HF 2171

CCR--HF2171 - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012)

Posted on 04/27/2012 02:36 a.m.

1.1CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON H. F. No. 2171 1.2A bill for an act 1.3relating to natural resources; modifying game and fish license provisions; 1.4providing for taking wolf; modifying requirements to take and transport 1.5wild animals; modifying department authority and duties; creating walk-in 1.6access program; modifying predator control program; modifying deer baiting 1.7restrictions; modifying authority to remove beavers; providing for disposition of 1.8certain receipts; eliminating venison donation program; modifying snowmobile 1.9registration and trail sticker requirements; modifying snowmobile operation 1.10provisions; modifying watercraft license fees; modifying shooting range 1.11provisions; modifying temporary drawdown of public waters provisions; 1.12modifying 2012 fishing opener date; requiring rulemaking; providing civil 1.13penalties; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 1.1484.027, subdivisions 14, 15; 84.82, subdivisions 2, 3; 84.8205, subdivision 1; 1.1584.83, subdivisions 2, 3; 84.86, subdivision 1; 84.8712, subdivision 1; 86B.301, 1.16subdivision 2; 86B.415, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; 87A.01, 1.17subdivision 4; 87A.02, subdivision 2; 97A.015, subdivisions 3a, 53; 97A.065, 1.18subdivision 6; 97A.085, by adding a subdivision; 97A.095, subdivisions 1, 1.192; 97A.137, subdivision 5; 97A.405, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 1.2097A.421, subdivision 3; 97A.441, subdivision 7; 97A.451, subdivisions 3, 4, by 1.21adding a subdivision; 97A.473, subdivisions 3, 5, 5a; 97A.475, subdivisions 1.222, 3, 3a, 4, 20, 44; 97A.482; 97B.001, subdivision 7; 97B.031, subdivisions 1.231, 2; 97B.035, subdivision 1a; 97B.071; 97B.085, subdivision 3; 97B.328; 1.2497B.601, subdivisions 3a, 4; 97B.603; 97B.605; 97B.671, subdivisions 3, 4; 1.2597B.711, subdivision 1; 97B.805, subdivision 1; 97B.901; 97C.355, subdivision 1.261, by adding a subdivision; 97C.395, subdivision 1; 97C.515, subdivisions 1.272, 4, 5; 103G.005, by adding a subdivision; 103G.408; Minnesota Statutes 1.282011 Supplement, sections 97A.075, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 1.2997B.075; 97B.645, subdivision 9; 97B.667; proposing coding for new law 1.30in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 31; 87A; 97A; 97B; repealing Minnesota 1.31Statutes 2010, sections 17.035; 17.4993, subdivision 2; 87A.02, subdivision 1; 1.3297A.045, subdivisions 8, 13; 97A.065, subdivision 1; 97A.095, subdivision 3; 1.3397A.331, subdivision 7; 97A.485, subdivision 12; 97A.552; 97B.303; 97B.645, 1.34subdivision 2; 97C.031. 1.35April 26, 2012 1.36The Honorable Kurt Zellers 1.37Speaker of the House of Representatives 1.38The Honorable Michelle L. Fischbach 1.39President of the Senate 2.1We, the undersigned conferees for H. F. No. 2171 report that we have agreed upon 2.2the items in dispute and recommend as follows: 2.3That the Senate recede from its amendments and that H. F. No. 2171 be further 2.4amended as follows: 2.5Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert: 2.6"ARTICLE 1 2.7GAME AND FISH POLICY 2.8    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 84.027, subdivision 14, is amended to read: 2.9    Subd. 14. Mission; efficiency. It is part of the department's mission that within the 2.10department's resources the commissioner shall endeavor to: 2.11(1) prevent the waste or unnecessary spending of public money; 2.12(2) use innovative fiscal and human resource practices to manage the state's 2.13resources and operate the department as efficiently as possible; 2.14(3) coordinate the department's activities wherever appropriate with the activities 2.15of other governmental agencies; 2.16(4) use technology where appropriate to increase agency productivity, improve 2.17customer service, increase public access to information about government, and increase 2.18public participation in the business of government; 2.19(5) utilize constructive and cooperative labor-management practices to the extent 2.20otherwise required by chapters 43A and 179A; 2.21(6) report to the legislature on the performance of agency operations and the 2.22accomplishment of agency goals in the agency's biennial budget according to section 2.2316A.10, subdivision 1 ; and 2.24(7) recommend to the legislature appropriate changes in law necessary to carry out 2.25the mission and improve the performance of the department new text begin ; and new text end 2.26 new text begin (8) plan and implement activities designed to recruit new outdoor recreation new text end 2.27 new text begin participants, including youth, women, and minorities, and retain existing participants. new text end 2.28 new text begin This includes but is not limited to anglers, hunters, trappers, and campers new text end . 2.29    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 84.027, subdivision 15, is amended to read: 2.30    Subd. 15. Electronic transactions. (a) The commissioner may receive an 2.31application for, sell, and issue any license, stamp, permit, pass, sticker, gift card, safety 2.32training certification, registration, or transfer under the jurisdiction of the commissioner 2.33by electronic means, including by telephone. Notwithstanding section 97A.472, electronic 2.34and telephone transactions may be made outside of the state. The commissioner may: 3.1    (1) provide for the electronic transfer of funds generated by electronic transactions, 3.2including by telephone; 3.3    (2) assign an identification number to an applicant who purchases a hunting or 3.4fishing license or recreational vehicle registration by electronic means, to serve as 3.5temporary authorization to engage in the activity requiring a license or registration until 3.6the license or registration is received or expires; 3.7    (3) charge and permit agents to charge a fee of individuals who make electronic 3.8transactions and transactions by telephone or Internet, including issuing fees and an 3.9additional transaction fee not to exceed $3.50; 3.10    (4) charge and permit agents to charge a convenience fee not to exceed three percent 3.11of the cost of the license to individuals who use electronic bank cards for payment. An 3.12electronic licensing system agent charging a fee of individuals making an electronic 3.13bank card transaction in person must post a sign informing individuals of the fee. The 3.14sign must be near the point of payment, clearly visible, include the amount of the fee, and 3.15state: "License agents are allowed by state law to charge a fee not to exceed three percent 3.16of the cost of state licenses to persons who use electronic bank cards for payment. The 3.17fee is not required by state law."; 3.18    (5) establish, by written order, an electronic licensing system commission to be 3.19paid by revenues generated from all sales made through the electronic licensing system. 3.20The commissioner shall establish the commission in a manner that neither significantly 3.21overrecovers nor underrecovers costs involved in providing the electronic licensing 3.22system; and 3.23    (6) adopt rules to administer the provisions of this subdivision. 3.24    (b) The fees established under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), and the commission 3.25established under paragraph (a), clause (5), are not subject to the rulemaking procedures 3.26of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply. 3.27    (c) Money received from fees and commissions collected under this subdivision, 3.28including interest earned, is annually appropriated from the game and fish fund and the 3.29natural resources fund to the commissioner for the cost of electronic licensing. 3.30 new text begin (d) Game and fish licenses under chapters 97A, 97B, and 97C shall be available by new text end 3.31 new text begin electronic transaction, regardless of whether all or any part of the biennial appropriation new text end 3.32 new text begin law for the department has been enacted. If, by July 1 of an odd-numbered year, legislation new text end 3.33 new text begin has not been enacted to appropriate money to the commissioner of management and new text end 3.34 new text begin budget for central accounting, procurement, payroll, and human resources functions, new text end 3.35 new text begin amounts necessary to operate those functions for the purpose of this paragraph are new text end 3.36 new text begin appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of management and budget. new text end 4.1 new text begin As necessary, the commissioner may transfer a portion of this appropriation to other new text end 4.2 new text begin state agencies to support carrying out these functions. Any subsequent appropriation to new text end 4.3 new text begin the commissioner of management and budget for a biennium in which this section is new text end 4.4 new text begin applicable supersedes and replaces the funding authorized in this paragraph. new text end 4.5    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 84.085, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 4.6    Subdivision 1. Authority. (a) The commissioner of natural resources may accept 4.7for and on behalf of the state any gift, bequest, devise, or grants of lands or interest in 4.8lands or personal property of any kind or of money tendered to the state for any purpose 4.9pertaining to the activities of the department or any of its divisions. Any money so 4.10received is hereby appropriated and dedicated for the purpose for which it is granted. 4.11Lands and interests in lands so received may be sold or exchanged as provided in chapter 4.1294. new text begin The deed conveying land or an interest in land to the state under this paragraph must new text end 4.13 new text begin clearly indicate whether the state may resell the donated land or interest in land. new text end 4.14(b) When the commissioner of natural resources accepts lands or interests in land, 4.15the commissioner may reimburse the donor for costs incurred to obtain an appraisal needed 4.16for tax reporting purposes. If the state pays the donor for a portion of the value of the 4.17lands or interests in lands that are donated, the reimbursement for appraisal costs shall not 4.18exceed $1,500. If the donor receives no payment from the state for the lands or interests in 4.19lands that are donated, the reimbursement for appraisal costs shall not exceed $5,000. 4.20(c) The commissioner of natural resources, on behalf of the state, may accept and 4.21use grants of money or property from the United States or other grantors for conservation 4.22purposes not inconsistent with the laws of this state. Any money or property so received 4.23is hereby appropriated and dedicated for the purposes for which it is granted, and shall 4.24be expended or used solely for such purposes in accordance with the federal laws and 4.25regulations pertaining thereto, subject to applicable state laws and rules as to manner 4.26of expenditure or use providing that the commissioner may make subgrants of any 4.27money received to other agencies, units of local government, private individuals, private 4.28organizations, and private nonprofit corporations. Appropriate funds and accounts shall 4.29be maintained by the commissioner of management and budget to secure compliance 4.30with this section. 4.31(d) The commissioner may accept for and on behalf of the permanent school fund a 4.32donation of lands, interest in lands, or improvements on lands. A donation so received 4.33shall become state property, be classified as school trust land as defined in section 92.025, 4.34and be managed consistent with section 127A.31. new text begin When the commissioner proposes new text end 5.1 new text begin to accept a donation of land or an interest in land, the commissioner must notify the new text end 5.2 new text begin landowner of the option to express in the deed whether the state may resell the land. new text end 5.3    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 84.82, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 5.4    Subd. 2. Application, issuance, reports, additional new text begin issuing new text end fee. (a) Application for 5.5registration or reregistration shall be made to the commissioner or an authorized deputy 5.6registrar of motor vehicles in a format prescribed by the commissioner and shall state the 5.7legal name and address of every owner of the snowmobile. 5.8    (b) A person who purchases a snowmobile from a retail dealer shall make application 5.9for registration to the dealer at the point of sale. The dealer shall issue a dealer temporary 5.1021-day registration permit to each purchaser who applies to the dealer for registration. 5.11The temporary permit must contain the dealer's identification number and phone number. 5.12Each retail dealer shall submit completed registration and fees to the deputy registrar at 5.13least once a week. No fee may be charged by a dealer to a purchaser for providing the 5.14temporary permit. 5.15    (c) Upon receipt of the application and the appropriate fee as hereinafter provided, 5.16the commissioner or deputy registrar shall issue to the applicant, or provide to the dealer, 5.17an assigned registration number or a commissioner or deputy registrar temporary 21-day 5.18permit. Once issued, the registration number must be affixed to the snowmobile in a 5.19clearly visible and permanent manner for enforcement purposes as the commissioner of 5.20natural resources shall prescribe. A dealer subject to paragraph (b) shall provide the 5.21registration materials or temporary permit to the purchaser within the temporary 21-day 5.22permit period. The registration is not valid unless signed by at least one owner. The 5.23temporary permit must indicate whether a snowmobile state trail sticker under section 5.24 was purchased. 5.25    (d) Each deputy registrar of motor vehicles acting pursuant to section 168.33, shall 5.26also be a deputy registrar of snowmobiles. The commissioner of natural resources in 5.27agreement with the commissioner of public safety may prescribe the accounting and 5.28procedural requirements necessary to assure efficient handling of registrations and 5.29registration fees. Deputy registrars shall strictly comply with these accounting and 5.30procedural requirements. 5.31    (e) A fee of $2 in addition to that otherwise prescribed by law shall be charged for: 5.32    (1) each snowmobile registered by the registrar or a deputy registrar and the 5.33additional fee shall be disposed of in the manner provided in section 168.33, subdivision 5.342 ; or 6.1    (2) each snowmobile registered by the commissioner and the additional fee shall 6.2be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the snowmobile trails and enforcement 6.3account in the natural resources fund. 6.4    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 84.82, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 6.5    Subd. 3. Fees for registration. (a) The fee for registration of each snowmobile, 6.6other than those used for an agricultural purpose, as defined in section 84.92, subdivision 6.71c, or those registered by a dealer or manufacturer pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) shall be 6.8as follows: $45 new text begin $75 new text end for three years and $4 new text begin $10 new text end for a duplicate or transfer. 6.9(b) The total registration fee for all snowmobiles owned by a dealer and operated for 6.10demonstration or testing purposes shall be $50 per year. 6.11(c) The total registration fee for all snowmobiles owned by a manufacturer and 6.12operated for research, testing, experimentation, or demonstration purposes shall be $150 6.13per year. Dealer and manufacturer registrations are not transferable. 6.14(d) The onetime fee for registration of an exempt snowmobile under subdivision 6.156a is $6. 6.16    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 84.82, subdivision 6, is amended to read: 6.17    Subd. 6. Exemptions. Registration is not required under this section for: 6.18    (1) a snowmobile owned and used by the United States, an Indian tribal government, 6.19another state, or a political subdivision thereof; 6.20    (2) a snowmobile registered in a country other than the United States temporarily 6.21used within this state; 6.22    (3) a snowmobile that is covered by a valid license of another state and has not been 6.23within this state for more than 30 consecutive days new text begin or that is registered by an Indian tribal new text end 6.24 new text begin government to a tribal member and has not been outside the tribal reservation boundary new text end 6.25 new text begin for more than 30 consecutive days new text end ; 6.26    (4) a snowmobile used exclusively in organized track racing events; 6.27    (5) a snowmobile in transit by a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer; 6.28    (6) a snowmobile at least 15 years old in transit by an individual for use only on 6.29land owned or leased by the individual; or 6.30    (7) a snowmobile while being used to groom a state or grant-in-aid trail. 6.31    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 84.8205, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 6.32    Subdivision 1. Sticker required; fee. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), 6.33a person new text begin A snowmobile that is not registered in the state or that is registered by a new text end 7.1 new text begin manufacturer or dealer under section 84.82, subdivision 3, paragraph (b) or (c), new text end may not 7.2operate a snowmobile new text begin be operated new text end on a state or grant-in-aid snowmobile trail unless a 7.3snowmobile state trail sticker is affixed to the snowmobile. 7.4 new text begin (b) new text end The commissioner of natural resources shall issue a sticker upon application 7.5and payment of a $15 fee. The fee for a three-year snowmobile state trail sticker that is 7.6purchased at the time of snowmobile registration is $30 new text begin is: new text end 7.7 new text begin (1) $35 for a one-year snowmobile state trail sticker purchased by an individual; and new text end 7.8 new text begin (2) $15 for a one-year snowmobile state trail sticker purchased by a dealer or new text end 7.9 new text begin manufacturer new text end . 7.10 new text begin (c) new text end In addition to other penalties prescribed by law, a person new text begin an individual new text end in 7.11violation of this subdivision must purchase an annual state trail sticker for a fee of $30 new text begin new text end 7.12 new text begin $70 new text end . The sticker is valid from November 1 through June 30. Fees collected under this 7.13section, except for the issuing fee for licensing agents, shall be deposited in the state 7.14treasury and credited to the snowmobile trails and enforcement account in the natural 7.15resources fund and, except for the electronic licensing system commission established by 7.16the commissioner under section 84.027, subdivision 15, must be used for grants-in-aid, 7.17trail maintenance, grooming, and easement acquisition. 7.18    (b) new text begin (d) new text end A state trail sticker is not required under this section for: 7.19    (1) a snowmobile owned by the state or a political subdivision of the state that is 7.20registered under section , subdivision 5; 7.21    (2) a snowmobile that is owned and used by the United States, an Indian tribal 7.22government, another state, or a political subdivision thereof that is exempt from 7.23registration under section 84.82, subdivision 6; 7.24    (3) new text begin (2) new text end a collector snowmobile that is operated as provided in a special permit issued 7.25for the collector snowmobile under section 84.82, subdivision 7a; 7.26    (4) new text begin (3) new text end a person operating a snowmobile only on the portion of a trail that is owned 7.27by the person or the person's spouse, child, or parent; or 7.28    (5) new text begin (4) new text end a snowmobile while being used to groom a state or grant-in-aid trail. 7.29    (c) A temporary registration permit issued by a dealer under section , 7.30subdivision 2, may include a snowmobile state trail sticker if the trail sticker fee is 7.31included with the registration application fee. 7.32    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 84.83, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 7.33    Subd. 2. Money deposited in the account. Fees from the registration of 7.34snowmobiles new text begin and from the issuance of snowmobile state trail stickers new text end and the unrefunded 8.1gasoline tax attributable to snowmobile use pursuant to section 296A.18 shall be deposited 8.2in the state treasury and credited to the snowmobile trails and enforcement account. 