Minnesota Session Laws - 1984, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1984 

                        CHAPTER 537-H.F.No. 2006
           An act relating to game and fish; authorizing 
          reciprocity with Wisconsin in the purchase and sale of 
          annual hunting and fishing licenses; proposing new law 
          coded in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 98. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [98.465] [HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSE 
RECIPROCITY WITH WISCONSIN.] 
    The commissioner may enter into an agreement with game and 
fish licensing authorities in the state of Wisconsin under which 
Wisconsin residents owning real property in Minnesota are 
allowed to purchase annual non-resident game and fish licenses 
at fees required of Minnesota residents, provided Minnesota 
residents owning real property in Wisconsin are allowed to 
purchase identical non-resident licenses in Wisconsin upon 
payment of the Wisconsin resident license fee.  
    The commissioner of natural resources in Minnesota and 
Wisconsin must agree on joint standards for defining real 
property ownership.  The joint standards shall be presented to 
the standing committees in the house and senate with 
jurisdiction over natural resources. 
     Sec. 2. 
     The legislature is concerned about unrestricted fishing in 
the Mississippi River that may cause harm to our fish 
population.  It is the policy of this legislature to encourage 
the commissioner of natural resources to continue attempts to 
reach agreement with the state of Wisconsin to further restrict 
the fishing season on these open waters.  
    Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment 
and after enactment of similar legislation in the state of 
Wisconsin. 
    Approved April 25, 1984