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SF 2313

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 04/06/2017 02:06pm

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; modifying elk management plan requirements; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97B.516.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97B.516, is amended to read:


97B.516 ELK MANAGEMENT PLAN.

(a) The commissioner of natural resources must adopt an elk management plan that:

(1) recognizes the value and uniqueness of elk;

(2) provides for integrated management of an elk population in harmony with the
environment; and

(3) affords optimum recreational opportunities.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the commissioner must not manage an elk herd new text begin in
Kittson, Roseau, Marshall, or Beltrami County
new text end in a manner that would increase the size of
the herd, including adoption or implementation of an elk management plan designed to
increase an elk herd, unless the commissioner of agriculture verifies that crop and fence
damages paid under section 3.7371 and attributed to the herd have not increased for at least
two years.

(c) At least 60 days prior to implementing a plan to increase an elk herd, the
commissioners of natural resources and agriculture must hold a joint public meeting in the
county where the elk herd to be increased is located. At the meeting, the commissioners
must present evidence that crop and fence damages have not increased in the prior two years
and must detail the practices that will be used to reduce elk conflicts with area landowners.