8.3    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 84.83, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 8.4    Subd. 3. Purposes for the account new text begin ; allocation new text end . new text begin (a) new text end The money deposited in the 8.5account and interest earned on that money may be expended only as appropriated by 8.6law for the following purposes: 8.7(1) for a grant-in-aid program to counties and municipalities for construction and 8.8maintenance of snowmobile trails, including maintenance of trails on lands and waters of 8.9Voyageurs National Park; on Lake of the Woods; on Rainy Lake; on the following lakes in 8.10St. Louis County: Burntside, Crane, Little Long, Mud, Pelican, Shagawa, and Vermilion; 8.11and on the following lakes in Cook County: Devil Track and Hungry Jack; 8.12(2) for acquisition, development, and maintenance of state recreational snowmobile 8.13trails; 8.14(3) for snowmobile safety programs; and 8.15(4) for the administration and enforcement of sections 84.81 to 84.91 and 8.16appropriated grants to local law enforcement agencies. 8.17 new text begin (b) No less than 60 percent of revenue collected from snowmobile registration new text end 8.18 new text begin and snowmobile state trail sticker fees must be expended for grants-in-aid to develop, new text end 8.19 new text begin maintain, and groom trails and acquire easements. new text end 8.20    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 84.8712, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 8.21    Subdivision 1. Prohibition. A person may not use a snowmobile with metal traction 8.22devices on a paved public trail, except as otherwise provided new text begin that is designated closed to new text end 8.23 new text begin such use new text end by a local government with jurisdiction over a new text begin the new text end trail or new text begin on a paved state trail or new text end 8.24any portion of a paved state trail new text begin that is new text end designated new text begin closed to such use new text end by the commissioner. 8.25    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 84D.03, subdivision 3, is 8.26amended to read: 8.27    Subd. 3. Bait harvest from infested waters. (a) Taking wild animals from infested 8.28waters for bait or aquatic farm purposes is prohibited, except as provided in paragraph 8.29(b) and section 97C.341. 8.30    (b) In waters that are designated as infested waters, except those designated because 8.31they contain prohibited invasive species of fish or certifiable diseases of fish, as defined 8.32under section 17.4982, subdivision 6, taking wild animals may be permitted for: 9.1    (1) commercial taking of wild animals for bait and aquatic farm purposes according 9.2to a permit issued under section 84D.11, subject to rules adopted by the commissioner; and 9.3    (2) bait purposes for noncommercial personal use in waters that contain Eurasian 9.4water milfoil, when the infested waters are designated solely because they contain 9.5Eurasian water milfoil and if the equipment for taking is limited to cylindrical minnow 9.6traps not exceeding 16 inches in diameter and 32 inches in length new text begin ; and new text end 9.7 new text begin (3) harvest of bullheads, goldeyes, mooneyes, sheepshead (freshwater drum), and new text end 9.8 new text begin suckers for bait from streams or rivers designated as infested waters, by hook and line for new text end 9.9 new text begin noncommercial personal use. Other provisions that apply to this clause are: new text end 9.10 new text begin (i) fish taken under this clause must be used on the same body of water where caught new text end 9.11 new text begin and while still on that water body; new text end 9.12 new text begin (ii) fish taken under this clause may not be transported live from or off the water new text end 9.13 new text begin body; new text end 9.14 new text begin (iii) fish harvested under this clause may only be used in accordance with this section; new text end 9.15 new text begin (iv) any other use of wild animals used for bait from infested waters is prohibited; new text end 9.16 new text begin (v) fish taken under this clause must meet all other size restrictions and requirements new text end 9.17 new text begin as established in rules; and new text end 9.18 new text begin (vi) all species listed under this clause shall be included in the person's daily limit as new text end 9.19 new text begin established in rules, if applicable new text end . 9.20    (c) Equipment authorized for minnow harvest in a designated infested water by 9.21permit issued under paragraph (b) may not be transported to, or used in, any waters other 9.22than waters specified in the permit. 9.23    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 86B.301, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 9.24    Subd. 2. Exemptions. A watercraft license is not required for: 9.25(1) a watercraft that is covered by a license or number in full force and effect under 9.26federal law or a federally approved licensing or numbering system of another state, and 9.27has not been within this state for more than 90 consecutive days, which does not include 9.28days that a watercraft is laid up at dock over winter or for repairs at a Lake Superior 9.29port or another port in the state; 9.30(2) a watercraft from a country other than the United States that has not been 9.31within this state for more than 90 consecutive days, which does not include days that a 9.32watercraft is laid up at dock over winter or for repairs at a Lake Superior port or another 9.33port in the state; 9.34(3) a watercraft owned by the United States, an Indian tribal government, a state, or 9.35a political subdivision of a state, except watercraft used for recreational purposes; 10.1(4) a ship's lifeboat; 10.2(5) a watercraft that has been issued a valid marine document by the United States 10.3government; 10.4(6) a duck boat during duck hunting season; 10.5(7) a rice boat during the harvest season; 10.6(8) a seaplane; and 10.7(9) a nonmotorized watercraft nine new text begin ten new text end feet in length or less. 10.8 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2013. new text end 10.9    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 86B.415, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 10.10    Subdivision 1. Watercraft 19 feet or less. new text begin (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) new text end 10.11 new text begin and subdivision 1a, new text end the fee for a watercraft license for watercraft 19 feet or less in length 10.12is $27 except: new text begin . new text end 10.13 new text begin (b) The watercraft license fee: new text end 10.14(1) for watercraft, other than personal watercraft, 19 feet in length or less that is 10.15offered for rent or lease, the fee is $9; 10.16(2) for a canoe, kayak, sailboat, sailboard, paddle boat, or rowing shell 19 feet in 10.17length or less, the fee is $10.50; 10.18(3) for a watercraft 19 feet in length or less used by a nonprofit corporation for 10.19teaching boat and water safety, the fee is as provided in subdivision 4; 10.20(4) for a watercraft owned by a dealer under a dealer's license, the fee is as provided 10.21in subdivision 5; 10.22(5) for a personal watercraft, the fee is $37.50; and 10.23(6) for a watercraft less than 17 feet in length, other than a watercraft listed in 10.24clauses (1) to (5), the fee is $18. 10.25 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2013. new text end 10.26    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 86B.415, is amended by adding a 10.27subdivision to read: 10.28     new text begin Subd. 1a. new text end new text begin Canoes, kayaks, sailboards, paddle boards, paddle boats, or rowing new text end 10.29 new text begin shells. new text end new text begin The fee for a watercraft license for a canoe, kayak, sailboard, paddle board, paddle new text end 10.30 new text begin boat, or rowing shell over ten feet in length is $10.50. new text end 10.31 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2013. new text end 10.32    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 86B.415, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 11.1    Subd. 2. Watercraft over 19 feet. Except as provided in subdivisions new text begin 1a, new text end 3, 4, 11.2and 5, the watercraft license fee: 11.3(1) for a watercraft more than 19 feet but less than 26 feet in length is $45; 11.4(2) for a watercraft 26 feet but less than 40 feet in length is $67.50; and 11.5(3) for a watercraft 40 feet in length or longer is $90. 11.6 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2013. new text end 11.7    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 87A.01, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 11.8    Subd. 4. Shooting range performance standards. "Shooting range performance 11.9standards" means those rules adopted by the commissioner of natural resources under new text begin the new text end 11.10 new text begin best practices for shooting range performance standards identified in new text end section 87A.02 11.11for the safe operation of shooting ranges. 11.12    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 87A.02, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 11.13    Subd. 2. Interim standards new text begin Best practices new text end . Until the commissioner of natural 11.14resources adopts the shooting range performance standards under subdivision 1, paragraph 11.15(a) new text begin For purposes of this chapter new text end , the November 1999 revised edition of the National Rifle 11.16Association's Range Source Book: A Guide to Planning and Construction shall serve 11.17as the interim new text begin best practices for new text end shooting range performance standards, having the full 11.18effect of the shooting range performance standards for purposes of this chapter. The 11.19interim shooting range performance standards sunset and have no further effect under this 11.20chapter upon the effective date of the shooting range performance standards adopted 11.21under subdivision 1, paragraph (a). 11.22    Sec. 18. new text begin [87A.09] PUBLIC SHOOTING RANGES; ACCESSIBILITY. new text end 11.23 new text begin (a) A publicly owned or managed shooting range located in the seven-county new text end 11.24 new text begin metropolitan area that is funded in whole or part with public funds must be available new text end 11.25 new text begin at least twice during the spring and twice during the summer for use by participants in new text end 11.26 new text begin a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources firearms safety instruction course under new text end 11.27 new text begin section 97B.015. The shooting range must be available during hours reasonable for youth new text end 11.28 new text begin participants. The range operator may charge a fee to cover any costs directly incurred new text end 11.29 new text begin from use required under this section, but may not charge a fee to offset costs for general new text end 11.30 new text begin maintenance and operation of the facility. new text end 11.31 new text begin (b) This section does not apply to cities of the first class or a shooting range located new text end 11.32 new text begin on the same premises as a correctional or detention facility that holds or incarcerates new text end 11.33 new text begin offenders. new text end 12.1    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.015, subdivision 3a, is amended to read: 12.2    Subd. 3a. Bonus permit. "Bonus permit" means a license to take and tag deer by 12.3archery or firearms, in addition to deer authorized to be taken under regular firearms or 12.4archery licenses new text begin , or a license issued under section 97A.441, subdivision 7 new text end . 12.5    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.015, subdivision 53, is amended to read: 12.6    Subd. 53. Unprotected wild animals. "Unprotected wild animals" means wild 12.7animals that are not protected wild animals including weasel, coyote (brush wolf), gopher, 12.8porcupine, striped skunk, and unprotected birds. 12.9    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.065, subdivision 6, is amended to read: 12.10    Subd. 6. Deer license donations and surcharges. (a) The surcharges and donations 12.11collected under section 97A.475, subdivision 3 new text begin 3a new text end , paragraph (b), and subdivision 3a, 12.12shall be deposited in an account in the special revenue fund and are appropriated to 12.13the commissioner for deer management, including for grants or payments to agencies, 12.14organizations, or individuals for assisting with the cost of processing deer taken for 12.15population management purposes for venison donation programs. None of the additional 12.16license fees shall be transferred to any other agency for administration of programs other 12.17than venison donation. If any money transferred by the commissioner is not used for a 12.18venison donation program, it shall be returned to the commissioner. 12.19    (b) By February 10, 2010, the commissioner shall report to the legislature on the 12.20participation in and the effectiveness of the venison donation program. new text begin The surcharges new text end 12.21 new text begin and donations under section 97A.475, subdivisions 3, paragraph (b); 3a, paragraph (a); new text end 12.22 new text begin and 4, paragraph (b), shall be deposited in an account in the special revenue fund and are new text end 12.23 new text begin appropriated to the commissioner for the walk-in access program. new text end 12.24    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 97A.075, subdivision 1, is 12.25amended to read: 12.26    Subdivision 1. Deer, bear, and lifetime licenses. (a) For purposes of this 12.27subdivision, "deer license" means a license issued under section 97A.475, subdivisions 2, 12.28clauses (5), (6), (7), (13), (14), and (15), and 3, clauses (2), (3), (4), (10), (11), and (12), 12.29and licenses issued under section 97B.301, subdivision 4. 12.30    (b) $2 from each annual deer license and $2 annually from the lifetime fish and 12.31wildlife trust fund, established in section 97A.4742, for each license issued under 12.32section 97A.473, subdivision 4, shall be credited to the deer management account and 13.1is appropriated to the commissioner for deer habitat improvement or deer management 13.2programs. 13.3    (c) $1 from each annual deer license and each bear license and $1 annually from 13.4the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund, established in section 97A.4742, for each 13.5license issued under section 97A.473, subdivision 4, shall be credited to the deer and 13.6bear management account and is appropriated to the commissioner for deer and bear 13.7management programs, including a computerized licensing system. 13.8    (d) Fifty cents from each deer license is credited to the emergency deer feeding and 13.9wild cervidae health management account and is appropriated for emergency deer feeding 13.10and wild cervidae health management. Money appropriated for emergency deer feeding 13.11and wild cervidae health management is available until expended. The commissioner must 13.12inform the legislative chairs of the natural resources finance committees every two years 13.13on how the money for emergency deer feeding and wild cervidae health management 13.14has been spent. 13.15     When the unencumbered balance in the appropriation for emergency deer feeding 13.16and wild cervidae health management exceeds $2,500,000 at the end of a fiscal year, the 13.17unencumbered balance in excess of $2,500,000 is canceled and available for deer and bear 13.18management programs and computerized licensing. 13.19    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 97A.075, is amended by adding 13.20a subdivision to read: 13.21     new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Wolf licenses; account established. new text end new text begin (a) For purposes of this subdivision, new text end 13.22 new text begin "wolf license" means a license or permit issued under section 97A.475, subdivision 2, new text end 13.23 new text begin clause (16); 3, paragraph (a), clause (13); or 20, paragraph (b). new text end 13.24 new text begin (b) A wolf management and monitoring account is created in the game and fish fund. new text end 13.25 new text begin Revenue from wolf licenses must be credited to the wolf management and monitoring new text end 13.26 new text begin account and is appropriated to the commissioner only for wolf management, research, new text end 13.27 new text begin damage control, enforcement, and education. new text end 13.28    Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.085, is amended by adding a 13.29subdivision to read: 13.30     new text begin Subd. 9. new text end new text begin Vacating refuges open to hunting. new text end new text begin Notwithstanding subdivision 8, the new text end 13.31 new text begin commissioner may vacate a state game refuge by publishing a notice in the State Register new text end 13.32 new text begin if the refuge has been open to trapping and hunting small game including waterfowl, deer new text end 13.33 new text begin or bear by archery, and deer or bear by firearms for at least five years. new text end 14.1    Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.095, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 14.2    Subdivision 1. Migratory waterfowl sanctuary. The commissioner may designate 14.3by rule any part of a state game refuge or any part of a public water that is designated for 14.4management purposes under section 97A.101, subdivision 2, as a migratory waterfowl 14.5sanctuary if there is presented to the commissioner a petition signed by ten resident 14.6licensed hunters describing an area that is primarily a migratory waterfowl refuge. new text begin The new text end 14.7 new text begin commissioner must consider an area for designation upon presentation of a petition new text end 14.8 new text begin signed by at least ten residents demonstrating that the area is primarily a migratory new text end 14.9 new text begin waterfowl refuge. new text end The commissioner shall post the area as a migratory waterfowl 14.10sanctuary. A person may not enter a posted migratory waterfowl sanctuary during the open 14.11migratory waterfowl season new text begin or during other times prescribed by the commissioner new text end unless 14.12accompanied by or under a permit issued by a conservation officer or wildlife manager. 14.13Upon a request from a private landowner within a migratory waterfowl sanctuary, an 14.14annual permit must be issued to provide access to the property during the waterfowl 14.15season. The permit shall include conditions that allow no activity which would disturb 14.16waterfowl using the refuge during the waterfowl season. 14.17    Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.095, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 14.18    Subd. 2. Waterfowl feeding and resting areas. The commissioner may, by rule, 14.19designate any part of a lake as a migratory feeding and resting area new text begin if there is adequate, new text end 14.20 new text begin free public access to the area new text end . Before designation, the commissioner must receive a 14.21petition signed by at least ten local resident licensed hunters describing the area of a lake 14.22that is a substantial feeding or resting area for migratory waterfowl, and find that the 14.23statements in the petition are correct, and that adequate, free public access to the lake 14.24exists near the designated area new text begin describe the area in a public notice and receive public new text end 14.25 new text begin comments for 30 days. The commissioner must consider an area for designation upon new text end 14.26 new text begin presentation of a petition signed by at least ten residents demonstrating that the area is a new text end 14.27 new text begin substantial feeding or resting area for migratory waterfowl new text end . The commissioner shall 14.28post the area as a migratory waterfowl feeding and resting area. Except as authorized in 14.29rules adopted by the commissioner, a person may not enter a posted migratory waterfowl 14.30feeding and resting area, during a period when hunting of migratory waterfowl is allowed, 14.31with watercraft or aircraft propelled by a motor, other than an electric motor with battery 14.32power of 12 volts or less. The commissioner may, by rule, further restrict the use of 14.33electric motors in migratory waterfowl feeding and resting areas. 