Minnesota Session Laws - 1985, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1985 

                        CHAPTER 158-S.F.No. 228 
           An act relating to game and fish; exempting hunters on 
          licensed private shooting preserves in the northern 
          portion of the state from the requirement of a 
          pheasant stamp; amending Minnesota Statutes 1984, 
          section 97.4843, subdivision 2. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 97.4843, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [STAMP REQUIRED.] (a) Except for residents under 
the age of 18 years or over the age of 65 years as provided in 
paragraph (b), no person who is otherwise required to possess a 
Minnesota small game license shall hunt or take pheasants within 
this state without first purchasing a stamp and having the stamp 
in possession while hunting or taking pheasants.  Each stamp 
shall be validated by the signature of the licensee written 
across its face.  The commissioner shall determine the form of 
the stamp and shall furnish and distribute stamps to county 
auditors for sale by them and their authorized subagents as 
prescribed by order of the commissioner.  The commissioner shall 
encourage the purchase of stamps by any persons interested in 
the improvement of pheasant habitat. 
    (b) The following persons are exempt from this subdivision: 
    (1) residents under age 18 or over age 65; and 
    (2) persons hunting on licensed private shooting preserves 
in Norman, Becker, Wadena, Cass, Crow Wing, Aitkin, or Carlton 
county, and locations north of the northern boundaries of these 
counties. 
    Approved May 20, 1985