SF 558

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

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to natural resources; modifying requirements 
  1.3             for free deer license for owners and tenants of 
  1.4             agricultural land; modifying definitions for 
  1.5             recreation trespass law; providing a $5 deer license 
  1.6             to owners and tenants of set-aside lands for the 2001 
  1.7             season; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 
  1.8             97A.441, subdivision 7; and 97B.001, subdivision 1. 
  1.9   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.10     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97A.441, 
  1.11  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
  1.12     Subd. 7.  [OWNERS OR TENANTS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND.] (a) The 
  1.13  commissioner may issue, without a fee, a license to take an 
  1.14  antlerless deer to a person who is an owner or tenant and is 
  1.15  living and actively farming on at least 80 acres of agricultural 
  1.16  land, as defined in section 97B.001, in deer permit areas that 
  1.17  have deer archery licenses to take additional deer under section 
  1.18  97B.301, subdivision 4.  A person may receive only one license 
  1.19  per year under this subdivision.  For properties with coowners 
  1.20  or cotenants, only one coowner or cotenant may receive a license 
  1.21  under this subdivision per year.  The license issued under this 
  1.22  subdivision is restricted to the land owned or leased by the 
  1.23  holder of the license within the permit area where the 
  1.24  qualifying land is located.  The holder of the license may 
  1.25  transfer the license to the holder's spouse or dependent.  
  1.26  Notwithstanding sections 97A.415, subdivision 1, and 97B.301, 
  1.27  subdivision 2, the holder of the license may purchase an 
  2.1   additional license for taking deer and may take an additional 
  2.2   deer under that license. 
  2.3      (b) A person who obtains a license under paragraph (a) must 
  2.4   allow public deer hunting on their land during that deer hunting 
  2.5   season, with the exception of the first Saturday and Sunday 
  2.6   during the deer hunting season applicable to the license issued 
  2.7   under section 97A.475, subdivision 2, clause (4). 
  2.8      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97B.001, 
  2.9   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  2.10     Subdivision 1.  [AGRICULTURAL LAND DEFINITION 
  2.11  DEFINITIONS.] (a) For purposes of this section, "agricultural 
  2.12  land" means land: 
  2.13     (1) that is plowed or tilled; 
  2.14     (2) that has standing crops or crop residues; or 
  2.15     (3) within a maintained fence for enclosing domestic 
  2.16  livestock.  
  2.17     (b) For the purposes of this section, the term "crops or 
  2.18  crop residues" includes hay or grass grown for wildlife 
  2.19  conservation or feed purposes. 
  2.20     Sec. 3.  [OWNERS OR TENANTS OF SET-ASIDE LANDS; 2001 SEASON 
  2.21  DEER LICENSE FEE.] 
  2.22     Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.475, the 
  2.23  2001 fee for a license to take a deer for a person who is an 
  2.24  owner or tenant of land enrolled in the federal conservation 
  2.25  reserve program or in a state conservation program under 
  2.26  Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515 or 103F.516 is $5.  A 
  2.27  person may receive only one license under this section.  For 
  2.28  properties with coowners or cotenants, only one coowner or 
  2.29  cotenant may receive a license under this section.  The holder 
  2.30  of the license may transfer the license to the holder's spouse 
  2.31  or dependent.