14.34    Sec. 27. new text begin [97A.126] WALK-IN ACCESS PROGRAM. new text end 15.1     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Establishment. new text end new text begin A walk-in access program is established to provide new text end 15.2 new text begin public access to wildlife habitat on private land for hunting, excluding trapping, as new text end 15.3 new text begin provided under this section. The commissioner may enter into agreements with other units new text end 15.4 new text begin of government and landowners to provide private land hunting access. new text end 15.5     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Use of enrolled lands. new text end new text begin (a) From September 1 to May 31, a person must new text end 15.6 new text begin have a walk-in access hunter validation in possession to hunt on private lands, including new text end 15.7 new text begin agricultural lands, that are posted as being enrolled in the walk-in access program. new text end 15.8 new text begin (b) Hunting on private lands that are posted as enrolled in the walk-in access new text end 15.9 new text begin program is allowed from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset. new text end 15.10 new text begin (c) Hunter access on private lands that are posted as enrolled in the walk-in access new text end 15.11 new text begin program is restricted to nonmotorized use, except by hunters with disabilities operating new text end 15.12 new text begin motor vehicles on established trails or field roads who possess a valid permit to shoot from new text end 15.13 new text begin a stationary vehicle under section 97B.055, subdivision 3. new text end 15.14 new text begin (d) The general provisions for use of wildlife management areas adopted under new text end 15.15 new text begin sections 86A.06 and 97A.137, relating to overnight use, alcoholic beverages, use of new text end 15.16 new text begin motorboats, firearms and target shooting, hunting stands, abandonment of trash and new text end 15.17 new text begin property, destruction or removal of property, introduction of plants or animals, and animal new text end 15.18 new text begin trespass, apply to hunters on lands enrolled in the walk-in access program. new text end 15.19 new text begin (e) Any use of enrolled lands other than hunting according to this section is new text end 15.20 new text begin prohibited, including: new text end 15.21 new text begin (1) harvesting bait, including minnows, leeches, and other live bait; new text end 15.22 new text begin (2) training dogs or using dogs for activities other than hunting; and new text end 15.23 new text begin (3) constructing or maintaining any building, dock, fence, billboard, sign, hunting new text end 15.24 new text begin blind, or other structure, unless constructed or maintained by the landowner. new text end 15.25 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective March 1, 2013. new text end 15.26    Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.137, subdivision 5, is amended to read: 15.27    Subd. 5. Portable stands. Prior to the Saturday on or nearest September 16, a 15.28portable stand may be left overnight in a wildlife management area by a person with a 15.29valid bear license who is hunting within 100 yards of a bear bait site that is legally tagged 15.30and registered as prescribed under section 97B.425. Any person leaving a portable stand 15.31overnight under this subdivision must affix new text begin a tag with: (1) new text end the person's name and address new text begin ; new text end 15.32 new text begin (2) the licensee's driver's license number; or (3) the "MDNR#" license identification new text end 15.33 new text begin number issued to the licensee. The tag must be affixed new text end to the stand in such a manner that 15.34it can be read from the ground. 16.1    Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.405, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 16.2    Subd. 4. Replacement new text begin deer new text end licenses. (a) The commissioner may permit licensed 16.3deer hunters to change zone, license, or season options. The commissioner may issue a 16.4replacement new text begin deer new text end license if the applicant submits the original deer license and unused tags 16.5that are being replaced and the applicant pays any increase in cost between the original 16.6and the replacement new text begin deer new text end license. A refund of the difference in fees may be issued when a 16.7person changes from a regular deer license to a youth deer license. 16.8    (b) A replacement new text begin deer new text end license may be issued only if the applicant has not used any 16.9tag from the original new text begin deer new text end license or licenses and meets the conditions of paragraph (c). 16.10The original new text begin deer new text end license or licenses and all unused tags for the new text begin deer new text end licenses being replaced 16.11must be submitted to the issuing agent at the time the replacement new text begin deer new text end license is issued. 16.12    (c) A replacement new text begin deer new text end license may be issued under the following conditions, or as 16.13otherwise prescribed by rule of the commissioner: 16.14    (1) when the season for the new text begin deer new text end license being surrendered has not yet opened; or 16.15    (2) when the person is changing from a regular deer license to a youth deer license. 16.16    (d) Notwithstanding section 97A.411, subdivision 3, a replacement new text begin deer new text end license is 16.17valid immediately upon issuance if the new text begin deer new text end license being surrendered is valid at that time. 16.18    Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.405, is amended by adding a 16.19subdivision to read: 16.20     new text begin Subd. 4a. new text end new text begin Replacement turkey licenses. new text end new text begin (a) The commissioner may permit new text end 16.21 new text begin licensed turkey hunters to change permit areas or time periods within the fall turkey new text end 16.22 new text begin season, or within the spring turkey season. The commissioner may issue a replacement new text end 16.23 new text begin turkey license if the applicant submits the original turkey license and unused tags that are new text end 16.24 new text begin being replaced, and the applicant pays the fee for a replacement license under section new text end 16.25 new text begin 97A.475, subdivision 44. new text end 16.26 new text begin (b) A replacement turkey license may be issued only if the applicant has not used new text end 16.27 new text begin the tag from the original turkey license and meets the requirements of paragraph (c). The new text end 16.28 new text begin original turkey licenses and all unused tags for the turkey licenses being replaced must be new text end 16.29 new text begin submitted to the issuing agent at the time the replacement turkey license is issued. new text end 16.30 new text begin (c) A turkey replacement license may be issued under the following conditions, or as new text end 16.31 new text begin otherwise prescribed by rule of the commissioner: new text end 16.32 new text begin (1) when the permit area or time period for the turkey license being surrendered new text end 16.33 new text begin has not yet opened; and new text end 17.1 new text begin (2) licenses are available for the replacement turkey license permit area or time new text end 17.2 new text begin period for (i) areas that are not lottery areas, (ii) lottery areas that have remaining licenses, new text end 17.3 new text begin or (iii) the applicant is a youth hunter age 17 or younger. new text end 17.4    Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.421, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 17.5    Subd. 3. Issuance of a big game license after conviction. new text begin (a) new text end A person may not 17.6obtain any big game license or take big game under a lifetime license, issued under section 17.797A.473 , for three years after the person is convicted of: 17.8(1) a gross misdemeanor violation under the game and fish laws relating to big game; 17.9(2) doing an act without a required big game license; or 17.10(3) the second violation within three years under the game and fish laws relating to 17.11big game. 17.12 new text begin (b) A person may not obtain any deer license or take deer under a lifetime license new text end 17.13 new text begin issued under section 97A.473 for one year after the person is convicted of hunting deer new text end 17.14 new text begin with the aid or use of bait under section 97B.328. new text end 17.15 new text begin (c) The revocation period under paragraphs (a) and (b) doubles if the conviction new text end 17.16 new text begin is for a deer that is a trophy deer scoring higher than 170 using the scoring method new text end 17.17 new text begin established for wildlife restitution values adopted under section 97A.345. new text end 17.18    Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.431, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 17.19    Subd. 3. Application for license. An application for a moose license must be 17.20on a form provided by the commissioner and accompanied by a $3 new text begin $4 new text end nonrefundable 17.21application fee per person. A person may not make more than one application for each 17.22season. If a person makes more than one application, the person is ineligible for a license 17.23for that season after determination by the commissioner, without a hearing. 17.24    Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.433, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 17.25    Subd. 3. Application for license. An application for an elk license must be on 17.26a form provided by the commissioner and accompanied by a $10 new text begin $4 new text end nonrefundable 17.27application fee per person. A person may not make more than one application for each 17.28season. If a person makes more than one application, the person is ineligible for a license 17.29for that season after determination by the commissioner, without a hearing. 17.30    Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.435, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 17.31    Subd. 3. Application for license. An application for a turkey license must be on a 17.32form provided by the commissioner and accompanied by a $3 new text begin $4 new text end application fee. A person 18.1may not make more than one application for each season. If a person makes more than 18.2one application the person is ineligible for a license for that season after determination 18.3by the commissioner, without a hearing. 18.4    Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.441, subdivision 7, is amended to read: 18.5    Subd. 7. Owners or tenants of agricultural land. (a) The commissioner may 18.6issue, without a fee, a license to take an antlerless deer to a resident who is an owner or 18.7tenant, or a nonresident who is an owner, of at least 80 acres of agricultural land, as 18.8defined in section 97B.001, in deer permit areas that have deer archery licenses to take 18.9additional deer under section 97B.301, subdivision 4 new text begin allow the taking of antlerless deer new text end 18.10 new text begin without a lottery application new text end . A person may receive only one license per year under this 18.11subdivision. For properties with co-owners or cotenants, only one co-owner or cotenant 18.12may receive a license under this subdivision per year. The license issued under this 18.13subdivision is restricted to land leased for agricultural purposes or owned by the holder of 18.14the license within the permit area where the qualifying land is located. The holder of the 18.15license may transfer the license to the holder's spouse or dependent. new text begin Deer taken under this new text end 18.16 new text begin subdivision do not count towards the total bag limit for the permit area. new text end Notwithstanding 18.17sections 97A.415, subdivision 1, and 97B.301, subdivision 2, the holder of the license 18.18may purchase an additional license new text begin licenses or permits new text end for taking deer and may take an 18.19additional deer under that license new text begin those licenses or permits, provided the holder adheres to new text end 18.20 new text begin the bag limits established for that permit area new text end . 18.21    (b) A person who obtains a license under paragraph (a) must allow public deer 18.22hunting on their land during that deer hunting season, with the exception of the first 18.23Saturday and Sunday during the deer hunting season applicable to the license issued under 18.24section 97A.475, subdivision 2, clause (5). 18.25    Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.451, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 18.26    Subd. 3. Residents under age 16; small game. (a) A resident under age 16 must 18.27obtain a small game license in order to take small game by firearms or bow and arrow 18.28without paying the applicable fees under section 97A.475, subdivisions 2, 4, and 5, if 18.29the resident is: 18.30    (1) age 14 or 15 and possesses a firearms safety certificate; 18.31    (2) age 13, possesses a firearms safety certificate, and is accompanied by a parent or 18.32guardian; 19.1    (3) age 13, 14, or 15, possesses an apprentice hunter validation, and is accompanied 19.2by a parent or guardian who possesses a small game license that was not obtained using an 19.3apprentice hunter validation; or 19.4    (4) age 12 or under and is accompanied by a parent or guardian. 19.5    (b) A resident under age 16 may take small game new text begin , other than wolves, new text end by trapping 19.6without a small game license, but a resident 13 years of age or older must have a trapping 19.7license. A resident under age 13 may trap new text begin small game, other than wolves, new text end without a 19.8trapping license, but may not register fisher, otter, bobcat, or pine marten unless the 19.9resident is at least age five. Any fisher, otter, bobcat, or pine marten taken by a resident 19.10under age five must be included in the limit of the accompanying parent or guardian. 19.11    (c) A resident under age 12 may apply for a turkey license and may take a turkey 19.12without a firearms safety certificate if the resident is accompanied by an adult parent or 19.13guardian who has a firearms safety certificate. 19.14    (d) A resident under age 12 may apply for a prairie chicken license and may take a 19.15prairie chicken without a firearms safety certificate if the resident is accompanied by an 19.16adult parent or guardian who has a firearms safety certificate. 19.17    Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.451, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 19.18    Subd. 4. Persons new text begin Residents new text end under age 16; big game. (a) A person new text begin resident new text end age 19.1912, 13, 14, or 15 may not obtain a license to take big game unless the person possesses 19.20a firearms safety certificate. A person new text begin resident new text end age 12 or 13 must be accompanied by a 19.21parent or guardian to hunt big game. 19.22    (b) A person new text begin resident new text end age 10 or 11 may take big game provided the person is under 19.23the direct supervision of a parent or guardian where the parent or guardian is within 19.24immediate reach. Until March 1, 2009, a person age 10 or 11 may take big game under a 19.25parent or guardian's license. Beginning March 1, 2009, A person new text begin resident new text end age 10 or 11 19.26must obtain a license in order to take big game and may obtain the license without paying 19.27the fee required under section 97A.475, subdivision 2. 19.28    Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.451, is amended by adding a 19.29subdivision to read: 19.30     new text begin Subd. 4a. new text end new text begin Nonresidents under age 16; big game. new text end new text begin (a) A nonresident age 12, new text end 19.31 new text begin 13, 14, or 15 may not obtain a license to take big game unless the person possesses a new text end 19.32 new text begin firearms safety certificate. A nonresident age 12 or 13 must be accompanied by a parent or new text end 19.33 new text begin guardian to hunt big game. new text end 20.1 new text begin (b) A nonresident age 10 or 11 may take big game provided the person is under the new text end 20.2 new text begin direct supervision of a parent or guardian where the parent or guardian is within immediate new text end 20.3 new text begin reach. A nonresident age 10 or 11 must obtain a license to take big game and must pay the new text end 20.4 new text begin fee required under section 97A.475, subdivision 3. new text end 20.5    Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.473, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 20.6    Subd. 3. Lifetime small game hunting license; fee. (a) A resident lifetime small 20.7game hunting license authorizes a person to hunt and trap small game new text begin , other than wolves, new text end 20.8in the state. The license authorizes those hunting and trapping activities authorized by the 20.9annual resident small game hunting and trapping licenses new text begin license and the trapping license new text end 20.10 new text begin for fur-bearing animals other than wolves new text end . The license does not include a turkey stamp 20.11validation or any other hunting stamps required by law. 20.12    (b) The fees for a resident lifetime small game hunting license are: 20.13    (1) age 3 and under, $217; 20.14    (2) age 4 to age 15, $290; 20.15    (3) age 16 to age 50, $363; and 20.16    (4) age 51 and over, $213. 20.17    Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.473, subdivision 5, is amended to read: 20.18    Subd. 5. Lifetime sporting license; fee. (a) A resident lifetime sporting license 20.19authorizes a person to take fish by angling and hunt and trap small game new text begin , other than new text end 20.20 new text begin wolves, new text end in the state. The license authorizes those activities authorized by the annual 20.21resident angling, new text begin and new text end resident small game hunting, new text begin licenses new text end and new text begin the new text end resident trapping 20.22licenses new text begin license for fur-bearing animals other than wolves new text end . The license does not include a 20.23trout and salmon stamp validation, a turkey stamp validation, a walleye stamp validation, 20.24or any other hunting stamps required by law. 20.25    (b) The fees for a resident lifetime sporting license are: 20.26    (1) age 3 and under, $357; 20.27    (2) age 4 to age 15, $480; 20.28    (3) age 16 to age 50, $613; and 20.29    (4) age 51 and over, $413. 20.30    Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.473, subdivision 5a, is amended to read: 20.31    Subd. 5a. Lifetime sporting with spearing option license; fee. (a) A resident 20.32lifetime sporting with spearing option license authorizes a person to take fish by angling 20.33or spearing and hunt and trap small game new text begin , other than wolves, new text end in the state. The license 21.1authorizes those activities authorized by the annual resident angling, spearing, new text begin and new text end resident 21.2small game hunting, and resident trapping licenses new text begin and the resident trapping license for new text end 21.3 new text begin fur-bearing animals other than wolves new text end . The license does not include a trout and salmon 21.4stamp validation, a turkey stamp validation, a walleye stamp validation, or any other 21.5hunting stamps required by law. 21.6(b) The fees for a resident lifetime sporting with spearing option license are: 21.7(1) age 3 and under, $615; 21.8(2) age 4 to age 15, $800; 21.9(3) age 16 to age 50, $985; and 21.10(4) age 51 and over, $586. 21.11    Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.475, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 21.12    Subd. 2. Resident hunting. Fees for the following licenses, to be issued to residents 21.13only, are: 21.14    (1) for persons age 18 or over and under age 65 to take small game, $12.50; 21.15    (2) for persons ages 16 and 17 and age 65 or over, $6 to take small game; 21.16    (3) for persons age 18 or over to take turkey, $23; 21.17    (4) for persons under age 18 to take turkey, $12; 21.18    (5) for persons age 18 or over to take deer with firearms during the regular firearms 21.19season, $26; 21.20    (6) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by archery, $26; 21.21    (7) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by muzzleloader during the muzzleloader 21.22season, $26; 21.23    (8) to take moose, for a party of not more than six persons, $310; 21.24    (9) to take bear, $38; 21.25    (10) to take elk, for a party of not more than two persons, $250; 21.26    (11) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4; 21.27    (12) to take prairie chickens, $20; 21.28    (13) for persons under age 18 to take deer with firearms during the regular firearms 21.29season, $13; 21.30    (14) for persons under age 18 to take deer by archery, $13; and 21.31    (15) for persons under age 18 to take deer by muzzleloader during the muzzleloader 21.32season, $13 new text begin ; and new text end 21.33 new text begin (16) to take wolf, $30 new text end . 