SF 1288

1st Unofficial Engrossment - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to game and fish; modifying license fees; 
  1.3             creating a combined firearm and archery license to 
  1.4             take antlered deer and authorizing taking one antlered 
  1.5             deer by each method; modifying deer licenses for 
  1.6             owners or tenants of agricultural land; extending 
  1.7             certain limited deer hunting authorizations; modifying 
  1.8             license issuing fees; modifying tagging requirements; 
  1.9             providing for hunting by persons with mental 
  1.10            retardation or related conditions; modifying 
  1.11            ammunition requirements for taking big game; modifying 
  1.12            requirements for transporting archery bows; creating 
  1.13            exemptions to the blaze orange requirements; providing 
  1.14            for lifetime crossbow permits for persons with 
  1.15            permanent physical disabilities; appropriating money; 
  1.16            amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 97A.075, 
  1.17            subdivision 1; 97A.441, subdivision 7; 97A.475, 
  1.18            subdivisions 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, and 20; 
  1.19            97A.485, subdivisions 6 and 12; 97A.535, subdivision 
  1.20            1; 97B.015, by adding a subdivision; 97B.031, 
  1.21            subdivision 1; 97B.051; 97B.071; 97B.106; and 97B.301, 
  1.22            subdivisions 1, 2, and by adding a subdivision; Laws 
  1.23            1993, chapter 273, section 1, as amended; proposing 
  1.24            coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97B. 
  1.25  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.26     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.075, 
  1.27  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.28     Subdivision 1.  [DEER AND BEAR LICENSES.] (a) For purposes 
  1.29  of this subdivision, "deer license" means a license issued under 
  1.30  section 97A.475, subdivisions 2, clauses (4), (5), and (9), and 
  1.31  3, clauses (2), (3), and (7), and licenses issued under section 
  1.32  97B.301, subdivision 4.  A deer license issued under section 
  1.33  97A.475, subdivision 2, clause (6), means the dollar amount in 
  1.34  paragraphs (b) and (c) are doubled for deer management.  
  1.35     (b) At least $2 from each deer license shall be used for 
  2.1   deer habitat improvement or deer management programs.  
  2.2      (c) At least $1 from each deer license and each bear 
  2.3   license shall be used for deer and bear management programs, 
  2.4   including a computerized licensing system.  Fifty cents from 
  2.5   each deer license is appropriated for emergency deer feeding.  
  2.6   Money appropriated for emergency deer feeding is available until 
  2.7   expended.  When the unencumbered balance in the appropriation 
  2.8   for emergency deer feeding at the end of a fiscal year exceeds 
  2.9   $750,000, $750,000 is canceled to the unappropriated balance of 
  2.10  the game and fish fund and the amount appropriated for emergency 
  2.11  deer feeding is reduced to 25 cents from each deer license. 
  2.12     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.441, 
  2.13  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
  2.14     Subd. 7.  [OWNERS OR TENANTS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND.] (a) The 
  2.15  commissioner may shall issue, without an additional a fee, a 
  2.16  license to take additional a deer with firearms under section 
  2.17  97B.301, subdivision 4, of either sex to a person who is an 
  2.18  owner or tenant and lives is living and actively farming on at 
  2.19  least ten 80 acres of agricultural land, as defined in section 
  2.20  97B.001, in an area where the commissioner has made these 
  2.21  licenses available.  Landowners and tenants applying for a 
  2.22  license under this subdivision must receive preference over 
  2.23  other applicants for the licenses deer permit areas that have 
  2.24  deer archery licenses to take additional deer under section 
  2.25  97B.301, subdivision 4.  A person may receive only one license 
  2.26  per year under this subdivision.  For properties with coowners 
  2.27  or cotenants, only one coowner or cotenant may receive a license 
  2.28  under this subdivision per year.  The license issued under this 
  2.29  subdivision is restricted to the land owned or leased by the 
  2.30  holder of the license within the permit area where the 
  2.31  qualifying land is located.  The holder of the license may 
  2.32  transfer the license to the holder's spouse or dependent.  
