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HF 3350

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/05/2018 03:09pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

Current Version - as introduced

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A bill for an act
relating to game and fish; increasing deer license revenue dedicated to deer
management account; amending Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section
97A.075, subdivision 1.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 97A.075, subdivision 1, is
amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Deer, bear, and lifetime licenses.

(a) For purposes of this subdivision,
"deer license" means a license issued under section 97A.475, subdivisions 2, clauses (5),
(6), (7), (13), (14), and (15); 3, paragraph (a), clauses (2), (3), (4), (10), (11), and (12); and
8, paragraph (b), and licenses issued under section 97B.301, subdivision 4.

(b) new text begin $16 from each annual deer license issued under section 97A.475, subdivisions 2,
clauses (5), (6), and (7); 3, paragraph (a), clauses (2), (3), and (4); and 8, paragraph (b);
new text end $2
from each annual deer license deleted text begin and $2deleted text end new text begin issued under sections 97A.475, subdivisions 2, clauses
(13), (14), and (15); and 3, paragraph (a), clauses (10), (11), and (12); and 97B.301,
subdivision 4; $16
new text end annually from the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund, established in
section 97A.4742, for each license issued new text begin to a person 18 years of age or older new text end under section
97A.473, subdivision 4deleted text begin ,deleted text end new text begin ; and $2 annually from the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund for
each license issued to a person under 18 years of age
new text end shall be credited to the deer management
account deleted text begin and is appropriated to the commissioner for deer habitat improvement or deer
management programs
deleted text end .

(c) $1 from each annual deer license and each bear license and $1 annually from the
lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund, established in section 97A.4742, for each license issued
under section 97A.473, subdivision 4, shall be credited to the deer and bear management
account and is appropriated to the commissioner for deer- and bear-management programs,
including a computerized licensing system.

(d) Fifty cents from each deer license is credited to the emergency deer feeding and wild
Cervidae health-management account and is appropriated for emergency deer feeding and
wild Cervidae health management. Money appropriated for emergency deer feeding and
wild Cervidae health management is available until expended.

When the unencumbered balance in the appropriation for emergency deer feeding and
wild Cervidae health management exceeds $2,500,000 at the end of a fiscal year, the
unencumbered balance in excess of $2,500,000 is canceled and available for deer- and
bear-management programs and computerized licensing.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective retroactively from March 1, 2018.
new text end