21.34    Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.475, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 22.1    Subd. 3. Nonresident hunting. (a) Fees for the following licenses, to be issued 22.2to nonresidents, are: 22.3    (1) for persons age 18 or over to take small game, $73; 22.4    (2) for persons age 18 or over to take deer with firearms during the regular firearms 22.5season, $135; 22.6    (3) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by archery, $135; 22.7    (4) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by muzzleloader during the muzzleloader 22.8season, $135; 22.9    (5) to take bear, $195; 22.10    (6) for persons age 18 and older to take turkey, $78; 22.11    (7) for persons under age 18 to take turkey, $12; 22.12    (8) to take raccoon or bobcat, $155; 22.13    (9) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4; 22.14    (10) for persons under age 18 to take deer with firearms during the regular firearms 22.15season in any open season option or time period, $13; 22.16    (11) for persons under age 18 to take deer by archery, $13; and 22.17    (12) for persons under age 18 to take deer during the muzzleloader season, $13 new text begin ; and new text end 22.18 new text begin (13) to take wolf, $250 new text end . 22.19    (b) A $5 surcharge shall be added to nonresident hunting licenses issued under 22.20paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (8). An additional commission may not be assessed on this 22.21surcharge. 22.22    Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.475, subdivision 3a, is amended to read: 22.23    Subd. 3a. Deer license new text begin donation and new text end surcharge. new text begin (a) new text end A person may agree to add a 22.24donation of $1, $3, or $5 to the fees for annual resident and nonresident licenses to take 22.25deer by firearms or archery established under subdivisions 2, clauses (5), (6), (7), (11), and 22.26(13), and 3, new text begin paragraph (a), new text end clauses (2), (3), (4), and (9). 22.27 new text begin (b) new text end Beginning March 1, 2008, fees for bonus licenses to take deer by firearms 22.28or archery established under section 97B.301, subdivision 4, must be increased by a 22.29surcharge of $1. 22.30 new text begin (c) new text end An additional commission may not be assessed on the donation or surcharge and 22.31the following statement must be included in the annual deer hunting regulations: "The 22.32deer license donations and surcharges are being paid by hunters for deer management, 22.33including assisting with the costs of processing deer donated for charitable purposes." new text begin . new text end 22.34    Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.475, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 23.1    Subd. 4. Small game surcharge new text begin and donation new text end . new text begin (a) new text end Fees for annual licenses to take 23.2small game must be increased by a surcharge of $6.50. An additional commission may not 23.3be assessed on the surcharge and the following statement must be included in the annual 23.4small game hunting regulations: "This $6.50 surcharge is being paid by hunters for the 23.5acquisition and development of wildlife lands." 23.6 new text begin (b) A person may agree to add a donation of $1, $3, or $5 to the fees for annual new text end 23.7 new text begin resident and nonresident licenses to take small game. An additional commission may not new text end 23.8 new text begin be assessed on the donation. The following statement must be included in the annual new text end 23.9 new text begin small game hunting regulations: "The small game license donations are being paid by new text end 23.10 new text begin hunters for administration of the walk-in access program." new text end 23.11    Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.475, subdivision 20, is amended to read: 23.12    Subd. 20. Trapping license new text begin licenses new text end . new text begin (a) new text end The fee for a license to trap fur-bearing 23.13animals new text begin , other than wolves, new text end is: 23.14(1) for residents over age 13 and under age 18, $6; 23.15(2) for residents age 18 or over and under age 65, $20; 23.16(3) for residents age 65 or over, $10; and 23.17(4) for nonresidents, $73. 23.18 new text begin (b) The fee for a license to trap wolves is $30, to be issued to residents only. new text end 23.19    Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.475, subdivision 44, is amended to read: 23.20    Subd. 44. Replacement licenses. The fee for a replacement firearms deer new text begin or turkey new text end 23.21license is $5. 23.22    Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.482, is amended to read: 23.2397A.482 LICENSE APPLICATIONS; COLLECTION OF SOCIAL 23.24SECURITY NUMBERS. 23.25(a) All applicants for individual noncommercial game and fish licenses under this 23.26chapter and chapters 97B and 97C must include the applicant's Social Security number 23.27on the license application. If an applicant does not have a Social Security number, the 23.28applicant must certify that the applicant does not have a Social Security number. 23.29(b) The Social Security numbers collected by the commissioner on game and fish 23.30license applications are private data under section 13.355, subdivision 1, and must be 23.31provided by the commissioner to the commissioner of human services for child support 23.32enforcement purposes. Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, United States Code, title 42, 24.1section 666(a)(13), requires the collection of Social Security numbers on game and fish 24.2license applications for child support enforcement purposes. 24.3(c) The commissioners of human services and natural resources shall request a 24.4waiver from the secretary of health and human services to exclude any applicant under the 24.5age of 16 from the requirement under this section and under cross-country ski licensing 24.6sections to provide the applicant's Social Security number. If a waiver is granted, this 24.7section will be so amended effective January 1, 2006, or upon the effective date of the 24.8waiver, whichever is later. 24.9    Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.001, subdivision 7, is amended to read: 24.10    Subd. 7. Taking with firearms in certain areas. (a) A person may not take a wild 24.11animal with a firearm within 500 feet of a building occupied by a human or livestock 24.12without the written permission of the owner, occupant, or lessee: 24.13(1) on another person's private land new text begin , if the land is not a licensed shooting preserve new text end ; or 24.14(2) on a public right-of-way. 24.15(b) A new text begin No new text end person may not take a wild animal with new text begin shoot new text end a firearm without the 24.16permission of the owner, occupant, or lessee, within 500 feet of a stockade or corral 24.17containing livestock new text begin without the permission of the owner, occupant, or lessee. For the new text end 24.18 new text begin purposes of this paragraph, a "stockade or corral" means a fenced enclosure for containing new text end 24.19 new text begin livestock that does not enclose an area greater than one acre new text end . 24.20(c) A person may not take a wild animal on any land where the person is prohibited 24.21from entering by this section. 24.22    Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.031, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 24.23    Subdivision 1. Firearms and ammunition that may be used to take big game new text begin new text end 24.24 new text begin and wolves new text end . A person may take big game new text begin and wolves new text end with a firearm only if: 24.25    (1) the rifle, shotgun, and handgun used is a caliber of at least .22 inches and with 24.26centerfire ignition; 24.27    (2) the firearm is loaded only with single projectile ammunition; 24.28    (3) a projectile used is a caliber of at least .22 inches and has a soft point or is 24.29an expanding bullet type; 24.30    (4) the muzzleloader used is incapable of being loaded at the breech; 24.31    (5) the smooth-bore muzzleloader used is a caliber of at least .45 inches; and 24.32    (6) the rifled muzzleloader used is a caliber of at least .40 inches. 24.33    Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.031, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 25.1    Subd. 2. Handguns for small game. A person may take small game with a handgun 25.2of any caliber in a manner prescribed by the commissioner new text begin , except that wolves may only new text end 25.3 new text begin be taken by hunting with the calibers specified in subdivision 1 new text end . 25.4    Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.035, subdivision 1a, is amended to read: 25.5    Subd. 1a. Minimum draw weight. A bow used to take big game or new text begin , new text end turkey new text begin , or new text end 25.6 new text begin wolves new text end must have a pull that meets or exceeds 30 pounds at or before full draw. 25.7    Sec. 53. new text begin [97B.063] HUNTER SATISFACTION SURVEY. new text end 25.8 new text begin The commissioner shall administer the collection of hunter information related new text end 25.9 new text begin to participation and satisfaction. This may include information on preferences, values, new text end 25.10 new text begin interests, participation rates and patterns, barriers to participation, or other factors. The new text end 25.11 new text begin data shall be collected using established social science methods. new text end 25.12    Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.071, is amended to read: 25.1397B.071 BLAZE ORANGE REQUIREMENTS. 25.14    (a) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph (c), a person may not hunt 25.15or trap during the open season where deer may be taken by firearms under applicable laws 25.16and ordinances, unless the visible portion of the person's cap and outer clothing above the 25.17waist, excluding sleeves and gloves, is blaze orange. Blaze orange includes a camouflage 25.18pattern of at least 50 percent blaze orange within each foot square. This section does not 25.19apply to migratory waterfowl hunters on waters of this state or in a stationary shooting 25.20location or to trappers on waters of this state. 25.21    (b) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph (c), and in addition to 25.22the requirement in paragraph (a), a person may not take small game other than turkey, 25.23migratory birds, raccoons, and predators, except while trapping, unless a visible portion of 25.24at least one article of the person's clothing above the waist is blaze orange. This paragraph 25.25does not apply to a person new text begin when in a stationary location while hunting deer by archery new text end 25.26 new text begin or when new text end hunting new text begin small game new text end by falconry. 25.27    (c) The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe an alternative color in cases where 25.28paragraph (a) or (b) would violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Public 25.29Law 103-141. 25.30    (d) A violation of paragraph (b) shall not result in a penalty, but is punishable only 25.31by a safety warning. 25.32    Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 97B.075, is amended to read: 26.197B.075 HUNTING RESTRICTED BETWEEN EVENING AND MORNING. 26.2    (a) A person may not take protected wild animals, except raccoon and fox, with 26.3a firearm between the evening and morning times established by commissioner's rule, 26.4except as provided in this section. 26.5    (b) Big game new text begin and wolves new text end may be taken from one-half hour before sunrise until 26.6one-half hour after sunset. 26.7    (c) Except as otherwise prescribed by the commissioner on or before the Saturday 26.8nearest October 8, waterfowl may be taken from one-half hour before sunrise until sunset 26.9during the entire season prescribed by the commissioner. 26.10    Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.085, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 26.11    Subd. 3. Communication excepted. This section does not prohibit the use of: 26.12    (1) one-way radio communication between a handler and a dog; or 26.13    (2) a remote-controlled animal noise caller for taking crows, fur-bearing animals, 26.14and unprotected animals new text begin ; or new text end 26.15 new text begin (3) a remote-controlled motorized decoy used for taking migratory waterfowl under new text end 26.16 new text begin section 97B.811, subdivision 4a, or for taking mourning doves new text end . 26.17    Sec. 57. new text begin [97B.1115] USE OF MECHANICAL OR ELECTRONIC ASSISTANCE new text end 26.18 new text begin TO HOLD AND DISCHARGE FIREARMS OR BOWS BY PHYSICALLY new text end 26.19 new text begin DISABLED. new text end 26.20 new text begin Notwithstanding sections 97B.035, subdivision 1, 97B.321, and 97B.701, new text end 26.21 new text begin subdivision 2, the commissioner may authorize a physically disabled hunter who has a new text end 26.22 new text begin verified statement of the disability from a licensed physician or a certified nurse practitioner new text end 26.23 new text begin or certified physician assistant acting under the direction of a licensed physician to use a new text end 26.24 new text begin swivel or otherwise mounted firearm or bow or any electronic or mechanical device to new text end 26.25 new text begin discharge a firearm or bow as long as the participant is physically present at the site. new text end 26.26    Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.328, is amended to read: 26.2797B.328 BAITING PROHIBITED. 26.28    Subdivision 1. Hunting with aid of bait or feed prohibited. A person may not 26.29hunt new text begin take new text end deer: 26.30    (1) with the aid or use of bait or feed; or new text begin . new text end 26.31    (2) in the vicinity of bait or feed if the person knows or has reason to know that bait 26.32or feed is present. 27.1    Subd. 2. Removal of bait. An area is considered baited for ten days after the 27.2complete removal of all bait or feed. 27.3    Subd. 3. Definition. new text begin (a) new text end For purposes of this section, "bait or feed" includes grains, 27.4fruits, vegetables, nuts, hay, or other food that is capable of attracting or enticing deer 27.5and that has been placed by a person. new text begin "Baiting" means placing, exposing, depositing, new text end 27.6 new text begin distributing, or scattering bait that is capable of attracting or enticing deer. new text end 27.7 new text begin (b) new text end Liquid scents, salt, and minerals are not bait or feed new text begin if they do not contain liquid new text end 27.8 new text begin or solid food ingredients new text end . 27.9Food that has not been placed by a person and resulting new text begin (c) Agricultural crops new text end 27.10from normal or accepted farming, forest management, wildlife food plantings, orchard 27.11management, or other similar land management activities is new text begin are new text end not bait or feed. new text begin new text end 27.12 new text begin This exclusion does not apply to agricultural crops that have been reintroduced and new text end 27.13 new text begin concentrated where a person is hunting. new text end 27.14    Subd. 4. Exception for bait or feed on adjacent land. A person otherwise in 27.15compliance with this section who is hunting on private or public property that is adjacent 27.16to property where bait or feed new text begin food new text end is present is not in violation of this section if the 27.17person has not participated in, been involved with, or agreed to baiting or feeding wildlife 27.18on the adjacent property. 27.19    Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.401, is amended to read: 27.2097B.401 BEAR LICENSE REQUIRED new text begin ; APPLICATION new text end . 27.21    (a) A person may not take bear without a bear license except as provided in section 27.2297B.415 to protect property. 27.23(b) A person may not place bait for bears on or after the Friday nearest August 14 27.24unless the person has a bear license or is operating under the direction of a person with a 27.25valid bear license. 27.26 new text begin (c) An application for a bear license must be on a form provided by the commissioner new text end 27.27 new text begin and accompanied by a $4 application fee. A person may not make more than one new text end 27.28 new text begin application for each season. If a person makes more than one application, the person is new text end 27.29 new text begin ineligible for a license for that season after determination by the commissioner, without new text end 27.30 new text begin a hearing. new text end 27.31    Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.601, subdivision 3a, is amended to read: 27.32    Subd. 3a. Nonresidents; trapping small game. A nonresident may take small 27.33game new text begin , except wolves, new text end by trapping only on land owned by the nonresident, if the 28.1nonresident possesses a trapping license new text begin for fur-bearing animals other than wolves new text end and a 28.2small game license. 28.3    Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.601, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 28.4    Subd. 4. Exception to license requirements. (a) A resident under age 16 may take 28.5small game new text begin , other than wolves, new text end without a small game license, and a resident under age 28.613 may trap new text begin small game and fur-bearing animals, other than wolves, new text end without a trapping 28.7license, as provided in section 97A.451, subdivision 3. 28.8(b) A person may take small game new text begin , other than wolves, new text end without a small game license 28.9on land occupied by the person as a principal residence. 28.10(c) An owner or occupant may take certain small game causing damage without a 28.11small game or trapping license as provided in section 97B.655. 28.12(d) A person may use dogs to pursue and tree raccoons under section 97B.621, 28.13subdivision 2 , during the closed season without a license. 28.14(e) A person may take a new text begin wolf, new text end turkey new text begin , new text end or a prairie chicken without a small game 28.15license. 28.16    Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.603, is amended to read: 28.1797B.603 TAKING SMALL GAME AS A PARTY. 28.18 new text begin (a) new text end While two or more persons are taking small game as a party and maintaining 28.19unaided visual and vocal contact, a member of the party may take and possess more than 28.20one limit of small game, but the total number of small game taken and possessed by 28.21the party may not exceed the limit of the number of persons in the party that may take 28.22and possess small game. 28.23 new text begin (b) new text end This section does not apply to the hunting of new text begin wolves, new text end migratory game birds new text begin , new text end or 28.24turkeys, except that a licensed turkey hunter may assist another licensed turkey hunter new text begin and new text end 28.25 new text begin a licensed wolf hunter may assist another licensed wolf hunter new text end for the same zone and time 28.26period as long as the hunter does not shoot or tag a turkey new text begin or wolf new text end for the other hunter. 28.27    Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.605, is amended to read: 28.2897B.605 COMMISSIONER MAY RESTRICT TAKING OF CERTAIN 28.29SMALL GAME ANIMALS. 28.30The commissioner may prescribe restrictions on and designate areas where gray and 28.31fox squirrels, cottontail and jack rabbits, snowshoe hare, raccoon, bobcat, red fox and gray 28.32fox, fisher, pine marten, opossum, new text begin wolves, new text end and badger may be taken and possessed. 29.1    Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 97B.645, subdivision 9, is 29.2amended to read: 29.3    Subd. 9. Open season. There shall be no open season for gray wolves until after the 29.4gray wolf is delisted under the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973. After that time, 29.5the commissioner may prescribe open seasons and restrictions for taking gray wolves but 29.6must provide opportunity for public comment. 