  2.33  Notwithstanding sections 97A.415, subdivision 1, and 97B.301, 
  2.34  subdivision 2, the holder of the license may purchase an 
  2.35  additional license for taking deer and may take an additional 
  2.36  deer under that license. 
  3.1      (b) Persons A person who obtain obtains a license under 
  3.2   paragraph (a) must allow public deer hunting on their land 
  3.3   during that deer hunting season, with the exception of the first 
  3.4   Saturday and Sunday during the deer hunting season applicable to 
  3.5   the license issued under section 97A.475, subdivision 2, clause 
  3.6   (4). 
  3.7      Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
  3.8   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  3.9      Subd. 2.  [RESIDENT HUNTING.] Fees for the following 
  3.10  licenses, to be issued to residents only, are: 
  3.11     (1) for persons under age 65 to take small game, $10 $12; 
  3.12     (2) for persons age 65 or over, $5 $6; 
  3.13     (3) to take turkey, $16 $18; 
  3.14     (4) to take deer with firearms, $22 $25; 
  3.15     (5) to take deer by archery, $22 $25; 
  3.16     (6) to take one antlered deer by firearms and one antlered 
  3.17  deer by archery, $44; 
  3.18     (7) to take moose, for a party of not more than six 
  3.19  persons, $275 $310; 
  3.20     (7) (8) to take bear, $33 $38; 
  3.21     (8) (9) to take elk, for a party of not more than two 
  3.22  persons, $220 $250; 
  3.23     (9) (10) to take antlered deer in more than one zone, 
  3.24  $44 $50; and 
  3.25     (10) (11) to take Canada geese during a special season, 
  3.26  $3 $4.  
  3.27     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
  3.28  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  3.29     Subd. 3.  [NONRESIDENT HUNTING.] Fees for the following 
  3.30  licenses, to be issued to nonresidents, are: 
  3.31     (1) to take small game, $56 $73; 
  3.32     (2) to take deer with firearms, $110 $125; 
  3.33     (3) to take deer by archery, $110 $125; 
  3.34     (4) to take bear, $165 $195; 
  3.35     (5) to take turkey, $56 $73; 
  3.36     (6) to take raccoon, bobcat, fox, coyote, or 
  4.1   lynx, $137.50 $155; 
  4.2      (7) to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $220 $250; 
  4.3   and 
  4.4      (8) to take Canada geese during a special season, $3 $4. 
  4.5      Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
  4.6   subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  4.7      Subd. 6.  [RESIDENT FISHING.] Fees for the following 
  4.8   licenses, to be issued to residents only, are: 
  4.9      (1) to take fish by angling, for persons under age 
  4.10  65, $15 $16; 
  4.11     (2) to take fish by angling, for persons age 65 and over, 
  4.12  $5.50 $6.50; 
  4.13     (3) to take fish by angling, for a combined license for a 
  4.14  married couple, $20.50 $25; 
  4.15     (4) to take fish by spearing from a dark house, $15 $16; 
  4.16  and 
  4.17     (5) to take fish by angling for a 24-hour period selected 
  4.18  by the licensee, $8 $8.50. 
  4.19     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
  4.20  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
  4.21     Subd. 7.  [NONRESIDENT FISHING.] Fees for the following 
  4.22  licenses, to be issued to nonresidents, are: 
  4.23     (1) to take fish by angling, $31 $34; 
  4.24     (2) to take fish by angling limited to seven consecutive 
  4.25  days selected by the licensee, $21.50 $24; 
  4.26     (3) to take fish by angling for a 72-hour period selected 
  4.27  by the licensee, $18 $20; 
  4.28     (4) to take fish by angling for a combined license for a 
  4.29  family, $41.50 $46; 
  4.30     (5) to take fish by angling for a 24-hour period selected 
  4.31  by the licensee, $8 $8.50; and 
  4.32     (6) to take fish by angling for a combined license for a 
  4.33  married couple, limited to 14 consecutive days selected by one 
  4.34  of the licensees, $32 $35. 
