HF 723

2nd Engrossment - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to game and fish; establishing a special 
  1.3             license for youthful deer hunters; sale of deer 
  1.4             licenses after season opens; extending authority to 
  1.5             take does; increasing the pelting fee; eliminating the 
  1.6             family hunting license; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.7             1994, sections 97A.475, subdivision 2; 97A.485, 
  1.8             subdivision 9; 97A.535, subdivision 1; 97B.301, 
  1.9             subdivision 6; and 97B.311; and Minnesota Rules, part 
  1.10            6234.2800; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 
  1.11            97B.301, subdivision 5. 
  1.12  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.13     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97A.475, 
  1.14  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.15     Subd. 2.  [RESIDENT HUNTING.] Fees for the following 
  1.16  licenses, to be issued to residents only, are: 
  1.17     (1) for persons under age 65 to take small game, $10; 
  1.18     (2) for persons age 65 or over, $5; 
  1.19     (3) to take turkey, $16; 
  1.20     (4) to take deer with firearms, $22; 
  1.21     (4a) to take deer with firearms, licensee under age 16, no 
  1.22  tag included, $5; 
  1.23     (5) to take deer by archery, $22; 
  1.24     (6) to take moose, for a party of not more than six 
  1.25  persons, $275; 
  1.26     (7) to take bear, $33; 
  1.27     (8) to take elk, for a party of not more than two persons, 
  1.28  $220; and 
  2.1      (9) to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $44.  
  2.2      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97A.485, 
  2.3   subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
  2.4      Subd. 9.  [CERTAIN LICENSES NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER SEASON 
  2.5   OPENS.] (a) The following licenses may not be issued after the 
  2.6   day before the opening of the related firearms season: 
  2.7      (1) to take deer with firearms, except a license to take 
  2.8   more than one deer under section 97B.301, subdivision 4, or to 
  2.9   take deer during the extended muzzle-loading season under 
  2.10  section 97B.311, or to take deer under section 97A.475, 
  2.11  subdivision 2, clause (4a); 
  2.12     (2) to guide bear hunters; and 
  2.13     (3) to guide turkey hunters.  
  2.14     (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to deer licenses for 
  2.15  discharged military personnel under section 97A.465, subdivision 
  2.16  4.  
  2.17     (c) A nonresident license or tag to take and possess 
  2.18  raccoon, bobcat, Canada lynx, or fox may not be issued after the 
  2.19  fifth day of the open season. 
  2.20     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97A.535, 
  2.21  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  2.22     Subdivision 1.  [TAGS REQUIRED.] A person may not possess 
  2.23  or transport deer, bear, elk, or moose taken in the state unless 
  2.24  a tag is attached to the carcass in a manner prescribed by the 
  2.25  commissioner.  The commissioner must prescribe the type of tag 
  2.26  that has the license number of the owner, the year of its issue, 
  2.27  and other information prescribed by the commissioner.  The tag 
  2.28  must be attached to the deer, bear, elk, or moose at the site of 
  2.29  the kill before the animal is removed from the site of the kill, 
  2.30  and must remain attached to the animal until the animal is 
  2.31  processed for storage.  If a deer is taken by a licensee under 
  2.32  the age of 16 holding a license issued without a tag under 
  2.33  section 97A.475, subdivision 2, clause (4a), the deer must be 
  2.34  promptly tagged by a licensed hunter accompanying the licensee 
  2.35  and possessing a valid tag.  
  2.36     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97B.301, 
  3.1   subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  3.2      Subd. 6.  [RESIDENTS UNDER AGE 16 MAY TAKE DEER OF EITHER 
  3.3   SEX.] (a) A resident under the age of 16 possessing a regular 
  3.4   firearms or archery license may take a deer of either sex.  This 
  3.5   subdivision does not authorize the taking of an antlerless deer 
  3.6   by another member of a party under subdivision 3 or by a 
  3.7   licensee holding a license issued without a tag under section 
  3.8   97A.475, subdivision 2, clause (4a). 
  3.9      (b) This subdivision is repealed effective December 31, 
  3.10  1995. 
  3.11     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97B.311, is 
  3.12  amended to read: 
  3.13     97B.311 [DEER SEASONS AND RESTRICTIONS.] 
  3.14     (a) The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe restrictions 
  3.15  and designate areas where deer may be taken.  The commissioner 
  3.16  may, by rule, prescribe the open seasons for deer within the 
  3.17  following periods: 
  3.18     (1) taking with firearms, other than muzzle-loading 
  3.19  firearms, between November 1 and December 15; 
  3.20     (2) taking with muzzle-loading firearms between September 1 
  3.21  and December 31; and 
  3.22     (3) taking by archery between September 1 and December 31. 
  3.23     (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the commissioner may 
  3.24  establish special seasons within designated areas between 
  3.25  September 1 and January 15. 
  3.26     (c) A licensed firearms hunter who fails to tag a deer 
  3.27  during the firearms season may tag a deer during the 
  3.28  muzzle-loading firearms season by buying another firearms 
  3.29  license and hunting by muzzle-loader.  A license to hunt in the 
  3.30  muzzle-loader season must be purchased before the opening day of 
  3.31  the muzzle-loader season. 
  3.32     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Rules, part 6234.2800, is amended to 
  3.33  read: 
  3.34     6234.2800 PAYMENT OF PELTING FEES. 
  3.35     If a person recovers, treats, preserves, or transports the 
  3.36  pelt of any fur-bearing animal that was accidentally killed, or 
  4.1   lawfully killed while causing or threatening injury or damage, 
  4.2   the person may be entitled to a pelting fee equal to 25 50 
  4.3   percent of the average value of a pelt in the lot of fur in 
  4.4   which the pelt was sold or 25 50 percent of the proceeds of the 
  4.5   sale of the pelt if not sold in a lot of fur.  A pelting fee 
  4.6   will not be paid on muskrats. 
  4.7      Sec. 7.  [SUNSET.] 
  4.8      Minnesota Statutes 1994, sections 97A.475, subdivision 2, 
  4.9   clause (4a); and 97B.311, paragraph (c), expire June 30, 1997. 
  4.10     Sec. 8.  [REPEALER.] 
  4.11     Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97B.301, subdivision 5, is 
  4.12  repealed.