29.7    Sec. 65. new text begin [97B.647] TAKING WOLVES. new text end 29.8     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin License required. new text end new text begin Except as provided under section 97B.645 or new text end 29.9 new text begin 97B.671, a person may not take a wolf without a wolf hunting or wolf trapping license. new text end 29.10     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Open seasons. new text end new text begin Wolves may be taken with legal firearms, with bow and new text end 29.11 new text begin arrow, and by trapping. The open season to take wolves with firearms begins each year on new text end 29.12 new text begin the same day as the opening of the firearms deer hunting season. The commissioner may new text end 29.13 new text begin by rule prescribe the open seasons for wolves according to this subdivision. new text end 29.14     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Open areas. new text end new text begin The commissioner may by rule designate areas where wolves new text end 29.15 new text begin may be taken. new text end 29.16     new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Daily and possession limits. new text end new text begin The commissioner may establish by rule new text end 29.17 new text begin the daily and possession limits for wolves. new text end 29.18     new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Limit on number of hunters and trappers. new text end new text begin The commissioner may by new text end 29.19 new text begin rule limit the number of persons that may hunt or trap wolves in an area, if it is necessary new text end 29.20 new text begin to prevent an overharvest or improve the distribution of hunters and trappers. The new text end 29.21 new text begin commissioner shall establish a method, including a drawing, to impartially select the new text end 29.22 new text begin hunters and trappers for an area. new text end 29.23     new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Application for license. new text end new text begin An application for a wolf hunting or wolf trapping new text end 29.24 new text begin license must be made in a manner provided by the commissioner and accompanied by a new text end 29.25 new text begin $4 application fee and proof that the applicant holds a current or previous year hunting new text end 29.26 new text begin license. The $4 application fee shall be credited to the wolf management and monitoring new text end 29.27 new text begin account and appropriated to the commissioner to pay for costs associated with conducting new text end 29.28 new text begin the wolf license drawing and wolf management. A person may not make more than new text end 29.29 new text begin one application for each season as prescribed by the commissioner. If a person makes new text end 29.30 new text begin more than one application, the person is ineligible for a license for that season after new text end 29.31 new text begin determination by the commissioner, without a hearing. new text end 29.32     new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Quotas. new text end new text begin The commissioner may by rule set an annual quota for the new text end 29.33 new text begin number of wolves that can be taken by hunting and trapping. The commissioner may new text end 29.34 new text begin establish a method to monitor harvest and close the season when the quota is reached. The new text end 29.35 new text begin commissioner shall reserve a portion of the annual quota for the trapping season. new text end 30.1    Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 97B.667, is amended to read: 30.297B.667 REMOVAL OF BEAVERS, BEAVER DAMS, AND LODGES BY 30.3ROAD AUTHORITIES new text begin AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS new text end . 30.4     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Road authorities. new text end new text begin (a) new text end When a drainage watercourse is impaired 30.5by a beaver dam and the water damages or threatens to damage a public road, the road 30.6authority, as defined in section 160.02, subdivision 25, may remove the impairment and 30.7any associated beaver lodge within 300 feet of the road. Notwithstanding any law to the 30.8contrary, 30.9 new text begin (b) new text end The road authority may kill or new text begin beaver associated with the lodge or damage in any new text end 30.10 new text begin manner, except by poison or artificial lights. new text end 30.11 new text begin (c) The road authority may new text end arrange to have killed by any lawful means a beaver 30.12associated with the lodge new text begin by trapping through a third-party contract or under subdivision 4 new text end . 30.13     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Local government units. new text end new text begin (a) Local government units may, as provided new text end 30.14 new text begin in this section, kill or arrange to have killed beaver that are causing damage, including new text end 30.15 new text begin damage to silvicultural projects and drainage ditches, on property owned or managed by new text end 30.16 new text begin the local government unit. Removal or destruction of any associated beaver lodge is new text end 30.17 new text begin subject to section 97A.401, subdivision 5. new text end 30.18 new text begin (b) The local government unit may kill beaver associated with the lodge or damage new text end 30.19 new text begin in any manner, except by poison or artificial lights. new text end 30.20 new text begin (c) The local government unit may arrange to have killed any beaver associated with new text end 30.21 new text begin the lodge or damage by trapping through a third-party contract or under subdivision 4. new text end 30.22     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Permits and notice; requirements. new text end new text begin (a) new text end Before killing or arranging to kill 30.23a beaver under this section, the road authority new text begin or local government unit new text end must contact a 30.24conservation officer for a special beaver permit. The conservation officer must issue the 30.25permit for any beaver subject to this section. 30.26 new text begin (b) new text end A road authority new text begin or local government unit new text end that kills or arranges to have killed a 30.27beaver under this section must notify a conservation officer or the officer's designee as 30.28specified in the permit new text begin employee of the Wildlife Division new text end within ten days after the animal 30.29is killed. 30.30     new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Local beaver control programs. new text end A road authority new text begin or local government new text end 30.31 new text begin unit new text end may, after consultation with the Wildlife Division and the Board of Water and Soil 30.32Resources, implement a local beaver control program designed to reduce the number of 30.33incidents of beaver new text begin : new text end 30.34 new text begin (1) new text end interfering with or damaging a public road new text begin ; or new text end 30.35 new text begin (2) causing damage, including damage to silvicultural projects and drainage ditches, new text end 30.36 new text begin on property owned or managed by the local government unit new text end . 31.1The local control program may include the offering of a bounty for the lawful taking 31.2of beaver. 31.3    Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.671, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 31.4    Subd. 3. Predator control payments. The commissioner shall pay a predator 31.5controller the amount the commissioner prescribes new text begin determines by written order published new text end 31.6 new text begin in the State Register new text end for each predator new text begin coyote and fox new text end taken. The commissioner shall pay 31.7at least $25 but not more than $60 for each coyote taken. The commissioner may require 31.8the predator controller to submit proof of the taking and a signed statement concerning 31.9the predators taken. new text begin The fees are not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14, new text end 31.10 new text begin and section 14.386 does not apply. new text end 31.11    Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.671, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 31.12    Subd. 4. Gray Wolf control. (a) The commissioner shall provide a gray wolf control 31.13training program for certified predator controllers participating in gray wolf control. 31.14(b) After the gray wolf is delisted under the federal Endangered Species Act of 31.151973, in zone B, as defined under section 97B.645, subdivision 12, if the commissioner, 31.16after considering recommendations from an extension agent or conservation officer, has 31.17verified that livestock, domestic animals, or pets were destroyed by a gray wolf within the 31.18previous five years, and if the livestock, domestic animal, or pet owner requests gray wolf 31.19control, the commissioner shall open a predator control area for gray wolves. 31.20(c) After the gray wolf is delisted under the federal Endangered Species Act of 31.211973, in zone A, as defined under paragraph (g), if the commissioner, after considering 31.22recommendations from an extension agent or conservation officer, verifies that livestock, 31.23domestic animals, or pets were destroyed by a gray wolf, and if the livestock, domestic 31.24animal, or pet owner requests gray wolf control, the commissioner shall open a predator 31.25control area for gray wolves for up to 60 days. 31.26(d) A predator control area opened for gray wolves may not exceed a one-mile 31.27radius surrounding the damage site. 31.28(e) The commissioner shall pay a certified gray wolf predator controller $150 new text begin the new text end 31.29 new text begin amount the commissioner determines by written order published in the State Register new text end for 31.30each wolf taken. The certified gray wolf predator controller must dispose of unsalvageable 31.31remains as directed by the commissioner. All salvageable gray wolf remains must be 31.32surrendered to the commissioner. new text begin The fees are not subject to the rulemaking provisions of new text end 31.33 new text begin chapter 14, and section 14.386 does not apply. new text end 32.1(f) The commissioner may, in consultation with the commissioner of agriculture, 32.2develop a cooperative agreement for gray wolf control activities with the United States 32.3Department of Agriculture. The cooperative agreement activities may include, but not be 32.4limited to, gray wolf control, training for state predator controllers, and control monitoring 32.5and record keeping. 32.6(g) For the purposes of this subdivision, "zone A" means that portion of the state 32.7lying outside of zone B, as defined under section 97B.645, subdivision 12. 32.8    Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.711, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 32.9    Subdivision 1. Seasons for certain upland game birds. (a) The commissioner 32.10may, by rule, prescribe an open season in designated areas between September 16 and 32.11January 3 for: 32.12    (1) pheasant; 32.13    (2) ruffed grouse; 32.14    (3) sharp tailed grouse; 32.15    (4) Canada spruce grouse; 32.16    (5) prairie chicken; 32.17    (6) gray partridge; 32.18    (7) bobwhite quail; and 32.19    (8) turkey. 32.20    (b) The commissioner may by rule prescribe an open season for turkey in the spring. 32.21    (c) The commissioner shall allow a four-week fall season for turkey in the area 32.22designated as turkey permit area 601 as of the 2008 season. All applicable local and state 32.23regulations apply. 32.24    Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.805, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 32.25    Subdivision 1. Hunter must be concealed. (a) A person may not take migratory 32.26waterfowl, coots, or rails in open water unless the person is: 32.27(1) within a natural growth of vegetation sufficient to partially conceal the person or 32.28boat; 32.29(2) on a river or stream that is not more than 100 yards in width; or 32.30(3) pursuing or shooting wounded birds new text begin ; or new text end 32.31 new text begin (4) in areas specifically designated for such taking by the commissioner by rule new text end . 32.32(b) A person may not take migratory waterfowl, coots, or rails in public waters from 32.33a permanent artificial blind or sink box. 33.1    Sec. 71. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.901, is amended to read: 33.297B.901 REGISTRATION AND TAGGING OF FUR-BEARING ANIMALS. 33.3(a) The commissioner may, by rule, require persons taking, possessing, and 33.4transporting fur-bearing animals to tag the animals. The commissioner shall prescribe 33.5the manner of issuance and the type of tag, which must show the year of issuance. The 33.6commissioner shall issue the tag, without a fee, upon request. 33.7(b) The pelt of each bobcat, fisher, pine marten, and otter new text begin , and wolf new text end must be 33.8presented, by the person taking it, to a state wildlife manager designee for registration 33.9before the pelt is sold and before the pelt is transported out of the state, but in no event 33.10more than 48 hours after the season closes for the species. 33.11 new text begin (c) The whole carcass of each wolf, with the pelt removed, must be presented by the new text end 33.12 new text begin person taking it to a state wildlife manager designee for registration before the pelt is sold new text end 33.13 new text begin and before the pelt is transported out of the state, but in no event more than 48 hours after new text end 33.14 new text begin the season closes. The commissioner may require that the entire carcass or samples from new text end 33.15 new text begin the carcass be surrendered to the state wildlife manager designee. new text end 33.16    Sec. 72. new text begin [97B.903] USE OF BODY-GRIPPING TRAPS. new text end 33.17 new text begin A person may not set, place, or operate, except as a waterset, a body-gripping or new text end 33.18 new text begin conibear-type trap on public lands and waters that has a maximum jaw opening when set new text end 33.19 new text begin greater than 6-1/2 inches and less than 7-1/2 inches measured from the inside edges of the new text end 33.20 new text begin body-gripping portions of the jaws, unless: new text end 33.21 new text begin (1) the trap is in a baited or unbaited enclosure and the trap trigger is recessed seven new text end 33.22 new text begin inches or more from the top and frontmost portion of the open end of the enclosure; new text end 33.23 new text begin (2) no bait, lure, or other attractant is placed within 20 feet of the trap; or new text end 33.24 new text begin (3) the trap is elevated at least three feet above the surface of the ground or snowpack. new text end 33.25    Sec. 73. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97C.355, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 33.26    Subdivision 1. Identification required. All shelters on the ice of state waters, 33.27 new text begin except portable shelters under subdivision 2a but new text end including dark houses and fish houses, 33.28must have: (1) the owner's name and address, (2) the owner's driver's license number, or 33.29(3) the "MDNR#" license identification number issued to the owner legibly displayed on 33.30the exterior with characters at least two inches high. 33.31    Sec. 74. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97C.355, is amended by adding a 33.32subdivision to read: 34.1     new text begin Subd. 2a. new text end new text begin Portable shelters. new text end new text begin A person using a portable shelter that is not identified new text end 34.2 new text begin under subdivision 1 must remain within 200 feet of the shelter while the shelter is on the new text end 34.3 new text begin ice of state waters. new text end 34.4    Sec. 75. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97C.395, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 34.5    Subdivision 1. Dates for certain species. (a) The open seasons to take fish by 34.6angling are as follows: 34.7    (1) for walleye, sauger, northern pike, muskellunge, largemouth bass, and 34.8smallmouth bass, the Saturday two weeks prior to the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend 34.9to the last Sunday in February; 34.10    (2) for lake trout, from January 1 to October 31; 34.11    (3) for the winter season for lake trout new text begin , brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, and new text end 34.12 new text begin splake new text end on all lakes located outside or partially within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, 34.13from January 15 to March 31; 34.14    (4) for the winter season for lake trout new text begin , brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, new text end 34.15 new text begin and splake new text end on all lakes located entirely within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, from 34.16January 1 to March 31; 34.17(5) for brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, and splake, between January 1 to 34.18October 31 as prescribed by the commissioner by rule except as provided in section 34.1997C.415, subdivision 2 ; new text begin and new text end 34.20    (6) for the winter season for brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, and splake on 34.21all lakes, from January 15 to March 31; and 34.22    (7) new text begin (6) new text end for salmon, as prescribed by the commissioner by rule. 34.23    (b) The commissioner shall close the season in areas of the state where fish are 34.24spawning and closing the season will protect the resource. 34.25    Sec. 76. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97C.515, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 34.26    Subd. 2. Permit for transportation. (a) A person may transport new text begin live new text end minnows 34.27through the state with a permit from the commissioner. The permit must state the name 34.28and address of the person, the number and species of minnows, the point of entry into the 34.29state, the destination, and the route through the state. The permit is not valid for more 34.30than 12 hours after it is issued. 34.31 new text begin (b) Minnows transported under this subdivision must be in a tagged container. The new text end 34.32 new text begin tag number must correspond with tag numbers listed on the minnow transportation permit. new text end 34.33(b) new text begin (c) new text end The commissioner may require the person transporting minnow species found 34.34on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species published by the 35.1United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, to 35.2provide health certification for viral hemorrhagic septicemia or other certifiable diseases. 35.3For certifiable diseases not currently documented in Minnesota, The certification new text begin must new text end 35.4 new text begin disclose any incidentally isolated replicating viruses, and new text end must be dated within the 12 35.5months preceding transport. 35.6    Sec. 77. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97C.515, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 35.7    Subd. 4. Private fish hatchery or aquatic farm. (a) A person with a private fish 35.8hatchery or aquatic farm license may transport minnows with a transportation permit from 35.9contiguous states to the private fish hatchery or aquatic farm, provided the minnows are 35.10used for processing or feeding hatchery fish. 35.11(b) The commissioner may require inspection of minnows and disease certification 35.12for species on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species 35.13published by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health 35.14Inspection Services, that are being transported from outside the state. 35.15(c) The commissioner may approve the import of minnows into areas or waters 35.16where certifiable diseases have been identified as being present. 35.17 new text begin Live minnows used for feeding fish at a licensed private fish hatchery or aquatic new text end 35.18 new text begin farm must be obtained within the state. Dead minnows may be imported for feeding new text end 35.19 new text begin hatchery or aquatic farm fish according to section 97C.341, paragraph (d). new text end 35.20 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2013. new text end 35.21    Sec. 78. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97C.515, subdivision 5, is amended to read: 35.22    Subd. 5. Special permits. (a) The commissioner may issue a special permit, without 35.23a fee, to allow a person with a private fish hatchery license new text begin , which private fish hatchery new text end 35.24 new text begin has been designated as a containment facility under section 17.4982, subdivision 8, new text end to 35.25import new text begin live new text end minnows from other states for export. A permit under this subdivision is not 35.26required for importation authorized under subdivision 4. new text begin A containment facility for the new text end 35.27 new text begin purposes of this section applies to live minnows imported for later export and does not new text end 35.28 new text begin need to comply with section 17.4982, subdivision 8, clause (4). The permit shall include new text end 35.29 new text begin conditions necessary to avoid spreading aquatic invasive species and fish pathogens. new text end 35.30 new text begin Permits shall not be issued to containment facilities located within a 25-year floodplain. new text end 35.31(b) An applicant for a permit under this subdivision shall submit to the commissioner 35.32sufficient information to identify potential threats to native plant and animal species and 35.33an evaluation of the feasibility of the proposal. The permit may include reasonable 35.34restrictions on importation, transportation, possession, containment, disease certification, 36.1and disposal of minnows to ensure that native species are protected. The permit may 36.2have a term of up to two years and may be modified, suspended, or revoked by the 36.3commissioner for cause, including violation of a condition of the permit. 