  4.35     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
  4.36  subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
  5.1      Subd. 8.  [MINNESOTA SPORTING.] The commissioner shall 
  5.2   issue Minnesota sporting licenses to residents only.  The 
  5.3   licensee may take fish by angling and small game.  The fee for 
  5.4   the license is:  
  5.5      (1) for an individual, $20 $23; and 
  5.6      (2) for a combined license for a married couple to take 
  5.7   fish and for one spouse to take small game, $27.50 $32.  
  5.8      Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
  5.9   subdivision 11, is amended to read: 
  5.10     Subd. 11.  [FISH HOUSES AND DARK HOUSES; RESIDENTS.] Fees 
  5.11  for the following licenses are: 
  5.12     (1) for a fish house or dark house that is not 
  5.13  rented, $10 $11.50; and 
  5.14     (2) for a fish house or dark house that is rented, $23 $26. 
  5.15     Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
  5.16  subdivision 12, is amended to read: 
  5.17     Subd. 12.  [FISH HOUSES; NONRESIDENT.] Fees for fish house 
  5.18  licenses for a nonresident are:  
  5.19     (1) annual, $31.50 $33; and 
  5.20     (2) seven consecutive days, $18.50 $19. 
  5.21     Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
  5.22  subdivision 13, is amended to read: 
  5.23     Subd. 13.  [NETTING WHITEFISH AND CISCOES FOR PERSONAL 
  5.24  CONSUMPTION.] The fee for a license to net whitefish and ciscoes 
  5.25  in inland lakes and international waters for personal 
  5.26  consumption is, for each net, $9 $10. 
  5.27     Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
  5.28  subdivision 20, is amended to read: 
  5.29     Subd. 20.  [TRAPPING LICENSE.] The fee for a license to 
  5.30  trap fur-bearing animals is: 
  5.31     (1) for persons over age 13 and under age 18, $5.50 $6; and 
  5.32     (2) for persons age 18 and older, $18 $20.  
  5.33     Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.485, 
  5.34  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  5.35     Subd. 6.  [LICENSES TO BE SOLD AND ISSUING FEES.] (a) 
  5.36  Persons authorized to sell licenses under this section must sell 
  6.1   the following licenses for the license fee and the following 
  6.2   issuing fees:  
  6.3      (1) to take deer or bear with firearms and by archery, the 
  6.4   issuing fee is $1 $1.50; 
  6.5      (2) Minnesota sporting, the issuing fee is $1 $1.50; and 
  6.6      (3) to take small game, for a person under age 65 to take 
  6.7   fish by angling or for a person of any age to take fish by 
  6.8   spearing, and to trap fur-bearing animals, the issuing fee is 
  6.9   $1 $1.50; 
  6.10     (4) for a trout and salmon stamp that is not issued 
  6.11  simultaneously with an angling or sporting license, an issuing 
  6.12  fee of 50 cents may be charged at the discretion of the 
  6.13  authorized seller; and 
  6.14     (5) for stamps other than a trout and salmon stamp, and for 
  6.15  a special season Canada goose license, there is no fee. 
  6.16     (b) An issuing fee may not be collected for issuance of a 
  6.17  trout and salmon stamp if a stamp is issued simultaneously with 
  6.18  the related angling or sporting license.  Only one issuing fee 
  6.19  may be collected when selling more than one trout and salmon 
  6.20  stamp in the same transaction after the end of the season for 
  6.21  which the stamp was issued. 
  6.22     (c) The auditor or subagent shall keep the issuing fee as a 
  6.23  commission for selling the licenses.  
  6.24     (d) The commissioner shall collect the issuing fee on 
  6.25  licenses sold by the commissioner. 
  6.26     (e) A license, except stamps, must state the amount of the 
  6.27  issuing fee and that the issuing fee is kept by the seller as a 
  6.28  commission for selling the licenses. 
