculture) and private fish hatcheries fees without regard to administrative rulemaking; changing conditions and time restriction for department of natural resources (DNR) off-highway motorcycle, off-road vehicle, snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle (ATV) and watercraft (boat) registration refunds; requiring summaries of fish and game laws delivery to license vendors, defining bow fishing, modifying waterfowl feeding and resting areas restrictions, take a kid fishing weekends age requirement, transportation of wild animals by common carrier, possession of firearms and ammunition restriction in deer zones and possession of night vision equipment; exempting certain wildlife management areas from local ordinances and limiting unit use and management, establishing the take a kid fishing in a state park opportunity, authorizing residents over the age of 90 to fish without a license, providing free licenses to net ciscoes and whitefish for personal consumption to residents under the age of 16, requiring commissioner of natural resources (DNR) to issue without fee an either-sex deer permit to residents with certain federal active military service (armed forces veterans), providing one permit per resident; expanding department of natural resources (DNR) game and fish lottery and drawing preferences for qualified service members (veterans) to residents in receipt of a purple heart medal and veterans with service-connected disabilities; authorizing commissioner of natural resources (DNR) to issue lifetime spearing and lifetime angling and spearing licenses, specifying fees, adding spearing to the lifetime sporting license; increasing fees for lifetime sporting licenses; authorizing nonresidents to take fish by spearing from a dark house; requiring commissioner of natural resources (DNR) to amend rules; allowing residents under a certain age to take small game without a license under certain conditions, making clarifying changes for nonresident hunting, including shelters under fish and dark houses regulations, modifying certain restrictions on use of artificial lights (shining) to take wild animals with or without implements; modifying the definition of deer bait or feed by removing bird feeder grains and nuts from the bait or feed definition exclusion under a baiting prohibition provision; allowing hunting from stationary motor vehicles for physically disabled, prohibiting coyote taking and possession, modifying duck decoy restrictions; modifying fishing contest requirements, requiring a boat count in place of person count, limiting contests without permits to rough fish and limiting total prize value for contests with and without permits from commissioner of natural resources (DNR), removing authorization for fee waiver, requiring commissioner to develop best practices management to ensure proper handling and release, to develop an online web based fishing contest permit application process and to allow for live release weigh-ins at public accesses; modifying restrictions on bow fishing; authorizing nonresidents to take fish by spearing from a dark house; establishing a bow fishing season; permitting the possession of bows and arrows on or near water during bow hunting season; specifying certain nightime restrictions on motorboats; authorizing the discharging of an arrow in the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers; establishing restrictions on the discharge of an arrow near structures or campsites; prohibiting the returning of rough fish taken by bow and arrows to water; authorizing commissioner rulemaking for muskelunge on inland waters, specifying requirements; providing certain exceptions for shining without implements and specifying temporary warning requirements prior to a certain date; authorizing commissioner of natural resources (DNR) to extend the firearms deer season within designated areas between certain dates; repealing transportation of wild animals by common carrier, muskellunge size limits and residents under age 16 small game provisions
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