36.4 new text begin (c) The premises, property, vehicles, private aquatic life, and equipment that are part new text end 36.5 new text begin of a containment facility permitted under this subdivision are subject to reasonable and new text end 36.6 new text begin necessary inspections at reasonable times by a fish health specialist delegated by the new text end 36.7 new text begin commissioner. The owner, operator, or designee may be present when inspections are new text end 36.8 new text begin conducted. During the inspection, a representative sample of imported minnows may be new text end 36.9 new text begin collected for the purpose of fish pathogen or invasive species screening. new text end 36.10 new text begin (d) The commissioner may require the applicant to furnish evidence of financial new text end 36.11 new text begin responsibility at the time of application for a permit under this section, as prescribed by new text end 36.12 new text begin the commissioner. new text end 36.13    Sec. 79. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103G.005, is amended by adding a 36.14subdivision to read: 36.15     new text begin Subd. 11a. new text end new text begin Shallow lake. new text end new text begin "Shallow lake" means a body of water, excluding a new text end 36.16 new text begin stream, that is greater than or equal to 50 acres in size and less than or equal to 15 feet new text end 36.17 new text begin in maximum depth. new text end 36.18    Sec. 80. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103G.408, is amended to read: 36.19103G.408 TEMPORARY DRAWDOWN OF PUBLIC WATERS. 36.20(a) The commissioner, upon consideration of recommendations and objections as 36.21provided in clause (4) new text begin (2), item (iii), new text end and paragraph (c), may issue a public waters work 36.22permit for the temporary drawdown of a public water when: 36.23 new text begin (1) the public water is a shallow lake to be managed for fish, wildlife, or ecological new text end 36.24 new text begin purposes by the commissioner and the commissioner has conducted a public hearing new text end 36.25 new text begin presenting a comprehensive management plan outlining how and when temporary new text end 36.26 new text begin drawdowns under this section will be conducted; or new text end 36.27(1) new text begin (2) new text end the permit applicant is a public entity; new text begin and: new text end 36.28(2) new text begin (i) new text end the commissioner deems the project to be beneficial and makes findings of 36.29fact that the drawdown is in the public interest; 36.30(3) new text begin (ii) new text end the permit applicant has obtained permission from at least 75 percent of the 36.31riparian landowners; and 36.32(4) new text begin (iii) new text end the permit applicant has conducted a public hearing according to paragraph 36.33(d). 37.1(b) In addition to the requirements in section 103G.301, subdivision 6, the permit 37.2applicant shall serve a copy of the application on each county, municipality, and watershed 37.3management organization, if one exists, within which any portion of the public water is 37.4located and on the lake improvement district, if one exists. 37.5(c) A county, municipality, watershed district, watershed management organization, 37.6or lake improvement district required to be served under paragraph (b) or section 37.7103G.301, subdivision 6 , may file a written recommendation for the issuance of a permit 37.8or an objection to the issuance of a permit with the commissioner within 30 days after 37.9receiving a copy of the application. 37.10(d) The hearing notice for a public hearing under paragraph (a), clause (4) new text begin (2), new text end 37.11 new text begin item (iii) new text end , must: 37.12(1) include the date, place, and time for the hearing; 37.13(2) include the waters affected and a description of the proposed project; 37.14(3) be mailed to the director, the county auditor, the clerk or mayor of a municipality, 37.15the lake improvement district if one exists, the watershed district or water management 37.16organization, the soil and water conservation district, and all riparian owners of record 37.17affected by the application; and 37.18(4) be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the affected area. 37.19 new text begin (e) Periodic temporary drawdowns conducted under paragraph (a) shall not be new text end 37.20 new text begin considered takings from riparian landowners. new text end 37.21(e) new text begin (f) new text end This section does not apply to public waters that have been designated for 37.22wildlife management under section 97A.101. 37.23    Sec. 81. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 604A.21, subdivision 5, is amended to read: 37.24    Subd. 5. Recreational purpose. "Recreational purpose" includes, but is not 37.25limited to, hunting; trapping; fishing; swimming; boating; camping; picnicking; hiking; 37.26rock climbing; cave exploring; bicycling; horseback riding; firewood gathering; 37.27pleasure driving, including snowmobiling and the operation of any motorized vehicle or 37.28conveyance upon a road or upon or across land in any manner, including recreational 37.29trail use; nature study; water skiing; winter sports; new text begin noncommercial aviation activities; new text end 37.30and viewing or enjoying historical, archaeological, scenic, or scientific sites. "Rock 37.31climbing" means the climbing of a naturally exposed rock face. "Cave exploring" means 37.32the planned exploration of naturally occurring cavities in rock, including passage through 37.33any structures placed for the purpose of safe access, access control, or conservation, but 37.34does not include the exploration of other man-made cavities such as tunnels, mines, and 37.35sewers. new text begin "Noncommercial aviation activities" means the use of private, nonstaffed airstrips new text end 38.1 new text begin for takeoffs and landings related to other recreational purposes under this subdivision that new text end 38.2 new text begin are not commercial operations under section 360.013, subdivision 45. new text end 38.3 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 38.4    Sec. 82. Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 4, subdivision 6, 38.5is amended to read: 38.6 Subd. 6.Fish and Wildlife Management 60,761,000 60,161,000 38.7 Appropriations by Fund 38.8 2012 2013 38.9 General 199,000 199,000 38.10 Natural Resources 1,899,000 1,899,000 38.11 Game and Fish 58,663,000 58,063,000 38.12$100,000 the first year and $100,000 the 38.13second year are from the nongame wildlife 38.14account in the natural resources fund for gray 38.15wolf research. 38.16$120,000 the first year and $120,000 the 38.17second year are from the game and fish fund 38.18for gray wolf management. 38.19$8,167,000 the first year and $8,167,000 38.20the second year are from the heritage 38.21enhancement account in the game and 38.22fish fund only for activities specified in 38.23Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, 38.24paragraph (e), clause (1). Notwithstanding 38.25Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, five new text begin new text end 38.26 new text begin up to ten new text end percent of this appropriation may 38.27be used for expanding hunter and angler 38.28recruitment and retention new text begin , including grants new text end 38.29 new text begin to organizations for programs that promote new text end 38.30 new text begin Minnesota's outdoor heritage to children and new text end 38.31 new text begin adults and securing public shooting range new text end 38.32 new text begin availability in the seven-county metropolitan new text end 38.33 new text begin area for use by participants in a Minnesota new text end 38.34 new text begin Department of Natural Resources firearms new text end 39.1 new text begin safety instruction course under Minnesota new text end 39.2 new text begin Statutes, section 97B.015 new text end . 39.3Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 39.484.943 , $13,000 the first year and $13,000 39.5the second year from the critical habitat 39.6private sector matching account may be used 39.7to publicize the critical habitat license plate 39.8match program. 39.9$199,000 the first year and $199,000 the 39.10second year are for preserving, restoring, and 39.11enhancing grassland and wetland complexes 39.12on public or private lands. 39.13$600,000 the first year is from the game and 39.14fish fund for land acquisition. 39.15Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 39.1616A.28 , the appropriations encumbered 39.17under contract on or before June 30, 2013, for 39.18aquatic restoration grants and wildlife habitat 39.19grants are available until June 30, 2014. 39.20    Sec. 83. new text begin RULEMAKING; TROUT SEASONS. new text end 39.21 new text begin The commissioner of natural resources shall amend Minnesota Rules, part new text end 39.22 new text begin 6262.0200, to make seasons for brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, and splake in new text end 39.23 new text begin lakes inside and outside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area consistent with section 75. The new text end 39.24 new text begin commissioner may use the good cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 39.25 new text begin 14.388, to adopt rules under this section, and Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not new text end 39.26 new text begin apply, except as provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388. new text end 39.27    Sec. 84. new text begin RULEMAKING; RESTITUTION VALUE FOR WOLVES. new text end 39.28 new text begin (a) The commissioner of natural resources shall amend the restitution value for new text end 39.29 new text begin gray wolves in Minnesota Rules, part 6133.0075, to be $500 and shall change the term new text end 39.30 new text begin "gray wolves" to "wolves." new text end 39.31 new text begin (b) The commissioner may use the good cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes, new text end 39.32 new text begin section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt rules under this section, and Minnesota new text end 40.1 new text begin Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply except as provided under Minnesota Statutes, new text end 40.2 new text begin section 14.388. new text end 40.3    Sec. 85. new text begin RULEMAKING; USE OF SNARES. new text end 40.4 new text begin (a) The commissioner of natural resources shall add a definition of a wolf snare to new text end 40.5 new text begin Minnesota Rules, part 6234.0900, to read: "'Wolf snare' means any snare set that: new text end 40.6 new text begin A. has a maximum loop diameter greater than ten inches, but less than or equal new text end 40.7 new text begin to 18 inches; new text end 40.8 new text begin B. has a cable diameter of at least 7/64 inches; new text end 40.9 new text begin C. includes stops affixed to the cable to ensure that the portion of the snare that new text end 40.10 new text begin makes up the noose loop may not be less than three inches in diameter when fully closed; new text end 40.11 new text begin D. includes a breakaway device that would cause the snare loop to break when new text end 40.12 new text begin pulled by a moose; and new text end 40.13 new text begin E. includes a diverter wire that extends 27 inches in both directions, measured new text end 40.14 new text begin perpendicular to and from the top of the snare loop. The diverter wires must be positioned new text end 40.15 new text begin at an angle no more than 20 degrees from the horizontal plane of the top of the snare, and new text end 40.16 new text begin the snare must be set within 20 yards of bait." new text end 40.17 new text begin (b) The commissioner of natural resources shall amend Minnesota Rules, part new text end 40.18 new text begin 6234.2300, to include a subpart to read: "Wolves may be taken with snares or wolf snares new text end 40.19 new text begin as defined in part 6234.0900." new text end 40.20 new text begin (c) The commissioner of natural resources shall amend Minnesota Rules, part new text end 40.21 new text begin 6234.2400, subpart 7, to read: "A snare may not be set so that the top of the loop is more new text end 40.22 new text begin than 20 inches above the first surface beneath the bottom of the set snare loop. During new text end 40.23 new text begin the wolf season, licensed wolf trappers may use wolf snares but a wolf snare may not be new text end 40.24 new text begin set so that the bottom of the loop is more than 18 inches above the first surface beneath new text end 40.25 new text begin the bottom of the set snare loop." new text end 40.26 new text begin (d) The commissioner of natural resources shall amend Minnesota Rules, part new text end 40.27 new text begin 6234.2400, subpart 5, to read: "Snares, including wolf snares, may not be set in deer, new text end 40.28 new text begin elk, or moose trails." new text end 40.29 new text begin (e) The commissioner of natural resources shall amend Minnesota Rules, part new text end 40.30 new text begin 6234.2400, to include a subpart to read: "Licensed wolf trappers shall set wolf snares for new text end 40.31 new text begin wolves no closer than 500 feet to another wolf snare set by the same licensed wolf trapper." new text end 40.32 new text begin (f) The commissioner may use the good cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes, new text end 40.33 new text begin section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt rules under this section, and Minnesota new text end 40.34 new text begin Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply, except as provided under Minnesota Statutes, new text end 40.35 new text begin section 14.388. new text end 41.1    Sec. 86. new text begin TRANSITION; SNOWMOBILE REGISTRATION. new text end 41.2 new text begin An individual who, on the effective date of sections 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9, possesses an new text end 41.3 new text begin unexpired snowmobile registration that was issued before the effective date of sections 4, new text end 41.4 new text begin 5, 7, 8, and 9 and who was required to display a valid snowmobile state trail sticker before new text end 41.5 new text begin the effective date of sections 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9 must continue to display a valid snowmobile new text end 41.6 new text begin state trail sticker according to Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 84.8205, until such time new text end 41.7 new text begin as the snowmobile registration is renewed under the terms of sections 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9. new text end 41.8    Sec. 87. new text begin PUBLIC HEARINGS; TWIN LAKES SCIENTIFIC AND NATURAL new text end 41.9 new text begin AREA. new text end 41.10 new text begin The commissioner of natural resources shall, by September 1, 2012, hold public new text end 41.11 new text begin hearings utilizing the process provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, new text end 41.12 new text begin subdivision 5, paragraph (d), on the issue of whether hunting should be allowed in Twin new text end 41.13 new text begin Lakes Scientific and Natural Area. Any costs associated with conducting the public new text end 41.14 new text begin hearings required under this section are the responsibility of the department. new text end 41.15 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 41.16    Sec. 88. new text begin RECORDS MANAGEMENT; LEGISLATIVE REPORT. new text end 41.17 new text begin By January 15, 2015, the commissioner of natural resources shall prepare and submit new text end 41.18 new text begin a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and new text end 41.19 new text begin senate legislative committees with jurisdiction over environment and natural resources new text end 41.20 new text begin policy and finance for developing a records management system in the Division of new text end 41.21 new text begin Enforcement. The report must include projected costs for planning, implementing, new text end 41.22 new text begin maintaining, and administering a comprehensive records management system, associated new text end 41.23 new text begin technology and equipment improvements, and an assessment of long-term funding needs new text end 41.24 new text begin to fully implement, maintain, and administer the records management system. new text end 41.25    Sec. 89. new text begin REPORT TO LEGISLATURE. new text end 41.26 new text begin By February 15, 2013, the commissioner of natural resources, after consultation with new text end 41.27 new text begin the aquaculture industry and other affected parties, shall report to the chairs and ranking new text end 41.28 new text begin minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction new text end 41.29 new text begin over environment and natural resources on the risks of introducing invasive carp through new text end 41.30 new text begin transportation of fish between water bodies and shall include recommendations for any new text end 41.31 new text begin necessary changes in statutes, rules, or permitting procedures. new text end 41.32    Sec. 90. new text begin REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION. new text end 42.1 new text begin (a) The revisor of statutes shall change the term "gray wolf" or "gray wolves" new text end 42.2 new text begin wherever the term appears in Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules to "wolf" or new text end 42.3 new text begin "wolves." new text end 42.4 new text begin (b) The revisor of statutes shall change the range reference "parts 6234.0900 to new text end 42.5 new text begin 6234.2300" to "parts 6234.0900 to 6234.2400" in Minnesota Rules, part 6234.0900. new text end 42.6    Sec. 91. new text begin REPEALER. new text end 42.7 new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 87A.02, subdivision 1; 97A.045, subdivisions new text end 42.8 new text begin 8 and 13; 97A.065, subdivision 1; 97A.095, subdivision 3; 97A.331, subdivision 7; new text end 42.9 new text begin 97A.485, subdivision 12; 97A.552; 97B.645, subdivision 2; and 97C.031, new text end new text begin are repealed. new text end 42.10 new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 17.4993, subdivision 2, new text end new text begin is repealed on July new text end 42.11 new text begin 1, 2013. new text end 42.12ARTICLE 2 42.13GAME AND FISH LICENSE FEES 42.14    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.055, is amended by adding a 42.15subdivision to read: 42.16     new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Land acquisition restriction. new text end new text begin Except as provided in section 97A.475, new text end 42.17 new text begin subdivision 4, revenue from the sale of game and fish licenses and permits, excluding new text end 42.18 new text begin revenue from hunting and fishing stamps, shall not be used to acquire land in fee or new text end 42.19 new text begin easement. new text end 42.20    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 97A.075, subdivision 1, is 42.21amended to read: 42.22    Subdivision 1. Deer, bear, and lifetime licenses. (a) For purposes of this 42.23subdivision, "deer license" means a license issued under section 97A.475, subdivisions 42.242, clauses (5), (6), (7), (13), (14), and (15), and new text begin ; new text end 3, new text begin paragraph (a), new text end clauses (2), (3), (4), 42.25(10), (11), and (12), new text begin ; and 8, paragraph (b), new text end and licenses issued under section 97B.301, 42.26subdivision 4 . 42.27    (b) $2 from each annual deer license and $2 annually from the lifetime fish and 42.28wildlife trust fund, established in section 97A.4742, for each license issued under 42.29section 97A.473, subdivision 4, shall be credited to the deer management account and 42.30is appropriated to the commissioner for deer habitat improvement or deer management 42.31programs. 