  6.29     (f) For duplicate licenses, the issuing fees are: 
  6.30     (1) for licenses to take big game, 75 cents; and 
  6.31     (2) for other licenses, 50 cents. 
  6.32     Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.485, 
  6.33  subdivision 12, is amended to read: 
  6.34     Subd. 12.  [YOUTH DEER LICENSE.] The commissioner may, for 
  6.35  a fee of $5 $5.50, issue to a resident under the age of 16 a 
  6.36  license, without a tag, to take deer with firearms.  A youth 
  7.1   holding a license issued under this subdivision may hunt under 
  7.2   the license only if accompanied by a licensed hunter who is at 
  7.3   least 18 years of age and possesses a valid tag.  A deer taken 
  7.4   by a youth holding a license issued under this subdivision must 
  7.5   be promptly tagged by the licensed hunter accompanying the 
  7.6   youth.  Section 97B.301, subdivision 6, does not apply to a 
  7.7   youth holding a license issued under this subdivision. 
  7.8      Sec. 14.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.535, 
  7.9   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  7.10     Subdivision 1.  [TAGS REQUIRED.] A person may not possess 
  7.11  or transport deer, bear, elk, or moose taken in the state unless 
  7.12  a tag is attached to the carcass in a manner prescribed by the 
  7.13  commissioner.  The commissioner must prescribe the type of tag 
  7.14  that has the license number of the owner, the year of its issue, 
  7.15  and other information prescribed by the commissioner.  The tag 
  7.16  must be attached to the deer, bear, elk, or moose at the site of 
  7.17  the kill before the animal is removed from the site of the kill, 
  7.18  and must remain attached to the animal until the animal is 
  7.19  processed for storage when: 
  7.20     (1) the animal is in a camp, in a place occupied overnight, 
  7.21  or in the yard surrounding such a place; or 
  7.22     (2) the animal is on a motor vehicle. 
  7.23     Sec. 15.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97B.015, is 
  7.24  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  7.25     Subd. 6.  [PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATE FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL 
  7.26  RETARDATION OR A RELATED CONDITION.] Upon the recommendation of 
  7.27  a course instructor, the commissioner may issue a provisional 
  7.28  firearms safety certificate to a person who satisfactorily 
  7.29  completes the classroom portion of the firearms safety course 
  7.30  but is unable to pass the written or an alternate format exam 
  7.31  portion of the course because of mental retardation or a related 
  7.32  condition as defined in section 97B.1055, subdivision 1.  The 
  7.33  certificate is valid only when used according to section 
  7.34  97B.1055. 
  7.35     Sec. 16.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97B.031, 
  7.36  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  8.1      Subdivision 1.  [FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION THAT MAY BE USED 
  8.2   TO TAKE BIG GAME.] (a) A person may take big game with a firearm 
  8.3   only if:  
  8.4      (1) the rifle, shotgun, and handgun used is a caliber of at 
  8.5   least .23 inches; 
  8.6      (2) the firearm is loaded only with single projectile 
  8.7   ammunition; 
  8.8      (3) a projectile used is a caliber of at least .23 inches 
  8.9   and has a soft point or is an expanding bullet type; 
  8.10     (4) the ammunition has a case length of at least 1.285 
  8.11  inches; 
  8.12     (5) the muzzle-loader used is incapable of being loaded at 
  8.13  the breech; 
  8.14     (6) the smooth-bore muzzle-loader used is a caliber of at 
  8.15  least .45 inches; and 
  8.16     (7) the rifled muzzle-loader used is a caliber of at least 
  8.17  .40 inches. 
  8.18     (b) A person may not take big game with a .30 caliber M-1 
  8.19  carbine cartridge.  
  8.20     (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clause (4), a person may 
  8.21  take big game with a ten millimeter cartridge that is at least 
  8.22  0.95 inches in length and may take big game with a .45 
  8.23  Winchester Magnum cartridge. 
  8.24     Sec. 17.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97B.051, is 
  8.25  amended to read: 
  8.26     97B.051 [TRANSPORTATION OF ARCHERY BOWS.] 
