1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; requiring the commissioner
1.3 	of public safety to determine whether hunting
1.4 	licensees are ineligible to possess a firearm and, if
1.5 	so, to notify specified governmental officials;
1.6 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
1.7 	chapter 299A.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	Section 1. [299A.90] HUNTING LICENSEES; INELIGIBILITY TO
1.10 	POSSESS FIREARMS.
1.11 	(a) The commissioner of public safety shall review
1.12 	information on individuals who possess a license to take game by
1.13 	firearm and determine whether any of these individuals are
1.14 	ineligible to possess a firearm under state or federal law.
1.15 	(b) By October 1 of each year, the commissioner shall
1.16 	forward the names of potential matches and other pertinent
1.17 	information on individuals identified under paragraph (a) to the
1.18 	commissioner of natural resources, the superintendent of the
1.19 	Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the state court administrator,
1.20 	the commissioner of corrections, the chief law enforcement
1.21 	officer of the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over
1.22 	where the individual resides, and, if applicable, the
1.23 	individual's correctional agent and the chief law enforcement
1.24 	officer of any law enforcement agency having an outstanding
1.25 	warrant for the individual.

1.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2005.