SF 787

1st Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/02/2017 09:17am

A bill for an act
relating to game and fish; eliminating dedication of certain license revenue for
wolf management and monitoring; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section
97A.075, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, 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) $2 from each annual deer license and $2 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 management account and is appropriated to the
commissioner for deer habitat improvement or deer management programs.

(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.

deleted text begin (e) Fifty cents from each annual deer license and 50 cents 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 wolf management and monitoring
account under subdivision 7.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1 of the year following the year the
wolf is delisted under the federal Endangered Species Act.
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