  8.27     A person may not transport an archery bow in a motor 
  8.28  vehicle unless the bow is:  
  8.29     (1) unstrung; 
  8.30     (2) completely contained in a case; or 
  8.31     (3) in the closed trunk or rear-most enclosed portion of a 
  8.32  motor vehicle that is not accessible from the passenger 
  8.33  compartment. 
  8.34     Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97B.071, is 
  8.35  amended to read: 
  8.36     97B.071 [BLAZE ORANGE REQUIREMENTS.] 
  9.1      (a) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph 
  9.2   (c), a person may not hunt or trap during the open season where 
  9.3   deer may be taken by firearms under applicable laws and 
  9.4   ordinances, unless the visible portion of the person's cap and 
  9.5   outer clothing above the waist, excluding sleeves and gloves, is 
  9.6   blaze orange.  Blaze orange includes a camouflage pattern of at 
  9.7   least 50 percent blaze orange within each foot square.  This 
  9.8   section does not apply to migratory waterfowl hunters on waters 
  9.9   of this state or in a stationary shooting location or to 
  9.10  trappers on waters of this state. 
  9.11     (b) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph 
  9.12  (c), and in addition to the requirement in paragraph (a), a 
  9.13  person may not take small game other than turkey, migratory 
  9.14  birds, raccoons, and predators, except when hunting with 
  9.15  nontoxic shot or while trapping, unless a visible portion of at 
  9.16  least one article of the person's clothing above the waist is 
  9.17  blaze orange.  This paragraph does not apply to a person hunting 
  9.18  by falconry.  
  9.19     (c) The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe an alternative 
  9.20  color in cases where paragraph (a) or (b) would violate the 
  9.21  Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Public Law Number 
  9.22  103-141. 
  9.23     (d) A violation of paragraph (b) shall not result in a 
  9.24  penalty, but is punishable only by a safety warning. 
  9.25     Sec. 19.  [97B.1055] [HUNTING BY PERSONS WITH MENTAL 
  9.26  RETARDATION OR A RELATED CONDITION.] 
  9.27     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITIONS.] For purposes of this section 
  9.28  and section 97B.015, subdivision 6, "person with mental 
  9.29  retardation or a related condition" means a person who has been 
  9.30  diagnosed as having substantial limitations in present 
  9.31  functioning, manifested as significantly subaverage intellectual 
  9.32  functioning, existing concurrently with demonstrated deficits in 
  9.33  adaptive behavior, and who manifests these conditions before the 
  9.34  person's 22nd birthday.  A person with a related condition means 
  9.35  a person who meets the diagnostic definition under section 
  9.36  252.27, subdivision 1a. 
 10.1      Subd. 2.  [OBTAINING A LICENSE.] (a) Notwithstanding 
 10.2   section 97B.020, a person with mental retardation or a related 
 10.3   condition may obtain a firearms hunting license with a 
 10.4   provisional firearms safety certificate issued under section 
 10.5   97B.015, subdivision 6. 
 10.6      (b) Any person accompanying or assisting a person with 
 10.7   mental retardation or a related condition under this section 
 10.8   must possess a valid firearms safety certificate issued by the 
 10.9   commissioner. 
 10.10     Subd. 3.  [ASSISTANCE REQUIRED.] A person who obtains a 
 10.11  firearms hunting license under subdivision 2 must be accompanied 
 10.12  and assisted by a parent, guardian, or other adult person 
 10.13  designated by a parent or guardian when hunting.  A person who 
 10.14  is not hunting but is solely accompanying and assisting a person 
 10.15  with mental retardation or a related condition need not obtain a 
 10.16  hunting license.  
 10.17     Subd. 4.  [PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.] (a) This section does 
 10.18  not entitle a person to possess a firearm if the person is 
 10.19  otherwise prohibited from possessing a firearm under state or 
 10.20  federal law or a court order. 