42.32    (c) $1 from each annual deer license and each bear license and $1 annually from 42.33the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund, established in section 97A.4742, for each 43.1license issued under section 97A.473, subdivision 4, shall be credited to the deer and 43.2bear management account and is appropriated to the commissioner for deer and bear 43.3management programs, including a computerized licensing system. 43.4    (d) Fifty cents from each deer license is credited to the emergency deer feeding and 43.5wild cervidae health management account and is appropriated for emergency deer feeding 43.6and wild cervidae health management. Money appropriated for emergency deer feeding 43.7and wild cervidae health management is available until expended. The commissioner must 43.8inform the legislative chairs of the natural resources finance committees every two years 43.9on how the money for emergency deer feeding and wild cervidae health management 43.10has been spent. 43.11     When the unencumbered balance in the appropriation for emergency deer feeding 43.12and wild cervidae health management exceeds $2,500,000 at the end of a fiscal year, the 43.13unencumbered balance in excess of $2,500,000 is canceled and available for deer and bear 43.14management programs and computerized licensing. 43.15 new text begin (e) Fifty cents from each annual deer license and 50 cents annually from the lifetime new text end 43.16 new text begin fish and wildlife trust fund established in section 97A.4742, for each license issued under new text end 43.17 new text begin section 97A.473, subdivision 4, shall be credited to the wolf management and monitoring new text end 43.18 new text begin account under subdivision 7. new text end 43.19    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.411, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 43.20    Subdivision 1. License period. (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b), (d), and 43.21(e), new text begin and (f), new text end a license is valid during the lawful time within the license year that the 43.22licensed activity may be performed. Except as provided in paragraph new text begin paragraphs new text end (c) new text begin and new text end 43.23 new text begin (f) new text end , a license year begins on the first day of March and ends on the last day of February. 43.24    (b) A new text begin short-term new text end license issued under section 97A.475, subdivision 6, clause (5), 43.2597A.475, subdivision 7, clause (2), (3), (5), or (6), or 97A.475, subdivision 12, clause (2), 43.26 new text begin that is limited by the number of days or hours under section 97A.475, new text end is valid for the full 43.27license period even if this period extends into the next license year, provided that the 43.28license period selected by the licensee begins at the time of issuance. 43.29    (c) The license year for resident fishing, the angling portion of a sporting license, 43.30nonresident fishing, resident fish house, resident dark house, and nonresident fish house 43.31begins on March 1 and ends on April 30 of the following year. 43.32    (d) A lifetime license issued under section 97A.473 or 97A.474 is valid during the 43.33lawful time within the license year that the licensed activity may be performed for the 43.34lifetime of the licensee. 44.1    (e) A three-year fish house or dark house license is valid during the license year that 44.2it is purchased and the two succeeding license years. 44.3 new text begin (f) A three-year individual angling license is valid during the license year in which it new text end 44.4 new text begin is purchased and the two succeeding license years. new text end 44.5    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.411, is amended by adding a subdivision 44.6to read: 44.7     new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Validity of license when age or residency status changes. new text end new text begin A license to new text end 44.8 new text begin take wild animals that was lawfully obtained continues to be valid for the balance of the new text end 44.9 new text begin license period if the licensee's age, residency, or student qualification status changes. new text end 44.10    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.435, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 44.11    Subd. 2. Eligibility. Persons eligible for a turkey license shall be determined by 44.12this section and commissioner's rule. A person is eligible for a turkey license only if the 44.13person is at least age 16 before the season opens, possesses a firearms safety certificate, or, 44.14if under age 12, is accompanied by a parent or guardian. 44.15    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.451, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 44.16    Subd. 3. Residents under age 16; small game. (a) A resident under age 16 must new text begin new text end 44.17 new text begin may not new text end obtain a small game license in order to new text begin but may new text end take small game by firearms or 44.18bow and arrow without paying the applicable fees under section , subdivisions 2, 44.194, and 5, new text begin a license new text end if the resident is: 44.20    (1) age 14 or 15 and possesses a firearms safety certificate; 44.21    (2) age 13, possesses a firearms safety certificate, and is accompanied by a parent or 44.22guardian; 44.23    (3) age 13, 14, or 15, possesses an apprentice hunter validation, and is accompanied 44.24by a parent or guardian who possesses a small game license that was not obtained using an 44.25apprentice hunter validation; or 44.26    (4) age 12 or under and is accompanied by a parent or guardian. 44.27    (b) A resident under age 16 may take small game by trapping without a small game 44.28license, but a resident 13 years of age or older must have a trapping license. A resident 44.29under age 13 may trap without a trapping license, but may not register fisher, otter, 44.30bobcat, or pine marten unless the resident is at least age five. Any fisher, otter, bobcat, 44.31or pine marten taken by a resident under age five must be included in the limit of the 44.32accompanying parent or guardian. 45.1    (c) A resident under age 12 may apply for a turkey license new text begin 13 must obtain a free new text end 45.2 new text begin turkey license to take turkey new text end and may take a turkey without a firearms safety certificate 45.3if the resident is accompanied by an adult parent or guardian who has a firearms safety 45.4certificate. 45.5    (d) A resident under age 12 new text begin 13 new text end may apply for a prairie chicken license and may take 45.6a prairie chicken without a firearms safety certificate if the resident is accompanied by an 45.7adult parent or guardian who has a firearms safety certificate. 45.8    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.451, is amended by adding a subdivision 45.9to read: 45.10     new text begin Subd. 3b. new text end new text begin Nonresidents under age 18; small game. new text end new text begin (a) A nonresident age 16 or new text end 45.11 new text begin over and under age 18 may take small game by firearms or archery and may obtain a small new text end 45.12 new text begin game license at the youth fee under section 97A.475, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause new text end 45.13 new text begin (14), if the nonresident possesses a firearms safety certificate. new text end 45.14 new text begin (b) A nonresident under age 16 may take small game by firearms or archery and may new text end 45.15 new text begin obtain a small game license without paying the applicable fees under section 97A.475, new text end 45.16 new text begin subdivisions 3, 4, and 5, if the nonresident is: new text end 45.17 new text begin (1) age 14 or 15 and possesses a firearms safety certificate; new text end 45.18 new text begin (2) age 13, possesses a firearms safety certificate, and is accompanied by a parent new text end 45.19 new text begin or guardian; or new text end 45.20 new text begin (3) age 12 or under and is accompanied by a parent or guardian. new text end 45.21    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.451, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 45.22    Subd. 4. Persons under age 16 new text begin 13 new text end ; big game. (a) A person age 12, 13, 14, or 15 45.23may not obtain a license to take big game unless the person possesses a firearms safety 45.24certificate. A person age 12 or 13 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to hunt 45.25big game. 45.26    (b) A person age 10 or 11 new text begin ten or over and under age 13 new text end may take big game new text begin , new text end provided 45.27the person is under the direct supervision of a parent or guardian where the parent or 45.28guardian is within immediate reach. Until March 1, 2009, a person age 10 or 11 may take 45.29big game under a parent or guardian's license. Beginning March 1, 2009, A person age 10 45.30or 11 new text begin ten or over and under age 13 new text end must obtain a license in order to take big game and may 45.31obtain the license without paying the fee required under section 97A.475, subdivision 2. 45.32    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.451, subdivision 5, is amended to read: 46.1    Subd. 5. Nonresidents under age 16 new text begin Nonresident youth; angling new text end . (a) A 46.2nonresident under the age of 16 may new text begin : new text end 46.3 new text begin (1) new text end take fish by angling without a license if a parent or guardian has a fishing license. 46.4Fish taken by a nonresident under the age of 16 without a license must be included in the 46.5limit of the parent or guardian. new text begin ; new text end 46.6(b) A nonresident under age 16 may new text begin (2) new text end purchase a new text begin youth new text end fishing license at the 46.7resident fee new text begin under section 97A.475, subdivision 7, paragraph (a), clause (8), and possess a new text end 46.8 new text begin limit of fish; new text end or 46.9 new text begin (3) new text end be included under a nonresident family new text begin angling new text end license, take fish by angling, 46.10and possess a limit of fish. 46.11 new text begin (b) A nonresident age 16 or over and under age 18 must purchase a youth license to new text end 46.12 new text begin angle under section 97A.475, subdivision 7, paragraph (a), clause (8). new text end 46.13    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.473, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 46.14    Subd. 2. Lifetime angling license; fee. (a) A resident lifetime angling license 46.15authorizes a person to take fish by angling in the state. The license authorizes those 46.16activities authorized by the annual resident angling license. The license does not include a 46.17trout and salmon stamp validation, a walleye stamp validation, or other stamps required 46.18by law. 46.19    (b) The fees for a resident lifetime angling license are: 46.20    (1) age 3 and under, $227 new text begin $304 new text end ; 46.21    (2) age 4 to age 15, $300 new text begin $415 new text end ; 46.22    (3) age 16 to age 50, $383 new text begin $508 new text end ; and 46.23    (4) age 51 and over, $203 new text begin $335 new text end . 46.24    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.473, subdivision 2b, is amended to read: 46.25    Subd. 2b. Lifetime angling and spearing license; fee. (a) A resident lifetime 46.26angling and spearing license authorizes a person to take fish by angling or spearing in the 46.27state. The license authorizes those activities authorized by the annual resident angling 46.28and spearing licenses. 46.29    (b) The fees for a resident lifetime angling and spearing license are: 46.30    (1) age 3 and under, $485 new text begin $380 new text end ; 46.31    (2) age 4 to age 15, $620 new text begin $509 new text end ; 46.32    (3) age 16 to age 50, $755 new text begin $617 new text end ; and 46.33    (4) age 51 and over, $376 new text begin $386 new text end . 47.1    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.473, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 47.2    Subd. 3. Lifetime small game hunting license; fee. (a) A resident lifetime small 47.3game hunting license authorizes a person to hunt and trap small game in the state. The 47.4license authorizes those hunting and trapping activities authorized by the annual resident 47.5small game hunting and trapping licenses. The license does not include a turkey stamp 47.6validation or any other hunting stamps required by law. 47.7    (b) The fees for a resident lifetime small game hunting license are: 47.8    (1) age 3 and under, $217 new text begin $223 new text end ; 47.9    (2) age 4 to age 15, $290 new text begin $301 new text end ; 47.10    (3) age 16 to age 50, $363 new text begin $430 new text end ; and 47.11    (4) age 51 and over, $213 new text begin $274 new text end . 47.12    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.473, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 47.13    Subd. 4. Lifetime deer hunting license; fee. (a) A resident lifetime deer hunting 47.14license authorizes a person to take deer with firearms or by archery in the state. The license 47.15authorizes those activities authorized by the annual resident firearm deer hunting license 47.16or the annual resident archery deer hunting license. The licensee must register and receive 47.17tags each year that the license is used. The tags shall be issued at no charge to the licensee. 47.18(b) The fees for a resident lifetime firearm or archery deer hunting license are: 47.19(1) age 3 and under, $337 new text begin $406 new text end ; 47.20(2) age 4 to age 15, $450 new text begin $538 new text end ; 47.21(3) age 16 to age 50, $573 new text begin $656 new text end ; and 47.22(4) age 51 and over, $383 new text begin $468 new text end . 47.23    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.473, subdivision 5, is amended to read: 47.24    Subd. 5. Lifetime sporting license; fee. (a) A resident lifetime sporting license 47.25authorizes a person to take fish by angling and hunt and trap small game in the state. The 47.26license authorizes those activities authorized by the annual resident angling, resident 47.27small game hunting, and resident trapping licenses. The license does not include a trout 47.28and salmon stamp validation, a turkey stamp validation, a walleye stamp validation, or 47.29any other hunting stamps required by law. 47.30    (b) The fees for a resident lifetime sporting license are: 47.31    (1) age 3 and under, $357 new text begin $528 new text end ; 47.32    (2) age 4 to age 15, $480 new text begin $728 new text end ; 47.33    (3) age 16 to age 50, $613 new text begin $861 new text end ; and 47.34    (4) age 51 and over, $413 new text begin $602 new text end . 48.1    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.474, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 48.2    Subd. 2. Nonresident lifetime angling license; fee. (a) A nonresident lifetime 48.3angling license authorizes a person to take fish by angling in the state. The license 48.4authorizes those activities authorized by the annual nonresident angling license. The 48.5license does not include a trout and salmon stamp validation, a walleye stamp validation, 48.6or other stamps required by law. 48.7    (b) The fees for a nonresident lifetime angling license are: 48.8    (1) age 3 and under, $447 new text begin $726 new text end ; 48.9    (2) age 4 to age 15, $600 new text begin $925 new text end ; 48.10    (3) age 16 to age 50, $773 new text begin $1,054 new text end ; and 48.11    (4) age 51 and over, $513 new text begin $702 new text end . 48.12    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.475, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 48.13    Subd. 2. Resident hunting. Fees for the following licenses, to be issued to residents 48.14only, are: 48.15    (1) for persons age 18 or over and under age 65 to take small game, $12.50 new text begin $15.50 new text end ; 48.16    (2) for persons ages 16 and 17 and age 65 or over, $6 new text begin $7 new text end to take small game; 48.17    (3) for persons age 18 or over to take turkey, $23 new text begin $26 new text end ; 48.18    (4) for persons under age new text begin 13 or over and under age new text end 18 to take turkey, $12 new text begin $5 new text end ; 48.19    (5) for persons age 18 or over to take deer with firearms during the regular firearms 48.20season, $26 new text begin $30 new text end ; 48.21    (6) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by archery, $26 new text begin $30 new text end ; 48.22    (7) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by muzzleloader during the muzzleloader 48.23season, $26 new text begin $30 new text end ; 48.24    (8) to take moose, for a party of not more than six persons, $310 new text begin $356 new text end ; 48.25    (9) to take bear, $38 new text begin $44 new text end ; 48.26    (10) to take elk, for a party of not more than two persons, $250 new text begin $287 new text end ; 48.27    (11) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4; 48.28    (12) to take prairie chickens, $20 new text begin $23 new text end ; 48.29    (13) for persons new text begin age 13 or over and new text end under age 18 to take deer with firearms during 48.30the regular firearms season, $13 new text begin $5 new text end ; 48.31    (14) for persons new text begin age 13 or over and new text end under age 18 to take deer by archery, $13; and new text begin $5; new text end 48.32    (15) for persons new text begin age 13 or over and new text end under age 18 to take deer by muzzleloader 48.33during the muzzleloader season, $13. new text begin $5; new text end 48.34 new text begin (16) for persons age 18 or over to take small game for a consecutive 72-hour period new text end 48.35 new text begin selected by the licensee, $19, of which an amount equal to: one-half of the fee for the new text end 49.1 new text begin migratory waterfowl stamp under subdivision 5, clause (1), shall be deposited in the new text end 49.2 new text begin waterfowl habitat improvement account under section 97A.075, subdivision 2; one-half new text end 49.3 new text begin of the fee for the pheasant stamp under subdivision 5, clause (2), shall be deposited in new text end 49.4 new text begin the pheasant habitat improvement account under section 97A.075, subdivision 4; and new text end 49.5 new text begin one-half of the small game surcharge under subdivision 4, shall be deposited in the new text end 49.6 new text begin wildlife acquisition account; and new text end 49.7 new text begin (17) for persons age 16 or over and under age 18 to take small game, $5. new text end 49.8    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.475, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 49.9    Subd. 3. Nonresident hunting. (a) Fees for the following licenses, to be issued 49.10to nonresidents, are: 49.11    (1) for persons age 18 or over to take small game, $73 new text begin $90.50 new text end ; 49.12    (2) for persons age 18 or over to take deer with firearms during the regular firearms 49.13season, $135 new text begin $160 new text end ; 49.14    (3) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by archery, $135 new text begin $160 new text end ; 49.15    (4) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by muzzleloader during the muzzleloader 49.16season, $135 new text begin $160 new text end ; 49.17    (5) to take bear, $195 new text begin $225 new text end ; 49.18    (6) for persons age 18 and older new text begin or over new text end to take turkey, $78 new text begin $91 new text end ; 49.19    (7) for persons new text begin age 13 or over and new text end under age 18 to take turkey, $12 new text begin $13 new text end ; 49.20    (8) to take raccoon or bobcat, $155 new text begin $178 new text end ; 49.21    (9) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4; 49.22    (10) for persons new text begin age 13 or over and new text end under age 18 to take deer with firearms during 49.23the regular firearms season in any open season option or time period, $13 new text begin $15 new text end ; 49.24    (11) for persons new text begin age 13 or over and new text end under age 18 to take deer by archery, $13; 49.25and new text begin $15; new text end 49.26    (12) for persons new text begin age 13 or over and new text end under age 18 to take deer during the muzzleloader 49.27season, $13. new text begin $15; new text end 49.28 new text begin (13) for persons age 18 or over to take small game for a consecutive 72-hour period new text end 49.29 new text begin selected by the licensee, $75, of which an amount equal to: one-half of the fee for the new text end 49.30 new text begin migratory waterfowl stamp under subdivision 5, clause (1), shall be deposited in the new text end 49.31 new text begin waterfowl habitat improvement account under section 97A.075, subdivision 2; one-half new text end 49.32 new text begin of the fee for the pheasant stamp under subdivision 5, clause (2), shall be deposited in new text end 49.33 new text begin the pheasant habitat improvement account under section 97A.075, subdivision 4; and new text end 49.34 new text begin one-half of the small game surcharge under subdivision 4, shall be deposited into the new text end 49.35 new text begin wildlife acquisition account; and new text end 50.1 new text begin (14) for persons age 16 and over and under age 18 to take small game, $15. new text end 50.2    (b) A $5 surcharge shall be added to nonresident hunting licenses issued under 50.3paragraph (a), clauses (1) to new text begin (6) and new text end (8). An additional commission may not be assessed 50.4on this surcharge. 