Minnesota Session Laws - 1985, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1985 

                        CHAPTER 272-S.F.No. 719 
           An act relating to wild animals; authorizing the 
          commissioner of natural resources to permit, on an 
          experimental basis, the taking of two deer by one 
          hunter, under conditions and restrictions prescribed 
          by order; requiring the removal of elk from the state; 
          appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in 
          Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [100.281] [EXPERIMENTAL SEASON TO TAKE TWO 
DEER.] 
    Notwithstanding the provisions of section 100.272 or 
100.28, subdivision 1, for three calendar years beginning 
January 1, 1985, the commissioner may, by order, authorize and 
prescribe the taking of two deer by a hunter during a calendar 
year, by firearm or bow and arrow.  The conditions may include:  
    (1) the issuance of an additional license; and 
    (2) the payment of an additional license fee not to exceed 
the amount a person must pay for a license to take deer by 
firearm.  
    Sec. 2.  [ELK REMOVAL.] 
    The commissioner shall remove all elk from the agricultural 
areas of the state, specifically Marshall, Roseau, Pennington, 
and Beltrami counties, by September 1, 1985.  
    Sec. 3.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
    $20,000 is appropriated from the nongame wildlife account 
to the commissioner of natural resources to remove all elk from 
the agricultural areas of the state. 
    Approved May 31, 1985