 10.21     (b) No person shall knowingly authorize or permit a person, 
 10.22  who by reason of mental retardation or a related condition is 
 10.23  incapable of safely possessing a firearm, to possess a firearm 
 10.24  to hunt in the state or on any boundary water of the state. 
 10.25     Sec. 20.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97B.106, is 
 10.26  amended to read: 
 10.27     97B.106 [CROSSBOW PERMITS FOR HUNTING.] 
 10.28     (a) The commissioner may issue a special permit, without a 
 10.29  fee, to take big game or turkey with a crossbow to a person that 
 10.30  is unable to hunt by archery because of a permanent or temporary 
 10.31  physical disability. 
 10.32     (b) To qualify a person for a special permit under this 
 10.33  section, a temporary disability must render the person unable to 
 10.34  hunt by archery for a minimum of two years after application for 
 10.35  the permit is made.  The permanent or temporary disability, 
 10.36  established by medical evidence, and the inability to hunt by 
 11.1   archery for the required period of time must be verified in 
 11.2   writing by a licensed physician. 
 11.3      (c) A person with a permanent physical disability verified 
 11.4   in writing by a licensed physician may apply for a special 
 11.5   permit under this section that is valid for the life of the 
 11.6   permit holder.  
 11.7      The (d) A person holding a special permit under this 
 11.8   section must obtain the appropriate hunting license.  The 
 11.9   crossbow used must:  
 11.10     (1) be fired from the shoulder; 
 11.11     (2) deliver at least 42 foot-pounds of energy at a distance 
 11.12  of ten feet; 
 11.13     (3) have a stock at least 30 inches long; 
 11.14     (4) have a working safety; and 
 11.15     (5) be used with arrows or bolts at least ten inches long 
 11.16  with a broadhead. 
 11.17     Sec. 21.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97B.301, 
 11.18  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 11.19     Subdivision 1.  [LICENSES REQUIRED.] A person may not take 
 11.20  deer without a license.  A person must have a firearms deer 
 11.21  license or a combined firearms and archery antlered deer license 
 11.22  to take deer with firearms and an archery deer license or a 
 11.23  combined firearms and archery antlered deer license to take deer 
 11.24  by archery except as provided in this section.  
 11.25     Sec. 22.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97B.301, 
 11.26  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 11.27     Subd. 2.  [LIMIT OF ONE DEER.] Except as provided in 
 11.28  subdivisions 3 and, 4, and 7, a person may obtain one firearms 
 11.29  deer license and one archery deer license in the same license 
 11.30  year, but may take only one deer.  
 11.31     Sec. 23.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97B.301, is 
 11.32  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 11.33     Subd. 7.  [EFFECT OF COMBINED LICENSE.] A license to take 
 11.34  antlered deer by firearms and by archery authorizes the taking 
 11.35  of one antlered deer by each method.  A licensee must comply 
 11.36  with all laws and rules of the commissioner governing the method 
 12.1   used to take each deer. 
 12.2      Sec. 24.  Laws 1993, chapter 273, section 1, as amended by 
 12.3   Laws 1994, chapter 623, article 1, section 41, Laws 1995, 
 12.4   chapter 186, section 110, and Laws 1997, chapter 226, section 
 12.5   45, is amended to read: 
 12.6      Section 1.  [AUTHORIZATION TO TAKE TWO DEER IN CERTAIN 
 12.7   COUNTIES.] 
 12.8      Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 97B.301, 
 12.9   subdivision 2, during the 1997 1999 and 1998 2000 hunting 
 12.10  seasons in Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, and 
 12.11  Roseau counties a person may obtain one firearms deer license 
 12.12  and one archery deer license in the same license year and may 
 12.13  take one deer under each license. 
 12.14     Sec. 25.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
 12.15     $4,100,000 in fiscal year 2000 and $4,100,000 in fiscal 
 12.16  year 2001 is appropriated from the game and fish fund to the 
 12.17  commissioner of natural resources for fish and wildlife 
 12.18  enhancement. 
 12.19     Sec. 26.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 12.20     Sections 1 to 11 and 13 are effective March 1, 2000.