50.5    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.475, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 50.6    Subd. 4. Small game surcharge. Fees for annual licenses to take small game must 50.7be increased by a surcharge of $6.50 new text begin , except licenses under subdivisions 2, clauses (16) new text end 50.8 new text begin and (17); and 3, paragraph (a), clause (13) new text end . An additional commission may not be assessed 50.9on the surcharge and the following statement must be included in the annual small game 50.10hunting regulations: "This $6.50 surcharge is being paid by hunters for the acquisition and 50.11development of wildlife lands." 50.12    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.475, subdivision 6, is amended to read: 50.13    Subd. 6. Resident fishing. Fees for the following licenses, to be issued to residents 50.14only, are: 50.15(1) new text begin for persons age 18 or over new text end to take fish by angling, $17 new text begin $22 new text end ; 50.16(2) new text begin for persons age 18 or over new text end to take fish by angling, for a combined license for a 50.17married couple, $25 new text begin $35 new text end ; 50.18(3) new text begin for persons age 18 or over new text end to take fish by spearing from a dark house, $17; and new text begin new text end 50.19 new text begin $5, and the person must possess an angling license; new text end 50.20(4) new text begin for persons age 18 or over new text end to take fish by angling for a 24-hour period selected 50.21by the licensee, $8.50. new text begin $10; new text end 50.22 new text begin (5) for persons age 18 or over to take fish by angling for a consecutive 72-hour new text end 50.23 new text begin period selected by the licensee, $12; new text end 50.24 new text begin (6) for persons age 18 or over to take fish by angling for three consecutive years, new text end 50.25 new text begin $63; and new text end 50.26 new text begin (7) for persons age 16 or over and under age 18 to take fish by angling, $5. new text end 50.27    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 7, is 50.28amended to read: 50.29    Subd. 7. Nonresident fishing. (a) Fees for the following licenses, to be issued 50.30to nonresidents, are: 50.31    (1) new text begin for persons age 18 or over new text end to take fish by angling, $37.50 new text begin $40 new text end ; 50.32    (2) new text begin for persons age 18 or over new text end to take fish by angling limited to seven consecutive 50.33days selected by the licensee, $26.50 new text begin $33 new text end ; 51.1    (3) new text begin for persons age 18 or over new text end to take fish by angling for a new text begin consecutive new text end 72-hour 51.2period selected by the licensee, $22 new text begin $27 new text end ; 51.3    (4) new text begin for persons age 18 or over new text end to take fish by angling for a combined license for a 51.4family for one or both parents and dependent children under the age of 16, $50.50 new text begin $55 new text end ; 51.5    (5) new text begin for persons age 18 or over new text end to take fish by angling for a 24-hour period selected 51.6by the licensee, $8.50 new text begin $12 new text end ; 51.7    (6) to take fish by angling for a combined license for a married couple, limited to 14 51.8consecutive days selected by one of the licensees, $38.50; and new text begin $43; new text end 51.9(7) new text begin for persons age 18 or over new text end to take fish by spearing from a dark house, $37.50. new text begin new text end 51.10 new text begin $10, and the person must possess an angling license; and new text end 51.11 new text begin (8) for persons age 16 or over and under age 18 to take fish by angling, $5. new text end 51.12    (b) A $2 new text begin $5 new text end surcharge shall be added to all nonresident fishing licenses, except 51.13licenses issued under paragraph (a), clause new text begin clauses new text end (5), and licenses purchased at the 51.14resident fee by nonresidents under age 16 under section 97A.451, subdivision 5, paragraph 51.15(b) new text begin and (8) new text end . An additional commission may not be assessed on this surcharge. 51.16    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.475, subdivision 8, is amended to read: 51.17    Subd. 8. Minnesota sporting new text begin ; super sports new text end . new text begin (a) new text end The commissioner shall issue 51.18Minnesota sporting licenses to residents only. The licensee may take fish by angling 51.19and small game. The fee for the license is: 51.20(1) for an individual, $23 new text begin $31.50 new text end ; and 51.21(2) for a combined license for a married couple to take fish and for one spouse 51.22to take small game, $32 new text begin $45.50 new text end . 51.23 new text begin (b) The commissioner shall issue Minnesota super sports licenses to residents only. new text end 51.24 new text begin The licensee may take fish by angling, including trout; small game, including pheasant new text end 51.25 new text begin and waterfowl; and deer by firearms or muzzleloader or by archery. The fee for the super new text end 51.26 new text begin sports license, including all required stamp validations is: new text end 51.27 new text begin (1) for an individual age 18 or over, $92.50; and new text end 51.28 new text begin (2) for a combined license for a married couple to take fish, including the trout and new text end 51.29 new text begin salmon stamp validation, and for one spouse to take small game, including pheasant new text end 51.30 new text begin and waterfowl, and deer, $118.50. new text end 51.31 new text begin (c) Revenue for the stamp endorsements under paragraph (b) shall be deposited new text end 51.32 new text begin according to section 97A.075, subdivisions 2, 3, and 4. new text end 51.33 new text begin (d) Revenue for the deer license endorsement under paragraph (b) shall be deposited new text end 51.34 new text begin according to section 97A.075, subdivision 1. new text end 52.1    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.475, subdivision 11, is amended to read: 52.2    Subd. 11. Fish houses, dark houses, and shelters; residents. Fees for the 52.3following licenses are: 52.4    (1) annual for a fish house, dark house, or shelter that is not rented, $11.50 new text begin $15 new text end ; 52.5    (2) annual for a fish house, dark house, or shelter that is rented, $26 new text begin $30 new text end ; 52.6    (3) three-year for a fish house, dark house, or shelter that is not rented, $34.50 new text begin new text end 52.7 new text begin $42 new text end ; and 52.8    (4) three-year for a fish house, dark house, or shelter that is rented, $78 new text begin $87 new text end . 52.9    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.475, subdivision 12, is amended to read: 52.10    Subd. 12. Fish houses, dark houses, and shelters; nonresident. Fees for fish 52.11house, dark house, and shelter licenses for a nonresident are: 52.12    (1) annual, $33 new text begin $37 new text end ; 52.13    (2) seven consecutive days new text begin selected by the licensee new text end , $19 new text begin $21 new text end ; and 52.14    (3) three-year, $99 new text begin $111 new text end . 52.15    Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.475, subdivision 20, is amended to read: 52.16    Subd. 20. Trapping license. The fee for a license to trap fur-bearing animals is: 52.17(1) for residents over age 13 and under age 18, $6 new text begin $5 new text end ; 52.18(2) for residents age 18 or over and under age 65, $20 new text begin $23 new text end ; 52.19(3) for residents age 65 or over, $10 new text begin $11.50 new text end ; and 52.20(4) for nonresidents, $73 new text begin $84 new text end . 52.21    Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.475, subdivision 43, is amended to read: 52.22    Subd. 43. Duplicate licenses. The fees for duplicate licenses are: 52.23(1) for licenses to take big game, $5 new text begin , except licenses issued under subdivision 8, new text end 52.24 new text begin paragraph (b) new text end ; and 52.25(2) for other licenses, $2. 52.26    Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.475, subdivision 44, is amended to read: 52.27    Subd. 44. Replacement licenses. The fee for a replacement firearms deer license 52.28is $5 new text begin , except there is no fee for replacing a deer license issued under subdivision 8, new text end 52.29 new text begin paragraph (b) new text end . 52.30    Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.475, subdivision 45, is amended to read: 53.1    Subd. 45. Camp Ripley archery deer hunt. The application fee for the Camp 53.2Ripley archery deer hunt is $8 new text begin $12 new text end . 53.3    Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.485, subdivision 7, is amended to read: 53.4    Subd. 7. Electronic licensing system commission. The commissioner shall retain 53.5for the operation of the electronic licensing system the commission established under 53.6section 84.027, subdivision 15, and issuing fees collected by the commissioner on all 53.7license fees collected, excluding: new text begin . new text end 53.8    (1) the small game surcharge; 53.9    (2) the deer license surcharges or donations under section 97A.475, subdivisions 3, 53.10paragraph (b), and 3a; and 53.11    (3) $2.50 of the license fee for the licenses in section 97A.475, subdivisions 6, 53.12clauses (1) , (2), and (4), 7, 8, 12, and 13. 53.13    Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.020, is amended to read: 53.1497B.020 FIREARMS SAFETY CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. 53.15    (a) Except as provided in this section and section 97A.451, subdivision 3a new text begin new text end 53.16 new text begin subdivisions 3 and 3b new text end , a person born after December 31, 1979, may not obtain an annual 53.17license to take wild animals by firearms unless the person has: 53.18    (1) a firearms safety certificate or equivalent certificate; 53.19    (2) a driver's license or identification card with a valid firearms safety qualification 53.20indicator issued under section 171.07, subdivision 13; 53.21    (3) a previous hunting license with a valid firearms safety qualification indicator; 53.22    (4) an apprentice hunter validation issued under section 97B.022; or 53.23    (5) other evidence indicating that the person has completed in this state or in another 53.24state a hunter safety course recognized by the department under a reciprocity agreement or 53.25certified by the department as substantially similar. 53.26    (b) A person who is on active duty and has successfully completed basic training 53.27in the United States armed forces, reserve component, or National Guard may obtain a 53.28hunting license or approval authorizing hunting regardless of whether the person is issued 53.29a firearms safety certificate. 53.30    (c) A person born after December 31, 1979, may not use a lifetime license to take 53.31wild animals by firearms, unless the person meets the requirements for obtaining an annual 53.32license under paragraph (a) or (b). 53.33    Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.715, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 54.1    Subdivision 1. Stamp required. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) or section 54.297A.405, subdivision 2 , a person required to possess a small game license may not hunt 54.3pheasants without a pheasant stamp validation. 54.4    (b) The following persons are exempt from this subdivision: 54.5    (1) residents new text begin and nonresidents new text end under age 18 or new text begin and residents new text end over age 65; 54.6    (2) persons hunting on licensed commercial shooting preserves; and 54.7    (3) resident disabled veterans with a license issued under section 97A.441, 54.8subdivision 6a . new text begin ; and new text end 54.9 new text begin (4) residents and nonresidents hunting on licenses issued under section 97A.475, new text end 54.10 new text begin subdivision 2, clause (16); or 3, paragraph (a), clause (13). new text end 54.11    Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.801, is amended to read: 54.1297B.801 MINNESOTA MIGRATORY WATERFOWL STAMP REQUIRED. 54.13    (a) Except as provided in this section or section 97A.405, subdivision 2, a person 54.14required to possess a small game license may not take migratory waterfowl without a 54.15migratory waterfowl stamp validation. 54.16    (b) Residents under age 18 or over age 65; resident disabled veterans with a license 54.17issued under section 97A.441, subdivision 6a; and persons hunting on their own property 54.18are not required to possess a stamp validation under this section. 54.19 new text begin (c) Residents and nonresidents with licenses issued under section 97A.475, new text end 54.20 new text begin subdivision 2, clause (16); or 3, paragraph (a), clause (13), are not required to possess a new text end 54.21 new text begin stamp validation under this section. new text end 54.22    Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97C.305, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 54.23    Subdivision 1. Requirement. Except as provided in subdivision 2 or section 54.2497A.405, subdivision 2 , a person over age 16 new text begin 18 new text end and under age 65 required to possess an 54.25angling license must have a trout and salmon stamp validation to: 54.26(1) take fish by angling in: 54.27(i) a stream designated by the commissioner as a trout stream; 54.28(ii) a lake designated by the commissioner as a trout lake; or 54.29(iii) Lake Superior; or 54.30(2) possess trout or salmon taken in the state by angling. 54.31    Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97C.305, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 54.32    Subd. 2. Exception. A trout and salmon stamp validation is not required to take fish 54.33by angling or to possess trout and salmon if: 55.1(1) the person: 55.2(i) possesses a license to take fish by angling for a period of 24 hours new text begin or 72 hours new text end 55.3from the time of issuance under section 97A.475, subdivision 6, clause new text begin (4) or new text end (5), new text begin ; new text end or 55.4subdivision 7, new text begin paragraph (a), new text end clause new text begin (3) or new text end (5), and 55.5(ii) is taking fish by angling, or the trout or salmon were taken by the person, during 55.6the period the license is valid; 55.7(2) the person is taking fish, or the trout or salmon were taken by the person, as 55.8authorized under section 97C.035; or 55.9(3) the person has a valid license issued under section 97A.441, subdivision 1, 2, 55.103, 4, or 5. 55.11    Sec. 34. new text begin TRANSFER; INVASIVE SPECIES ACCOUNT. new text end 55.12 new text begin In fiscal year 2013, the commissioner of management and budget shall transfer new text end 55.13 new text begin $500,000 from the game and fish fund to the invasive species account created in Minnesota new text end 55.14 new text begin Statutes, section 84D.15. This is in addition to the transfer specified in Minnesota Statutes, new text end 55.15 new text begin section 84D.15, subdivision 2. new text end 55.16    Sec. 35. new text begin TRANSFER; WALK-IN ACCESS ACCOUNT. new text end 55.17 new text begin The commissioner of natural resources shall transfer $616,000 from the venison new text end 55.18 new text begin donation account in the special revenue fund to the walk-in access account in the special new text end 55.19 new text begin revenue fund. This transfer is available until spent. new text end 55.20    Sec. 36. new text begin APPROPRIATION. new text end 55.21 new text begin $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2013 from the invasive species account is added to new text end 55.22 new text begin the appropriation in Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 4, new text end 55.23 new text begin subdivision 3, for invasive species activities. This is a onetime appropriation. new text end 55.24    Sec. 37. new text begin REPEALER. new text end 55.25 new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.451, subdivisions 3a and 7, new text end new text begin are repealed. new text end 55.26    Sec. 38. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end 55.27 new text begin Sections 2 to 33, and 37, are effective March 1, 2013. new text end " 55.28Delete the title and insert: 55.29"A bill for an act 55.30relating to natural resources; modifying game and fish license provisions; 55.31providing for taking wolf; modifying requirements to take and transport wild 55.32animals; modifying department authority and duties; providing for continued 55.33operations when biennial appropriations have not been enacted; creating 56.1walk-in access program; modifying predator control program; modifying deer 56.2baiting restrictions; modifying authority to remove beavers; providing for and 56.3modifying disposition of certain receipts; modifying snowmobile registration 56.4and trail sticker requirements; modifying snowmobile operation provisions; 56.5modifying watercraft license fees; modifying shooting range provisions; 56.6modifying temporary drawdown of public waters provisions; modifying certain 56.7civil liability provisions; requiring certain hearings; requiring report; requiring 56.8rulemaking; providing civil penalties; appropriating money;amending Minnesota 56.9Statutes 2010, sections 84.027, subdivisions 14, 15; 84.085, subdivision 1; 56.1084.82, subdivisions 2, 3, 6; 84.8205, subdivision 1; 84.83, subdivisions 2, 3; 56.1184.8712, subdivision 1; 86B.301, subdivision 2; 86B.415, subdivisions 1, 2, by 56.12adding a subdivision; 87A.01, subdivision 4; 87A.02, subdivision 2; 97A.015, 56.13subdivisions 3a, 53; 97A.055, by adding a subdivision; 97A.065, subdivision 56.146; 97A.085, by adding a subdivision; 97A.095, subdivisions 1, 2; 97A.137, 56.15subdivision 5; 97A.405, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 97A.411, 56.16subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 97A.421, subdivision 3; 97A.431, 56.17subdivision 3; 97A.433, subdivision 3; 97A.435, subdivisions 2, 3; 97A.441, 56.18subdivision 7; 97A.451, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, by adding subdivisions; 97A.473, 56.19subdivisions 2, 2b, 3, 4, 5, 5a; 97A.474, subdivision 2; 97A.475, subdivisions 2, 56.203, 3a, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 20, 43, 44, 45; 97A.482; 97A.485, subdivision 7; 97B.001, 56.21subdivision 7; 97B.020; 97B.031, subdivisions 1, 2; 97B.035, subdivision 1a; 56.2297B.071; 97B.085, subdivision 3; 97B.328; 97B.401; 97B.601, subdivisions 56.233a, 4; 97B.603; 97B.605; 97B.671, subdivisions 3, 4; 97B.711, subdivision 1; 56.2497B.715, subdivision 1; 97B.801; 97B.805, subdivision 1; 97B.901; 97C.305, 56.25subdivisions 1, 2; 97C.355, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 97C.395, 56.26subdivision 1; 97C.515, subdivisions 2, 4, 5; 103G.005, by adding a subdivision; 56.27103G.408; 604A.21, subdivision 5; Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, 56.28sections 84D.03, subdivision 3; 97A.075, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 56.2997A.475, subdivision 7; 97B.075; 97B.645, subdivision 9; 97B.667; Laws 2011, 56.30First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 4, subdivision 6; proposing 56.31coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 87A; 97A; 97B; repealing 56.32Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 17.4993, subdivision 2; 87A.02, subdivision 56.331; 97A.045, subdivisions 8, 13; 97A.065, subdivision 1; 97A.095, subdivision 3; 56.3497A.331, subdivision 7; 97A.451, subdivisions 3a, 7; 97A.485, subdivision 12; 56.3597A.552; 97B.645, subdivision 2; 97C.031." 57.1 We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill. 57.2 House Conferees: 57.3 ..... ..... 57.4 Tom Hackbarth Mark Buesgens 57.5 ..... ..... 57.6 Tony Cornish Denny McNamara 57.7 ..... 57.8 David Dill 57.9 Senate Conferees: 57.10 ..... ..... 57.11 Bill G. Ingebrigtsen Paul Gazelka 57.12 ..... ..... 57.13 John J. Carlson Kari Dziedzic 57.14 ..... 57.15 Jeremy R. Miller