HF 2302

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to game and fish; limiting hunters to taking 
  1.3             one deer annually; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, 
  1.4             sections 97A.075, subdivision 1; 97A.411, subdivision 
  1.5             3; 97A.441, subdivision 7; 97B.301, subdivisions 2, 7; 
  1.6             repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 97A.485, 
  1.7             subdivision 2a; 97B.301, subdivision 4. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97A.075, 
  1.10  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.11     Subdivision 1.  [DEER, BEAR, AND LIFETIME LICENSES.] (a) 
  1.12  For purposes of this subdivision, "deer license" means a license 
  1.13  issued under section 97A.475, subdivisions 2, clauses (4), (5), 
  1.14  and (9), and 3, clauses (2), (3), and (7), and licenses issued 
  1.15  under section 97B.301, subdivision 4.  
  1.16     (b) At least $2 from each annual deer license and $2 
  1.17  annually from the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund, 
  1.18  established in section 97A.4742, for each license issued under 
  1.19  section 97A.473, subdivision 4, shall be used for deer habitat 
  1.20  improvement or deer management programs.  
  1.21     (c) At least $1 from each annual deer license and each bear 
  1.22  license and $1 annually from the lifetime fish and wildlife 
  1.23  trust fund, established in section 97A.4742, for each license 
  1.24  issued under section 97A.473, subdivision 4, shall be used for 
  1.25  deer and bear management programs, including a computerized 
  1.26  licensing system.  Fifty cents from each deer license is 
  2.1   appropriated for emergency deer feeding.  Money appropriated for 
  2.2   emergency deer feeding is available until expended.  When the 
  2.3   unencumbered balance in the appropriation for emergency deer 
  2.4   feeding at the end of a fiscal year exceeds $1,500,000 for the 
  2.5   first time, $750,000 is canceled to the unappropriated balance 
  2.6   of the game and fish fund. 
  2.7      Thereafter, when the unencumbered balance in the 
  2.8   appropriation for emergency deer feeding exceeds $1,500,000 at 
  2.9   the end of a fiscal year, the unencumbered balance in excess of 
  2.10  $1,500,000 is canceled and available for deer and bear 
  2.11  management programs and computerized licensing. 
  2.12     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97A.411, 
  2.13  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  2.14     Subd. 3.  [DEER LICENSE.] (a) Except as provided in 
  2.15  paragraphs paragraph (b) and (c), a license to take deer by 
  2.16  archery, firearms, or muzzleloader issued after the opening of 
  2.17  the related archery, firearms, or muzzleloader deer season, 
  2.18  respectively, is not valid until the second day after it is 
  2.19  issued.  
  2.20     (b) The commissioner may issue a license to take additional 
  2.21  deer under section 97B.301, subdivision 4, that is valid 
  2.22  immediately upon issuance. 
  2.23     (c) Paragraph (a) does not apply to deer licenses for 
  2.24  discharged military personnel under section 97A.465, subdivision 
  2.25  4. 
  2.26     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97A.441, 
  2.27  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
  2.28     Subd. 7.  [OWNERS OR TENANTS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND.] (a) The 
  2.29  commissioner may issue, without a fee, a license to take an 
  2.30  antlerless deer to a person who is an owner or tenant and is 
  2.31  living and actively farming on at least 80 acres of agricultural 
  2.32  land, as defined in section 97B.001, in deer permit areas that 
  2.33  have deer archery licenses to take additional deer under section 
  2.34  97B.301, subdivision 4.  A person may receive only one license 
  2.35  per year under this subdivision.  For properties with coowners 
  2.36  or cotenants, only one coowner or cotenant may receive a license 
  3.1   under this subdivision per year.  The license issued under this 
  3.2   subdivision is restricted to the land owned or leased by the 
  3.3   holder of the license within the permit area where the 
  3.4   qualifying land is located.  The holder of the license may 
  3.5   transfer the license to the holder's spouse or dependent.  
  3.6   Notwithstanding sections 97A.415, subdivision 1, and 97B.301, 
  3.7   subdivision 2, The holder of the license may purchase an 
  3.8   additional license for taking deer and may not take an 
  3.9   additional deer under that any other license. 
  3.10     (b) A person who obtains a license under paragraph (a) must 
  3.11  allow public deer hunting on their land during that deer hunting 
  3.12  season, with the exception of the first Saturday and Sunday 
  3.13  during the deer hunting season applicable to the license issued 
  3.14  under section 97A.475, subdivision 2, clause (4). 
  3.15     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97B.301, 
  3.16  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  3.17     Subd. 2.  [LIMIT OF ONE DEER.] Except as provided in 
  3.18  subdivisions subdivision 3 and 4, a person may obtain one 
  3.19  firearms deer license and one archery deer license in the same 
  3.20  license year, but may take only one deer.  
  3.21     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97B.301, 
  3.22  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
  3.23     Subd. 7.  [ALL SEASON BUCK LICENSE.] A resident may obtain 
  3.24  an all season buck license to take one buck by firearm or 
  3.25  archery during any season statewide.  A person obtaining an all 
  3.26  season buck license does not qualify for hunting under 
  3.27  subdivision 3 or 4. 
  3.28     Sec. 6.  [REPEALER.] 
  3.29     Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 97A.485, subdivision 2a; 
  3.30  and 97B.301, subdivision 4, are repealed.