HF 412

as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to game and fish; allowing deer and elk to be 
  1.3             hunted in shooting preserves; amending Minnesota 
  1.4             Statutes 1998, sections 97A.115, subdivisions 1 and 2; 
  1.5             and 97A.121, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and by adding 
  1.6             a subdivision. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.115, 
  1.9   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [LICENSES; RULES.] A person may not operate 
  1.11  a shooting preserve without a license.  The commissioner may 
  1.12  issue licenses to operate commercial shooting preserves and 
  1.13  private shooting preserves if the commissioner determines that 
  1.14  it is in the public interest and that there will not be an 
  1.15  adverse effect on wild game bird populations.  Private shooting 
  1.16  preserves may only be located outside of the pheasant range as 
  1.17  determined by the commissioner.  The commissioner may adopt 
  1.18  rules to implement this section and section 97A.121.  
  1.19     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.115, 
  1.20  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.21     Subd. 2.  [SPECIES AVAILABLE.] Species that may be released 
  1.22  and hunted in a licensed shooting preserve must be specified in 
  1.23  the license and are limited to unprotected birds, adult 
  1.24  pheasant, and bob-white quail, deer, and elk for private 
  1.25  shooting preserves and adult pheasant, bob-white quail, turkey, 
  1.26  mallard duck, black duck, deer, elk, and other species 
  2.1   designated by the commissioner for commercial shooting 
  2.2   preserves.  These The game birds must be pen hatched and raised. 
  2.3      Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.121, 
  2.4   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  2.5      Subdivision 1.  [HUNTER'S LICENSE.] (a) A person hunting 
  2.6   released birds in a private shooting preserve must have the 
  2.7   licenses required by law for hunting pheasants.  
  2.8      (b) A license is not required to hunt authorized game birds 
  2.9   on a commercial shooting preserve.  
  2.10     (c) The commissioner shall adopt rules related to license 
  2.11  requirements to hunt deer and elk on private and commercial 
  2.12  shooting preserves. 
  2.13     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.121, 
  2.14  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  2.15     Subd. 2.  [SEASON.] (a) The open season for hunting in 
  2.16  commercial shooting preserves is continuous.  Sanctioned 
  2.17  registered field trials in commercial shooting preserves may be 
  2.18  held from April 16 to July 14 after notification to the 
  2.19  commissioner.  
  2.20     (b) The open season for hunting in a private shooting 
  2.21  preserve is September 15 until December 31.  
  2.22     (c) The commissioner may restrict the open season after 
  2.23  receiving a complaint, holding a public hearing, and finding 
  2.24  that the population of wild game birds is in danger by hunting 
  2.25  in the preserve.  
  2.26     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.121, 
  2.27  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  2.28     Subd. 4.  [LIMITS AND MARKING OF GAME BIRDS.] Except as 
  2.29  provided in subdivision 4a, the commissioner shall prescribe the 
  2.30  minimum number of each authorized species that may be released 
  2.31  and the percentage of each species that may be taken.  The 
  2.32  commissioner shall prescribe methods for identifying birds to be 
  2.33  released. 
  2.34     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.121, 
  2.35  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  2.36     Subd. 5.  [MARKING HARVESTED GAME.] Harvested game, except 
  3.1   ducks that are marked in accordance with regulations of the 
  3.2   United States Fish and Wildlife Service, must be marked or 
  3.3   identified by the shooting preserve in a manner prescribed by 
  3.4   the commissioner.  The commissioner may issue the tags or other 
  3.5   markings at a cost of 15 cents each.  The marking must remain 
  3.6   attached on the bird game while the bird game is transported.  
  3.7      Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.121, 
  3.8   subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  3.9      Subd. 6.  [RECORDKEEPING.] A shooting preserve licensee 
  3.10  must maintain a registration book listing the names, addresses, 
  3.11  and hunting license numbers, if applicable, of all hunters, the 
  3.12  date when they hunted, the amount and species of game taken, and 
  3.13  the tag numbers or other markings affixed to each bird game.  A 
  3.14  shooting preserve must keep records of the number of each 
  3.15  species raised and purchased and the date and number of each 
  3.16  species released.  The records must be open to inspection by the 
  3.17  commissioner at all reasonable times. 
  3.18     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.121, is 
  3.19  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  3.20     Subd. 7.  [RULEMAKING.] The commissioner shall adopt rules: 
  3.21     (1) to establish minimum shooting preserve size for deer 
  3.22  and elk; 
  3.23     (2) to establish necessary enclosure requirements for deer 
  3.24  and elk; 
  3.25     (3) to provide for health inspections of game on shooting 
  3.26  preserves; and 
  3.27     (4) to provide for the implementation of this section. 
  3.28     Sec. 9.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  3.29     Sections 3 and 8 are effective the day following final 
  3.30  enactment.