1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; modifying state park
1.3 	permit provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
1.4 	section 85.053, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 85.053,
1.7 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Form, issuance, validity.  (a) The
1.9 	commissioner shall prepare and provide state park permits for
1.10 	each calendar year that state a motor vehicle may enter and use
1.11 	state parks, state recreation areas, and state waysides over 50
1.12 	acres in area.  State park permits must be available and placed
1.13 	on sale by January 1 of the calendar year ~~that the permit is~~
1.14 	~~valid~~ in which the permits are to be issued.  A separate
1.15 	motorcycle permit may be prepared and provided by the
1.16 	commissioner.
1.17 	(b) An annual state park permit must be affixed when
1.18 	purchased and may be used from the time it is affixed for a
1.19 	12-month period.  State park permits in each category must be
1.20 	numbered consecutively for each year of issue.
1.21 	(c) State park permits shall be issued by employees of the
1.22 	Division of Parks and Recreation as designated by the
1.23 	commissioner.  State park permits also may be consigned to and
1.24 	issued by agents designated by the commissioner who are not
1.25 	employees of the Division of Parks and Recreation.  All proceeds
2.1 	from the sale of permits and all unsold permits consigned to
2.2 	agents shall be returned to the commissioner at such times as
2.3 	the commissioner may direct, but no later than the end of the
2.4 	calendar year for which the permits are ~~effective~~ issued.  No
2.5 	part of the permit fee may be retained by an agent.  An
2.6 	additional charge or fee in an amount to be determined by the
2.7 	commissioner, but not to exceed four percent of the price of the
2.8 	permit, may be collected and retained by an agent for handling
2.9 	or selling the permits.